The camera screen fizzles to life showing the face of a youthful boy with fluffy brown hair and chocolate eyes. He looks away nervously and bites his lip before he shifts. Ho opens his mouth and begins his obviously scripted introduction.
"Hello, I am Peter Man," he paled (well, he tried). "I mean Spider-Parker- I mean - You know what, I give up." He looked offscreen. "Ned, you do this."
"How did you ever manage to keep an identity as long as you did, Pete?" The screen turned to face an Asian boy who looked exasperated. His feet were kicked up on a desk. There were stray papers, that looked like homework scattered, scattered around him. His feet however were carefully avoiding all of of them.
The walls behind him were a pleasant light gray and several large posters decorated them. In the large windowsill that looked out over the city was a tiny cactus which had a single, yellow flower on it.
"You tell me," Peter Man said sarcastically, pushing his stubborn hair out of his eyes. He was a really bad liar when it came down to it. He did fine before Tony. Now though, all the Avengers, his Aunt, and two friends knew. May said she blamed being around Tony's ego too long for that fact.
Since that (very loud) night when Aunt May figured out about Spider-man it didn't take long for MJ to reveal she too knew his not-so-well-guarded secret. Unfortunately the reason was a break-in involving guns and his top priority was to protect his friends. MJ shooed him away with a 'Don't get shot, Spider-man' to deal with the situation. He got it all resolved with no fatalities. They got sent home early and he was able to avoid her. But the next day she cornered him between his classes. MJ just gave him her number and told him to keep her updated.
"Right, you didn't," he snickered to the other before turning back. "I'm Ned, and that's Peter."
"We'll just edit out that part later," Peter said, though it was muffled as Ned's hand went over the microphone.
"No we won't," he said, spinning in the chair before abruptly stopping. "Oh, wait. Should we say what we're doing?"
Peter paused. "Yes. Welcome to Peter Parker's Pranks. And I am your host, Peter."
"Hey, what about me?"
"You're the guest star, Ned. Think MJ would join me on here?"
He huffed. "Maybe. Probably not though. I still can't believe we're doing this," he somehow managed to sound both amused and disappointed at the same time. "You're going to get us kicked out. And why are we filming this?"
He gasps in mock surprise. "First off, Mr. Stark would never let them. He loves me too much. And second, memories Ned. Memories. One day we'll look back on our teenhoods and say 'I pranked Tony Stark'. And no one will believe us, but, we'll have proof!"
"Your dad-" "He's not my dad, Ned." "-may have a soft spot for you, but not for me. I don't think he's liked me much since I hacked your suit."
"That's not true... After, I explained I forced you too."
Ned rolled his eyes. "Let's just get this over with already," he said.
"You can't rush perfection. FRI, when does Mr. Stark get home?" The camera turned to Peter who was looking up at the ceiling.
"Based on his current speed and location I estimate you have less than fifteen minutes," came the female voice. "I suggest you hurry if you want to pull of your prank, Mr. Parker.
Peter's eyes widened and he took off.
"Hey! Wait up!" Ned yelled as he scrambled to stand and follow. The screen goes shaky as they're running. When it comes back into focus it shows Peter's slightly red face. He's breathing like he just ran halfway across the building, which he did.
"Where should we set it?" He asks and Ned enters the picture briefly. He's panting harder than Peter (damn mutant best friends), sweat showing on his brows.
"Web it to the corner of that wall over there," he says between pants and points.
Peter nods twice and his brown eyes narrow in concentration. Before he rears his arm back and tosses the camera into the air with a, "Yeet!"
The screen flips there's a thwip behind it and it stays hooked to the wall like a security camera. It looked down on the two teens with a good view on the hallway.
"Are you sure this is a good idea?" Ned asks as he stares at the camera. Not even phased by Peter's quoting. He's used to it by now.
"Yes," Peter says, a wicked grin appearing on his face. Ned simply shakes his head. "This is going to end so badly isn't it?"
"Not if it all goes according to the plan," he says rubbing his hands together.
"You," he poked Peter in the ribs (he mock-offendedly slaps Ned's hand away), "are a troll. Now lets set the trap and scram."
"Yes." Then he points to the camera, "We'll be right back."
The video cuts to an empty hallway, and everything looks normal so far.
The elevator dinged and Tony Stark in a clean new suit stepped out onto the floor he shared with Pepper, Rhodey, and now sometimes Peter.
Unsuspecting of what lay ahead, he started walking down the hall with his Starkpad in hand. Busily working on some new upgrade he'd probably go over with Peter later.
Suddenly Tony jerked back, landing flat on the ground. His Starkpad clattered to the ground besides him, thankfully landing screen-up. It was as if he had slammed right into an invisible wall.
He blinked dazedly and pushed himself up. His eyes narrowed in understanding as he saw the barricade better from this angle. He rested his hand on the wall of Inviso-wrap. He looked around, the hall as if waiting for someone (a certain Hawk known for pranking most likely) to jump out and yelled 'PRANKED'.
He rolled his eyes at the inconvenience and looked for a way around through another door. The first he opened and tried to walk through proved just as impossible. Every entrance, except the elevator, was barred with Inviso-wrap like a dead-end funnel. He tried pushing it down to get through but it was strongly glued to the walls.
Glued.
Finally he looked up and around the ceiling, probably expecting to see the mischievous teen responsible. Instead his eyes landed right on the camera. He silently shot the bird as his other hand grabbed the fallen Starkpad and started heading the opposite way. Unaware they'd wrapped off every entrance and the glue wouldn't wear for another half hour... Which was well before Pepper or the others got home.
Shortly after, from off the screen, a yell was heard, "PARKER! I SWEAR TO GOD-!"
The video cuts again. This time to a breathless Peter and Ned.
The latter though, was behind Peter, rolling on the floor with laughter. They were in a different room than the last. Likely hiding for the time being.
"I-" He breaks out in laughter but manages to compose himself. "I r-regret nothing!"
Though he's sure Tony regrets allowing Peter to be unsupervised in the Tower while he went to his meetings. Bad things seemed to happen when Peter got bored. The brunette sighed, wiping away a fake tear and reached up to stop the video.
The screen goes black with the captions 'Until Next Time'.
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And, y'know. They never did edit that part out.
This whole thing is crack. Read if you want. Idk. It's terribly OOC and just terrible. It's so bad. Why am I publishing this? Pre-IW. Please ignore my mistakes will edit later. I might also be putting this up on Wattpad but I'm publishing it on here, tonight. I might not even keep it.
Word: 1,200 They're kinda short but each will be a prank one-shot. May have two-parters (like if there's a revenge sequel). Suggestions are very much welcomed.