This is an AU to Homecoming, because I'm sorry but I refuse to believe, even with his super strength, that none of Peter's bones were broken after that movie-

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Peter groans, walking into the ER (where Stephen just so happened to be hanging around, to give advice to other nurses). After a brief explanation, he was taken to a room.

After he got bandaged up (a broken arm, a ton of cracked ribs, and moderate concussion), the nurses left Stephen with him so they could go help other patients.

"What even happened to you, kid?" Stephen asks. Peter coughed, wincing a little. "Ugh... Um.. Long story.." he groans. "I've got ti-" Stephen starts, but then his phone rang.

"Hello?"
T: "Stephe, what's up? I thought you were coming over to see this thing I made you."
"Ah. Yes, I will. I'm just.." Stephen looks at Peter, giving an apologetic look before continuing. "I'm babysitting a patient at the hospital. 15, I think. In pretty bad shape, but miraculously alive."
T: "Oh, damn. Who is it? What happened?"
"I think he said his name was Peter?"
T: "...." *click*

Stephen seemed confused. "Hung up." he mumbles. Peter looks at him. "Who was that?" he asks. "Oh, just.. A friend of mine." Stephen responds. He doesn't know who Peter is (superhero wise), let alone that he knows Tony. Stephan and Tony were dating.

Meanwhile, Tony had made his way to the ER, and asked the receptionist which room Stephen was in. He went to the room, bursting through the door.

Peter looked over, jumping slightly. Before Peter could say anything, Tony looked at him, pointing a finger with a stern look and tone. "You better explain yourself right now."
"I was jus-!" Peter starts, then Tony interrupted. "Because I'm this close to telling May." he says. "Don't tell her!" Peter shrieked, voice cracking a little.

"Um.. I'm sorry, you know him?" Stephen asks Tony. "Yeah." Tony says, looking at Stephen, then back at Peter. "You better start talking."

"I was trying to stop the bad guy from taking your things!.... I stopped him..." Peter says. "Yeahyeahyeah, I don't care. Happy told me that already- I mean why are you so damn beaten up? What the hell happened in the fight?" Tony asks.

Peter coughed again, letting out a small pained noise after. "Um... Eheh.. Eh.. Well.. First I got crushed under a collapsed ceiling, I could barely muster the strength to get out of it- uh.. Then I got stuck on the invisible plane with Vulture and we fought, the plane crashed and exploded, then he beat me up a bit.."

Tony felt like it was his fault now. If Peter had the suit he made him, he wouldn't be so beaten up right now. Tony sighs. "Dammit.." he mutters under his breath, pinching the bridge of his nose and looking down.

"You survived all of that?" Stephen asks, looking bewildered. "How are you alive?!" Peter gave a pained laugh. "Uh.. Well.."

"I assume his enhanced physical strength and endurance helped. He's.. An underling, if you will." Tony says, crossing his arms. Peter looked confused. "You.. Said I..?"
"I said you're not an Avenger. I never said you wouldn't ever be. But as of right now, you have far too much to learn before you're ready for the shit we deal with- you're lucky you won that fight." Tony says.

"Hang on, I'm a bit lost. He has superpowers?" Stephen asks. "Yep. Spider-Man." Tony responds simply. "This kid? This kid is Spiderman?" Stephen asks increadously.
"Heh... More like spider boy.." Peter mumbled in a self-degrading way. Tony looks at him. ".. That's not what you told me when we met. In fact, you insisted-"

"Yeah, well, when we met, you had high hopes for me, Mr. Stark, and if I can't even handle what happened today-.. If I can't handle that, how am I ever going to be something great like you?" Peter mumbled.
Tony didn't show it, but it hurt to see Peter beating himself up like this. "... Who says you couldn't handle that? You took him on by yourself, and you won." he says. "Barely.."

"You still won." Tony says, kneeling down to look eye level at Peter. "The first battle I fought, I ended up crashing in a sand dune." he says. "Yeah but you made yourself a hero, I was bitten by a spider and suddenly I can stick to walls and lift buses.." Peter says.

"So use what you were given. Just know when to use it." Tony says softly, running a hand through Peter's hair carefully. "You'll learn, okay?"
Peter sighs, only nodding a little in response and looking down. "So.. Is he like.. Your son?.. Or.." Stephen asks.

"Well-"