Dawn

279 9 7
                                    

Next morning came and Tony felt uncomfortable.

He wasn't sure why for the first couple of minutes till he realised: He couldn't move. Opening his eyes he found his bed and room covered in white webbing, keeping him in place. He was cocooned in Spider-Man webbing, strong and showing no sign of disintegrating. He looked around and saw his roof covered in webs too, multiple strands dangling above him, holding something he couldn't just make out.

What he could make out was a small note hanging from another web about a meter from his face. Instantly he knew who it was from, and what was in store for him and the rest.

-

Peter woke up a little later than planned, after he was done with the last part of his plan, he spedrun a shower and dressing for the day, grabbing a couple of Steve's protein bars and a banana before running to Happy's car in the garage. The man looked confused, "Morning kid". Peter smiles jumping into shotgun, "Morning Uncle Happy". They drive out and not a minute later does he ask a question Peter expected, "Tony's been quiet this morning, you have any clue what's up with that?", Happy looks through his rear view mirror at the yawning kid.

Have a clue? Not in the slightest, so Peter shrugs. "I guess he's just a little tied up with his plans today. I'm sure that's it". Happy could tell the kid knew more, but he wasn't about to challenge him. Peter looked more confident than usual, which knowing what was coming today... Happy knew way better than to prod.

It was still an annoyance to drive Peter all the way to midtown just for both to head back within the hour but that was Tony's plan and for once neither questioned it. "You sure you'll be good kid?", Happy asks before unlocking the car. "I'm sure", Pete grins before he's let out. He runs to the bus, to an annoyed Mr Hagane at the front. "Sorry I'm late". Mr Hagane sighs, "all good, just get in so we can go".

Inside the bus he quickly finds Ned and MJ by the back, "morning Ned", he says before kissing MJ's cheek. "And Morning MJ". Ned waves back, MJ remaining much more suspicious, "you're awfully chipper today for someone who dreaded this Fieldtrip 18 hours ago. What happened?". Peter smirks, "I realised there was nothing I could do to stop this. Thought instead I should play along". He sits with Ned, knowing MJ likes her personal space, chatting with him on their drive.

As much as Peter originally dreaded everything, he understood why Ned was excited. He and MJ have never really been to the tower, they've never met the Avengers, at most they just got a quick call from Pepper for MJ and from Clint for Ned. So of course they'd be excited to go to SI. And now that the scales were evened out, he was excited too.

Once they got to the tower, everyone but him and MJ rushed to the front and out. He stayed back to whisper, "you're gonna want to use your sketchbook today", to her. She looked at him with a curious glare, before a cunning smirk befalls her. "You didn't".

"I did", he replies reflecting her smirk. He's so happy with himself that on his way off the bus he follows his spider-sense, hopping right over Flash's attempt to trip him on the final step. He didn't even notice, but MJ was most pleased by it. The class walked through the front gates guided by the 2 teachers and their assistants to the front desk where they met their tour guide: Lotte Dobre. "Morning Midtown!", she smiles at them, her long red hair flowing over her smart casual attire.

Mr Hagane debriefs the day with her while Mr Harrington addressed the class. "Sophomores, remember we're here representing Midtown. High Schools don't normally get tours to Stark Tower, please be on your best behaviour. Alright?". He forces them to nod before Mr Hagane and Ms Dobre address the group, the former holding a mass of access badges.

"Kids, I'm Charlotte but feel free to call me Lotte, I'll be your tour guide for Today". She points at Mr Hagane who'd been passing around the badges to the students, "these will be your access badges to Stark Tower, they're what allows you to walk around and will keep security from kicking you out". Her voice turns harsher, "don't lose them".

All is Fair in War and Field tripsWhere stories live. Discover now