A/N: Trigger warning Skip

Peter Parker is usually the most upbeat and happy fifteen-year-old one might know. He is always talking, and happy to help wherever he can. And if you happen to ask him a question about Star Wars, he will never stop talking anymore. But like anyone who has the right to walk in and out of the Avengers levels in the Stark Tower, he also has some demons in his basement. Some are more recent, and others are a bit older already. Some of the people he worked and lived with knew about, maybe even witnessed happen, and others happened before he knew them. Some he was okay to talk about, under some conditions, other he hopes are never gonna see light ever again. Sadly, by not talking about it to people, and therefore not telling people about his triggers, they couldn't avoid said triggers.

On this fine sunny Friday afternoon, Peter just came back from school, swinging through a window in the common floor. On the said floor, Tony was already waiting for his protege. Working in his lab with Peter was Tony's highlight of the week. But of course, if you would ask him, he would deny it. Not wanting to accept the fact that he likes hanging with a literal teenager. "Peter, there you are. Ready to get to work?" "I'm sorry Mr. Stark," Peter said, just as polite as always. "I promised my aunt that I would finish my homework before setting foot into any lab. And this might take a while, this weekend we got a lot of homework to do." "Don't worry Peter, you're a genius, you're literally Einstein, you will have finished your homework in an instant," Tony said, unaware of the shift in Peter's demeanor. Peter, however, didn't even manage to listen to the end of his mentor's sentence, being engrossed in flashbacks. And then, before anyone could realize what was happening, Peter bolted. And Tony stood there, confused at what was happening. Everyone else in the room was also too stunned to speak, not understanding anything. Everyone except one person. A certain redhead, that goes by the name of Natasha Romanoff. When Stark turned around, ready to follow his intern, she decided that it would be best to stop him. "Stark. I will go after him, you better stay here." "Why Romanoff?" Tony asked, getting a bit angry. He really wanted to go look after his prodigy. "Because, I don't know what it was, but something you said caused your dear intern to run away from you. I know that realizing this hurts like hell, but I don't think it's the smartest if you go and follow him now." Natasha explained her reasoning. She had her slight suspicions of what might have happened, seeing how Peter's demeanor changed, but she wanted to say anything yet. "Okay." the billionaire sighed, accepting his defeat. Of course, the spy would catch onto everything.

Natasha decided to go look for Peter in his room, deciding that was the first place to look for him. It's the place he feels the most comfortable with. And maybe, he would also try to forget whatever happened, by doing his homework. Luckily, that's exactly where he was, however, he was up in a loft Tony put into the room some time ago. Luckily, he decided that someone without spider powers should also be able to get up there, even if it's just Peter's best friend Ned. So Natasha approached the climbing wall and got up there too. "Hey Peter." the spy approached the whimpering kid. And kid is the right word, even if Peter is in fact a superhero, he is still only 16. Peter shafted recognizing the voice, even with his flashbacks. Natasha took that as her cue to continue and get closer to the boy. "You don't have to talk. Do you want a hug, however?" The Black widow asked. She had a special soft spot for the usually happy boy. The brown-haired hearo nodded his head. This was everything the redhead needed. She shuffled closer to the boy and took him into her arms. And with that, they just stayed like that.

While Natasha went to go comfort Spiderman, Tony decided that he should probably call the kid's aunt. Even if she was working right now but this is an emergency. "May Parker speaking?" Said woman picked up her phone. "May, hey, it's Tony, Tony Stark" "Stark? What happened to Peter." "Nothing... nothing bad. He's... he's not hurt... or anything." Tony Stutered out. "Stark. You better not be lying." "Well, I'm technically not. He really isn't hurt" Stark said. May was one of the few people that were actually able to scare him. "Then why did you call Stark" "Okay so, I'm not sure what I did, but..." "Spit it out Stark. Now." May said, getting impatient. Not only was she supposed to be working, but the man also didn't want to tell her what was up with her nephew. "Okay so, I wanted to go to the lab, and Peter said that he first wanted to finish his homework and that it'll take some time. Then I told him that he'll finish it in an instant because he is a genius. And then he ran away." "WHAT EXACTLY WERE YOUR WORDS?" The woman now yelled. She believed she knew where this was going, but she needed to hear Starks confirmation. "I don't know. I didn't pay attention to it." "THEN ASK YOUR DAMN AI," May said, getting annoyed. "I believe Mr. Stark's words were: 'Don't worry Peter, you're a genius, you're literally Einstein, you will have finished your homework in an instant', was that all Mrs. Parker?" "Yes, thank you, Friday. I will be there any moment." May parker said, hanging up the phone. Then she started to look for her supervisor to get him to let her leave. When he did, understanding that it was an emergency, she got to her car and went straight towards the Tower.

Arrived at the Tower, she ran straight to her nephew's room, suspecting that he will be there. There she found him in Natasha's arms. The Russian was whispering sweet reassurances to Peter, calming him down. When May saw this, for a brief moment she thought that she should just let them be, knowing how good Natasha is with her nephew. But then Natasha apparently saw her and whispered to him that she was there, which made Peter look up at his aunt. And the sight broke the Nurse's heart. When she saw all the hurt in the kid's eye, she didn't miss a second before rushing up to the loft. "Shht, Peter." She whispered to him while taking him into her embrace. "tony didn't mean to say what he did." She said. "Skip is in prison." She said again, feeling how her nephew tensed even just at the utterance of that name. "Remember Peter, your feelings are valid. But also remember, that Tony didn't mean to hurt you." She told her nephew, before falling silent. She decided that it would be best to just let him shake it off, now that she reassured him.

After some hours, Peter felt better again, ready to get up and go get dinner with his aunt. "Hey, Peter," His aunt said to get his attention. "I know you don't like talking about it, that you hope you could just forget about it. But if you don't tell the Avengers about your triggers, they can't avoid it. But remember, that all of them have their own triggers. And no one will ever judge you, because you are the strongest person I know," She told her nephew, adding "and I know Captain America" to take some of the seriousness off, in the hope to cheer Peter up a bit more. And luckily, it worked, judging by the kid's smile.

That evening, at dinner, Peter told the whole group about his triggers. About how when he was fighting the Vulture a whole building fell onto him, which made Tony really sad and feel responsible. About how he witnessed his Uncle die in front of his eyes. And lastly, how when he was a kid, a man that went by the nickname of Skip had molested him and always used to call him Einstein, this made Natasha really sad that her suspicions got confirmed. The night ended with all of them huddled together in the cinema room, watching Star Wars, and some of the others charring their trauma too.

This was quite difficult to write. I hope you like it, however. I wasn't sure how to write May comforting Peter, considering that she also doesn't want to take the possibility away from Natasha, knowing that the woman could never have her own kids.