I Know My Name (It's All I Know For Sure)

There are three kinds of soulmates, and Tony has known from the day he was born that his soul-mark above his heart meant his soulmate would be his own child someday in the future. When Peter is born with a matching mark above his heart, Tony worries about what that means for him. Peter is 7 when Tony gets kidnapped in Afghanistan. He’s only home for a month and trying to figure out all the complex emotions of what happened to him when Peter disappears. Tony locks himself in his lab for 4 years, waiting for the return of his son. For four years Peter’s been bullied in school and felt completely isolated, moving from place to place with May and Ben Parker. For four years Peter has told teachers, neighbors, whoever would listen that he’s been kidnapped, and that his name is Peter, not Ben. No one believes him until he meets Ned. Peter had had a soulmate once… his father, but his soul-mark had been burned off. He wishes more than anything that he could figure out who his parents were and if they were still alive. In a confusing world where May and Ben tell him every day that he’s confused about the details of his life, Peter only knows one thing for certain: he knows his name is Peter.

This is a platonic soulmate AU because these stories have always intrigued me. There are three kinds of soulmates in this AU: Romantic, Platonic (soulmate friends), and Parent Child soulmates. Story starts 4ish years after Peter was kidnapped a week before his 8th birthday (he's 12 now but thinks he's 14). Tony and Pepper are married, they’re both Peter’s bio-parents. This story is full of dark and angsty emotions with a happy ending (and there’s lots of domestic fluff and cuddling too), and Tony and Peter are re-united fairly quickly in this story. The story is primarily about Tony and Peter, but there is quite a bit of Pepper too and their family learning to heal and become a family again. The point of view switches pretty freely back and forth between Tony, Peter, and Pepper at points, but mostly between Tony and Peter. Note: There’s minor cursing scattered throughout the story. Note, there's a new Iron Dad discord where you can share fic recs, talk about our favorite father and son and more. Come say hi: https://discord.gg/Djywre8DzK