Irondad and Spiderson // One Shots

I'll Protect You (2)

Same TW as the last chapter plus gun violence.

Alicia has no idea what's happening at the moment.

She remembers reading and then getting a call from Peter's school.

And when she answered she was informed that Peter had gotten in a fight.

With Jax.

Now she was sitting in the front office, her two boys sitting in front of her.

Peter had his head down, looking ashamed, and Jax was glaring at the poor boy.

When Alicia had first walked in she was surprised at Peter's appearance.

He had a black eye with cuts and scratches littering his face. Jax had nothing more than a busted lip.

"Mr. Frank could you please explain to me why my kids are sitting in front of me." Alicia already knew the answer of course, she just didn't want to believe that Jax would do such a thing.

She knew Peter sure as hell wouldn't hurt anyone of he had a say in it.

Mr. Frank cleared his throat before he explained. "Well I don't know the full story, but from what I know the boys were outside when Peter punched Jax in the mouth. Jax apparently jumped on Peter and proceeded to punch him. But that is only what I've been told from the other kids."

Alicia sighed and ran a hand through her hair.
"How much trouble are they in?"

"Both will be suspended for a week, Mrs. James."

"Alright, thank you." She grabbed both boys but their book bags and took the to the car.

She didn't say a word on her drive back to the house.

"Alright, what happened."

Alicia was sitting in Peter's room. He refused to come and eat no matter what she said.

"He said that you don't love me. That I don't deserve to be here and I should just leave. That you were planning to get rid of me anyways."

Alicia swallowed her anger and lifted Peter's chin.

"Peter, I do love you. I love you like my own, because you are my own. And you deserve to be here, you deserve better than what I can give you. And for the record, you're stuck with me till the day we die."

Peter gave her a small smile and rested his head on her shoulder. "Promise you'll never leave me?"

Alicia wrapped her arms around him and held him tight. "I promise baby, I'll never leave you."

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"Why would you say those things to him? I get that you're angry that he's here, but you have to understand that he is your brother now whether you like it or not!"

"But mom he hit me!"

"With the way you've been acting you're lucky all you got was a busted lip!"

Jax sat on his bed, silenced by his mother's words.

Alicia grabbed his shoulders and made him look at her.

"That boy has been through so much in his life. He has been abandoned, abused more than I like to think about. Jax you may think you hitting him does something. But in reality all is does is make him scared and afraid again. You hurting him does nothing."