Original auther: (can't remember / find the name)

Ever since the announcement of the wedding the press has been attacking you for details. You can hardly go out in public anymore without them swarming you. Unfortunately, staying inside was not an option.

Soccer practice just ended and you were walking back to the tower, you were tired and hungry so you were not looking forward to the press. Before leaving you tried to make a disguise putting your hood up and sunglasses. It only worked for a few blocks. “Ms. Stark”, “Does Pepper have her dress yet?”, “Ms. Stark please”, “Any information on the wedding?” They kept hassling you.

“No comment” was all you said, Happy taught you how to handle press properly. Being the daughter of Tony Stark wasn’t exactly easy, constantly being in the public eye, everyone has such high expectations, and the constant worry that someone is going to come along try to take over the earth or fight your family and friends and kill everyone. No big deal though right?

You continued walking, trying to mind your own business which was hard because the paps were not going away. Turning around to them, you try to be as polite as possible yet stern, “Can you guys please leave me alone? I have no information for you”. They kept rambling on questions, one after other, these started to get more personal to see how I felt about the wedding. They were really trying to get something out of you, it wouldn’t work though. You roll your eyes and start to walk away. Thats when something grabbed your wrist, you spin around ready to beat someone’s ass for touching you. Looking to see who grabbed you, you see that its a spiderweb. Letting out an annoyed sign you look up, following the web to see none other than Spiderman on the top of the building. You raised an eyebrow and have him a look that said “Really?”. He simply waved back and motioned for you to grab on. However, you are not a damsel in distress, you didn’t need saving, you don’t need any help.

Reaching into your coat pocket you pull out a pocket knife and slice the web off of you, never looking away from Spiderman. Keeping the serious look on your face you turn your head back to the paps. You quickly click your wrists together, it activated your bracelets that turned into blasters, just like the ones in your dad’s suit except they only allowed you to fly. He didn’t trust you will the actual blasting part so that setting is blocked, you are close to hacking it though. For emergency purposes of course. Putting your feet together to activate those on your shoes, but before you go. “Bye” you say with a small smirk then you shoot up. The wind blowing through your hair felt nice, it was so calming for those short seconds. Looking down you see the confused looks on their faces while some try to take pictures. It only took a few seconds to reach the top of the building Peter was on, flying past him you land in a type of superhero pose. Quickly you stand up and face him, “I told you I don’t need saving”

Spiderman takes off his mask, “I know, I just thought maybe you would like to get out of there fast, I didn’t know you had those!” He gestured to your hands and shoes. He was so flustered, trying to defend himself. His brown curls were a mess from his mask, his face all red from embarrassment.

“Even if I didn’t have these I would have been fine, I wasn’t even planning on using them until you showed up!” You loved having the blasters but you did not like using them in public, fearing that it would give people the wrong idea. The idea that your dad was training you to be just like him. You wouldn’t be against it, you have always wanted to be apart of the Avengers, back when they were a team at least. Just not as another Iron person, they already have 2.

“Look, I’m sorry for trying to help you (Y/N). I thought I was being nice” Peter was getting defensive. You did feel bad about giving him a hard time, its just you told him this before. You don’t need help and you don’t like the help. You can handle things yourself.

“It’s fine, just don’t let it happen again.” You let out a laugh and smiled to ease the tension. Ever since your dad recruited Peter when the big fight was happening he has been around more, which is nice because everyone else has been gone. It was nice having all the Avengers living in the tower, you loved having them around, they were your family. Since the whole breakup its been kinda lonely and quiet at home. You missed the fun times you all used to have. You and Peter have become pretty good friends though, You don’t mind having him around. “So what are you doing here anyways?”

“Oh I was on my way to go see Mr. Stark, he called me and said he wanted to see me to talk about something” He got really happy when it was time to talk about serious superhero stuff. He was a giant kid, always getting excited to be included with the big kids.

“Oh wow. Really?” You said in a sarcastic tone, you faked excited for him, only he knew you were just making fun of him. He shook his head and put his mask back on. “Race ya” Then suddenly you blasted off the building. Peter was not too far behind you swinging building to building trying to keep up. It was only a few blocks away. Landing on the launch pad at the top of the tower you turn to see Peter jump behind you.

“Beat ya!” You give him a smile and lift your head high in victory.

“If I had blasters like that I would have won, I just have my webs.” Peter walked inside and took his mask off again. “So where is Mr. Stark?” he looked around like he expected him to appear.

“How would I know, I just got here too” You give him a smack on the head as you walk past him, going towards the kitchen to grab a snack. “Hey Friday, can you get my dad please?”

“Yes Ms. Stark, I will let him know you request his presence.”

F.R.I.D.A.Y is so handy, you preferred JARVIS though. JARVIS was so much better at running the house, and so much better at it than being Vision. You loved Vision but he was always so goody goody, he liked to talk about Wanda and he was just a big annoying at times.

Opening the fridge you grab a bag of grapes and sit at the counter. You sit like such a lady, one leg up and sitting on the other. Peter walks over as you munch on a grape. Thats when you guys here the elevator doors opening. Your dad walks though the door. “Hey sweetie, how was practice?” He walks over to you giving you a side hug and kissing your head.

“It was good, did you guys eat dinner yet? I’m starving.” You look up at him as he walks over to Peter.

“Hey kid. Good to see you.” He says giving Peter a handshake. “No we have not eaten yet, how about we all go out in a couple minutes. I have to talk to Peter real quick and you need to go freshen up. Coach must have made you run laps or something because phew”

“HEY!” You acted all offended. Peter was trying not to laugh but it wasn’t working. You threw a grape at both of them, hitting your dad on the head and Peter on the shoulder.

“Hey. Wasteful.” Tony says with as straight of a face he could make trying to be serious. You rolled your eyes as you get up to put the grapes away. You put your hand up to say whatever bye and went to your room.

After your shower, you sat down on your bed and started messing around on your phone. The email notifications from the last few hours started to go off. You aren’t really paying attention to them, they are usually just junk mail. That is until you read one that says it is from “SR.NR.SW” and the subject was “Hey, its been a while”. Quickly you go to open it, you recognize those initials.The next morning you rolled over to check your phone, still no reply. You figure it was probably a one time thing. You can’t help but feel disappointed. Brushing it off you get ready and head to the kitchen. Walking into the kitchen your dad was sitting at the counter. “Hey there you are” He perked up bringing you in for a hug. Someone was very happy this morning. “So I was thinking we go to the brunch place down the road. Remember the one we always used to go to?”

“We haven’t been there in forever, lets go!” You got pretty excited. You could not help but smile, which in return made your dad smile. It was nice seeing him happy, he is usually so busy and stressed. Especially lately with everything going on and the wedding on top of it. In the back of your mind you wondered why he wanted to go there all of a sudden. You didn’t let it bother you though, the two of you didn’t have as much quality time over the past couple years unless it was in the workshop where both of you would work on new projects.

Back when you were younger, going here was always a special event. Once a month, usually the second Saturday, you would have a daddy daughter day. Starting with breakfast at your favorite place. When you guys were walking there you felt the same joy as you did back then. “Two please” the hostess seemed to be in shock over who just walked in.

“Right this way” She grabs the menus and walks us over to a booth by a window. It was nice and elegant, table cloths and flowers on every table, and chandeliers hanging from the ceiling.

The waitress was quick to get to your table to take your drink order. She obviously knew who you guys were and was hoping for a nice tip. Your dad orders a coffee and you get an orange juice.

“I remember when you were younger you always insisted you had to dress like a princess to come here, you used to call in the tea party place” He laughed at the memory. “You would get so excited about coming here”.

“This was my favorite place.” You tried not to bring it up but you couldn’t hold it in “Why did we stop coming?” You tilted your head waiting for a reply. Your dad looked down, his demeanor changed. Now you started feeling guilty. He probably just got busy, you never meant to make him feel better.

“Things changed” He looked back up at you, “Once you started playing soccer you started having games on Saturdays. You loved it so much, I loved seeing you so happy and you were so good. Then everything with work started getting busy, it was either this or your games. I couldn’t make time for both. I’m sorry”

Ouch. now you really felt guilty about bringing it up. You didn’t mean to hurt his feelings, you were just curious. “It’s fine dad, at least you still come to all my games.” Shooting him a smile you could see him cheer up forgetting the subject. He never has missed a game, he did always put you first when he could, there was no reason for him to get down about himself.

“Your first game of the season is next Friday, are you excited? Pepper and I were thinking of getting shirts made for when we cheer you on” You didn’t know if he was joking or not. His face seemed serious, there were no signs that he was joking. Your eyes got wide with the thought of it.

“Yeah… sure” You try your hardest to seem like you like the idea. it didn’t work, your fake smile and sarcastic tone gave it away easily. He starts to laugh, thank god.

“Wow. You actually thought I was serious there didn’t you?” You rolled your eyes at him. “Hey, before I forget. What time is everyone coming over Thursday for the big preseason bash?”

Every year the day before your first game of the season your dad hosts the entire team over. This has been going on since you were 10, its tradition at this point. He has a big dinner and you all get to go swimming in the pool he had installed on the sky deck of the tower. As a bonus since it is usually before school starts everyone sleeps over too. Everyone gets such a big kick out of it. “I think they said around 6.”

The waitress came to the table with your drinks “Are you ready to order?”

“Yes” Your dad fold his menu shut, “I’ll have the egg white meat lovers omelet with rye toast”

“And for you?” She turns to you,

“Um.. yes. I will have the cinnamon roll pancakes please” You give her a smile and hand her the menu.

“Great I’ll put that right in for you.”

The rest of your breakfast went well. The two of you talked about soccer, the wedding and new ideas for the projects you have been working on. It was nice to have all this time for just you two, you could tell he liked it too.

The past few days went by quickly, Pepper helped the two of you plan the party like usual. Everything was going to be ready by the time the rest of the team showed up in a few hours. You prepped the TV room with pillows and blankets for the sleepover and the snacks were all made.

The team started to arrive, while waiting for everyone you all get settled in the TV room and hangout. With school starting next week, everyone is talking about who they are going to try to go to homecoming with. You’ve never gone to homecoming, you don’t really even go to school. You take the extracurriculars so you can still go to school like a normal teenager but most of your classes are college level through the early college program. “So Stark” Your head shot up to see Jackie talking to you. Jackie was the one on the team that doesn’t always have the best filter, she is very forward but she means well. She notices that she has your attention as well as the other few in the room “What about you?”

Your face got hot, “No one really, you know what always happens. They either want to talk to me because of who I am or they are scared because they are scared of me” You let out a slight laugh to brush off the subject. It’s true though, most guys know who you are and they try to use you to get to your dad, the avengers, press or something and if not they are too scared, seeing you as intimidating or the fear of messing up and having Iron Man come to kick their ass. Its a great combo. “I never go to those things anyways.”

“Oh don’t say that (Y/N)! You never know what will happen, you have to have someone you like that you can go with though” Alyssa tried to get you to consider going, she always tries to be the optimist of the group. At this point you are just missing Lauren. Lauren is your best friend on the team, of course she said she will be late. This situation could have been avoided or at least not as bad. You hate talking about this stuff, especially because you don’t need them to know about your crush on Peter. They have never met him and they won’t ever meet him but if they find out you’ll never hear the end of it.

“Lets just go swimming!” You change the subject as fast as you can, “Sara should be here soon and Lauren said she would be late anyways, the bathroom is right down the hall for you guys to change” Thank goodness everyone seemed to agree and started rustling though their bags to grab swimsuits. Most started a line at the bathroom and others decided to just change in the room. “I’ll meet you guys at the pool, I’m going to run to get my suit and change”

You run to the elevator to make sure you weren’t the last one. Grabbing your favorite black bathing suit you change and head back down to the pool. You jogged out of the elevator, noticing most girls were already in the pool. You turned the corner entering the common area where the pool was just off of, “Hey sweetie, how is everything so far? Do you need anything?” Your dad was in the kitchen “The food just got here, I’ll bring it out on the deck for you girls”.

The main elevators started to open, walking out was Peter with the rest of the subs. Your eyes were stuck on him, wondering why he was here. “Awesome, we are fine for now. Still waiting for 1 more.” You tried not to make it obvious you were just staring at Peter. Suddenly you were very aware of what you were wearing. You use your arms to cover yourself up as much as you could. “What are you doing here?” You looked at Peter, trying not to make it awkward.

Your dad spoke for him “I asked him to come, I want to go over the new information for his internship. Plus I thought it would be nice to have another guy here to balance it out”. You raised your brow, like really? The longer you stand there the more insecure you feel. Your face started to get red, trying not to look at Peter.

“Okay then. I can grab the food and bring it out for you. It’s my party anyways.” You go to grab the trays of subs and stack plates and napkins on it.

“Here I can help you (Y/N)” Peter tries to grab some of the stuff from you.

“No. I got it. I don’t need help” You turn so he can’t take anything and start walking out the door. “Thanks guys”

You over hear “Don’t take it personally, you know how she is”. It came from your dad. As you walk out you turn your head just enough to give him a dirty look for saying that. He just cocked his head and smiled. “Love you sweetie” You rolled your eyes and continued to the pool.

Setting the subs down, you start to head to the water. To your surprise everyone was staring at you. Jacky had a smile on her face as she hung onto the side of the pool, she had her hands supporting her head as she tilted it and looked up at you. “Who is that?” she asked with her wide eyes.

“Oh thats just one of my dads interns Peter. He is basically his assistant now” You try make the whole intern thing sell because why would a 16 year old kid be hanging out with Tony Stark, if you talk up the whole intern thing maybe the thought of Spiderman won’t even enter their heads. You were focused on the wrong thing though. “He is pretty cute Stark, you like him don’t you?”

You could feel your face get red, trying to hide it the best you could. It didn’t really work that well. “No.” You blurted out “He is a great guy though, he is one of my good friends.” You glance through the windows looking in at him as you sit on the edge of the pool dipping your feet in.

Alyssa decides to put her two sense in “You fucking liar. I saw how you were acting in front of him, the windows work pretty well here.” you bite your lip to hide your embarrassment.

“Hey guys!” you breath a sign of relief as Lauren walks though the door. “Hey (Y/N), who is that? He is hot, you have to get him to take you to homecoming.” That feeling of relief left instantly. It was nice while it lasted. You hated being interrogated like this. Especially when the guy you liked was just in the house and some girls on this team are crazy and will say something.

Before you could say anything else you see someone emerge from the doorway. It is Peter of course. He is carrying a couple cases of pop and some chips. He looks over to you as he sets the drinks and chips on the table. “Hey, sorry (Y/N). Mr Stark said I should bring these out here for you. I didnt mean to…” He got cut off.

“Oh your fine Peter, why don’t you join us?” Sam laughed as she used the side of the pool to pull herself up on the ledge to sit. She looked up at him with her big blue eyes trying to guilt him. You know her tricks,they usually work. You hope he doesn’t fall for it.

“Oh no, I think I’ll go in with Mr. Stark” He started to walk back in.

“Come on!” Jackie was not letting it go that easy, they have been trying to get you a date for years and they finally saw a chance, “We have an odd number but we want to have a chicken tournament, we need one more”

Dang, she was good. It just took Peter a few seconds before he broke. “Well, I mean I guess so” He rubs the back of his neck in embarrassment. You shoot a look at Lauren that perfectly expressed “Dear god help me”. She just shrugged her shoulders and gave a slight smile. No help from her.

“Okay everyone partner up!” Jackie tried to get this going as fast as she could. Everyone quickly grabbed a partner, clearly they knew what they were doing. They left just you and Peter to be partnered.

“Hey partner!” You smile at him, trying to be as normal as you can be knowing that your soccer team is trying to set you up. “Do you want to go change before we start?”

“Nah, I’ll just swim like this” He was wearing grey gym shorts and a science shirt.

“Okay, Alyssa and I vs. (Y/N) and Peter” Jackie wasted no time getting the two of you in the pool together. You hop in the pool, Peter followed you in. Alyssa was on Jackie’s shoulders waiting for the two of you. Peter went under the water so you could easily get on his shoulders. He gives you his hands so you can support yourself as he stands. Once you were stable you were ready to start.

“Ready, Set, Go!” Your legs tighten around Peter’s shoulders as he grabs your calfs. Alyssa comes at you to try to push you down. Luckily, she doesn’t realize who she is dealing with, you have Spiderman on your team. Peter’s feet are in a strong stance and the whole sticky feet thing he has going on means he is not budging. Lunging into Alyssa you grab her and pull her forward forcing her into the water.

One by one you guys take down each team. Finally it is time for the final round. Sara and Sam vs the two of you, seems easy enough. Jackie counts you guys down, then its time to start. You and Sara have each other at your biceps, neither of you are budging. After almost a minute of fighting each other they suddenly fall almost straight down. You guys win! Sam emerges from the water “Hey, he swiped my legs!”

“Well I don’t think there are any rules against that” Peter smiles. No one tried to fight it. You jump over his shoulders into the water, when you resurface Peter is right there. His big brown eyes were right there in front of you, his curls were all wet and pressed against his forehead. For a moment both of you were silent, you pushed your hair out of your face and laughed.

“Good job Parker” You smiled trying to break the tension, as you started to swim a little further before you did something you would regret.

Catching your breath, you try to focus on something that is not the handsome boy right in front of you. “I’m kinda hungry, wanna eat?”

You immediately start heading to the side of the pool, you glance at Jackie and roll your eyes. She smiles back at you and sends a little wave, she was very proud of herself. Grabbing the side of the pool you pull yourself up. You were soaked, hair pressed against your neck and back, you think you look like a mess and as bonus you are extremely flustered. You bite your lower lip to hide a smile, not letting it show that your stomach was going crazy with butterflies.

Everyone starts making their way over to the food. Walking over to the towel rack to dry off first Peter follows you. You grab a towel and wrap it around you so you can try to get warm, bringing your hair around to one side and giving it a little twist to stay in place. You look up to Peter, he has the towel pressed against his face to dry off, his clothes are dripping. He takes his hands away from his face, looking right at you. A little laugh escapes from both of you. “Thanks a lot” You look away, feeling you start to blush.

“Anytime (Y/N), I mean I know how you hate to lose” He started getting flustered. “I, um, I should go inside. Mr. Stark wanted to go over new tech and things.” He starts to back away and go inside. The realization of what just happened starts to take over him.

“Hey Peter, leaving already?” This time it was Alyssa’s voice calling out to him. She takes a couple steps closer to you guys, away from the rest of the team.

Peter nods “Um, Yeah. I should really get back to work.”

Alyssa pouts her lower lip in disappointment. You know she won’t let it go this easy. “Will you be at the game tomorrow? You should come. It’ll be fun, you can see Stark here in action too.” She looks over to you, smiles then focuses back on Peter with a smile across her face in amusement of what she is doing.

He stood silent for a moment as he looks between the two of you. His eyes were wide and his mouth hung open trying to figure out what to say. “Yeah, ah sure. I mean if you want me to” He focuses back onto you to make sure you are okay with it.

You are frozen trying to find a way not to seem to eager for him to come. “Of course, I know my dad and Pepper will be there too.”

“Okay, cool. Cool” Peter starts to relax his shoulders. He looks behind him inside the house. “I should really be going though. Bye” Waving to everyone then to you specifically, a smile appears on his face as he runs inside. You think about how lucky he is that there are spare clothes here for him just in case for the whole spiderman thing.

Making your way over to the rest of the team to eat, everyone is staring at you. All ready to start pressing you for details and getting you to admit that you like him. Taking a deep breath in anticipation you dread what is about to come.

“Stark, you are stopper. Nothing should get passed you, if you see an opportunity to go up take it.” Your coach started giving out starting positions. “Sam, you are starting in net. Alyssa and Maria, you are my outside defense. Holland you are sweeper, stay behind Stark you are her back up. Jackie and Sara you are starting strikers. Take your shots. Julia, McClain in the wings. Lauren and Jaz you are my inside mids”

Everyone nods and run to the field to start pregame warm ups. You had the captain armband as usual so you guide warm ups. For the most part everyone has it down pat so it was pretty easy. The forwards are warming up the keeper, midfield and defense are doing long passes and working on movement. The referee blows the whistle, signaling the coin toss. You pass the ball and alert them you are leaving. “Jackie, come join me for the toss.” You call out, waving her to follow you. It is better to have two of you there, just because you can and most teams do anyways. 

In the center of the field you meet two players from the other team. “Oh hey look who it is, its little (Y/N) Stark.” One of the other girls crosses her arms and straightens up to try to intimidate you. “Shouldn’t your dad or someone be here to protect the little princess”

You could feel your blood start to boil. “Okay sweetie” You try to belittle her the best you could, you aren’t the best at snarky comebacks, you didn’t get that gene from your dad. “Lets see who needs help after the game, okay?” You raise an eyebrow and press your lips to be intimidating. Finally the referees are joining you.

“Okay girls here we go, home team gets to call it in the air” He gestures to the other girls, then starts the coin toss. Flipping the coin,

“Tails”

The ref catches the coin and flips it onto his hand, “Tails it is! Do you guys want to kick off?” He looks over to her,

“No, we will give it to them first” She smiles at him trying to act like she wasn’t just a bitch to you. “They’ll need it” The bitch looks over to you acting all cocky.

You just grab Jackie and walk back to the team. “Wow, that was bad” Jackie starts to laugh, “You really need to take some notes from your dad. It was embarrassing”.

“I know, I know. Shut up.” You laugh trying to brush it off. Thats when you look over in the stand and see your dad and Pepper waving at you to let you know they were there. Your dad was standing and waving both hands to make sure you saw him. Waving back to let them know you saw them you notice Peter sitting next to him. You blush, he actually came. You never thought he actually would.

“Ohh look who it is” Lauren comes running up to you, making a face as she moves her eyebrows. She is really excited for you, knowing that something must be between you guys to get him to come to the game.

“Oh my god shut up” you turn away, brushing it off focusing on the game. You couldn’t help but let out a little smile and you bite your lip.

Everyone gets into formation as the ref blows his whistle to start the game. Sara scored a goal ten minutes in giving you guys the lead. The game is going good, your defense is keeping them in front and away from the goal. The ball is at the other net, their keeper is doing a goal kick. You are on the top of the center circle, the way she is standing and her positioning makes it obvious she is going to send it up rather than a simple pass. Her foot collides with the ball sending it towards your new friend a few feet away from you. Running over, the ball is clearly going over her head, not even a header is possible for her. You position yourself where the ball will come down. Jumping up , you cock your head back and bring it forward to hit the ball mid air. It hits your hairline and its sent over to a midfielder. Before you hit the ground you feel something smash against you, sending you flying to the side. You hit the ground hard, landing on your arm and sliding a foot or two. It hurt, your arm burned from the grass and there was a pain in your side from the impact. The wind was knocked out of you. Rolling on your stomach to lift yourself up easier you see your dad in the stands.

He is standing up with an angry but concerned look on his face. Poor Pepper looks terrified, her face looks like she just witnessed a murder. Next to them Peter has a worried expression on his face, looking like he wants to run on the field to make sure you weren’t hurt. Suddenly there is a hand on your back, its Maria trying to help you up and make sure you are okay. “I’m fine” and in typical (Y/N) fashion you ignore the hand that is reached out for support and get up yourself. You give your dad a look and nod your head so he knows you are okay. He likes to overreact anytime you are possibly hurt, he sits back in his seat relieved. Your breathing was still heavy as you try to regain control.

“Not as strong as you think you are huh?” it was that girl. Of course she would be the one to play dirty and make contact when the ball isn’t in your possession. You just shoot her a dirty look, not having it with the game she is playing. “Maybe thats why the rest of the Avengers left. They didn’t want to be associated with you weaklings” She then gestures to your dad in the stands and backs away.

Your blood is boiling, you could feel the anger build up inside you. You are not about to let this bitch get away with this shit. It’s your free kick, she got a yellow card for her dirty play. You grab the other defenders “Lets so what we did in practice that one day”

They give you a concerned look, “Are you sure? We only did it once and it could have been a fluke” Holland spoke up shyly.

“Yeah, I wanna try it” You start backing away towards the ball. Alyssa joins you, once the ref gave the signal you pass it to her a few feet away from you, it draws in one of their players, sending another towards the net. Alyssa passes it back to you and you take off down the field. Another player starts coming towards you to stop your momentum, you keep running but leave the ball for Maria who is right behind you. Everyone was in shock at how well this is working so far. Maria starts off to the center of the field and once someone is on her she passes it back outside to Jaz. You make your way to the net, getting ready for what should come next. Jaz brings her leg back and sends an air ball towards the corner of the net. Right where you are waiting, you only have one defender on you. Giving a little push you get in front of her, you jump up and lean your head to the side once the ball is in range you head it right into the net.

Everyone is running to you cheering. “I told you it would work!” You scream at the other defenders.

“Thats my girl!” You can hear your dad screaming as he jumps up in the stands. He always gets so excited when you score a goal, being a defender it doesn’t happen much, he is always excited for you though. Pepper is clapping and cheering along with him. Peter is smiling, he notices you looking over and gives a thumbs up.

As your running back to your side, you see the bitch. “Oh I’m sorry what was that?” you tilt your head and give a big smile knowing how pissed she is right now. Her face is red with anger, you focus back on your team and laugh.

There are only 10 minutes left in the game and the score is three to zero, and that girl on the other team is mad. Her team gives her the ball, she doesn’t waste anytime as she tries to get down to your net. She is running hard, you are faster than her so you get a few steps in front of her. Your feet leave the ground and you turn your body to land in front of her, making full contact with the ball, none on her, the ball stops at your feet and she goes flying over you. Her face slams against the ground and she slides. You quickly get up and get control of the ball, passing it up the field and away from your net. Turning around you see her start to get up, blood is dripping off of her face. It was just a bloody nose. You keep your laughs in. Karma is a bitch. Her eyes are glued to you in rage, luckily for her the ball is out our bounds. She starts making her way over to you, she looks like she is about to punch you. You stand confidently, she has nothing on you, it was a clean and legal slide tackle. If she would make a move you could easily use what Natasha taught you and kick her ass.

The ref steps in and sends her off the field because of the blood. Can’t play soccer while bleeding. Deciding to keep it classy you smile and give her a wave as she walks away.

Winning 3-0 is pretty good for your first game of the season. It feels even better knowing you put that bitch in her place.”Hey Stark” Jackie grabs your shoulder, “Wanna go to Jimmy’s Diner? We are all going to go eat and hangout”

“Yeah, let me just tell my dad”

“Don’t forget to say hi to lover boy” She laughs as you walk towards the stands. Jackie always thinks she is so funny. You raise an eyebrow and pinch your lips to the side looking back at her.

“Hey, great game sweet heart! What was that girls problem?” Your dad gives you a high five.

“She was just rude, I don’t know what her deal was.” You decide not to tell him about the comments she made, it would just hurt his feelings thinking that he was the reason she acted that way towards you.

“Well I’m glad you showed her who’s boss” His eyes were so big with joy that you took care of her yourself. He knows you are strong, he loves seeing you stand up for yourself and not take shit from anyone. You give him a big hug.

“Good game (Y/N). You, uh, you did real good” Peter finally speaks up. He is almost hiding behind your dad, clearly a little embarrassed about coming and giving the impression that there is something between you guys.

“Thanks Parker, glad you came.” You also tried not to reveal to much, not sure exactly what is with the two of you. Nothing has been said or anything, but something is there. You can feel it.

“Hey, everyone is going to Jimmy’s for dinner. Its okay if I go right?” You bat your eyes and smile up at your dad.

“Yeah alright.” He caves and rolls his eyes knowing you have him wrapped around his finger. “But I want you home by 10. Got it?” He tried acting serious, like he wasn’t under your control.

“Aww thanks dad! I love you!” You jump up to give him another hug. You can feel him exhale as he rolls his eyes. He pats your back as you let go from the hug.

“I love you too” Your dad smiles as he starts to walk towards the parking lot. “10 o’clock or I send a search party after you”

Peter and him continue walking, however Pepper hangs behind with you.”So, Peter…” Looking at you, raising an eyebrow. You know what is coming, she obviously knows something is up. Your eyes grow wide as you hold your breath in anticipation. “You like him don’t you” She smiles to make you feel more comfortable.

“umm… I mean… I don’t know. Maybe” you stumble on your words, trying to come up with something to say. You didn’t know what to say, you were lost at the moment.

Pepper’s face now reads ‘Really?’ knowing that you actually like him, she can read you like a book. Finally she speaks, “Well he likes you.” That grabs your attention, staring at her to focus in on what she is saying. “I saw him with you yesterday, and for him to come to your game today. It’s pretty clear.”

You are in awe at what she is saying. Could he actually like you? Maybe it wasn’t all in your head. “Are you sure? I mean maybe he is just being a good friend.”

“I don’t think so sweetie.” She sits on the bleacher, “I see the way he looks at you, and no guy would do the stuff he does to just be friends. You like him to, I can tell.”

You try to hide your face from her. “Pshhh, I mean he is pretty sweet.” You blush “I do kinda like him I guess. Its just… You know. He is Peter Parker, he works for dad. Plus we both know dad would NEVER let me data anyways”

Pepper laughs, “Don’t you worry about your dad, he wants you to be happy. Plus I can talk some sense into him if needed. Who cares about who he is though, so he works for your dad. That shouldn’t hold you back from being happy.” Pepper pulls you into a hug.

You love these talks with her. It’s nice having a girl to talk to who actually knows what they are talking about rather than another teenager. “Thanks mom.”

Realizing what you just said you freeze. You are in horror, you always viewed Pepper as a mother figure but never said anything about it not knowing how she feels. A feeling of guilt also took over, your mother died when you were a baby. You don’t remember her at all and you always feel the guilt of not remembering her or replacing her. Your stomach was in knots. “Pepper I am so sorry!” You held back tears, pulling away from the hug. Looking up you see she is crying. You turn away, rest your face on your palms in embarrassment.

“No, no. Oh honey” She moves closer to you, making you look at her again, “I’m so glad you see me that way, I see you as a daughter. Thats actually something your dad and I wanted to talk to you about.” You look her back in the eyes, letting out a few tears as well. You give her a confused look, wanting to hear more. “Well, with the wedding and all. Since we already have that type of relationship, we were hoping you would want me to officially adopt you.” She gives you a slight smile anticipating your response.

Your eyes light up, a cheerful expression comes over you. “Really? Of course! I would love it.” Pepper hugs you again in joy. Even though you are so happy to officially have her as a mom, you think of your real mom. Thinking if she would be happy, you don’t really know anything about her. She wasn’t with your dad at all, it was just a fling. He wasn’t even with her the short few month you were with her, he found out about you once she died and someone came forward saying he was the father. You imagine she would be okay with you being happy, Pepper was great. She tried hard with you without letting you walk all over her. Always being there when you needed her.

“I’m so happy to hear you say that (Y/N).” Pepper tightens the hug before letting you go. The two of you laugh looking at each other, both in tears and emotional. You wipe away your tears. Pepper looks so happy, almost happier than you’ve ever seen her before. In this moment you’ve never felt so loved. Someone wanted you, they chose you. She wants to be your mom. “You better get going if you want to make it to dinner on time. I cant wait to tell your dad, I hope he isn’t mad I asked you without him. I’m sure he will get over it though.”

The two of you stand up, “I’m sure he will be fine. Thank you Pepper” the excitement starts to consume you. Giving you a nod and a smile she starts to walk away. “Pepper!” You call out to her before she gets too far. You run up to her and hug her tight one more time. “I love you”

“I love you too (Y/N)” she wraps her arms around you and kisses your forehead.

Dinner was fun, you had your usual order. At 9:30 you decide to head home. Jimmy’s Diner is out in the suburbs, and you live in New York so it is a good distance away. It was your usual spot to go after games with the team and you are the only one who lives that far really anyways. As you leave you debate on how to get home. Your blasters are in your backpack because you can’t wear them during games, you aren’t in the mood to dig them out though. You decide to walk to clear your head since it is quiet out here and you’ll take a bus or call happy when you get closer to the city.

The long walk was nice, the cool breeze felt good blowing through your hair. It was relaxing, there aren’t people out walking at his time so its nice and peaceful. You start to let your mind wander. The thought of Peter jumped into your head. Thinking about what if he really does like you, what does it mean? You start imagining different scenarios, how this could all play out. Images of him taking you to homecoming, his arms wrapped around you holing you close as you sit on the couch and watch movies, and they two of you being happy together.

Then your mind goes to Pepper, she is actually going to be your mom. She is already basically your mom but now its official. There is going to be actual papers saying that she is yours.

Something suddenly covers your mouth. You were so focused on your daydreams you lost focus on your surroundings. Someone is holding a cloth to your mouth and nose. You hold your breath all you could, knowing something is on it. Your arms and legs start going crazy trying to get away. The strong arms around your stomach aren’t budging. You hit him though, right in the nose, you can see blood on your hands. Luckily it isn’t yours. There were a couple of them, you don’t know how many, focusing on trying to get loose. Your lungs are starting to hurt, you know you can’t hold your breath any longer. You stop fighting, and reach into your hoodie pocket. Grabbing your keys, you find the keychain your dad got you. You’ve never used it before but now you had no choice. You flip the clasp on it and press the button. Thats the last thing you remember.

Tony is sitting on the couch watching a sitcom with Pepper. His arm is wrapped around her as she leans against him. That’s when F.R.I.D.A.Y interrupts them. She came over the speakers “Mr. Stark, (Y/N) is requesting help via the emergency key chain” Tony’s face went pale. Knowing that in the past 8 years you had the keychain you have never once thought of using it. You hate getting help, and for you to use it now. Well it meant it was serious. Glancing over to Pepper seeing the panic on her face. Her expression was pure horror, wide eyes, mouth hung open. Tony immediately jumps off the couch and runs to the landing pad. Tapping his arc reactor, he puts his suit on. Pepper is close behind him, she is freaking out. F.R.I.D.A.Y finishes speaking, “I sent you her location.”

“Tony, what should I do?” Pepper screams as he is about to fly off.

He didn’t even turn around to waste any time. “Just called Rhodey, tell him to be ready if I need him.” With that he was off. He went as fast as he could to get to you. Pepper stands there fumbling for her phone, her breathing is heavy and panic overwhelms her.

The worst-case scenario is running through Tony’s head on his way to you. “Come on sweetie, please be okay. You have to be okay.” He is close to tears thinking of what could have happened for you to call him for help. You always tell him you don’t need help and constantly turning it down saying, ‘I can take care of myself’. Finally, he is here.

His heart stops when he sees that you are not around. No one is. He notices your soccer bag thrown in an ally, thrown around it was your keys, jacket and purse. Whoever did this wanted to make sure you weren’t wearing a tracker or anything that could be used to find you. Walking towards your things Tony falls to his knees, picking up you jacket and keys. After a moment to realize what must have happened he jumps back to his feet and shoots up. He starts scanning the streets for cars, anything really. He flies to every nearby car, checking for his precious daughter. Scaring the drivers, most with families, he apologizes then goes to the next one. You aren’t in any of them.

Now he can’t seem to think straight. Panic and worry has taken over him. Thinking of how he could have let this happen. You were gone, he doesn’t know where you are. He needs help. “F.R.I.D.A.Y get me Peter and Rhodey. NOW”

“Hey Mr. Stark, what’s up?” Peter’s voice sounds cheery, thinking that he has a new awesome mission he gets to help with, he isn’t exactly wrong.

“What is going on? Pepper is flipping out” Rhodey has a worried tone, Pepper just told him you needed help which set a red flag to him as well.

Wasting no time Tony fills them in, “(Y/N) is missing, I can’t find her.” With that both of them spring into action, while Tony continues talking, “She used the emergency alarm I gave her, I’m at the location now and she’s gone. All that’s here is her stuff. I checked cars driving around and they are all clean.” His throat starts to swell up, voice is cracking now as he tries to hold himself together. You are everything to him and with you missing, he blames himself. A tear starts to roll down his cheek.

Rhodey can sense he is having a hard time and takes charge, “Peter you start stopping suspicious vehicles between Tony’s location and Queens, I’ll focus north of that. I’ll let Pepper call the cops and alert the media. We will have every cop available looking for her.” He paused waiting for a response. Nothing. He lets out a sigh, “Don’t worry Tony, we will find her.”

Tony wants to believe it, he does. Everything is rushing to his head; his heart is breaking. What they don’t notice is that Peter has been silent as well. Peter was out patrolling Queens, now he stands there frozen. Trying to find out how this could have happened, maybe if he was there to help you get home, you always got so mad at him for looking after you like that. He beats himself up for listening, thinking this wouldn’t have happened. He holds onto the thought of saving you, and with that he started his search.

Soon there are blockades and checkpoints thought the surrounding areas. No sign of you yet. The 3 boys are still searching every corner of the city, Pepper is putting your name and picture everywhere she can. With every passing movie sadness, fear and guilt take over. Cops and detectives have been questioning your team one by one, no one saw anything. Then the search expanded to surrounding states, eventually spreading nationally.

It’s almost morning now, Tony makes it back to the tower. His eyes are heavy and red, he has prominent bags under his eyes, he looks horrible. Almost like he hasn’t slept in days. “Any news?” He walks up to Pepper who has been monitoring the phones all night and sits down next to her.

She is quiet, “Nothing yet”. Looking up at him her eyes start to water, she tries to fight it the best she can to be brave for him. Tony’s face started to fade even more, it looks like he is about to lose it. Wrapping her arm around him, Pepper pulls him in for a hug. A good hug, holding him as tight as she can. “Don’t worry Tony, we will find her”.

Tears start to form and stream down his face. Tony pulls away, “I have to keep looking, I need to find her.” His expression changes, now he looks angry and determined but his voice is still shaky. Tony goes to stand up and walk back out. He is stopped by a pull on his hand. Looking back Pepper has his hand in hers.

“Honey, you have to rest.” She pleads for him to stay, “You can’t help her if you are fighting to stay awake, the entire country is looking for her. Lie down for a bit then go back out.” She looks up at him her eyes wide with worry. She needs to find you too but she knows if Tony doesn’t rest he will spiral. She is hurting as well, she needs someone here with her to help comfort her. Pepper loves you like her own, this is tearing her apart just as much as your dad. Tony sees the pain in her eyes and sits back to join her on the couch. Sitting back down, he leans his head on her shoulder and stares at the ceiling.

That’s when Spiderman walks in. Once he is inside he takes off his mask, showing his puffy and red eyes, it looks like he has been crying as well. “Mr. Stark…” Peter tries to compose himself the best he can, “I… I am so sorry. I looked everywhere but I mean, I’ll keep looking. She is somewhere, she has to be.” Tony doesn’t answer, he can’t. He focused all his energy to try and find you, he was wiped out. After a few moments he stood up, still silent, and went to his room to lie down. He knows he has to rest up so he can get back out there.

Peter is still standing there, clenching his mask tight in his hands. Focusing all the pain onto the mask. His head is down looking at the floor, trying to hide the pain in his eyes. Pepper reads him like an open book, she stands and walks over to the boy. Without saying a word, she wraps her arms around him, which causes him to start crying. Peter wants to be strong but he is scared, he doesn’t know what to do. He is just a kid after all. “I’m so sorry” he mumbles into Pepper’s shoulder. He can feel her tears against his head, they both stand there comforting each other for a minute.

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“Dad!” you scream seeing him burst through the door. Your voice is full of fear, you are tied up to a chair, unable to move. The sound of your voice sends a shock wave through Tony’s body, a sense of relief and a new burst of energy to save you. They surround you, keeping you from him, anger starts to overwhelm him. He tries to take them down one by one, they aren’t falling. They are too strong for him, you keep screaming for him. Your screams are full of panic, fear and pain. You start drifting further and further away. No matter how much he fights he can’t get to you in time. Suddenly you are out of sight, and it’s quiet. He can’t hear you anymore.

Tony shoots up, his breathing is heavy, his pulse is racing and he is covered in sweat. His hand brushes though his hair. It was just a dream. Looking around he tries to make sense of it all. Realization that you are still missing hits him again. Grabbing the blanket, he throws it off of him, swings his legs to the side and gets out of bed.

Walking back out to the common area, Pepper is on the couch watching the news and monitoring the internet for anything that could help. Peter is asleep on the other couch and Rhodey is sleeping in the recliner. Tony doesn’t stop, he keeps walking. “I’m going to find her.” It was all he said as he puts his armor on and flies off.

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It has now been a week since you went missing. Still no trace of you, no new leads, no sightings, nothing. It’s like you vanished. Whoever took you knew what they were doing and had everything planned out. The disappearance was starting to get lost in the media, new cases started coming and with no leads they started to lose hope. All but your dad, Pepper, Tony and Rhodey. They all held onto the chance of finding you. Some people are saying you ran away or you were in on it, they knew it was a lie. You would never do such a thing. Your ‘fans’ held vigils for your safe return.

Tony is a mess, not being able to sleep and when he did finally fall asleep he had nightmares. His main focus is finding you, his hygiene has become questionable. Pepper tries to help and be supportive of him, her heart breaks seeing him like this on top of missing you. Peter has been missing school, he has basically moved in to help with the search. May brings him clothes and brings food for them, Tony doesn’t touch it. He hasn’t been eating, saying there will be time to eat when you are back with him.

Tony is lying on the couch, he wants to be out looking for you but he has looked almost everywhere not knowing where to go next. He has reached a dead end. He stares at a map, crossing out everywhere he has searched, trying to figure out where to go next. He knows you could be anywhere, out of the country even. He is motionless, internally screaming. He still blames himself, he is beating himself up about it. Why did it take him so long to get to you? Why did he let you go out? Why can’t he find you? Why can’t he save you? These questions are eating at him.

“Tony…” Pepper entered the room, he continues to focus on the map. Pepper looks worried, she knows Tony needs help. She can’t so anything, she is powerless. The only thing that can help him at this point is finding you. She lets out a sigh as she sits next to him. Placing a hand on his knee to try to comfort him and gain his attention, “You should really eat. You don’t look well”, her shoulders slouch in sadness. “Please Tony.”

“It’s all my fault”, that’s all he manages to say as he buries his face in his palms.

“No honey, no its not.” Pepper runs her hand along his back, “We will find her, don’t worry. She is a Stark. (Y/N) is smart, she is brave and she doesn’t give up. She is your daughter.” A smile forms on her face thinking about you. The memories of you, you working on projects in the workshop, playing soccer, your laugh, and the last time she saw you, she held onto those. They brought her joy when there isn’t any around.

“Everyone keeps saying that but we are no closer than we were.” He looks over to her, his eyes are fighting to stay open, not wanting to sleep because of the constant nightmares. That broke Pepper’s heart, she knew Tony needs something. She stands up and leaves the room.

Returning to the same spot on the couch, she grabs Tony’s attention. In her hand, she held your first finished working invention, a gummi bear cannon.  You made it when you were 10 so the two of you could shoot gummi bears in each other’s mouths from across the room. The memory of the two of you trying to catch gummi bears in your mouths from across the entire room, you failing every time and when he caught his first one it turned into a war zone. Flipping couch cushions to build barricades as you shoot them at one another with no mercy. It made him smile, the first time in a week. “She made that. She made it at 6 years old. Remember how you became Iron Man? She is your daughter, if anyone can do it she can.” Pepper’s talk was actually working, “She can do almost anything she sets her mind to. I truly believe she is fighting and will be back with us soon.”

Knowing that she lifted his spirits she stands to leave him alone to think. Before she leaves, as she stands over him, reaching into her pocket she pulls something else out. Tony looks up, trying to see what else she has. She takes his hands, holding it between their hands. “It might help to have some back up though.”

With that Pepper leaves the room, in Tony’s hand was an old flip phone. The only contact being Steve Rogers. Tony knows what he has to do, it’s time to swallow his pride. (Y/N)’s best bet was having everyone helping. He needs them. Swallowing his pride, he holds his breathe as he presses “Call” on the contact.

It rings for what feels like forever, “Tony?” Steve’s voice sounds worried, it made Tony hesitate.

“Hey Steve…” He starts to say.

Steve cuts him off “I know why you are calling, don’t worry about explaining. We have been waiting for your call, how are you holding up?” Figures he already knows, it was the biggest story the past week.

“I don’t know, I don’t know what to do. Steve, I’m scared. I need your help.” It was hard for Tony to admit that he needs his help. He knew they would though.

“I understand, we have been looking into it. (Y/N) is our family too. We will do anything to find her, it’s our main focus. We have your back Tony, if anything comes up we will let you know immediately.” He pauses for a second, “I wish I could be there, but you know we aren’t exactly welcome there… we will search overseas and keep in touch.”

“Thank you Cap, I need all the help I can get now.” Hope is back, and it is stronger now. Tony ends the conversation before he hears the same ‘don’t give up’ speech everyone has been telling him. Knowing that they are helping is relieving, Tony knows they won’t give up. Steve spent years looking for his friend Bucky, he will definitely put the same effort towards finding you.

Its been almost 2 years since you went missing…. Sleeping has been easier for Tony, still not back to normal. He still has nightmares, still lies awake thinking of where you could be. Pepper and him decided to delay the wedding, they still have not set a date. The thought of you not being there crushes them, so they decided to just postpone.

Rhodey still comes by to check on Tony, make sure his depression is under control, and to just be with him to keep his mind off things. Once and a while, he can’t and ends up in Tony’s workshop, where Tony made it into his search headquarters. He hasn’t given up on you yet. Maps, newspaper articles, and photos now cover the walls. All information that could lead him to where you are. Rhodey likes to help, he wants to find you too, its just hard on him to see Tony like this.

Sitting in the kitchen, Tony pours himself a glass of whiskey as he waits for his dinner. “Um Hey, Mr. Stark” Peter walks into the room with an awkward wave and a shy smile. Tony has a surprised, yet confused look on his face seeing the boy.

Peter doesn’t come around as often. Since the official retirement of Iron Man the boys didn’t have much of a reason to get together anymore. Tony hasn’t wanted anything to do with the whole superhero stuff. “Well, this is a surprise” Tony said as he took a sip of his drink, “what’s up kid?” He gestures to the empty seat next to him.

Taking a seat Peter’s nerves start to settle. “Oh, nothing. Just.. just haven’t seen you in a while sir. Thought I would swing by to see how you were doing.”

“I’m fine. Thanks for stopping by.” He doesn’t like talking about it, he doesn’t want pity. Especially from an 18 year old boy. Peter is caught off guard with the response, his shoulders hunch over and you can see regret in his eyes. He is back to being the shy, nervous boy again.

The sound of heels echoes from the hallway, Pepper, however there are more footsteps along with her. Peter looks over his shoulder, reacting to the sound. Tony rests his face in his palm, not in the mood for more visitors. Immediately he is taken back, sitting up straight with wide eyes.

In walks the rest of the Avengers, Sam, Natasha, Wanda, Steve, Vision with Bucky Barnes. “We have to talk.” Steve’s voice is serious.

Peter is starstruck, also a little embarrassed from the last encounter. He turned to look back at Tony, who now has a stern look on his face.

“What can I do for you?” He leans back against the counter, facing Steve and the rest of them.

“Tony, something happened. Its Hydra.” Steve looks over at Bucky, giving him Tony’s attention.

All eyes are on Bucky, “A new super soldier emerged 2 days ago, they attacked tried to attack me in Wakanda. Hydra put a lot of work in this one, they must have been injected with the last of the serum Steve and I had. But” Bucky paused, “They also have the same powers as Wanda. I probably wouldn’t have made it but once they entered the barrier, the Wakandan army showed up. Scared them off I guess.”

“So Hydra is up to something again?” Tony raised a brow, “Nothing you guys haven’t handled before. Good luck” With that he stands to leave the room.

“We need you Tony.” Steve goes to grab his shoulder, making him stop in his tracks.

“You can have the kid. Peter congrats, you’re an Avenger now.” He shakes Steve’s hand off his shoulder and tries to walk away.

Peter adjusts his posture to sit up straight and tall with a smirk. No one was paying attention to him, they are watching Tony.

“Come on Ton….” Steve was cut off.

“Listen, Iron Man is no more. It’s done Rogers. Done.” there is anger in his eyes, his voice was stern.

“I thought you wanted to help people”

Tony is mad now, he raises his voice. “I couldn’t save her how can I save anyone else!? How am I supposed to help other people while my own daughter is still out there. I can’t even find her.” His eyes start to swell, his breathing is heavy from yelling, “If it wasn’t for that stupid suit (Y/N) would still be here, safe.”

Tony leaves the room in a huff. Everyone looks concerned with sadness in their eyes, looking at one another. Pepper goes chasing after him.

Steve takes a deep breath before turning to face the rest. “Well kid. Are you ready?” He looks at Peter who nods ready to go.

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“Whoever that is, they are putting up a good fight. The fact that they ran really shows that they haven’t given up and still fighting them.” Bucky explains.

They are in the jet, on their way to Hydra. “Okay. Se we let Bucky and Wanda focus on their soldier, they have the most experience with this.” Steve commands. “Peter, if you can help web them up so they have a better chance. If not help Natasha and I on the ground. They will have gunman and soldiers fighting. Sam, Vision, you guys control things from the air.”

They don’t know exactly what they are going into, all they know is that Hydra has missiles aimed at populated areas and important buildings, they have weapons and a super soldier.

Once they land there is not much time to prepare. Shots are being fired at them, Hydra was prepared for them.  They knew they were coming.

The door opens, Cap throws his shield to take some gunmen out. Nat and Bucky use opening between fires to take some shots as well. Peter uses his web shooters to disarm with the help of Wanda, Sam and Vision take to the sky.

Once they got clear Wanda and Bucky make a B-line towards the super soldier, they were protecting the missiles as they prepared for launch. Looking at them Bucky gets flashbacks of the pain they put him through. He knows the pain in their eyes, he has a better look than before.

The soldier is a girl, she looks young. Her hair is long and tangled, bags under her eyes, her eyes tell the story. They look tired, worn out, in pain, and asking for help. Suddenly, he sees a change in behavior, she is not angry, like a soldier.

She wears fitted black pants, combat boots, a tight black jacket with a worn shirt with the hydra markings, a muzzle around her face only showing her eyes, and headphones. The headphones are either to control her more, keep her from hearing around her, or both he thinks to himself.

Before they can get close the soldier uses her powers to launch various objects from her surroundings. Wanda tries her best to catch everything so Bucky can make his way closer.

“Hey guys, wait up!” Peter comes swinging through to help them, only to be hit by a piece of debris Wanda missed. He went flying to the ground, hitting it hard. Neither of them being phased by spiderboy’s mishap.

Bucky tries to engage, maybe to remove the headphones to help Hydra lose some control. Before he gets too close he is pushed back by Peter. Peter gets back onto his feet, for a moment he thought he saw something in the soldier, he doesn’t know what it is but its something.

“Try to web her hands, try to grab the headphones if you can.” Bucky is cold, solely focused on helping the soldier break free of Hydra.

Peter nods, then shoots a web to her hands. He has one completely covered causing it to be useless for the time being.

Using her free hand, she reaches into her pocket. In her hand is a knife. Holding the knife she cuts the webbing, knowing the right angle to weaken it enough to break.

Images flash into Peter’s mind, the memory of the rooftop. When he tried to help you from the paparazzi and you cut his webbing… the thoughts hit him like a ton of bricks. His body goes numb for a moment, looking closely at the soldier. His heart stops, he can’t look away, his eyes are empty for a moment as his jaw slightly drops. He isn’t able to move. He realizes that its you.

Thanks. “Peter. Peter!? Are you okay?” Cap is trying to get through to him but Peter is still in shock.

After a moment Peter finally answers, “Its her Cap, its (Y/N)!”

“What?” Cap shouts in surprise as he takes a moment to actually look at the super soldier. It only takes one good look for him to realize, “Oh my god.” he speaks under his breath.

Everyone takes a brief pause, “No fucking way,” Natasha has someone in a headlock looking up at you. Her face numb, relief flows through her knowing that they actually found you. It lasts only a moment before a panic arises, knowing where you are is one thing but knowing what control you are under and that they have to fight you in order to save a lot of people doesn’t sit well with any of them.

“Wait a second,” Bucky speaks up as he is fighting, “Are we talking about Stark’s (Y/N)?” Bucky has never met you, but he heard stories from everyone.

“Yeah man. Any ideas?” Sam flies overhead dodging bullets and blasts that are being aimed for him, “You know, since you and the whole winder soldier thing?”

“I mean, uh, if she is still fighting it, it will be easier. Keep trying to get her to remember who you are, who she is,” Bucky is starting to lose his breath trying to dodge everything you are throwing at him, “Those headphones.. might be the key.. if she starts to gain control they might be.. replaying the mantra to regain control.”

Everyone is back to fighting, trying to get everyone out of the way so they can get to you faster. Realizing that it is you gave them the extra push they needed. Hydra soldiers are going down left and right. Peter is still off to the side, away from the fight where no one notices him. “Hey Karen” he whispers.

“Yes, Peter?” the computer says, even a computer doesn’t understand why he isn’t fighting.

“I need you to get me Mr. Stark. Now.”

Suddenly, Tony’s voice comes through Peter’s suit speakers. “What’s up kid? You okay?”

“Yeah Mr. Stark, I’m fine,” Peter pauses to figure out what he is going to say, “I think you should get here sir, Its…”

Before Peter could finish Tony cuts him off, “Are you sure?” He knew that Peter would not try calling him unless it was important, and the tone of his voice let Tony know immediately that it was about you. Peter wasn’t urgent, he wasn’t in pain, it could only mean you were a factor.

Before Peter could answer Tony speaks again, “I’m on my way.” the line goes dead.

Peter stands up straight and looks right at you, “Here we go.” He starts running back into the battle. Shooting a web on a building behind you, he flies through the air to get close to you. Before he gets too close, he pulls his mask up so you can see his face.

You are currently distracted fighting Wanda and Bucky to notice Peter coming at you. He lands right next to you, your hand in a fist you turn to punch him. Mid swing there is just a short period of time to clearly see his face. That few seconds was all you needed, as Peter goes flying from the impact of your fist you pause. He looks familiar to you, you know him. Everyone notices the brief pause in the fighting. It only took a second for a shockwave to send sharp pain through your skull.

Collapsing from the pain, the waves end. The mantra plays again, making you forget everything and becoming Hydra’s puppet again.

“Did you see that?” Wanda looks at everyone confused.

“Its the headphones.” Vision came back to the ground in the middle of everyone, “They seem to be sending some type of electrical energy wave to her brain as punishment for fighting back.”

Everyone looks over to you with concern in their eyes. “Well, looks like we better get those off of her then.” Sam swoops in over everyone, taking out a Hydra soldier. They are everywhere now. More than anticipated.

Suddenly, a blast came from behind where Steve, Vision and Natalie stand. It knocks a few soldiers out. Turning around, Steve has a smile on his face, “Hey Tony,” He nods at Iron Man as he walks forward, “We, well, she needs you.” Steve looks up at you, you’re still fighting Wanda and Bucky. You have the upper hand on them.

Rhodey follows Tony, “How can I help Cap?” He asks as Tony flies off, focusing on what is main reason for being here is.

No one can see it, but underneath the mask Tony is almost in tears. There is a little joy in them from seeing you for the first time, however, they are mostly pain. He doesn’t see his little angel, he sees someone who has been beaten, tortured, and abused. He knows how you feel, he can see the pain in your eyes, the fear. All he can focus on is setting you free, helping you recover, and bringing you back home with him.

Tony lands between Wanda and Bucky, he sees Peter flinging his webs to distract you and help Wanda. “Whats the plan?”

“Get the headphones, they help control her.” Wanda answers as she catches a truck you threw in their direction. 

There is a large clank sound, followed by the sound of machines moving. Its the missals. They are getting ready to launch. “Wanda!” Steve, “The only way to stop them is by destroying them, there are no controls. Can you do it?”

“I can only do one at a time,” Wanda grabs a missal and trying to keep it from taking off, she is struggling to make it implode on itself.

A sparkling ring appears next to her, a strange man appears. “Perhaps I can help.” He says as he waves his hands, creating another ring in the sky. One of the other missals went through it and disappeared. He did it again until all of them are gone, including the one Wanda had under her control.

“Where… where did they go?” Wanda asks, turning to the man.

“Somewhere they will do no harm.” He turns to walk towards the battle.

“Hey, wizard. Who are you?” Stark is trying to fight off as many of Hydra’s men as possible.

Rolling his eyes at Tony’s remark, “I am Doctor Strange, I saw you guys might need some help.”

“No dip Sherlock!” Tony yells, gesturing for him to take on some soldiers, “Get these yahoos out of the way. Then we can save my daughter.”

Almost everyone is now fighting the soldiers, Tony is back to helping Peter and Bucky. Now with the missals destroyed, Hydra wants you out of there. They don’t want to risk losing you. As you try to escape, you realize there is no way out without getting rid of the Avengers. No one is letting you go without a fight.

“Guys!” Bucky tries to get everyone’s attention, “They are pulling her out, we need to do this now.”

“We are trying Buck, there are too many of them right now.” Steve is fighting them off one by one, decapitating some of them.

A bright flash is sent across the battlefield. Followed by bolts of lightning, taking out almost off of the Hydra army. From the source, emerges Thor with Bruce Banner. The energy of the fight changes, the electricity in the air brings joy and new hope to everyone. “Sorry I’m late” Thor smiles, “Some want to tell me why lady Stark is over there, with superpowers?” He points his hammer over to where you are fighting, cocking an eyebrow up.

Rather than filling him in, everyone takes a b-line straight for you. “I have an idea.” Strange says, pulling Peter to the side.

Panic starts to set in, they know they have to act fast or they risk losing you again. You are still giving them everything you have, against your will of course. Hydra has given you a new goal, kill the Avengers. Now, you start to go after them. Trying to disable them the best you can so you can make your escape.

Nat tries to sneak up behind you, Steve and Tony trying to keep your focus on them. It seems to be working. As Nat approaches, you swiftly spin around and kick her in the gut, sending her flying against the rocket’s launch pad.

Seeing an opportunity, Steve takes his shot. He jumps as he tries to tackle you to the ground. To his surprise, you punch him across the face. As he swings back, you drop to the ground and taking him out at his feet.

Tony watches in horror, his little girl is beating the strongest people he knows. He knows there is no way he can fight you, the fear of hurting you is too great. If they can’t save you then he doesn’t know who can. Bucky comes in from out of no where, his metal arm in a fist aiming right for you. Without a flinch, you hold out your hand, using your powers you grab his arm. Once Bucky sees he is under your control his face turns into regret and fear. He can see you are smirking from your eyes. Thats when you lift him off the ground, moving him over your head, you slam him as hard as you can right onto Steve, forcing him back to the ground.

You are now focused in on your dad. Watching for his next move. He can see you are prepared to fight him without hesitation. Tony just stands there, contemplating what to do. The two of you are almost having a stare off as you carefully watch your surroundings. Next to you, a golden circle appears, it appears so sudden you don’t notice it at first. Tony stands in confusion, the fighting is on pause as everyone stares.

Before you notice what is happening, a red hand reaches from the circle and grabs the headphones off your head. It is gone as fast as it appeared. A sigh of relief comes out of almost everyone, now that their biggest obstacle is out of the way. Peter emerges from behind a stack of boxes off to the side, in his hands are the headphones, now broken in half, and Dr. Strange by his side.

Tony nods at the boy, “Good job kid!” He then flies into the air, taking his mask off, “Hey, sweetie” he says with a calm, loving voice, “It’s okay, you don’t have to fight anymore.”

You stand their for a moment, your fists clench as you stare at your dad. Its calm, everyone is waiting to see if this could work. Before anyone could stop you, there is a pole heading straight for Tony. He gets hit like he was a baseball and you were swinging a bat, sending him flying into a wall. 

“Not cool little Stark, not cool” Sam shakes his head in disappointment. Quickly, you shift your attention to him. His head jerks up, everyone else looks over, wondering if his nickname for you had struck a cord. Within a second, Wanda is holding off a metal box you are forcing at him.

Giving up, you focus on fighting Steve and Bucky and dodging Peter’s webs. Peter is swinging around you, trying to web you down. “What if we aim for her head?” Nat speaks up, “I mean, it worked for Barton didn’t it?”

Tony shoots her a look, not necessarily in anger, there is a hint of anger but he seems to be intrigued by the suggestion. “She isn’t wrong you guys know.” He starts to walk over, “If we can distract her for long enough it could work. Just. Make sure it isn’t too hard.”

“Just try to get through to her,” Bucky suggests, “Just keep saying her name, make her remember you. Take off your masks, make her see your face.”

“Yo (Y/N),” Peter lands right in front of you, “Remem-” before he can get your full attention your fist meets his cheekbone, making him lose his balance. You stare at him on the ground for a moment before losing interest.

Thor summons a lightning bolt to gain your attention, “Lady Stark, we don’t want to hurt you.” Everyone can see a bit of fear enter your eyes, a glimpse of reassurance that you are still in there fighting. No one dares to move.

Tony decides to start again, he is not giving up on you. Especially not this easily. He walks up next to Thor, who still holds your focus. “(Y/N), sweetie, you know us.” His eyes are starting to tear up, “We are your family, we all love you.”

His words seem to be getting to you, you are not free just yet. They can see that you are recognizing them, you may not know fully who they are but you are trying. What you don’t see is Wanda levitating a wooden plank behind you. To hold your attention, everyone slowly makes their way over to Tony and Thor. He continues, “Please (Y/N), I know you’re in there.”

Tony’s pleads for you, he is almost at his breaking point. A tear rolls down his cheek, trying not to break down. He has missed you so much, all those sleepless nights, the searching, holding himself accountable, and putting his entire life on hold, they don’t seem so bad now that he sees you standing in front of him. Now, it all doesn’t seem so bad.

Thats when Wanda makes her move, hitting you just hard enough to knock you out but not cause any serious damage. Your body starts falling face first to the ground. Webs go flying, they wrap around you, pulling you towards Peter, who is sliding across the ground to catch you. Unconscious, you lie in his arms, he pulls the mask of your face, revealing the rest of your face. Pulling you into a hug, Peter is filled with joy, letting out tears of joy. He got his best friend back.

“Well, that seemed to work” Wanda drops the wooden plank as she drops to her knees, catching her breath.

Getting out of the Ironman suit, Tony runs over to you, taking you from Peter’s arms. A smile spread across his face, the first smile in almost 2 years. “I got you,” He whispers only loud enough for him to hear, “Finally.” He holds you close as he lets himself be happy for the first time in a while.

Rhodey walks behind him, placing an arm on his shoulder, “I told you, you’d find her.”

Tony looks down at you, moves your hair out of your face. He notices the dark circles and bags under your eyes, marks and burns from the constant shocks on the side of your head, and a few cuts on your jaw line. Thats just on your face. Its clear that the road ahead will be rough for you. At least you have the best people to help.

Steve and Thor help Tony carry you onto the jet. You are going home.

You slowly start to open your eyes; the light starts to peak through the crack between your eye lids. Still in a daze, you can feel your entire body aching. You decide to rest longer, not moving so no one can know you are awake. You are confused, you are more comfortable than normal and it’s brighter than usual. Suddenly, you remember what happened. You jerk awake, sitting up in a panic. Trying to wrap your heads around the memories of the events that happened, not being able to remember how it ended. You look around, your breathing is heavy, heart is pounding. You recognize this place, this isn’t the room that Hydra kept you in. No, this is your bedroom.

You try to calm your breathing, calm down, you are home, Hydra isn’t controlling you. You are safe. Even though you are safe at home, you can’t seem to feel relieved. You are still nervous, scared, you feel guilty for everything. You fought your friends, you hurt them, you got kidnaped, you made them all worry about you. Your stomach starts doing flips, it’s a waiting game, knowing someone will walk in at any moment. F.R.I.D.A.Y probably alerted them when you woke up. Sooner or later you are going to have to face them all again. It sucks, even though you weren’t in control of your actions, you had no say in the matter, the memories of everything are still there. You are forced to remember everything you have done to them.

After sitting in silence for a few minutes, worrying about when someone will walk in and trying to get your thoughts together, there is a quiet knock at the door. Your heart stops. You start preparing yourself for who will be walking in. In your heart, you know exactly who it is, everything in you knows your dad is about to walk in, the real question is if someone will be with him. The door knob starts to turn, the door slowly creeks open. Once there is enough room a head pops in, it is your dad.

Instantly, his eyes light up at the sight of you. He walks in keeping his composure, he is calm and gentle. Making sure not to startle you and make sure you are comfortable. However, you look like a deer in headlights, not really knowing what to do. “Hey kiddo” His voice is soft and gentle and she shuts the door behind him, “Everything is okay, don’t worry. You are okay now.”

You remain silent, bringing your knees up to your chest and wrapping your arms around your legs. Your dad walks over, he sits at the end of your bed. Making sure to keep his distance until he can see your reaction, make sure the transition is smooth for you. He turns to you, you can see the worry in his eyes, looking at you as if you are broken. Noticing the way he looks, it makes you feel bad. Thinking of what he must have gone through, he doesn’t deserve this. You remember the look on his face when you were fighting them, remembering how he never gave up, how hard he fought to get you back. The guilt starts to overwhelm you, staying strong you hold it inside so he doesn’t see your breakdown.

“Can I get you anything?” Your dad breaks the silence in the room, you shake your head, looking down at the blanket to avoid eye contact, “Do you want to talk at all? It can help you?”

You stay quiet, focusing on the pattern of the blanket. “Or I can give you some more time, I can come back later.” His tone has gotten sadder, you can tell he isn’t trying to push you, just trying to help. He presses his fists down onto the bed to help him stand up.

Before he can start walking you speak up, “Is everyone okay?” it came out as a whisper. You look at him from the corner of your eye, not turning to look at him. You can see a sigh of relief from him.

“Everyone is fine (Y/N), don’t worry.” He comes back and kneels on the floor next to you, “Everyone is just so happy to have you back home safe.”

Looking over to him for the first time, your heart shatters. You can see the worry you caused in his face, not only his expression but the lines on his face, the bags under his eyes. It looks like he hasn’t slept in months. When you make eye contact he gives you a soft comforting smile. Letting you know that it’s okay. “I, I didn’t mean…” All of a sudden tears burst out, pouring out. You can’t hold it in anymore, “I’m sorry.” You manage to mumble out between sobs. You bury your face in the blanket covering your knees.

The feeling of a hand on your back causes you to jump, instantly the hand returns to your father’s side. He is devastated that he scared you like that, he didn’t mean to. Instantly you feel bad about it, you weren’t expecting it and it caught you off guard. Maybe you are more damaged than even you thought.

“Sweetie..” He sounds heartbroken trying to find the words to say to you, “There is nothing to feel sorry about, this… this is not your fault.” You can tell by his voice that he is crying as well.

It takes every ounce of courage you have to look over at him, his eyes red and puffy are focused on you. You force yourself to try and smile for him. “Listen (Y/N),” His voice cracks, “We know it will be hard for you, we know it will probably take some time. We are all here for you, and we won’t give up on you. Now, there is a group of people waiting outside this door who love and care about you. They are waiting for me to walk out and tell them how you are doing, I’m not going to lie to them. They want to help you, they are willing to do anything they can for you. I just want you to know that you are not alone in this.”

You know exactly who he is talking about when he says it. Instantly you picture the group standing out in the hallway, knowing that they do still care about you, the fact that they aren’t mad at you helps you feel better. It helps, but it doesn’t take the pain and memories away. Your sobs have settled to a silent cry.

Taking a deep breath, you make the decision to lean over and wrap your arms around your dad. You don’t realize how much you needed a hug until you got one. He wraps his arms around you, making you feel safe, like everything will really be okay. It helps calm you down. Resting your head on his shoulder you start to feel relaxed. “Everything will be okay, I promise.” He whispers to you.

Pulling away, you sit on the edge of your bed, wiping away the tears on your face. Your dad gets up to sit on the bed next to you. You manage to smile at him, trying to lift up the mood in the room, to show that you aren’t as broken as he may thing. Yes, you have some issues but they don’t need to walk on broken glass around you. That’s all he needed, just to know that you have hope as well.

“You know, I think you really hurt caps feelings,” Your eyes widen, looking your dad in the eyes, you feel your stomach drop in fear of hurting him, “Yeah, it has to be pretty embarrassing for him to get his ass kicked by an 18-year-old.” He lets out a little laugh, you lightly smack his arm in anger.

“I thought I really hurt him or something!” You say with slight annoyance, but you can’t hold back a laugh. Thinking that you little (Y/N) Stark beat up Captain America, and the rest of the Avengers actually.

“So heres the thing,” He switches from joking around back to serious, “A doctor is going to be in in a bit to make sure you are okay medically. Now, I know you will need someone to talk to as well, a professional.” He pauses, “Its your decision but if you would want Sam is willing to help with that as well, its your choice if you want to talk with him as well. However, I want you to talk with Barnes, Steve’s friend, he went through the same stuff you did. He wants to help you and I think you should take it.”

“I thought you hated Barnes?” You ask in confusion.

“I did, but he is willing to help you. Anyone who is willing to help you is okay with me.” Suddenly a look of joy is expressed on his face, “Also, I had FRIDAY search the internet for the best emotional support dogs available. Once you give me the okay you are going to meet all of them to pick your favorite.”

He looks so happy telling you about the dogs, knowing how much you love dogs. “Are you serious?” The idea of getting one gets you a little excited, “Anyone I want?”

He laughs, “Of course, only the best for my baby.” There is a knock at the door, “Oh, that must be the doctor. Before I let them in do you need anything? Want me to get anything for you? What can I get you to eat? I know you must be hungry, anything you want. You can eat alone, just us, or with everyone?”

The burst of questions gets you off guard. You realize that you are still in your Hydra clothes, this makes your skin crawl. “Can I please have some new clothes? Are my sweatpants and hoodies in the same place?” Looking around you notice that your room is exactly the way you left it. Its a bit cleaner but everything is still in the same place.

“Of course, if you want I can go wash them first,” He stands and walks towards the closet to get you a hoodie, taking it out he smells it, “It has that closet smell, I’m going to wash it first.”

“Thanks.” You can’t help but feel bad making him do so much for you, “Is it okay if I shower after the doctor leaves? and I really want a cheeseburger. A good cheese burger sounds really good right now.”

Your dad lets out a scuff, “Of course you do.” He smiles as he shakes his head.
“What?” Confused, not knowing what he is talking about.

“Remember when I was taken hostage?” you nod, “That’s the first thing I asked for when I got back. I’ll make sure you have a good one though, not fast food shit.”

He goes to walk out, “wait,” You quietly call out before he opens the door, “Make sure you make enough for everyone.” You say looking up at him. You don’t know why you said it, its not like you are in the mood for a big ‘family’ meal. The idea of getting back to normal as fast as you can sounds nice to you though, and you do really want to see everyone. You miss them, and you do love having them around. They always cheer you up and bring out the best in you. Plus, you know they are all really hoping to be included.

Opening the door, you can’t hear much, he makes sure not to open it all the way so everyone can easily look in. However, you can hear, “Tony, this is Doctor Reid” It was Pepper. Hearing her voice struck you hard, it makes you smile. Remembering the last time you saw her, how she wanted to officially adopt you, how the two of you were over joyed when you accidentally called her “mom”.

Before thinking you call out to her, “Pepper?” It was shy, not too loud but just loud enough to catch her attention. You stare at the slight opening from the door, heart pounding wondering if she even heard you. Nervous, but a little excited to see her, you need her right now.

The door starts to open, you stare to see who it is. You instantly light up seeing Pepper walk in the room. Not much a surprise that she is crying. Her hands over her mouth and nose and tears roll down her face in happiness in seeing you. Seeing her cry made you start again, you stand up to walk towards her. “Oh (Y/N),” She pulls you into a tight hug. Which hurt you but you didn’t mind. “You have no idea how happy and relieved we are to have you back home. I’m so glad you are safe.”

The doctor walks in, Pepper pulls away. She gives you a smile as she walks out of the room. You sit on the bed as the doctor examines you, he doesn’t stay long. Just checks your injuries to make sure nothing is to severe or infected and nothing is broken. The only thing bothering you really is your muscles, they are just sore and everything nothing you haven’t felt before.

Your shower helped you feel renewed. Now you are in freshly cleaned clothes, you feel clean, your hair is brushed and you feel refreshed. You are alone in your room, everyone is getting ready for dinner in the kitchen and common area. Sitting on the edge of your bed you just think. Your thoughts wander. What now? What happens next? How much did you miss? Can you be normal again? You have new powers, what can you do with them?

About 10 minutes pass when F.R.I.D.A.Y comes over the speakers in your room, scaring the shit out of you, “Ms. Stark, dinner is ready whenever you are”. That makes you realize that you have to get used to having that around again. Taking deep breaths, you stay calm as you stand to make your way to dinner. You still haven’t seen any of them since you beat the shit out of them. You don’t know if you should be embarrassed, happy, sorry or scared when you walk in. Your nerves are driving you insane.

Walking down the hallway your stomach is in knots and palms are sweaty. You walk slowly, trying to calm down before you walk in. Then you find yourself at the end of the hallway, just out of sight from everyone. Taking one final deep breath you walk in. You quietly enter the room, obviously nervous and shy.

Everyone turns to you instantly. Instantly they all seem happy to see you. You are blown away seeing them all. Steve, Nat, Sam, Wanda, Bruce, Thor, Peter, Rhodey, Bucky, and even Clint are here. Looking around, seeing everyone’s faces, you can feel the love in the room. It helps settle your nerves, making you forget why you were so nervous about seeing them.

No one says anything, you just stand there for a moment. “Lady Stark!” Thor’s voice booms throughout the room in excitement as he walks towards you. He rests his hand on your shoulder, making sure that he was careful with you. “It is great to see you again, I have missed you.” It’s been so long since you have seen Thor, longer than anyone else. Without realizing what you were doing you go to hug him. Thor’s hugs have always been the best, and you really needed one.

“Where have you been?” You ask, looking up at him. Before he can answer Bruce catches your attention, “And where have you been?” You had a hint of anger in your tone, thinking about how both of them just disappeared without saying anything, with no contact all those years ago.

Bruce is taken back in surprise of your tone, “Oh, well you see (Y/N)…” He is trying to figure out how to explain, “It’s a long story, we can discuss this later.” He was rubbing the back of his neck looking away. Obviously, he doesn’t want to talk about it.

One by one everyone starts walking up to you so they can hug you. You manage to make fun of Steve a bit for kicking his ass. His defense was he didn’t want to hurt you but no one was buying it. Peter walks over to you, you are instantly struck with guilt. Looking at him you notice that he has a nasty black eye. “I did that, didn’t I?” You say shyly.

Peter nods his head, “Yeah but it’s not the first time a super soldier gave me a black eye.” He looks over to Steve he tries to look away pretending not to notice.

“I’m sorry.” You apologize. You were calm with Peter, just like everyone else. Your feeling from before all this happened seem to have faded. There are more important things to worry about, you were just happy to have him as a friend. Having a boyfriend, a date to the dance or worrying about a crush wasn’t that important anymore. Eventually it will be but there are more important things to think about. Maybe once everything calms down you can see if that spark is still between the two of you. “What was your excuse to May for this one?” You ask jokingly to lighten up the mood in the room.

“Oh, um yeah. I just told her the truth. I was trying to save you and you got really strong and punched me in the face.” He shrugs as if it’s no big deal. You however are in shock.

“You told May the truth?!” You blurt out, “Did she not question why you were with the Avengers? Fighting?!

Peter laughs, “Yeah um she knows I’m Spiderman now.”

Your eyes widen, “How did she find out?” You ask with concern.

“Yeah, well after the whole homecoming incident and Mr. Stark gave me back my suit. I wasn’t paying attention and she walked by as I was taking my mask off.” He was so calm with the story like it didn’t faze him at all.

“What homecoming incident? Why did he take you suit?” You are now getting irritated needing to ask so many questions to get the full story. Everyone else thought it was funny though.

“Well you see.. my homecoming date’s dad was a bad guy selling dangerous weapons so I had to fight him, a building fell on me, and I saved the day and happy’s job.”

“A building what?!” You yell in shock.  He brushes it off like it was nothing, you are obviously confused and very concerned. You look around to see everyone else’s faces, none of them look even remotely concerned.

“So, Lil’ Stark,” Sam gets your attention, “Now you need a cool superhero name.” He smiles as everyone starts thinking of a cool name. You walk over and sit at the table with everyone, dinner is already on the table.

Everyone sits and eats, during the entire meal everyone is shouting out cool names for you. You had always wanted to be one of them, and now you can. That’s when you know what you are meant to do, this happened for a reason. You are meant for something special. This isn’t the end of your story, it’s the first page.