The Choice-Spider-Man homecoming fanfic

Bringing him back & ruining everything

"Bruce! Bruce! Get the h-- in here!" "Tony. What is- Oh my gosh! Set him down here, " Bruce said with wide eyes. "I don't get it. I don't get it. I don't get it!" Tony yelled. He was having another panic attack. These had been going on for quite some time and the only ones who knew about it were Bruce and Pepper. "Tony you need to relax, " Bruce said, as he found difficulty in trying to calm Tony and keep Peter breathing, which he wasn't at the moment. "He's not breathing! Why isn't he breathing?!" Tony himself wasn't breathing and Pepper came up from behind him and physically removed him from the room. "Tony, Tony? You need to calm down. Breathe, " Pepper said soothingly as she sat him in a chair put a hand on his back comfortingly. Tony followed the rhythm of her breathing and tried to believe Peter would be ok.

Bruce finally had Peter hooked up to the machines and mask and he got some real doctors in the room. "His heart's still beating, but he's not breathing. I don't know-how. Whatever he was stabbed with wasn't just an ordinary knife," he explained to the doctors as calmly as possible. The doctors didn't reply back, but Bruce trusted them because he could tell they were putting all their effort into keeping the kid alive, otherwise, before you could blink, Tony would have them all fired and he would go on a wild rampage and probably lock himself in his workroom. And sometimes even Pepper can't get him to come out when he does.

Breathe Peter. Breathe, Bruce thought. But Peter didn't and he started to flatline. "No!" Bruce yelled in a frenzy. And Bruce hit Peter in the chest for some unknown reason, but amazingly... Beep. Beep. Beep. He was breathing again and his heart pumping. All the doctors in the room who were at serious risk of being fired let out a sigh. "Good kid, " Bruce sighed as he rubbed his wrist. That was a hard punch almost harder than Bruce himself could do, but he had a feeling there was a little hulk let out in the moment. The doctors fixed up Peter's stab wound and Bruce took a sample of his blood to run tests in the lab. "You can see him if you want, but I'm afraid he's slipped into a coma," Bruce told Tony and Pepper on his way to the lab. Tony eagerly rushed to Peter's room and Pepper followed.
What met Tony's eyes immediately made tears fall from them. Peter was pale & frail-looking, weak. Tony kicked the wall and pound his fist on the side table. "Tony, " Pepper said gently. "This is my fault. I let him get to Peter. I should've stopped him while I could've; years ago I should've just killed him right there! I-" "Tony, no. There's nothing you could've done. Robert was like your brother & you spared him because you have a heart Tony, but him, his heart is nothing more than a box of stones and that's what makes you different and that's why I love you, " Pepper said as she wrapped her arms around his waist and leaned against his chest, earning a kiss from him. "I love you too Pepper."

Hours went by and Tony never left Peter's side and Peter didn't show any signs of waking. "Oh sh---, " Tony said aloud. As he quickly left the room & called Friday to get his suit. "What is it?" Pepper asked. I forgot about his aunt again."

"Where the ---- is my kid?!" Was the first thing May said when she answered the door. "Look, I was going to call and then I forgot to and-" May sighed and cut him off with a stern look and said, "No. Alright. I have tried to be nice, I've tried to like you, for Peter, but you have taken it too far. Peter has school he has a life too! And you're taking him away from that and you don't even let me know when you take him to do worthless little tasks that a billionaire could pay anyone to do! I don't want him over there anymore." "May-" "I don't want him there, so bring him back."

As Tony stepped out of his Iron Man suit he immediately collapsed into the nearest desk chair. He was so mentally & physically drained from the most recent events. "Tony, " Happy called as he walked up to him. "You've received about 20 calls from the same number in about 5 minutes." Tony rolled his eyes. "What now?" "Mr. Stark, " came Friday's voice. "There's a girl at the door." Tony sighed. "What's the name?" "Michelle, " Friday said after a moment. "Michelle? Happy, do we know a Michelle?" "Not-" "Correction, " Friday's voice interrupted. "Mj." "Oh. Let her in I guess, " Tony sighed, not ready for more mental stress. "Happy, why do I feel like I own these kids?" "Probably because they won't leave you alone, but you still care about them, " he said, giving him a knowing look. "Where the h--- is Peter?" "One, don't talk to me like that and two, he's in a coma so come back another day, " Tony said, he was frustrated and stressed. Mj narrowed her eyes at him and went to the elevator. "Where are you going now?" But she didn't answer or look back, just kept walking & went up to the 7th floor. After 10 minutes of searching through each room, she finally found Peter's. Mj sighed and burst into tears. "Peter, I need you to wake up. Nothing in my life is going right and if I'm being honest this is making it a h--- of a lot worse. I need you to wake up Peter because whether I want to believe it or not, I love you. Also, don't think you're getting away with our history assignment, so wake the frick up. Peter's heart monitor sped up and his eyes flashed open. Mj jumped in surprise. "Oh look the loser actually listened, " she said, wiping the tears from her eyes. "Mj, " Peter said as he pulled out the IV in his arm and attempted to stand up and walk to her. "Peter, what do you think you're doing?" Instead of walking to her and hugging her he managed to fall over and more like slam a hug on her. Mj laughed. "You're an idiot." "I know," but he didn't let go.

After another night at Stark tower, Peter had just about fully recovered, but even if he wasn't he would have to go home anyway because Aunt May was raving mad. "Alright kids, " Happy said, addressing both Mj & Peter. Because Mj had refused to leave, she stayed in the next hospital room. "Get yourselves loaded in the car." "Alright. Go ahead Mj. I'll be there momentarily, " Peter said, as Mj quirked an eyebrow at him.

"Mr. Stark?" "Kid, I thought you guys were leaving." "Yeah-um-we are. I just wanted to talk to you for a minute." Tony looked up from his desk and gave Peter a questioning look, then as he said, "Shoot, " moved his attention back to his papers. "Well, um-you-you know what the funny thing is about comas?" After half a minute Peter realized Mr. Stark took it as a rhetorical question so he continued. "Someone who is in a coma is unconscious and has minimal brain activity, so they're alive but can't be woken up and show no signs of awareness. Normally they're not going to respond to sound or pain, or be able to communicate or move voluntarily, and basic reflexes, like coughing and swallowing, will be reduced a lot, but anyways my point is, " Peter continued as Mr. Stark listened, but never looked up from his papers. "-I did. I responded to Mj's voice and- I mean the only way I could respond- My point is," Peter sighed, getting tired of his own rambling, "Most people when they're in a coma can hear everything going on around them." This definitely got Tony's attention and he looked up at Peter who had a look of compassion mixed with something else in his eyes. Peter finally finished with, "I could hear-a-and it's not your fault Mr. Stark. I don't blame you. It's not your fault." Tony desperately wanted to say something, but couldn't find the words so instead, he gave Peter what he hoped was an understanding look. The kid seemed to get the memo and he nodded and left to go home with Happy and Mj. "What took you so long?" Happy asked. "Talking to Mr. Stark, " Peter replied bluntly. Once they were on the highway Peter told Friday, "Fri, put quiet mode on." "Ok, " the voice of the machine Mr. Stark had recently installed in the car replied as a glass screen between the front & the back rolled up. Happy narrowed his eyes & Peter gave him a look to tell him sorry, because the knew Happy hated being left out of things. Peter turned to Mj and she gave him a questioning look. "Is this why you sat in the back? What are you trying to pull Parker?" Mj asked without letting him answer the first question. "Um-Mj. Do you know what I told Mr. Stark before I left?" Mj also took this question as a rhetorical one, so Peter continued, but this time decided to shorten it. "When a person is in a coma they are basically unconscious, but have minimal brain activity, so they can't respond to anything so you most likely can't wake them up, because they can't respond to their environment. Um-uh-what I'm trying to say, is um-I did, right? I responded to your voice and I mean." Peter let go of a breath he didn't know he was holding. "I um-I could hear you & what you um, said." As it hit her, Mj froze & quickly flushed pink. "Mj," Peter whispered, and Mj felt him touch her hand, but she pulled it away never making eye contact with him. "What does it matter to you? You don't have to pretend you care for me back. Don't do that. I don't want you to lie and be fake. I don't want this piled on top of everything else going on in my life right now!" "Bu-" Peter tried to protest, but Mj cut him off again. "We're done here, Parker. Friday quiet mode off." "Ok. Quiet mode off." "No turn it back on Friday!" Peter butted in. "Private mode o-" "I said we're done! Turn it off." "Private mode of-" "On Friday!" "Private mode-" "Off!" "Private-" "On!" "Pri-" "OFF!" "Private mode-" "Mj please listen- Friday turn it on." "Private mode-" We're done, Parker. Off!" "Pri-" "On." "Pri-" "O-" "THAT IS ENOUGH! Private mode off Friday & keep it that way. I don't know what you two are fighting about, but it's ridiculous. Everything has a lifespan, including Friday and your gonna break it!" "Her," the AI corrected. Happy rolled his eyes. "Enough from you too. Enough from everyone. I don't want to hear another word out of any of your mouths till we're there." A sad expression took over Peter's face and Mj looked mad, not at Peter though; more at herself. She could've finally let Peter know, but she was too stupid and she couldn't even admit it to herself yet. When they finally arrived at Peter's house, he sadly thanked Happy & said, "Bye Mj." She once again didn't meet his eyes so Peter went inside. May was ready to yell at Peter, but instead, when she saw the distraught look on his face, said, "Sweetie, what's wrong?" "I think I ruined everything."

A\N: So much teenage drama! Is it just me or does this seem exactly like a teenager thing?
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