ItsJustKai: It's been awhile, sorry. But this is another fanfic by apjofan76 .

If you asked their tiny group what they would do if there was a field trip to Avengers tower a year ago, Ned would have laughed. Peter would have panicked and MJ  would smirk and proceed to draw Peter's face in her crisis notebook.

A year later under normal circumstances they would have all panicked. It wouldn't be as much a problem if they were just the interns of Tony Rogers-Stark,  Bruce Odinson-Banner   (is Odinson really a last name?) and Pepper Romanova-Potts.

But the fact of the matter is that they're not just their interns, they're practically family - literally in Peter's case - and the Avengers, as heroic as they are, ...... Are embarrassing.

But It's not even a normal circumstance.  Given that MJ is currently in Vienna probably at a fancy hotel or a board meeting with Pepper and Peter is with his fathers in Wakanda probably hanging out with Shuri. And Ned was left to panic from his anxiety all in his lonesome.

"Well, well, well, guess the little liar's lies are coming to an end." Flash sneered.

Ned frowned. If there is one thing that could get him out of a panicked slump it was righteous fury. (He and Peter are kind of similar in that regard)

"Hey Flash, maybe you should have the decency to talk about someone to their face. Oh wait sorry I  forgot who I  was talking to." Ned grit out.

It was sometimes baffling to see exactly how much denial can fit into Flash's body.

"Well your buddy should have the courage to come see his lie unfold then shouldn't he?" Flash shoved Ned.

"Yeah, he should definitely come back from an overseas trip to go to a field trip to where he already works? Get your priorities straight Flash." Ned replied. Never mind that he has told both of his friends to grab a  quinjet and come back just for the trip because he didn't want to go alone, Flash is a dick.

"Oh his overseas trip with Tony Rogers-Stark?  Give it a  rest, no one will believe you and we'll see you're lying when we reach there anyway. " Flash walked away.

"Oh we'll  see something alright." Ned muttered, sullen.

Then he proceeded to board the bus.  Why oh why did his school have to hold a field trip to the Avengers tower?

He knew it was because they won the National decathlon tournament,  and they were given a chance to explore.  But it was Peter who gave the winning answer this year and MJ was the one who made sure everyone kept their head in the game and they're  not even going to the trip.

Ned took a seat at the front and away from Flash. Without Flash pestering him, he remembered that he was panicking for a reason.

An example would probably be nice.

(Ned was at the tower the day before Peter left for Wakanda.

He was working on some of his codes when he saw Deadpool running for his life. Peter perched on his shoulder leaning down as to not get knocked on the head by door frames.

Tony was running behind him yelling something about breaking yet another project. Ned didn't know how Peter manages to bring him back each time. But then again Peter is a puppy labrador.

"PETER STOP PROTECTING THAT ASSHOLE. HE NEEDS TO GET OUT OF THE TOWER THIS INSTANT.!!!!"

Steve walked behind his husband looking only mildly disappointed but altogether  amused.

"Tony stop using that kind of language in front of Peter. " he says calmly as though his husband wont throw their son's boyfriend from the top floor.

Ned snickered and went back to his coding. But only for a while before he saw Clint and Sam running as though their life depended on it.

Ned craned his neck to see that they were running from Bucky covered in pink slime coming after them so maybe they were running for their lives.

He shook his head and made a mental note to check the footage from FRIDAY. )

The bus arrived at the tower. Ned counted down the last moments his classmates still thought that the Avengers were cool.

"Kids remember to behave. You're going to the technological capital of America and misbehaviour won't be excused." Mr. Leroy called out.

Ned scoffed, misbehaviour won't be excused? Did they not ever hear about the Avengers? Ned still gets flashbacks from their Avengers paintball war, and he wasn't even a part of the game.

After Mr. Leroy checks the attendance and the rest of Ned's class is finished with ogling the building, they're all herded inside.

An intern is waiting for them in front of the ID detector.  Try as he might Ned could never really remember the names of all of the employees. Not even all under his jurisdiction.  There are just so many scientists and personnel and interns working for SI.

The intern that was waiting for them however looked like someone from marketing so she's not directly under his wing.

She smiled brightly as she saw the group and welcomed them,

"You must be the group from Midtown high, Welcome to Stark Industries,  or better known as Avengers tower. My name is Maddie and I will be your tour guide today. " she finishes as brightly as she started.

The class, except for  Ned, was too starstruck to reply. Ned smiled at her bashfully.  It didn't look like she minded or saw.

"Alright first things first, you all need to stand in a line in front of the ID detector " she pointed at the Machine.

"Since you're all guests you will be given a temporary Omega access. Your access will be invalid when the tour ends. And you can't use them to come in the tower later. I'd advise you to stay in the designated area and keep your passes visible at all time. Our head of security  gets a little..... Unhappy otherwise. " Ned snorted at the joke.

Ned has never seen his classmates file so quickly before in his life.

They were halfway through the line and Flash was about to scan his pass when  a car stops in front of the entrance . And from the car emerged the legend  Pepper Romanova-Potts  herself. She was one of the few residents  in the Avengers tower who is still badass even after getting to know them.

(Black widow would make the list but she face planted while staring at Pepper one too many times to count.)

Pepper walked in holding her coffee in one hand and her phone in the other looking every bit the business queen she is.

Behind her however another girl walked in. She, like Pepper, had coffee and her phone and she also had sunglasses looking cooler then normal. Ned smirked. MJ looked like the walking personification of the five minutes late with Starbucks Meme.

The class was busy gawking at MJ walking behind Pepper.  They used a different ID detector,  meaning they didn't bother looking up from their phones or scan any pass they just walked through one and into an elevator.

"Uh, could you scan your pass?" Maddie asked a gobsmacked looking Flash.

"I know you don't see Pepper Romanova-Potts everyday, but it can't be that surprising. You are in an SI building.  " she reasoned.

"Who was that?" Flash demanded. 
"The girl with her?"

Maddie frowned,
"Ms. Jones? She's her Intern. Well... Intern is a vague term she's like the sub manager of the marketing Department  really, and my boss." She explained.

Ned smirked, Flash's face is one to be saved in his most cherished memories.

"Bu- but that's MJ!" he groused. Looking sullen.

"Get a move on Flash, the rest of us are waiting in a line." so maybe the day won't  be as bad as Ned was afraid of.

That was what he thought before he reached the detector and Maddie froze..... Right, he forgot.

"Mr. Leeds! It's an honour to meet you." Maddie yelped.

"Just Ned is fine. I'm not really your boss." he sighed.

"Yes, but- " Ned could feel her giving an explanation.  This is probably the worst part of being the official computer expert of Bruce Odinson-banner.

Ned and Peter both felt awkward when the other interns, or in some cases employees act like they need to be shown that they're respected.  MJ took to it well enough, but even after a year Ned still gets antsy if people talk to him like he's a boss.

"Really it's cool Maddie, we should get going with the tour." he cuts her off with a smile.  The girl nods looking slightly starstruck.

"Ok then uh you can walk right through Mr.....  Ned." she says stumbling at his name. Ned understands why Tony was so insistent on Peter calling him Tony before the adoption.

(Heaven forbid Peter call him anything but Dad or any of the Avengers Mr. or Ms. something,  they'll think their little spider got hit in the head and got amnesia, then somehow the blame would fall on Wade and tony will drop him from Floor 90 again and Natasha will proceed to chase him across the city with various threats of murder and torture  all the while the rest of the Avengers doted on Peter

................. That was a good prank, MJ still has the footage from Natasha throwing knives at Wade)

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"What did you pay her fatass?" A hiss sounded close to his ear. Ned jumped.

"Pay who? Maddie?  I don't pay  her,  Mr. Rogers-Stark does." Ned replies confused.

"Not that, what did you pay her to pretend to know you?" he insisted.

Ned quirked a brow, "If I paid her to know me, then why did I stop her from talking on about me Flash? I swear sometimes you make no sense. " Ned says and slips closer to Mr. Leroy so Flash would bother him less.

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"Pety pie? Honey? Wake up." a voice crooned near him. Peter burrowed further into the blanket.

The voice laughed lightly,
"Babyboy, come on It's 11 time to  get up. "  Peter grumbled but made  no effort to get out of the Cozy cocoon of blanket around him.

"Peteeeeyyyyyyyy" the voice drawled and Peter shifted a little,  barely opening one eye to look at the offender.

Wade smiled at him, 
"Come on sleepyhead,  spiders don't hibernate. Get up." Peter was tempted to try to convince Wade that spiders do actually hibernate, but decided it not worth the effort.

"Don' wanna" he says instead turning away from the other boy and

"Baby you need to eat something.  I know you  went to sleep at the ass crack of late, but you didn't eat after 10 yesterday, and you know you need to eat. " Wade argued.

Peter debated whether it was worth it to just wither away in bed and sleep the rest of his life,  but decided against it. He groaned.

He lifted his arms towards the other male,
"Carry me?"

"Of course, anything you want babyboy"

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Breakfast was.... Quiet,  he's used to eating with everyone,  but it really is late, and jet lag is a terrible terrible thing.

But Wade made him pancakes.  And he drowned them in syrup so there's that.

Peter thought about what to do the whole day. His family probably let him sleep in because he was running on Wakandian time. But now that he was up, and everyone was probably busy.......... He could always go on a Patrol, or he could go to his lab to work on the new web formula, he could probably find some of the avengers in the gym though.

He thought for a while and decided on gym, his pops is probably putting the team through their paces again.

"Hey Wade, wanna hang out in a gym with the others after?" he asks.

Wade thinks it over then shrugs, popping a piece of pancake in his mouth, "Sure,  eye patches doesn't have anything for me to see, so why not?"

"Hey Fri? Are there any Avengers in one of the gyms?" he asks

"The Avengers in the building seem to be gathered in gym room No.  462. Mini boss, would you like any particular workout requested? " she asks. Peter shakes his head.

"That's ok FRIDAY, don't really need anything specific. " Peter answered.

"Is the shooting range clear?" Wade asks.

"The gym 462 is not equipped with a shooting range Mr. Dope ass fresh prince. "

Wade frowned at the ceiling as Peter  shot him a look. He would never understand Wade's choices in nicknames.

" I thought all the Avengers Gyms had a shooting range? " Wade questions.

"What floor is the gym at?" Peter questions curiously.

"It is at floor 46  mini boss, it's usually used by employees. "

Peter shrugged as he washed his hands. There was probably a prank involved in all the gyms, it wouldn't be the first time.  He perched on the back of Wade's chair, waiting for him to finish so he could climb on his back.

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"So at Stark industries,  we also put an emphasis on the employees health. As it is, there are three different gyms in the levels one through 80. There are, of course more advanced gyms in the higher levels, but those are equipped for superhumans and S.H.I.E.L.D agents.-"

Ned blinked, he never realised that there was any gyms in the lower levels,  though knowing Tony, it makes sense.

He supposes he wouldn't know, all the physical exercise he got in the building is walking in the gyms with Peter when the other boy had training.

What?! He's busy with his codings ok?

"We will be seeing the second employee gym today to show you all what goes on there,  though, fair warning, not many who works in SI.... Likes to exercise." She chuckled.

Ned agreed, SI is more driven by brain than brawn. However,  as they reach the gym, there seemed to be a commotion in the room, almost as though a lot of people decided to get some workout done. Ned and Maddie frowned. That can't be normal.

As she opened the door though,  she, along with the rest of the group was gaping at the  sight presented to them,

Clint was shooting what looked like rubber arrows at Loki while Sam somehow acquired a paint gun and decided to shoot at Loki too. Both of them looked suspiciously glittery. Loki was muttering spells and Clint and Sam kept slipping and falling.

Natasha was sitting in some complicated yoga pose that only she and Peter could do a few feet away from them.

Thor cheered both his brother and his friends from the sidelines,  but didn't join. Probably because Bruce was meditating next to Natasha and does he not want to annoy his husband.

Bucky was sharing his popcorn with Tony while they watched the god Vs. Veteran and spy unfold and Steve,  one of the Occasionally Responsible Adults™ in the Avengers had apparently given up on   stopping the fight, and decided to just let them get it out of their systems.

Ned looked around to see the slack jawed expressions of his classmates.  He could not help but think, 'it be like that sometimes '

Maddie shook herself out of her stupor
"Uh.....excuse me?" she tried.

The Avengers all looked towards her.

"Um - this gym was meant to - meant to be showed in the tour? We could come back if it bothers you all." she vocalised weakly.

Tony gave her a winning grin,

"Not at all, let the kids have some fun and meet the Avengers! " he says as he waved the starstruck class in.

"Where are you kiddies from? I don't really schedule the tours" Tony says as he munches on another popcorn.

Ned hides behind Betty.

"Midtown- er - Midtown high, Mr. Rogers-Stark,  It's an honour to see you all in person." Mr. Leroy practically falls over himself.

"Midtown high? " Steve questions.

"Where The two sweet babies and the one who'll take over the world goes to?" Clint asks.

Flash, who has managed to convince everyone that the girl they saw before couldn't possibly be MJ, and they all saw wrong, tilts his head,

"I don't think anyone in our school will take over the world Mr. Barton. Why would you think that?" he asks like the Dumbass he is.

Before the Avengers could answer,  the door opened again and a girl walked in, she looked around, saw the tour group (Ned waved hello) and decided that she was not dealing with this and promptly walked out. Asking Friday about another Gym.

Sam pointed at the door she walked out of, "Her. MJ. I'm pretty sure she'll take over the world one day....... She'll probably be better than most political leaders though. " he ended thoughtfully.

"Hey shouldn't Ned be in the tour group?" Bruce asks. And Ned swore.

"He is, he's hiding behind that girl." Natasha says and waves her hand vaguely in the direction of Ned and Betty.

Ned sighed and came out from behind her.

" Uhhhhh, heeeey guys! How's it going?" he tries. He knows he's about to be embarrassed, but he can't help but try.

"SON OF LEEDS! Great to have you here again!  " Thor places a hand on his shoulder in a position Ned vividly remembers his dad uses when he's about to try to say Memes.

"Hey Mr. Odinson-Banner " he mutters.

"How do you know Leeds?" Flash sneers.

Thor tilts his head like a puppy.

"He is in the tower more often than not, why would I not know him?" he says.

"What he means is he and Bruce basically Tonyed their way to becoming Ned's second set of parents. Of course He knows him."  Bucky says from next to Tony and gets his popcorn bowl taken from him for his troubles. Tony moves to Steve so that Bucky can't steal the Popcorn back.

"WHAT?!!??!" Flash yelps Ned is pretty sure the rest of the class agreed.

"Mr. Barnes!" Ned whined.

"Is that why you said Peter is an intern? To take the light off You and MJ?" Mr. Leroy asks curiously.

"Is he still going on with the intern thing? I thought Pepper cleared that out?" Steve asked looking at his husband.

"She probably forgot to tell him. "

"So Parker really is a fake intern." Flash announced triumphantly.  Pointing  at Ned like he won something. He never really understood exactly how Jealous the other boy was of Peter.

Just that moment, the doors opened again and in came two boys one on the back of the other.

They froze when they saw the large group and the one on the others back looked towards Tony,

"We're not interrupting something formal are we? We could leave if you need it!" he asks sounding guilty.  Apparently not noticing exactly who the crowds are.

"Nah, It's a tour group. Come say hi Pete." Clint beaconed them in. Because Clint loves his jokes.

"Ok, uncle Clint" Peter mutters softly.

"You didn't break anything today right Wade?" Tony asks looking at said boy suspiciously.

"Not at all! I even made Baby boy breakfast without burning anything!  Wade replied brightly as they reached Tony and Steve.

"Hmm, guess you could keep your pass for now. " he relented.

"What are you doing here Parker!." Flash spat.

Peter seemingly finally took in the surrounding people and his eyes grew wider.

"Wha- this is the tour group?" he croaks.

"Hey man" Ned waves. Peter numbly waved back.

"The tour was today? I thought it was yesterday? " Peter asked Ned.

"No, It's today." Ned replied.

Peter nodded again.  "Right sure why not, It's my luck after all. " he says rubbing his eyes.

Flash scoffed, "Don't act like you're so important penis, no one cares"

Peter froze for as long as it took his family to process what Flash said and immediately grabbed Wade's hands as they were reaching for a gun.

"Wade, don't "

"Why not?" the boy in question whined.

"Because we don't kill people "

"you don't kill people I'm  literally a mercenary "

"you are on probation. "

Steve took a step towards Flash,
"And why exactly, do you think that  no one cares about Peter?" he looks at Flash's badge,  "Eugene? "

Flash looked rightfully intimidated.  Even though -Ned suspected - Steve was actually trying to keep his anger in check.

"Is it the clothes? I told him his old science pun shirts looks like nobody loves him. And he should try his new wardrobe. " Tony jokes, as he normally does to defuse the situation before doing something drastic.

"Well, he does look like a hobo." Flash agrees taking the joke as a signal that Tony is on his side ...... Ned almost worries for the boy........... almost.

"Besides,  he says that he was adopted after his aunt died, but really who would want him? He's probably homeless now." Flash continued because he has the self preservation skills of a moth near a candle.

"Well, that's well and all but it'd be pretty awkward if the future head of R&D of Stark industries and mine and Steve's sole heir lives on the streets though." Tony says with a pleasant tone, but if Ned squints, he could see a vein pound on the side of Tony's head.

"S-sole - sole heir?" Flash squeaks.

"Yes and he also kinda has all the Avengers wrapped around his fingers, -so I don't think you're in a very favourable position right now, especially with  Loki and Widow in the same room. " Flash gulped and finally looked around at the other Avengers....... They did not look happy at all.

"Remind me again brother,  why I shouldn't rip this mortals spine through his mouth and feed his carcass to the crows?" Loki asked through gritted teeth. Flash whimpered.

"You have to wait for me and Natalia to go through him first." Bucky says.

"Wait your turn нарушитель спокойствия" Natasha says lowly  playing with her knife. (Google said it meant troublemaker.  But if it's wrong, can some one who speaks Russian help me out?)

Tony smirked at Flash,
"Alright buddy, here's the deal, you keep your mouth shut the rest of the trip, and don't bother Peter or his friends. Ever. And you walk out of here alive. Do we have a deal?"

Flash nodded so fast Ned thought he was going to get whiplash.

"Yes sir, of course sir, I won't even talk to Peter sir."

Tony smiled.
"That's good for you Eugene. "

Ned spared his best friend A glance,  Peter had his face buried in his hand. Wade was hugging him from behind. To stop him from interference or for moral support,  Ned had no clue.

Ned smiled, his friend could be so noble, it's good to see some of the family helping him.

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When they were boarding the bus to leave, Ned couldn't keep a smile off his face, so maybe the trip wasn't so bad after all, besides his friends were there anyway, for however a small amount of time.

When he sat on one of the front seats, his phone buzzed

Pure™ boy's dad

So I looked through some of the records of that Eugene kid.

Nedthaniel

He goes by Flash.

Pure™ boy's dad

That's even worse

Anyway  why is he always so focused on the three of you?

Nedthaniel

Yeah, he's jealous of Peter's grades, and MJ and I was just got caught in the cross fire

Pure™ boy's dad

Want to help me ruin his life?

Nedthaniel

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