Peter

I walked towards Mr. Stark's lab and swiped my card so the doors would open.

"Hi Mr. Stark" I said and saw him standing in the middle of the lab, knees slightly bent and hand stretching out.

"Kid?" He said and turned the complete other was so his left arm was facing me.

"Yeah uhm....mr. Stark....is everything okay?

"Hm?....yeah, yeah. Everything's fine" Mr. Stark said and finally turned to me.

His eyes stared right at me but somehow it felt like he wasn't looking at me but rather through me.

"You sure? You seem a little....I don't know....off" I said slowly walking towards him.

"Listen when I tell you I'm fine. I mean it" Mr. Stark said pointed towards my shoulder.

I looked at his eyes and saw how they didn't seem to focus on anything. Couldn't he see me? Better find out.

"Alright" I said and showed him my middle finger without any sort of reaction. "And how's your sight?" I asked.

"My sight's fine. As it always been" Mr. Stark lied.

"Really?"

"Yeah"

"You're lying"

"I'm not"

"Then why didn't you comment on my blackeye" I said knowing I'd trick him.

"I assumed it was from patrol"

"I don't have a blackeye" I said.

Mr. Stark opened his mouth to say something but stopped and sighed in defeat.

"Alright....you got me" he said.

"What happened?" I asked and stepped closer.

"Long story short....there's a reason for safety glass"

"Okay. Is it permanent?"

"No. Friday said it'll last for a few days. So since I couldn't work I tried to find the door and get myself some coffee"

"Would you like some help?" I asked.

"Peter you don't have to. We'll probably not be able to work on your suit since I can't see anything" Mr. Stark said.

"Well I want to. You've helped me so much it's only fair I return the favor" I said seriously.

"Okay.....where are you?" Mr. Stark said and started waving his hands around.

I grabbed his right arm and put it around my head.

"Let's go" I said and started leading him towards the door.

"If you lead me into a wall I'm taking away the suit" Mr. Stark said threateningly.

"Mr. Stark I wouldn't do that" I said as we left the lab.

"Yeah well just making sure" Mr. Stark said.

"No, seriously. That's just unfair. You can't see anything. Why would I lead you into a wall?" I asked.

"I don't know"

Tony

I hated that I put my trust in Peter, hated it. The last people I trusted all stabbed me in the back. My dad, Obadiah, Rhodey with the suit and recently Steve. It's hard to trust people when everyone you trust keep on stabbing you in the back. But Peter hadn't done it yet. Sure he did go behind my back to stop some bad guys. But that wasn't directed against me. I know that. I even heard him talk back to Steve at the airport when Steve tried to confuse him. He simply said "Mr. Stark said you'd say that". The kid had put his full trust on me, rather than the guy dressed as a flag and still on his school PSAs. He trusted in me that I was right.....so why am I having a hard time trusting him?

"Alright we're here. I can make coffee if you want. Strong?" Peter asked snapping me out of my thoughts.

"Uh...yeah...strongest coffee you can make" I answered and leaned towards what I assumed was the counter.

It's weird. I kinda assumed he did that because I was the Tony Stark. But here he was making me coffee because I basically couldn't do anything. He didn't leave when there wasn't any gain for him in this situation. He stayed. Even when I took away his suit and we had our big fight....he came back.

"So what are you gonna do for the next couple of days?" Peter asked.

"I don't know" I sighed deeply. "Probably die of boredom"

"Is ms. Potts here?" Peter asked.

"No she's on a business trip in Japan" I answered.

"So....who did you have in mind to help you through these next couple of days"

"No one. I can take care of myself kid" I said.

"Mr. Stark....no offense. But you couldn't find your way out of your own lab" Peter said.

I just sighed. He was right. But it wasn't like I could call anyone.

"If you want I could come right after school tomorrow and then look after you for the rest of the weekend"

"No kid. I can't ask you to sacrifice an entire weekend to help me get around the penthouse" I said.

"It's no trouble, Mr. Stark. I don't mind. May said she had some ling shifts at the hospital this weekend and like I said....you always help me. I have to give something back" Peter said and I heard him pour up some coffee.

"You sure?" I asked.

"Yeah. I don't mind. Here's your coffee" Peter said and put down a mug and then grabbed my hands to help me put them around the mug.

I sent him a short smile. Or at least I smiled in the direction his voice came from.

Maybe I still had someone else than Pepper to trust