"I don't tell them because I don't want them to worry," Peter insists, and he knows he's coming dangerously close to insisting that he can handle it and that's probably just going to tick Alec off, so he's just going to let it slide. He's not sure that Alec has anyone in his life who he doesn't want worrying about him.

Peter's pretty sure that Alec thinks that no one does.

"I think it's different," Peter says, though he's not going to argue. "If you got to fight alongside the person you admired most to do something that'd have a real impact... wouldn't you be excited?"

Peter's not sure that Alec even has anyone he admires. Or if he does, he doubts it's anyone Alec admires as much as he does Mr. Stark.

"I grew up watching the Avengers on TV saving people. Saving me. Being able to call myself one of them, it's like getting elected President."