Ya'll should read Damaged Defenders (Ao3) if ya hadn't. I just finished it in two days and it gave me good feels. Also, some notes before you read:
Peter is a sophomore (10th grade) in high school. Here's the cast list:
Tom Holland as Peter P.
Emma Stone as Gwen S. (younger since they're in 10th grade)
Sally Field as May P.
Martin Sheen as Ben P
James Franco as Harry O.
Chris Zylka as Flash T.
Willem Dafoe as Norman Osborn
"Peter! You're going to be late!" Aunt May shouts at the boy's door. "I'm coming in!" she sighs and with a shake from her head, she opens the door. She fully prepares to yank the boy out of his bed only to find the room completely empty. She throws her arms up. "So he has enough energy to wake up in the morning and leave for the trip but any other day he struggles. That boy." she shakes her head again and starts picking up a few articles of clothing on the ground and throws them in the hamper.
After cleaning up the boy's room she gathers the hamper and carries it downstairs. She spots her husband, Ben, at the table with a box of things he most likely dug up from the basement.
"Oh, Ben Parker don't you even think about leaving that filthy box in my kitchen." May gripes at Ben.
The man looks down, taking a bit of offense to that. "These are my bowling trophies."
"Oh...by all means, leave that filthy box in my kitchen." she rolls her eyes as she set the hamper down by the washer.
"Why don't you have Peter wash his own clothes. He's going to have to learn to do it himself after all," Ben says.
"I did let him, once . All of the whites went grey," May huffs out as she points at his chest. Ben glances down to his grey wife beater underneath his shirt.
"Oh, right." he remembers now, the perpetrator had been his beanie.
"Have you figured out what's wrong with the leak in the basement?" May asks as she searches through Peter's clothes for anything before chucking it in the washer.
"Uncle Ben! It's not the condenser tray! It's too much water! Or the heat exchange tubing!" May hears her nephew, Peter, shouting out from the basement. "I think it's the fill line."
"Peter Parker, i thought you left by now! You're going to miss your big trip today!" May gasps.
"It's fine Aunt May, i'm leaving now!" Peter dashes out of the basement and slips due to his wet feet. The poor boy smacks his forehead on the ground.
"Oh, Peter!" May ran over to her nephew. "Are you alright?" she gently smooths his hair out of the way. That will bruise for sure. "You need to be careful, sweetie."
"Sorry Aunt May." Peter cradles his forehead.
"C'mon kid, I'll drop ya off," Ben says as he slips some shoes on and grabs his keys. "Stay away from the basement okay, honey?"
"Don't worry, i won't go near it." May waves Peter off and let the boy wipe his bare feet off and slip his socks and shoes. Peter snatches his backpack with his notebook inside.
"Bye Aunt May!" he exclaims as he ran out the door. May smiles and waves the two off.
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"You think you can fix the leak downstairs?" Ben asks Peter.
"Yeah, i can stop by the hardware store after the trip while i'm in the city already. Gwen said she can take me home. So i don't think she'll mind going around. Pretty sure she's going to stop by that one restaurant she likes and get something to go."
"Alright, be careful in the city," Ben says as he pulls up to the high school.
"I will, thanks Uncle Ben!" Peter says as he steps out of the car and made his way in school. They were suppose to head straight to the cafeteria and wait there. He spots Gwen sitting with Harry. Harry notices his friend approaching and waves.
Peter bounds over to his friends and then promptly shoved into a table a few moments after. He glances and sees Flash giving him a look before glaring.
"Watch it, Parker." he huffs and walks off. Huh, normally Flash would've taunted him more. Not that Peter was complaining. He wastes no time and made his way over to Gwen and Harry, who had been glaring at Flash.
"You okay Pe-dude what happened to your face?" Harry winces as he saw the blossoming bruise forming on his forehead.
"Uh, i tripped and hit my head...on the floor." he says sheepishly. Harry shakes his head as Gwen just stares at him in exasperation. They both know Peter is clumsy.
"Excited Peter?" Gwen asks, changing the subject. Peter's class was lucky enough to get a tour through Oscorps and Stark industry. Peter had asked Gwen to pinch him several times to see if he was dreaming or not because this was going to be the best day ever.
"Yes. I'm so ready." Peter smile stretches across his face. Hes bouncing up and down on the balls of his feet.
"Please tell me you brought your little gidget tube thing." Harry gives him a look.
"Fidget Cube, Harry." Peter corrects him. Harry just gives him a look that says 'does it look like i care. '
"Alright kids, the bus is waiting for us in the front, line up with your classes and please be in groups of two or threes," one of the teachers, Mrs Mathews, says.
"Done and done." Gwen rises up from the chair and slings her bag over her arm. "Let's go, the only one i'm excited for is Oscorps and i want to be there yesterday." she says as she drags the two quickly to the bus.
"Oh, excited for an Os are we?" Harry teases. Gwen smacks him in his arm.
"Behave."
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"Psst. I think Pete's nerdgasming everywhere." Harry whispers to Gwen as were walking into the lab and observing the hologram. Gwen holds in a laugh when she saw how Peter's eyes light up so much.
"I am too, i have a possible internship here in the future. This place is amazing." Gwen is in awe at everything around her.
"Thanks, i'll make sure my father knows." Harry grins.
"And i want to create a world without weakness." Dr. Conners voice interrupts them. The man takes a pause in his lecture. "Anyone care to venture just how?" a boy from another science class rose his hand. "Yes?"
"Stem cells?" he asks.
"Promising, but the solution i'm thinking of is more radical." he answers the boy. He looks around for another hand. "No one?"
"Cross species genetics." Peter murmurs out loud to himself, though Dr. Conners hears it. The class parts away like the red sea, all eyes on Peter. "Uh, well, person gets Parkinson's when the brain cells that produce dopamine start to disappear, but the Zebrafish has the...ability to regenerate cells on command. If you could somehow give this ability to the person, then that's that. They're curing themselves."
"Yeah, you just have to look past the gills on their neck." Harry jokes. Everyone laughs. Peter gives a sad look to Harry.
Dr. Conners stares at the boy. "And you areā¦?"
"Mid-town's best and brightest. Second in his class." Gwen answers with a smile before Peter could say his name." Peter shoots Gwen an offended look, making her smirk even more.
Conner smiles and just as he's about to ask the boy his name, his pager went off. "And that's my pager telling me something happened in one of the labs conducting an experiment. I'll leave you to your tour guide." he smiles, giving Peter one last look before leaving.
Gwen drops her smile when Dr. Conners left and the tour continues. She pinches herself. Why didn't she say anything? Peter already left an impression on the man.
Damn you Peter.
She chews at her lip.
Okay yall. Lemme say this real quick. This is post Avengers 2, but Pietro lives. Vision is here as well as Jarvis because fuck it i love both so Porque no los dos? They are doubles, or big brother little brother. Just go along with it. Bucky is saved but still has issues to work out. Steve isn't a big idiot and told Tony what happened to his parents. Tony doesn't hold it against Bucky because he's not in control. This just gives Tony the drive to blast Hydra a hole up their ass.