spiderman angst/sickfic oneshots

the fourth day of sickmas: cold

(where Peter gets stuck in the cold and Mr stark comes to get him) (this is a super shorty bc I'm finally not on a hyperfixtation of pumping these out anymore lol)

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Peter was out in the middle of God-knows-where and it was freezing.

Karen read the temperature as -6°F* and even though he was wearing a coat over his spiderman outfit, it wasn't enough.

** (idk that's like -15°C or smthn my F-C translations are getting better but not by much)

He couldn't thermoregulate, and because he was trying to hide this secret personal mission to find a better material for his web fluid from Mr. Stark (yk, so he could feel accomplished and do it himself instead of having Tony immediately buy it for him) he wasn't wearing the suit with the trackers and the heaters and all the fancy schmancy bells and whistles Mr. Stark insisted on installing.

He was on the phone with Ned.

"G-god this was a h-h-horrible idea." Peter stuttered, his entire body shivering. His body didn't thermoregulate like it used to. He couldn't keep the cold from settling into his bones, his body temperature was dripping rapidly and so was his consciousness.

Ned spoke into the phone and Peter almost forgot to pay attention. He could feel his head getting foggy.

"Peter, I really think it's time you should call Mr. Stark" He pleaded, "this is really serious, you could die."

"But he's gonna get m-m-mad at me for going out w- without the right e- equip-pment." He shivered.

"Dude, I really don't think that's the most important thing right now."

"Fuck, you're right. y-you're right! Ill call him, just give me a second to th-think about what to s-say." He said, trying to hold a straight thought but feeling stiff and cold and confused instead. He couldn't really remember what he was supposed to be doing, "why did I even come out here??" He asked Ned.

"Peter!!! Call Tony!!!" Ned shouted over the phone, his voice nervous and worried. His friend was out in rural New York in some snowy field without a good jacket or anything to keep him warm and was actively showing signs of hypothermia.

"Actually, don't even get off the line with me. Peter, add him to this call right now and I will help you explain. I just need you to add him, that's it, okay?"

Peter hummed, "I'm so tired." He said as his cold, rubbery fingers hit the screen over and over, hitting the wrong buttons as his coordination fell away. After a couple minutes of reminding from Ned, he finally rang Mr. Stark into the call.

"M'just gonna sit down for a minute." Peter said, taking a deep breath. He wasn't shivering anymore.

Tony picked up the call fairly quickly once he got the notification, and as soon as he was on, Ned was spouting the situation shamelessly. Peter was having trouble holding up his camera.

3 minutes later, Tony arrived with a heated blanket and an insulation blanket to wrap his child in. Scolding him lightly for being so stupid and not using his IQ of 10000000 to make a better decision. He knew Peter probably wouldn't remember it anyways.

His symptoms were severe. He was confused and tired and had to will the boy to stay awake the whole ride back, refusing to fly as quickly as he did to get here, attempting to prevent further frostbite by going lower and slower in the atmosphere.

Peter curled up close to the reactor, hiccuping as his body began to shiver again.

"Hey, bud. Hey, we're almost home. Just stay awake." Tony pleaded, shifting the boy slightly in his arms as the tower reared into view.

"M'sorry, m'so sorry, misser Stark." Peter said, now shaking aggressively,

"It's ok, Pete. It's ok, you're safe now."  He comforted as he flew into the tower and immediately ran to bundle the kid up in warm, dry clothes. After that task had been accomplished, Tony took the exhausted kid and carried him to the couch, where they sat and watched cringy, stereotypical, Hallmark movies for the next 5 hours, almost like a father and son.

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Sorry it's so short !!! I probably could have gone into more detail but I'm instead battling the rest of my responsibilities and life so 🫡🫡🫡