Requested by Guest on FFN! This was a small challenge for me as I've never done this with my parents before, but I hope I wrote it the right way!

Peter did everything in his power to hold in the laugh that was threatening to break out of his chest, knowing that if he did he might die. His silence was of the upmost importance, his future depended on it. No matter what, he could not... make a... sound.

"You drive like a maniac," Loki complained as he got out of the car, slamming the door behind him. "I should be the one that drives from now on, I'm obviously better at it than you."

"You don't even have a license!" The driver's door was slammed with equal force as Tony glared, "And I've seen the way you pilot an airship or whatever you call it; if I let you drive, we'd be lucky to make it out alive."

Peter was not about to admit that Loki has driven before and managed to make Mr. Stark's driving look like an old grandma...

That thought caused a small snort of laughter to escape as he stepped out of the car, causing both men to turn at him in unison and glare. Peter held up his hands as he took a step back, bowing out of whatever argument they were about to start with him.

A loud animal calling captured Peter's attention, all of his senses focusing on that call. It was Loki and Tony that started chuckling then, Tony's hand clamping on Peter's shoulder and tugging him over to the Asian Gate of the Bronx Zoo.

"C'mon, kid," Tony grinned, "You can't spend all day arguing, we have too many animals to see!"

"Yeah!" Peter cheered along as they walked toward the gate, his senses going wild with the new and strange sounds.

"Is this really necessary?" Loki asked as he walked on the other side of Peter, "What is the point of looking at animals through glass? It's just the same as watching a video of them."

"That-" Tony let go of Peter's shoulder to point at Loki, "-is the reason we brought you along too. Once you get in there, you will change your mind! No prodigy of mine nor his nearly criminal and slightly less cool other mentor will go their lives without experiencing a proper zoo. I will not stand for it."

Loki rolled his eyes and huffed out a bored sigh as they entered the gates, Tony going on about what animals they would see as Peter just looked around with child-like excitement. Loki had suggested they grab a map, but Tony denied needing one. Just stay on the path and they'd be fine.

It wasn't until they ended up in a parking lot five minutes after entering that Loki ignored Tony's protests and went back for a map.

"This is the Asia parking center, where we were supposed to park. Meaning we walked two blocks to get here for nothing."

"Well how was I supposed to know that? I've never been here before."

"It was your idea to come here-"

Peter, though quietly laughing at his mentors, slid the map out of Loki's hands and looked down at all the paths they could take. Back and to the right a bit was the Jungle World, a large building with indoor habitats. Speakers were on the outside of the building and sending out the jungle animals calls that Peter could hear even from this distance, a surge of adrenaline rushing through him every time the tiger's roar was played.

Glancing over at the two men with him, Peter shook his head fondly at their bickering before going behind them and giving a small push in the direction they needed to go. "Come on, there are animals to see and places to be! We don't have all day!"

Slightly caught off guard by the push, both of them went quiet as they shared a look. Tony then laughed as he grabbed both Peter and Loki by the shoulders and headed to the direction that Peter instructed.

Loki glanced at Tony's hand on his shoulder, tempted to shrug it off. But Peter and Stark both looked so happy that Loki couldn't even bring himself to stay in his comfort zone of no touching... Damn these humans and their happy expressions.

Upon entering the building, Loki's nose wrinkled at the smell of so many animals. That was a very... strange smell that Loki hoped he wouldn't smell again after this. Though when Peter let out a loud exclaim of excitement as he ran to the glass window of the first enclosure, Loki decided that he could suffer through the smell just this time.

He must be going soft... Letting himself go through such things he normally wouldn't bother with just for these two silly humans. At this point, he was used to going an extra mile for Peter's sake, but now he was even caving in to Stark's happiness.

"What is that?" Tony laughed a bit, his head tilting slightly as he stared at the animal. "It looks like a... A bear or something."

"A really strange bear," Loki added, taking in the white face and nearly red coat. It was nothing like any bear he saw on TV before.

"A Tree-Kangaroo," Peter grinned, watching the little creatures climb around on the branches. "Native to the Huon Peninsula of northeastern New Guinea island."

The silence from the two adults caused Peter to turn to them, seeing their questioning and confused gazes. The boy laughed as he pointed to a sign he was standing in front of, "It's all right here if you want to read it yourselves."

Tony dramatically rolled his eyes with an overly exasperated sigh, quickly moving on to the next exhibit. Peter tried to stifle his laughter as Loki chuckled a bit from behind, a smaller and slightly less dramatic eye roll of his own being made known.

They all worked their way through the building, making jokes or quips at each other's (mostly directed at Peter during the nocturnal exhibits). It was really fun when they got to the weird pig-elephant things; the small rant that Loki went on about the Tapir's weirdness nearly had Peter and Tony rolling.

But Peter sobered up pretty quickly when the hairs on his arms stood up, a chill going down his spine and his senses screaming 'DANGER' at him.

"Child?" Loki questioned, an eyebrow raised at Peter's odd behavior. "Are you alright?"

The question caused Tony to look up as well, his laughter cutting short abruptly at the look on Peter's face. "Kid, what's wrong?"

Peter gulped as he slowly turned around, his eyes meeting large pale green eyes of a predator. He stood frozen there, staring into the restless eyes of the Amur Leopard as it stood on a branch. All of Peter's senses were screaming at him to run or fight, to take a defensive pose or hide or do something!

"Kid," Tony's hand on his shoulder caused Peter to jump slightly, breaking eye contact with the leopard and look at the two men with him. "You good?"

Peter looked back at the large cat that was now pacing back and forth on the branch - safely behind the glass wall. He gave a shaky nod as he turned back to his mentors. "Yeah, yeah, I'm good."

"Obviously not," Loki frowned with his arms crossed. "Your senses went off from the leopard, didn't they? Being this close to a predator isn't good for you, we should go."

"No!" Peter shook his head, glancing between the two of them. "I'm fine, really! I did get a sense of danger, but it's no big deal! It just caught me off guard is all, I'll be okay."

A stare off between the three of them started, Loki trying to find a lie in Peter's words, Peter doing his best to convey his sincerity, and Tony watching them both.

"If the kid says he's okay," Tony started, capturing both of their attention, "then he'll be okay. Given that Spidey-Sense of his isn't telling us that this kitty is about to break free, of course."

Loki looked like he was about to argue, but Peter's laugh stopped him. With one last look to the leopard that was still staring intently at them, the trio kept walking.

Peter later felt that same sense of danger when he came near the gharial enclosure, which was soon written off as his instincts alerting him to predators and not necessarily immediate dangers. It didn't make Loki feel any better about Peter being around the animals, but with Tony and Peter against him, he had to cave.

"I'll tell you what," Tony chuckled as they exited the building, "those Asian crocodile things will definitely be haunting my mind for a while."

"The langurs still remind me of Peter," Loki smirked at the boy behind him, who sent a playful glare at him.

"Just like the nocturnal snakes remind me of you." Peter chuckled as he stepped out, his eyes squinting as he adjusted to the brightness and heat of the outside. "Though I may be tempted to go back inside and see if I can find something else. Was it this hot out here before?"

"Yep," Tony chuckled as he pointed in the direction a motor sound was coming from. "The monorail must be that way; we should get a slight breeze while on that. At least have a covering over our heads for the sun."

As they walked towards the ride, Loki pulled a bag out of thin air with a flash of green. He reached inside and pulled out a narrow bottle, putting it in Peter's hands as they continued to walk. "While we will be under a covering for some time, the moving ride will position the sun at certain angles that will most likely be on you. And we all know how quickly you burn... So you may want to put this on."

Peter held the bottle of sun screen, chuckling a bit. He knew that tone of voice that Loki used - the mom-tone. While it was worded like a suggestion, Peter knew that it was actually an instruction with no room for escape. And he wasn't the only one that heard it either...

Tony snorted as he looked back at them, an eyebrow raised with a teasing smirk, "You just sounded like a mom." His eyes traveled to the bag in Loki's hands as his smirk grew, "Is that a diaper bag?"

"No, it is not." Loki glared pointedly as the bag disappeared. "It is just a bag that holds things Peter could need."

"Yeah, that sounds a lot like a diaper bag."

The two of them continued to bicker the rest of the way to the monorail, Peter chuckling the whole time. It was extremely ironic to him that his parental figures were arguing like a married couple, and the looks of the people nearby told him they seemed to think along the same lines. One elderly lady even gave him a reassuring smile as she whispered to someone he assumed was her husband.

Peter vaguely wondered how the newspapers would respond to this new possible ship... But on second thought, it might not be a good thing if they found out. The media would probably accuse Mr. Stark of cheating of Ms. Potts, along with a whole lot of other bad things. So it might just be best for Peter to keep this ship to himself.

A small laugh escaped him at the thought, causing Tony and Loki to abruptly stop their arguing as the three of them boarded the train.

"What's so funny?"

"Nothing," Peter shook his head. He would be dead if they ever found out about his new ship. "Just my overactive teenage mind working a bit too hard."

Tony laughed, "That's a scary thought."

"Hello everybody," The monorail tour guide started, capturing everyone's attention as the train started moving.

The ride was very relaxing and peaceful. Peter loved seeing the deer and wild horses, something he never thought he would - especially while still in the city! Loki turned into a hero at that point when he pulled Peter's camera out of thin air and handed it to him. Peter had completely forgotten and was silently beating himself up over it the whole ride to the zoo. He would have hugged Loki if he didn't know better!

There was one point when the train stopped for a while, the tour guide claiming she would restart it and they'd soon be on their way. Peter wasn't complaining though, he was able to get some great shots.

Shortly after the train started again though, the guide warned everyone once again to stay seated no matter what. It wasn't long after that when Peter felt that familiar tingle down his spine. But that didn't make sense, why would he-

Peter stiffed as he saw the shockingly bright orange among the greenery just as the guide announced their next animal.

"The Siberian Tiger! I'll slow the train so you can all get a good look at him..."

Her voice faded out as Peter slowly raised his camera, snapping pictures of the tiger lounging on the grass and doing his best to block out that strange sense of his. There was a few strands of wire keeping the huge predator cat away from their open train car - what could possibly be dangerous about that?

Loki watched Peter closely as the boy took pictures, knowing what he was ignoring to do so. Loki hated when Peter ignored his danger senses, the boy had them for a reason so he should pay more attention to them! Especially when there was something dangerous around that they knew about... But he could overlook it this time, since he and Stark were there and they would never allow something to actually hurt him while they were watching. Besides... Peter did look happy as he took pictures. The boy would be eager to get them posted on his photography page as soon as they got back to the Compound. So there weren't that many drawbacks to him ignoring the danger just this once.

Tony's thoughts were much along the same lines, though he had a faint smile on his face. Tony hated when Peter ignored his Spidey-Sense, he had been telling the boy that since he'd found out about it. And Tony did feel an amount of guilt for taking him to the zoo without even thinking of what effects the predators would have on Peter. But Peter seemed happy, though a little on edge...  Tony still should have thought about the animals. That was definitely his fault. He should have known better. He was a genius after all!

The ride continued with (thankfully) no more predators to stress them all out. And the whole time Peter stayed mostly silent to take pictures of the animals and scenery, muttering his awe under his breath from time to time. It was actually kind of scary, neither Tony or Loki had been around a silent Peter while he was awake. Any pictures they had witnessed in the past only lasted a short while before the boy was off rambling again. Yet here they were on a thirty minute train ride and Peter hadn't even started a conversation since being handed his camera.

The rest of their zoo trip went along the same pattern as well. Though Peter did talk more once they were off the train and he wasn't rushing for pictures; he was a normal chatter box all the way until they got to a new animal exhibit and then would fall silent as soon as he looked through his lens.

That left a lot of awkward quiet between Loki and Tony as they watched him crouch or kneel next to a fence to get pictures. Though surprisingly it was Loki that first started talking.

"He has never shown me his pictures before... For all I know, he's just getting blurred images."

"Oh no," Tony chuckled and shook his head a bit. "Pete's great at this, his pictures are amazing. He's shy about them though, so he only posts them online. It actually took me a while to find them."

"Oh?"

Tony glanced at him, "Do you have Instagram? Never mind, of course you don't." He dug for his phone in his pocket and went into the app, typing on it for a second before handing it to Loki. "All of that - him. It's fantastic."

Loki had to agree with Stark on this, Peter definitely had talent. Most of the pictures were of the city skyline at various times of day, though they were all filled with color - the bright and crisp colors of the morning, the calm and rustic colors of the sunsets, even the noisy colors of the nightlife managed to seem breathtaking. Silhouettes of people were also a favorite it would seem, and Loki had a sneaking suspicion that more than one of them were of him. A chuckle couldn't help but escape him when he saw a few pictures of Spider-Man in mid-swing...

The boy had dabbled in quite a few different forms of photography and managed to make it all look effortless.

"This Instagram..." Loki started, handing Tony back his phone, "How do I get it?"

Tony smirked and patted his shoulder, "Don't worry, I've got you covered."

Little did they know, a camera's shutter went off in their direction. A smirk of his own on Peter's face as he chuckled. It was hard to stay silent for so long and pretend to take so many pictures after he got what he needed; but Peter knew that if they were given enough time, Tony and Loki would start getting along. 

And now he had the pictures to prove it.

A/N: You have no idea how many times I had to re-write this.... Wattpad kept deleting all my progress. I screamed at the computer so much.

I hope you enjoyed this nice family setting . Because the next requested chapter will (hopefully) rip your hearts out!

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"Are you really buying that for him?" 

"What? It's food, Peter needs food."

"It is junk food; Peter eats enough of that already. He needs something healthier."

Peter chuckled as he listened to his 'parents' arguing in front of the food stand. All he wanted was a corn dog... Just a simple fried thing on a stick. It didn't look like he would be getting it though...

"Peter," Loki called, ignoring Tony and turning to him, "Eat this."

Peter's brows pushed together as he held out his hands, curiously looking to see what Loki dropped in them.

It was veggie sticks. It was actually veggie sticks in a zip lock bag. This was a whole new level of 'mom friend'. This was... This was like...

This was Soccer Mom Friend.