Hero Switch

The Padlock Holds Me Back

Chapter 5

Peter: I need your help but don't freak out. I'm not Tony Stark.

Peter tried not to physically show his panic because of Steve's presence.

FRIDAY: That would explain the abnormal brain waves. You must be Peter Parker, correct?

Peter almost smiled, 'FRIDAY is always so smart.'

Peter: In the flesh-

Peter went to backspace at his stupid mistake but FRIDAY already beat him to it.

FRIDAY: Technically if you are Peter Parker then it would certainly notbe 'in the flesh'. But if that was a joke, good one.

There was a thumbs up png that was attached to FRIDAY's response and Peter smiled again but his mind was brought back to the situation.

Peter: Last night, I interrupted Mr. Stark's experiment and something went wrong causing us to switch bodies.

FRIDAY: I can recall conversations you've had with Ms. Potts and Happy Hogan on said experiment. Would you like me to pull up footage of those conversations and the moment the experiment went wrong?

Peter: No and no. Can you pull up the file Mr. Stark had for the experiment? He said he had the data written down and it would be easy to remake.

The file was brought up and Peter started to explore through the data.

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Tony helplessly followed Nat and Bruce to his own bedroom. The state it was in made him cringe. The nightstand items were on the floor, the bed sheets were everywhere, and the bathroom had an odor.

Bruce saw Tony staring, "Tony had a rough morning." He pinched his nose, "Nat?-"

"Already on it." Natasha bravely walked into the bathroom like her nostrils weren't being assaulted. There was a flush in the room and the fan was turned on. She closed the door behind her after she came out.

Tony sat on the end of the bed and Bruce started to look through his med kit.

"Can you tell me how you are feeling? What was your morning like?" Bruce asked as he adjusted a stethoscope around his neck.

Tony rewinded his day and explained everything that happened. Of course he left out that he was Tony and parts of conversations. They had an understanding that Tony had a rough morning like Peter and that was all that mattered.

When Bruce checked his chest and heart beat with the stethoscope the realization that he didn't have an Arc Reactor in his chest almost made him cheer.

Tony suddenly felt nauseous and he dropped his head into his hands. He focused on the darkness and blocked out the world.

'Owww my brain is meltinggg...' Tony thought as his senses started to go haywire.

"You okay, Peter?" Bruce asked and Tony almost forgot to respond.

Tony moved one hand away from his face. He made a thumbs up and quickly turned it upside down.

"Let's lay you down." Bruce helped Tony move backwards to lay down on the bed. Nat covered Tony with the silk sheets. Tony used to be repulsed by those sheets. They were uncomfortable and they felt gross but right now, Tony didn't mind them. They were heavy on his skin despite only being silk.

Tony grabbed the sunglasses that were still on his pajama shirt and he put him on. "FRIDAY, enable Spidey Overload Protocol."

The outside light began to be filtered out by the windows tinting black. Any lights were shut off and the air conditioning went silent. To Bruce it was scary that everything suddenly changed. Natasha simply glanced around to take in the different surroundings.