The Life of Peter Parker

The one with the Drawings

“Hey kiddo! How's school been?“, Tony asked as soon as Peter entered the kitchen. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays were Tony-Tower-Time, short TTT. “Yeah it was okay. I mean school's sorta boring on Mondays anyway. Soooo what are we gonna do today?“, Peter asked with a glint in his eyes. “Well I thought we could tinker a bit on the iron man suit. I'd really like to work on a few things, like the ones you keep hidden in your desk“, Tony said with a smug smile. He knew the kid was a bit selfconscious and was too shy to tell him if he found something to improve. “You weren't supposed to see these! I just thought they'd be nice, not that you're suit isn't amazing already but-“, Peter rambled when something klicked in his head. “Did you go through my stuff?“.

Now Tony didn't know what to say. He suddenly felt bad for snooping but he just wanted to see what Peter had to say. “Well, yah, sorta. Come on kid don't be mad. I just let Friday do a scan and tell me if she found something iron man related, that's it“, Tony said. A look of relief came over Peter's face and he said: “So you didn't go through the second drawer?“. “No, kid, why? Something in there I shouldn't see or I don't wanna see if you get what I'm saying“, Tony answered with a smug expression on his face.

Peter went red really fast. Like beet red in about a second. “God NO Mr. Stark, it's not what you think it is. It's just... Well it's private okay so please just let it go. Thank you, I love you. Let's get to work“, and with that Peter hurried down to his and Tony's joined labs, made sure the second drawer was closed and locked and then he pulled out his ideas for Tony's suit. The rest of the day, he and Tony spent the time working on Peter's new stuff and Tony was surprised that they were actually really helpful for his suit. (In the second drawer were pictures of him and MJ, he didn't want Tony to know just yet)

On Wednesday it was probably one of THE hottest days. To say that Tony was surprised when Peter came to the tower wearing a long-sleeved shirt was an understatement. “God Kid, is everything alright with you? How could you possibly wear something long on this godawfully hot day?“, Tony said. “Well I didn't have another shirt with me so I just had to roll with it I guess. It's not too bad anyway“, Peter answered. “Well wait here. I'll bring you one of mine. Kids these days“, Tony mumbled the last sentence out. “NO, I mean no thank you I'm fine“, Peter rushed out. “Okay...?“, Tony said unsure. “Let's go to the lab. I need to fix my webshooters because I may or may not have fallen down a building because I fell asleep but hey let's just go“, Peter said, realising he probably said too much. “You wHAT?“, Tony shouted. Oh there it goes.

Later, at around 6 pm, Tony noticed that Peter was sweating furiously. “Come on kid, what is up with you today? You're sweating like an animal. Don't want you dehydrating on me here so spill“, Tony said with a slight urge in his voice. “Okay... just because I might as well faint at any minute now. Promise me you won't laugh“, Peter said. Tony looked confused. “Why in Gods name would I laugh? Kid, I've seen you do weird stuff before“, Tony laughed out. “Yeah well, just promise me you won't laugh and that you won't ask any questions“. “Okay, okay“. “Promise me“. “I promise, geez kid“, Tony said slightly frustrated.

Peter took off his shirt and Tony looked. He looked some more. Then the looking turned into staring. Why you may ask? Well Peter's right arm was full with beautiful, colourful drawings starting from his fingers up to his elbow. “Kid, what-“, Tony started. “Oh come on Mr. Stark you promised me. No asking. Can I have that shirt now or...?“, Peter said.

The rest of the day was spent with Peter working his ass off because he loved TTT and Tony throwing weird glances at Peter's hand because he was trying to figure out why the hell Peter's hand was covered in flowers and butterflies, trees, cities, houses, animals and faces with different expressions, letters, numbers and god knows what. The questions who and why kept him up all night. Also why didn't he want to show him. It wasn't that big of a deal. I mean kinda but not really. Well...