Peterâs acting differentâŚ
Peter Parker x Stark!reader x Tony Stark ANGST
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Summary: Peter makes you promise not to tell anyone about his mental state. You keep having arguments about his safety which leaves you stressing out. Your father Tony Stark gets involved.
Something had been wrong with your boyfriend lately. Of course he would come to your house a lot since you live in the avengers tower. And of course he would come to just have a sleepover with you. But lately, he had been climbing into your window so much in secrecy from the other avengers.
He would come in and ask for help since he was all battered up. But that wasnât what worried you, he was Spider-Man and always was beaten up, you knew to expect that when you started dating. It was his mental state that freaked you out.
He had been very anxious lately but never wanted to talk about it, just brushing it off.
Tonight, you heard a familiar knock on your window. You got up and let him in. âPeterâŚâ you whispered looking at his state. His eye bags were darker than usual and he was very beaten up.
âIâm fine,â He said in a monotone voice, âjust need some help patching up⌠please.â
You just sighed and got the first aid kit from your ensuite. You walked up behind him and tapped him on the shoulder and he flinched. That was odd, he never flinched because his spidey senses always alerted him of things he couldnât see.
He instantly knew you noticed.
âPete-â
âLook y/n, I donât have time for this. Hurry up.â He said coldly. He regretted it but didnât say anything else.
That really hurt your feelings. I mean, youâre the one doing HIM a favour.
âFine then.â You said in the same tone as his.
You quietly worked on his injuries. He was feeling terrible but had no energy to come up with an apology for his actions while avoiding the truth.
After a while you finished up, âso you just gonna leave and then come back again when youâre all beat up? Is that all I am to you? A nurse?â
âItâs not like that Y/N.â
âSure feels like itâŚâ
He ran his hands across his face and sighed loud.
âIâm- im sorry okay?! Is that what you wanna hear?â
âYouâre such an idiot Parker.â You groaned
âFor fucks sake y/n/n! I donât know what to tell you!â
âHow about the truth?â
He paused and just stared at you for a while. His face changed to something close to fear.
Thatâs when it happened. Tears rushed down his cheeks and he collapsed into your arms.
âHey, hey⌠itâs okay PeterâŚâ you whispered into his ear.
He was struggling to breathe, you could feel his heart pounding. He was having a panic attack.
Shit
After a while, you managed to calm him down. He sat there on your bed with a pout. Tear stains still laid on his cheeks and his eyes were red.
âYou ready to tell me what the hellâs been going on? You owe me that Peter.â You spoke soft but still demanded
âO- okay- okay fine. But you canât tell anyone. Not any avengers, not Mr Stark, definitely not Aunt Mayâ
You hesitate for a moment. You could tell whatever was about to come out of his mouth would be serious and it would be hard to keep that to yourself. But you knew if you didnât promise, he wouldnât tell you.
âFine.â You held your pinky out to him. He locked his pinky with yours.
âI- I barely get any sleep anymore y/n/n⌠I keep having these⌠these horrible, unexplainable nightmares and I donât know how to avoid them⌠and⌠and even when Iâm awake I canât stop thinking about them so I go around the city all night and look for any kind of danger to help people from to distract myself. And then I get hurt.. and then I think about the dreams again, and- and then I start having panic attacks and freaking out- and my powers theyâre.. theyâre getting weaker- my spider senses are basically gone- but I promise you Iâve got it under control.â
Your jaw was dropped. âUnder control?! Peter! That- that does not sound under control at all! Are you crazy!? Why are you doing this to yourself?!â You yell
âY/n! Stop! Iâll figure it out okay?!â
âNo Peter- this is- this is horrible!â
âThis is why I donât tell you anything.â
Thatâs the last thing he said before he climbed out of your window and swung off again.
Since then, it just became a routine. Heâd come over to be patched up, freak out a bit at you, then leave.
There were constant arguments about his wellbeing and he just seemed to not care about it.
One night a bit after he had left, you just couldnât hold it in and just cried. You didnât know what to do. You wanted to help him but didnât want to break the promise.
Knock knock knock.
Your bedroom door slowly opened
âHey y/n! Was wondering if you wanted to watch a movie with me tonight-â Tony Stark, your father, stood there at your door.
âOh- youâre crying⌠whatâs wrong?â He said sitting next to you and hugging you.
You sobbed into his chest and he rubbed your back
After a while the tears slowed down and you were able to talk
âWhatâs going on thatâs got you crying like this?â He asked softly, wiping tears from your cheeks.
âItâs- itâs Peter dad⌠somethingâs been going on and- and we keep arguing..â
âArguing? Am I gonna have to kill this kid for hurting my daughter?â He said, joking a bit, but he was kind of serious.
âNo.. no not anything like thatâŚâ you paused, âlook, itâs a bit personal I donât think itâs my place to sayâŚâ
Tony sighed, âif itâs got you crying this hard I think itâs probably a big deal.â
You stayed quiet.
âLet me give you some advice⌠if you are ever worried about someone, whether itâs their wellbeing, theyâre health, theyâre behaviour, anything, and you think it could be putting them in danger or others in danger, you shouldnât keep it to yourself. I understand that secrets and promises exist for a reason⌠but you canât just keep it to yourself all the time. I mean look at you y/n, youâre so upset by this. He canât just let you be apart of something so draining and expect you to be okay. Itâs effecting you so much that itâs your own problem.â
You listened and nodded along. He was right. Of course he was right, he always was good with this stuff.
âYou can tell me now or you can think on it for a while if you wantâŚâ he whispered
âI- I want to tell you now..â
He nodded and let you speak
âWell⌠promise you wonât be mad at the first partâ
âit really dependsâ
âDad! Iâm serious!â
He chuckled a bit, âokay, okay I promise..â
âWell⌠every night for about a month.. Peterâs been sneaking into my room-â
âWhat?! Y/n Stark are you kidding me?!â
âYou said you wouldnât get mad! I promise we werenât doing anything bad! just listen!â You begged
âOkay. Fine. Go on.â
âHeâs been making me patch him up after fights. He sometimes comes to me for that but not every single nightâŚâ
Tony nodded a bit
âAnd then, we keep having arguments about his safety,â you began, âand then one night he had a crazy panic attack in my arms.. after he told me he barley sleeps because of crazy nightmares.. and that even when heâs awake he canât stop thinking about it so he just saves people all night which ends up with him injured and then having more panic attacksâŚâ
Tony was very upset by this news. Peter was a great kid and he wasnât happy about how he kept this to himself. He knew exactly what it was like.
âOh PeterâŚâ he muttered to himself. He then looked back at you, âIâm very proud of you y/n. For doing your best to help him and trying to keep his secret. But Iâm also proud of you for telling me, thatâs how heâs really gonna get help, I promise. Youâre an amazing daughter and an amazing girlfriend. You understand?â He nudged you
You smiled âyeah, I understand.â
âLove you tonsâ
âI love you 3000â
He smiled and kissed the top of your head. He then got up and left.
After that day, your dad talked to Peter. Peter wasnât very happy about you telling him at first which lead to a bit more crying out of guilt. Your dad constantly reassured you though.
But after a little while, Peter was beyond grateful. Tony got him the help that he needed and he started to feel so much better.
Peter apologised for his behaviour to you and made sure to make it up to you.