Peter was screwed. He was planning to go on a night trip around the city to get in some crime fighting for the day, but he was caught by his dad and pop with his spiderman mask half on.

"And just where are you going this late at night with a mask stuck on your head?" Peter's pop, Steve Rodgers (Captain America) had a wrinkle in his brow and his very serious face was on while asking this question.

"Relax, Cap, it's not like we never had any night escapades when we were teens, right?" Tony Stark (Iron Man) was always the more lax and carefree parent.

"If I must remind you, Tony, my teen years were during the war. Peter, don't tell me, you were going out to fight dangerous criminals this late at night?"

It looked like his dad was about to say something, but he just hesitated and scowled.

"Um, if i told you i wasn't, would that give me a free pass outta this conversation?" Peter grinned sheepishly as his pop frowned even more deeply.

"Don't be all smart with me, young man. Now give me your silly costume and go back to bed."

Tony put up a hand and led Steve a few feet away from Peter. "Hey, don't be so uptight, Capsicle! You know as much as I that the boy is able to take care of himself. It's almost our fault for getting him into this; we are his parents,"

Steve groaned a bit and sighed. "Yes, I guess it is kind of our fault. But if Peter gets in the hospital even once, I'm grounding him for as long as he stays in high school."

The pair turned back to their adopted son and smiled somewhat grimly. "Alright, Peter, you get to be a superhero -" Steve put up his hand to stop Peter from interrupting. "But only OCCASIONALLY. If you get injured, you better pray that it's not anything serious. One call from the hospital or police station and you're out of commission for good, mister."

Peter waved his hands up in the air, a bit too enthusiastically, and ran around the living room for a bit. "Calm down, tiger. Don't get your hopes up too much." Tony laughed and said lovingly. Steve put his hands on Peter's shoulders. "Just-Just be careful out there, soldier."

Just as Peter was halfway out the door, Tony called something out to him. "And if you ever see a guy in a red suit with black eye… things, which doesn't look entirely different from yours, RUN. If you don't, there's gonna be a hell of a lot of trouble."

And it was that night, of course, that Peter met the man with the similar costume.