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Peter is always late, despite FRIDAY’s 6:30 alarm, he always wakes up late without fail. That’s why his father is always in his room by 6:45 to ensure he wakes up.

‘Hey Pete, it’s time to get up and get ready’

‘5 more minutes'

‘You had 15. If you aren’t up and out the door in the next 40 minutes, you’ll be late…again’

Peter groans as he gets up and heads to the bathroom. Steve is an early riser and Morgan seemed to be the only one who got that from him— proof being the sound of her morning cartoons coming from the living room. His boys opted to inherit their mother’s lack of a sleep schedule and survival based solely on giant mugs of coffee. Something Steve isn’t sure if he should find endearing or extremely concerning. Now that he’s sure that Peter is awake, he can start breakfast, he passes Morgan in the living watching Doc McStuffins and smiles.

‘Good morning baby’

'Good morning, Daddy’ the little alpha answers distractedly.

Steve decides to make enough waffles, scrambled eggs to feed a small army and a giant pot of coffee for his omegas while telling FRIDAY to call Tony up from his lab. 5 minutes later his mate stumbles into the kitchen barely awake. Steve quickly makes him a plate and pours coffee into his favorite mug. And Tony grabs the mug hastily and takes a long sip of the black bitter liquid.

‘Ughhh, you’re such a lifesaver. I don’t know what I’d do without you.’

‘Me or the coffee?’ Steve asks smiling. Tony glares at him.

‘I meant you, but now I think the coffee deserves it more.’ Tony replies sassily.

Steve smiles and heads back to the counter to fix a plate for their pups and goes to grab Morgan. By the time Peter rushes into the kitchen, freshly showered, its 7:15, he devours the waffles and eggs Steve left and opts to throw his coffee in a coffee cup, kisses his parents and sister goodbye and all but flies out the penthouse to Happy who’s no doubt impatiently waiting outside.

‘I hope he actually makes it to school early today’

‘Yet you keep him in the lab with you until 2 in the morning’

‘Hey, we get a lot done okay! Besides, we lose track of time down there’

‘Okay then, no problem, hey FRIDAY?’ Tony looks at him suspiciously.

‘Yes, Captain Rogers?’

‘Can you set a midnight curfew for Tony’s labs on school nights?’

‘Curfew set, Captain’

‘Hey! Why do I need a curfew? I’m a perfectly functional and responsible adult!’

Steve deadpans, ‘If that means functioning solely on caffeine and 1 hour of sleep a day, sure. Now Let’s get you to bed and Morgan to get ready for her lessons.’

Peter managed to get to school 5 minutes before his first-period class. As he approaches his locker, he sees Ned and MJ waiting for him. It’s been about 3 months now since they’ve both known he was Spiderman and Tony Stark’s kid. They usually come over to the tower and study together or just hang out, which subsequently led to them meeting the rest of the Avengers and his aunt, May.

‘Hey guys!’

‘Hey man! You’re actually early today’ Ned says as MJ nods in lieu of a greeting.

‘Yeah, Dad came to make sure I got up before 7 again’

The bell rings signaling the start of the first period, chemistry with Mr Cobbwell. After spending the better part of the class staring into space the bell rings snapping the omega out of his reverie. He quickly packs his things and turns to leave the classroom when he trips over a foot in his way. Above him, he hears Flash and his friends laughing.

‘Hey, watch where you’re going next time Penis, okay?’

Peter gets up with Ned and MJ’s help, brushes himself off and walks through the door.

‘One of these days, he’s gonna get what’s coming to him and gonna be there to see it’ MJ says irritably.

‘I don’t get why you make him bully you, Peter; you can easily put a stop to this’

‘But when I stop him, what’s to say he won’t bully someone else?’

‘But-’

‘Thanks for worrying about me guys but it's fine, I can handle it and winter break starts Friday, so I’ll have 3 weeks of peace’ Ned sighs and MJ looks up at him disapprovingly but says nothing else while they continue to move to their next class now in silence.

Soon enough lunch rolls around and they find a table then Peter pulls out his lunch. Since the whole being bitten by the spider on the Oscorp field trip thing, and not to mention the whole super soldier serum DNA he got from his dad he’s had a fast metabolism, so Peter tends to eat a lot. So as Peter eats his small feast, Flash shouts from across the cafeteria catching everyone’s attention.

‘Hey Penis! Cool it with the food, no one wants a fat omega. Should we start calling you piggy instead?’

At this most people start snickering and whispering and Peter ducks his head in shame and starts to pack up his lunch. Ned looks offended and MJ looks irate and closes the book she was reading and looks at Flash.

‘Hey Flash! Why don’t you focus on things that actually concern you? No one wants a nosy ass alpha.’

At that Flash glares at them and turns back to his goons and starts to whisper in tones to hushed for Peter to pick up. He looks at his friends gratefully and smiles shyly.

‘Thanks, guys’

‘No problem, but he really has nothing to do, he’s on the other side of the cafeteria and he still chooses to pick on you, he really has no life’ Ned says heatedly.

‘How about we go ahead to the History classroom and wait for the bell to ring?’ MJ suggests. They all finish eating and pack up and leave the cafeteria.
On their way out they see Flash’s table look at them and start laughing.

Soon enough Peter finds himself in his last period of the day, physics with Mrs Warren. He zones out, as usual, having already learnt this stuff with his brother, mother, and uncle. It was safe to say that Peter was beyond even college-level education, but his mom wanted all his pups to have a normal childhood, something he never had. It's also safe to say that Dad agreed and backed him 100%. But the only ones who could actually change this decision are the children themselves. Because as much as Tony would like his pups to have normal lives, he prided himself in allowing them to make their own choices and learn from their mistakes, as long as it wasn’t an extremely dangerous situation of course.
Once again, the bell snaps Peter out of his reverie but before he can leave, Mrs Warren gets their attention at the front.

‘As you all may have heard, there will be a field trip this Friday and Saturday to a mystery location.’ There was a slight buzz as students started to speculate where the trip could be to.

‘Alright, now the administration has finally decided on a location and have ironed out the details just in time for winter break. Now listen carefully to the following instructions because what I am about to say is very important’ The class became quiet and stared with rapt attention to the front at their teacher.

‘Now, where we are going is a very important company, and as such there are several things you should be aware of. As mentioned before, it is an overnight trip, we arrive on Friday morning and leave Saturday evening. I will be handing each student a packet, inside is a permission slip, a leaflet with company rules, a contract saying you have read the rules and are in agreement with them, an NDA and a list of suggested items to pack for this field trip.’ The buzz started again, and Mrs. Warren clapped to regain their attention.

‘Now, everyone must return the slip, contract and NDA no later than tomorrow after school. So, without further ado, this year our field trip will be to, drum roll please……STARK INDUSTRIES!’ At this the class erupts into cheers, except Peter and MJ. The former sinking into his seat in despair and the beta looking at him with concern and mild amusement.

‘Well, Penis! This weekend everyone will know just how much of a desperate attention whore you are! I want to see your face when we prove that you’re lying and get you blacklisted at SI.’

Peter can see some of his classmates snickering and some even nodding in agreement. As everyone leaves Mrs. Warren asks for Peter to stay back, Happy sure as hell won’t be happy about this.

‘You wanted to see me, Mrs. Warren?’

‘Peter, the staff is aware of the rumor spreading that you are an intern at SI. And before you interrupt me, we have come to an agreement that if, and only if, you confess and apologize about the rumor, will you be allowed on this field trip.’

‘I wasn’t lying about the internship though Mrs. Warren’ Peter felt his throat and eyes start to burn and unknowingly started to release distress pheromones.

‘Alright Peter, it seems as though you’ve made up your mind. We were willing to overlook your lies because of previous circumstances, with the death of your parents and uncle, but we cannot overlook this now and risk the defamation of our school.’

Shocked speechless, Peter turns to leave but, before doing so, opens his bag, and gives the packet back to his teacher and promptly storms out the room. Ned and MJ give him looks of concern, but Peter shakes his head and continues to walk towards the school yard where he knows Happy is impatiently waiting. Before getting into the SUV, he turns and musters up the brightest smile he can for his friends and if it doesn’t reach his eyes, they say nothing of it.

In the car Happy is shooting him looks of concern every now and then but says nothing because his nephew looks like he’s about to burst into tears at any moment. When they arrive at the tower, Peter quickly mumbles his thanks and all but runs into the tower.

‘Welcome home Peter, Boss is in his lab and the Captain is in the gym. Would you like to alert them to your arrival?’

‘Hey FRI, no thanks. I’m just gonna go up to my room and do my homework.’

Once in his room, Peter allows himself to cry. He cries out of frustration; because everyone labelled him as a liar, when in reality he doesn’t want all the attention from the fake people at his school who’ll definitely start talking to him for clout and favor with his mother. And that is exactly how his father finds him, crying face down in pillow with the scent of sad pheromones thick in the air in the air. After listening to everything that happened to Peter today, excluding Flash, all Steve could do was wrap his pup up in his arms and scent him in an attempt to calm him down.

Eventually Peter’s sobs taper off and he falls asleep and Steve extracts himself and goes to find Tony to tell him about their son’s dilemma. Its safe to say that Tony is upset, but Peter’s internship was a cover up for the real reason why he’s always seen with Happy and why despite being ‘poor’ he always had the latest Stark products. Now it is causing his baby’s character to be questioned and defamed. So, he decides with Steve to formulate a plan with the rest of the Avengers and Harley when he arrives tomorrow.

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Peter’s day went as it normally would. At lunch, he however had to answer to Ned and MJ about yesterday.

‘So loser, are you gonna tell us what happened yesterday with Mrs Warren, or do we have to ask?’

‘She doesn’t believe me, the stark internship and everything’

‘That sucks, dude’ Ned says sympathetically.

‘Yeah, it does, but it still doesn’t explain why you left in a rush looking like you were gonna cry’ MJ says offhandedly. Peter smiles, this was the closest one could get in making MJ lose her cool.

‘Admin said I can’t go on the trip because I refuse to admit to the lie and come forward’

‘I mean granted it is kind of a lie, but at the same time the twisted truth because you work with your mom in the labs just like an intern, but you aren’t one.’ Ned says contemplatively

‘Yeah, it's easier to explain things this way instead of coming out with the actual truth, I don’t want the attention that comes with it’

‘Well, dude, look at the bright side of things; you’re at the tower every day, so you won’t be missing anything big.’ Ned says excitedly

Before Peter could respond, the bell rings. They quickly pack up their stuff and move to their next class. And before Peter knows it, he and his friends are in the back of the SUV on their way to the tower. MJ and Ned are going to meet the class in the lobby tomorrow morning at 8. FRIDAY greets them as usual, and Peter asks to be carried to the penthouse. Once in his room, they start on their homework only to be interrupted by Tony coming in.

‘Hey guys, I need to talk to Pete’ his friends make to leave the room when Tony stops them ‘Actually, I need you guys’ input on this too’ This catches their attention, and they look at the older omega curiously.

‘Pete, your father and I have been talking with your aunts and the team about you and what's been happening with you at school. We don’t want to lie anymore if it’s going to make you as miserable as it did yesterday’ Tony sighs. ‘I want to protect you, not make you hurt bambino, so we’ve agreed to hold a press conference tomorrow afternoon to reveal everything, but I came to you because I don’t want to do anything my babies aren’t comfortable with.’

At this Peter closes the gap between him and his mother and envelops him in the tightest hug he can muster without hurting his mom and starts to whimper because he’s close to sobbing again. His parents and aunts are willing to go through another PR nightmare just so Peter could be as comfortable as possible in school. But as soon as the consequences start to sink in Peter tenses in his mother’s arms. And like clockwork, his mother detects his train of thought and starts to comfort and reassure him.

‘Remember bambino, I said only if you want to. You can talk with your friends about it and come to me, your father or Pepper tomorrow before 12 with your answer okay baby? But if you really don’t want to you can just say the word and we’ll drop this, and it’ll be like this conversation never happened.’

Peter smiles and inhales his mother’s calming pheromones.

‘I’ll think about it Mom’

‘Okay bambino, I need to get back to Morgan and her homework, ti amo tesoro. Ned, MJ later’ and with that, Tony exits leaving the teens to discuss what they think Peter should do. Suddenly, MJ breaks the silence.

‘I think you should do it; you already have this whole lie going right. Telling the truth will be easier because you can’t forget the truth, but you can forget lies’

‘Not to mention Peter, when they come tomorrow, they’re bound to see you at some point, not because we’ve found you but because all the employees know you and Flash is a dick who is dead set on proving that you were lying.’ Ned butts in solemnly.

MJ nods in agreement, ‘We all know how fond the staff is of you and your siblings Peter, its better if you come forward and shut him up for good than last through less than 3 years of bullying because the fake internship was made to cover up the fact that you are a SI heir, everyone will think of you as a liar and untrustworthy at that point’

Peter knows that they are telling the truth, but he hesitates, ‘But, even if it will clear up the internship lies, people with try to be my friend because I’m a Stark. Everyone who’s laughed at me or turned a blind eye to Flash’s sexist and hurtful words will try to be my friend now.’

‘That’s a given, but you do know who your true friends at school are. Me and MJ. And you know, Cindy never laughed or encouraged the bullying she’s scared of Flash too. I think he said some pretty hurtful things to her in freshman year and since then she’s become kind of a recluse and tries to avoid Flash. Not to mention Abe who sticks it to Flash every chance he gets because he was being a douche.’

Cindy Moon was the other omega on the Academic Decathlon team. They’ve spoken before but never long conversations, just long enough to get points across. Abe valued Peter to an extent, but they’ve never had an actual conversation like that. After ruminating on the pros and cons a little more, Peter reached a conclusion but he needed to air out something else.

'So, what about everyone assuming that my parents are dead? Uncle did actually die, but my parents are fine. Won't they have a field day with that?' But MJ was quick to jump in.

'What you are forgetting Peter, is that you never confirmed nor denied those rumours. Hell, you didn't even start them, Flash did. You said you lived with your aunt and uncle and your uncle died in middle school, Flash assumed you were orphaned and everyone rolled with it. None of this is on you.'

Peter let out a breath he had no idea he was holding in. Feeling assured and comforted by his friends' words he turns to the ceiling and confidently says ‘Okay, I’ll do it. FRI?’

‘Yes, Mini-boss?’

‘Can you tell mom, dad and aunt Pepper that I’ll do the reveal?’ A beat of silence passes.

‘Everyone has been notified Mini boss’

With that out the way, they return to their homework filling the silence with jokes about the field trip.

After dinner, when all the minors washed up and retired for the night, the adults sat and planned how tomorrow would go, with Harley on a video call. Everyone was obviously upset, as they listened to Steve recount the events of the previous night, but none more so than Tony. He felt as though he failed his pup and now, he’s suffering because of him. As if sensing his spiral, his sister rests her head on his shoulder silently purring to calm him down.

May was always more emotionally conscious out of the two of them, being the omegan children of Howard and Maria Stark was never easy. When May was born Howard was disappointed that it was a girl, and it was made worse when he found out she was an omega. Then Tony was born a year later and Howard’s hatred and Maria’s indifference towards them increased even more. May never liked the engineering aspect of SI, so she stuck to the business side, much to Howard’s chagrin, but when Obadiah took over, he essentially put both omegas on the sidelines and forced Tony to build things. Safe to say when Steve and Ben found out, their anger coupled with Tony’s return didn’t end well for Obadiah. Their mates got Obadiah ousted but Tony along with May had to kill him because he tried to kill them to take over SI.

As Steve finishes his account Tony, who has noticeably calmed down, takes over to tell them about the plan.

‘Okay, so tomorrow is Pete’s field trip, and I also arranged for Harley to come home tomorrow morning instead of tonight. It was supposed to be a surprise for the pups since they haven’t seen you since August. Your flight lands at 7 tomorrow so May and Steve will come to get you tomorrow since Happy has to oversee the admission process with the tour group. When you get here, use the front entrance and I’ll bring Pete and Little Miss down to see their surprise. Now, Nat, Clint, Bucky, and Steve will be in the gym to teach them whatever. Now on the business leg of the tour CEO and CFO will conveniently be there to take questions and give a brief overview of the business side of the company. At lunch, Thor and Rhodey can get the kids to go to the cafeteria to sit with Leeds and Jones for the duration of lunch. And finally, in the labs, Bruce can show them some chemistry stuff that he and Peter worked on or something and finally we go to the press conference at 3. Any questions?’

The room remained silent as everyone understood their roles and were ready to go tomorrow, nobody hurt their baby omega and gets away with it.

‘We also need to update Peter’s guardianship forms at that school tomorrow, so whenever they get lunch, May, Steve, and I will go to Midtown, not only to update Peter’s documentation but to set the record straight with the principal. Nobody assumes the worst about any of my pups.’

And with that Tony gets up and storms off, once again visibly upset, with Steve close behind. Harley bids everyone goodnight and hangs up.

There was one thought shared amongst those left at the table; 'Midtown has no idea what they’ve unleashed upon themselves'.

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Since Peter couldn’t go on today’s field trip he received a homework packet yesterday, but he’d already finished it last night with the rest of their assignments. Now it's 7:45 and everyone but Steve and May are in the common room. By now everyone has finished breakfast and MJ and Ned are on the elevator going to the lobby because the class arrived earlier than expected. This is perfect for Tony because phase one of his plan is currently 10 minutes away. He quickly cajoles his children into changing their clothes, while he waits on his children to change, Tony sends out a message on all his social media about this afternoon’s press conference. 5 minutes later, he and his pups are in the elevator on
their way downstairs. Suddenly Morgan squirms in his hold and asks.

‘Mommy, where are we going?’

‘You have to wait and see, baby’ Tony answers while adjusting his hold on his daughter, while she perks up and starts squirming excitedly.

‘Is it a surprise Mommy?’

‘You’ll have to wait and see squirt’ At this the little alpha squeals because there’s a surprise waiting for them, wherever they’re going.

Though he tries not to show it, Tony can see that Peter is excited. Tony smiles at this because Peter has always been a curious little pup. Tony remembers having to hide all the sharp objects in the lab and having to start packing up after using the lab for fear of Peter hurting himself. He also remembers the little puppy who used to ask his Daddy to retell stories of the ’40s and the day he became a super-soldier. Even now, Peter is still curious to a fault. And begging Uncle Rhodey to tell stories about the Iron Patriot armour over and over again.

But before Tony can start to tease his son the elevator doors open to the busy lobby and a crowd forming near the front doors. Upon further inspection, one can make out May hidden between Steve and a few security guards who jumped into action when they saw the gaggle of high schoolers approaching and Harley who was carrying a large suitcase and a backpack. When Morgan saw them, she started squirming even more.

‘HARLEY!’ When Tony let her go, she immediately took off to greet her brother with Peter trailing behind.

Happy at the sight of his pups reunited again, Tony approaches and leans on his mate as he smiles. But the moment is broken by the surprised shouts of the high schoolers behind them. Tony smiles with May and Steve as phase one of their plan is complete. As the family moves towards the private elevator Tony winks at MJ and Ned.

‘What is Penis Parker doing here? And why was he so buddy buddy with the Starks?’ Flash asks indignantly.

‘He told you already that he works here Flash. Why not believe it and move on?’ Ned says smugly

‘Mr. Leeds, I would prefer if we could refrain from spreading Mr Parker’s lies here. I don’t want anyone defaming the school on this trip. Are understood?’ Mr Cobbwell says annoyed.

At that moment, their tour guide comes and introduces herself.

‘Hello, students and teachers from Midtown High! My name is Lucille and I’ll be your tour guide for today’s leg of the tour. Now, this tour will be a little from regular tours courtesy of Mr Stark, the CFO and CEO.!’

This gets everyone excited, even MJ was curious. 'What was Mr Stark planning on doing today? Wasn’t it just the announcement this afternoon?'

‘Now we’ll be assisted by the Head of Security and Asset Management, Happy Hogan, everyone say Good Morning Happy!’ Lucille exclaims happily.

Happy grumbles a greeting in return and starts to explain how the badges worked to the group.

‘This is your badge, don’t lose it, don’t scratch it, don’t put it in your pocket. Do keep it around your neck, always facing forward and visible. It is the only one you get and the only key you have to the levels you are allowed to access. If you lose it, you will be escorted off the premises immediately. When your tour is over the badge deactivates and becomes invalid. Trying to re-enter the premises with an invalid badge is grounds for prosecution. All other rules were outlined in the info packets you received prior to coming here. Now I’ll be calling your names and you will step forward and take your passes and form a line by the scanners by the elevators.’

Soon everyone has received a badge but MJ and Ned and are headed towards the scanners. When Lucille starts speaking again.

‘Now our tour starts here, when you scan your badge here FRIDAY, the tower AI, will announce your name, clearance level, and title. Like this’ She walks through the scanner and a woman with an Irish starts to speak.

‘Lucille Denning, Silver 3 and White 3, tour guide & research and development intern.’ Next was Mr Cobbwell

‘George Cobbwell, White 1, tourist. Welcome to Stark Industries’

Soon enough the class and their chaperones went through the scanners leaving just MJ and Ned. MJ steps up first and what FRIDAY says next shocks the class.

‘Michelle Jones, Gold 3, MJ. Welcome back MJ, should I inform Mini-Boss of your arrival?’

‘No thanks FRI, I’ll see him later anyways’ then Ned steps through.

‘Edward Leeds, Gold 3, Ned. Welcome back Ned, KAREN wants to thank you for fixing the bug in her coding yesterday’

‘Aw, thanks FRI. Can you tell KAREN it was no problem at all?’

I would be happy to

When they join the group, they are met with looks of disbelief and a few of anger. Mrs Warren rushes forward and starts apologizing to Lucille and Happy for them hacking and reprogramming FRIDAY to pretend to know them. Lucille looks flustered while Happy looks annoyed and gruffly explains that they didn’t hack FRIDAY.

‘They didn’t hack the tower’s AI; FRIDAY is aware of everyone who enters the tower and is programmed to remember and record their biometrics after a certain number of visits. This is why they don’t have badges.’ At this everyone else starts to realize that they indeed don’t have badges. Happy sighs irately and walks away tired already and it's barely 8 am. Betty raises her hand to ask a question. And Lucille acknowledges her.

‘What do the different colours and numbers mean?’ Lucille perks up again.

‘The colours indicate your branch or affiliation with the company while the number serves as a divider for the sections. For example, you guys have White 1, white means you are unaffiliated with SI and the 1 means you are tourists, however, silver overrides white which means that FRIDAY knows I work here as an R&D intern as indicated by silver 3 and white 3 means I’m a tour guide. Gold is divided into 3, 1 is for head scientists, 2 is for heads of department in the business side of SI, and Gold 3 is reserved for visitors of high-ranking employees or visitors of tower residents. The unmentioned levels are bronze which is for lower-level workers like the janitorial staff, cafeteria staff, delivery workers and security guards, silver is for secretaries and regular payroll staff and platinum is for Ms Potts, the Stark-Rogers Family, and the Avengers. In order it is white, bronze, silver, gold, platinum. I’ve given the amount of information required, I’m afraid any more questions on clearance levels are prohibited because it is either classified or above my clearance level. Now, the next stop is the residential floor provided courtesy of Mr Stark-Rogers and Mrs Stark-Parker themselves You’ll have an hour to unpack.

Some kids could be heard mumbling ‘Mrs. Stark-Parker? Who’s that?’ while others were fangirling over the fact that their tour seemed to be arranged by The Tony Stark himself. If only they knew the full extent of what the angry mother had in store for them. When they arrived on the floor, which was really an extra floor for the avengers who didn’t live in the tower, and everyone was busy packing out their items, MJ and Ned were unsurprisingly approached by Flash. His angry scent was burning their nose and his face was just as horribly fowl as his scent.

‘I don’t know what you guys and Penis are trying to do here or what you guys did to get all friendly with the Starks or the security here, but you’d better stop before I get you all in trouble and blacklisted by SI.’

‘Well Flash, your pheromones are just as sickening to me as you are and that’s saying something. Beta noses aren’t that sensitive to pheromones and I’m about to throw up, so I suggest you cut your crap and leave before I spill my guts on your shoes.’ MJ taunts. Ned just shakes his head at Flash’s stubbornness.

After a while Lucille grabs everyone’s attention, ‘As you can see, this floor is essentially a house. As mentioned in the info packet, there are 4 rooms on this floor and 3 bathrooms, a living area, dining area and a fully stocked kitchen. For lunch today, we are going to the cafeteria, but dinner, breakfast and lunch tomorrow fall on your shoulders. The living area has a gaming console, board games as well as books for your entertainment. The Wi-Fi password for this level is written on the router by the shelf. If there is anything else you need, you can ask FRIDAY by pressing and holding the pager by the door, but she will only answer if it is of the utmost importance.’ Everyone nods to show that they are following, and she continues to speak.

‘On today’s itinerary, we’ll be moving within mostly 45-minute blocks to get you guys back here early enough to sit through a surprise we have prepared for you. First at 9-9:45 am we go to the museum, then at 9:55-10:50 we head to the avenger’s gym, then at 11-12 we’ll be touring the business of SI, 12-12:45 is obviously lunch and finally, 12:50-2 is the tour of the lower-level R&D labs as well as the main chemistry labs. I’ll bring you back for a rest and then collect you for your surprise. Okay?’ There was a chorus of agreements and utterances of excitement of what they’ll be doing today, as well as speculations of what the surprise could be.

‘Now since everyone is finished, let's go to the museum. To the elevators everyone!’

Soon everyone reached they reached the museum on the 2nd floor and the tour was off to a mostly good start.

Upstairs, after listening to Harley’s stories of MIT and his friends as well as receiving gifts that were promptly placed under their giant Christmas tree in the corner, Tony, Steve and May left and headed to Midtown to set the record straight at the school and then to the world. When they arrive, it's between sessions, so the students stare at them but part like the red sea to let them through. Some students already have their phones out videoing the trio as they head to the office. They are greeted by the secretary that ushers them into Morita’s office.

‘Good morning Mrs Parker, how may I help…you today?’ he trails off as he looks up and recognizes the other adults in the room. ‘Mr and Mr Stark-Rogers! How may I help you all today?’

‘Well Mr Morita, I’m here to add two more persons and update my name as well as Peter’s on file.’

‘Of course! But may I ask their relation to Peter?’

‘We’re his parents.’ Tony snaps. ‘It has come to our attention that you lot assumed we were dead. May I ask why?’

‘W-well, Peter registered with his aunt and uncle on his contact list and his uncle died. And there was a rumour that he was orphaned so we thought nothing of it.’

‘But you thought enough of a rumour of his internship at SI that he didn’t attest to himself until yesterday? On top of ignoring the fact that my child, my son, my pup was being bullied! What kind of school is this? Do you turn a blind eye to students being bullied by others whose parents contribute heavily to you? I should-’

‘Tony, doll, calm down. Don’t get so worked up dear.’ Steve seemed like the picture of calm, but May has known him long enough to see the storm brewing beneath, she can also smell the strong pissed off pheromones. So, she quickly commandeers the situation.

‘Morita, we’re on a time crunch here. We need to be back at the tower to start work. We need those papers now please.’ The man springs into action digging through his filing cabinet for the needed document.

‘Here you go, fill out and sign these and we’ll update the system in the next hour.’

The trio begin filling out the forms and quickly return them to Morita. Then May hands him a document in return, ‘Please sign this NDA, we’re having a press conference later about this and we’d rather be the ones to reveal Peter to the world than have people find out through this disgrace of a school’ Tony says in a sickly-sweet voice.

Morita quickly signs the form and hands it over, and they turn to leave before Tony turns to him again and says, ‘My legal team will be in touch with yours about a way forward after this unfortunate series of events. No one abuses my son and gets away with it. I want reparations for my son and all the other students you’ve allowed to be bullied.’

Back in the car, Steve turns to Tony and asks him the question that’s been bugging him since he found out. ‘How’d you know about Peter being bullied?’

‘Ned and MJ told me about it. And promptly begged me to wait until Peter told me himself before I made a move. Apparently, Peter was too self-sacrificial to stand up to Flash, because he was scared Flash would bully someone else. He’s so much like you sometimes that I get sick of it. Harley or Morgan would have ripped him a new one and moved on, but Peter decides to think about the little guy.’

‘That’s what makes Peter special, Tony. His compassion and thoughtfulness. That’s why Peter is so precious to us. He cares for the people who we don’t consider or ever notice.’ May chimes in. They all silently agree.

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Back at the tour, they are finally at the gym. Where they encounter Black Widow, Hawkeye, the Winter Soldier and three children. Upon further inspection, the three kids turn out to be, Harley Stark-Rogers, Peter Parker and the toddler from the lobby.

An indignant shout of ‘What the fuck is Penis Parker doing here!’ rings out in the gym drawing everyone’s attention to the seething alpha at the front of the tour group. In an attempt to salvage the situation Mrs Warren steps forward again to apologize and rephrase Flash’s outburst.

‘I’m sorry for my student’s outburst, but he is indeed correct in asking why Mr Parker is here. I also apologize for any trouble he may have caused you. He was banned from this
field trip because of a rumour he was spreading, and I have no idea how he got up here, but I’ll just take him from here to the lobby and have him punished accordingly.’ But her attempt to grab Peter was stumped by Morgan kicking and growling at her.

‘Leave Petey alone!’ The teacher recoiled in shock. And the startled by Harley’s laugh.

‘So, you thought Peter managed to sneak into the tower and made his way up to a floor that requires platinum access by himself, just to join your tour group?’ but in the same breath he gets serious and askes her, ‘So are we just going to ignore your student’s highly inappropriate remarks at my friend here?’

‘I-I w-well, boys will be boys, and this is a part of their roughhousing’ the beta stammers out.

‘Well, two things are obvious here. 1, you haven’t the slightest clue of the difference between roughhousing and bullying and 2, you don’t understand omegas at all. Do you not see that Peter is frozen in fear and embarrassment over here? This is a learnt reaction. I bet you he’s bracing himself for more verbal abuse. Anyways, I’m finished with you.’ Harley turns and points at Flash and asks. ‘You, what is your name?’

‘Flash Thompson’ He replies cockily while posturing at Harley.

‘Okay, Flash. What’s your damage? Why do you have it out for Peter?’ At this, Flash and some of the group starts to chuckle because they think they’re finally going to out Parker and his lies.

‘Well, I’m glad you asked. You see as a future employee of The Stark Industries; I think that the company should have an image of sophistication and superiority. But that image is being tainted by Pen-Peter over there who has been claiming to be an intern here for the past year even though he doesn’t even meet the minimum requirements to even dream of being here. On top of that, he’s an attention whore who is an orphan who lies to get people to notice or even care about him. And even if the internship were real, he couldn’t even
get it over me, because I’m better and richer than him. Even his parents knew that, so they decided they’d rather kill themselves than raise you and then your uncle realized and did the same thing too. But honestly, I don’t expect any better from an omega’ At this point, some students were looking at Peter in amusement and nodding along to Flashes words while only four in the group looked like they would murder him on the spot or looking at him in plain disbelief.

Harley and the other avengers were shocked speechless while Morgan was trying to console a sobbing Peter whose distress pheromones were making even the betas present fidgety. Peter knew that half of what Flash said wasn’t true, but it still hurt. It hurt to see that the people he was around daily thought so lowly of him. Even his favourite teacher turned out to be fake. Then a roar was heard in the room and Harley was charging right for Flash but Bucky was faster and grabbed his nephew before he could commit murder. At this, Natasha snapped out of her stupor, schooled her expression into one of neutrality and spoke up.

‘FRIDAY, do you have that on tape?’

‘Yes, Ms Romanoff’

‘Good, we’ll be needing that to rectify a situation later. But onto more pressing matters, Mr Thompson just to let you know, in the info packet you received there was a list of rules and a contract you signed saying that you were in agreement with these rules. The first rule of SI is that we do not condone bullying in any of its forms. You are in direct violation of those rules not to mention another rule and countless laws about discrimination. If I were you, I’d make myself scarce for the remainder of this trip. Anyways Lucille, how about you carry them to the next leg of the tour while we take care of Peter here. I don’t anyone could focus and fight fair after that outburst.’

This snapped the tour guide out of her state of shock, and she nodded and promptly corralled everyone through the door and into the elevators. Leaving The avengers present to calm down the siblings in various states of emotional distress.

On the admin floor, they were wandering around until they found themselves in a room doing Q&A with CEO Pepper Potts for about 35 minutes when Peter’s aunt walked in. They recognized her from the PTA meetings she would attend occasionally throughout the school year. But what confused them the most is how she was introduced.

‘Hello everyone, my name is May Stark-Parker, and I am the CFO of Stark Industries.

Murmurs once again rang through the room, 'Stark-Parker?’ ’CFO?’ ‘Aren’t they poor?’ ‘Wasn’t Peter on a scholarship to Midtown?’

MJ finally got fed up with everyone’s shit and says, ‘Yes her name is Stark-Parker, are you deaf or something? Yes, she is the CFO, which means she oversees how money and assets flow in SI, no peter was never poor, and he never had a scholarship, you all just assumed he was unable to afford Midtown’s tuition and created a narrative and built it up to paint Peter is the worse picture possible. You all are horrible people, what’s new? Can we move on now?’

‘Michelle Jones, apologize for that indecent outburst right now!’ Mr Harrington says sharply.

‘Actually Mr Harrington, MJ is right. I swung by the school today with my brother and his mate and I have to say, you all have a penchant for making my nephew’s life hell at your school. The only ones at your godforsaken school who actually value my son are MJ, Ned, Abraham and Cindy. The rest of you try your hardest to make his life as awful as you want by spreading rumours and assuming the worst about his private life because you know he won’t fight back, especially you.’ She looks at Flash with so much malice that what little colour was left in his face from the Black Widow’s little speech was gone.

‘Now leave and go to the cafeteria before I decide to end this tour altogether.’

As the group enters the cafeteria for lunch, everyone but Peter’s friends and acquaintances were visibly upset. Flash was absolutely livid and seemed to be volatile, so his friends sat around him giving him a wide berth. But his anger seems to double when Peter walks in again with Harley, Morgan, Thor and Rhodey. It was unfair, 'why does Penis have the Avengers as friends? Why does his life look happier than mine? Why does he have this internship over me? Why does he have everything I don’t? I work hard for it and all he does is space out in class, skips or sleep. I should be in his place; he doesn’t deserve it’ He feels like beating Peter into the ground, but he’s smart enough to know that he can’t do it here. So he waits.

He suddenly sees his chance when he spots Peter leaving the table and going to the bathroom. He waits a little longer then enters the bathroom and promptly closes the lock on the door and waits for Peter to exit his stall. When Peter exits, he’s surprised to see Flash by the door but says nothing and goes to wash his hands. Peter feels something right behind him but dismisses it as he knows that Flash is also in the bathroom. As he turns to leave the bathroom, he is struck down by a livid Flash who just backhanded him. Flash starts to stomp on him and all Peter can do is curl up in a ball scream for help. But he is interrupted by Flash’s ranting.

‘You little slut! How is a poor bitch like you able to land an internship here? You don’t have money, and no one wants you. I’m not surprised you stooped so low though. An omega bitch on his knees waiting to be used, that’s exactly where you’re supposed to be! That’s your purpose! You’re nothing more than a little attention whore! A whore no one wants around so you make yourself useful by making them use your body to get off. You fucking orphan! Do everyone a favour and go kill yourself!’

Immediately after this, the bathroom door flies off its hinges and a furious Harley is on Flash in a second, raining punches wherever he can reach. He’s not thinking at all, but he hears Morgan screaming and crying and commotion by the doors and before he knows it he’s being pulled off of a barely conscious Flash by his father and uncle and spots his mother and sister crying over an unconscious Peter. Then suddenly Morgan is kicking and screaming at Flash for hurting her brother. Someone must have called the med bay because soon enough Flash and Peter were in cots on opposite sides. Tony is still crying over his pup while Steve and Harley try to comfort him. Peter’s healing factor had kicked in and while most of his bruises were gone Tony could still see them, he still sees his baby on the bathroom floor unconscious. He turns and showers his oldest in kisses and hugs.

‘Thank you for being there Harley, thank you for protecting your siblings when I can’t baby. I don’t want to imagine what could have happened if you didn’t break the door down. Thank you, thank you, thank you, my little alpha.’ And Tony starts to sob uncontrollably triggering an anxiety attack.

‘Baby, look at me. Hey, hey look at me Tony, look at me, that’s it, baby. Breathe with me, in-out, in-out, in, out. Good, good, again.’ As Steve coached their mother through a panic attack, Harley and Morgan were staring at their brother in the cot. He always looks so peaceful when he sleeps. And they both made a silent promise to keep him happy.

Later, the tour group sans Flash went to the labs and actually had fun there. And soon it was 3 pm and the group found themselves in the back of a conference hall with the press. The group is quite confused but before they can as to what’s going on Pepper Potts is on stage starting the press conference.

‘Good afternoon, everyone. I trust we’re all doing well. At around 7:50 this morning an announcement was made by Tony Stark that he had something to reveal to the world. Now.

Please join me in welcoming Tony Stark.’ Tony walks out looking as if what happened roughly 3 hours ago was a fever dream. Gone was the disheveled omegan mother and in his place was the sassy company owner.

‘Hello, everyone. I’m just gonna cut straight to the chase here. Back in 2008, when I returned from Afghanistan, there was speculation as to who the two boys I was seen with were. You found out 11 years later that the blonde one was my son Harley. But there were still questions about the toddler. That toddler is also my son. His name is Peter Benjamin Stark-Rogers.’ There was an uproar and Tony glared at them and put up a hand to silence them.

‘Now, I was planning on waiting to reveal my children when they were 18 but, I had to cut this one short because my baby was suffering. He was being bullied because of assumptions made about him by his year group. Now, I don’t take kindly to that. But I do have another announcement. Little Miss pestered me to also be revealed when she found out I was revealing her brother, yes, I have a daughter. She’s 5 years old and her name is Morgan H Stark-Rogers. Please bear in mind that they are children and have their lives to live. I don’t want them being hogged or followed by the press like I was when I was younger. I wanted all three of my children to lead lives as normal as possible before they stepped forward to assume their roles in the company. I wanted to reveal my children to you today, but there was a mishap upstairs so I can’t, so this year we’ll be releasing family photos for Christmas so everyone can see them. But until then I wish you all well and Happy Holidays when it comes.’ Tony walks off stage, leaving Pepper to deal with the crowd of shouting reporters, and into an awaiting Steve’s arms.

In the med bay, Flash’s parents were acting no better than their son.

‘I demand to speak to Mr Stark about your behaviour! How dare you lay a hand on my son! I should have you arrested for this, young man!’ Mrs Thompson shouts at Harley.

‘Well, how about you teach your son how to respect everyone? Why not teach him how to handle omegas and the poor? I did what any respectable member of society would do if they came across someone beating up someone helpless, I kicked his ass. Did you know that your son has been harassing my brother since freshman year? Did you know that your son is calling my brother derogatory names?’

‘Eugene calls them as he sees them! If he calls your brother anything outside his name, there must substantial evidence to do so!’

‘Lady, do you hear yourself? My brother is 16 years old, and his boyfriend is currently in a different state on business. There is no way possible that can lead my little brother to be labelled as a whore, both his parents are alive, and Flash assumed he was an orphan because his aunt was the one who registered him at Midtown. I don’t care how rich you think you are, or how relevant you think you are to society, you both are bigoted sexists along with your son. You can take him and kindly transfer him to a hospital nearby, but I am afraid that this marks the end of SI’s hospitability towards you and your family.’

The Thompsons are frozen in shock as they listen to Harley’s rant as well as the sight of Captain America and Iron Man in the doorway looking proudly at their son. When Steve chimes in.

‘Also, our lawyers will be in touch with yours in the coming days regarding the breach of several company rules and laws of New York City and New York State. Do have a nice day.’

‘And, as compensation for the trauma you’ve caused Underoos, effective immediately, you are banned from all SI properties and all SI partner’s properties. As well as your immediate expulsion from Midtown. We cannot have bigots around areas commandeered by omegas now, can we? Now, if you can follow these nice guards here, they’ll take you to the floor that they were supposed to stay on to get his stuff and then you can leave the premises’ Tony says smugly.

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After Flash and his family were out of the tower, Harley had FRIDAY show them the footage from the gym. His parents were livid of course, but they already had the legal team on this, so they sent it to them. Both New York City and New York State had passed some of the strictest omega rights laws to stem the hate crimes against omegas. Though they have been active for only 8 years, it has significantly stemmed violent crimes and micro-aggressions against omegas.

Omegas are considered rare, making up roughly about 20% of the population (if not less), while Alphas make up about 32% and Betas encompass the majority with 48%. As a result, omegas are often seen as trophies and treated as objects rather than humans. To combat this, the government passed a series of omega protection bills which states were allowed to fine-tune to fit their unique situations. Before these laws were passed, omegas like Tony couldn't be CEOs and he had to hand over his title to Obadiah (a grave mistake) and then to Pepper- it was insulting to have to essentially abdicate his birthright because he was an omega, but he never wanted it in the first place so he wasn’t as upset as he could have been.

After Peter was healed the family headed upstairs to the communal floor for an impromptu movie night. It was Morgan’s turn to choose the night’s theme and the first movie. She along with Thor insisted that they watch Frozen again despite watching it every time one of the two gets to choose. By the third movie, everyone but Peter and Tony was asleep.

Seeing his son was still awake, Tony held him tighter and pressed a kiss into his hair.

‘What now?’

‘Well, we’re gonna take family Christmas photos to reveal you and Morgan to the public and from there we’ll figure it out together. I’m thinking of upgrading EDITH and KAREN to record what you see and read your vitals so every time so if there’s a significant spike or drop, we’ll know and one of the MARKs will be deployed to get you.’

‘But what about school?’

‘Well, you know who your friends are, and you know who you can trust. Just stick with them and you’ll be fine. If reporters and the paparazzi start hounding you, tell us and we’ll deal with it. But remember, the answer will always be ‘no comment’ okay?’

‘Okay, Mom.’

‘How’s about we go to sleep now, hmm?’

After winter break, everything seemed to settle down. Flash was gone, his goons were on a 5-week in-school suspension, and everyone started at Peter everywhere he went. It didn’t help that he started using his real name either. The entire staff started to suck up to him and MJ just rolls her eyes in response to Peter’s obvious cries for help when it happens. Cindy and Abe were nice additions to his group of friends, and they were quickly filled in on all of Peter’s secrets. They frequented the tower so much that they also got Gold 3 badges. On the rides to the tower, and occasionally the compound upstate, Cindy got to sit in the front with Happy because she wasn’t an avid talker like the rest, MJ could also sit at the front, but staying at the back gave her more material for her crisis book.

After a while, the fanfare in school stopped and everyone went back to essentially ignoring Peter and his existence—which he was truly grateful for. Everything seemed to be looking up for Peter right now and he’s looking forward to the family summer tour to Europe that his mum had planned. But he’s also planning a trip to Dubai with his friends for spring break. He’s secretly planning it as a thank you to his friends for believing him and trying to make life easier when Flash was around.

As for Flash, he came in on the first day of school to clear out his locker. His bruises were gone, but he had a cast on his arm (courtesy of Harley) and a rib brace (compliments of Morgan). Being the selfless idiot he was, Peter tried to approach him to apologize but MJ and Cindy stopped him.

‘Why are you going to apologize? After he assaulted you in a bathroom? Not to mention the years of harassment and physical and verbal abuse. Peter, in my opinion, he should have had worse.’ Cindy argued

‘But I still feel bad. I didn’t want things to go like this’ Peter said imploringly

‘Yeah, and I bet he never meant to wait until you were alone to stomp on you in the bathroom or call you out of your name or even hell I don’t know! Imply you’ve done all the avengers and SI sexual favours? Face it, Peter, he’s broken several laws, and rules both at school and at SI. It's all on him not you’ MJ snapped.

‘I know you feel bad dude, but he was warned several times and decided to forego those warnings anyways, in a tower filled with people who obviously have the power to kill him’ Ned said.

‘Are we also forgetting that these same people uphold the laws? Especially your dad?’ Abe added.

Peter understood what they were saying, but he felt Flash was misunderstood. His parents were never present for anything, just his butler. It made Peter think of his mother and aunt and how he was raised. Howard and Maria ignored them, leaving his butler, Jarvis—Peter’s actual grandfather, to take care of them. He saw Flash’s lashing out for what it was, a cry for attention and help. His father acted the same principal way, where Flash taunted and insulted, Tony sassed and snarked. But what Peter couldn’t account for was why Flash bullied him. He labelled Peter as a loser orphan who no one loved or wanted but stilled decided to hurt him. Maybe the answer was staring him in the face, but it evaded him. He just hoped Flash had a good life.

His boyfriend, however?

Wade was pissed when he came and saw Peter in the cot. Wade had passed Flash being wheeled out of the med bay, but he didn’t connect the dots until he came in and saw Peter. After getting the rundown of what happened, it took both Steve and Harley to physically stop him from leaving the room. But when Peter woke up to the noise, looking as though the slightest breeze would break him, Wade calmed down. Until he saw just how badly Peter was hurt, apart from the swollen face, Wade saw the bruises, the cuts and he also saw the X-rays of a few of Peter’s broken ribs and at that point, it took a crying Peter begging him not to kill Flash; for him to let it go, at least at that time.

A few days after Peter was cleared and fully healed Wade came over, dressed casually, to see him. He made Peter tell him everything that happened from the start; the bullying and at the tower.

‘And you swear that this is everything?’ Wade asks

‘Yes, why would I lie about this?’

‘You wouldn’t outright lie to me baby, I know that, but it's not above you lie by omission.’

‘What’s that’s supposed to mean?’

‘It means that your self-sacrificing ass, a pretty nice ass I might add, by the way, feels enough responsibility for that sack of shit to try and downplay what he’s done to you. And may I add that your moral compass is a little too righteous, not something you should have fully inherited from Captain Spangles.’

‘I’m going to ignore that statement, but I feel sorry for him is all. His parents barely have time for him and-‘

‘And that’s your excuse for having him abuse you? That is the answer you're going with.’ Wade deadpans, ‘Listen, baby boy, I’m giving you 1 minute to give me a good reason why I shouldn’t go to the hospital and poison his IV.’

Peter's eyes widen as he becomes frantic, ‘Wade! No! Please don’t, I don’t want to draw more attention to this! Everyone will think it's me and, a-and, a-and.’ The more Peter speaks, the more frantic he becomes until he’s having a full-blown panic attack. Sobbing and wheezing at the same time. The cold starts becoming too much until it all disappears, and he feels warm, he feels vibrations and someone’s breathing. He quickly follows their breathing pattern and calms down.

‘If it upsets you that much, I’ll leave the bastard be. But if he hurts you again, I won’t be stopped and I’m gonna need a shovel. That’s a promise baby boy.’

Peter hears the finality in his alpha’s voice and nods in agreement. There isn’t much else he can do. They stay outside a little bit longer until Tony calls them inside out of the cold and snow.

According to Tony, not only had Flash been expelled at Midtown but for his probation, he had to attend classes about omegas and omegan rights as well as 500 hours of community service at omega shelters across New York. He’s set to do this until he’s at least 23 so about 7 years at least and that’s if he isn’t found in violation of any of these by his supervising officer, he should be able to avoid juvy.

His parents were no doubt upset in the courtroom when they heard this because they thought it was too excessive. But then the judge reminded them that had he not been stopped, he could have been prosecuted with more serious charges and tried as an adult, and that shut them up nicely. Peter refused to be anywhere near the proceedings, preferring to let video evidence from both the school and the tower speak in his stead. Peter was mostly surprised that no one had caught wind of this trial, but he chalked it up to his aunt and SI’s infamous NDAs.

All in all, Peter is happy and content. He isn’t a liar, orphan or an attention-seeking whore anymore. He has genuine friends who love him that he loves just as much. He doesn’t have to look over his shoulder anymore or watch what he says about the tower, a crazy overprotective family and a great boyfriend who he loves dearly. It's safe to say Peter is really lucky.