written for and requested by Slurmph

Thank you all so much for praying for me and my family. The surgery went well, my speech is over, and everything is okay for at least a moment <3 much love to you all

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Peter swiped his palms on his pants before knocking on the door. He only knocked once before the door was opened and Tony Stark was there, raising his eyebrows and taking a long drink from his glass. 

"Peter," he said, pulling the glass away from his mouth. 

"M-Mr. Stark," he stammered. 

"Come in," he said. He rolled his eyes when he saw the bouquet of red roses in Peter's hand. "You've got to be kidding me..." 

Pepper appeared, putting a hand on Tony's chest. "Tony, be nice," she said, then she smiled at Peter. "Hi, Peter. Come on in, ___'s almost ready."

Peter flashed a nervous smile and stepped inside of the foyer. He followed the couple to the living room, and stopped mid-step, feeling his body clam up even more.

Sitting on the armchair was Captain America, the couch were Scott Lang and Thor, and at the bar sat Bruce Banner and Natasha. In the kitchen, Vision and Wanda were at the counter, cutting up potatoes for dinner. 

"Make yourself comfortable, okay?" Pepper said. 

How? Peter wondered.

"I'm going to help ___ get everything together. Come on, Tony." Tony followed. 

A few long seconds of Peter just staring at the Avengers - who he was a part of, mind you - passed. Why was he feeling so weird? Just because he was dating ___ now? He felt sick.

"H-Hi," Peter managed to say. He waved.

"Don't you look adorable," Thor commented, tilting his head.

"So fancy," Scott added. Thor chuckled and nodded. 

Peter's cheeks were pink and he cleared his throat. "T-Thanks?"

"You're welcome," Thor said. He held up his drink and then downed it. He placed the glass on the coffee table. "So this is your first date with Ms. Stark."

"Yup." Peter gulped.

"And you just asked her out without Tony knowing?" Bruce asked, shaking his head. "Man, kid-"

Natasha gently smacked his knee. "The kid's nervous enough, Bruce." He laughed and she shook her head at him. Her red curls brushed against her jawline. "You look great, Peter, and no matter what Tony says, he's okay with you taking his daughter to homecoming."

Steve laughed loudly. "Sure he is." Thor laughed with him.

"I didn't think it was a big d-deal..." Peter said nervously. "Is he really mad?"

"He's not mad," Wanda chimed. "He's just... he wants the best for her."

"We all do," Vision added, and she looked at him lovingly.

Peter opened his mouth. "I was never going to hurt her, I mean-"

They all laughed. 

"We never assumed you were going to hurt her, kid," Steve said. "We're just giving you a hard time. You're one of us, too." 

Peter smiled a little, but he was still incredibly nervous. A sound of footsteps on the staircase made him turn, and at the top of the stairs he saw you, moving down, arm in arm with Pepper, Tony trailing behind you.

You were dressed in a purple gown that touched the floor. Your hair was braided and twisted up into a shape at the back of your head, and a small clip of glittered white flowers was pushed through the section of hair above the updo. Your face was done in makeup; not too much, just enough so that your face matched the dress you were wearing.

Peter was sure his jaw had dropped to the floor.

When you got to the floor, you walked over to Peter shyly. Wordlessly, he thrust the bouquet of flowers in your direction. You snorted when you took them, unsure of how to react to his odd shyness. 

"Sorry," he stammered. "You look incredible."

"Thanks," you said. 

Pepper grabbed her phone. "Pictures!" she said. She grabbed your arm and dragged you to Peter's side. You stumbled into him and he wrapped his arm around you, making you feel all awkward. You looked up at him for a moment, seeing how happy he was, and then smiled into the camera.

"Okay," you said after the flash went off. "Dad, you ready to-?"

"No, no, we aren't done!" she said. "Come on, pictures with everybody, let's go!" She waved everyone over. 

So you took your picture with Thor, and your picture with Scott, and your picture with Natasha and Bruce. The picture with Vision and Wanda took longer because Vision wasn't used to posing for pictures, and that just made you laugh. You took your picture with Steve, and then Pepper made you get one with your Uncle Happy.

When you were finally done, eyes sore and vision weird from the flash, she took your arm. 

"Okay, now we need to get a picture with our girl," she said. 

You smiled and your heart expanded. Pepper wasn't your mom, but she acted like she was. And you were just glad she was your stepmother.

Tony looked so proud, standing there with his girls, holding them as Happy took the picture. Then they pulled Peter in, and finally, you were done.

"Ready?" Pepper asked. She fixed your hair quickly with her fingers, then went to grab Tony's keys from the bowl.

Your dad walked over to you and Peter, who you were now holding hands with. He looked at you and smiled. Ignoring Peter completely, he wrapped a single arm around you and hugged you close. 

"I love you," he said. 

"I love you, too, Dad," you said.

He looked at Peter finally. "I hope you weren't expecting a hug, too," he joked.

"No sir," he said, less nervous now. "But I do expect an I love you too after I say this. I love you."

Tony shook his head as everyone laughed. "That's it, Parker. You're out of here."