Hello! I've nervously decided to try my hand on a multi-chapter fic for Irondad & Spiderson, and while I know there are plenty of stories of Tony adopting Peter or being his guardian out there, it is also one of my favourite tropes so here we are! I hope you'll give this a chance and if you'll like what you read, let me know.

this story also takes place post infinity war.

title is taken from Aquilo's - Always Done What You Say

Always Done What You Say

Chapter 1

Tony wandered what is it about New York that seemed to attract an attack – an invasion, an experimentation gone wrong – that happened every couple of months. Perhaps Vision was right – their very strength invites a challenge.

It wasn't any different this time – the siren had blared and the Avengers had assembled only for them to realise that there were giant alien species here.

Cap had called in Ant-Man and activated the Hulk and Tony… Well, Tony had called in Spider-Man.

"On my way, Mr. Stark," the kid had answered. "I'm around the corner, just finished a movie with May…"

He made a mental note to apologise to May later for calling in her nephew when he had previously assured her that unless it was absolutely necessary, he would not call Spider-Man to deal with anything major. The consensus was that until he turned eighteen, Spider-Man belonged in the little leagues back in Queens.

But since this was all hands on deck kind of situation, the Avengers needed all the help they could get.

"FRIDAY, remind me to speak to May about this."

So far, the destruction had been contained within a six block radius and there was only one remaining alien left for them to handle. All in all, Tony thought it wasn't so bad until the thing opened its mouth and let out some kind of electromagnetic wave that frizzled out the system in Iron Man's suit. He plunged down from the air, all the while knocking his helmet to try and get the system back online, but he was still falling. He flailed, trying to right himself and the ground seemed closer now. And he was sure he would crash before FRIDAY could activate the thruster until he felt a sharp tug around his midsection.

He let out a breath the moment Spider-Man came into his field of vision.

"I got you," Spider-Man said and set him down on the roof. "Are you okay, Mr. Stark?"

"S-Sir," FRIDAY's voice filled the space in the suit.

"Ugly there isn't allowed to open its mouth again, kid, can you make sure of that?" he muttered.

Once Iron Man was up, spiraling into the air again, Spider-Man had already webbed the thing's mouth shut and was animatedly talking through their linked comm about a show that mostly none of the rest of them understood.

"Tony, we talked about this," he heard Rhodey complained. "You gotta teach the kid to focus."

"At least one of us is having fun," Scott remarked as he was flung through the air.

"I'm serious, guys, it's like a vampire but…. alien, obviously. Hey, maybe, they have their own kind of vampire alien up there!"

He tried to give it a minute because from experience, when Peter Parker started referencing a show or a movie, he tended to come up with some pretty amazing ideas. Then it clicked as Peter shot a web right to Ugly's neck and started spinning around it.

"Spidey's got a point. Go to my left, Rhodey," Tony instructed. "Clear out, Parker. Hulk … Hulk, you're getting this?"

He heard a roar and a flash of green as Hulk made the leap from where he was perched and landed on the back of Ugly, pulling its head back to give Tony and Rhodey clear shot to its throat. They pointed their lasers, slicing cleanly through the alien's head.

It was pretty graphic and he sure as hell hoped no children out there would be watching the news this evening.

"Yes!" Peter whooped. "That's amazing!"

"Great work, kid," he said.

"Alright, let's wrap it up. Back to the Quinjet for debrief," Cap announced.

Natasha's voice cut through their line, "Not yet, we've got casualties."

They haven't had any casualties since the last three attacks. Granted the last three had not seen the big bad like today but they had gotten good had pushing civilians back and evacuating them.

So much for keeping a clean sheet, Tony sighed.

He surveyed the ground, saw Cap running down the street towards where Nat said she was and Spider-Man scaling down the building he was on to get to the streets.

"Kid, if you're not too winded, help Cap," he directed, taking a jibe at their youngest team member and smirked when a petulant 'of course I'm not' came back at him. "Nat, they've got it. You need to go for Banner and bring him back."

The Iron Man suit flew towards where the emergency medical team was waiting.

"Status," Tony requested over the comm. He needed the information to relay to the responders and incase more medical team is required. "What's the status? How many injured?"

"May?" Peter's voice cackled over the line. "Oh my god, May? Please… Don't – "

Tony came to an abrupt halt – his boots hitting the asphalt with a loud thud. The sheer panic on Peter's voice was difficult to miss. It was the voice of someone facing their worst nightmare.

"Parker?" Tony called out. "What's happening, kid? Talk to me."