An-After a mission the team find out Peter's trans (I've seen a lot of MTF one-shots and wanted to give it a go, pronouns and name changes occur throughout the one-shot)

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It was loud, extremely loud, Peter almost couldn't handle how loud it was, but he was holding up as Steve continued to bark orders at him.

"Come on spiderman! We need you over here right now!" Steve shouted into the comms, making Peter groan, he had only just dealt with the previous batch of goons.

"On my way Captain!" Peter shouted back, swinging his way over to the scene, he didn't hear Steve shout about the bomb, so of course, when it went off he was flung across the battlefield, the fight abruptly ceased, Tony rushed over to Peter. Peter couldn't see, he was pretty sure he was going blind, and he couldn't move, suddenly Tony was above him, shaking him.

"Eyyyyy Mister Stark, what happened? Are you an angel? Cause everything's reeeeaaaaally bright." He was shushed by Tony who was picking him up.

"Shut the hell up kid, you took quite a big fall. FRIDAY, injury report?" Tony was quickly flying make to the Jet, he was not going to let the kid die.

"Master Peter appears to have several broken ribs, a major concussion, a broken wrist, a slipped disk, a fractured knee cap and a several dislocated joints."

"Jesus kid you're giving me grey hairs," Tony mumbled, making Peter sputter out a laugh.

"They look cool Mister Stark, make you look rustic. Is that mean? Everything hurts, am I gonna die?" Peter mumbled, his head falling onto Tony's shoulder.

"No, no you are not gonna die underoos, not on my watch."

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Tony was currently pacing outside the operating room that Bruce, Peter and Cho were in, muttering about how 'May is so gonna kill me'.

"Tony calm down, the kid'll make it, he already does." Tony whipped round to look at Steve, raising a finger at him.

"You have no idea what you're talking about Capsical. The kids like you, he can't go under anaesthetic. The only reason we can't hear him screaming is because the room is soundproofed. He's suffering in there and there's not a damn thing I can do about it. I promised," Tony took in a shaky breath, "I promised I'd keep him safe, and he's in there in so much pain, pain that none of us has ever experienced." Tony collapsed into a chair next to Natasha, who placed a hand on his shoulder, while he sobbed into his hand.

"But Bruce and Cho made an anaesthetic for me, why can't they for him?" Steve said quietly.

"Because spangles, the kid's metabolism is higher than yours, it eats through everything, doesn't matter what it is." Suddenly the door burst open and Burce surged forward and took Tony by the arm, hauling him into the room. Peter was sleeping on the bed, dressed in a hospital gown, a thin blanket placed over him, connected to several beeping machines.

"What the hell is going on Brucie?!" Tony whisper yelled, in fear of waking up Peter.

"Did, did Peter or May ever mention something about Peter being Transgender?" Tony stepped back in confusion, surveying the scene, now that he thought about it, Peter did do some strange things.

"Do you think he's transitioning from female to male?" Tony said quietly.

"No, he or, she I should say, is male to female. Biologically male, but obviously identifying as female. I can't believe we never looked at her file, but Peter's been on blockers since 11, and went on estrogen at 14." Bruce looked a mess, the bags under his eyes were enormous, "I looked at the suit and Peter installed chest compressors in it."

"What made you look?" Tony said, taking the seat next to Peter.

"Tony, don't use that tone, I had to bandage her up, she broke several ribs, need I remind you?" Tony just shook his head, muttering an apology. He only looked up when Peter started to stir, eyelids fluttering. Peter looked up in confusion and fear, only calming down when Tony took her hand. Now that Tony thought about it everything made sense, everything he brushed off as Peter being feminine made sense if he was transgender. The carefully manicured nails, growing the hair out, every surface on Peter's body was always shaved, Peter's voice never dropped, his dainty features, the trace of makeup sometimes faintly present. God, did Tony feel oblivious?

"Mr Stark, what happened?" Peter's small voice said.

"You took a pretty big hit kid, Brucie had to patch you up." Peter looked up in a panic and attempted to sit up, only to wince and lay back down, "Don't worry kid, I couldn't care less if you were a boy or a girl, I just want to know why you didn't tell me or anyone else." Peter looked away and turned toward the wall slowly, seemingly trying to hide.

"I dunno, it was easier not to I guess. When I met you I had only just started estrogen and had been on blockers for three years, and we had only just changed my name in the school system, and I was hiding all my 'girl' stuff. We were just about to redecorate my room when you came. I dunno it was just easier not to tell you, it was such a big opportunity, and we needed the paycheck." Peter mumbled Tony took his head in his hands.

"God kid, I can't imagine the pain you've been through cause you were hiding it, hiding yourself. Kid, I love you like my own kid, I want you to be happy, and I can help you, I can get you all the surgeries, all the clothes-" Peter turned over and made a shushing motion, just grabbing Tony's hand.

"What I want from you, is everything you've always given me, snarky responses and easy going support. We can work out the rest later." Peter patted Tony's hand with her other, smiling a little.

"Ok, well for now, what's your name, I don't think you want me going around calling you Peter, plus I want first go at nicknames," Peter smirked.

"Penelope May Parker." Tony nodded and smiled, Penelope offered one back, "Can we get the rest of the team in here, I think I'm ready to tell them." Tony nodded and stood up to open the door, sticking his head out.

"The kid wants to see you." Next thing Penelope knew, the team were rushing in and gathering chairs up to side by the bed. The room silenced, only to be interrupted by Steve.

"Want to tell us what's going on Peter?" Steve said, making Penelope wince.

"Well, first of all, Peter isn't my name. It's Penelope May Parker." Penny was fiddling with her fingers in her lap, Bruce had raised the bed so she was sat upright, she was obviously in pain, and everything felt tight and she swore she could hear her bones creaking.

"Pete, you'll always be a man in our eyes, it doesn't matter what body you were born in," Sam said gently, Penny just shook her said, smiling sadly.

"Yeah, well I was born a boy, but I'm not. I'm male to female transgender. I've been taking blockers since I was 14, and I've been hiding it. And before you say anything, Mr Stark has already told me he doesn't care, and I don't want to hear all the 'you could've told us speachs'." Penny said, letting her hands fall back into her lap. The room was silent, and Penny was getting increasingly nervous.

"How the hell did you hid it?" Clint said in awe.

"Well, I never let Happy pick me up at school, I always went back home before getting picked up. Everything else was kind of easy, you guys took care of the rest, joking about me not going through puberty, all the works. And I look completely different going to school, I tuck, makeup, feminine clothing. But it was hard, having to pretend to be a boy, even though I was supported at school and home, it was hard. And I almost couldn't do it, that's why it was so easy for me to be stupid on missions. You guys matter to me, and I couldn't be myself, and it was just another example of picking my battles." Penny said quietly, still fiddling with her fingers.

"Well, Penelope, you don't have to hide anymore. Dress how you want, be who you want. And we'll support you." Natasha said, taking Penny's hand in her own.

"You guys are gonna make me cry," Penny said, reaching up to wipe a tear off her cheek.

"Yeah well, don't cry because the bandages aren't waterproof," Bruce said amused, making the whole team roll their eyes, "Anyway, you guys might have to clear out because Penny's Aunt is on her way." Tony's eyes widened at the mention of May.

"Someone hide me! Angry Italian woman are my bane. I guess that's why Penny is so scary when she's made, it's in your genes Underoos." Tony rushed out of the room, not noticing the bright smile Penny had on her face. All but Nat had left the room when Natasha decided to speak.

"Hey Penny, can I paint your nails? I've always wanted to paint someone's nails other than mine, cause you're the only person who might let me do bright stuff." Penny nodded frantically in response, smiling wider. Natasha smirked, pulling a nail polish bottle seemingly out of nowhere. Bruce smirked before leaving the room to the two girls.

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Penny was nervous, Happy had picked her up straight from school, even after the encouragements from Ned and MJ, she was still incredibly nervous for the team to see her, the real her for the first time. She was wearing her best clothes today, her favourite midthigh black pleated skirt, and a frilly white blouse, she even had May teach her how to braid her hair like her mum used to. She even convinced May to let her wear the nice shoes she's gotten for homecoming but never wore. They were simple boot hells with laces running up them. Happy just nodded vaguely in her direction, she smiled slightly in response.

Penny was out of it the whole ride, the tower came into view and Penelope swore her heart would explode out of her chest. "Welcome back Penelope, would you like me to inform the team of your arrival?" Penny's heart fluttered in her chest, this was single-handedly the best day of her life. The elevator ride was slow, nothing changed with Penny's energy levels. She heard whistles when she stepped out of the elevator, she rolled her eyes but was blushing nonetheless.

She simply placed her hands on her hips, rolling her eyes again when the whistling ensued, "Now I know how Nat feels when she gets a new shirt." She grumbled walking further into the common rooms, carefully sitting in one of the single lounges.

"Why did Mr Stark call me here today anyway?" She said, examining her cuticles.

"He didn't, I did." Penny turned round to peer at Pepper curiously.

"And why's that Miss. Potts?" Penny questioned, narrowing her eyes.

"Natasha, Wanda and I wanted to invite you to our weekly girls night. Figured it would be a nice surprise. I love your skirt by the way." Penny was absolutely ecstatic, she couldn't believe this was happening.