Chapter 1

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One Month Later

The woman looked up from a large file as Harley and I sat down in front of her cradling Morgan against my chest. "Hello Mr. Parker, Mr. Keener. My name is Mrs. Adams. I'm here for two reasons. The first is to talk about the will of both Tony Stark and Pepper Potts. The second is talk about Legal arrangements for both of you and Morgan Stark. Let's talk about the will's first. Dr Stark has left you each some money and properties and has left Mr Parker the bulk of his shares in SI. However, we have a problem. Dr. Stark left a substantial amount of money to Pepper Potts-Stark, James Rhodes and Harold Hogan" Happy's real name was Harold? Huh. "Unfortunately, all three of them are deceased." I flinched and Harley grimaced. "Normally, that would mean the property for them would go to Miss Stark. But Dr. Stark also left these."

She takes two envelopes out of her file and hands one to Harley and the other to me. I open it and see two papers inside. I open the first and start reading.

For Peter Parker

Hey kid. If you are reading this then I'm dead. And I didn't suck up my courage and show you this while I was alive. The second paper in this envelope is a paper which means Pep and I now officially have joint custody of you with May. Yay! You are now officially Peter Parker-Stark, brother to Harley Keener-Stark and Morgan Stark. You can still go by Peter Parker if you want. Or even just Peter Stark. You are now officially my kid. Well almost. You just have to sign the paper. You were always my kid. This just makes it official. I really hope I show you this before I kick the bucket but hey, you never know. Just taking precautions. I just want to tell you that you are my kid, my son. I love you Pete. Even if I never told you.

Ok enough of mushy stuff. I'm dead. Yay. Stark Industries will no longer have either a CEO, CTO or a Head of R&D. I think you should take my place. You don't have to but I know you will like it. You do pretty much everything I'm supposed to do anyway. The employees love you and they won't have any problem with it. If they do then fire them. The board, Pepper and the department heads all know that I want you to become the CEO. Not if your underage obviously. Then Anderson- you know him will take my place till you are old enough. Say 21? That should leave time for you to finish college and get a degree. Definitely get an MBA, an Master's in Economics and a Master's in electrical engineering will help too. We are a tech company. Maybe even a PhD or 2 if you want. You're definitely smart enough. There is a bias toward MIT in this family. Ask FRIDAY to open project Mini-Stark's Stuff- College (PWD: Charlie-Oscar-Lima-Two-Alfa-Golf-Echo) You will find a letter of recommendation from different company employees along with a bunch of other stuff you absolutely have to know about college. Have fun. I love you kiddo.

PS-Look after Morgan and Pep please

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PS-Look after Morgan and Pep please.

I pull the second paper out and sure enough it is a legal document with three signatures: Tony Stark, Pepper Potts and May Parker. The date on top shows it's from just two weeks before the snap. There is one empty dotted line: signature of minor. Without having to think I ask "Do you have a pen?" she hands me one and I sign on the line. I sign as Peter Stark After I'm done Harley snatches the pen and scrawls his signature on his sheet as well. "Guess we're brothers now." He comments. "I guess we are." I answer. "Now that you have signed you receive equal shares of the money and other things left to anybody deceased. You also get anything Pepper Potts and James Rhodes left Tony Stark along with anything they left you. Mr Park- sorry Mr Stark, you should also contact the employees of Stark Industries. You do own the company now, even if you don't run it just yet"

"Now let's move to the second and less pleasant reason I'm here. Living arrangements. I suspect there will be more people coming to talk to the rest of the kids here for the same reasons. There are a lot of children in the same position as you with nowhere to go. The foster homes are going to be full and both of you are old you are old enough to file for emancipation. You also have enough money to live comfortably for the rest of your life so I would suggest doing that. Otherwise people would adopt you because they would get access to the huge amount of money Dr. Stark and others have left you." I nod. I'm pretty sure she's right. "I will handle that. The thing here is Miss Stark is not old enough to be emancipated. Because you are her adoptive brothers you automatically become her legal guardians. You will gain akll her money and any other things left to her till she is of age which Dr. Stark's will identifies as anywhere between 16-21. You could give her up for adoption if you don't want to raise her but keep in mind that people will want to adopt her because of the 10-figure number that comes along with her. They may mistreat her and likely won't care for her." I won't let that happen to my sister I can see Harley doesn't want to make Morgan grow up like that either. "We'll take care of her. Thank you for coming" I politely answer we stand up and she shakes hands with me and Harley. "Good Luck!" She wishes us and then collects her papers

After she left, I turned to Harley. "Didn't Tony leave you shares of SI. Why'd she say I own the company?" "I told Mech not to leave me too much money or make me some huge figure in the company. I'm not good with responsibility. Guess I got that from my real dad. All I want is to tinker with stuff. I'm more than fine with being just a side figure. Never really liked the spotlight." "Oh. Well if you ever change your mind let me know. Being the CTO probably isn't to bad. If worst comes to worst, I'll do all the paperwork and press and you just approve and disprove of projects" I offered. "I might just take you up on that." He shrugged.

Two Years later

Peter's POV

As I stepped up to the podium to give the valedictorian speech, I looked around. I saw Harley who was holding Morgan, Cooper with one arm around Cassie the other carrying five-year-old Nate and grinning at his sister, my girlfriend, Lila. Next to them were the three new additions to the Next Avengers: Evan, Emma and their eight-year-old brother Liam. Out of my original class only Cindy and Betty survived. They both were lucky one or both of their parent's had survived so they had someone to look out for them. All of us transferred to Midtown along with a bunch of other students.

As I stepped up to the mike, I cleared my throat. "The world has changed. Four years ago, if someone told any of you that I would become Spiderman, Leader of the New Avengers and be training to be the next CEO of Stark Industries I'm pretty sure you would've called them crazy. I would've. Yet here I am. And apparently, yes, being a CEO-in-training does count as an extra-curricular activity. I know that I couldn't have done it without you. I couldn't have done it without Harley's sarcastic comments or Lila's steady encouragement. I couldn't have done it without Betty ambushing me in the hallway and demanding me for interviews after each mission or Cindy's quiet strength that helped me every day. I couldn't have done it without Mr Harrington's glares or Mrs Warren drilling it into my head that "Getting the right answer isn't everything. How you get there is important. So, show me your stinking work!" Thank you for being there whenever I needed you. The friendships that we have made here will last a lifetime. We have supported each other and helped each other succeed in these years at Midtown. We are a family. And I hope this family stays strong years end even decades after we graduate.

Often on graduation day we look outside for heroes but I see them right here among us. I have seen in my years at Midtown that we don't have to look far for inspiration and that we each have the potential to make an inspiring contribution to others, by being true to our values and committing ourselves to lofty goals.

When you leave here today, celebrate what you have accomplished, but look forward with an eye toward how you, too, can be the inspiration for others.

Congratulations Class of 2020!"

Which MCU director enlisted his son to play the young Peter Parker who Tony Stark saves from a drone in Iron Man 2?


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