abandonment. Depressed Peter Parker

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Peter woke up and saw that no one was in the room with him, he was alone, just as he was about to stand up, someone walked into the room who he recognized as Wanda Maximoff he didn't know her personally but he had heard of her, she looked at him for a second and then spoke "hey Peter I was asked to wake you up but i see you're already awake" Peter stared at her for a second "oh um, yeah what time is it? I should probably get going" "nope you're actually coming down stairs to have breakfast with the others" she said with a russian accent "o-oh no it's fine i need to head home so the houseparents don't worry"

"nope" she said while reaching out for his hand "I dont think Ive introduced myself, I'm Wanda" he shook her hand "im Peter, b-but i guess you already know that" she chuckled a bit "come on you dont wanna keep the others waiting" Peter nodded and stood up shakily.

when they got to the kitchen it was slightly less than chaos Steve was trying to cook while fending of Thors 'help', Natasha and Bucky where having an arm wrestling competition, Sam and Clint we're yelling about god knows what,,, suddenly and apple flew across the room towards Peter and Wanda before Peter could catch it Wanda did with her powers "watch it you two!" she yelled at Thor and Steve "Sorry, oh hey kid how are you feeling" Steve said "oh h-hi Captain im fine how are you?" Peter stuttered out hoping Steve didn't know what had happened the day before "i'm good, you hungry?" he replied Peter couldn't tell if he knew or not "um kinda" Peter replied quietly

"Okay everyone foods ready!" Steve yelled everyone jumped out of there seats and rushed over to where the food was "Get in a line! Do i have to tell you everyday?" Steve shouted once more. after everyone had gotten they sat down wherever they could weather it be at the table or on the table Peter looked at everyone as they ate and talked it looked like a big chaotic family,

Peter poked at his pancake not feeling very hungry but also not wanting to seem rude, he could feel the bandages under his sleeves holding him together like a doll, Natasha must have noticed him looking down at his plate cause she suddenly stopped talking to Clint "Hey Pete, how are you feeling?" Peter looked up at her, he felt sick, but he wouldn't tell her that "im okay, just a headache, how are you?" he said "im okay, hows your pancakes?" she asked him "there really good, thank you Cap" he said with a fake smile "No problem" Steve replied not looking away from Bucky
Peter noticed the way Steve and Bucky looked at each other it reminded him of the way May and Ben would look at each other, but different in a way that was hard to put into words,
Peter was snapped out of his thoughts by Tony "hey Peter, mind talking to me when you're done eating" it sounded less like a question and more like a command, much like the way a mom might tell her kid 'mind doing the dishes'
"O-Okay Mr.Stark" Peter chirped.
Once Peter had finished what he could he walked over to where Tony was sitting chatting with Natasha She flashed a reassuring smile at Peter before walking off, "You wanted to talk to me?" Peter asked Tony "yes, Natasha was talking to me about you and it got me thinking, maybe Spider-Man has had a long enough break from hero-ing" Peter looked at him surprised, he wasn't expecting this to be the conversation topic "it also got me thinking about how much more convenient it would be for you to stay here if you do end up getting Spidey back in business, Nat says she would be happy to adopt you- she's grown pretty fond of you. So, what do you think" Peter looked at his face for any sign that he was joking "t-that would be amazing Mr.Stark" his voice cracked and he felt tears run down his cheeks.
Tony ruffled Peters hair "I'll get the papers together and then we'll be all set" he said with a smile
He walked away leaving Peter stunned