Save Me

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After Peter and Tony had finished unpacking Peter's bags. Peter asked to go to the lab so he could fix his web shooters that had been damaged last time he went on patrol.

Tony was working on a new suit for Natasha while Peter worked on his web shooters. Tony soon stood up to stretch his legs and walked over to see how Peter was doing. And his eyes instantly looked to his wrists.

"Hey," he said softer than usual.

"Hey," Peter said looking at him with a small smile before looking back to what he was doing.

Tony had always seen Peter with his sleeves rolled up but never without his web shooters. He saw why, he could see the scars, one across each, across his veins.

"What's that?" He asked hiding the panic that was trying to slip though. Although he knew what it was he hoped he was wrong about it.

"My web shooters, they were damaged last night when..."

"No, uhh..on your uhh...your wrist," he said, he had never really thought about how hard Peter's life must have been.

Peter went quiet. He looked to his wrist then back to what he was doing, pretending he didn't hear what Tony just said.

"Pete?"

"I don't want to talk about it," he said pulling his sleeves back down.

"Okay, I'm sorry. But umm..I'm here if you ever need to talk about it," he said with a comforting smile.

Peter carried on with fixing his web shooters trying to ignore the looks Tony was giving him every so often. He didn't want Tony to find out about that ever. Though he knew he probably would eventually he didn't want it to be so quick.

His phone next to him soon began to ring, which made him slightly glad.

"I'll be back," Peter said picking his phone up and walking out the room. "Hey Ned what's up?"

"Mj and Aaron are coming over to study for the chem test we've got on Monday. I wanted to see if you wanted to come too?"

"Let me ask," he said walking back in the lab. "Hey Mr Stark, Ned's wondering if I can study with him."

"Yeah sure, you want me to drop you..wait a minute. Is Ned the guy you like?" He asked with a smile causing Peter to go red.

"Shut up," he said quietly.

"Go for it kid. You need me to drive you?"

"Yeah," he said walking back into the hall. "He said yeah, what time?" He asked Ned.

"Their gonna be here in like an hour so whenever really."

"I kinda wanna talk to you so can I come a little earlier," he said, he knew what Tony said was right that ignoring his feelings was hurting him more.

"Yeah that's fine. You alright?"

"Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine. See you soon."

"See you soon."

Peter could hear the worry in his voice. He walked back into the lab while putting his phone in his pocket. "Is it alright if we go now?"

"Yeah," Tony said standing up, "so have you told him you like him?" He asked with a smile as they walked out the lab.

"Not yet, I'm gonna try today," he said before he got his bag and got in the car.