Fallen Spider [Irondad Spiderson]

Chapter Twenty-nine-Better, Then Broken Again

Peter smiles at MJ and Wade, holding his test in his hands. "HA I got the highest grade this time" he made fun of them jokingly. 

Peter was wearing a t shirt. Sure some of his scars hadn't completely faded away but there had been no new ones anywhere on his body for about 3 months.

"Nice job Parker" Flash says from the next table over.  Flash still wasn't the nicest but after seeing what Peter had gone through, seeing how he made it worse, he eased up on the Peter.

He wasn't completely better, he still had his off days. He was able to go to school now. He met with Coulson only every other week instead of every week. He was even going on Patrol everyday, sometimes missions too if they were easy.

The thing that mattered most to Peter was the fact that his parents were happier now. Tony rarely frowned, Pepper was a bright ball of sunshine towards her two kids. She even got into baking, Wade tented to steal parts of the deserts she sent with Peter to school.

Everything was great.

Until it wasn't.

Until it fucking wasn't.

"We did it Mr. Stark. Mr. Stark, we won!" tears welled in Peter's eyes. H had gotten better, so much better. But now everything shattered inside of him. He was hallow but too full of emotions at the same time.

"It's okay you can rest now Tony". Pepper was crying, she placed her forehead against Tony's. Rhodey seemed almost broken. Unable to function. Steve, poor Steve. He didn't realize how they won until Tony's eyes had closed.

And then there was Stephen. Tears threatened to spill but he had to be brave. Had to be brave for everyone else. He had known all along and there was nothing he could do to stop it.  The man had a family, god damn it! Stephen wished so badly that he could have sacrificed himself instead.

Bruce stood in shock, he had lost the woman he loved, and the only friend who understood his interests in the lab, a great man who was always cold on the outside but he still treated Bruce like a brother.

Wanda leaned onto Clint, first her brother, than the man she loved, and now her father. She didn't even know she had lost the best aunt anyone could have. Clint held her against him lovingly as a father would do a small frightened child, because right now that's what she was.

Bucky felt terrible. Sure they got along but he had never been able to fully apologize for what he'd done. her knew it wasn't his fault, that he had been brainwashed but he still felt the need to beg for forgiveness to the man that had just used his life to save that of the universe. Just as Natasha had. Sure it was an unexpected friendship but Nat and Bucky got along great. He didn't even know she was gone yet.

Thor stood sturdy, a face full of anger and the need to fight. And as manly and warrior like that he looked in that moment, he sobbed. He was a god, he should have been the one to sacrifice himself. He had a better chance of surviving, and if not he would be able to see his brother once again. His father and mother too.

Quill was shocked. From the first time he had met Tony he despised him, thought he was terrible. Now he saw  that no matter how cold, selfish, or disrespectful Tony seemed on the outside, he wasn't only a great man but a good one too. 

Shuri felt her heart sink. She wasn't close to Tony in anyway, but she was still devastated. Her main concern was Peter. She could see, even from a far, he had been broken to pieces. And she was unsure anything would ever fix that.

Peter sat on a bed made of blankets on Morgan's floor. He had been told he could sleep on the comfy couch, but Morgan offered him a bed she had made in her room. He had only know the little girl for a few hours but he already loved his little sister. He was sad that he hadn't been able to see the little girl grow, that he had been gone for five years. Pepper knew Morgan was like Peter. Her main goal in life was to make everyone happy no matter how it effected her. So even though the five year old had cried into her stuffy on Pepper's lap for a whole hour, she knew as soon as she saw Peter he needed her.