An-When Peter isn't accepted by May he goes to Tony for help (I refer to Peter as Peter, but certain characters do not)(Let's pretend the rogue came back and all that jazz)

TW-Transphobia

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Peter was panicking as he packed a couple of bags. The apartment was too silent, and he knew May was sitting in her room silently staring at the wall like she always did when she was disappointed in him. He started crying harder when he frantically tried to find everything important, basically packing up his life a few bags. He kept crying and sobbing as he opened his window and scaled his apartment building. He huddled himself in the alleyway and froze, he had no on to go to, no one to call, except maybe he did. Quickly fishing his phone out of his pocket he dialled, wiping his nose on his sleeve, pulling his beanie over his forhead, it was bitterly cold in the January night. He considered hanging up before Tony picked up but Tony had already started speaking.

"What's up kiddo, why you calling in the dead of the night?" Tony asked, Peter couldn't hold it back and just started sobbing into the phone, sinking to the ground in a heap.

"M-may, she she, she. God, I fucked up, I fucked up so bad and, and M-may-" Peter cut off by Tony shushing him quietly.

"Stay where you are Underoos I'm picking you up, you can explain when we get to the compound," Tony said calmly into the phone. Peter was still crying into his elbow and found himself frozen in his spot, babbling into the phone.

"I was s-so scared and and I didn't know who to call, and I-I I don't know what to do." Peter cried. On the other end of the phone, Tony felt his heartbreaking, hearing the desperate sobs escaping Peter's mouth.

"You're ok Underoos, you're ok. I have your location and Happy and I are on our way in the car, stay on the phone with me ok?" Tony said calmly, frantically grabbing a blanket on the way out of the compound, Peter had to be freezing. He waved off the confused team who were following him. He almost cried at the sounds he heard through the phone.

"Kid, you gotta calm down for me, follow my breathing ok?" Tony exaggerated his breathing as he got into the car, gesturing for Happy to speed up. They quickly arrived at where Peter was and rushed into the alleyway to find Peter in the alleyway his two backpacks and a duffle bag. By now Peter had hung up the phone and was sniffling quietly as he quickly stood up and walked towards them.

"You alright?" Tony questioned frantically, surveying Peter, who nodded a little. Tony didn't want to risk another panic attack so he quickly ushered Peter into the car, Happy grabbed his bags and Tony handed him the blanket he was holding. When they arrived at the compound Tony sighed, Peter was a mess, he was staring down at his shoes and he obviously hadn't noticed that the car had stopped.

"Take the kids bags up, I need to talk with her. Just, just tell the team spiderman needs to stay with us a while." Tony said quietly, he then turned to Peter, who was cringing, "You wanna talk inside or out?" Peter shrugged, not really sure how to proceed.

"Ok we'll sit outside then we can go inside." Tony carefully guided Peter out of the car and sat him on one of the seats near the entrance. Peter wrapped the blanket tighter around himself as he sat next to Tony, who put an arm around his shoulders, Peter curled into his side slightly.

"I need to tell you something," Peter said quietly.

"You're not pregnant, are you? I don't think I can handle more than one spider-kid running around." Tony said, earning a soft laugh from Peter.

"No, I'm not pregnant thank god." Peter sighed, pulling away slightly so he could look at Tony in the face, "I'm transgender. That's why she kicked me out, I was stupid and I came out and I thought she would accept me but she didn't. I was so scared, I'd never seen her so angry. She threw one of the cookbooks at me and I was so shocked I didn't move. It kind of gets hazy from there." Peter sniffled, looking down into his lap, hating the tense silence from Tony.

"Okay," Tony said, shrugging his shoulders. Peter looked up at him.

"Okay? No, you're going to hell. Aren't you surprised?" Peter said, holding the blanket tightly, it was still cold.

"Do you want me to be surprised?" Tony said, "Although I want to know, did your aunt hurt you?" Tony said the last part seriously. Peter shrugged.

"The bruise is already gone. And I'm not sure, I guess everyone who I have told has been surprised so far." Peter shrugged again. Tony stuck out his had to Peter, who rose a confused eyebrow at it.

"I'm Tony Stark." Tony gestured with his hands, Peter had tears in his eyes when he took Tony's hand.

"Peter Benjamin Parker," Peter said a smile on his face. Tony carefully stood up and helped Peter up. "I also kind of need a hair cut." Tony nodded solemnly.

"Ok Peter, now we have to explain to the team why spiderman is fifteen and staying at the compound," Tony said, already walking away from Peter, who had his mouth open behind him, quickly running after him to catch him, he'd pulled the blanket off and was already folding it. Tony huffed before taking the blanket.

"The team? As in the Avengers?!" Peter said, following Tony into the elevator. Tugging his beanie down. Tony ignored Peter as he walked out of the elevator into the common room.

"Can't I just do my sticky thing and we pretend I don't exist for the night? Cause like I kind of have school tomorrow." Peter said, walking next to Tony and looking at him intently.

"No school, I'll call you in. And no being sticky, it's freaky." Tony said.

"You're what thing?" A voice said in front of them, Peter turned sharply and laughed nervously, there was sat the Steve Rogers, who's said he'd stolen a couple of months ago. Peter shrugged, doing jazz hands.

"My sticky thing, haven't you heard, it's very in right now with the teens," Peter said, before awkwardly putting his hands by his side.

"You mean that shit isn't in the suit?" Sam said, Peter almost fainted, the Falcon was talking to him.

"Nope, he's quite freaky, I once caught him walking on the ceiling," Tony said from beside him, patting Peter on the shoulder, who was currently refraining from fainting. The room was silent as Peter rocked on his heels.

"You're saying that scrawny little kid can actually stick to things?" Bucky exclaimed, pointing at Peter, who nodded and demonstrated by walking up the wall for a moment before getting back down.

"Ok, can someone please explain why Spiderman needs a place to stay and why he looks ten," Clint asked, narrowing his eyes at Peter, who sighed dramatically.

"I'll have you know I'm fifteen," Peter said, crossing his arms over his chest.

"Yeah but you still haven't gone through puberty," Tony said from beside him, a sly smile on his face. Peter made an offended noise and made to push Tony, only to be stopped by another voice. Peter swore he blacked out for a moment because standing there was the Black Widow.

"That still doesn't explain why he's here." She said, leaning on the doorway. Peter grew silent and decided the floor was extremely interesting, extremely clean in Peter's mind, he would need to congratulate Tony on that.

"His aunt kicked him out," Tony said softly.

"Doesn't he have anywhere else to go? Parents or friends." Wanda asked. Peter snapped his head up to look at her.

"My parents are dead, and people don't go around making friends with me, apparently I'm not cool enough," Peter said, refraining from crying. The room was silent again. Tony laughed nervously beside him and decided to tug off Peter's beanie, making him cry out and grab for it.

"You are such as asshole!" Peter muttered, pulling his hair into a ponytail.

"Peter here needs a haircut, can someone do us all a favour and cut his hair," Tony said, Peter made another offended noise.

"You wound me, Mr Stark," Peter muttered, attempting to get a knot out of his hair.

"Why's your hair so long? Your aunt want a girl or something?" Bucky asked, Tony froze beside him but Peter just shrugged.

"That she did, always was my finest mistake," Peter said, finally getting his hair into a ponytail. Natasha stepped forward and grabbed Peter by his wrist. Peter looked at Tony frantically who shrugged.

"Come with me, I'm cutting your hair." Was all she said as she dragged Peter off, who didn't even bother to protest.

"Make sure he goes to bed after! Also, Peter, you aren't going to school tomorrow." Tony shouted down the hallway, ignoring Peter's adamant protests, "What kid doesn't want to get out of school?" Tony muttered.

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Peter had now been at the compound for three weeks, and Tony had insisted on getting him new clothes and was appaled when he found Peter's binder. Peter pretended he was annoyed at Tony but he couldn't fight the smile that made its way onto his face when Tony showed him the new suit with the binder and the draw filled with binders. Tony also insisted that Peter needs to stop thanking him so much, to which Peter webbed him in the face and refused to get the dissolvent, the team couldn't stop laughing or days.

Peter's explanation of what happened at school was interrupted by FRIDAY, "Boss, there is a woman claimed to be related to Mr Parker, I've sent her up in the elevator, she should be arriving now." Tony and Peter shot up and vaulted over the couch as May stepped out of the elevator to stomped her way towards Peter, grabbing his collar and attempting to drag him back toward the elevator. The team quickly went into action, going into fighting stances and looking between May and Peter slightly confused.

"Ma'am I'm going to have to ask you to drop Peter's collar," Steve said, raising his hands. May's face twisted as she dropped the collar.

"What the hell is going on Penelope?! You leave and you don't contact me for weeks! You get your shit and you come home with me." May screamed. Peter stepped back with a confused and angry look on his face.

"Really? Because three weeks ago you made it very clear you wanted nothing to do with me. Need I remind you you threw a god damn book at me, which mind you left a very nasty bruise. Do I also need to remind you that you were the one that told me to pack my shit and leave?" Peter said, dangerously calm. May stepped back, surprised by Peter's outburst.

"Now you listen to me Penelope, you're my niece, and you are in big trouble. You are a disgusting sinner, and you need to be fixed." May said, stepping forward slightly. Peter imitated her, stepping forward so he was right in her face.

"I'm not going anywhere, you would have to kill me first." Peter said, his voice threatening and low, "And the aunt May I know would never say that. She would be there for me, and she'd accept me and love me." Peter said, pointing a finger at her chest.

"Well I am still your aunt, your parents entrusted me with your care when they died," May said, her eyes flickering around Peter's appearance, which in the short time had changed greatly, a haircut, new binder and new clothes.

"Well, wouldn't they be proud to see how you handled me?" Peter said. Tony stepped forward to put a hand on Peter's shoulder but Peter shook it off, he wanted to say everything he'd been wishing he had that night.

"Whether you like it or not you're my niece, and I get to decided what you do and don't do," May said, pointing to his hair and tugging on the shirt. Peter pushed her away easily.

"Don't you get it?! It's my damn body, you don't get to decide who I am and who I become, and what I wear and what I do with my body. I could go on testosterone and get all the damn surgeries I wanted and you wouldn't have any fucking say in it." Peter seethed, pushing her away again when she moved forward. Peter was pointing at himself furiously.

"You don't get how hard for me this is Penny! My little girl-" Peter quickly cut her off.

"Hard for you?! You don't know what it's like to go to sleep wishing and praying so hard that everything was different. You don't wake up in the morning and wish everything was just a horrible dream." Peter was gesturing wildly with his hands.

"You don't know what it's like to look in the mirror and see someone who isn't you. Don't you get how much this is killing me? I have never belonged, I've always been different! I'm trapped in the wrong body and there is nothing I can do about it! All I ever wanted from you was unconditional love and support, and you couldn't even give me that!" Peter said, Tony wanted to step forward and get May out of the building but he knew Peter needed this. May turned sharply toward Tony, pointing at him.

"You did this! You infected my little girl with all of your sins!" May screamed. Tony almost stepped forward but Peter stepped in front of Tony and walked forward May, making her step back.

"All Tony did was care about my safety, happiness and whether I felt loved and cared for. What is wrong with you that you don't?" Peter said, tears flowing down his cheeks. He wiped when away furiously. He stepped back and a determined look covered his face.

"You want to scream at me? Go wild. You want to kick and punch me? Do it. You want to kill me? Go for it. Because that is never going to change who I am. I am Peter Benjamin fucking Parker, and I'm proud to be me, I am proud to be transgender." Peter said, his voice threatening and hoarse. Tony finally stepped forward and put a hand on Peter's shoulder. Peter didn't push it off this time.

"Get out of my building and never come back. My lawyers will be in contact concerning your guardianship of Peter, and I will have someone collect his belongings from his old room." Tony said, waving her off. May turned and quickly got into the elevator, leaving Tony, Peter and the team in the dust.

Tony led Peter, who was shaking like a leaf in the wind, to the couch and sat him down. The team gathered round the two on the rest of the couches. Peter huffed, curling into Tony's side, who hummed a little.

"I really thought she would have changed. I thought that space would make it easier." Peter said softly, wiping his face.

"Some people never change kid. You did me proud, you stood up for yourself and you put her in her place." Tony said softly.

"Did you really mean it when you said that about my guardianship?" Peter said softly, the hope and pain in his voice made Tony's heartbreak.

"I was gonna ask you at some point, but I felt like I needed to say it," Tony said. Peter felt the couch dip beside him, and someone hug him. He turned his head to see Natasha.

"I think you're incredibly brave and kind. I also think Peter suits you better." She said, Peter couldn't fight the wide smile that split across his face.

"Thanks Nat," Peter said. Natasha nodded but didn't stop hugging him.

"Did Tony know?" Steve asked, Peter looked at him confused, "About you being transgender before you moved in."

"No, I told him the night my aunt kicked me out," Peter said. Peter was constantly surprised by the openness of certain people, like now, the team shrugged it off and called it a day. Although they wouldn' admit that they spent the rest of the night hugging Peter and maybe running to the store to get him his favourite flavour of ice cream.