An-When Peter's science class discusses Albert Einstein's theory of relativity, Peter has a breakdown and won't allow anyone to touch him. May is out of town and sends Tony to pick Peter up, who has to work out why Peter's demeanor has suddenly changed and how he can help him

TW-Mentions of rape and sexual assault, rape scene

An- I drew from my own experiences, I hope that you are respectful to victims of rape, and a very real account of rape. If you are in a situation where you are being sexually assaulted or abused, seek help

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Peter POV

Ned and I walked into our mandatory science class and sat at the front table, I put my bag under the desk and pulled out my pencil case and workbook, being startled by MJ when she sat down next to me and started talking. "Hey losers." she said, before continuing, "Do you guys know what we're doing today in class?" she looked at the two of us. I shook my head, looking back down at my open science book, doodling ideas for Tony's suit. "The teacher said we'd be studying the theory of relativity, but first we're learning about Albert Einstein." MJ nodded beside me, I froze when I heard that name, dropping my pencil to the table, my eyes going wide.

Third Person POV

"You ok Peter?" Ned asked the boy, who now sat frozen, eyes wide staring ahead at the wall.

"Yeah, I-I'm fine just remembered something," Peter mumbled back, picking his pencil back up, face red and breathing erratic. Ned nodded before looking a the teacher who was now setting up the overhead projector. MJ narrowed her eyes at Peter before shaking her head and looking back at her book.

The teacher started to talk, Ned listening intently, and MJ only tuning in when she was called on. Suddenly the teacher called on Peter, who had one hand in a tight fist on his book, and the other tightly holding his pen, holding it firmly against the page, slowly tearing a hole in it. Peter snapped his head back up. "Parker, our very own Einstien, what high school did Albert Einstien attend?" the teacher smirked at Peter's blank face. "I, I don't know sir, I wasn't listening." he said quietly.

"Pay attention, Mr. Parker, Einstein's theory of relativity will be in our-" he was cut off my Peter,

"Can I go to the nurses office sir? I'm having trouble breathing." the teacher sighed before answering, "Sure, I guess, Ned escort Mr. Parker to the nurse's office." he frowned before turning back to the projected screen, continuing to talk.

"You sure you're ok Loser?" MJ said, breaking her stoic character, worrying for Peter. Peter didn't answer, just shoving his materials back in his bag before rushing out of the classroom forgetting to zip it back up.

Peter POV

I walked through the halls speeding up, ignoring Ned's protests, just thinking about him, and his voice. I felt my spidey sense going wild and I couldn't pinpoint why.

Hello, Einstien

I stopped and sunk to the floor, my hands on my ears and head between my legs. I started to cry and couldn't stop the tears from coming.

Come on Einstien let's have some fun

"Peter?" Ned said, snapping me out of it, my hearing was dialed up as high as it could go as I tried to focus on Ned's face. "Peter are you sure you're ok?" Ned said, his voice filled with concern and his brows furrowed in concern. I shook my head no, now letting tears slip out of my eyes, my body wracking with sobs as I tried to stand again. Ned reached out a hand to stabilize me, but I pulled away, hastily pulling my bag up with me and finally zipping it up. I walked further towards the nurse's office, my spidey sense still blaring at me.

Come on Einstien I know you want to

 I cringed, pushing the voice out of my head

Time Skip

Tony POV

When I got the call from May that I needed to pick up Peter from the nurse's office at his school I panicked a little, thinking the worst. I ushed out of my lab and down to my private garage, calling Happy on the way and telling him to meet me at the car he used to drop Peter off and pick him up. When we got to Peter's school. I rushed out of the car and up the front steps and into the front office. The lady at the desk looked up bord, then in shock at seeing me. "Hi, I'm here to pick up a kid? His aunt said he was in the nurse's office with breathing issues?" she nodded hastily and clicked a few times then spoke. "Peter Parker?" I nodded and she gestured to follow her. She led me to a sterile-looking room with a desk and a computer on it, and a couple of seats surrounding it. In one of the seats was Peter, and next to him was Ned. Peter's eyes were red-rimmed and puffy, his face looked like shit, and he had his arms wrapped around his chest, while his back was hunched, and his legs crossed over the other. Ned looked worried, and honestly very confused.

I talked with the lady about signing him out, Peter stood and walked past me in the direction of the doors. "Happy's in the car kid, just wait for me there," Peter said nothing in response only seeming to shrink a little, shaking slightly.

After signing the kid out I looked confusedly at ned. "What happened to Pete?" I said almost accusingly, Ned shrugged a little then answered, "He was fine until MJ and I started talking about what we were doing in class that day, I mentioned we were studying Einstein's theory of relativity and Peter tensed up but said he just remembered something. Then when the teacher asked him to answer a question he freaked out when he got called Einstien and said he was having trouble breathing and left the classroom real quick." I nodded, thinking deeply, I was gonna get to the bottom of this, seeing the kid like that made me so angry for him.

Time skip

Tony POV

When we got to the compound, Peter hadn't said a single word the whole ride, only staring down at his shaky hands in his lap, his legs still firmly crossed, he seemed to be crying slightly but when I asked him if he was ok I don't think he heard me.

I stepped out of the car slowly, while Peter was hurriedly getting out of the car pulling his bag up with him. I tried to grab for his arm when he rushed past me, but he jerked out of the way back up to the elevator doors, "I'm fine, everything's fine, I'm ok, don't worry about m-me Mr. Stark." he seemed so terrified of me touching him and I just couldn't understand why. He quickly entered the elevator, without waiting for me or Happy, the doors closed, "I think somethings wrong with the kid." I said, Happy huffed then answered, "Yeah usually he'd talk my ear off or at least say hi, but he looked out of it, I think he was remembering something, I don't know tony. but you better find out." I nodded then followed after Peter to the elevator.

Time skip

When I arrived back up to the common room I couldn't see Peter but saw the team looking confused in the direction of Peter's room. "Tony, what's wrong with the kid?" Steve said to me, snapping me out of my thoughts. I sighed, "I don't know, something must have triggered a memory but I don't know what, he wouldn't let me touch him and he's barely said a thing." everyone looked worried a that. "But the kid never shuts up?!" bucky said, the group nodded, then Natasha spoke, "Exactly, I don't like to admit it but the kid grew on me, seeing him like that is heartbreaking." everyone nodded again, this time Wanda spoke up, "I'll go talk to him, try and figure out what's up"

Peter POV

I walked into my room, throwing my bag to the opposite side of the room, I felt dirty and nauseous. I kept scratching at my skin, trying to get off the feeling of dread and dirtiness. I pulled off my sweater and threw it at the wall not bothering to put it in the hamper.

Come on Einstien, why don't we try what they're doing in the magazine. I promise it'll be fun

"No, no, no, I don't want to remember, make it go away, make it go away." I pleaded, into the empty room, the memory made me feel disgusting and wrong, I started to cry again, sobs wracking my body as I tried to forget the image in my head. I jerked my head up when I heard a knock on the door, backing away from it I slid down the wall opposite wall. "Come in." My voice came out hoarse and high pitched. The door pushed open to reveal Wanda, who gasped when she saw me. "Oh Peter what's going on with you," she said, coming closer. I shook my head at her, she stopped walking towards me. I put my head in my hands, starting to cry again. "Wanda I don't want to remember," I said, muffled by my hands. "What do you mean Peter?" she sounded closer now, "I don't want to remember what he did to me," I said, muffled again by my hands. "What who did peter?" she said, I could sense her really close to me now. I shook my head again, "I can't say, Wanda, he said he'd hurt me if I told anyone." Wanda sighed, now putting her arms around my shoulders, I stiffened but then relaxed in her arms. "I'll keep you safe peter, can I look?" I nodded, I couldn't speak anymore, but I wanted her to know. She placed her hand on my forehead closing her eyes.

Wanda POV

I found myself in a small room, the walls covered in posters, and a small set of draws against one wall, then a single bed pushed up against the wall. Two boys were sitting on it, one of them was around 13, and the other around 8. Wanda recognized the 8-year-old as Peter, with his dark curls and large eyes, the other boy she didn't. The older one started to talk,

"Come on Einstien, why don't we try what they're doing in the magazine. It'll be fun," he said, gesturing to the magazine in his had, leaning into Peter, putting an arm around him.

"I already told you Skip! I don't want to!" Peter said pulling away.

"Oh come on Einstien it'll be fun, I know you want to." Skip said, pulling Peter towards him by the arms. Peter struggled as much as he could, but Skip was stronger. He pushed Peter onto the bed, pinning him down and straddling his hips so that he couldn't escape. Peter started to cry out, only to have Skips hand clamped over his mouth. Skip continued to pin him while pulling Peter's pants and boxers down roughly. "Come on Peter, stop struggling. It'll be better for both of us that way." Skip said frustrated.

Wanda pulled back from Peter, breathing heavy and eyes full of tears panicked. "Peter, oh god why did you never tell us?" Wanda whispered. Peter shrugged, "He said he'd hurt me, worse then he did that time. I was scared, I so felt dirty and I still do." he put his hands back onto his face. I stood and stuck out my hand for him to take, "Come on Peter, you need to tell the rest of the team, we'll keep you safe. I promise." Peter hesitated before taking my hand and nodding. He stood uneasy on his feet before following me out of the room, seemingly hiding behind me. I led him to the lounge room, sitting him down on the couch. He had his legs firmly pressed together, his hands pressed on top of them. He looked down at the floor intensely, the tears now have gone from his face but are back in his eyes again.

Third Person POV

"God kid you look like shit." Tony said before sitting beside him, going to put an arm around him, Peter looked at him before speaking, "P-Please d-dont touch me, I just c-cant handle it right now." Tony nodded, putting his arm at his side. Peter sighed in relief, sagging a little. The team sat around peter, all staring at him confused why he was sitting there. "Peter needs to tell everyone something, don't talk, just listen, it's painful for peter to talk about," Wanda said to the group, standing beside Peter, he looked at her for encouragement before speaking.

"When I was eight, this guy used to babysit me, after I met him at the library. He used to babysit me every weekend when my uncle Ben and Aunt may would go out for the weekend. He used to bring these magazines over that he'd make me read, I didn't understand back then that they were porno magazines, but he did." he paused to catch his breath, he briefly looked at Wanda again before continuing, not daring to look at the team. "He kept pressuring me to do what the people in the magazines were to him. I kept refusing, saying I didn't want to, and that it looked gross. But one day he didn't take no for an answer." I looked up at the team, trying not to cry. They all briefly nodded in encouragement.

"What are you saying, son? What did he do?" Steve said worriedly, although he already knew the answer. The team tensed before he answered.

"He raped me." Peter whispered before he started to cry again, raising his arms back up to his face to wipe the tears away. "He did it every time he came over to babysit me until I was old enough to convince uncle Ben and aunt May I could stay home alone" the team gasped at Peter, Natasha spoke this time, her voice wavering, but her tone serious. "How old were you when he stopped babysitting you?" she asked, they were all scared for the answer, but they needed to know.

"13," he said, barely audible.

"Pete you have to speak up, we can't hear you," Bucky said comfortingly, leaning in closer to Peter.

"I was 13 when he stopped babysitting me," Peter said louder this time, the team froze, some started to cry, and others gasped. Tony pulled Peter into a firm hug, which he gladly accepted, sobbing into Tony's arms.

"God kid why didn't you tell us," Tony whispered. Peter pulled away to answer.

"I didn't think I could, he threatened to hurt me if I ever told anyone. I just feel so dirty, and ashamed and weak." Tony sighed before pulling him into another hug.

"Kid you should never feel ashamed, you are a victim of rape and sexual abuse, none of that was your fault. You were scared, if not terrified, I understand kid, I really do." Peter nodded.

"Peter we are gonna find this guy, and make sure he can never, ever do this to anyone again," Bruce said quietly, his skin an off-green colour. Peter nodded again. Now feeling less dirty and ashamed. he hugged closer to tony.

"He used to call me Einstien, that's why I freaked out in science because the teacher called me Einstien." the team nodded solemnly

The rest of the night was filled with a lot of hugs, blankets and comforting. Peter decided that he would never stop fighting so that people didn't have to feel ashamed like he did.

Let's just say that Skip Westcott will never be able to hurt anyone ever again, after being sued beyond relief by Tony's legal team, a statement from Peter and numerous from other victims of his abuse. Let's not forget to mention the meeting he got from the entirety of the Avengers team.