Video | Day 29

[hashtagparkerluck]

[ Peter doesn't look nearly as energetic today and it's way earlier than he's usually seen as it's probably not much of a secret that he sleeps late. Really late. ]

Hey everyone-so I have a quick little PSA for you all and then I'm gonna go back to trying ta sleep I guess. Maybe it'll work out better. Um... anyways uh... I tried not to let it get to me buuuuut it did. So yeah-

Don't ever, ever say that what someone went through doesn't matter. It just makes you look like a jerk. It doesn't matter if you know what they've gone through or not-don't say it.

It does matter to them and you have no idea why or how much it mattered. So yeah, just don't say it.

that's all I have. I'm going to bed. 'Night.

Comments

Re: here, have some pain

[runs_on_batteries]

If you say 'not her son' I'm going to kick you in the head. That makes absolutely no difference whatsoever. You can question me on anything else, but that is a fact.

[He sighed and wished he could make this all easier for Peter somehow, but the only way to deal with this issue was to finally confront it.]

She might not at first, kid. She might need to be mad. Some people need space when they get hurt or mad on that kind of level. However, I promise you she'll come around. You're too important to her for this to damage your relationship permanently. You'll see, it'll be alright.

[hashtagparkerluck]

[ He doesn't say anything at first because that's exactly where his mind went-mostly because it's true. They're not even related by blood and he can't help but wonder if she's ever seen him as just a burden that sucks her resources dry. ]

[ He pauses though as what Tony said starts to raise questions in his mind. He was pretty sure that May and Ben had been almost a hundred thousand in debt all because of Peter's medical issues. He doubts very seriously that Ben's life insurance left that much money and he knows a good chuck of it went to moving out of the house they had been living in. ]

[ And how would Tony know if they were out of medical debt? ]

....

did you... Did you pay off my medical debt?

[runs_on_batteries]

What?

[The chances of catching Tony off guard were fairly small. The likelihood to do it so badly that he actually sort of.. kind of.. squeaked? That was just about nonexistent. However, it just happened and the faintest color touches his cheeks.]

W- wha- why would you ask me that?

[hashtagparkerluck]

Because of what you just said??

[ Now he's really sure that Tony must have done something. ]

You said we don't have any more medical debt and I know that it was pretty intense-even with insurance-well like middle tier insurance. Actually-I think everything went through May's insurance but it's not like she gets free treatment for being a nurse?

And I've been in and out of the ER since I was born for like high fevers and asthma and stuff. I even broke my arm falling off a jungle gym I wasn't supposed to actually be on, once. That'll teach me, I guess.

[runs_on_batteries]

...

...

[He rubbed the back of his neck awkwardly.]

I didn't just show up at your apartment and offer you to join the Avengers without first doing a very thorough background check on you, kid. Your family needed some help.

[hashtagparkerluck]

....

[ He doesn't really know what to say. Part of him wants to go on the defensive because that's charity and it's been ingrained in his head that charity is bad. ]

I-I can't really deny that. [ He finally says because he remembers what things were like before Tony came into the picture. Although part of him isn't really super fond of the idea that someone (not just Tony) could swoop in and save the day just by spending money. Really, it just highlights what's wrong with the economic classes. ]

...Thank you.

[ But in the end, it had to have save May from a lot of stress and worrying about finances. And if May's happy, then he's happy. ]

[runs_on_batteries]

[He couldn't completely understand what accepting charity might be like, since he obviously never needed it. However, he could understand pride and wanting to be valued for his own merit. He knew this was likely embarrassing the kid and he felt bad for that.]

You're welcome, kid. If you can, think of it as an investment. I took stock in you, which I know now is the best risk I ever made.

[hashtagparkerluck]

[ Peter can't help the swell of emotion that fills him so suddenly. There's a lump in his throat at Tony's words and his eyes are starting to water. ]

Don't say that, I haven't had enough sleep to not cry.

[ He wipes his eyes with the palm of his hand. ]

You know I really do appreciate everything you do for me-for us. It just-it drives me nuts when other people can't see how much you actually do or would do for everyone.

I guess that's probably why I tried to pick that fight with Edge.

[runs_on_batteries]

[Tony put an arm around him and pulled him into a hug. Sometimes it amazed him he was capable of loving someone as intensely as he loved Peter. There literally wasn't anything he wouldn't do for the boy. How could anyone not understand this boy was special?]

It's okay.

[There were a hundred other things he felt like he should say, but he couldn't seem to say any of them.]

Hey you know what sounds like fun? Let's go hang out in one of those web hammocks you and Gwen like to lounge in. You know, the ones in the dressing car?

[hashtagparkerluck]

[ Peter leans in without question and hugs Tony as tight as he dares. For as antsy and anxious as Peter usually is it always amazes him that Tony can just make him feel safe. Even with the super powers to defend himself he never feels safer than when Tony is around. ]

Yeah, okay.

[ He agrees with a nod of his head. ] sounds good.

[ He can't promise he won't just immediately fall back asleep but then again, that might be Tony's plan anyway. ]