Family

Bullies

Peter was used to it. Really, he was fine. For as long as he could remember, Flash always made fun of him, pushing him around every now and then, but never went further. That was....until Ned had let it slip that Peter knew and lived with the Avengers; no one believed that he had an internship with Tony Stark, would they really believe this?? No. And Flash took it upon himself to prove just how much he didn't believe the "bull shit" that he was hearing. Now, Peter was getting cornered at every opportunity Flash had, the toilets, gym class, lunch, break!! Peter found himself being pushed into a corner repeatedly, getting punched in the gut and getting yelled at. Ned kept telling his best friend to tell someone, a teacher, Tony, someone!! But Peter just kept saying the same few things "I'm fine", "it's not a big deal" and "I don't need help". But what Peter didn't know was that today, all of that was about to change. The kid was awoken by his usual alarm - aka JARVIS; he jumped up and entered his bathroom to take a shower; afterwards he dried off and changed into some jeans, a red long sleeves top with a jacket and his black trainers. He sorted his hair out with some gel before grabbing his bag. It had been three months since May had died and the teen was still hurting from it, but he was better than he was before. Thanks to being able to hack into JARVIS, Peter had made it so that when he says "Spiderman Time" JARVIS will tell everyone that Peter is in bed asleep if it's late, or will say he's at Ned's if it's during the day. If Ned get's a call from someone asking about his best friend, then he knows what to say. Thankfully, there is no security camera in the room she he doesn't have to worry about that. And when he returns, then JARVIS goes back to normal. Peter left the room and took the lift down to the common room; he walked into the kitchen to see Bucky, Steve and Bruce sat at the table, talking and eating; the man with the metal arm was doing the cooking. "Morning Peter" they greeted "sleep well??" Steve asked with a smile; the teen nodded as he returned the gesture "yeah thanks". Every morning, Peter would sit and eat breakfast with Steve and Bruce, Natasha too but she and Clint were on a mission in Brazil - the man who acted like a five year old would normally still be in bed. It was 8 in the morning after all. Bucky placed a plate of bacon and pancakes in front of the boy who smiled "thanks" Peter had a feeling the man didn't like him that much; Bucky rarely spoke to him. They sat, spoke and ate; Tony was in the lab working on his Iron Man suit - he had pulled an all nighter again. Bruce always said he was better at knowing when to call it a day. Peter was in the lab a lot too, working along with his guardian or just watching; they spoke a lot down there and lost track of time. One could say, they bonded a lot when in the lab.

Soon enough, Peter had finished most of his food - none of them approved of how little he ate - and quickly cleaned his dishes before putting on his jacket and slinging his bag over his shoulder "I better head off to school, don't want to be late" he stated; they all nodded and said goodbye, hoped the teen had a good day and that they'd see him later. Peter was about to enter the lift when the door opened and Tony walked out looking for some coffee "hey kid, you off to school??" he asked with a tired smile; Peter nodded "yeah, I'll see you after school, unless you're too tired??" that was asked with a raised brow and smirk. The billionaire rubbed the back of his neck "yeah...I guess you're right" he stated "I'll get some sleep if you help me with stupid paperwork that Pepper is forcing me to do later, then we can hang out afterwards" he suggested, holding out his hand to ceil the deal; Peter smiled and nodded "you got it" he clasped his hand with his guardians. After that, Peter left the tower on his new skateboard, along with his cool red and blue helmet - a gift from Steve. Within twenty minutes, Peter reached the school and had secured his things into his locker; the next thing he knew was his body was pushed into the next locker. Turning around, Peter saw Flash with his cocky smirk, laughing "look who it is, Penis Parker" Peter just rolled his eyes and tried to walk away, only to be pushed again, a lot harder this time "I don't think so Parker". Flash began to raise his fist when the bell rung "you got lucky this time Parker, but just you wait" he stated before turning and walking away; Peter signed before gathering his books off of the floor that he had dropped when being pushed. A book was handed to him "Flash again??" it was Ned with a caring yet worried smile "always". They walked to class, Ned trying once again to convince his best friend to tell someone about his bullying "I can deal with it Ned" was his reply, like usual; his friend just shook his head. They sat together in class and wrote everything down they needed to...well Ned did; Peter was staring at the desk in front of him, deep in thought. What was he thinking about?? He was thinking about all of the names the teen 'bad boy' had called him; many were just stupid, some about his parents, Uncle and Aunt, and now some were beginning to be homophobic. Flash still made fun of Peter for making up the Stark internship, making the whole school believe it was made up. Peter never fought back though, he wished he could, but if he accidentally injured Flash because of his extra strength, people would begin to question it. He couldn't risk his identity as Spiderman coming out.