by webss312
Peter’s hand stilled on his fries, and he looked down, studying the paper wrapper on the dingy plastic tray. It occurred to him, then, just how true Happy’s words rang. Tony would show he cared in these grand gestures, in the things he’d build and plan and anticipate, but never in the simple words Peter thought would make it feel real. Growing up, May and Ben were polar opposites— they didn’t have the money or the materials for the grand gestures, but Peter had never doubted he’d been loved, in the simplest profession of words. Tony was… not like that, not in the slightest. It felt as though Peter were trying to read a different language entirely, attempting to parse the deeper meaning without even having a basic grasp on the vocabulary.
OR: Happy Hogan, serving as the in-between for a stubborn eccentric genius friend he's known for decades, and the recently acquired Spider-kid he's taken a begrudging fondness to; forcing them to reconcile their differences and talk to each other about their similarities, rather than stubbornly bottling everything up.
(AKA: helping them find a happy medium, if you will.)
Words: 5957, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English
- Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Spider-Man - All Media Types, Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies)
- Rating: General Audiences
- Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
- Categories: Gen
- Characters: Peter Parker, Tony Stark, Happy Hogan
- Relationships: Peter Parker & Tony Stark, Happy Hogan & Peter Parker, Happy Hogan & Peter Parker & Tony Stark
- Additional Tags: Complicated Relationships, Happy Hogan Needs a Raise, Happy Hogan & Tony Stark Friendship, Happy Hogan & Peter Parker Friendship, Uncle Happy Hogan, kinda. the vibes are there, Tony Stark Acting as Peter Parker's Parental Figure, But also, tony stark having a complex about being seen as peter's parental figure, Peter Parker-centric, peter parker has complicated feelings about parental figures, Mentioned Uncle Ben Parker (Marvel), Mentioned Aunt May Parker (Marvel), Mentioned Richard Parker (Marvel), Arguments, but they talk it out, that's the whole story, Angst with a Happy Ending, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, not even really that much angst honestly, Character Study, Relationship Study, Peter Parker is smart and capable, (and tony knows it and it scares the shit out of him which he naturally refuses to admit), Tony Stark Gives Peter Parker a Hug, Peter Parker & Tony Stark Friendship, Fatherhood, Happy Hogan Has a Heart, Post-Movie: Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), some nebulous canon timeline, aka i ignored canon, as usual, two people who love each other but have completely different methods of showing it, AND both of them are stubborn as shit, Recipe for Disaster, enter: happy hogan stage left, its just me and my whims now