I was thinking.... Spider-Man?

“Dude” Ned said, eyes wide. “DUDE!”

“I know! Isn’t this crazy?!” Peter said while crawling on the walls, Tony also watching from the ground.

“Peter, be careful. You don’t have full control yet, remember?”

Ned suddenly gasped, “Peter! Do you think you’ll go on missions with the avengers? I mean, you can do so much!” He did an even bigger gasp “I could be your guy in the chair! You know? The guy in the movies that tells the hero what to do?”

“Nope, never in a million years” replied Tony.

Ned looked downtrodden.

Peter let go of the wall, landing lightly on his feet.

“Come on Dad, what am I supposed to do with them? I’ve been a nobody for so long. Do you know how it feels to watch you guys go off and fight while I'm stuck at home doing homework or chores? I’ve always been useless! But now I have something, I can help!”

Tony looked concerned, but also aware Ned was in the room.

“Look Pete, I’m not saying no forever. Why don’t we have this conversation later, yeah?” He said, giving side eyes to Ned.

“Fine” Peter mumbled and he left the gym.

“Uhh should I call my Mom to come get me or something?” Ned said, unsure.

“I’ll have Happy take you home Ned, thanks for coming” He gave Ned a tight smile.

—--------------------------------------------------------------------------

Later.

Peter was curled up in bed. He’d finally been given something interesting and amazing, and he couldn’t even use it? What’s the point?

He heard a knock on the door.

“Hey Pete, mind if I come in?”

Peter said nothing.

He felt his bed dip and fingers stroking his hair.

“Pete, I didn't want to have any more of a conversation with your friend in the room. You said you’re useless? Far from the truth by the way. How long have you been feeling like this?”

Peter turned around on his side, facing Tony. “Like, my whole life. It’s never been normal. Like, I love my life Dad but I feel way too underpowered to be around you guys. Literally everyone but me has some amazing thing going for them, sometimes I feel like you don’t even need me around”. Tears were slowly falling at this point.

Tony was baffled, how had he never noticed this was how he felt?

“Peter.... We always, always need you around. Ever since we brought you into this world you’ve been a constant ball of sunshine, you always light up a room. Whenever I’m on a mission, all I’m thinking about is getting home safe to you. And when i get home, all i wanna do is see my Petey-Pie. You make me feel calm Peter, warm and fuzzy and all that jazz”.

Peter huffed out a laugh, Tony smiled. 

“ I never want to hear you talk negatively about yourself like that again, okay? Superpowered or not”. Peter shrugged.

Tony sighed. “Seems like it’ll be a work in progress, but that's okay. Everyone is here for you baby. And look, i’ll make you deal. When you turn 16, I will allow you to go on missions with us-” Peter sat up suddenly, excited “-however, I want you fully trained on how to use your powers, no stone left unturned. I’m going to build you a suit , you can help me if you want, after all you are smarter than me” Peter giggled, fully invested now.

“I’m going to build in about a million protocols to keep you safe, we can review them when you’re 18, how does that sound?”

“AMAZING Dad thankyou!!”

Tony smiled warmly, hugging Peter. “Alright, what are we calling you, Spider-Ling? Spider-Boy?”

“I was thinking.... Spider-Man?”