"Tardy again I see, Parker"

"Sorry Miss" Peter mumbled as he made his way to the back of the classroom, dumping his bag on the floor beside his chair. The teacher grumbled before going back to her Chemestry lesson. Peter had been up really late last night Spidermaning and then he couldn't stop thinking about Steve and weather it was a good thing he gave him the clue, or a bad thing, even if it had been a few days already and no random people had shown up at his doorstep yet. Well, if they really needed him. They have a first name and initial. There must be plenty of Peters with last names that begin with P in New York... right?

When the bell rang signaling the end of the lesson, Peter grabbed his things and raced all the way down the hall to his locker to get his books for his biology class. He really should stop worrying.

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"He wants us to what?" Tony exclaimed.

Steve sighed, "He wants us to, find him when he's not in spandex and then we can talk"

"How are we supposed to do that?" He cried exasperatedly. "Nobody knows jack squat about this guy. He just randomly popped up after the- the Chutari... Well, that thing that almost destroyed Manhattan. Then only a month after everything got cleaned up, there's some freaking Lizard dude!"

"If you'd actually let me finish, Tony, he gave us a clue" that made Tony look up. "He says to look for Peter P. I guess that's his name"

"How old does he sound to you?"

"Uhh, no older than twenty, which was actually suprising."

"Well that narrows it down a fair bit. Hey, Jarvis! Search New York for a Peter P. no older than twenty"

"Yes sir" Came the British voice of the AI.

"Drink Cap?" Tony asked, from behind the bar, already having put two glasses on the counter. Steve shrugged and sat down, accepting the drink.

It hadn't even been ten minutes yet when Jarvis spoke again, "Sir, I have a list of all males in New York that fit that description."

"Thank you Jarvis, display it onscreen for me will you?"

Without a reply, the large screen that took up almost an entire wall came to life with a list of what looked like about sixty names at first glance.

"Parish, Peter, age 20...

Potter, Peter, James age 17...

Packwood, Peter age 18...

Pachar, Peter age 15...

Parker, Peter, Benjamin age 19...

Page, Peter, Bobby age 19...

Patterson, Peter age 16...

Pressnell, Peter, William age 10...

This list just goes on!" Tony whined. "Alright Jarvis, filter out anyone below the age of 16"

After a moment the list refreshed to around thirty names. "Thank you Jarvis, send that to my phone with the addresses, work places etcetera"

"Of course sir"

"Alrighty then, let's get started!" Stark said enthusiastically, rubbing his hands together. Steve just rolled his eyes.

"Hey Aunt May, I'm home" He called as he walked through the door. "Aunt May?"

"I'm in here sweetie!" She finally answered. Peter sighed in relief and made his way upstairs to where his Aunt was, dumping his backpack along the way.

"Hey Aunt May" Peter greeted with a smile, giving her a hug which she returned.

"How was your day?"

"You know, the usual, work, bad food..." Peter shrugged with a small grin, his Aunt merely gave him a light slap on the arm and walked back downstairs. "I'll be in my room doing homework, call if you need me" He called down a moment later.

"Damnit, that's fifteen done already and none of them look, sound, or act like Spiderman" Tony sighed, "I'm starting to lose hope for this, are you sure he didn't just give you a false name?"

"No, I'm sure. I can usually tell when someone's lying, even if I can't see their face" Steve replied over the earpiece Tony had given them. Bruce got out of the car and Steve stayed inside of it, just in case things went south.

"Alright, here goes." Bruce said, taking a deep breath and knocking on the door. He took a step back as he heard the click of the lock, watching as an elderly woman stepped into view.

"Yes?"

"Hello ma'am, sorry to disturb you but I'm looking for a... uh Peter Parker? Does he live here?"

"Why yes he does but what's this about? Has he done something wrong? Is this about his injuries?"

"Injuries...? Oh, uh, no. I'm from a... collage, I wish to meet him"

The woman's face brightened at that, "Collage? Oh Peter will be thrilled! Please, please come inside"

Bruce nodded and timidly followed her inside. She rushed over to the bottom of the stairs immediately. "Peter! Peter would you come down here? There's someone here to see you!"

There was distinct banging before she got a reply, "Uh, right. Be there in a sec Aunt May!" followed by more banging.

Banner raised a brow at the commotion. "That doesn't sound good" he muttered into the microphone under his collar. Just then, a young boy came bounding down the steps. He was wearing a hoodie, baggy jeans and sneakers. He looked over to where his Aunt was pointing and his eyes widened.

He shoved his hands into his pockets nervously and quickly walked over to Bruce, hand outstretched once he got close enough. "Hi- hi Dr. Banner, it's an honour. I love your work." He said enthusiastically with a smile, stumbling over his words.

After a moment Bruce finally processed what was happening and shook Peter's hand. "It's uh, nice to meet you too, Peter. I didn't think anyone your age would care about that stuff"

"Well, I do love science. I find your theories on Gamma Radiation very interesting." Peter said with a sheepish smile.

"I think you've got a fan, Brucie" Tony stated smugly. Bruce had to reframe from rolling his eyes, but instead caught onto Peter flinch when Stark spoke. Surely he couldn't have heard.

Peter quickly recovered however, looking back at Banner directly. "So, uh, not to be rude, Doctor But why exactly are you here?"

"Oh! Oh yes, I'm here because I was wondering if you'd like to... uh come work for me for a few days. If you're good enough, I could give a collage recommendation that none of them could refuse"

"What!" Tony growled ever so slightly, but this time Peter didn't seem to notice, instead he looked shocked.

"Why me of all people?"

"I've uh, had a look at the project you submitted on cross species genetics and Doctor Conner's before... uhh well you know. It was very well done in any case"

Peter looked shocked and a little flash of guilt seemed to have crossed his face at the mention of Dr. Conner's, but then narrowed his eyes suspiciously a moment later. Bruce pretended not to see. "No catch?"

"No catch." Bruce confirmed, only just masking the nervousness in his voice.

"Well, when can I start then?" He asked happily, but his face still showed he was suspicious.

"Tomorrow, if you're free. I'll be at Stark tower"

"Well uhh, okay then. I'll see you at ten if that's fine"

"I'll see you then, just tell the receptionist your name and that I asked you"

"Cool. Well, it was a pleasure to meet you Dr. Banner" Peter smiled, shaking his hand one last time and showing him to the door. As Bruce walked down the steps he could hear Peter's Aunt squealing in excitement. He couldn't help but chuckle.

He quickly got into the car and was instantly bombarded with questions.

"Why did you invite him to the tower? We didn't do that for any of the others." Steve asked as they began the drive home.

"Trust me, I think it's him"

"How can you be sure?"

"Well, he's smart. He has the right figure, and he has so many bruises and cuts. He's not in high school anymore and there's no way he would get beat by his Aunt and frequent muggings are out of the question. And when Tony said something to me in the mic, he instantly looked at it"

"Could just be a coincidence, it still may not be him"

Bruce turned his head to look at Steve, "I'm positive that this could be the guy. Just, there was just something about him. Like he'd seen a lot. When I mentioned Dr. Connors... I wish I hadn't seen the sadness and guilt that crossed his face."

"I'm still not sure Bruce."

"Well, it's too late now. We'll keep an eye on him and if he suddenly dashes off and then Spiderman kicks some ass somewhere within the hour, we'll either confront or keep a closer eye on him. Besides, kids smart. Could use some smart people at the tower, would be a nice change of scenery."