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    Red.

     

    Red was quite the color.

     

    The color of love, the color of hate.

     

    The color of glowing cheeks under a streetlight, of smiling lips and sweet rose petals. The color of a sour lollipop in a child’s young hand.

     

    The color of war, of blood, of pain. The color that plagued the nightmares of the bravest men.

     

    Yes, red was quite a few things at once, but right now, it was the color that coated Peter Parker’s hands as he stumbled away from the warm corpses of his aunt and uncle, silhouetted cruelly by the neon store signs, and into the unknown of a quiet, star-dotted night in Queens.

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    Or, the homeless Peter au where civil war didn’t happen, Spiderman’s Identity is still a mystery, and May got shot with Ben. Enjoy.

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    26 Sep 2021

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    Tony gets straight to the point. “What happened?”

    Instead of an answer he gets the sound of Benji wailing down the line—huge, inconsolable sobs that Tony can hear Michelle trying frantically to shush. It launches his panic straight into the goddamn stratosphere.

    “Michelle! MJ, talk to me, what’s going on?”

    “Tony,” Michelle says, voice cracking. “Thank god. It—shh shh, Benji, come here, it’s okay, it’s okay. Tony, it’s Peter.”

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    03 Jul 2020

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    Flash, let it be known, doesn’t like Peter. He’s too good at everything—infuriatingly so—and nobody ever calls him on his bullshit, like with AcaDec nationals. Flash has to put his all into everything he does for a fraction of the attention Peter gets for his bare minimum, and it pisses him off, to say the least, so sue him for looking for chances here and there to knock him down a peg.

    However, when he notices, he shuts his entire operation down.

    Maybe Peter has a decade on his age when he was in the thick of it, but Flash remembers what it was like. He gets having school be a safe place, and nobody, not even himself, is going to jeopardize that for Peter.

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    Flash Thompson’s story is not simple, Peter Parker can always use someone else in his corner, and secrets are had and protected by all.

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    08 May 2020

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    High school was hell, even one as relatively nice as Midtown.

    Boring classes. Boring teachers. Electives specifically designed to be the most appealing to whatever Ivy League college Midtown graduates applied to.

    Yet aside from the usual gossip and high school drama, the number one focus for the junior class at Midtown School of Science and Technology revolved around the potential romantic relationship not between students - but two teachers.

    Mr. Parker in chemistry and Ms. Jones in physics.

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    07 May 2020

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    Peter puts a hand on Tony’s shoulder and leans in close, his expression wide-eyed and solemn. “Can you keep a secret?”

    “Honestly?” Tony makes a face. “No, I can’t. I really struggle with impulse control and running my mouth when I shouldn’t.”

    ***

    or, old man builds family, lives happily ever after

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    16 Sep 2019

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    “Daddy,” Morgan says, “Why does everyone always think you’re my grandpa?”

    It’s happened before, Tony will admit that. Not out loud, not without a gun to his head, but he can admit to himself the terrible, terrible mistake has been made before. Tony’s a bit on the older side for a first time dad. Peter, as much as Tony tries to deny it, has finally entered his twenties. Peter could pass for a...ugh, he can barely even think it... a young dad. So yeah. It’s happened before.

    Tony is not aware, however, that it’s a 'everyone always thinks' situation.

    (Rhodey is so gonna pay.)

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    03 Aug 2019

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    Morgan looks mortified. “What? No!” she exclaims, holding out her hand against Peter’s chest. “You can’t kill a spider.”

    Peter frowns, brow furrowed. He’s not spent a lot of time around kids, ever, but he’s never met one that actually likes spiders. Hell, he hasn’t met anyone who likes spiders. Peter himself doesn’t even like spiders, and a spider is the one that gave him a six pack. “Huh?”

    “They're good luck! Don't you know?”

    He's not sure he does.

    (canon-compliant, post endgame)

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    03 Aug 2019

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    Tony covered his face with both hands and screamed very gently. “Can I just bribe the school to let Peter in?"

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    15 Jul 2019

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    Bucky Barnes does not have a dog. Bucky Barnes does not want a dog.

    Sam thinks that should change.

    Bucky does not agree.

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    15 Jul 2019

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    “You guys didn’t have to do this,” Peter says from where he sits squeezed into the middle seat of the U-Haul, sweat running down his back. The air-conditioning in the truck they’ve rented is broken, and even with the windows rolled down it’s hellishly hot inside. “Really. I could have handled it myself.”

    “We wanted to,” Tony replies as he blasts the horn at a minivan with a “Harvard Mom” bumper sticker that is attempting to cut into his lane. “It’s like a little trip down memory lane. It’s nostalgic—it’s gonna be fun. Right, Rhodey?”

    “Absolutely,” Rhodey agrees, with all the enthusiasm of a man being lead to the gallows.

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    15 Jul 2019

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    Eleven years since Tony Stark died, Peter is about to become a father.

    All Peter needs is to see his own dad, one last time, before he steps into those shoes.

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    14 Jul 2019

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    Tony isn’t one to hash out the differences between a house and a home. Those kinds of cheesy sayings are better left to soccer moms and Hallmark cards. But standing in the middle of Peter’s kitchen with his sleeves all sudsy, surrounded by pictures, evidence, and history of a house well lived in, Tony can easily define that this is not a house, it's a home. Peter’s home.

    There’s no way he can take Peter away from his home for Christmas. Not when he doesn't have his aunt anymore.

    He makes a decision. A split decision, really. All the details explode in his head like a supernova, like they always do, but it’s a plan. And he’s gonna stick to it.

    or;

    Tony, Peter, and what it means to be a family.

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    29 May 2019

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    On the off chance Tony is out and comes across someone who doesn't recognize him, it's not too out of the ordinary for someone to mistake him and Peter for father and son. It's a mistake that he loves, a mistake that warms his heart. Because as far as he's concerned, Peter is his kid and always will be.

    And when he has another kid, a small and tiny baby girl, the mistake keeps happening. People still think Peter is Tony's son.

    He just isn't prepared for people to think Morgan is his granddaughter.

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    29 May 2019

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    “Hey!” Peter called when he reached the alley.

    Ahead of him was a man in a dark jacket, a knife outstretched, and a short woman with trembling hands, her handbag being yanked into the mugger’s grasp.

    “There are young, impressionable minds present,” Peter said. “Please set a good example for them.”

    The mugger blinked at him. “What the hell? Is that a baby?”

    Peter shrugged, Morgan babbled in his ear. “It’s bring your sister to work day, what can I say?"

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    30 Nov 2018

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    It happened in a crash.

    A blinding, blistering pain, then nothing.

    The loud screech of metal, the slam of cars against cars against walls. Crumbling brick. Shouts of fear, of pain. The air bag going off, Happy’s grunt.

    A flash of light, like the sun, burning into Peter’s retinas for just heartbeat. Then gone, like it never existed. The car shaking, everything shaking.

    The blinding, blistering pain, then nothing.

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    29 Nov 2018

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    Peter collapsed onto the closest bed and groaned into the duvet.

    “Stomach ache, kid?”

    “Yeah,” Peter said a moment later, turning his head to breathe. “I think it’s the sushi.”

    “I said we shouldn’t buy gas station sushi,” Tony replied.

    “But I wanted gas station sushi."

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    05 Nov 2018

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    Clarke and Bellamy meet once, when she's twenty and he's twenty five, and all she wants is a one night stand. Instead, she gets a one night stand and a baby.

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    08 Sep 2018

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    If there was one thing everyone said, every time they thought of the woman Pepper Stark, they said this: “She’s the strongest woman I’ve ever seen.”

    In the span of three months, both Peter and Tony Stark went missing, assumed dead. Even when Tony came back from Afghanistan with a suit of armour and a glowing blue heart, Peter was still gone.

    Don’t believe what the reporters said, Tony and Pepper Stark never once stopped looking for their son.

    [Pepper's perspective of 'you're just trying to do your best for a kid who's lost control]

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    07 Sep 2018

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    read if you want to sob

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    They met between the shelves in a library. Bellamy has been deaf since he was thirteen and Clarke meets him and wants to go back for more.

    Or, five moments in Clarke and Bellamy's life from the day they met.

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    07 Sep 2018

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    It’s the twelfth of December and Annabeth is drunk.
    She’s not sure who’s apartment she’s in and she lost Piper about half an hour ago. She’s taken up residence on a very comfy couch and has resorted to people watching. Annabeth has been staring at the lights on a girl’s reindeer sweater for perhaps five minutes when a body slumps down next to her.
    She looks over to find her best friend, Percy, blinking at her sadly. She reaches over and pats his head.
    “What’s wrong, Pineapples?”
    “I’m gonna spend Christmas alone."

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    26 Apr 2018

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