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After Aunt May finds out Peter's identity, Peter finds himself alone on the streets. When Tony Stark catches wind of this fact, Peter is moved into Avengers Tower with Tony, Pepper, and eventually all of the Avengers. However...
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" Home may be where the heart is, but this isn't where your heart belongs." •••••••••••••• A few days later
Peter awoke to an aching back and an open window, a sort of familiar face staring at him in shock. "Peter Parker?" His eyes took some time to fully adjust to the light, but when they did, he say the face of a Junior he would see in most of his classes. A Junior who could easily be noticed as the resident theatre boy of Midtown High. A Junior with dirty blonde hair and and blue eyes. A Junior by the name of Jackson Bailey.
Peter wasn't entirely a stranger to the older boy, then again, he wasn't an acquaintance either. Jackson was but a classmate in Peter's eyes, at least up until today. "J-Jackson?" Peter stuttered, moving closer to the window the boy was peeking out of.
"You're Spider-Man?" Jackson asked, his tone not curious or questioning, but more on the sassy side.
"What? Pffffft," Peter smiled, playing it off, "This is just my cosplay for Comic Con, looking good, right?" Peter flexed his muscles, visible biceps on his arms. He quickly un-flexed, the smile leaving his face before he spoke up, "Y-yeah, just a cosplay."
Jackson quirked his eyebrow, "Oh really?" He pointed towards the corner of the ceiling, "There's a camera right there connected to the lobby."
Peter's face paled, his arms moving themselves as he webbed the camera. Jackson began to laugh, confusing the younger boy. "Congrats Spider-Man, you webbed up the camera connected to my computer. Why do you think I knew you were out here?" He made a quick gesture to let Peter know to come in, Jackson going back into his room and closing the window after Peter was inside. Peter soon found himself sitting on the edge of Jackson's bed, Jackson standing in front of him.
Peter gulped, "Look, I can explain-"
"The only thing you need to explain right now is why you're sleeping on my fire escape when you could be sleeping at home." Jackson looked worried, which was unsettling for Peter. Why would a Junior who barely knows him care whether or not he was sleeping in a bed?
"I was sleeping at home." Peter spoke quickly, nearly kicking himself for speaking the words.
Jackson let out a breathy laugh, "My fire escape is your home?"
"Not exactly," Peter chuckled, "Queens is my home, more specifically the streets. I think it's fine to be able to sleep in my home." Peter sadly laughed, hiding the real reason why Queens was now his 'home'.
Jackson frowned, "What happened with your Aunt?"
"How do you know about my Aunt? What do you know about my Aunt-?" Peter quickly questioned after Jackson asked, sitting up from his spot to confront Jackson face to face. Well, face to chest being how short the spider boy was to him.
"Woah, calm down!" Jackson cut him off, putting his hands on Peter's shoulders and lightly pushing him down back onto his bed. "I remember hearing around that you only had your Aunt left after your Uncle... yeah" Peter flinched at the mention of his Uncle and Aunt in the same sentence, his guilt from yesterday catching back up to him.
"I guess you could say she'd rather not be my Aunt anymore," Jackson frowned, "So now, the streets of Queens are my home." Peter struggled to smile reassuringly.
Jackson sighed, "Peter, I don't know if you believe that whole quote of 'Home is where the heart is', but just to let you know," Jackson placed his hands back on Peter's shoulders, "Home may be where the heart is, but this isn't where your heart belongs." Peter looked baffled by this, which made Jackson continue, "You deserve a good home with a loving family, Peter. Everyone does."
"Where else do I have to go-" Peter was cut off quickly by his upperclassmen.
"You have that Stark internship, correct?" Peter nodded, "I'm gonna assume it's much more than an internship with your abilities, so," Jackson pointed towards the pocket in Peter's suit, "Take out your phone and call someone there who truly cares for your well-being." He smirked, "My guess would be Tony Stark?"
Peter shook his head, "Tony would never take me in! He's done enough already, giving me a multi-million dollar suit with a built in AI-" Peter was cut off once again, the one thing Peter realized he didn't like about being around the dude was how often he cut him off.
"AI huh?" Jackson took Peter's mask out of his hand, placing it on his own head regardless of Peter's pleas.
"You're not the owner of this suit, please remove the mask or the authorities will be on there way." Karen spoke, nearly intimidating the older boy. Nearly.
"I need your help," Jackson spoke as Peter tried to take the mask off his head, "Please call Mr. Tony Stark and let him know there is an emergency regarding Peter's living arrangeme-" The mask was ripped off his head, but not before Karen was able to pull the call through.
"Karen, don't listen to a thing he-" Peter put on his own mask, quickly seeing the face of Tony Stark, "M-Mr. St-Stark?"
Jackson smirked, happy with his actions and being able to have Tony Stark in the loop of his interns home life. "So, there's an emergency regarding where you live?" Tony sounded a bit upset to Peter, probably because he didn't want to deal with him right now.
"No, Mr. Stark, everything is perfectly-" The mask was snatched off his head like a shook persons wig, the mask finding its place on Jackson's head.
"Hello Mr. Stark, this is Jackson Bailey," Tony looked utterly shocked by the boys boldness, his face visible during the call, "Peter was found sleeping on my fire escape last night and no longer lives with his Aunt after what I assume to be a fight." Jackson looked over to see Peter's face pale, a scared look on his face.
Tony spoke up, "He doesn't live with May anymore?"
"No sir, I called to make sure Peter would have a place to live and know the two of you are close, so I thought you'd want to know about his well-being." Tony admired the kid helping Peter, he had guts.
Tony nodded respectfully, "I'll be there in 10 minutes- what was your name again?"
"Jackson, Jackson Bailey" He responded, introducing himself to the billionaire, "I'll be willing to help anytime." He smiled, Peter astounded by his words. An upperclassman in one of his classes is willing to help him after learning he's Spider-Man?
"Well Mr. Jackson Bailey, I will see you in a few minutes and will be taking Peter off your hands." And just like that, the call ended, leaving Peter to wonder where the hell his life will end up next.
