IronDad & Just Dumb Stuff

Tony Stark

Peter Parker was fun to work with. He was an excellent Spider-Man, he was an excellent listener; always smiling. And he was on Tony Stark's mind. They hadn't seen each other since the "Civil War" between him and Steve.

Deciding that Aunt May had too much on her plate already with running the shop and probably making dinner when she gets home for Peter and her, so Stark decides: hey I know where he goes to school, I'll pick him up.

He pulls up in the parent pickup lane and watches as kid's file out of Midtown School of Science and Technology and into cars. He watches the crowd get smaller and smaller. Eventually he saw a familiar brown haired boy hurriedly walk out of the building as if you were late.

Peter looked around, probably looking for Aunt May's car instead of Tony's, when he couldn't find her car he leaned against the side of the building and waited. Tony was about to get out and get him when he saw to boys woke up next to him- Peters stance becoming stiff.

The darker skined of the two boys pushed Peter first, the other boy doing the same. Peter did not fight back. The darker one swept Peter's legs out from under him causing him to fall into his butt. Once he was on the ground they started kicking him.

Tony got out of his damn car so fast he might have phased through it.

"What are you gonna do? Call your dad? Oh, wait, that's right- you don't have one!" Tony heard one of the boys say as he got in earshot.

"Hey! Fuck off!" Tony yelled, the two boys quickly turned their heads in horror of being caught, then their jaws dropped

"T-Tony Stark!??" Said the darker one

"Iron Man?!!" Said the other

"M-mr. St-st-stark???" Said Peter

The bullies looked at each other and quickly stepped away from Peter, saying things along the lines of "we're sorry sir, it won't happen again.".

Tony got real close to the original oppressors face, the boy looked anywhere but Tony's eyes. In a level and serious voice Tony said "He does have a dad, you wanna know who he is? Me. I'm his goddam dad." The boy gulped "Now leave my fucking son alone.". The two nodded and ran off like headless chickens.

Tony turned around to see Peter standing, a hand on the building to support himself. Tony's heart broke. "Thanks Mr. Stark, you.. you didn't have to do that." He said, his smile returning, but Tony knew it was to hide the pain.

In one motion Tony had Peter wrapped in a loving embrace, stroking his back "No Peter, I did have to do that.". He pulled Peter out of the hug but kept his hands on his shoulders and looked him in the eyes, "Or else what kind of Father would I be?" He flashed Peter a smile.

"W-wait. You meant that? You see me as your son!? Because I totally see you as my..." Peter lost confidence in his sentence and looked to the ground only to, a split second later, firmly nod to himself and look back up at Tony "Dad."

After another embrace (and a few tears both of them will deny) they got in Tony's car and Tony took Peter to Aunt May's house with an invitation to breakfast, lunch, and/or dinner at Stark Tower tomorrow. Wow, being a dad was fun.