#lab day

“Do you have any new updates for the spidey suit?” Tony asked him. Peter seemed to pull out his notebook and show Tony some ideas but the ideas were older ideas that Tony knew Peter was already working on so something else was up. Tony tried to figure out what was up with his kid but that might take a while.

“Okay I give up,” Tony finally said. Peter looked at him confused. “You have been in a good mood all day and I cannot figure out why.” Peter felt his cheeks heat up as Tony waited for an answer.

“I got a date on Saturday,” Peter said. Tony seemed proud to hear that as he went to ask more but Peter seemed to focus back on his project.

“You seem really quiet for someone so excited about this date,” Tony told the kid.

Peter looked down, nervous all of a sudden. “It’s just a really like him and I finally got the courage to ask him out today.” Tony smiled at the kid not seeing why he was nervous.

“That’s great, Kid,” Tony said. “Where are you going on Saturday?”

“Just to a cafe and then we will probably walk through the park,” Peter told him. “It's just a first date not really special.”

Tony seemed to disagree though as he talked about how Peter should get his date flowers. Peter wondered if he heard that he was dating a boy. “Is something else on your mind?”

“No, nothing at all,” Peter said trying to focus back on the project but Tony could tell something was bugging his kid again.

“Is there something I missed?” Tony asked.

“Nope,” Peter said, trying to change the conversation as quickly as possible.

“Kid?” Tony said, looking at him waiting for him to talk. Peter let out a breath before he set the tools down and turned to Tony.

“My date is with a boy,” Peter said.

“So you said earlier,” Tony seemed confused.

“I’m bi and ace,” Peter told him.

“Well I figured when you mentioned Liz last year that you were into women as well,” Tony told him. “Didn’t know the second part though and it is none of my business.”

“You don’t care?” Peter said. Tony seemed confused.

“Of course I care. It’s part of who you are,” Tony told him. Peter looked at him surprised as Tony seemed to still be confused on the whole issue.

“You are okay with me liking boys?” Peter asked.

“Why would I care about that?” Tony asked him. Tony seemed to realize something as he started laughing before he put a hand over his mouth.

“Peter,” Tony said. “I know you were a little back when I was more of a playboy but did you know a few of the articles talked about my male lovers.” Peter seemed surprised about this. “I realized when I was younger that I was pan. I never had to come out because articles did that for me. I dated multiple people back then. I didn’t start identifying as pans until later.”

“I didn’t know that,” Peter said.

“Well I just think you should know since you are practical my kid,” Tony said.

“You see me as your kid?” Peter seemed surprised.

“Yes, I do, so that means I have to meet this guy if he becomes your boyfriend,” Tony told him. Peter seemed to smile before saying maybe which just annoyed Tony a bit. Peter got up and walked over to Tony before wrapping his arms and saying thank you to him. Tony was surprised by the hug but he accepted nonetheless.

~

Peter smiled next time he came for lab day which happened to be the Tuesday after Peter’s date. Tony seemed to smile at his kid knowing that if the kid was in a good mood then the date must have gone well.

“So how was your weekend?” Tony asked.

“It was okay,” Peter said. Peter told him about his new idea changing the conversation. Tony took the hint as if the date didn’t go well. Peter wasn’t going to say anything else for now though if he didn’t want to.

“He didn’t show,” Peter said.

“I’m sorry, Kid,” Tony told him.

“It’s cool. He told me why it just kinda hurt for a day. We rescheduled for tomorrow so maybe it will happen this time around,” Peter explained. “He had some family stuff come up so he couldn’t make it to begin with.”

“Well at least he rescheduled,” Tony said. Peter nodded as he showed Tony some more of his designs. Tony let the kid use the new design as a distraction. Tony smiled realizing how important Peter was to him.

~

Peter walked in smiling on his Thursday lab day which didn’t tell Tony anything. Peter started talking about how he had a good day yesterday.

“He even made sure to get me chocolates that weren’t mint,” Peter said. Tony smiled at his kid seeing him happy. Maybe seeing Peter happy just made him happy.

“I’m glad you had a good time,” Tony said,

“He asked me out again,” Peter said brightly. Tony knew that was a good thing. His kid was dating someone who seemed to be good for him.

“So when do I get to meet this guy,” Tony asked him.

“You and May are both wanting to meet him,” Peter said, annoyed.