Hero Switch

Deceiving Myself

Chapter 1

Tony Stark was working in his lab with rock music blasting on a high volume. It was the perfect chance for Peter Parker to sneak in on the ceiling. Luckily the lab wasn't locked down and Peter just crawled in. Upside above Tony, he couldn't tell what he was working on and he didn't wait to find out. This was his chance.

Peter lowered himself upside quickly and stopped himself in front of the billionaire's face. "Boo!"

Tony Stark flinched and he squeezed the dropper in his hand. The chemical in the dropper spilled into his experiment and onto the work table.

Stark set the dropper down to clutch his arc reactor in shock. "Jesus Pete... this is why I have gray hairs. FRIDAY, music."

The music in the lab shut off. Peter lowered himself to the table and he crouched on the other side of his bubbling concoction. He was wearing his Spiderman suit with his mask in his hand. He smiled and laughed lightly. "Sorry Mr. Stark! Didn't mean to scare you that bad. So what does that make the score? Me 3 and you 2?"

Tony smirked and stood from his stool. "That's not how I remembered it. Pretty sure it's me 3 and you now have 2." His eyes drifted to his experiment and Peter followed his eyes.

"I'm so sorry Mr. Stark! Was that important?" Peter asked pointing to the foaming liquid. Tony flicked some of his hovering holograms away.

Tony smiled in reassurance to the teen. "Nope just a test. Nothing to worry-"

He was interrupted by a puff of smoke blowing up into their faces. Tony grabbed a rag and tried to waft it away.

Tony coughed, "I wouldn't inhale that. Dummy clean this up and if you break anything I'm going to scrap you and send you to some engineering college."

Peter hopped down from the table and coughed into his elbow. Tony stepped away from the experiment and gripped the table to steady himself.

"Are you ok, Mr. Stark?" Peter asked as he gripped the table feeling slightly dizzy.

Tony stood up straight and sigh, "Kid remember what we talked about? Stop with that 'Mr. Stark' bullshit." When he said his name he mimicked Peter. Tony coughed out a laugh. "Isn't it a school night or something? What are you doing here so late?"

"I was patrolling in the area and figured I would stop by. I thought you missed seeing me around." Peter explained and walked around the table to stand in front of Tony.

"Pete, you were here yesterday."

"Close. I was here Friday."

Tony raised an eyebrow, "What day is it?"

"Sunday"

"So it is a school night."

"Yea but I wanted to see you." Peter answered as he looked to the ground.

Tony patted his shoulder, "Relax kid. You're not in trouble, I'm glad you stopped by. You always get me to take a break from my work."

Peter looked nervously between Tony and the smoking experiment over his shoulder. "Are you sure you're not mad about that?"

Tony turned over his shoulder and saw Dummy using the fire extinguisher that did very little to stop the smoking. "It was just for fun. I have all the data written down if you're wondering. It's not going to kill me to recreate it."

Peter's shoulder slumped to a more relaxed position. "So you up for a movie?" He asked with a grin.

Tony smiled and guided Peter out of the lab. "I haven't forgotten that it's a school night. FRIDAY shut the lab down."