Peter Parker One-Shots

AVOIDING AVENGERS • SHEWRITESALL ON AO3

Peter checked his phone as they switched subways, heading back into town after riding all the way to the end.  Happy and Mr. Stark had texted him.  He even had a text from a number he didn't recognise, but it requested he bring his sister back, so Peter figured it must have been King T'Challa.  After getting over the initial shock of realising he now had King T'Challa's phone number, he texted Mr. Stark to say they were on the subway, headed back into town.  Peter told Shuri her brother had texted him and she rolled her eyes.  Peter's phone vibrated and he glanced at it to see Mr. Stark telling him that he and King T'Challa were coming to get them, don't move.

"Dude, your brother's here,"  Peter told Shuri.  T'Challa has stayed in Wakanda while Shuri visited, busy with running a country or whatever.

"Really?  Are they coming for us?"  she asked.  Peter nodded and said Mr. Stark had told them not to move.  Shuri grinned and motioned for him to pass over his phone.

"What are you doing?"  Peter asked, handing it to her.  She grabbed his backpack, pulling it off his back, and shoved his phone in it.

"Throwing them off our trail,"  Shuri smiled.  She hid Peter's backpack under a bench as best as she could then grabbed Peter's arm and rugged him onto a leaving train.

"Is this really a good idea?"  Peter asked, following her anyway.  He wasn't sure how much trouble he could get in if King T'Challa claimed he had kidnapped the princess and he didn't want to find out.

"Yeah!  And you can show me all over New York!"  Shuri exclaimed.  Peter grinned and agreed.  They rode the subway back into downtown Manhattan then ran off.  Peter raced down the sidewalk, Shuri following close behind.  He heard the Iron Man suit headed their way and panicked.  Looking around, he found a fancy clothing store and pulled Shuri inside.

"They're coming,"  he told her.  He pulled a few clothes off a nearby rack and pulled Shuri into a dressing room.  A few seconds later, an annoyed worker knocked on the door.  They held their breath, but the worker unlocked the door and gave them an irritated look.

"This is a clothing store,"  she said.  "Unless you want to try something on, no going in the dressing rooms.  Especially if you're not alone."  Peter and Shuri's faces grew red, but they didn't have much time to be embarrassed.  They could see Mr. Stark and T'Challa walking around outside.

"If you let us hide here, Iron Man and Black Panther, the King of Wakanda, will give you good publicity,"  Peter promised.  "For free,"  he added.  The worker seemed intrigued and Shuri quickly backed him up.

"They're right outside and we know them personally!  Let us use the back door and we promise they'll promote your business,"  she said.  The worker frowned.

"I don't believe you,"  she said.  She walked towards the front door and Peter paled.  He grabbed Shuri and they ran around, searching for a back door.  They found it just as Peter heard the worker yell at Mr. Stark,  "Hey, there's two kids that claim to know you personally!"

"Run!"  Peter whisper yelled.  He shoved Shuri through the back door and they found themselves in a backroom.  Peter frowned, but he could hear Mr. Stark and T'Challa talking to the worker.

"Hide!"  Shuri whispered.  Peter had figured out that much.  They jumped in a basket full of what looked like towels and waited silently.  They heard the worker say they had just been there followed by Mr. Stark asking to look around.  Of course, he wasn't refused and Peter was sure they would get caught.  Just then, a door opened and they began to move.  Shuri lifted her head and looked at Peter with wide eyes.  He shrugged with eyes just as wide; he didn't know what was happening any better than she did.  They rolled down a ramp and Peter knew they were outside.  When they stopped, he looked at Shuri and nodded.  He jumped out, someone to his right screaming, and Shuri followed.  He ran down the alley and around the corner, pushing against people walking the other direction.

"Peter!  In here!"  Shuri yelled, pointing to an accessory store.  He followed her in and they went over to the hats.  Shuri found a floral hat for herself and and baseball cap for Peter.  He found some glasses and fake contact lenses.  When he held them up to Shuri, she nodded with a smile.  He found her a new wig and then they counted up all the cash they had.  Just barely enough to buy everything.  They bought it and quickly dressed.  Shuri's bright pink wig looked perfect under her hat.  Peter struggled to put his contacts in but once he managed to do it, he had blue eyes.  He put on the fake glasses then his ball cap.  Shuri gave him a thumbs up so they strolled out of the store.

"Let's go back to the Tower and pretend to be waiting for a meeting,"  Peter suggested.  Shuri shrugged so they took a taxi to Stark Tower.  Peter used a fake accent to ask the receptionist for a meeting ASAP with Mr. Stark.  She promised to try her best and they went to sit down.  Peter and SHuRi giggled as they chatted, trying to stay quiet in the silent lobby.  When Mr. Stark and T'Challa walked in through the front lobby, they looked less than happy.

"I swear, that kid does the exact opposite of whatever I say,"  Mr. Stark grumbled.  Peter and Shuri looked at each other, suppressing smiles, then stood up.  Shuri looped her arm through Peter's and dropped her head so her hat covered her face.  Peter led them over to the two and tried his best to mimic a rich, suburban mother complaining about a toy malfunction.

"Excuse me, sir,"  Peter said, his voice a little higher and more self righteous sounding than usual.  "My fiancé and I want your opinion of goats."  Mr. Stark stares at him strangely, looking confused.

"Do you prefer spotted or plain?"  Shuri asked, her voice squeaky and painful.

"I don't... I don't care?"  Mr. Stark replied.  "Why are you coming to me?  I'm a technology inventor not a goat farmer!"  Peter and Shuri were unable to keep up their covers and broke into laughter.  Mr. Stark sighed and pulled the ball cap off Peter's head.

"You should have seen your faces!"  Shuri said between laughs.  T'Challa gave a a blank stare and she doubled over in laughter.

"That's it,"  Mr. Stark said, looking at the both of them.  "You're grounded.  No more school for you, Shuri, and no more Spider-Man for the week, Peter."

"What?  No more school?"  Shuri cried.  She looked at Peter with a panicked expression.  What was she going to do while Peter was gone?  Work in the lab?

"I wasn't gonna be Spider-Man this week anyway, Mr. Stark,"  Peter said.  Mr. Stark frowned, then smirked as he came up with a new idea.

"Fine,"  he said.  "No more Karen."

"What?"  Peter screamed.  He dropped to his knees and hugged Mr. Stark's legs.  "Mr. Stark!  Don't take Karen away!  Please!  She didn't do anything wrong!"

"Next time, don't run all over New York without permission,"  Mr. Stark replied.  He turned back to T'Challa.  "Would you like to go get a churro?"

"I would love to,"  T'Challa replied.  Peter and Shuri followed them, grumbling about their unfair punishments.  They hadn't made it far out the door when Mr. Stark turned back around to face them.

"Oh no,"  he told them.  "Criminals aren't allowed."  He shot off into the air, carrying T'Challa bridal style to go get their churros.