#comrade I can't BELIEVE I didn't figure out that this was your fic sooner

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Fic appreciations #13

Open for Business

by opal_earrings

Fun fact: I have been following @opal-earrings for a minute now and only just now went, "wait why is that username so familiar though?" then realized holy SHIT they're the author of "Open for Business," which is one of the fics that literally got me into the Irondad fandom.

So, thank you fam.

I adore this fic. I always love Outsider POVs of these two idiots, and this one is just so specific (the clerk of a 24-hour convenience store who helps Peter after he stumbles in bloody from escaping a kidnapping) with an implied BAMF Peter and SO much comfort and protection from Tony when they're reunited.

It's casual and sort of surreal and funny and adorable and their reunion makes me feel like I'm the one getting a hug every time.

In this fic:

Outsider POV

Bloody and injured Peter

"Wtf is this bloody and injured teenager doing in my place of work wtf wtf" we stan a working class hero.

Peter was kidnapped and escaped

Phone call to Tony

Reunion Scene (TM)

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