Chapter 3
When Tony didn't come back from his nightly adventure, Bruce was slightly concerned even though he wouldn't admit it. The next morning, however, Bruce had to get FRIDAY help to locate his friend and he was surprised, to say the least when he arrived at the house Tony had slept at. Just to make sure, Bruce knocked on the door instead of barging in and waited five minutes before he walked in, opening the door silently and observing the house.
The first room was most definitely the living room due to the couch and small television he could see along with multiple picture frame hanging off the walls. Bruce walked closer to examine them better when one of them caught his eye. Inside of the frame was a picture of Peter with his school in the background along with a young stunning lady standing beside him. What caught him off guard was the grin that the kid was wearing. It reached up to his ears and his eyes had stars in them and were full of life. It was so much unlike the constant frown he saw on the kid face along with the dull lifeless eyes, he walked back in shock when he saw the message under it.
Peter first sophomore day! 2018
What could have possibly happened to cause the boy to change so much in barely six months? The situation felt way too wrong like he wasn't understanding something important. He had no idea what that could be however when he saw another picture and had a small answer to one of his question. Inside the picture was a man with greyish hair and brown eyes with a tint of green in them. The man was holding a younger version of Peter on his shoulder who was doing a peace sign with his hands, a buck-toothed grin in place on his face. Bruce recognized the man as Ben Parker, the man who had gotten shot the first-night Spider-man was seen.
The man shook his head as thought started to fill it before going back to his original objective being finding Tony Stark. It wasn't too hard to find him when he saw one of the room doors is slightly open and a hand showing in the small space that could be seen. Walking calmly toward it, Bruce looked inside and couldn't stop the laugh that came up with the view. Peter's head was laying on Tony legs and Tony himself was sleeping, one of his hand resting on top of the younger boy head. Quickly taking out his phone, the scientist took a bunch of pictures and put away his phone at the same time that Tony decided to wake up.
"I haven't seen you sleep that much in a long time, Tony. It looks like the kid's helping you too." Tony simply rolled his eyes at Bruce word before trying to get out of the kid hold, failing miserably. Peter grip was strongly holding onto the man which purely made Bruce laugh harder.
"Kid's got a strong grip, Bruce. Can you possibly help me? I can't move." Bruce only laughed harder at the man request. This morning was honestly out of the ordinary and he couldn't help it. He still helped Tony get up though and was surprised to find the man had a big bruise from the kid grip. It was strange. The kid should not be that strong. Something was up with the kid and he was going to find out.