“You’d do something for me if it helped me, right Peter?” May finally asks, her voice dull.
Peter looks at his aunt, slipping his phone into his hoodie pocket on the floor and forcing himself to smile. “As long as it’s not illegal, yeah.”
May’s lips curl faintly. They lapse back into silence. Another half hour goes by before they stop for dinner. May looks at him over her fries. “Do you think you could live somewhere other than the city?”
Peter frowns. “I don’t know.” He thinks of the lake house tucked back in the woods. “I think that maybe I could. It would be weird at first but I don’t think it would be bad. Didn’t you grow up a couple hours from the city?”
May nods. “Yeah, I grew up closer to Buffalo. We lived in the middle of nowhere. I met your Uncle Ben in college and followed him to the city.” She doesn’t meet his eyes. “I think you’d like living outside the city.”
She doesn’t speak for the rest of the meal.
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in which, peter parker has to say goodbye
Words: 6211, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English
- Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe
- Rating: General Audiences
- Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
- Categories: Gen
- Characters: Peter Parker, Tony Stark, Pepper Potts, Aunt May Parker (Marvel), Happy Hogan, Original Characters
- Relationships: Peter Parker & Tony Stark
- Additional Tags: Peter Parker Needs a Hug, Peter Parker is a Mess, Peter Parker Gets a Hug, Tony Stark Has a Heart, Protective Tony Stark, Protective Pepper Potts, Bad Parent Aunt May Parker (Marvel), She's really struggling, Post-Blip, Tony Stark Lives, Peter Parker Has Trust Issues, Angst with a Happy Ending, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Not Canon Compliant, an abuse of parentheses, Salt and Light, Peter's a bit weepy in this one, Legal Inaccuracies, Foster Care, Tony Stark Acting as Peter Parker's Parental Figure, Protective Happy Hogan, Post-Endgame, Platonic Cuddling, Peter Parker & Morgan Stark are Siblings (Marvel Cinematic Universe), Insecure Peter Parker