A Calf With Two Heads

https://archiveofourown.org/works/86919101

by graye

Peter is informed a new kid is joining his intern-work at Stark Labs. With his usual catastrophes, a looming Gala-Expo, and a new prick who’s trying to act like he and Tony are somehow best-friends, Peter has to keep his sanity in tact.

It was a long night.

A guy gave him a nasty shiner, a ring of purple around his eye that’s faded with sleep, but aches with any touch or movement. Peter sighs, having a sip of his coffee, paperboard warming his hands, a portable hearth he passes back and forth. Backpack slung over his shoulders, he makes his way to Stark Industries—after debate club, he tries to squeeze in a few hours here before patrolling into the early hours of the morning. He offered to quit the club to use those hours here, but Tony insisted.

​His nose wrinkles. Cigarette stenches the air near the building’s entrance, and he scans the awning, narrowing his eyes when he sees some guy propped up against the front of the building, cigarette wedged in his fingers.

​They meet eyes. Peter’s eyes dart to the visitor’s sticker on the guy’s distressed Thrasher shirt, the name in messy scrawl: Harley Keener.

​Shit.

Words: 6534, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English

Fandoms: Spider-Man - All Media Types, Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen

Characters: Peter Parker, Harley Keener, Tony Stark, Aunt May Parker (Marvel), Happy Hogan

Relationships: Peter Parker & Tony Stark, Aunt May Parker & Peter Parker, Happy Hogan & Peter Parker, Harley Keener & Peter Parker, Harley Keener & Tony Stark

Additional Tags: Peter Parker Needs a Hug, Peter Parker is a Mess, Peter Parker is Trying His Best, Peter Parker Angst, Peter Parker is Not Okay, and unhinged, Angst, Angst and Humor, Hurt/Comfort, Kinda, Peter Parker Gets a Hug, technically, Harley Keener Needs a Hug, definitely, Harley Keener Being a Little Shit, Yeahhhh, Enemies to Friends, Rivalry, Jealousy, Aunt May Parker is a Good Aunt (Marvel), Good Parent Aunt May Parker (Marvel), Tony Stark Has a Heart, Tony Stark Acting as Peter Parker’s Parental Figure, Tony Stark Is Not Helping, Post-Movie: Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Underage Smoking, guys pls just be nostalgic i know this fic is giving old PLS, how was homecoming almost a decade ago WAHHHHHH

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