"Listen," Tony slowly rises from his seat. "You're fashioning yourself the guardian of Queens. Fine. I am the guardian of you. Do you know what that means?"
Tony let the question hang in the air, locking Peter into a glare that challenged his will and dared him to say another word.
"It means that no matter how strong you are, no matter how many bad guys you take on, no matter how many superheroes you rub elbows with, I am responsible for you. This is not punishment for lying to me. This is me doing whatever I can to prevent you running off and getting yourself killed."
Tony chewed the insides of his lip. His own adrenaline was pumping.
"I know why you lied, I know why you're doing what you're doing. At the end of the day, maybe I can't stop you. But if something happened to you?" Tony threw up his hands before letting them fall back down. "...I couldn't go on, Peter."
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Tony let the question hang in the air, locking Peter into a glare that challenged his will and dared him to say another word.
"It means that no matter how strong you are, no matter how many bad guys you take on, no matter how many superheroes you rub elbows with, I am responsible for you. This is not punishment for lying to me. This is me doing whatever I can to prevent you running off and getting yourself killed."
Tony chewed the insides of his lip. His own adrenaline was pumping.
"I know why you lied, I know why you're doing what you're doing. At the end of the day, maybe I can't stop you. But if something happened to you?" Tony threw up his hands before letting them fall back down. "...I couldn't go on, Peter."