IM LAUGHING SO HARD AT THIS ^^^
*3RD POV*
"Hey Peter!" Pepper called. She and May were sitting in the kitchen talking. Peter jogged inside. "Yeah Pepper?" "I wanted you to sit down with Tony and look through these. Your aunt and I were just looking at them. They're really nice." "What are they?" "You'll See." He gave her a weary look as she passed him the book.
(hehe that rhymed)
"It's not a bomb, silly," she teased. "I think you guys will like it." "Okay."
"I think they'll really enjoy that May. It was really nice of you to put together." "Oh anytime! Knowing Peter, he'll go crazy when he sees this. He really looks up to Tony. You've seen how they are together. I swear, I'm waiting for Pete to call Tony dad." Pepper chuckled. "Yeah so am I."
Peter had walked off to the lab and met Tony, who was still in his wheelie chair. "Hey Tony. Pepper gave me this book saying we'd like looking at it."
"Is it rigged?" "She said it isn't..." "Boss, Ms Potts says 'I know you two are oblivious and are probably poking that book with a stick right now thinking it's rigged. No, nothing's wrong with it.' "
"She knows me so well," Tony sighed, practically having hearts in his eyes." "Yeah, uh huh- are we gonna look?" "Sure." They opened the book and it turned out to be filled with pictures. From throughout the years
1)~~~~~~~
The first picture was their first patrol together. They both had a smile on their faces. Peter was, of course, ecstatic.
"Hey Pete," Tony said. "Hm?" "I've got an idea." "What is it?" Peter perked up at him. The day had been pretty boring and he got his homework done hours ago. "Wanna go on patrol?" "Sure but why are you asking me? I'm probably going tonight..." "No. Do you wanna go on patrol just the two of us? I'm just as bored as you are and last time I went on a patrol kind of thing it was within my first few years of having the Ironman suit."
Peter replied instantly. "Yeah! Sure!"
Right before they left, Pepper insisted on getting a picture for May. She grabbed her phone and snapped one, threatening that if either of them died, she'd bring them back and kill them herself. Of course, Pepper never joked on a threat. That was why she was so badass and everyone loved her.
Hours later, they came back their hair sweaty and their veins pumping with adrenaline.
"That was awesome Mr. Stark! Did you see me- and you!! You blasted that guy so far!" Tony let out a laugh. "Yeah Pete! C'mon don't give me all the credit! You swung in at the perfect moment and saved that kid!"
"I assume you two had a good time," Pepper mused.
"Yeah Pepper!" Peter exclaimed. "Yep." "Mr. Stark can we do that more often?! It was so much easier than normal!" "Sure kid."
2)~~~~~~~
The next picture was in black and white. It showed Pepper, Tony, Peter, May, Happy, and the rest of the Avengers at a icecream shop. It was the day Peter got his finals results.
"Mr. Stark!" "How many times have I told you to call me To-..." he paused at Peter's huge smile and couldn't help himself, beginning to smile as well. "What's with the extra enthusiasm today, kid?" "I got my finals results." though Tony knew how this would go, he asked anyway.
"Well? How'd it go?" "I got a perfect score!!!" "That's awesome Pete!" He pulled his kid into a side hug, ruffling his hair. "Though, I didn't expect anything else." Peter just laughed. "I'm serious Pete!" "I know Mr. Stark."
"You know what? I'm in the mood for ice cream? How 'bout you?" Peter's eyes lit up. "Sure!" "I'll call May and the others. We're booking the whole shop." "I think you know that's not necessary." "Everything I do is necessary Pete," he deadpanned.
Later on, everyone got to the shop and to say at the least the employees were surprised. The whole time, the family cheered in excitement for their younger teammate. To Peter's surprise, it was the first time some of the Avengers had ever had ice cream.
The young employees were in the back taking pictures. The others didn't notice but a few days later, the picture was on the front page of the newspaper. They'd decided to keep it because it had been so fun. Who knew you could get drunk on ice cream? (well yeah it's a sugar rush-)
3)~~~~~~~
This picture was just a day after beating Thanos. Bandages practically covered their bodies, blood slightly seeping through. The father-son duo were crying and hugging, their grip on each other tight.
"Mr. Stark?" Peter's groggy voice called. "Mr. Stark are you here?" His heart was beating quickly and tears rolled down his cheeks. Peter had sat there for what felt like an eternity staring at the ceiling before gathering up enough courage to call out to Tony.
He'd watched his mentor die but didn't want to believe it. Was it just a dream? What if he really had died? His chest burned with anxiety and grievance at the thought. They'd just gotten close. He shouldn't have taken it for granted. They should've hung out more often. Now he'd never hear his voice again!
"Pete..?"
"Mr. Stark!" He had heard him from the other side of the curtain! Wait- they were in a hospital? Had they gotten his spider blood?
No- Now was not the time to think about that. He'd worry about it later. He just had to see Tony again!
Peter ripped out the IV but the second he got out of his bed, he plummeted to the ground. 'Ow...' he thought. 'Everything hurts.' Of course it did. He just fought in a war to save the galaxy.
"Peter!" Tony yelped. "Don't rip out the IV!" The man would've laughed at his hypocrisy if he wasn't going full Dad- mode. He'd taken out his IV plethora of times.
Tony was ready to give Peter a stern look and scold his kid for taking it out but then saw his pitiful face.
"M-Mr. Stark- oh god." His cheeks were wet from crying. His eyes were shining with guilt and dismay. He was trying to pull himself up from the floor by the bed railing. "Pete..."
"I thought-... I-I thought you-" he cut off with a choked sob. Tony shouldn't have been surprised. Peter has lost too many parental figures... Everyone thought Tony was dead. Hell! Tony thought he was dead.
The mechanic sat up as much at he could in the small bed. Everything stung. He was definitely burned badly. Bandages were covering by almost every inch of his body.
But screw that. Peter was back. He deserved to be happy, not reliving trauma.
"C' mere Pete..." he opened his arms, welcoming a hug. Peter gladly took it, carefully returning the gesture. The two sat there in a comfortable silence.
"I'm sorry," Peter said out of no where. It caught Tony off guard. Why would he be sorry?
"Why? You don't have anythi-" "I'm sorry I'm like this. I-I'm sorry I'm crying. I'm sorry for not being able to save you and if I just got the gauntlet off in the first place we wouldn't be here- I- I'm just sorry I wasn't strong enough!" Tony could feel Peter's breath hitch against his chest. The man was in shock for a moment, unable to bring himself to speak.
He'd remembered that day like it was yesterday. For Peter, it was yesterday...
Peter opened his mouth again to speak only to be cut off by Tony. "Don't you dare say sorry again. I don't want to hear it. Nothing is your fault. You did everything you could- and look! I'm alive and well!" He moved around his good arm a bit, showing it still worked. Sadly, only one of them still fully worked...
"...Y-Yeah... ok." "Alright back to hugs 'cause I haven't seen you in 5 years." Peter couldn't hide his wet chuckle as they went back to their hug.
4)~~~~~~~
This picture had to be one of the favorites. It showed the two asleep on a couch in a dimly lit room. It was movie night and both Peter and Tony had gotten a lower amount of sleep than they'd liked.
"Hey Pete. You ready for the movie?" "Yeah." Tony snorted a bit. "Where'd your enthusiasm go, kid? I miss it already." "Eh. I'm just a little tired."
Correction: he was exhausted. Exams were back and they'd been over the week. Of course, they went well but the days went by incredibly slow.
He'd stay up almost all night studying, go to school and do his exams, go home, (he had to cancel hanging out with Tony for the week, except for when he came to the apartment to help Peter study some more) stay up almost all night again doing homework and continuing to study, and it repeated for the next 4 days. He couldn't even get in any spider-manning. With that and the cancelled lab hours, it was absolute torture.
"You're bad at lying Pete." He led his kid into a hug, which Peter leaned into, sighing in content. He could've fallen asleep right then and there. "You're ok though? Exams went well?" "Mhm. They were surprisingly easy." "Of course they were."
"Hey! Enough father-son bonding time! Right now, it's movie time," Clint shouted from the living room. "Ok, ok! We're coming."
As soon as Tony and Peter walked into the room, the whole team cooed. "Excuse me but what the hell are you guys awing at?" Tony asked with a raised eyebrow. Peter looked just as confused. He was too tired to answer though.
They didn't have to explain when Tony looked to his side. His arm was slung around the boy's shoulder and Peter was just leaning into his side looking exhausted. "Are you sure you're up for movie night kid? By the looks of it, you'll be out in the first five minutes." "No I w'nt." "Uh huh. Sure." He replied sarcastically.
Tony was right, but wrong. Peter wasn't out in the first five minutes. He was asleep in a record of 3 minutes and 46 seconds. FRIDAY timed it. They were in the same position as they had been when they walked in except Tony rested his chin on Peter's forehead. The young hero was snoring quietly. Anyone there to witness it said it was the cutest thing ever.
About halfway through the movie, Tony was taken by his own exhaustion. He'd gotten slightly more sleep than Peter had but it was still an extremely low amount. He was worrying about his kid. They hadn't gone this long without at least doing a lab day... Was he eating? Drinking enough water? Of course, knowing Peter, he wasn't sleeping enough at all. Tony would just lay in his bed on the side of Pepper, worrying about him.
"Guys. We need a picture of this," Bruce whispered, laughter slightly shaking his voice. "FRI?" "The picture has already been taken Doctor Banner."
5)~~~~~~~
Though there were plenty more photographs, This final picture they'd looked at so far happened to be just months ago. It was of Tony holding Morgan and Peter, celebrating. Their eyes were squeezed shut with laughter.
"Petey!" Morgan squealed. The pitch of her voice stung Peter's ears a bit. "Hey Morgan!" He picked his sister-but-not-sister up. "How's it goin'?" "Great! I missed you! Daddy and Mommy missed you too! But not as much as me!" She exclaimed proudly. "Yeah I bet. I missed you too. Sorry I've been so busy though Morg. Homework is not treating me well..."
The small girl gasped. "Why's Homework treating you bad!? Have daddy make it go away!" "Make who go away? Pete, is that Flash kid bothering you again? 'Cause I will press charges." "No Tony I'm fine. I was just talking about how much homework I've had." "You know you can come here. I can help you with it. Than you won't have to stay up all night doing it."
"Well than I don't feel good about it... I always feel like I have to do it myself." Tony scoffed. "You and your big guilt complex kid." "Mhm." Welp I'm gonna head to the lab. I've been working on a chemical mixture that I think I've almost figured out." "Alright. Please don't die. You know that's dangerous." "Hey. It's my job to worry about you, not the opposite. I do the dangerous stuff so you two, my main priorities in life, don't have to." "You're such a dad," Peter said laughing. "Yeah. I know."
Around two hours later, Morgan was in the middle of showing Peter some of her new toys she'd built herself when they heard a celebratory shout of excitement.
"Kids!" "Wha- huh?!" They were lifted off the ground. Each of Tony's arms hugged his kids. "I figured it out!" He laughed with pure adrenaline. "You did?!" "Go Daddy!" Morgan shouted. "Yep!" He hugged them closer.
"Man, I've been working on this for like... over a year." " Well I'm glad you got it."
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They sat on the couch in a familiar position. The two were comfortable looking at the photos and sharing memories.
"Huh. Everyone got some great pictures." "Yeah..."
"...It feels like yesterday I saw you and chose you to fight at the airport... We go from that, half the avengers hating the other half, them coming back and... now. It's pretty damn crazy how that works." "Yeah." "Anyway, want to grab some food, thank the ladies and come back to look at some more pictures?" "Sure!"
Tony ruffled Peter's hair. "Let's go, kid."
They really had come a long way.
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This took longer than it should have XD
I was thinking I would take a few of the picture parts and make them into an actual chapter at some point. (mostly cause I'm unoriginal lmao)
Welp. C ya!
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