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During the anniversary celebrations of Thanos' defeat, Mantis discovers Tony's deepest, darkest secret.
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Last read: chapter 1
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“Yes! You have reminded me.” She eagerly stepped toward Tony, and he resisted the urge to step back. “As is tradition in Terran culture, I wish to congratulate you–”
“Yeah, that’s not necessary–”
“-- on the union with your life mate.”
“My what now?”“Look—” he began, trying to piece together a sound excuse, “—I don’t know where you got that idea, but there’s nothing going on between Parker and me.”
Mantis cocked her head to the side, her confusion palpable. “I do not understand.”
“The only thing to understand is Parker—” he caught himself, “—Peter is not my life mate, or whatever you call it.”
“But you have love,” Mantis said, puzzled, “romantic love for him.”“Do not fear your heart, friend Stark,” she said softly. “It will not betray you.”
Tony wanted to laugh. His heart had betrayed him more times than he cared to count. First, when he fell for Pepper. Then, when it was nearly skewered by shrapnel. Again, when it almost killed him with a lethal dose of palladium. And then, when he fell for a bright-eyed, brilliant kid from Queens.
“I think it’s about time you graduated from the ‘Mr. Stark’s’ and ‘sirs,’ don’t you think?”“Sir?”
Now, that… that should not have done what it did to Tony, but even he was having trouble ignoring the way Peter was looking up at him. Vulnerable, beseeching. Like an open book.
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