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Peter was surprised to see the lights on as he landed on the Stark Tower penthouse balcony. It was nearing 3 in the morning, and Mr Stark and Ms Potts usually went to bed by midnight. He could hear voices coming from the living room, which usually meant disaster somewhere in the world. Aunt May always said nothing good happened after 2 AM.
“Hey FRIDAY, is it okay if I go in there?” Peter asked the Tower’s AI.
“It is, Peter,” was the reply. “No suit.”
Peter ducked into what had become his usual guest bedroom, quickly taking his mask off and changing into sweatpants and a t-shirt. “Suit needs maintenance please, FRIDAY, thank you!” he called out, chucking his multimillion dollar Spider-Man suit into a chute in the wall.
“–sorry, I don’t want to make a fuss,” an unfamiliar guy was saying in a foreign accent, when Peter entered the living room. Peter looked around. Everyone was seated on sofas, which meant no one was hostile. Ms Potts and Mr Stark were in nightwear, both clutching large mugs of coffee. Maria Hill was next to them, looking wide awake and frowning at two guys sitting opposite her. They looked normal, dark haired, a bit pale, in their mid to late 20’s. Both reeked of alcohol. One was vaguely familiar, but Peter couldn’t place him. There were a couple other staff members from PR and Legal that Peter recognised but didn’t know the names of, talking quietly into their StarkPhones. There were also two new people Peter had never seen before.
“This doesn’t have to be a bigger deal than it already is,” Ms Hill replied. If you didn’t know her like Peter did, you’d even call her tone friendly. “Just your hair, nothing intrusive. We just need it to check if you’re actually related to Tony.”
This statement was so beyond anything Peter had expected that he rammed into the coffee table by accident. He blushed furiously when everyone turned to stare at him. “Sorry, sorry,” he mumbled, and hurriedly sat down. Ms Potts smiled tiredly at him.
“Like I said, I really need to talk to my dad before I say anything, let alone give you my hair!” the guy insisted, eyes lingering on Peter in slight confusion.
“I’ll level with you. Mr Greyjoy’s post has been deleted, but there are clips of it everywhere, and we don’t know how to respond to this,” said Ms Hill. Ah, right! Theon Greyjoy, from that show Ironborn. Phew. Not placing that familiar guy would have bothered Peter for days. “We’re getting calls from the press, and we’d all like to just go to bed and put this little incident behind us.”
“You’re Tony Stark, can’t you just delete all those clips? I know you can do that,” said Theon Greyjoy. “It’ll just go away by tomorrow, I’ll say it was a big joke, no one’s related to anyone.”
“Mr Stark, your father’s on the line,” said one of the unfamiliar people, startling both Peter and Tony. Bypassing Mr Stark, she passed her cellphone to the man – also Mr Stark? – who got up and moved away for some privacy.
“What’s going on?” Peter asked, baffled. Mr Stark, Tony, that is, silently passed him a tablet.
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