congrats on 1k!! not really an au but can you please do some hcs where peter messes with tony by calling him nicknames like “dude” or basically talks to/about him like theyre the same age and tony goes “im not your bro, child” or something like that djsjsnsj
it doesn’t start immediately
in fact it takes quite a while until the word “dude” slips over his lips the first time
Tony is showing Peter something in lab (the first nanobots, a cool update, explains him the arc reactor in detail, take your pick)
and Peter says “dude, that’s so cool!” in awe
he doesn’t even notice that he said it
Tony notices it immediately and he doesn’t know how to feel about it
like he’s happy that Peter isn’t that intimidated by him anymore
but he also feels kinda too old to be called dude
(however, he will forever deny that he called himself “too old” for something)
so, Tony ignores it, thinking it was a one time thing because Peter has been hanging out with Ned before they met in the lab
again, Peter isn’t really realizing that he calls his idol “dude” and “bro” and every other variation of it
because that’s what he calls his friends, and Tony and Peter are friends now
(which Peter still can’t really believe)
Tony keeps noticing, of course
and one day when he feels especially old because he woke up to back pains and he found a record amount of grey hairs in his beard and a kid on the street described him as an “old man”, Tony kinda snaps
“I’m not your bro, child” he says (pouting a little bit)
Peter stares at him. “What?”
“You keep calling me dude and bro. I’m not your dude, I’m not your bro. Stop calling me that.”
“But... I call that all my friends. Does that mean you’re not my friend.”
Tony sighs. “Of course, we are friends, but I don’t like being called those nicknames. They make me feel... old.”
and Peter, instead of being hurt and feel insecure about this, decides to be a little shit.
“Oh, my apologies, sir! It won’t happen again, Mr. Stark, sir!”
Again, Tony picks up on it immediately. He squints his eyes at him. “No. Bad intern. Stop that.”
“Sir, I don’t know what you’re talking about. I’m only treating you with the kind of respect an... elderly person like you deserve, Mr. Stark.”
Peter continues to be overly polite and to drop as many adjectives and names that basically say old person into his conversation as possible
Peter’s texts to Tony look like this
Dear Mr. Stark, I hope this text finds you well. My name is Peter Parker, I am your personal intern who spends three afternoons a week with you and every second weekend. I am writing you in regards to your inquiry about my preferences for dinner tomorrow evening. I am happy to say that I do agree with your choice of Italian food, and I would be absolutely delighted to have pepperoni pizza for dinner. Thank you for your time! Sincerely, Peter Parker (personal Intern)
Tony hates it (okay, not completely, he is quite amused by it but he can never let the kid know)
which, of course, makes Peter go to even more extremes
he spends more and more time formating those text
eventually he writes a real letter and and faxes [sorry, but is that the right form of this verb? like, the verb to fax but I have to add an s to it because Peter is doing it. Is faxes really correct? It looks so wrong] it to Tony’s lab
Tony didn’t even know he had a fax machine in his lab
he’s convinced Peter secretly placed it there for this joke
Tony regrets getting attached to this teenager
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