An-The avengers come looking for Peter at the apartment, May shows them his baby photos

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May, of course, didn't know how to act with world-famous superheroes sitting in her living room, bowing her couches, "Peter should be here soon, he's usually not so late." May said, wringing her hand at her stomach.

"Not to worry lady Parker!" Thor said cheerily, May nodded watching as Natasha pulled out the photo album.

"What's this?" She asked, opening it, her face broke into a wide smile.

"Peter's best moments in photos, you can look through them though, they're all dated." She said awkwardly. Natasha sat in the middle of the group opening to the first picture. Peter was in his mother's arms, swaddled up in a blue blanket. It was dated on his birth date.

"He's so tiny." Natasha cooed, May nodded.

"He was three weeks premature, stayed in the hospital with his mum for weeks until he was big enough. He had to wear dolls shoes." This got a hearty laugh out of the team. Natasha flipped the page and cooed again, Peter was being held by someone off-screen dressed as Mufasa, he was asleep and drooling down his chin.

"He's so chubby!" Clint exclaimed pulling the book closer.

"He started gaining weight really quickly after he left the hospital, he was always a chubby kid," May said, a fond smile on his face. Clint flipped the pages, in the photo three-year-old Peter was sitting next to three-year-old Ned, they were throwing sand around with wide smiles on their face, their eyes screwed up in laughter.

"Is that Ned?!" Bruce asked incredulously.

"Yep, that was the day they first met, they started having playdates at the park and each other's houses after that," May said, smiling at the memories of young Peter and Ned. Bruce flipped the page, May smiled wide at the photo. It was Halloween, Peter was six. Ned was dressed as Chewbacca, and Peter was Hans solo.

"I see the StarWars obsession isn't anything new," Steve said, smiling at young Peter.

"This was a year after his parents died, StarWars was one of the only things he could watch without crying. Ben and I hand made his outfit because none came in his size." May said, Peter was so happy he cried when they pulled out his costume, "He loved that costume, I think I still have it somewhere." Steve flipped the page revealing Peter dressed up as Harry Potter, glasses and painted on scare and all. He was brandishing his wand at the camera, a wide smile on his face, he was seven in the photo.

"When's this?" Bucky asked, May smiled at the photo.

"Book week at his elementary school, we hand made his costume, we even made the wand out of clay," May said, Bucky nodded, flipping the page to show Peter holding up a massive trophy. The inscription read, 'First place Science fair winner!'

"That's a massive trophy," Wanda remarked, May snorted.

"No, he's just tiny. He was so proud of himself, he built a working mini robot, it's still up in his room actually." May said, Wanda leaned closer to the photo.

"He's missing one of his front teeth! How cute is that?" She said, cooing at eight-year-old Peter, the team hummed in agreement as she flipped the page. In the next photo was thirteen years old Peter standing between May and Ben in his middle school graduation cap and gown, holding up his diploma.

"He looks so different!" Tony exclaimed, leaning closer, May nodded.

"He used to hate those glasses, and he was so happy when he got his braces taken off. He loves this photo though, it's the last one he has of him with his uncle Ben. He came top of his class, all the other parents were so mad." May said. Tony nodded, flipping the page again. It was him with the Midtown Decathlon team, he was standing in the middle, his head peeking around the massive trophy in his hands. MJ was next to him frowning, while Ned's arm was thrown around him excitedly. The rest of the decathlon team was around him, most of them laughing and smiling, or jumping in the air.

"First decathlon win?" Vision asked, May nodded.

"He answered over half of the questions for his team and only got one wrong. He's been a first chair member since he joined in junior year. The school has the photo up in the trophy cabinet, Peter still makes me look at it during parent-teacher interviews." May said, a soft smile tugging at her lips before she grew excited.

"Wait here, I think I have some home videos in my room. Peter will kill me for showing you but he was just so cute as a baby." May came back with a box filled with tapes. She popped the first one in, Peter was looking up at the camera from his crib, bouncing excitedly, in nothing but socks and nappy.

"Can you say it again Peter baby?" His mother's voice said, Peter jumped up and down.

"Mumma!" He shouted, the two behind the camera were laughing fondly, his mother picked him up out of his crip and swung him around. May laughed before switching the tapes, Peter was stark naked in the next one, a few weeks old while his father manhandled him into the plastic bathtub. Peter was giggling and swinging his legs around until his father grabbed them both in his hand and forced him into the tub. Baby Peter just smiled at the rubber ducky in the tub, picking it up and slamming it into the water, giggling when it went everywhere.

"Come on Pete, you're making a mess!" Came his mother's voice, baby Peter just giggled again, repeating the treatment of the duck. His father took it from him and started squeezing it, making a squeazy noise. Baby Peter's mouth formed a shocked 'o' as he stared at his father squeeze the rubber ducky again. The team were laughing and smiling at the grainy video, May switched it once it finished.

The next Peter was sitting with a younger Ben in the middle of a field of lego blocks, Ben was holding two and demonstrated with them. Peter picked up two and just pressed the sides of them together confusedly. May laughed behind the camera as Ben rolled his eyes and showed him how to do it again. Peter watched with a raised eyebrow, his two-year-old self not understanding.

"Like this Benny, you put the top of one in the bottom of another one," Ben said gently, Peter did as he was told and his face broke into a smile as Ben congratulated him. Peter giggled before stacking several legos in a square.

"What are you making bud?" May said from behind the camera. Peter looked up at her the pointed to his mess of blocks.

"Home!" He said, although it didn't look remotely like a house or an apartment, Peter looked happy, the camera cut off again, May put in the next tape quickly. Peter was in the frame doing superhero poses.

"Who are you dressed as Peter?" May asked, zooming in on Peter who was chasing a butterfly, Peter stopped and turned to the camera, brandishing his fake repulser and pulling down his iron man mask.

"I'm Iron-Man!" He shouted, running up to May and crashing into her.

"Careful Benny!" Ben shouted, picking Peter up off of May and putting him back on the floor, chasing after him, little Peter giggled and ran around May and the camera which followed him.

"Where are we going, Peter?" May asked once Peter stopped running around.

"The Stark expo!" He said excitedly.

"What are you excited about?" May asked, you could hear the amusement in her voice.

"All the robots and cool scientists!" He said, running up to May to hug her legs, looking right into the camera, the mask was pulled up onto the top of his head. HIs wild curls were all over his face.

"Anything else?" May teased, Peter nodded frantically.

"Tony Stark!" He shouted, a wide smile making its way onto his face. May paused as she pulled the tape out.

"That was Peter?! The kid who stepped in front of Hammer's drones and raised his hand?!" Tony said, clearly exasperated. May nodded.

"Don't worry about it, he wouldn't stop talking about how Iron-man talked to him for weeks." May picked up the next tape and smirked, "Peter is going to kill me when he finds out I showed you this, but he's such a cutie in it. He's twelve, and he got the lead role in Romeo and Juliet." She said, pushing the tape in. The video started with Peter doing his lines on the stage, the little Juliet fake swooning off to the side.

"May I'm home! Oh, hey guys, what are you doing here?" He asked, they stifled their laughter as they watched Peter in the video, "What are you guys watching?" Peter asked, his eyes widening when he saw the screen. He rushed forward and pushed the eject button, hiding the tape behind his back, blushing darkly he seethed at May.

"You showed the Avengers my middle school play?" He asked, clearly betrayed.

"She showed us more than that, we saw the home video of your first bath," Tony said, smirking as Peter's cheeks reddened more.

"May! How could you!"