Family by bond not by blood

Chapter sixteen: Family by bond

May Parker knew that her nephew was full of surprises but she never expected to get call from the hospital saying that Peter had been found unconscious in a nearly burnt down building with Tony Stark. 'I should have known letting him get involved with Stark would be trouble, ' she thought as she got into her car and dialed the address for the hospital intp Google maps "baby please be alright, " she said to herself hoping that her nephew would be alright.
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'Tony had just gotten back from one of his long meetings, and he was relieved to finally be back home. Stane had acted like a total dickhead after it but that was nothing new, ever since Peter had come into his life he had been slacking on meetings and press conferences just to spend time with the kid or take care of him. It was pretty late at night and also thunder storming out so Tony didn't expect his little ball of sunshine to waddle towards him and unexpectedly grab his leg. "Your back, " the two year old cried out happily, he hated when Tony had to leave and always wished he would just stay and play. "Hey Pete aren't you supposed to be in bed? " Tony asked playfully "no it's loud, " Peter responded and he gripped onto Tony's leg harder, he could sleep when it was raining. "Aw come here buddy, you don't have to be scared, " Tony said kneeling down to Peter's level and the little boy hugged him. Tony could sense that he was upset, whenever it was thundering out Peter always got jittery due to his dislike of loud noises. "Hey everything will be okay buddy, I'm here for you and I'll always be here for you." Tony explained and Peter seemed to instantly calm down, "wuv you daddy, " Peter said without a second thought "I love you too Pete. " Tony said returning the hug,' bright lights shown in Peter's face and his eyes flung open immeditaly pulling him away from his dream, 'where am I and where's my Dad? ' Peter asked himself as he looked around the room
and he quickly realized that he was in a hospital room, his head hurt and so did everything else. He groaned and groggily tried to sit up, "oh Peter your awake! " May called out immediately trapping her nephew in an embrace, she was so grateful that he was alright "Aunt May when did you get here, wait how long was I asleep and is my Da... I mean Mr. Stark alright? " Peter asked, he didn't have a clue what was going on but he figured it would confuse his Aunt to no end if he referred to Tony Stark as Dad. "You we're out for almost a whole day sweetie, I've been here for awhile and I don't know what will happen with Stark I haven't asked about him. " May explained to him, "can I see him please? " Peter asked in a sad tone "Peter I don't know how in the world you ended where you were but I do know that you we're hurt and that Tony Stark had something to do with it. So I'm not going to let you see him again, " this made Peter angry why we're people so detrmined to have him and his Dad apart, it wasn't fair and it wasn't Dad's fault that he got kidnapped or injected with a pure evil version of his DNA. It was all the people who took him, his fake parents "it wasn't his fault May, I know you don't like him but don't blame him for what happened!" Peter snapped and May backed away from him in shock, even during arguments they had in the past Peter had never lashed out at her like that. "I'm sorry auntie I shouldn't have shouted at you, I'm just so confused and angry right now, " Peter said apologizing to her, he didn't mean to yell at her he just needed to get that off his chest and a few other things as well. "Aunt May you told me my parents had died, and I know you would never keep something important from me but, yesterday after my visit to Stark Tower my supposed mother appeared in the front seat of the limo and she kidnapped me. Then she locked me in a underground lab where I saw her husband who had four extra arms and he told me that I had been experimented on when I was young and was meant to be his best creation, Doctor Octopus then injected me with an pure evil sludge that turned me into a monster. I would have never been saved if Iron man hadn't found me and I would probably be destroying the city right now. I guess all I wanna know want to know is what really happened to my 'parents'? " Peter finally asked and after giving away that much information he wasn't sure how in the world she would react but he needed answers.
"Oh my god Peter, I don't even know what to say, I hardly knew anything about my sister much less her husband who always creeped me out or what they did. All I can say is that one day they we're annoced dead and since Ben and I we're your only remaining family members, we we're given custody of you. " May explained but she still was at a loss for words from what her nephew had told her, "I don't know anything else but this revelation dosen't make me care about you any less sweetie, " May told him once again approaching him and placing her hands on his head "I know auntie, " Peter said simply "is there anything else I need to know? " May asked trying to lighten the tension "I know you don't like Mr. Stark but please let me talk to him, I need to know if he's alright. " Peter begged "he proved himself by saving you, so I'll allow it but don't stay too long you still need alot of rest. " May stated and then helped Peter out of his bed so he could walk to Tony's room, luckily his room wasn't far and Tony was wide awake. Peter felt a little awkward seeing his Dad wearing a hospital gown but then again he was also wearing one so maybe it wasn't to awkward, "I'll give you five minutes, " May said walking away to give them some privacy. Tony didn't say anything as he looked at Peter with a tearful glance, because he wasn't sure what to say. "Dad I.. " "you don't need to keep apologizing Pete I don't blame you for anything that happened. " Tony said in raspy voice finally speaking "I know you don't and I wish I could forgive myself as easily as you can forgive me but that's not what I was going to say. " Peter admitted "ask away kid, " Tony said and then unexpectedly started coughing "I was going to ask if you we're okay but I guess your coughing just answered my question. " Peter said sadly sitting back against the wall, 'please don't say that your dying if you are I'll never forgive myself or recover from your death, ' Peter almost burst into tears from the thought, "I'll live, you don't need to worry about that but I can't say the same for Doctor four arms, fire burnt him to the bone along with his wife. At least I think that's who the lady was, I was under alot of pain killers when Cap told me what Thor had found in what remained of the building. " Tony explained and then coughed again from talking too much, Peter moved to the chair by the bed so he could be closer to his father. "Dad I'll live is not good enough I need to know if you're going to get better? " Peter asked now feeling tears run down his face, Tony really didn't want to tell Peter what was wrong he knew it would only make him feel worse about what he did as Venom. But he couldn't lie to Peter, not anymore his son had to know the truth "the coughing will stop in the next few weeks or so but when I got thrown into the wall my sternum cracked so that will take a long time to heal. " Tony explained and Peter couldn't hold back the tears anymore, he just started sobbing like a small child. Tony pulled him closer and trapped him in a hug but that wasn't really doing much for the teen, he couldnt believe that he had done this to his Dad, no super villain had taken down Iron man but he managed to serverly injury him after only one confrontation. "I'm so sorry Daddy I'm so sorry, I should have been stronger and resisted but I was weak and I hurt you! " Peter sobbed and Tony continued to hold him hoping that it would eventually calm him down, he kissed the kid's forehead and told him over and over again that it wasn't his fault. Unknown to the two of them May had been watching the whole scene from her spot outside of the room and was stunned to see how much the two seemed to care for eachother, and that Peter kept calling Tony Stark Dad. 'I guess that answers the question of where those anonymous expensive birthday came from, ' May thought and the grabbed a tissue from her purse to stop the tears now welling up in her eyes, 'I don't want to lose Peter but I think I've kept him away from his true father for long enough, I'm going to give Tony Stark my blessing to adopt him. Anyone can see from a mile away that they love eachother, ' May said to herself. "I just don't understand how you can even love me after what I did? " Peter asked still crying "I will always love you Peter, your my son whether we are related or not you will always be my son. " Tony said still holding Peter close and after what seemed forever he finally started to calm down. "I don't want us to be separated again Dad I want to stay with you, " Peter sniffled "maybe you can, " a new voice said and Peter jumped out of Tony's arms at the sound of his Aunt's voice. "Um Aunt May... " but May interrupted him before he could continue "forgive me for easedroping Tony but I can clearly see that you two love eachother and you also proved yourself by saving my nephew therefore I'm giving you my blessing to adopt him. Under one condtion, you must promise to keep him safe and love him with all that you have. " May explained and Peter had to pinch himself to make sure he wasn't hearing things, "I can 100% agree to those terms as I have loved this kid since I first laid eyes on him. " Tony declared and May gave them both a sad nod "good, " she said simply and then began to turn away so she could go home "Aunt May, " Peter called out before she could leave "thank you, " he said surprising her with a quick hug "take care of yourself sweetie and keep your new Dad out of trouble. " May said ruffling Peter's curls and then letting him go, a few moments later she left the room and the two injured heroes we're left alone "Dad as soon as they let you, I would like to go back home " Peter said referring to the Tower "you got it spiderman, "