It's All Just Static In My Head {Peter Parker & Avengers Fic}

School Shooting

Peter: only if you're really sure. . .

Harry pulled out a cigar as he typed his response.

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Peter knocked on the door to the Osborn home. Their building was very similar to Avengers Tower, as the work floors were below the floor dedicated to their living space. However, unlike the Avengers Tower, their personal floor had a "lobby" of some sorts, providing them extra protection as they had a wall and a door to protect them from intruders.

After waiting a few seconds, Peter heard the door unlock, and then open with a loud creak. Peter gave Harry a small, tired smile.

"Thanks for letting me crash for the night." He glanced around the open room, the furniture naturally flowing from living room, to dining room, to kitchen without walls stopping them.

"Of course man-" Harry was cut off by Mr. Osborn coming in.

"Harry?! What are you doing awake?! Do you have a friend over?!" Norman turned on the lights, causing all three of them to squint for a few seconds. Norman's tone changed from irritated to a confused yet pleased one once he saw Harry's guest was Peter. "Peter! What a pleasant surprise, what are you doing here so late?"

"Uh, I'm so sorry sir, I uh. . ." Peter trailed off helplessly. This was his boss' boss for crying out loud! He can't just say 'oh yeah my uncle is depressed and an alcoholic, and takes out his frustration on me. I'm like his living punching bag, so I decided to leave for a little bit!'

"Peter needs somewhere to sleep for a couple of nights. I figured he could stay here. . ?" Harry tried to play everything off cool, but his uncaring persona was broken as his nervous eyes flickered back and forth between his friend and his father.

Norman grinned. "Of course." He walked over to Peter, and put a firm hand on his shoulder. The super hero looked down at his hand, slightly uncomfortable with it, though he wasn't sure why. Peter passed it off as his anxiety. "Come right this way, son."

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((Wednesday, April 29))

Today was Peter's second day living in the Osborn household. Norman was different then the way Harry described him, though Peter knew better then anyone how deceiving appearances could be. However, he was pleasantly surprised to find that Mr. Obsorn was very kind, in fact the only issues Peter had with him was some unwanted touching, but it was only small things like hand shakes, pats on the back, and ruffling his hair, so Peter was okay with it.

"Thank you for breakfast, Mr. Osborn!" Peter said once he finished his pancakes. After placing his plate into the sink, he grabbed his backpack.

"Of course, Mr. Parker! Have a good day at school!" Peter thanked him, and left.

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School was slow and boring as usual, so Peter was thankful for his break. He met up with Ned at their usual spot in the library. He was pleased to see Mj sitting at the table, also.

"Hey guys!" The student greeted, taking off his bookbag and setting it down next to his chair.

"Hey! I need to find a book and check it out for one of my classes, I'll be back in a few minutes." Ned explained as he left.

"Oh, ok, later dude." Peter watched as he left, and then glanced at Mj. They are alone - Pft, whatever. I don't think you understand - What. Ev. Er.

"Hey, Peter. . .can you help me with this math problem?" She suddenly asked, avoiding eye contact by staring intently at her paper.

"Oh, sure!" Peter said, scooting over and leaning closer to look at her assignment. "Ah, I see. . .so all you're going to do is substitute x and y with these coordinates, and then solve the equation. Do you know how to do that?"