spiderson oneshots

iv. the one with the field trip

{edited 7/11/22}

peter felt like burying himself in the sand and never coming up again.

of course mr. stark had offered his school's science department a tour of stark industries. he had offhandedly mentioned that his school was going to oscorp, and his mentor had nodded and smiled (if only he knew that the man was planning on changing that trip). now he was on a school bus heading to the tower.

yay.

"ned, how much money would it take for you to shoot me?" the teen asked for the fifth time since getting on the bus.

ned merely rolled his eyes, an amused laugh bubbling from his lips. "peter, you're going to be fine," he assured. "at least everyone won't think you're lying about your internship anymore."

peter huffed and slouched in his seat. he had to admit that ned had a point; his internship claims would be validated. however, the idea of stepping into the tower with his classmates was still overwhelming.

the bus ride didn't continue for much longer, the vehicle coming to a stop outside of the tower. peter swallowed thickly, trying to keep himself upright as he and his class filed into the building. his hands shook with nerves, and it took everything in him to not run back out the glass doors.

"hi everyone!" a young woman greeted, her heels clicking against the tiled floor as she walked over to the group. "midtown, correct?"

"yes, that's right," mr. harrington replied, extending his hand to shake hers. "it's such an honor to be invited here for a tour."

the woman smiled. "it's a pleasure," she stated. turning to the class, she held her hand up and offered a small wave. "greetings, everyone. my name is claire, and today i'll be your tour guide."

peter thought he was going to pass out when she grabbed a basket of badges from the front desk.

"in this basket are your admission badges. they are only level one badges, so you won't be able to access any floor above floor ten without someone with higher clearance. these badges are only valid through today."

claire began to pass out the badges. peter stood, back straight as a board, as she neared him. he already knew what she was going to say.

"good morning, mr. parker!" she said with a smile. "do you have your badge with you, or do you need me to get you a temporary one?"

the teen returned the smile with one of his own, shaking his head. "no thanks, i have mine." to prove it, he pulled his badge from his pocket, showing her the card.

claire nodded. "wonderful!" she exclaimed. she turned back to the group. "okay everyone, follow me!" she took them to a scanner. "you stand in the scanner and press your badge to this screen."

peter watched as flash took it upon himself to step into the scanner first. the boy awkwardly fumbled with his badge before pressing it to the screen.

"eugene thompson, level one access. welcome to stark industries."

peter wanted to roll his eyes at the 'awes' and 'wows' of his classmates. however, he held himself back; he had to remember that just because this was a daily occurrence for him, it didn't mean that other people couldn't be impressed.

claire continued to usher the students into the scanner, and peter blocked out FRIDAY's voice repeating the same thing over and over again. he finally came back to the real world when he saw ned press his badge to the screen, and he couldn't help the smirk that began to form.

"edward leeds, level eight access. good morning, ned, how are you? would you like me to alert the tech-lab of your arrival?"

ned grinned. "morning, FRIDAY, i'm good! and no thanks, i can't help out right now. how are you doing?"