Morgan is coming
Part 2
read Part 1 here: https://awesomeimportantirondad.tumblr.com/post/189312120802/morgan-is-coming
also on ao3: https://archiveofourown.org/works/21420061/chapters/51034996#workskin
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After his failed attempts to spend as much time as possible with Tony, Peter just sort of gives up. Which means no more trying to find extraordinary dates to hang out or tinker. And always leaving as soon as something comes up for Tony on the few occasions they're actually spending time together. Mostly it's because Tony has baby-related appointments or Pepper isn't feeling well.
And Peter can live with that. Because he isn't part of this family. Because he has to prioritize the needs of the Starks first and his own second. Because he's not as important as this kid.
But he has found a new way to spend time with Tony.
It was on a Thursday. Peter had asked Tony if he had time to upgrade his suit. When Tony denied because he was stuck in meetings all day, Peter went anyway and just fixed it himself.
He didn't need Tony. Just being in the man's lab made him feel so much safer and closer to his dad mentor.
Of course Tony knew what he did immediately. FRIDAY must have told him as soon as he came home that day, based on the messages Peter received.
>I know you know your way around my lab but I would still feel better if you'd stick to the times Im in there as well.<
>Just… There's pretty dangerous stuff in there<
>wouldnt want you to get hurt<
It feels like a rejection yet again. Why did FRIDAY snitch? Why didn't she keep silent? Peter could have enjoyed his time in the lab, could have come back in the future. Maybe even come back when Tony was present as well.
Maybe… maybe he needs to fix that. Change FRIDAY's settings. Tell her not to snitch. He needs to talk to Ned about that.
Peter may know a bit about coding, but Ned is the master. He already hacked Tony's coding once. He can do it again.
Now Peter just needs to think of what to say to not make Ned suspicious. He needs a good reason why Tony shouldn't be aware of Peter's presence in his own quarters. Maybe he could say he's worried for Tony. Worried because… because he might have started drinking alcohol again. He will just have to sound convincing.
***
Ned did write him some lines of code, which will leave FRIDAY unable to tell Tony about Peter's visits. Ned said he isn't totally sure it's going to work, but it's the best Peter can do right now.
Ned put it on a flash drive, so all Peter needs to do is plug it into FRIDAY's main server, which he does when he's asking Tony if he would show him where FRIDAY operates from.
Tony does in fact show him and he even has enough time to stay with Peter for a bit and explain some things to him. Peter counted on Tony leaving him alone again, so he is a bit surprised when he stays fairly long to explain Peter all the incredible work that went into creating something as impressive as FRIDAY. When Tony starts explaining how he made first JARVIS and then FRIDAY into learning A.I.s Peter starts feeling bad for trying to trick Tony.
He's just thinking about blowing off the whole thing and going back into the lab to savior the moments Tony spends with him.
But then FRIDAY interrupts Tony to tell him that there seems to be a delivery in the lobby. Tony looks at Peter for a few seconds before he seems to decide to go down.
“I guess I'll go look what the fuss is about. You can stay here. I'm going to be back in no time.”
While leaving the room he pats Peter's hair and soon enough Peter's alone in the room. He can hear FRIDAYs cooling vents rattling and feels as if FRIDAY is silently judging him, even though she has should have no idea what he came here for.
He's still contemplating stopping his whole plan and apologizing to both, Ned and Tony, and maybe even FRIDAY, when she interrupts his thought process.
“Mister Parker, boss would like you to know it's going to take a while, seeing as most of the furniture for bosses baby just arrived. So you should feel free to leave or keep working in the lab for a bit, but boss will most likely not be able to join you again, because he will leave for SI as soon as all the furniture is safely stored in the penthouse.”
Peter can feel his throat closing up and all he can manage to say is a choked up “oh”. Then he decides to just stick with his plan to put a new code into FRIDAY's programming that will prevent her from ratting him out to Tony.
Since he doesn't know what FRIDAY's telling Tony and how quick she's doing it, he moves fast towards the console unit where he plugs in the flash drive. It seems to be a good idea because FRIDAY manages a cut off “I am not sure what...”
After that all that follows is radio silence. When almost a minute passes in absolute silence Peter begins feeling insecure. Tentatively he starts asking FRIDAY: “FRIDAY do you generally notify Tony of my presence?”
FRIDAY stays silent for a moment longer in which Peter's heart starts beating even faster. Then she finally answers.
“Based on the new code you just put into my system, I will not notify boss about your presence without your consent. Neither will I tell him about the new parts of code or everything related to you, you tell me not to tell him, including the Spider-Man suit with all established protocols.”
“I- Thank you, FRIDAY.” Peter feels relieved while also feeling guilty about Tony's trust he just betrayed. But he feels like he doesn't have another choice.
He takes the flash drive with him when he leaves the room, going straight to the lab to get his suit and leaving the building. Before he leaves he tells FRIDAY “You can tell Tony I'm leaving now.”
He leaves before he can hear FRIDAY's confirmation but trusts in Ned's coding skills to cover him.
***
The next time he feels lonely, he doesn't even try to call Tony and ask him if he has some time for him to spare. He just takes his suit and swings towards the tower, where he uses the open workshop window to sneak into the room Tony is currently occupying.
When he perches himself in the corner of the room on the ceiling, he keeps hoping that Tony won't turn around and spot him, hovering and watching every step he takes.
He wouldn't take the risk if he didn't know how Tony gets while working in the lab. He's just focused on his current project. Not noticing anything that's going on around him. More often than not FRIDAY had to announce Peter's arrival at least seven times, before Tony even showed a sign of a reaction.
Peter is sitting in Tony's lab for at least three hours already, when Tony starts talking for the first time. Up until then he just worked on what looks like a housing unit for nano particles only interrupted by occasional breaks where he would take a sip of his coffee or looking at his phone, probably texting with Pepper, based on the dopey smile he showed.
“Hey FRI, Anything from the Spiderbaby?”
“There is currently nothing suspicious going on, involving Mister Parker.”
“Oka- Wait 'Nothing suspicious going on involving Peter'?? Did he hack you again? Is he in his suit? Give me his location.”
“Mister Parker did not hack my coding. He is currently wearing his suit but I am unable to give you his location.”
“Okay. Alright then call him. Now.”
Peter can feel his heart throbbing in his chest and sweat starting to pool at his forehead. FRIDAY didn't answer Tony but Peter can hear the dialing tone coming through the speakers. Luckily he muted his phone, but he can still see Tony's picture flashing in the corner of the mask.
He quickly starts crawling towards the window he came in through before Tony decides to force the call through. As soon as he's outside, swinging towards his bedroom in Queens, he accepts the call and Tony's face fills the mask in front of Peter's face.
“Hey Tony! Everything alright?”
Peter should be far enough now so that Tony should have his location again. Peter decides to interpret the silence from Tony's end as confusion for exactly that happening.
“What where you up to this fine evening?”
“Oh. You know, just patrolling. There was this kid that got lost on his way home from school this afternoon that asked me if I could help him so I brought him home, which is why his mom gave me some dinner as thank you. Of course I couldn't eat with them. You know, mask and all. So she gave me a bit in one of their Tupperware containers. So when I finished eating I washed that out and brought it back to them. But on my way back I ran into this mugger...”
Peter just rambles on, hoping to deflect. Since Tony hadn't had much time the last times Peter came over, Peter just uses the old stories as base for his invented evening.
Tony seems to believe what Peter is trying to sell him and before Peter even comes to the peak of his narration, Tony interrupts him.
“Sounded like you had a fun evening then. I'm sorry but Pepper is standing next to me, glaring evilly because I didn't come to dinner four hours ago. So I have to go before she decides to make a filet out of me. See you soon, okay? And please go home now. It's late.”
“Yeah. Sure. See ya.”
Peter's already almost home, so he creeps into his room where he changes his clothes, before going into the living room where Aunt May is still watching TV. Peter greets her before snuggling down next to her.
That was a close call this evening. He needs to talk to Ned about FRIDAY not acting so suspicious. But other than that, the program worked perfectly.
Peter's time with Tony is saved!