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[stark]

Tony grins. "Good. Pizza it is, then."

Peter Parker may not share his name, or his blood, but in Tony's eyes that doesn't matter. Not that he has explicitly said that, but if there's one thing that Thanos made him realize is that the kid means more to him than he had ever been ready to admit to himself. He knew he cared, of course, but the level at which he does isn't the same as it is with the rest of the team. That had been why, when he had seen him alive, and breathing, and rambling a thousand words a minute on the battlefield, all he could do was stare in amazement that he was back. That he was okay. That alone had made the time heist absolutely worth it and, even with everything that happened, he would do it again in a heartbeat.

"Yeah. Just need some more time, but I'll get there."

At Peter's response, he nods slightly, sympathetically. It was probably selfish, to ask for the last five years to remain as thy were because otherwise it would have meant that his daughter wouldn't have been born, but he couldn't help it. He feels awful for Peter, and how he must feel with those years lost, but at the same time he couldn't just erase Morgan, either.

He wraps an arm around his shoulders to guide him to the car as he speaks. "She's good. I think she's just glad all this mess is over. She and Morgan are settling in at our new place, actually." He opens the door for Peter with a smile as he explains. "We're moving back to the city for a while. I've got some follow up stuff to do with all this," he motions to his arm, "so...you'll be seeing us around a lot more, I think."

[yeahspiderman]

It's at least comforting to know that Mr. Stark also has confidence in the fact that he'll be better soon. It's weird to think about anything other than Mr. Stark getting better and continuing on with his life as normal. ...it's weird to think about the fact that what's normal for Mr. Stark is very much the opposite, now, for Peter. He'll adjust and that will change, but for now, it's a lot.

Peter lets himself be guided into the car and he ignores that pang of jealousy again when he hears Morgan's name, because it's still mostly foreign and he needs to get over that. He really needs to get over that. "Good, I'm glad," he replies. He likes Ms. Potts a lot, actually. He wonders if she'd get along with Aunt May if they'd met under different circumstances; if they'd be friends. Maybe they do get along and maybe they are friends and that's just more to add to the list of things he's missed in the time he was gone.

But when Mr. Stark goes on to say that they're moving back to the city for a while, Peter's face lights up. "Really?" he asks before he can stop himself. It sounds overzealous and, honestly, very Peter Parker of him. It's exciting to think that he'll get to see them more often. It's hard to miss the people around you when you don't actually exist, but when he looks around and sees the signs of the missing years, even if he doesn't remember them passing him by, he still feels like he misses the way things were and the people he loves being the way they used to be before everything went crazy and so many people got hurt.

Forcing composure on himself, Peter grins a little too widely and squirms a little in his seat with excitement as the car starts moving. "For how long, do you think?" And, before he can stop himself, partially because he wants a reason to spend more time with Mr. Stark and partially because he knows he really should and he's always wanted siblings, even if she wouldn't technically be his sister, he tacks on, "I gotta know how much time I have to show Morgan all kinds of cool stuff. Top Secret cool stuff, obviously."

[stark]

Once in the car, Tony asks Happy to drive them to his usual pizza place, and after Happy greets the kid they’re on their way.

Peter’s reaction to the news that they’re going to be in the city again makes him chuckle, one more thing he’s glad to see again, and he nods.

“Yeah, really. Commuting is a pain, and it would have been hard for you to swing by when the other house is now so far out into the country, so...”

He says it casually, but he specifically mentions the part about Peter being able to now swing by the loft easier, because he hopes he knows that’s something he hopes he’ll do. Just because five years passed, it doesn’t mean that he doesn’t count Peter as part of his life anymore. Being an Avenger for Tony is now something he can’t do - something he’ll have to break the news to Peter soon - but Peter will always have a spot in his life.

When he mentions he has to teach Morgan ‘top secret cool stuff,’ Tony’s smile grows. He can’t help it.

“As of right now, indefinitely. So you should be good on time. She’s never lived in the city, so you’ll definitely need to show her what she’s missed.” He pauses but it’s brief. “She’s really excited to meet you, you know. She’s...heard a lot about you already.”

And not even just recently. He says it now so that Morgan won’t take him by surprise when she starts rambling to him and asking him to show her how he can swing around, because knowing his daughter, that’s exactly what she’ll do.

[yeahspiderman]

The hint in that statement is sort of lost to Peter, mostly because he's more focused on the fact that they'll be in the city and not out in the country where he'll be out of sight and out of mind. A logical part of his brain tells Peter that there's no out of sight, out of mind, not with Mr. Stark, otherwise they wouldn't be having this conversation right now. Peter was out of sight for five years. But the normal, teenage, emotional part of his brain just wants to focus on the part where maybe if Mr. Stark is in the city, then he won't forget that Peter's around, now.

His eyebrows lift a little with surprise at the comment that Morgan has heard a lot about him. "Really?" he asks. Peter is genuinely surprised about that even though if he thought about it for a moment, he wouldn't be. For all intents and purposes, Peter had been dead to them. People always tell their children about those they've lost and they always paint a rosy glow.

But then he's thinking about all the things he could show Mr. Stark's kid because it sounds like Mr. Stark is giving his blessing and he's wondering how much trouble he would be in with Ms. Potts if he scooped their kid up and swung around Queens to show her all the cool places she won't get to see when she's in Manhattan. Or if he'll be allowed to take her to a bodega or on the ferry or half a million other things that a kid who grew up in the country wouldn't have ever experienced.

Maybe if Morgan is a part of Peter's life, too, and he hers, then the sharing won't feel so bad.

"Does she know about Iron Man and Spider-Man and the Avengers and everything or is she too little...?" he finds himself asking.