Peter thinks that maybe Tony is tired of him and his issues, but that’s not fair to think. Tony cares more than he ever needed to. More than he was expected to. And to Peter, that’s the real failure. Tony was never meant to give a shit, he was never meant to carry burdens like this, he was never meant to try and fix something so broken. Peter wants him to give up and never try again, because these things are not math equations. They can’t be fixed like they are failed lines of code. Tony needs to stop caring and maybe Peter can start. Maybe Peter can fix himself.
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Dead parents, aunt and uncle. It left him fostered by a man named Steven "Skip" Westcott and resulted in him being saved and adopted by Tony Stark. Tony had found the 11 year old boy chained to a bathtub and brought him to a hospital where it was revealed that Peter had in fact been raped by Skip. Tony also eventually found out that Peter got his spider abilities due to experiements from Skip.
Peter struggles to recover from this, even years later, after seeing Skip was out of prison. This is a story of relapsing into trauma responses and recovery, while Peter also has to manage being Spider-Man and being a teenager with severe trauma.
Words: 3433, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English
Series: Part 1 of Recovery Fics <3
- Fandoms: Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
- Rating: Mature
- Warnings: Rape/Non-Con
- Characters: Peter Parker, Tony Stark, Pepper Potts, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Michelle Jones (Marvel), Ned Leeds, Academic Decathlon Team Members (Spider-Man: Homecoming), Happy Hogan, Matt Murdock, Wade Wilson
- Relationships: Peter Parker & Tony Stark, Ned Leeds & Peter Parker, Michelle Jones & Peter Parker, Michelle Jones & Ned Leeds & Peter Parker, Happy Hogan & Peter Parker, Peter Parker & Pepper Potts, Avengers Team & Peter Parker, Peter Parker & Natasha Romanov, Matt Murdock & Peter Parker & Wade Wilson & Other(s)
- Additional Tags: Tony Stark Acting as Peter Parker's Parental Figure, Peter Parker Needs a Hug, Traumatized Peter Parker, Tony Stark Has A Heart, Peter Parker Angst, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Flashbacks, Peter Parker Has Nightmares, Warning: Skip Westcott, Not Skip Westcott Friendly, Past Rape/Non-con, Rape Recovery, Peter Parker is Tony Stark's Adopted Child, Angst with a Happy Ending, no graphic depictions of rape, Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism, Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms, Peter Parker-centric, Peter Parker Gets a Hug, Blood and Injury, Skip Dies, Peter Parker's Field Trip to Stark Industries, Academic Decathlon Team Visits Stark Towers, Peter Parker is Spider-Man, Peter Parker Has Panic Attacks, Anxiety Attacks, Self-Esteem Issues, Sad with a Happy Ending, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Peter Parker has PTSD