That tiny loophole

talking to the past

peters p.o.v

'hey dad!'

'hey carnino (sweety) what are you doing up so late? didnt i tell you to go to bed early?'

i gulped staring down at the family below me

'dad im 14 now you've been calling me that scince i was 7 come on' he arched his eyebrows at me but dismiiseedd the thought

'right...uh tinkering?'

'yeah sure what up carnino' i groaned slumping down on the chair playing with the pencil

'if i tell you you promise to stop calling me that?'

'....'

'figures' i dropped the pencil and sighed

'i had a nightmare about skip...it seemed so real'

"whos skip Wescott?" i jumped at the new voice behind me widening my eyes when he stepped closer 

'whos skip bambino?'

"no-one important? hey uh what are you doing here tony didnt mr.stark say he's going to take care of you? wait no that sounds weird didnt he say that hes going to like i dont know help you get back to wherever you came from?"  i turned my face away from him looking into the distance

"you good?"

"yeah you didnt answer my question tho" but of course he dismissed that last part

"really? because the last time i checked-well-scanned whatever you feel like saying-in your history or at least my petes history you helped old ladies even had talked with criminals webbing them up i even checked one time you gave a criminal a burger cause he was too skinny so imagine my surprise when i come here and see you betting the crap out of of him-" he pointed towards the polictapes surrounding that monster "-that you left a man half dead on the street...*sigh* listen Pete my peter never did that-at least not to that extent, and-''

'dad dad wait just just slow down'

'what do you f*cking mean just slow down let go of me Pete!' i sucked in a breath i should have not have said anything i shouldn't have told him i looked up at the news and widened my eyes at the tittle

'ironman seen next to half-dead man currently in queens'

i gulped how did the chains of events slip so badly?

"you would have done the same"

"excuse me?" I shrugged he would have done the same he already did actually did once and the next

"nothing just-nevermind shouldn't you know anyways? didnt he tell you? wait where is he anyways?" 

"off to convince your mr.stark to help us" he kicked a rock and moved closer and i couldnt help but move back

"-and i believe you have something that belongs to me" he pointed his eyes down at the watch i huffed at that turning away

"its not yours"

"oh?"

"you know its not"

"okay your right about that one but its not yours either its not anyone's it was just randomly found in a cracked warehouse so why would you want it?" at that i gulped 

'cause its one of the last things i have of you'

"why are you here?"

"honestly? i dont know Pete said you'need' someone with you right now? or something?" at that i sighed before asking the question if his peter never told him about the barn that means he doesnt know about skip

"what would you do if someone raped a person close to you?" at that his breath hitched from behind me 

"id probably be beyond disgusted but then id hand him over to the authorities" i scoffed at that

'dad please just hand him over to the authorities' i shouted into the phone

'oh and you think those b*tch asses would do anything? they'd probably convict him for a couple of months then leave him free!'

i scoffed at the claim

"sure you would"i could have continued this conversation and i would have won easily but then-

"tony what are you doing here?! should you be at headquarters? not having a fun chit chat with the person we've been trying to catch for f*cking days?!"