Ch. 168

"How was school today?" Peter Parker heard his aunt ask as he entered the apartment.

"It was okay," Peter said as he walked in, after he put down his bag. "there's this crazy car parked outside." Peter said before he looked at Aunt May and froze, not necessarily because of her. More because of who was sitting next to her, now Peter stood looking like he had just turned into a statue while he tried to work out what the hell Tony Stark AKA Iron Man was doing in his home.

"Hello Mr Parker." Tony grinned at his shocked look.

"Um…" Peter removed his head phones from his ears. "um… hey! Hey I… I am Peter, by the way."

"Tony." Tony said, introducing himself despite how unnecessary it was.

"Yeah… um… what… what are you doing here?" Peter asked, hoping he didn't sound rude.

"It's about time we met, you've been getting my emails right?" Tony asked while sending him a look that said 'play along'.

"Yeah, yeah." Peter nodded, picking up on what Tony was telling him. "Regarding the…"

"You didn't tell me about the grant?" Aunt May asked.

"About the grant." Peter nodded.

"The 'September foundation'." Tony said. "It's a new grant that I'm starting up," He said to Aunt May. "I haven't really done the advertising for it yet, but someone leaked it online, must have been how your nephew found it. You'll probably see it in the news soon."

"Right." Peter nodded, going along with whatever Tony was saying, at this point he was just struggling to keep up with what was going on and the fact that he had a celebrity/genius/Avenger in his home.

"Yeah, remember when you applied?" Tony asked Peter.

"Yeah." Peter nodded hesitantly.

"I approved, so now we're in business." Tony said before giving Peter another look before he took a sip from a mug.

"But you didn't tell me anything, what's up with that?" Aunt May asked with a hurt expression. "Are you keeping secrets from me now?"

"I just know how much you love surprises so I thought I would let you know…" Peter trailed off, trying not to think about how he was indeed keeping a major secret from her. "… anyway what did I apply for?" He asked Tony.

"That's what I'm here to hash out." Tony replied.

"Okay, hash out." Peter nodded while wondering what was happening. "Hash out." He softly repeated.

"It is so hard for me to believe that she's someone's aunt." Tony suddenly said, gesturing to Aunt May.

"Well, we come in all shapes and sizes." Aunt May said with a short laugh.

"This walnut date loaf is exceptional." Tony said as he took a bite of it.

"Let me stop you right there," Peter said to Tony, not hearing the whisper. "does this grant… got money involved or whatever?"

"Yeah, it's pretty well funded, I mean look who you're talking to." Tony said before turning to Aunt May. "Can I please have five minutes with him?" He asked.

"Sure." She nodded.

"Excellent, let's go Mr Parker." Tony said as stood up and walked with Peter to his room.

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Once Tony got inside Peter's room the first thing he did was spit the date loaf out of his mouth and into a bin.

"As walnut date loaves go… that was not bad." Tony said just as the door locked without anyone touching it and Harry and Gwen came into view.

"Whoa!" Peter jumped back in shock, unintentionally making a large amount of noise.

"You got the silencing charms up?" Tony asked.

"Yeah, don't have to worry about his aunt hearing." Harry replied.

"That's good, though I think with the amount of noise he made, the whole neighbourhood could have just heard that." Gwen commented.

"Holy shit! There are one… two… three! Three Avengers in my room." Peter said, shaking his head with disbelief.

"Also, what was up with the flirting?" Harry said to Tony.

"I'm a playboy billionaire, got to play the part." Tony shrugged.

"I sincerely hope that Pepper kills you when she finds out." Harry replied.

"Why would she find out?" Tony frowned.

"Trust me, she's going to find out."

"You're going to tell her?" Tony looked at him with disbelief.

"No, of course not, I would never do that." Harry said with a shake of his head. "She's going to tell her." He said as he pointed at Gwen who gave Tony an evil smile.

"But I…"

"Ah," Harry cut Tony off. "we can discuss how badly Pepper is going to kill you, but we should deal with him first." Harry said, gesturing to Peter as he added that last part.

"You know that makes it sound like we're going to kill him." Tony frowned.

"Wait what?!" Peter blurted out.

"Relax kid, if we were going to kill someone then Stark would be the one that has to worry." Harry said. "I am Harry by the way." Harry said, extending a hand to Peter.

"Yeah I know," Peter said quickly shaking Harry's hand. "you're… you are Grim! I mean… not that you're 'grim' but you're the Avenger, 'Grim'!"

"That I am, and you can let go now." Harry said.

"Oh, sorry." Peter said, realising he was shaking for too long, he let go of Harry's hand.

"Though he can be grim at times." Gwen commented before she shook Peter's hand. "My name is Gwen Stacy, I'm…"

"Spider-Woman, I know." Peter cut her off, unable to totally hide how excited he was. "Um… big fan by the way."

"Thanks." Gwen smiled.

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