Chapter VIII
Peter pulled down his famous red and black mask finishing his Spiderman suit. He attached the new and advanced web-shooters to his wrists and turned around to glance at the final superhero look in the mirror. He smiled when he saw his alter ego staring back at him, he had missed being Spiderman and going around swinging trough New York helping people on the way. Finally, Mr. Stark had allowed Peter to go out, the boy had spent one night without the familiar nightmares so as Mr. Stark promised he could now go out as Spider Man once again.
"Hey kid, you still going out Spider-manning?" Tony asked while knocking on the pale grey door. Peter had been in there now for ten minutes checking himself out and testing out the new web-shooters.
"Oh yeah, yeah I'm coming", shouted out Peter from inside the room, he sorted out his mask one last time and smiled yet again at the mirror.
He exited out of his room, which was rather bare and didn't have much in due to him not being allowed back at home, and went to see Mr. Stark before leaving. Peter knew how much the man worried about whatever Peter was doing and he wanted to make sure he said goodbye to Tony before going out. Peter slightly wondered if the reason Mr. Stark worried so much was that he didn't want Peter to mess up anything in his life... of course, this was not the reason, but how was Peter to know?
"Nice suite Pete", Tony exclaimed as soon as he saw the teenage sized superhero come round the corner of the living room.
"Thanks, Mr. Stark, I'm just going t-", thanked Spider Man as he started to make his way towards the window, a window was a door for the young superhero.
"Yeah kid not so fast", interrupted Tony, "you're not going alone after two-plus weeks of no Spider Man. Plus, I need to make sure that everything is okay, let me worry"
"But-", Peter cried out with an annoyed look (not that you could see it from the mask).
"You're going to have Pietro with you and I have instructed him to keep an eye on you so no crazy crimes and you have to come back with no injuries", instructed Tony in a 'protective dad' type of voice.
As if on cue in came Pietro with his classic blue and white suit and his floppy, white hair was folded messily on his head. He bit into an apple and went to sit on one of the many couches but stopped suddenly as he noticed the presence of the teenager and the billionaire. He quickly threw the apple into the trash with one quick throw and stood up facing Mr. Stark.
"Okay, I'm here and I will do everything to keep your boy here safe", Pietro said with a chuckle while Peter just looked annoyed and rather exasperated, "coming kid?". The young man speeded out of the window and Peter quickly followed behind.
Peter wasn't exactly happy that Mr. Stark thought he needed a babysitter or whatever Pietro was being but it showed he cared. No adult had cared for him properly for a long time now and he messed it. It was comforting to have that unfamiliar feeling of having someone being protective but still supportive and kind at the same time.
He latched one of his webs onto the window and rapidly dropped down at a pace that made Tony's heart dropped. His heart jumped back into his throat as he no longer saw the boy who last time was plummeting at an extreme rate. To his relief, about three seconds after the familiar red and black suit came into view again and Tony could relax again.
"You better look after my kid!" shouted out Mr. Stark to the blur of blue and white that was moving around on a building.
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Peter sat on a ledge of one of the many buildings of New York and sighed peacefully as he looked out onto the cloudy sky and smiled to himself. His first patrol, in a while, had gone pretty well and he had helped many crimes and even helped an old lady cross the street with some late night shopping. He was glad to be out and about again being his alter ego that had become such an important part of the boy's life. In a way, Spider Man saved Peter, he made the teen feel special and important in a world where he was just granted as the average kid who goes to school every day and gets up to mischief at night. I mean that assumption was fairly correct apart from the fact that his mischief is a bit different from the normal and usually a lot more legal and kinder? Well, the teen tries.
In a sudden flash, Pietro joined Peter on the roof and laid back so his head was facing upwards to the polluted sky. The sudden appearance of his friend made him think back to about three hours ago...
"Hey Pietro, what did you mean when you said your kid to Mr. Stark?" asked Peter to the man who was now facing the teen, emphasizing the 'your'.
Pietro chuckled.
"You're so clueless aren't you", said the young man while Peter just sat there confused. "I mean I know it has only been two weeks since you have been at the tower but you an Tony are literally like father and son. Kinda funny actually", exclaimed the oldest of the two.
"It's not like that, to be honest, I think Mr. Stark is worried that I am going to mess something up for him. I mean, I can be pretty irritating", Peter answered back.
"You mean stupid"
Peter didn't answer to that but just sat there thinking to himself about what Pietro meant and who in the world thought that he and Mr. Stark were father and son?! 'I mean sure Tony is a role model to me but it's not like that', thought Peter.
As eleven O'clock rolled by they both decided to get going so Mr. Stark would not shout at either of them when they made it back home. Tony could be extremely scary when he shouted at you and had a way of making you feel as small as Ant-Man in his shrinking suit when he tells you off. Peter had once been at the end of one of his shouting fits and did not deem at all a pleasant experience, or very useful to be honest.
They made their way in through the Peter door, a window, and headed off to find the others so they could have another Avengers movie night. It was Steve's turn to pick but the man was so clueless about movies in this generation he made Peter pick for him. They usually ended up watching Star Wars along with Peter's commentary to complement the film.
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Ok, two questions...
1. Should I start naming my chapters with specific titles or do you prefer it with numbers/roman numerals
2. Team Iron Man or Cap?- I'm Iron Man but I'm intrigued in what team you guys support!
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