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    When brilliance is your secret, everyone assumes it’s a lie.

    Peter never wanted the spotlight, especially not at Stark Industries. At fifteen, he’s already working in Tony Stark’s personal lab, designing tech that could change the world. But no one at school knows that… and he’d like to keep it that way.

    Then Midtown’s top students are awarded a once-in-a-lifetime field trip to Stark Tower. Peter’s worst nightmare comes true: his classmates, his teachers, and a group of bitter senior interns discover he’s not just a visitor, he belongs there. And they refuse to believe it.

    Mockery turns to humiliation. Rumors become threats to his future. And the very people who should protect him stand by and watch.

    But Peter Parker isn’t alone. Tony Stark sees everything. And Tony Stark doesn’t let anyone tear down his kid.

    When the truth comes out, careers end, reputations crumble, and Peter learns that family isn’t just the people you’re born with. It’s the ones who show up, stand up, and never let you forget what you’re worth.

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    19 Feb 2026

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    “If you were an ice cream flavor,” Peter abruptly began, “what flavor would you be?”

    Tony glanced at him. “You know there's already an ice cream flavor named after me?”

    The kid shrugged. “I know, but what flavor would you choose?”

    Tony gave a short hum. “I'm not sure, kid, maybe vanilla? It goes with everything, after all.” At the sudden silence, Tony took another glance.

    “Really?” Peter deadpanned, “Not to be that guy, but, you are anything but vanilla.”

    “I thought you said I could choose?”

    “Yeah, because I didn't think you were going to choose wrong.”

    (Or: 5 Times Peter Mentioned His Scholarship Interview, +1 on the day it happened.(This is just pure indulgent irondad.))

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    20 May 2025

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    Pepper has noticed the changes.

    She always knew Tony was a good person, or she wouldn’t be working for him. She knew what there was underneath, and she became fast friends with Rhodey and heard all about that person that Tony has been trying to hide, the one who he really is. The one that had a security blanket all through college. The one who still drinks a glass of milk in the morning before his coffee. The one who likes to sing in the shower. The one who presses reverent fingers to a photo of his mother every day before he leaves his apartment.

    Tony is a mess of contradictions, of thinly veiled worries and fear. Tony puts on a mask and expects everyone to accept it, and most people do. Well, people who don’t know any better. She’s felt strangely like she’s known his heart since the beginning, since the interview, since his eyes went downcast and he cleared his throat and ran his hand through his hair—but she hates the way that sounds. She’s better than that.

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    08 Apr 2025

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    While trying to settle into his new roles as dad, boyfriend, and Iron Man, Tony realizes that nothing is as easy as it seems. A looming health concern, a brand new initiative, a reminder of the past, and a seven-year-old boy are a lot to pile on his plate. But he's Iron Man, and he can do anything, right?

     

    OR.... The follow-up Fic to my MCU rewrite is Forged from the Shadows. This is my take on what would have happened differently in Iron Man 2 and the first Avengers movie if Peter had been Tony's biological son. I would highly recommend reading the first fic to understand this one fully.

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    "Please come in." Miss Potts smiled. She didn't look like someone who was about to sue you for thousands of dollars. Maybe he needed to stop assuming things about people, Peter thought when he discovered with horror Tony Stark, sitting in an expensive rotating chair, turning his back to them, looking at New York, the city expanding for miles and miles.

    Under other circumstances, Peter would have loved to meet the man, he realized now that he was sitting in front of the genius, cheeks red with embarrassment. He wished he could ask him questions, he wished he could understand who he was when he wasn't in his 'Tony Stark attitude.' Because Peter was sure, the man was not the narcissistic he showed to the world. Not when he had almost died protecting New York from aliens.
    Some people said he was only trying to save his own butt -his father said that- but Peter didn't believe so.

    Or, Peter never had a good relationship with his family, and probably never would. His father was too mean, too violent, a racist, a drinker, the first to hate mutant people, and never the last to raise his hand on his son. All Peter ever wanted was to get away. So when Tony Stark offers him an internship, Peter jumps on the occasion.

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    19 Mar 2025