Peter's 18th Birthday
The video opens to Peter, Ned, MJ, Harley, Betty, and Ismay sitting on Peter’s bed.
“Hey guys, welcome back to the Ironfam!” Peter says brightly. “So, today is currently August 3, and my birthday is a week away! Soon, I will officially be an adult.”
“Which is so weird,” Ned shudders.
“Can you guys believe he’s the oldest one here?” Harley says. “It’s ridiculous.”
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“Anyway,” Peter rolls his eyes. “So, as I am turning 18, I decided I wanted to do a bit of a… teenage tradition? I guess? I dunno, it’s something a lot of people seem to do when they turn 18.”
“He’s getting a tattoo,” Harley interrupts.
“Harley!”
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“As Harley so rudely interrupted me with,” Peter glares at Harley, but there’s no real anger behind it. “Yes, I have decided to get a tattoo on my 18th birthday. However, we have a couple problems.”
“He doesn’t know what he wants it to be,” Ismay says.
“And he doesn’t want Stark to know,” MJ adds.
“Yeah,” Peter shrugs. “However, we have some solutions. MJ blocked Dad, on all social media, and just posted asking for ideas for tattoos that I should get, which some of you have probably seen by now. The rest of us are about to post it, as well, so we’ve all blocked Dad, too.”
“Peter!” Tony’s voice echoes down the hall. “Why have you all blocked me on social media?”
The teenagers all begin laughing.
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“Guys, it’s August 9,” Peter whispers to the camera. “I’m 18 tomorrow. Also, I’m doing the thing tomorrow. I’m kinda nervous.”
MJ’s face appears next to his. “Why are you whispering?”
Peter snorts.
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Peter is standing outside, apparently on a sidewalk somewhere.
“So!” he exclaims. “I’m officially an adult!”
“So weird,” the other five shudder dramatically.
“Shush,” Peter says teasingly. He turns back to the camera. “I decided on a tattoo idea. We’re on our way. Dad doesn’t know.”
“I dunno how he doesn’t know,” Betty says, sounding surprised. “I mean, I would have thought he’d have figured out that we’re all blocking him cuz we’re hiding something, then just hacked our accounts to see what it is.”
“He values privacy,” Harley says. “He’s interrogated Peter and I about it a couple times, but he’d never just hack our accounts.”
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The camera is angled up at Peter’s face.
“Guys…” he says.
He turns the camera around, showing that he, along with all his friends, are across the street from a tattoo parlor.
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The camera is angled low, as though Peter is trying to pretend he isn’t filming.
“Yeah, hi,” he says, his voice nervous. “I was just wondering if I could maybe get a tattoo?”
A man’s deadpan voice speaks. “You have to be 18, kid.”
“I am,” Peter says. “It’s my birthday today, I am now 18.”
There’s silence for a moment, presumably as Peter shows the man his ID.
“What’s with the camera?” the man asks.
“Oh, I’m a Youtuber,” Peter explains. “Am I allowed to film in here?”
“Go for it,” the man says. “Follow me over here.”
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Peter is sitting on a sort of stool, a woman standing behind him. MJ is sitting next to him, holding his hand.
“How bad is this gonna hurt?” Peter asks, his voice shaking.
“The back of the neck is up there in pain levels,” the woman admits. “But we can pause to take a break whenever we need to.”
“Peter, you’re really pale,” MJ comments.
“Getting paler by the second,” Harley adds from behind the camera.
“You sure you wanna do this?” Ned sounds worried.
“Yeah, yeah, I’m sure,” Peter takes a deep breath. “Ok, just do it.”
The woman picks up a paper to lay the stencil down.
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The camera is focused on Peter’s face. You can see the woman behind him, working. Peter is tightly holding MJ’s hand, and taking deep, slow breaths.
“We’re almost finished, kid,” the woman says encouragingly. “Just a bit more.”
Peter lets out a sigh.
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The teenagers are back outside.
“Ok!” Peter exclaims. “We’re done! That was awful! I dunno why, I’ve literally been shot and dug the bullet out myself before, not sure why that was so horrible when objectively, the pain was not that bad.”
“You probably went into shock when you got shot, which dulls pain,” MJ shrugs. “Also, you had time to think about it this time. I doubt you had time to think about pain levels and what was gonna happen when you got shot.”
“Also you probably shouldn’t talk about that kind of stuff on here,” Ismay adds. “Wouldn’t want Tony to have a heart attack.”
There is a general murmur of agreement.
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The group is walking again.
“Now we just have to tell Tony,” Peter shrugs. “I mean, it can’t be that bad, right?”
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The elevator dings, depositing the teenagers at the common room of the tower. The team is all in the living room.
“Hey, there’s the birthday boy!” Tony exclaims. “How was your outing?”
“I, uh…” Peter hesitates. “I did a thing?”
Tony looks confused. Peter turns around, revealing the tattoo on his neck. It’s an intricate spider web, right over the center of the back of his neck. The team is silent for a moment.
“Peter Benjamin Parker Stark, you did not,” Tony exclaims.
At the same time, Clint, Bucky, and Sam whisper, “Awesome,” in unison.
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The teenagers are all sitting on Peter’s bed.
“I didn’t even get yelled at,” Peter says, sounding mystified.
“Tony was about to yell at him,” Harley informs the camera. “But then Pepper came in, looked at it, said it looked nice, and told Tony he’s not allowed to yell at Peter on his birthday.”
“And then when Tony tried to protest,” Betty adds. “She just said that technically he’s an adult now and it’s his body so he can do what he wants with it. And Tony again looked like he was gonna still be mad, but then changed his mind.”
“So instead we just… had a party?” Peter sounds extremely confused. “They all gave me their presents. We ate cake. We watched Star Wars. We played with Lady and Chloe. And now we’re in here, filming the outro.”
“Hope you enjoyed yet another video of Peter being a dumb***,” MJ says.
“Like and subscribe to join the Ironfam if you want to see more of… this,” Ismay finishes.
“We’ll see you next week!” Ned says. “Bye!”
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