Chapter VII
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Peter woke up early this morning at a bright 7 am and was shocked when he realized that out of the 2 weeks he had been at the tower today he had not had a nightmare. He was not as tired as normal from all the constant wake-ups throughout the night and his head felt clear and refreshed... It was peaceful actually. He was pleased that a stress-free night had finally past. If Mr. Stark knew then he would trust the kid to go out Spider-manning, it was a promise the man had made to Peter.
As soon as he entered the kitchen he caught eyes with Steve and Bucky cuddling on the couch with a pleased look on their face. Peter nearly choke on the orange juice that he was drinking when he saw the captain and assassin on the sofa, he had no idea that they were together?!
"I-I-I, you're together? I had no idea... that's so cool. OMG Stucky is a real thing wait until Ned finds out he will be so hyped!", the boy shouted out causing the two men to look up at him in confusion.
"Um, thanks, kid?" Bucky replied still in confusion on how firstly the teen had no idea and why it was such a big deal.
Just then Mr. Stark walked into the kitchen after being alerted from Peter's squealing with, yet another, cup of espresso in his hands and a tired look printed onto his face. The man had been up all night trying to make his repulsors more powerful after the latest mission where they weren't up to a standard he pleased. However, he was glad that in the middle of the night he wasn't interrupted by Friday's calls that Peter's sleep was unstable and he had experienced a nightmare (Tony liked to be there for Peter when the kid woke up with tears pouring down his face, he felt it was in the unofficial job description). Peter had finally gone without those horror-filled nightmares which meant, as Tony promised, that the kid could go out as Spider man again. Peter already realized that though...
"Hey Mr. Stark, Mr. Stark, so you know how you said that as soon as the nightmares stopped then I can go out. Well, no nightmare! I can go out, right?", the boy shouted out loudly, alerting Stucky from their peaceful moment.
"Okay, fine you can go Underoos after dinner but I want you back by 11 pm", Mr. Stark gave in, "and if you do not I will personally come out in my suit to bring your ass back home", he added rather aggressively but that only made Peter giggle.
"Language", Steve whispered from the couch in a murmur.
"Oh, and by the way, we need to go into school today because I'm pretty sure you have now missed school for two weeks and last time I checked you Aunt has not notified the school of your reason of absence", Tony called out from the counter where he was making a mound of waffles for him and Peter.
Peter gulped after hearing the name of the woman that scared the teen to death but he was excited to finally get back to school and see his best friend, Ned, again and see MJ (who he may or may not have a crush on). For any normal teen, the idea of going back to school after you have just been off for two weeks would be their idea of horror but Peter was not in that sector of 'normal teenagers'. In all honesty, peter rather enjoyed school as he did well and he did a lot of Science there which was his favorite subject. Although there were some negatives, mostly all taking the form of Flash Thompson, who largely ruin the idea of Peter ever having a normal day at school.
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As soon as Peter entered the school, he was suddenly stuck with a load of anxious feelings and his nervous nature took over his body. He did not want the teacher to find out that he had been kicked out of his own home. It was if thousands of butterflies were swarming in his stomach and making him feel sick with dread as he came closer and closer to the office where they would explain the situation. He was glad that Mr. Stark had said that he would not go into detail when explaining the circumstances and that the boy was not obliged to answer any questions about what had happened if he did not want to. Despite all this reassurance, his nerves took over his body like water filling up a pool to the maximum.
The billionaire beside him quickly identified how the boy was feeling and replied to his emotion very simply but in a comforting manner in the hope to calm the boy, "When you're nervous, recall your pide", he declared. "Plus, you're standing next to the great businessman and superhero Tony Stark", he added with a smug grin which made Peter smile and laugh quietly.
Peter was in luck, he thanked whoever had organized this meeting that they had organized it after school when all the other kids were home and it was just the empty corridors left and the dynamic pair, plus a couple of teachers. They were on the last empty corridors before the dreaded office where his teacher would be.
After what seemed like five minutes, they finally entered the office and was greeted with the pleasing smile of Peter's teacher as her eyes made contact with Peter and his familiar awkward smile. However, her eyes quickly flickered to the man beside Peter and her mouth gaped open for around three seconds before she finally realized what she was doing and quickly closed her mouth into a tight smile.
"Good afternoon, I am Peter's teacher and your Aunt", she pointed to Peter, "has said that you, Mr. Stark, are looking after Peter at the moment", she asked hoping to clear up any confusion.
"Yes, I am taking care of Peter at the moment but we are going to try and make it more permanent soon for private reasons", the man answered with a confident smile, while Peter smiled at what he had just heard.
"Ah, okay I see. Now just to be sure, why was Peter out of school for the last 24 days of school?"
"There were some health concerns and we just needed to clear up some issues however he will happily take any work from the days he has missed so he can catch up", Tony replied while Peter sat next to him happy that Mr. Stark did not go into detail about these 'issues'.
"That's perfectly fine and I will make sure to send the extra work for him to complete so he can catch up. That will be the location you told us of on the phone, Stark Tower?" Peter's teacher asked.
"Yes", the billionaire added and stood up from the uncomfy, ugly chairs.
"Peter when will you be back, Monday?", the teacher finally added moving to the door so she could open it for the celebrity and her student.
"Monday will be great, thank you", Peter replied, he was glad that the meeting was nearly over.
"That will be all, thank you Peter and Mr. Stark", she shook hands with both, and Tony and Peter both thanked her for her time as they left.
As soon as they made it outside, Mr. Stark bought up his hand and high fived the teenager who was now smiling a lot more than before the meeting.
"Thanks, Mr. Stark", Peter said while the man beside him smiled and patted the kid's shoulder.
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Aghhh I lived for Stucky at the beginning <3
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