Chapter 9
Neither of them are exactly sure about the specifics of the situation, but Peter knows for sure that Tony can’t fight back against them – not with a broken leg, and especially not with a healing heart; Peter stands in between Tony and the others, refusing to move out of the way in fear that they’ll hurt Tony instead.
The punches and knives come quickly, and even with his danger-sense, he can’t dodge them quickly enough, especially when they start to team up against him; the drugs in their system are poisoning them and exposing the very violence brimming under their skin, and it all hurts, the knives hurt, and he almost listens to Tony when he says to just stop.
Finally, the drug wears off as Peter lies on the ground, his left arm lifted to protect himself from the knife Natasha is holding in her hand, and she drops it once she sees a terrified boy lying before her; the other Avengers stop, and Tony scoots forward, wrapping his arms around Peter and pulling him into a hug as he says, “You did good, kid, you did real good.”