two gods and a bunch of fish
Peter landed on his bedroom window with a quiet thud, he had been patrolling all night and might have come home a half hour after his curfew on accident.
But even worse, he might have accidentally forgotten to text may about it.
He slid the window open, flipped inside landing on the ceiling and closing the window behind him; he sighed in relief and plopped onto the floor taking off his mask and taking a deep breath.
"Thanks for texting" may leaned on his door frame with her arms crossed, her usual "I'm not mad just disappointed" face on.
Peter jumped, he hadn't sensed her there since she wasn't a threat; he frantically tried to apologize and explain himself.
"I'm sorry I just got caught up watching- I just found these guys at a small store across town and I just- they tried robbing the place so I didn't have time to text!"
Next thing he knew he was being pulled into a hug and she cupped his face giving him a kiss on the cheek.
"Your so lucky I didn't call the station yet! And next time I don't care what your doing you better text me, if you don't I'm just going to assume you died." she shrugged holding back a smile, leaving the room to let peter get out of suit, putting on a hoodie he "borrowed" from MJ and ironman pajama bottoms.
"Did you do anything else? Anything fun?" she asked from the other room, looking in the fridge and getting leftover slightly undercooked pasta from last night to reheat for peter.
He put on his hoodie and walked out holding his mask.
"Oh yeah, a little kid made a super cute picture for me and it had the cutest note next to it" he grabbed the folded up paper from inside the spiderman mask and handed it to may who awed while reading it.
He always got small trinkets and drawings from kids who were big fans of him while on patrol, and he always stuffed them in his mask because his suit didn't have any pockets. (Something he keeps forgetting to add)
That had to be his favorite part about being spiderman, sadly if parents ever ask him to come to birthday partys he always has to decline in case something actually dangerous happens.
And you'd be surprised how much they're often willing to pay him for it to.
Not that he needed the money really, he would do it for free just for the kids (and cake) but he ultimately made up his mind that spiderman was not a party trick.
May put the picture on the fridge, right next to drawings peter made when he younger.
Mostly drawings of Ironman and the rest of the Avengers in cheep crayon, but there was a family portrate of peter, may and uncle Ben together to.
Peter and may say down together with plates of mediocre pasta, the sause wasn't warmed up correctly making a weird temperature difference.
"How about you? Anything fun?" Peter asked.
"Mm, not really. Unless you think a few hours of paper work and normal nurse stuff is fun”
He looked down and jokingly shrugged “nursing can be fun”
"You excited for tomorrow?" may picked at her plate, wiping sause off her fork and occasionally stirring her meal.
"Yeah, I promised Mr stark and Dr Bruce I'd help them with a project in the lab super early in the morning."
"Peter I meant the school trip" she held back a smile as Peter just stared at her, it completely slipped his mind until then.
His cheeks grew red as he made up excuses about his day being busy and how he wasn't thinking clearly when may giggled.
"You forgot, its fine it works out anyway. Just remember to ask Mr stark for a ride."
May wasnt able to drop Peter off at school because of an early shift, so it did actually work out better than expected; and since may was busy she wasn't able to chaperone either, and anytime that happened Mr stark was happy to go as a replacement.
Yes, it was slightly embarrassing how everyone would stare thinking how weird it was that Peter brought his "boss" a famous billionaire, playboy, philanthropist to a school trip.
But there were more pros than cons, one of the cons actually left him alone when that happens.
Flash, the con, knew to keep his distance and sometimes didn't even talk to him at all.
He was obviously sad may wouldn't be there with him, but it was nice not hearing "penisparker" being yelled in his ear anytime he was alone for even a second.
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"Can't, sorry kid" Mr stark didn't even turn around to decline, his face still buried in whatever he was working on.
Bruce did turn to him, but obviously still more focused on the project, "I would go, it sounds super fun, but you know..."
And right back to working in silence they went, occasionally asking for the other to hand them something, or making a quick calculation out loud.
Peters plan now completely foiled, he had no idea what to do, Natasha was training a few floors above them with Clint, but the time she said "I would kill for you" kept replaying in his mind.
He didn't think someone like flash could outrun a professionally trained Russian spy, and Clint was about to leave soon anyway so he didn't want to even try.
Sam, Bucky and Mr Rodgers were outside doing laps; but he didn't want the added teasing from Sam and or Bucky, and currently he had a slightly rocky relationship with Mr Rodgers since the "civil war" was one of the only times they met.
Also he is a wanted criminal.
One other person came to mind, but he was most likely in space somewhere.
And in no world did Peter think he would ever want to go on a high school field trip.
At least that's what he thought, until peter left the building, inches away from the self driving car Mr stark let him use to get to school.
"Man of spiders! Wait for us!"
Cargo shorts, hello kitty T-shirt, socks and sandles.
Not only him but his younger brother as well, in a black long sleeve shirt, regular Jeans and sneakers.
The gods of thunder and mischief were now behind him, ready for a high school trip to the Aquarium.
"No way" Peter was speechless when they finally caught up to him, Thor was smiling as wide as he could and Loki's eyes were glued to the ground.
"way! Stark texted me with my cellular phone and told me all about the trip! I thought I would bring my brother along for some good midguardian interactions"
He patted loki on the back, but loki angrily pushed his arm away;
"I'm here against my own will"
"You'll have fun! Lighten up brother"
Peter could only anxiously laugh, as Thor opened the backseat door for him and Loki sat in the front seat obviously just trying to get as far away as possible.
Most would be honored sitting next to the god of thunder himself, but when your in a self driving car and he is humming “99 bottles of beer on the wall” the entire car ride to your high school and his younger brother Loki, god of mischief; was listening to heavy metal music so loudly you could hear it through his headphones.
It sort of catches you off guard.
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Peter’s entire grade was gathered outside, chatting and waiting for the buses to arrive.
Many awed at the self driving car with the “stark industry’s” logo on the side, and almost everyone went dead silent as the gods stepped out along with Peter “penis” Parker.
The kid who was embarrassingly shy and nerdy, his reputation in the dirt, mostly known for the time he tripped over nothing in the middle of the cafeteria.
Thor was insistent on meeting peters friends, stark was always talking about how much Peter won’t shut up about them, especially his girlfriend Michele or Mj.
“Holy shit” ned blurted out as Peter waved.
“I know!” Peter whispered loudly so the gods wouldn’t hear, the crowd of high schoolers stoped them in their tracks for selfies and autographs.
“What are they doing here? Are you on a secret undercover mission?” Ned excitedly asked, “do you need my help? Guy in the chair?”
“No- no guy in the chair, they’re chaperoning. It was mr Starks idea apparently.”
“You’re just casually friends with gods?” Mj smiled, still holding her sketchbook and her headphones wrapped around her neck for the bus ride.
Ned glanced at her before looking back at Peter “Wait are you really? Dude that’s awesome!”
“I wouldn’t say friends, we fought bad guys together and stuff, and one time he tried to take me to a bar; which was weird but I don’t think asguardiens have drinking laws..."
“So he’s just gonna be here with us all day?” Mj snickered as Ned started getting overly excited again.
“Yeah I guess”
“Man of spiders! These must be your midguardian friends” Thor put a hand on peters shoulder, reaching out the other to shake their hands.
"I am Thor! My brother Loki is over there with the others taking photos!"
Loki waved him away annoyed, posing once more for a group of three girls all holding up peace signs next to him.
"Thor, maybe you shouldn't call me 'man of spider's' in front of my entire grade... Kinda gives my identity away."
Thor looked puzzled for a moment before his eyes widened and he laughed,
"Oh! Yes! Apologies man of Peters!"
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Six yellow buses lined up by the curb and the students began filing into them taking their seats, flash smacking Peter on the back of his head before cutting infront of him to sit with his friends faster.
MJ whispered something under her breath before taking the window seat, Peter sitting next to her and Ned sitting with Thor across the walkway; Loki sitting in the seat infront of them alone.
Thor had to hold his knees to his chest to fit into the bus seat, the teachers gave him a name tag sticker and a sweater saying "CHAPERONE" two sizes to small to wear or tie around his waist; so he rested it on his shoulders, drapeing over his chest and the back like a cape.
The kids chatted and occasionally yelling or throwing something
Ned and Peter were Deep in conversation, mj was lost in her music while Thor again looked out the window the whole ride, singing an old asguardian tune.
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The aquarium had a large stone shark statue out front, a huge ramp spinning around a circular tank leading up three story's, where you could look in the middle and see penguins either sitting on ice or swimming happily.
Other tanks were spread throughout the floors showcasing fish like carp, bass, clown fish, ect.
The students were put into pares of one chaparone or teacher and two others, so Peter, MJ and Ned unfortunately had to split up.
Ned was so enthusiastic about Thor that it was already decided he would go.
It was only when Peter noticed Loki wasn't put with anyone yet, that he let Mj go with them and split from the crowd.
"Mr Loki? Do you um, you have a partner yet?"
Loki glanced at him with clear annoyance, shaking his head and glancing at the penguins.
"Where do you want to go first?" Peter smiled as he started ranting about the shark section.
"You can go where ever you want, I'm only following you because apparently I have to"
"Oh, okay then! I guess we can go look at sharks and pet some stingrays, which would leave us about an hour before we have to regroup for lunch and then the whale show."
The shark room was lined with tanks on the edges, and one large one in the back showcasing the great whites.
Peter read about every single one, sharing facts with Loki who was obviously unamused.
"Are you okay Mr Loki? Do you want to see the penguins? I saw you looking at them before"
"I really don't care about your water animals, none of it matters to me spiderling."
Other family's all talked around them, children laughing or screaming as they run around looking at the tanks.
Standing in front of the great white tank, the water causeing a soft blue light to shine across the faces of the God and the boy.
The sharks shadows drifted across the now almost empty room, as family's shuffle out to the next attraction, some new faces coming in for a look; but they all left eventually.
"It matters to me"
"Then you pick where we go next."
"No I mean you having fun, we don't have to look at sharks" Peter chuckled, playing with his shirt collar.
"Why does that matter to you? If you wanted fun then why did you leave my brother so willingly?"
"Because you didn't have a partner obviously, honestly I was surprised; so many people loved you earlier today I was sure you'd have a line!"
The room was now so quiet you could hear the sounds of the water, the light slowly fading to a darker blue.
"They just wanted photos."
Loki looked at the great whites gliding around gracefully.
Peter kept his eyes on Loki, occasionally seeing him glance over only to look away again.
"It was more than just that, they loved you man."
Loki let out a small laugh, "only for the moment, you'll move on as well."
He shifted his weight to one hip, his hands crossed still grinning while watching the tank.
Peter tore his eyes away, his arms were also crossed as he shivered only now noticing how cold the room was.
"I won't"
"I doubt that" another short laugh before Peters eyes softened as he side stepped closer to him.
"We really won't."
Loki stared at the teen with wide eyes, a new family walked into the shark section egger to look around, a child chanting how much he wanted to stay for longer.
"You want to go look at penguins now?" Peter smiled turning waiting for Loki to follow.
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"Peter!" Ned yelled from the floor above them rushing down the ramp to talk face to face, with MJ and Thor following close behind.
"Hey! We were just about to look at the deep sea section before regrouping!" Peter told Ned who got extra excited,
"That's where we're going to! We should group up and go together!"
"He only wants to group up cause he's scared of the dark" MJ Snickers as Peter held her hand and Ned started to protest.
Thor laughed patting his brother on the back, "the children are great! Having fun brother?"
Loki pushed him off again, they stood in silence able to see the kids go further and further until they stopped under the sign pointing to the deep sea.
Loki held back a smile, forcing himself to turn to follow his group.
The deep sea section of the aquarium was only lit by small lights on the floor guiding guests along a path eventually leading out into the lobby again.
Fish like the angler fish, the blobfish, squids, spidercrabs, ect; were not in tanks, but were realistic 3d models and occasionally painted on the wall and a light flashing underneath to try and scare customers who weren't paying attention.
Ned screamed and MJ laughed at him the entire rest of the walk.
Thor could have sworn he felt Loki grab onto him at one point, before realizing and stepping away.
Or maybe it was one of the kids, it was to dark to truely know.
Loki would never reach out to him anyway.
The entire grade had met up again outside to eat lunch around the giant statue Before going back inside through the whole building and out the back where the ocean was calmly sitting, where they would be separated to go on boats for a whale show.
After a failed attempt to trip him, flash began flinging some of his lunch at Peter; some of the other students laughed, teachers were always conveniently looking the other way when this happens.
The nightmare only lasted so long, Peters group and flashes group were scheduled to go on the same boat together;
To Peters Surprise flash picked the furthest seat away from him, and even refused to make eye contact.
Loki may have grabbed his neck and threatened to cut his vocal cords if he ever spoke to or even looked at Peter again, but nobody had to know about that.
He was just protecting a friend.
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