Chapter III
It took Peter some time for him to wake up properly from his deep slumber and his senses to become fully aware of where he was. He was surrounded by white walls and numerous drawers, a wardrobe, and some very modern lights. Memories of last night flashed before his eyes and he soon came to the understatement that this must be Mr. Stark's guest room in his tower. He looked over to the side of the room in the hope to see his green and black backpack. To his comfort there it was placed on a pristine white chair that stood next to an oak desk in the corner of the cleanroom.
Slowly and with much effort, Peter managed to get up from the comfort of the bed that he had borrowed last night. The teen noticed that he was still dressed in his jeans and a mint green t-shirt that had the science pun 'if the Silver Surfer and Iron Man team up, they'd be alloys'.
"Wow... good choice of t-shirt Peter", the teen said in a monotone voice out loud expressing his embarrassment of the t-shirt choice he made yesterday... or this morning?
Only then did the boy realize that he had no concept of what time it was now and to Peter's luck, of course, there was no clock. Just then did he remember the AI that Mr. Stark would constantly talk to and ask things to in his Lab when they were tinkering with Peter and his iron man suits. Surely Friday wouldn't work with Peter's voice... he had recently read about modern AI and knew that to activate it his voice would have to be linked with the technology. He tried it anyway...
"Ummm... Friday?" he asked to no one in particular and felt rather stupid in doing so.
To his surprise, right after did an electronic voice echoed through the tidy room.
"Yes Mr. Parker, what can I help you with?", she asked.
"I was wondering what the time was?" Peter replied in hope that he could gain more sense of awareness.
"It is 5:14 pm Sir, would you like me to alert Mr. Stark for you?", answered the AI.
"Oh no that's okay", quickly Peter said not wanting to disturb his mentor in whatever he was doing, "I can find him, do you know where he is?"
"Sir is in the lab sorting out one of his suits, he said you can come down."
"Wait... you alerted him", cried out the boy.
"Sir asked me to alert him as soon as you woke up, Mr. Parker."
"Oh okay, thank you, you can call me Peter by the way."
"No problem, Peter", answered Friday one last time.
Peter opened the door and started to make his way down to what he believed was Mr. Stark's lab room. As he walked through the maze of corridors and rooms he realized how large the tower was, Mr. Stark's kitchen could fit the whole of his apartment... well, not his anymore.
It took him five minutes of walking through Mr. Stark's penthouse until he found the elevator leading down to the lab. As soon as he got there he brushed his hands through his wavy, brown hair so it looked less like the scruffy mess of bed hair then it did before. Slowly, he knocked on the glass door were on the opposite side was Mr. Stark playing around with what looked like a medium-sized motor.
His mentor turned his head towards Peter as soon as he heard the distinct knock come from outside, he set down his espresso and signaled Friday to open up the lab door to let Peter in. It unlocked almost instantly.
"Hey Pete, finally awake are you?" The man asked with his usual amount of sarcasm but still looking kindly at the messy teen.
" Oh, yeah thanks for the room", the kid replied with an awkward smile, "I guess I should get going, um thanks again for everything"
"Hey kid why are you being so stupid, the room is your room and I already linked Friday to your voice, you're staying here Underoos", Tony exclaimed in an exasperated voice and pinching the bridge of his nose.
A big smile printed onto Peter's face as he heard what Mr. Stark had said, "thank you, thank you, thank you 3000!", the boy practically squealed and went up to hug the man standing in front of him.
Their sudden embrace caught Tony in surprise but after an awkward two seconds, he also wrapped his arms around the lanky body that was clung to him.
"Thanks, Mr. Stark", the boy mumbled one last time and in response, Tony smiled and then led him out of the lab.
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Aghhhhhh... I'm so soft for spideyson 🥺🥺
(Sorry for the shortish chapter but the next one will be longer)