#1 STOPWATCH

Chapter 56

" That's it?"

" What do you mean that's it? What exactly where you expecting?"

" I don't know. More?"

" I gave you a large portfolio compared to what I handed in at the Bugal." Peter says looking at Stark as he momentarily forgets he holding test tubes with highly Acidic liquid substance.

" Remember I'm not a desperate paper editor with a sour taste for the name Spider-Man." Tony says as he looks at the photos.

" Fine. I'll come back with something else." Peter sighs as he reaches his free hand for the folder.

Tony shuts the folder and holds it up against his chest. " No. No. I'll be keeping them."

Peter's brows furrow as he shakes his head. " I thought you didn't like them."

" I didn't say I didn't like them. I was just expecting something more then just action shots. You know with you dating him and all."

" I'm not dating Spider-Man."

" Well you're something. You can't convince me never once haven't had some part of you around his-"

" Don't. Finish that sentence." Peter says abruptly over Tony's voice who says 'Web shooter,'

" So you have." Tony says smiling in accomplishment.

" N-no! I haven't done anything with him." Peter says flustered.

Bruce comes by and takes the test tube from Peter. " Tell him I'm not involved with him Banner."

Bruce glances up at Peter and Tony before just shaking his head. " Why don't you two get to work."

After Bruce goes back to the spot where he's working and Peter starts to pay attention to what he's doing again when Tony speaks again. " So are you?"

Peter looks up at the wall across from him with a glare before turning to Tony whose next to him. " Fine I'm dating Spider-Man." Peter snaps as he's tired of the question that had continuously been asked since he was hired.

" See I told you he'd spill it." Tony says turning to Bruce who had looked up at Peter. Bruce In turn roles his eyes at the multi billionaire.

"I'm not," Bruce just puts his hands up and takes a step back to show his remove many from the conversation.

" I have the requested alloy you wanted earlier." Someone says after the doors to the high security lab opens.

Peter looks up to the feminine voice, his stomach dropping as he sees its Max.

" He finally confessed." Tony says as he walks around Peter to grab the well sealed container from the Shape shifter.

Max glimmer of confusion passes over her face before it is quickly replaced with a smile. " Has he now? Spilling all of their dirty little secrets then Peter?"

Peter internally groans and roles his eyes at the statement as he continues to work.

" So Parker I have to ask. I'm putting your job on the line. " Tony says as he walks towards the back of the lab to start taking the alloys out for use later.

" What?" The harassed teen asks in a tone that would reveal is younger age.

" So if you are together then what about that little scene a month or two back? The footage of Spidey and Wilson together."

" What about it." Peter deadpans.

" How did you react to that? You're boyfriend all over Deadpool?" Tony asks.

Peter finds the ' your boyfriend' a statement well beyond mildly disturbing when he thinks about it while another part of him lives trough the memory again in a sweet calmness.

Peter shrugs. " It's fine. Wasn't that big of a deal."

" Not that big of a deal? That's a huge deal. He cheated on you."Max says as Tony hands her something on her way by, now using her as a new person ting old his stuff instead of letting her leave much to Peter's guilty disappointment.

" Well he came right back and told me what he did. Wasn't as big as it appears to be." Peter responds.

" What did he do? I mean Deadpool carried him off to god knows where. Who knows what they did. Did The Spider go farther with him? Did they-" Tony bumps his hands together.

Peter scowls at the crude manners of the billionaire to ask a question like that even if none of this was really real. " Normally one doesn't prod this deeply into another's personal life while talking at work."

" Would take you to a bar but your not old enough."

" That hasn't stopped you from offering Spider-Man a drink from your own stocks." Peter says.

" Yeah well. That's different. I like to think of myself as an encouraging fatherly like figure in the kid's life. "

" So you try to give him alcohol?" Peter asks as he stops his work to actually look at Stark.

" And talk to him about stupid things he does, converse normally over subjects, keep track of him,"

" Stalk." Peter corrects as he glances at the portfolio he had given the man.

" Oh please. I'm not stalking. At least he can sleep soundly knowing I don't have blown up box tired of him hanging around my office like that JJ Jamie, or Jameson, or something like that does.

Peter couldn't object with that statement.

" You need to tell him i need to talk to him again. " Tony adds. " You should tell him to just give me his number."

" So you can track his Phone? Yeah I don't think so. He knows who you are and what you will try to do. "

Tony gives a half hearted eye role at the true statement.

So what do you guys think? What do you think is going to happen in the future? 😈

And how's your day been?

Mines been pretty interesting. Being sick and hallucinating people and things more then normal. Like I totally thought some chick was stark at me from in their car. It was seriously vivid by then when I got closer she wasn't there. It was just a empty car. And has anyone else ever just like gotten that sensation of loosing feeling in half their body? Just one half... I dont know. I'm dying I guess