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Hey bestie, no need to answer this, but I saw u reblogged something from roach - works, and I just wanna let u know that she's a major terf
oh!!! thank you for this fr. i'm answering this bc i just wanna say that i don't have shinigami eyes and i'm on mobile most of the time, so these pointers are much appreciated <33
#preemptive soury for the rant. guess my meds finally kicked tf in. and im at my computer so keyboard access vvv#caveat i WILL say that i have a sideblog that specifically reblogs terf-specific rhetoric but it is an archival blog for research purposes#archival bc in the past i've been looking at blogs that end up being deactivated or change to a name i dont know#and research bc i've been interested in understanding the sociology/psychology behind it for a while and how other bases of discrimination#(eg acephobia and anti-pornography) tie into their sets of beliefs. as well as having the privilege of a strong foundational academic#background in these topics that i am perfectly capable of disputing each argument point if need be#this also provides me with a set of dogwhistles that may not be as obvious to the larger tumblr population (eg i have a strong suspicion#that 'natal female' is a dogwhistle in the context of academia. yes this comes from reading actually published articles. if that sounds#familiar to anyone. yes this is heavily rooted in that one that tries to propose 'rapid onset' gender dysphoria but used an insanely biased#sampling population for their statistics. which was the basis of the entire paper. i want to ask how some of this shit even gets published.#but then like. there's the AI rat penis so. anyways)#saying this bc i occasionally DO have anxiety that i will accidentally reblog something to the wrong blog. and it's moreso the concern of#not wanting to spread misinformation and bigotry without a critical deconstruction behind its rationale.#that sideblog is there and tucked away for storage purposes only. please let me know if ive accidentally reblogged smth to this blog#ask#Anonymous#edit damn wtf. i dont even follow them whhh. tumblr's GOTTA stop just. randomly putting shit on my dash. god
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WHUMPVEMBER #24: DROWNING
alright this is the Suicide Attempt fic that no one needs or wanted lmao. pls donât read if this will be triggering for you. also, for those who are reading, iâm not massively proud of this one, but i really couldnât think of anything else to write. AO3
Tony had been having a particularly good night when he checked Peterâs vitals. He did this occasionally. Peter patrolled like clockwork, four nights a week, and Tony took to checking on the suit once or twice on those nights, just in case he got himself in some trouble and didnât want to call for help.
They werenât particularly close, anyway. Tony and Peter kept a distant relationship, like Tony kept with most of the people in his life, and they spoke largely through Happy and the occasional bring the suit by the compound after school so I can fix it texts.
Pepper was curled up on the sofa, Tonyâs feet in her lap as some movie heâd stopped watching a while ago played in the background. The compound was as quiet as always, now half the Avengers were gone, and while Tony scrolled through his phone, Pepper typed at her laptop. It was quiet and it was nice â honestly, one of the better nights theyâd had recently. There was wine, the lights were low, and at some point Pepper would probably say she was going to bed and then inform him that he was coming with her.
A good night.
But Tony frowned as he logged into the Baby Monitor app heâd made to connect to the Spiderman suit. Peterâs heartrate was off the charts and heâd been sitting in the same spot on the Brooklyn Bridge for almost an hour.
It was almost midnight. The kidâs curfew was at twelve â he wouldnât be making it back in time if he sat there much longer. Tony scrolled through the protocols and information transmitting from the suit; they listed out one after another. The heater was off. Enhanced Combat Mode was off. Karen â the name Peter insisted on calling his AI â was muted.
Why would he mute his AI?
Tony blew out a breath and elected to call him. This wasnât exactly unheard of â occasionally Tony would watch Peterâs vitals as he bled out from a stab wound and call the kid, seeing as the kid was insisting on not calling Tony.
Pepper only glanced briefly out of the corner of her eye as he lifted the phone to his ear. He blinked when Peter didnât pick up.
He hummed and called again. It rang all the way through and timed out. Hey, this is Peterâs phone, please donât leave a message, just text me. Tony hung up.
âDamn kid,â he muttered, tapping at his phone screen. He wasnât going to text the kid, no â instead, he tapped along the Baby Monitor app until he was brought to another screen.
âIs he alright?â Pepper asked.
âNo idea. Not picking up. Iâm gonna force it through.â
This time, Peter wasnât given the option to decline the call. Rather, it rang twice, as a warning, and then Tony could hear wind and traffic and heavy breathing.
âHey, Parker,â Tony greeted, mild. âThanks for picking up at last.â There was a grumble that he couldnât make out. âSay again?â
âNothing, Mr Stark,â Peter sighed. âWhatâs up?â
âIâm just calling because your heartrate is crazy high right now,â Tony said, âand youâve been sitting on the bridge for an hour. What gives? Are you injured?â
âWhat? No, no. Iâm fine, Mr Stark. Really. Iâm just--enjoying the view.â
âSure,â Tony said, though he didnât believe it. Peterâs voice held an edge that he wasnât familiar with. âEnjoying the view. You okay, Peter?â
There was a moment where Peter didnât speak, a lorry roaring past. âIâm fine, Mr Stark.â Tony hated that he recognised the lie when he heard it. He knew it because heâd sounded the same way before. Heâd said the same, defeated Iâm fine that Peter was saying, and he knew it meant the opposite. He knew it was a badly concealed cry for help.
Tony didnât know how to handle this, though. Out of everyone he knew, Tony was the one with issues; Tony was the one barely holding it together. Rhodey and Pepper were the strongest, most collected people he knew, and Happy always had an underlying frustration, but he was never anything but put together.
What Tony knew, however, was that when he was feeling shit, he needed people. They werenât close, but Tony was still a person with a beating heart, and maybe that would be enough.
âHowâs your Aunt?â he asked, sitting up. Pepper looked up just before he pressed a kiss to her temple, covering the receiver with his hand and whispering, âIâm gonna check on him.â She frowned but nodded.
âGood luck,â she replied, as Peter spoke in his ear.
âUh â sheâs alright, I think. Fine, sure. Sheâs at work right now.â
âSheâs a nurse, right?â Tony asked, heading through the living room and towards the balcony.
âYeah. Sheâs working like, every day, all the time.â
âWhen do you see her?â
Peter paused. âSometimes I see her before school. She takes double shifts and all the overtime she can, though.â He hesitated and Tony waited, slipping out the door and calling his suit to him. âI donât think Iâve seen her in three days.â
Tony raised his eyebrows. âThree? Really?â Heâd gotten the impression they were close. From his research, Peter and May were the last Parkers left standing. The other three had bitten the dust in unfortunate, and no doubt traumatic, manners.
âShe was still asleep when I went to school this morning and she was at work when I got back,â Peter said. His voice sounded dull, inside and out, like he was used to this. Like this was just how it went for him.
The pieces of Tonyâs suit snapped around him and he caught the faceplate, slipping it on. Tony transferred the call, ditching his phone on the balcony and shooting off into the sky. FRIDAY set a course for Peter and Tony upped the speed.
âAnd school? How is it? Last time I checked you were top of your class.â
âYou checked?â Peter asked. âWhen was that?â
âBefore Germany,â Tony replied, mild. âAbout the same time I was finding out your home address.â
âOh. Well. Iâm doing okay. I keep missing Decathlon practice â not, not on purpose, but last week there was that weird, giant rat that I had to deal with, so I missed it. And I was an hour late the week before because I got detention-â
âYou got detention?â The kid, as far as Tony was aware, was as much of a goody two shoes as you could get.
Peter sighed. âIt was a misunderstanding with some late homework. I did it, but my backpack got stolen when I was out Spidermanning so I couldnât hand it in. So, detention. Late for practice... MJâs running out of patience for me, I think. She said if I miss this week Iâm off the team.â
While they spoke, Tonyâs brain was running through the possible circumstances. Reasons why Peter would keep talking when he sounded so down â Tony knew he was a talker, but his rambling was always happy. This sounded like unloading. Like heâd been wanting to talk about a whole lot of things and heâd had no one to say it to. Tony guessed it was May whoâd get these conversations, but May was at work 24/7 and Peter had no one to talk to.
Then there was the bridge. Tony didnât like that they were having this conversation as Peter sat there. He didnât like the connotations of it.
âWhenâs the next practice?â Tony asked.
âTomorrow. Every Thursday after school.â Peter didnât tend to patrol on Thursdays and maybe that was why. Last weekâs giant rat incident had been both unlikely and unfortunate.
âYou enjoy Decathlon, right?â
âYeah. Yeah. Itâs fun. But you only stay on Decathlon if you turn up and if your grades are high enough, andâŚâ Peter huffed. The wind picked up in Tonyâs ear as the city appeared ahead of him. âI donât know. Iâm trying but itâs just â itâs difficult. I canât keep my mind in the right place, you know? And thereâs- itâs-â
Tony thought he heard Peter sniff and he frowned.
âHey,â he said, trying to make his voice sound soft. âItâs alright, Peter. Itâs gonna be okay. Howâs your friend? The- the one that hacked the suit. Ted?â
âNed.â
âYeah. Howâs he?â
âHeâs okay. Heâs- heâs fine. Heâs not around much right now â heâs in like three times the amount of clubs I am, and heâs getting extra classes for extra credit- Iâd do it too but theyâre on patrol days, and Iâd prefer to be out here, you know?â
âYeah, kid. Youâre doing great as Spiderman.â
âYou think?â
âYeah. You help a lot of people.â
Peter was quiet and Tony tried rerouting more power to the thrusters. He just had a bad feeling in his gut, sinking further and further. There was this ache in the way Peter was speaking. He hadnât said a positive thing since Tony called him â Peter was always excited about something â and he hadnât even picked up the first few times. Tony was pretty sure the shiny appeal of Tony Stark hadnât worn off yet â not picking up the phone was a big deal.
âI prefer Spiderman over Peter Parker,â Peter said, and Tony hated to be right for the first time in his life.
âI donât,â Tony replied.
âSure you do. You wouldnât know me if it werenât for Spiderman. We donât talk unless itâs about Spiderman. Spidermanâs the only reason you have an interest in my existence, Mr Stark. Iâm not- Iâm not judging or anything, but itâs true. And Ned â he loves the fact that Iâm Spiderman, but itâs all we talk about. Itâs all he wants to talk about, and Iâm just- Iâm better as him. I am. Penis Parker gets shoved into lockers and beaten up behind the sportâs block. Spiderman actually does something.â
âPeter does a lot, too,â Tony said, but Peter wasnât stopping.
âThereâs just no point, you know? Thereâs no point in this. If I could be Spiderman all the time, I would. But thatâs â thatâs not how this goes, and I donât want to be Peter, anymore, you know? It sucks, Mr Stark. It sucks because Iâm stuck being someone I hate.â
âPeter.â
The bridge was still too far off. It was still a good minute away.
âI shouldnât be bothering you with this,â Peter said. âYouâre probably super busy â Iâm- Iâm sorry. I, uh, I tried disabling the parachute.â Tonyâs heart crawled into his throat. He thought he would vomit it up into the suit. âCouldnât do it without alerting you, so the whole leaping off a building thing wouldnât work. I wasnât sure if Iâd do it, but I used up all my web fluid so I wouldnât chicken out again.â
Again, again, again. How many times had the kid sat on the bridge in the last week? Tony hadnât checked.
Peter was crying, now, and Tony hated the sound of it. There was a sixteen-year-old kid crying to Tony Stark on the phone and Tony couldnât get there in time. Tony wasnât sure heâd be able to save him.
âKid, Peter. Donât do this. Youâre important, you mean something.â
âThanks for all the help, Mr Stark. Really. It was cool, getting to be Spiderman. I donât know if youâll speak to her, but if you do, tell May Iâm sorry. I left her a note, but I just- I donât know. Tell her, is all.â
âPeter.â
Peter made a sound that was too similar to a sob. âIâm sorry.â
The line cut off.
âFRIDAY, all remaining power to the thrusters.â
âItâll overload them â youâll only have thirteen seconds before they go.â
âJust do it, FRI.â
The power shot him off through the sky, above the skyscrapers and towards the bridge. At six seconds, he searched frantically for Peter on the side of the bridge where heâd been. The tracker to Peterâs suit led to the water.
At eight seconds, he was plunging into the river, the faint lights of the Iron Man armour shining through the dark. Nine, ten. There was nothing, nothing â then a shape. A figure. A person.
Peter.
The red Spiderman suit looked muddy in the dark, and Tony grabbed onto it, pulling Peter into his arms.
Eleven, he was out of the water. Twelve, thirteen-
The thrusters sputtered out and they freefell towards the bank of the river.
Yelling, Tony grabbed Peter tight in his arms and span until the armour was beneath them, breaking the fall as they landed hard on the concrete bank. The suit scratched and scraped, squealing and sparking as the two of them ground to a stop.
Tony was took three deep, panicked breaths, then asked FRIDAY to open the suit.
Peter had rolled out of his arms somewhere during the landing and Tony scrambled to his feet, running the few metres to where Peter was slumped on the ground.
He yanked the mask off, Peterâs face pale and soaking wet.
âFuck, fuck, fuck-â
He hadnât been under that long, right? Ten seconds, maybe. Twenty at a push. Tony shoved cheek close to Peterâs mouth, and when he couldnât feel any warm puffs of air he went searching for a pulse he couldnât locate. He never was good at that though, so he tried rolling him into the recovery position, and when nothing happening; when no water poured out of his mouth, he tried CPR.
âCome on, kid, come on,â Tony muttered.
The water that Peter choked up when he started breathing again looked yellow under the street lamps. Tony sat back as Peter coughed, then helped him when he moved to sit up.
âJesus Christ, Peter, are you trying to give me a heart attack?â
Peter mumbled something, eyes shut, as his soaking head came to rest on Tonyâs shoulder.
âItâs alright,â Tony whispered. âYouâre okay. Youâll be okay. Things will be better tomorrow.â
Peter didnât reply, just cried quietly into Tonyâs shoulder â whether for the fact that he was alive, or wasnât dead, or just because there was a deep kind of sadness that was surrounding him, Tony wasnât sure. But Peter was alive, and there was a chance for things to get better.
Tony would do anything to make things better.
He didnât know Peter, not really. He knew the facts and figures about the kid. Knew his grades, his resting heartbeat, the amount of times a week he patrolled in a vigilante get-up. But he didnât know Peter. Didnât know him as a person, and so didnât know what the signs would look like when Peter fell into a depressive episode he couldnât climb out of; didnât know that Peter wasnât the kind of person to ask for help; didnât know the deep-seated feeling of being a burden that weighed on Peter Parkerâs shoulders every goddamn day.
But he would.
He would know because Tony would make sure of it. Tony would keep Peter alive long enough to know it all, long enough to learn everything about him and how to help him on the days he didnât feel like breathing.
And somewhere along the line, Peter would know him, too.
But that night, beside the river Peter had tried to drown himself in, Tony held the sopping wet kid in his arms as he called for a car to take them home. He took Peter to the compound, to a doctor on site, and made a call to May, who sat somewhere in a storage cupboard in a hospital in Queens and cried.
That night, he did what he could. He made hot chocolate, found dry clothes for Peter and let him say as much or as little as he needed to. And when Peter finally fell asleep at three AM on the sofa, Tony carried him the bedroom closest to his own and then went to bed, himself, Pepper asleep by his side, as he read every article and essay on depression, on the feelings that heâd felt himself and Peter was currently, heartbreakingly, feeling, until he had an action plan on how to help.
And the next day, Tony supposed, would be a better day.
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