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Peter was exhausted.
He had spent the whole day at Tony’s lab working on suit upgrades and new designs. Tony even let Peter help him with with the Iron Man. Peter couldn’t believe this was his life now.
Ever since the homecoming incident with Peter crashing Tony’s plane to try and stop the ‘guy with the wings’ from stealing all of Tony’s tech, Peter and Tony’s relationship had gotten stronger.
Tony set up days for Peter to visit the tower so they could work on suit designs together and also just so they could hang out because Peter loved hanging out in the lab with Tony but he also loved watching movies with Tony too.
They had created a special bond together over the few months and Peter couldn’t be happier with his life.
Now however, Peter had just gotten home on a Sunday night from spending all day with Tony. He wanted to stay longer but he couldn’t because it was a school night and May didn’t really trust Tony with Peter on school nights because last time Peter stayed the night and Tony promised to make sure that Peter went to bed early they both got distracted in the lab and Peter ended up staying up all night and then remembering that he had to go to school which caused him to fall asleep in his class and then got sent home.
May definitely wasn’t happy about it and neither was Tony to receive the phone call from an angry May Parker that evening lecturing Tony about how Peter is a child that is still growing and needs to sleep all night.
Peter laughed to himself at the memory. He hoped that May would start to trust Tony again so that he could start spending the nights in the lab again with Tony on a school night.
Peter shook his head to get rid of his thoughts because he needed to get ready for bed. Thankfully he hadn’t procrastinated this weekend so he didn’t have to do any homework before going to bed.
It wasn’t like Peter really ever procrastinated actually. He had always been good with doing his homework on time because he hated having it at the back of his mind whenever he was trying to relax after getting home from school.
Now that Peter was Spider-Man he didn’t have time to procrastinate. He would come home from school and immediately open his books and get started on his homework then go out as Spider-Man.
Peter checked the time on his phone seeing that it was still early. It was only 7:12pm and curfew was 9pm on school nights for Peter to go out as Spider-Man.
Homework was all done so there was no need for Peter to not go out as Spider-Man.
Peter quickly tugged down his pants and took off his shirt so that he was only standing in his underwear. He smiled at Captain America’s shield all over his underwear and then thought about how Tony would probably make a face of disgust and then buy him Iron Man ones.
Once inside the Spider-Man suit, Peter walked out into the living room to tell May where he was gonna be until his curfew “Aunt May, I’m going out as Spider-Man. I’ll be back at nine”
May turned around from where she was washing dishes at the kitchen sink “Okay! Be safe and I love you!”
Peter was already making his way back to his bedroom so he could go out his window as usual “I love you too!”
And he was gone.
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It was around 8:55pm so Peter was starting to make his way back to his apartment.
It was a quiet night out. It usually was on Sunday nights because Peter found that everyone was too tired from the wild weekend to go out and do bad stuff, that was Peter’s logic anyways.
Peter loved being out as Spider-Man. He always felt so alive. The feeling of being so free and swinging from building to building just brought out some sort of happiness that Peter didn’t feel any other time. Unless sometimes when he was with Tony in the lab because something about having lacked a male in his life for so long made him latch onto Tony even more.
Peter swung his way home and crawled into the window of his bedroom.
“Peter? Is that you?” May called stepping into Peter’s bedroom.
Peter made his voice go really deep, it wasn’t that deep but he tried, “No! It’s Spider-Man”
May laughed at her nephews innocence. He loved how Peter was still attached to his childish side but it equally scared her because she didn’t want Peter going out as Spider-Man when he was still so young and naïve about the world.
“Alright, Spider-Man” May laughed “Go shower and then come watch house hunters with me”
Peter laughed under the mask and then took it off. His hair was always sweaty and sticky after he wore the mask for so long while fighting crime. It didn’t really disgust him until he had to go to sleep because he hated feeling so nasty in his bed.
Peter waited for May to leave his room and shut the door before he took off his suit and his underwear hopping into the shower.
After the shower, the night went by really fast with Peter watching house hunters with his Aunt while she let him eat a bit of ice cream even though it was bedtime.
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“Peter, get up, honey, it’s time for school” May said peeking her head into the door of Peter’s bedroom.
It was May’s night shift tonight at the hospital meaning that she got to stay home today which means she gets to wake Peter up.
Peter loved the days that May was home to wake him up in the mornings because it was always better than his alarm clock scaring him awake. Plus it made Peter get out of bed faster which was always the best so he wasn’t late for school.
Peter moaned and rolled onto his stomach as he stretched. He peeked his eye opened expecting to see May standing at the door but she wasn’t so Peter kicked the blankets off of him so he could get out of bed and start getting ready for school.
Peter was tired and regretted eating that ice cream last night because it kept him up all night until only a few hours ago when he was actually able to fall asleep but to Peter it felt like he didn’t sleep at all last night which was really annoying but he didn’t care too much.
He was more excited to be going out as Spider-Man after school because May wouldn’t be home until early tomorrow morning meaning that Peter could be a bit rebellious and stay out later at night in the suit to fight crime!
That is if Tony doesn’t find out but Peter was sure he would so maybe even Peter could spend the night at the tower. Either way Peter was excited for after school.
After Peter was done going to the bathroom and brushing his teeth he decided to put on some comfy clothes.
It was the middle of October so it was cold out but not freezing cold so Peter could definitely go out with just a sweater.
Peter put on his favourite dark blue jeans and he put on a red pullover sweater on. On the front said some science pun that always made Peter laugh.
As always Peter ended up late even with May home and able to wake him up and almost missing his train so he quickly ate the breakfast that May made for him which was orange juice (Peter hated it but he drank it to make May happy) pancakes with a side of blueberries.
Peter threw his backpack over his shoulder and quickly made his way to his train stop which was about a five minute walk from his apartment building but Peter made it in three minutes because he was practically skipping there. People were looking at him strangely as if he was too happy in the morning since everyone looked miserable like they hated their life.
Peter ignored the looks he got as he hopped on the train. It was crowded as always so Peter had to stand and hold onto the bar at the side. Peter wasn’t a germ freak but he made himself sweater paws just so he couldn’t touch the actual bar because germ freak or not that thing was nasty!
The ride was really quick. It usually always was in the morning because Peter would always rather be at the tower than going to school so that for some reason made the ride faster. It was the ride home that took hours for Peter because he just wanted to get there.
Once the train pulled up to Peter’s stop he jumped out and started making his way to his school. It was colder than it was when Peter left his apartment and he was kinda regretting not bringing a warmer jacket but he would be in the school soon.
Peter felt his phone vibrate in his pocket so he pulled it out and smiled at the text he got from Tony.
Tony: hey kid! How bout you come by after school and we can work on some stuff in the lab or just watch a movie or something
Peter smiled before typing a response. He loved it so much when Tony texted him first because it made him feel less like an annoying little kid begging for attention. Plus he just loved seeing Tony’s name pop up on the screen.
Peter: sure!! We could watch grown ups 2 again because I know you liked it so much before:))
Tony: it was okay. I’ll send happy to capture you and bring you over, okay?
Peter: yeppppppp;) I can’t wait
Peter smiled and shoved his phone back in his pocket. Just from holding his phone from the train stop to the school had his hands freezing. He was going over to Tony’s house after school which was Peter’s favourite thing to do by far!
Spider-Man was a close second... maybe third. Second would be whenever he and May would bake cupcakes together on the weekend.
But Spider-Man would have to wait a little bit. Maybe Tony would let Peter go out as Spider-Man for a little bit while he was at the tower. It was worth a shot to ask the man.
Peter made his way to his locker which was all the way on the second floor. Usually Peter wouldn’t complain about that since after the spider bite it took a lot to tire him out but it was cold out and that always made Peter a bit more tired and weak feeling plus he barely got any sleep so those were his excuses.
Peter was glad that his hands managed to warm up by the time he got to his locker so he didn’t have to mess with his lock.
Ned popped up from behind Peter making him jump “Hey, Peter! Guess what I did this weekend!”
Peter grabbed the books he needed for his first class out of his locker as he thought “You finished the galaxy LEGO set?”
Ned shook his head and Peter knew his best friend was about to tell him so Peter waited “No, I finished the star wars ship set!”
“Woah! No way! That’s awesome!” Peter beamed. He shut his locker and started walking to his first period class that he had with Ned “I have to come over and see that soon”
Ned nodded excitedly “Yeah! How does today sound?”
Peter smiled and shook his head “Sorry, Ned. I can’t today because I’m going to Tony’s tower”
“That’s so cool, dude” Ned beamed “I still can’t believe that you are friends with the Tony Stark!”
Peter moved his hand to cover Ned’s mouth. He looked around to see who heard but it appeared that most people had their earbuds in.
“Be quiet, Ned”
Ned gave Peter an apologetic look “Sorry. Anyways what did you do this weekend?”
“Well, Saturday I spent with Aunt May because she’s been working so much and I didn’t really get to see her all week so we baked and watched movies together then on Sunday I went to Tony’s house and we worked in the lab together and watched a scary movie” Peter explained smiling at the memory of how much fun his weekend was because it was spent with those he loved.
“That’s awesome, dude!” Ned said. They made their way to their class and walked in.
Peter and Ned both sat beside each other and it was one of Peter’s favourite classes because his best friend was in that class plus it was biochemistry which Peter loved.
His second class was his least favourite which was boring English. Peter was good at it he just hated it because it was boring! Then came advanced functions which always made Peter stressed because his teacher was a horrible explainer but she was nice. Then math class which was Peter’s last class so it always went by really slow because he just wanted to go home so he could be Spider-Man or in this case go over to Tony’s!
The day went by really fast.
Surprisingly because all Peter wanted to do was to see Tony and spend the evening with his father figure in the lab and then possibly watch a movie together.
Peter felt like he was vibrating with happiness and he just couldn’t wait anymore.
There was just one class left until Peter was free and he could hang out with Tony. This class was always the longest one but that was okay because then that meant the end of the day.
Peter walked into the class and took his seat which was at the back of the class. He usually liked the front the best but he hated answering questions in this class so he always sat in the back. Ned wasn’t in this class which sucked. It wasn’t like Peter didn’t have any other friends in his classes, he did but they weren’t Ned.
The teacher walked into the class motioning for everyone to be quiet so he could begin the lesson.
Peter was barely listening as his teacher explained how to do the homework which Peter would regret later, he just couldn’t stop staring at the clock so he could get out of there and go see Tony at his tower.
“Peter,” Peter’s teacher called out which made Peter turn to him in surprise.
“Y-yes, Mr. Ellis?” Peter stuttered out. He didn’t like the way his teacher was walking over to him.
“Are you paying attention to my lesson?” Mr. Ellis asked and Peter shook his head.
“Yeah, sorry” Peter looked down at his desk and then back up at his teacher who was now thankfully turning around and walking back to the front.
Peter checked the time once more seeing that he only had twenty minutes left of class which he was really excited for. He spent the rest of the time fidgeting in his seat, he felt like he couldn’t contain his excitement and he just wanted the final bell to ring.
The rest of the students started packing up since there was only two minutes left of class and Peter was quickly shoving his books into his backpack so he could be the first one out the door.
Just then Peter’s teacher called him out “Peter, can you stay after class? I need to talk to you about something”
Peter nodded.
Little did he know that after that talk things will never be the same for Peter ever again.