5 Times Peter Yelled at Tony and Apologized

"Hey Mr. Stark!" Peter calls, dropping his backpack on the floor.

"Hey kiddo. How was school?" Tony asks, smiling at the teen. He hoped the kid's rambling would distract the teen from his obvious anxiety.

"It was fine...Are you ok? You look kind of pale." Peter asks worriedly. Tony sighs. Of course the kid would notice. Just his luck.
Peter sits down next to his mentor.

"Do you remember how I told you about Siberia?" Tony asks.

"Yeah. What's wrong?" Peter asks. A wave of anger washes over Peter as he thinks about how hurt and haunted Tony looked after the battle with his ex-best friend.

"Well, that son of a-...the secretary of state wants us to get over our issues. He's making a new contract and he wants me to bring the Avenger's back." Tony says, pinching the bridge of his nose.

Peter pales. "You mean... coming back? Like they're going to live in the Tower again? After everything?"

Tony looks at the teen. "Yeah."

Peter slumps forward. "You-you can't. They almost killed you." Peter says, his voice low.

"I don't have a choice." Tony says, leaning back in his chair.

Peter looks up. "It's your Tower." Peter points out.

"Apparently that doesn't matter."

"I'm not letting you go in there alone with...with them." Peter says, looking into his mentor's eyes. Peter cared about his mentor and he wasn't about to let Tony in there without backup.

Tony's eyes soften. "I won't be alone Pete. Rhodey's going to be with me." Tony says kindly. Tony sees the protectiveness in his kid's eyes. It melts Tony's heart. But there is no way he is going to let Peter anywhere near the Rogues. Not after what they did to him.

"I always worry about you. You always get into some kind of trouble. I'll come with you too." Peter says.

"Peter. I can't let you come. Not after what they did. And if they you know..." Tony trails off, the same protectiveness burning in his eyes.

Peter looks away, wanting to argue. He decides against it. The last thing he wants is an argument.

"Nothing is going to happen. When is it?"

"Tomorrow."

Peter runs a hand through his hair. "Ok. But I'm watching. If anything happens, I'll come in there and bust some ass." Peter says determinedly.

Tony laughs and pulls Peter in for a one-armed hug. "God kid. You are so cute."

"Not cute." Peter grumbles, half-smiling.

"Alright. Quit goofing off and start on your homework. Geez, I'm such a dad. Rhodey's right." Tony chuckles.

Peter blushes and grabs his backpack.

After school the next day, Peter comes straight into the Tower. He already told May he was going to stay the night so his aunt wouldn't worry. Peter made haste to the private lab. He found Tony pacing inside.

"Mr Stark? Will you stop freaking out please? I'm getting tired just watching you." Peter says, coming over to his mentor's side.

Tony's worried expression turns into a fond smile in about a second. That's just what his kid does.

"I'm not freaking out Pete." Tony denies, ruffling Peter's hair.

"Uh-huh. Sure you're not. Just take a few deep breaths. Don't let them get to you." Peter tells him.

"I know Pete. You can stop worrying kiddo. I'm being stupid."

Peter wraps his arms around his mentor. Tony tenses for a moment but hugs his kid back.

"What was that for?" Tony asks softly.

"You looked like you needed it. I'll be in the common room watching ok?" Peter asks, pulling back.

"Boss. The Rogues have arrived." FRIDAY says above them.

"Ok. Send them up FRI." Tony says, tensing. Peter nods encouragingly. Tony smiles and puts a hand on the teen's shoulder.

"I'll be back in a bit Pete. We'll have a movie night, just you and me after this." Tony promises.

Peter nods as Tony steps into the elevator.

Tony takes a deep breath and steps into the conference room. The former Avengers stay silent as he takes a seat. Tony lets out an internal sigh of relief when he realizes Barnes is not at the table. Seated around him are Steve, Natasha, Clint, Sam, and Rhodey by his side.

"I won't let Ross put you in the Raft. But, I have conditions." Tony says, addressing them all.

They nod thankfully and Natasha gestures him to speak.

"You are not allowed on my private floor. If you need me I will come down to your floor." Tony pauses. When they stay silent, Tony continues.

"Next, you might remember Spiderman. He comes around here a lot. His name is Peter. If anyone tries to get information out of him or talk to him about anything related to all this shit, I reserve the right to seriously injure you. Do you understand?" Tony asks seriously. The ex-Avengers have confused looks on their faces but agree.

"That's it. You can use any of the rooms on your floor. Just don't bother me and my family." Tony says, aware of the hurt expressions on most of their faces. He knows that they were family. But that was before they left him to die in the snow.

"Tony. I have a request." Steve speaks up. Tony avoids his eyes.

"What Steve?"

"Bucky stays here with me." Steve says confidently.

Tony sucks in a breath. After everything that happened, how could he ask that?

"How dare you ask that you-" Rhodey yells.

Chaos breaks out. Everyone is yelling at each other. Rhodey is yelling profanities at Steve while Steve is yelling at both Rhodey and Tony. Everyone else is either taking Steve's side or trying to break up the fight.

Tony starts to hyperventilate. He can't take this. Suddenly, he's back in Siberia on the ground with the shield in his chest.

Tony can't breathe.

Peter knew this wasn't going to end well. As soon as Tony left, his spider-sense started to tingle. Peter turned on the security camera and watched. Not long after, a fight broke out. Everyone was yelling at each other but all Peter saw was Tony. On the outside, he looked tense, maybe a bit angry. But Peter could read his mentor even through a security camera. He could see the vein tensing on his temple. Peter could see the panic in his mentor's eyes. Anger coursed through Peter as he ran into the elevator and ordered FRIDAY to take him to the conference room.

Peter runs into the room straight to Tony. The room falls silent.

"Hey Tony. Lets go." Peter says, barely controlling his anger. He sees the mixed look of fear and relief as Tony rises and steps out of the room.

When Tony is out of the room, Peter lets his anger go.

"If you ever speak to him like that ever again, I will stuff that ugly-ass shield up your star-spangled ass. You understand?" Peter asks, glaring with all he has at the super-soldier.

Steve looks at the teen, stunned, and nods.

Peter looks at the rest of them. "He saved you from that floating shit-hole, let you into his home after you left him to die in the snow, and you yell at him, instead of thanking him!? You should be ashamed of yourselves."

Everyone in the room except Rhodey looks down at the floor.

Peter walks out of the room without a second glance.

Peter walks out to find Tony. When he doesn't find him anywhere, he heads to the lab.

"Mr. Stark? Are you in here?" Peter asks.

"Hey Pete." Tony says, looking at Peter with slightly red eyes. Peter sighs and walks to his mentor.

"Are you ok?"

"God kid, I don't know." Tony chuckles half-heartedly.

Peter frowns suddenly feeling anger. "How could you let him talk to you like that?"

"Pete-" Tony tries.

"No. He had no right to request anything from you. You should have walked out of there." Peter says.

"Peter I'm fine-"

"You were about to have a panic attack! You were not fine!" Peter yells.

Tony looks at his kid stunned. Peter takes a few deep breaths and calms down.

"I'm sorry. It's just, I've never seen you that scared. And it scared me." Peter admits.

Tony wraps his arms around Peter. Peter rests his head on Tony's shoulder. Tony pulls back after a bit and they settle on the floor.

"Shit. I'm sorry I scared you kiddo. It's just...that was hard." Tony admits.

"I know. I know that sucked." Peter sighs.

"Thanks for getting me out of there. ." Tony says genuinely.

"They're lucky I didn't kick their asses." Peter says laughing.

"Why didn't you?" Tony asks teasingly.

Peter shrugs. "I had more important things to think about."

Tears prick the back of Tony's eyes and he looks at his hands. Peter puts a hesitant hand on Tony's shoulder.

"Are you sure you're ok?"

"I'm fine spider-baby."

Peter rolls his eyes and nods.

Tony frowns. "You didn't come get me right away. What did you say to them?" Tony asks suspiciously. Peter turns bright red.

"N-Nothing." he stammers. Tony grabs Peter and pulls him into his chest before he can run away.

"FRIDAY, play the footage from the conference room after I left." Tony requests. Peter looks away, cheeks burning as Tony watches the screen stunned. Tony holds Peter a little tighter after it.

"Captain America is going to kill me." Peter groans, burying his face into Tony's chest.

"He's probably gonna try. But you would kick his ass." Tony snickers.

Peter laughs and grins up at Tony.

"And plus, I would kill him if he touched you anyway." Tony says, ruffling Peter's hair. Peter gives him a small smile and they get up off the floor.

"Boss. Rhodey is requesting your presence in the conference room." FRIDAY informs them. Both Peter and Tony stiffen.

"You're not going back in there." Peter insists.

"If Rhodey called it's probably something important." Tony reasons.

"Fine. But I'm coming this time."

Tony grins and they step into the elevator. "They're probably all afraid of you. I could use that to my advantage." Tony laughs.

As they walk into the conference room, Tony pushes Peter behind him and glares at Steve. Tony looks him in the eye.

"What do you want?" Tony asks.

"I'm sorry Tony." Steve whispers. Tony frowns. It sounded genuine.

"We shouldn't have yelled at you, that too in your own home." Sam says.

Tony nods. But, he can't ignore the empty look in Steve's eyes. It honestly scares Tony. Even after everything that happened, the Avengers are still Tony's family even though he won't admit it most times.

Tony sighs. "Barnes can stay here with you. Just keep him out of my way. But if he does anything suspicious I'm kicking him out capiche?"

Steve looks at him in pure joy. "Thank you Tony. He won't be any trouble I promise."

Tony nods.

"So we were thinking about getting the team back together." Rhodey says quietly.

"All this fighting is useless. We need to stand together as a team." Natasha says.

Tony gives them a small smile. "Alright. I'm cool with that."

"So is this Peter?" Natasha asks. Tony tenses a little but Peter grabs his arm comfortingly.

Tony moves aside so the team can see Peter. Peter is bright red.

Natasha smiles. "I like you kid. You got guts."

Peter looks at her in wonder. "Oh my God, it's Black Widow!" Peter squeaks. Everyone laughs. One by one, Peter is introduced to everyone. Of course, everyone falls in love with Peter right away. Tony smiles. Peter has that effect on everyone. Then it's Steve's turn.

Instead of cowering down in Steve's gaze, Peter looks right into his blue eyes.

"You're something else son. Nice to meet you." Steve laughs, holding out his hand. Peter grins and takes his hand.

"You still suck. But I'm sorry about..you know." Peter says, turning red. Steve smiles.

"You both are really protective over each other." Steve points out.

Tony grins and claps Peter's back affectionately.

"By the way, my threat still stands so behave yourself." Peter says, smiling only half-serious.

"Don't worry kid. The Cap is terrified of you. He won't try anything." Sam jokes. Steve and Peter both laugh.

"Capsicle should be. My kid is like 50 times stronger than him." Tony brags.

"Daaad." Peter groans. Everyone is gaping at Tony, while Peter is beet red.

Tony's heart pretty much bursts with happiness and warmth. Tony tries to hide the huge grin but fails almost instantly.

"Kiiid. You know it's true." Tony says, his voice an octave higher.

Everyone is still gaping at them both.

"You guys look like fish." Peter remarks. That brings everyone out of their shock and they plot to tease Tony, exchanging looks over Peter's head.

"Ok. If we're a team again, you guys are allowed on my private floor. Don't make me regret it." Tony says.

Everyone cheers. "We should have an Avengers movie night!" Peter says excitedly.

"Yeah! That would be fun!" Clint says, high-fiving Peter.

"We used to do that all the time." Steve says.

"Kid, you're already making me regret it." Tony groans.

"Let's go!"

Everyone leaves to settle in their old rooms leaving Tony and Peter alone.

"That wasn't so bad! They're pretty awesome!" Peter says excitedly.

"Great. They're brainwashing you too." Tony laughs.

"Come on! Movie night!" Peter says, dragging his mentor toward the common room.

"God. You're lucky I love you kiddo." Tony laughs. Before Tony can react to his own words, Peter laughs.

"I love you too, now come on!"