Is That My Movie, Mr. Stark?
They turn on the TV and Tom dives for the remote, clicking a button that makes the DVD slot open up. He slides in a small disk and pushes the slot close as the TV screen changes to a movie menu. The title read: Spider-Man: Homecoming
"What? Why are you looking at me like that?" he asks when the other two actors saw the screen.
"Do you really carry that everywhere?" Robert teased
"..Maybe" he muttered as he fast forward through the intro commercials until it told him that you couldn't fast forward anymore.
"I hate how you still gotta watch like, twenty minutes of just ads when you have a DVD" Mark shuffled to the couch where the others had began to pick their spots.
"If you hate it, then why don't you go get some popcorn for us. I think Evans has some from when he and Seb were watching the Captain America movies last night" Robert had chosen to sit on the right side of the couch while Mr. Stark sat on the left, though still leaving room for Mark, and sandwiched Peter and Tom in the middle.
"Hey guys, um I've been meaning to ask, but how do yo think you even got here?" the man asked
"I don't know, but I'm thinking that maybe Loki might've done something, or maybe someone else with powers like his" Mr. Stark responded, taking a quick glance at the kid sitting next to him who was smiling widely as Tom scrolled through his Instagram account.
"It's not Loki, he's probably on that trash planet with Thor-"
"What?"
"Not important right now" he waves "I think you guys need to contact Dr. Strange, so we might have to talk to Benedict to get some info about Strange"
The two keep talking while their younger companions laugh and giggle about whatever's going on their phones until Mark barges in through the door.
"I've got popcorn!" he shouts, carrying in a very large bowl filled with at least four bag of popcorn. Just as he takes a seat, the movie begins. Perfect timing.
"Oh my God, this is gonna be so great!" Tom squeals then Peter shushes him
"Quiet, I want to watch my movie"
The beginning starts with what looks like the backstory to another character, he an his crew cleaning up alien tech before being told by some new manager that all work was under them. They were to give up all the stuff they collected and to go home, but they still had one truck left. From that point on, they had begun to make weapons from the alien tech they had stolen. Next, the Marvel intro plays, the infamous Spider-Man theme song in the background before the screen cuts to black with some words appearing on screen. "A film by Peter Parker"
Various clips of Peter filming himself show up and the teen feels his face flush red in embarrassment. It's not too bad until cuts to him being in the car with Mr. Stark, because soon after they finish filming an alibi video for May, there's that awkward moment where 'it's not a hug'.
Robert leans over and gives the teen a pat on the shoulder "It's okay, Peter" he says "You can have a hug from me anytime"
The movie was pretty interesting so far, but he might just be biased. Peter would just make some comments under his breath, or explain certain situations every now and then with some light-hearted teasing from his mentor ("I still think it was adorable that you told Happy about the churros" "You promised you'd stop talking about it!" "You're afraid of heights? You swing from skyscrapers on the daily!" "Yeah, but that's different") until the ferry incident happened. All of the sudden, the kid wished he could be anywhere but in that seat, stuck next to Mr. Stark. One of the biggest mistakes he's ever made, and it's right there for all to see. The only thing that makes Peter feel a little better, is when Tom places a hand on his knee and gives a tight lipped smile.
"If you're nothing without the suit, then you don't deserve it" the onscreen Tony Stark had told him. The kid watched as the movie version of himself began tearing up, feeling guilty and hurt. Beside him, he felt Mr. Stark tense up, he felt his stare fall on him for a second to observe his reaction. Peter's eyes had gotten a little glossy re-watching one of the worst moments he's had.
The kid tilted his head and had it rest slightly on Tom who was feeling both extremely excited and also bad because the poor fifteen year old had that happen to him, and had to see it all happen again, but also because Peter freaking Parker was right there and acting almost like a younger brother who needed a hug from Tom.
Things pick up a bit after that. Asking Liz out, getting ready for Homecoming, scenes with Ned and MJ. It was all cute and happy until all of the sudden, the music changed. Movie Peter had gone to pick up Liz to go to the dance, and Toomes - the Vulture - was the one opening the door. He drove them to the school, telling his daughter to go inside and that he needed to have a talk with the kid. Toomes had a gun, loaded and ready, aimed at Peter until he agreed to stay out of his way.
Naturally, that's not what happened.
Soon, the vigilante had narrowly missed being tasered to death, being saved by Ned, aka the Guy in the Chair. He met the Vulture in a warehouse and - oh God, okay this was worse than the ferry.
A lot worse.
Before anything had even happened yet, Peter was ready to get up and leave, but once again, Tom had leaned over and whispered that it was alright. RDJ reached over the top of the couch and rested and arm on him. Mark had exchanged a knowing look with the other two actors as the billionaire had remained completely clueless. The wings of the suit were crashing down on the building supports and then Peter had started to hyperventilate just slightly.
The warehouse collapsed. It's weight crashing down on the poor, unsuspecting kid and he was alone.
Tony instantly felt guilty. It only got ten times worse when he heard his own voice come back "If you're nothing without the suit, then you don't deserve it"
Mark nudged him and he saw Peter struggling to keep calm, Tom rubbing his arm and Robert giving worried glances every couple of seconds.
"Feel okay, bud?" he whispered
"mhm"
The onscreen Peter lifted the rubble off of himself and started running after the Vulture. He had stuck to the outside of an invisible plane and steered it from the outside, crash landing on Coney Island.
It seemed like it was only the warehouse thing, and the teen had calmed himself down, but RDj still kept a protective eye over him.
By the time the movie had reached the ending where he was offering to make Spider-Man an official Avenger, he was at a loss for words. This kid had just done a shit load of work, he got a building dropped on him, had a plane crash, fought a vulture guy with alien tech while wearing pretty much just pajamas, and then ran into a fire to save the same guy because his alien tech wings had blown up and he still managed to make it to school the next day,
"It wasn't a test?!" he cried
Everyone began laughing as Peter realized that he totally missed a real life chance to become an avenger. The movie ends with him accidentally revealing his identity to Aunt May then credits begin to roll.
"Damn, kid, I thought this would be a fun, cute movie. I feel like a total asshole for taking the suit. Don;t worry, I'll never do that again"
"Really, it's okay, Mr. Stark. I mean, at the end of the day, I beat the bad guy and I ended up alright, maybe with a couple more scratches than in the movie, but it was fine"
"God, I'm so bad with kids, I'm sorry for taking the suit, and again, just call me Tony. Mr. Stark reminds me of my dad."
Before Peter could respond, there was a knock at the door.
"Coming" Robert shouted then turned to tell Mark to get the door
"Why me?" he argued
"because I'm comfortable and Tom would hate to miss any precious bonding time with his twin"
The man groaned then got up and walked out of the room into the small hallway where the door was. When he comes back into the room, he brings in a familiar face.
The two heroes tense up for a moment, then remember that this is not their world, so that is most likely not their Steve Rodgers.
"Oh yeah, sorry, forgot to give you a heads up" Mark said when Probably-Not-Steve had walked right into the living room.
"Who..."
"Peter Parker" Tom pointed to his Marvel counterpart
"Tony Stark" Robert copied
"I would ask for proof, but I know what terms you guys are on with Cap and I happen to have his face and I don't really want to get attacked" he walked over and nonchalantly grabs the bowl of popcorn and grabs a handful.
"So you're just going to go with this?"
"Pretty much"
He continued to eat from the bowl, then suddenly remembered what he had come in to do "Oh, by the way, were all staying for an extra week now I guess because of another event they're planning. The entire Infinity War cast is showing up and rumor has it that its a marvel movie marathon so try not to get too movie-ed out."
"But you were just watching a bunch of movies with Seb yesterday"
"That's different" he looks up and stares the three actors down, and speaks with a deadly serious tone "I could never get tired of watching those movies" he brings another handful of popcorn to his face, never breaking eye contact, and drops almost all of it on the floor.
Robert tries not to laugh and give the same intense stare, but ultimately loses and ends up a giggling mess.
Tom pays no attention to what's going on, completely oblivious to whatever nonsense is happening with RDJ and Steve 2.0. He turns around and asks Peter a question.
"Wait so do you have your suit with you?"
"Yeah, it should be here in my bag" the kid motions over to where his backpack laid, resting next to him on the couch.
"Do you think it would fit me?" there was no hiding the excitement in his tone
Tony cuts into their conversation and adds "Well it should, I mean, you guys are pretty much the same person, except you're British"
"I'm also older than Peter too, but yeah, you're right"
"Wait-hold on, you're older than me?" Peter's eyes go wide and Tony begins to laugh
"Oh my God, how much older"
"I just turned 21" he mumbles, staring at his feet in embarasment
Tony only laughs harder "I'm so sorry, kid. That's as tall as you're getting!" Peter gives him a dramatic groan of annoyance, trying to hide a smile on his own face
"You're just jealous that you're actor doesn't have a cool British accent like mine"
"Peter, you're from Queens, Tom is from a place that's ruled by Queens" he cackles
"Come on, Tom, let's go be cool somewhere else" he flips his hair and stands up, strutting out of the room like a runway model, the actor doing the exact some thing.
When they make it to the other room, they too fall apart into a mess of laughter. When they finally get a hold of themselves, Peter pulls out the Spider-Man suit from his bag and hands it to Tom, instructing him to just put it on over his boxers and then let him go to the bathroom to put it on.
"Dude, this is seriously cool" he exclaims when he comes out, messing with the webshooters on his wrists.
"Don't mess with those too much. I don't know how long we're gonna be stuck here, so I need all the web fluid I got" he tells him
"Cool, cool, got it" Tom's accent shifts to the infamous Queen's accent of Peter Parker "Let's go show off the new outfit"
Tom runs out of the room, doing a flip and nailing a perfect landing. "Hey guys, what's up"
All eyes follow the vigilante and actor.
"Which one is in the suit?"
"Peter Parker, or course" Tom replies, leaning on a door frame, but Peter begins to climb up a wall and stands completely upside down from the ceiling.
"It's Tom" he says and they look back to the other Spider-Man
"Thanks for blowing my cover" he mumbles
"No problem" the kid smiles as he jumps down. "Oh, wait have you talked to Karen yet?" he asks