Reflexes

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Idea: Peter is super tired at school and Flash bullies him, but when he goes in for a punch, his reflexes kick in.

   Why was crime so high last night? Peter didn't get home until 2:30 in the morning. As soon as he was done stopping a mugger, a fire would start or someone would rob a bank. The only reason why he even went home is because he got a call from Tony telling him to head home and get some rest because he had school tomorrow and he was too tired to argue.

   Peter probably would have died last night if not for this little girl. He and that girl got trapped under something, he wasn't entirely sure what it was, but the building was on fire and whatever was on them was hot. He ended up burning his back in the process of lifting it up and he was in so much pain. If that little girl wasn't stuck with him, he would've just stayed there and died not really caring, but that little girl needed saving and it was up to him to do so.

   Even if the pain hadn't kept him up, that near death experience sure did. Every time he closed his eyes he saw the fire and that little girl's terrified face. He saw that little girl trying to cry, but every time she inhaled she would breath in so much smoke and start coughing. And he probably would've died from his injuries if he didn't have super healing, but even with his fast healing, he wasn't completely healed.

When the day started and he had to go to school, he wasn't even thinking. He was moving purely on muscle memory.

"Dude, you look awful." Ned came up to Peter's locker and placed a hand on his back. Peter drew a sharp breath and immediately move his back away from Ned's hand. He punched his locker in pain creating a dent. "What's wrong?"

"Sup losers. What happened to you?" MJ asked.

"Fire bad." Peter managed to say.

"Penis Parker! What's wrong? You tired?" Flash laughed. His laughing stopped however when he realized Peter wasn't paying. He thought he was being ignored, but Peter just didn't hear him. "Listen to me when I speak to you." Flash was starting to get angrier and angrier as the seconds ticked by.

Peter's spidey senses were tingling so he looked behind him to see a fist flying towards his face. Out of pure reflex, without even thinking about it, he dodged by jumping on the ceiling. "Shit," he mumbled. By the time he realized what he did, it was too late. Almost the entire school saw him and figured out he was Spider-Man. To make things worse, the sudden movement caused his stab wound, yes he got stabbed the night before because of muggers, to reopen and made the giant burn on his back cause him more pain. The sudden pain he felt caused Peter to drop to the floor, face first, with a huge thud.

Peter reached out to his phone thinking screw it. Everyone already knew he was Spider-Man and he was in a lot of pain. "Hey, Mr. Stark."

"Aren't you supposed to be in school?" Tony asked.

"Well I am, it's just that I'm kinda bleeding." Peter said.

"You're what?!" Tony yelled.

"Yeah, I'm sorry to bother you, but my stab wound just opened so now I'm bleeding."

"When did you get stabbed?!" Tony was now panicked.

"Don't worry, it'll heal in a bit. It's just that my burn is starting to hurt, like a lot."

"When did you get burned?!" Tony was on full on panic mode.

   "Oh, last night. Again, sorry to bother you Mr. Stark. I wouldn't have called, but like everyone is staring at me cuz the saw me stick to the ceiling and I can't really get up so I didn't know what to do." Peter said.

   "OMG, kid. You gotta tell me this stuff. Just stay there, I'm coming to get you. You're not bothering me kid. I'd literally die for you." Tony said.

   "Considering I legit can't get up, you don't gotta worry about me going anywhere." Peter said.

   Tony hung up, but there was a yell saying, "Pete! Where ya at, kid?"

   "Help! I've fallen and can't get up!" Peter yelled back. Yeah, he was going delusional with pain and blood loss, but the stab wound had already healed to the point where the bleeding stopped.

   "Oh my gosh kid, you're gonna be the death of me." Tony sighed.

   "That's the plan." Peter joked.

   "Don't you kids have class to be in?" The halls immediately cleared out aside from Ned and MJ.

   "I've got him. You two can go back to class now." Tony told them. MJ and Ned glanced at each other and gave Peter a worried look before heading back. "You see these gray hairs? That's on you."

   "My greatest accomplishment." Peter smiled. Tiny rolled his eyes and went to pick Peter up. "Not. The. Back."

   "Alright. Alright. No touching the back." Tony agreed. He gently lifted Peter's shirt to see a completely burnt back. There wasn't smooth skin in sight, and Tony's heart just broke. "Why didn't you tell me about this?"

   "I didn't want to bother you and I thought it would be healed by today, but I guess my speedy healing slows down when there's a lot to heal." Peter explained. Tony sighed and brought him to Avenger tower to get all healed up.

   "Don't do that again." Tony said.

   "I don't want to do it again." Peter said.

   "Love ya, kid." Tony gave a small smile.

   "Love ya too, adult." Peter grinned.

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