Request from a Wattpad user: Peter could have an eating disorder and Ned knows about it and is so worried for Peter's health that he tells Tony then Tony could invite Peter to dinner and Peter has to go to the bathroom, Tony finds out that Peter is bulimic and has an eating disorder and goes all iron dad on peter.

Warnings for: Forced vomiting, eating disorders and bullimia triggers.

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Warnings for: Forced vomiting, eating disorders and bulimia triggers.

YN IS NOT IN THIS!

~PETER~

"Peter, you need to eat more, I can see all 24 ribs," MJ commented from across the table they were sat at. Peter swallowed and made a big show of eating his crisps. MJ hummed as she went back to her book, her interest in him lost and exchanged with Hazel Lancaster. Peter began to eat his sandwich and he could feel Ned's eyes on him throughout his eating. Eventually, Peter sighed and dropped his sandwich, "Ned, please stop staring at me. It's weird." Ned nodded slowly and turned back to his PB & J.

When Peter was sure he and Ned were alone, he pulled him aside. "Dude, I'm pretty sure MJ knows about my issue already, but you can't stare at me when I eat! Other's will start to pick up on it!" Ned was going to reply, but the bell rang and by the time his thoughts came back, Peter had dissapeared in the crowd.

~NED~

"Ted? Why are you calling me at... 12:30? Aren't you in... I dunno... play time now?" Ned bit his tongue at the snide comment he wanted to make and focused on keeping his voice down, "It's Peter."
"What do you mean? Is he ok? Hurt? Sick?" Ned waited until the man had stopped talking before he began, "I think Peter has an eating disorder." Ned didn't beat around the bush and he heard the man take a sharp intake a breath, "Kid, that's a dangerous thing to just throw around. How sure are you?" Ned recounted a time from a couple of weeks ago.

Peter had been in school all week and showed no signs of illness or anything else. He and Ned went to lunch where Peter only ate a small protein bar. Ned watched him all day and, towards the end of the day, he caught Peter mumbling to himself. "Shut up." He whispered. Once the lesson was done, Ned followed him to the bathroom where he heard Peter saying about how he was fat if he didn't purge. Ned confronted him after he was done. Peter burst into tears and Ned vowed to get help off...someone.

Ned could hear Tony thinking and mumbling stuff under his breath and he nearly dropped the phone when Tony suddenly gasped, "There's an Avengers dinner tomorow. When Peter comes, I'll check him them." Ned slept better that night than he had since he found out Peter's eating disorder.

~TONY~

It was safe to say that Tony was very concerned when Peter walking in. His shirt looked 3 sizes too big and his pants were almost falling down. Peter didn't seem bothered by it though, so Tony didn't say anything. Peter was smiling and laughing and chatting the whole evening, which eased Tony's nerves a little bit. However, at the end of dinner, Tony kept his 'battle' eye on Peter and made F.R.I.D.A.Y analyse him. She sent an alert to Tony's watch, but the man pushed it away when Peter suddenly pushed away from the table and stumbled away. Tony shared a look with Pepper, who began to distract the others while he snuck off to find Peter.

He found him in a bathroom, with the door wide open. Tony stayed quiet to see if Peter genuinely felt unwell or if he was...purging...

Unfortunately, it was the latter. Tony grabbed Peter's hands after he shoved his fingers down his throat. Peter made a noise of surprise before whipping around to see who it was. When he saw it was Tony, he sighed and hurt and shame crept onto his face. "Ned?" Tony nodded and Peter sniffed, looking down. Tony wrapped his arms around Peter's (too thin) body and let his sob into his arms for how ever long he needed.

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Tony and Sam and May were helping Peter get through... whatever he was going through. Tony for the slightly more medical area, (bullshit, he was there for hugs when May wasn't) Sam was there for the mental support and May was there... just because Peter wanted her there.

It took a long, long, time to help Peter get better (mentally) and even longer for him to get better physically, but they got there.

Because nobody gave up.