Spider-Man One Shots

Soulmate

Summary: Peter finds his (platonic) soulmate when he goes on a field trip to Stark Tower. Who could it be???? It'll be a surprise for sure!!1!

TW: anxiety attack.

Inspired by the one shot book "Peter Parker Oneshots" by Peterparkeristonyson (chapter "Platonic and Romantic"). I only got inspiration to write a soulmate one shot from this, but there might be similarities I didn't notice

They are PLATONIC soulmates. People tend to scream at me a lot in this one shot because they don't read up until the part where it's clarified. Saying it here now in hopes people will actually read it.

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Peter was anxious. Why? The reason was simple: the twenty-four-hour timer in his wrist had started counting down the previous day. There was only an hour left now.

He was anxious because the timer indicated how much time was left until he met his soulmate.

"I can do this, I can do this," Peter told himself, but then he glanced up towards Stark Tower, the destination of his class' field trip. "Nope, nope, nope."

"Calm down, Peter, it'll be alright. You're soulmates for a reason," Ned tried uselessly.

"Yeah, but who are they? Will they be here in a tour as well? Do they work here?" Peter panicked.

Ned only sighed and smiled at his best friend, shaking his head a little.

The beginning of the tour went smoothly, but Peter was too nervous to care (or notice, for that matter).

But then the group went into a lab, and there was an explosion. You can blame Flash.

Fortunately, no one was hurt, but there was some property damage that had to be taken care of.

Peter's timer reached zero just as his eyes fell on Tony Stark.

Well, damn. That was unexpected.

Both of their wrists felt warm, and Peter took it to his chest on instinct, grabbing it with his other arm. This action attracted the attention of the billionaire.

Peter's eyes were understandably wide, but so were Tony's. The older one approached the other hesitantly, almost forgetting the whole explosion ordeal.

"Hey, kid," he said simply, still in a kind of shock.

"Hi, Mr. Stark," Peter squeaked out.

"What's your name?" he asked, eyeing the boy's wrist curiously and noting the timer that was slowly fading.

"I'm Peter, Peter Parker, sir." Peter shuffled his feet nervously.

Because what the hell?

"Alright, Peter, it looks like you're my soulmate." Tony smiled. Peter, however, didn't see that.

"I- uh- I'm sorry," he said. "I know you probably expected more and not just a kid from Queens-" Peter started breathing heavily.

"Hey, hey, Peter," Tony was fast to realize what was going on. "It's fine, kid, you're fine," he assured.

"I- I'm sorry-"

Peter didn't know when, but he had started crying. He couldn't breathe, he was shaking, his senses were going haywire.

Tony Stark's soulmate should be a beautiful person, intelligent, kind. But it was him, it was just Peter Parker, and he couldn't believe a person like Tony was condemned to be his soulmate. He didn't deserve that. Peter didn't deserve Tony.

"-id, kid, please breathe with me," Tony was saying. Peter hadn't realized, but they were now in a quieter place, and they were alone. This helped calm down Peter's senses, and his breathing slowly came back to normal with Tony's help.

A while passed before Peter was well enough to actually speak.

"I'm really sorry," was all he said.

"You don't have to be, Peter. Your reaction was completely understandable, there's nothing wrong with it. I can always take care of you, I understand."

"Not- not about that. About the fact that you're stuck with me as your soulmate." Peter looked down. Tony grabbed the kid's shoulder.

"Hey, look at me." Quite reluctantly, Peter raised his head. "Soulmate marks don't lie. If you're my soulmate, then it's for a reason."

Peter's posture relaxed a bit. Maybe Tony was right. "Okay."

"Now, let's get this out of the way, although it's obvious: we're platonic soulmates, not romantic soulmates," Tony said.

Peter looked at the billionaire in amusement. "Oh no, what will I do with my undying love for you, then?" he asked dramatically.

Tony snorted. "Yeah, I can see why we're soulmates," he said with a small smile. "And don't worry about the tour, everything's settled so you can stay here. I already spoke with your guardian and with your teachers. If you want, I can give you a tour myself."

Peter smiled. "I'd like that." He paused. "But first let's solve that equation in your board. The fact that it's unsolved is gonna drive me insane, I swear."

Tony smiled, too. "Yep, no wonder we're soulmates."