Peter's P.O.V

I wake up the next morning to someone banging on my door and yelling "Wake up!"

I carefully open my eyes and sit up. The sun is shining bright outside and I can hear the birds twitter (Not the app...) from outside. I quickly change into some other clothes and walk out of my room. But I stop when I see all the other kids, who also have their room in this hallway, stand outside their doors and Mr. Reed is standing at where the hallways starts.

"Ah! Peter! Good to see you finally came out." He walks over to me and I see that he has the metal ruler with him. "But not fast enough. You were suppose to be outside your door the moment you woke up. But I guess you had to 'Get ready'. Didn't you?" Mr. Reed scolds me.

"N-no sir... I didn't kno-" But of course, he cuts me off with a slap and I stay quiet. I take out the underside of my hands hand he hits them with the ruler hard. After a couple of hits, he puts the object down and walks up to Eddie's door. It is now that I notice that he's not here.

"Eddie! Get out! Now!" Mr. Reed yells. I gotta do something.

"Umm... sir. He didn't...- He didn't feel very well yesterday. He was...umm... really sick. So I don't think he can come out today..." I say nervously. Mr. Reed looks at me for a second, then he makes his way back up the hallway.

"Well, it's his loss. Anyways..." Mr. Reed is now facing all the kids in the hallway. "As you all know, today we'll get special guest that will hopefully adopt any of you. They are looking for a teenage boys so it's your job to clean up the waiting room, the dining hall, the living room and the lobby." He finishes. "The couple will come around 11AM. Now get to work!" Then he leaves.

All the kids walk into their room, probably to get changed and I carefully knock on Eddie's door. No answer.

"I'm Sorry Eddie..." I mumble.

I carefully open the door and see that the room is empty. I close the door behind me and walk in. The window is open... Did he run away?!

Then all of a sudden, my spidey sense goes haywire and a monster-like creature comes through the window. It kind of looks like Venom... but with a whole body... Oh god... Did that thing eat Eddie up?!

"What the hell?!" I whisper-yell and the creature becomes smaller until Eddie is standing in front of me. "I...- What...?!" I stutter out.

"Peter... Please don't freak out... everythings fine, I'm fine... And so is Venom." Eddie says and I take a deep breath.

"Okay. So. That was... uhh... you... and Venom...?"

"Yeah... Or, well..." Now Venom has appeared from Eddie's shoulder. "We are Venom." They say at the same time. I nod and take another deep breath.

"Anyways... Where were you?"

"O-oh... umm... well... You know how Spider-Man looks out for everyone?" I nod. "Well, we thought we could do the same... you know... so he doesn't have to do it all alone..." A small smile appears on my face.

"That's... really nice of you Eddie. I think Spider-Man would be very thankful to you." He smiles and then I remember what Mr. Reed said. "Oh yeah... umm... Mr. Reed said that a couple is coming today to adopt and he was wondering where you were. Before he entered your room I said that you were sick. I'm really sorry for saying that, since now you can't really go down there..."

(I know that Venom isn't completely a "Good guy" in the comics or whatever... But shush... iz ma story :))

"It's okay Pete. I don't mind. I had planned on staying in bed the whole day anyways. I couldn't care less about being adopted." I look at him a little confused but he just shrugs, so I don't push it.

"Well... alright then... But I have to go. Mr. Reed wanted us so clean a couple of places."

"Yeah, he always forces the kids to do that when someone is coming to adopt." I nod and start to make my way out of the the room.

"Oh! And Eddie, I won't tell anybody about... uhh... him... so don't worry."

Eddie shoots me a thankful smile and I leave the room, closing the door behind me. I take out my phone to check the time. 7:20AM. I make my way down to the lobby and start to clean the place with the other kids. I also notice that Tyler and his goons aren't there so I guess they don't care about getting adopted either.

But of course that quiet peace doesn't last very long, because as I'm cleaning the lobby, Tyler walks in with Mark and Brad behind him.

"Hey Parker. I see you're finally useful for something." Tyler says and he walks up to me. "Oh wait, Parker you missed a spot." I points at something under my chin and his hand is really close to my face. My spidey sense is telling me to move my head, so I do and at that moment Tyler's hand goes up like he was going to hit my face. He looks a little annoyed but I continue to work.

"Whatever. Oh, and Parker. Don't forget to throw out the trash. Since no one wants you here."

"And I would invite you to come with but I don't think the dumpster can fit your ego." I fire back and I see how Tyler's becomes red with anger.

My spidey sense is telling me I'm about to get hit, but I don't move and a second later, Tyler's fist meets my face. I fall back a little, hitting my head in the wall.

"That'll teach you!" Tyler says with a smirk. Then he leaves and some of the kids that were also cleaning the lobby just looks at me but don't say anything. I stand up and hurry off to one of the bathrooms and lock the door behind me. Then I walk over to the mirror and see that my cheek is still red from Mr. Reed's slap and a black eye starts to become visible, plus some small bruises around it. I look at my hands and there's dried blood on them with several cuts and the burn marks.

"Why...? Whywhywhywhywhy!?..." I whisper-yell to no one.

"..."

"...Why Me...?"

"What did I ever do... to make my life this... this... awful... terrible..." I feel tears slide down my cheeks.

"I'm...Sorry... ImsorryImsorryImsorry..."

I put my hands over my face and try to wipe away the tears. What a mess I am...

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After about what felt like hours, but was probably just 10 minutes, I stop crying and walk back to work. Thankfully, Mr. Reed wasn't there so I didn't get yelled at.

After about 2 hours of cleaning I walk back up to my room to relax. I look at the time. 10:34AM. The couple will come in about 25 minutes so I pass time by listening to music.

Tony's P.O.V

I wake up early after, surprisingly, sleeping. Can you believe it. Tony Stark actually slept for once. Stephen is still asleep and I look at the time. 7:15AM. God... that's really early... But I went to bed early yesterday, wanting for this day to come quicker. And finally. Today is hopefully the day when we adopt Peter.

"Mmmhmmm..." I hear Stephen groan.

"Morning Wizard." I say with a smile.

"Morning..." Stephen says and he sits up. "It's weird to see you up this early after you've slept." I chuckle and take his hand.

"Well... don't want to miss today." He smiles and we get out of bed. Stephen goes to take a shower and I change into something a bit formal, then head out towards the kitchen.

Rhodey, Sam, Nat and Clint are sitting around the kitchen island and Steve and Bucky are making breakfast. I sit down next to Nat and she chuckles a little from how happy I seem.

"Tony, are you okay...?" Sam asks tiredly. "I mean, you are never this... happy-ish..."

"Except for when Peter's here." Rhodey adds, drinking his coffee.

"So, how are you feeling? Are you ready for today?" Nat asks and the others are looking a little confused.

"Is something special happpening today?" Bucky asks.

"Well... Me and Stephen are going to Peter's orphanage and hopefully adopt him." I say and Nat is the only one not looking surprised.

"Say what now? You? Tony Stark? Are going to adopt? Did I hit my head or something?" Clint asks.

"You heard me."

"I have a feeling there's another reason to you adopting Peter, specifically..." Rhodey says and at that moment Stephen enters the room, wearing casual clothes.

"Well... we found out that Peter also gets abused at his new orphanage. He's been through... Hell... and he needs a safe and loving family." I say and Stephen places his hand on my shoulder. The others nod and we continue with breakfast.

After we're done we have about 2 hours until we have to go so we just watch a movie.

~Timeskip to when the movie is over and Tony and Stephen has to go~

Me and Stephen enter the elevator, saying goodbye to the others and them telling us "Good luck". I take Stephens hand.

"You ready hun?" I ask a bit nervous.

"Of course." He gives me a smile and we get into one of the cars when the elevator arrives at the garage.

I start to drive towards 'New Haven Orphanage' and the ride there is silent. 15 minutes later I park the car outside the building and look at the time. 10:58AM. We walk up to the building and walk in. We enter a fancy looking lobby and there by the counter I see the man that's been abusing my kid. I put on a fake smile and walk up to him.

"Ah! Mr. Stark! Dr. Strange! It's so nice that you chose our orphanage to adopt. My name is Burt Reed. There are a lot of good kids here." He says and it's quiet obvious that he's lying. "You can wait in the waiting room over there to the right while I go and get the kids." he says pointing to the room next to the lobby.

We walk over there and it's a small room, kind of like a small living room. But it's also connected to a bigger room and I assume that's their living room.

After a couple of minutes we see Mr. Reed usher a couple of kids into the living room but I can't see their faces. Mr. Reed walks back into the waiting room and gives us a fake smile.

"Alright, most of the boys are here so you can now go and talk to them." He explains.

Me and Stephen stand up and walk into the room. I glance around the room, hoping to see Peter. Then...

"There he is..." I whisper to Stephen and he nods.

Peter is sitting on a chair by the window, reading a book with headphones on. But when I see his face I get worried. It's all bruised up.

Peter's P.O.V

I hear a loud knock on my door and then Mr. Reed yells that the couple is here. I pull myself out of bed, grab a book and continue to listen to music. Mr. Reed leads me and a couple other boys down to the living room. He told us the couple was in the waiting  and they would come into the living room to talk with us. Then they would hopefully choose any of us.

As we entered the living room I don't bother to look into the waiting room. I don't want to get attached if they look or sound nice. So I walk over to a chair in the back of the room that's next to a window, sit down and start to read while listening to music. The other kids just do whatever, I don't really care.

I see in my peripheral vision 2 figures enter the room and stand next to Mr. Reed. Somehow I feel like I recognize them... probably just déjà vu. That is until the 2 figures start to approach me. When they're just a couple of feet away from me I put down my book and take out my headphones. The moment I see who it is I freeze.

"...Mr. Stark...? Dr. Strange...? W-what...?" I stutter out and they each take a chair and sit down in front of me.

"Hey Pete." Mr. Stark says with a soft smile.

"...What are you...? What are you doing here...?" I ask really shocked. I can see that everyone's staring at us, especially Mr. Reed.

"We are here to bring home a new family member." Dr. Strange says and I look at him confused.

"Really...? Well, there's a lot of kids here who all need a good home." I say looking down at my hands.

"And so do you." Mr. Stark says and he takes my hand and I look up at him.

"What...? But I'm...- I'm too messed up... I'll only- I'll just be a bother... Really... I...-" I stutter out.

"..."

"I'm... sorry... just...- You deserve someone so much better than me..." I say just above a whisper, looking back at my hands.

"Pete, look at me." I glance up a little. "You are by far the smartest kid I've ever met. You've been through hell... It's not us not deserving something or someone. It's you deserving a good, safe home. Pete, you deserve the world." He smiles at me softly. "And maybe... we can't give you the world-"

"...Actually, maybe we can..." Dr. Strange whispers, making me snicker a little and Mr. Stark shushes him.

"Look, Pete. What I'm trying to say is..."

"..."

"We want to adopt you. It doesn't matter how, quote-on-quote, "Messed up" you are. So is the whole family. We've all done a lot of messed up stuff that made us feel... terrible. But by helping each other... we grew stronger. We became a family and we want to include you in that family. So what do you say bud?"

Tears start to fall and I carefully tackle them into a hug.

"Yes! Of course... Thank you! Thankyouthankyouthankyou!"

They hug me back and after a couple of seconds we break the hug. I try to wipe away my tears, but they just keep on coming. But this time, it's not sad tears.

They're happy tears.

I'm... I'm getting adopted.

You hear that.

Mom. Dad. Ben. May.

Do you see me?

Can you hear me?

I'm getting adopted!

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I...

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I'm so happy...

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I look around the room and notice that all the kids are gone and Mr. Reed is standing by the door. His face has no emotions. Just stares.

"Oh yeah!" The moment Mr. Stark turns around, Mr. Reed's face showes a fake smile. "I suppose it's time to sign some papers, isn't it?" Mr. Reed gives a quick "Oh yes! Of course!". Then we all stand up and follow him to his office. But before we make it there Mr. Stark tells me I can go and pack my stuff. I nod and head up the staircase to floor 3. But before I enter my room I lightly knock on Eddie's room.

"Who is it?" I hear Eddie say from inside the room and it sounds like he's using a fake "I'm sick" voice.

"It's Peter."

"Come in!"

I carefully open the door, then close it and see Eddie reading a book.

"Your eyes are literally glowing. What happened?"

"Well... I got... adopted..."

"Dude! Congrats! Aww wait... now I'll be all alone... No shut up Venom, you don't count." I snicker at their "interaction". Then we hug and I say goodbye to him, then I head over to my room.

I start to pack all my clothes and everything else I own in the bigger bag I got when they took me here a couple of days ago. After a couple of minutes I'm done. I grab all my bags and look back at the, now empty, room and head down. I knock on Mr. Reed's office door lightly and I hear a "Come in!". I open the door and there stands Mr. Stark and Dr. Strange with Mr. Reed behind his desk.

"Oh good! We just got done signing the papers. Time to go home kid...- Oh wait! Before we leave." Mr. Stark turns to Mr. Reed and he says something into his earpiece. Then all of a sudden, several policemen enter the room and arrests Mr. Reed. "Burt Reed, you are under arrest for child abuse and other 'unruly' things that I won't bother to say." Mr. Stark says and the policemen drag Mr. Reed out of the building.

We also walk out and I see the police put Mr. Reed in one of the cars. Then it drives off and Mr. Stark talks with another policeman. Then he walks back to me and Dr. Strange.

"Well, let's head over to the car. Here pete, let me take one of the bags." I give him the big bag filled with clothes and whatever. Then we walk over to their car and we all get in.

"Well Pete. Time to go home."

Home.

That's a nice word...

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A/N

:')   <-------- My feelings right now...

So... hey fellas!

It finally happened :'')

How nice...

I'm planning on writing a couple more chapters so watch out for that!

Since school starts this week, I'll try and update as much as possible but I can't promise anything...

But anyways...

That's All For Now Folks!

G'night, G'day and G'morning!

/Twizz