Yeah, that must be hard to forgive someone who kept what should have been yours to protect and care for.

Thank you for writing this :)

I also wanted to say that I really think you should register this story in Goodreads! I have seen several other works of fanfiction there :-)

What's going on with Peter's suit? Is it something that can help them?

"it's almost 5am".
Are you kidding me, Pepper? LET THE MAN SLEEP!

They should bring Ned to visit Peter. That would do him real good, I think, to have his friend over. Ned is probably super worried about Peter. And there's no way of keeping everything going on in the outside world hidden from Peter for ever. Having a piece of his old life close would probably help calm and settle Peter a lot, I bet. Especially someone that loves Iron Man so much. Ned would be so extremely excited about Peter being the long lost son of Iron Man. He would be so excited and would only have positive things to say about the whole thing. It would definitely bring a smile to Peter's face.

I'm starting to wonder what Peter will adopt as his name at the end. I appreciate that he's struggling with his name, asking people not to call him Peter since he is very aware that he's not the original Peter Parker. I also don't dislike the name Aiden, so would not kind if he went back to his legal name. But still, he's Peter Parker. He'll always be Peter Parker. I can't wait to see what you're going to do about that. I don't envy your position and having to make a choice. It's a hard one no matter how you look at it.

Thanks for the great chapter! I'm looking forward to seeing what happens at the Compound.

What amazing chapters. I was reading something else so when I got a chance to get back to this story I had 3 chapters to read in one sitting. So so great!

I completely agree with Natasha. Someone needed to tell Peter some truths to get him to appreciate everything going on around him and how Tony is the only one keeping things together despite everything. And just like Natasha predicted, off Peter went trying to take the whole thing on his own shoulders when he's completely unable to. I'm crossing all my fingers and toes that this was a breakthrough for Father and Son. That they make up and Peter starts to understand and to really trust Tony.

I do hope that Peter gets to visit May. I think that might help him calm down a bit. Hopefully May would work to set him at ease as well, instead of agitating him even more. If she loves him like she says she does, she will want him to be calm and happy and not scared and stressed out.

Thank you again for the amazing work! I love this story so much. It is literally my favourite story right now. Out of all the fandoms that I'm reading. I'm not even kidding.

On a side, but critical, note: I read a really disturbing review from a Guest. That stuff is unacceptable. Please please please take care of yourself. Consider disabling guest reviews. I know it would suck to not get all the good reviews you get from Guests. But the should be no space in anyone's life for toxicity like that. I hope you're well and please don't hesitate to reach out if you need anything, even if just to vent!

Big hugs!

Awwwww man I needed that chapter! Thank you!

This is such a well written story! I am so happy to have stumbled upon your work and look forward to the next chapter :)

They're dysfunctional. That's good. It means they have something to work on.

Really great narration! I freaking love it!

love every update and how you are presenting the 13 yo dealing with his issues and how you are reconnecting father and son

So glad that Tony got to hold his kid in his arms. Please, please let everything work out for them, they deserve some happiness.

I love how this is turning out! Peter and Tony reconciling was amazing!

Brilliant chapter - fast paced tense narrative, lots of angst and the reference back to Stane and the forces behind emergence of Iron Man, woah! This is truly a tantalising tangled web you're weaving and I absolutely love it!

As a writer (yet to publish!) I know it's hard going sometimes, but persevere with the chapters because everyone is loving this fiction. Thanks for all the love and toil you're putting into it.

Why is it that instead of checking how Aiden is doing, they're arguing like hyenas? Gosh, brilliant narration though, I have to say :D

great chapter. bit will Peter try to do things on his own to fix the problem or will he let Tony help

Really hoping that there isn't anything in those papers at the moment that can help Tony, cause if there is Tony will not be happy about not going through them. Hope everything eventually turns out okay for Tony and Peter.