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#i was surprised too because they're usually pretty on-top of their horror which is why i watch their content in the first place. :(
byronicbi · 9 months
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Reviewer reads a splatterpunk novel. Gets upset by the graphic depictions of torture and gore.
I am once again begging people to please, please not pick up any random horror novel and go in blind unless you're absolutely certain you can handle anything that fits under the category of horrific. If you don't want to look up content warnings, at the very least make sure what genre of horror you're getting yourself into.
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Spidey Senses (pt. 5)
Peter Parker x reader
Summary: You and Peter get your costumes ready for the party, and Tony gives Peter some advice.
Word Count: 2779
Chapter 1 • Chapter 4 • Chapter 6
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When Peter came into his room, he did not expect to find Ned. When he did, he knew he was in deep shit. He's bad at keeping secrets as it is. And now? Now how is he going to keep your secret identity from his best friend? He's obviously going to ask.
"You're the Spiderman."
"No, no I'm not! Ned, this isn't what you think."
"You just climbed the walls!"
"No I didn't."
"Oh my God this is the coolest thing ever!" His words were jumbled together. "You can stop a moving car!"
"Ned—"
"Are you an Avenger?!"
Peter tilted his head. "I mean, basically, yeah." He then snapped back to reality. "Ned, listen to me for a second. You cannot tell anybody about this."
"Yeah, yeah. Nobody... Okay I need to tell somebody about this."
"Ned!"
"Y/n should know! She's gonna flip dude. Wait, are you in a relationship with the Spidergirl?"
"What?! No." Peter quickly shook his head. "That's, that's weird. Don't say that."
"Wait wait wait, so who's Spidergirl?"
"I can't tell you that." Peter was silently panicking as he pressed his suit center, dropping it to the floor.
"Why not? I already know your secret, and I can't tell anybody. This will be just another secret." Something then clicked. "Oh my God, this means that you know who Spidergirl is! And she knows who you are! You two know each other, and if you won't tell me who it is then that means I know who it is."
"Ned—"
The two fell silent as you climbed through the window and landed the opposite direction from them. You then took off your mask. "Peter we need to talk. Tony just saw me today and—"
You stared at an almost naked Peter and a shocked Ned. Ned then opened his mouth in the shape of an O. "Ooohhh my God you're Spidergirl! That makes total sense on why Peter wouldn't want to say who you were."
"Uhm, wow. Okay. Well, what happened to you? Did you show him, or..." You asked Peter.
"I kind of just did the same as you." Peter nervously shrugged.
"You should get some clothes on." You forced your eyes away from his abs as he awkwardly nodded.
Aunt May then came in. "Peter, I was thinking we could go out for some Tai food—oh, hey y/n! So I take it Ned knows?"
"He just found out." You said sheepishly.
She giggled. "That explains Peter being naked."
You rubbed your neck. "Yeah..."
"Well, come and borrow some of my clothes. We're going out for Tai food."
You warmly smiled. "Thanks Aunt May."
"I'll do your makeup!" She excitedly said as you helplessly looked back to Peter, who gave you the same look, and the two of you left and closed the door.
"Your aunt knows?!"
"Yeah. It was a total accident."
Peter was filming in the hotel as you two did trick shots together. After a bit you stopped and Peter had laid down. He had his phone directly hovering over his face. "Peter be careful. You're honestly setting yourself up to hitting your face with your phone."
"What? No I'm not. Even if I did, I have super awesome reflexes. Don't worry."
It was as if karma hit him, because he wasn't paying attention to the phone and it slipped out of his hands, hitting him snack in the face. There was a pause, and even though this was a perfect time to laugh, you only asked quietly, "Are you okay?"
"Nn, yeah. That just really hurt my nose." He then saw that he had accidentally sent Aunt May the video instead of you when the phone fell. "Um, no! We aren't okay! We aren't okay!"
"Woah, what happened?" You got up from the chair and looked at Peter's phone, seeing the message that was sent to Aunt May. "Oohhh we're not okay!
Then, to both your horrors, she called.
Peter then snapped out of his memories and grabbed Ned's shoulders. "Listen Ned, you cannot tell anybody about this."
"Yeah. Don't worry, I can totally be your guy in the chair."
"The what?"
"The guy in the chair. Y'know, the one who tells you where to go and what to do. They're usually surrounded by a bunch of cool stuff."
"Ned, we don't need a guy in a chair."
He huffed. "We'll come back to it."
After a while, Peter was knocking his aunt's door. "May, are you done? We're hungry."
"Almost!" She called out.
You then came out in May's bell bottom and a zip up off the shoulder crop top. You had light eye makeup and some blush. "Wow." Ned said. "You look like girl."
You laughed and patted his cheek. "What did we say about wording?"
"I meant that you look good." He said as he swatted you away, giving you a goofy smile.
You looked at Peter and saw the red on his cheeks. Was it too revealing? "You, you look nice. Really nice."
Your face felt really hot. "Do you like it?"
"Yeah." He said in a breathless daze. "You look really pretty."
You did your best to calm yourself down. You felt like your face was on fire, and being around Peter had your spidey senses buzzing. He had that same buzzing feeling, and his face felt just as hot looking at you right now. Maybe becoming a man was making him see every girl this way. Yeah. This is normal.
You then told him about Tony, and sketched out some drawings of you and Peter later that night. The next day you and him sat outside of Del's, helping each other pick out which drawing to use. That's when Tony showed up.
"Hey kids. You two ready?" Then he saw your papers. "What are those?"
"Nosey as ever Tony. They're sketches of costumes."
"Can I see them?"
"Nope. Let's go!"
You and Peter met with a designer. You showed her the pictures you wanted, and the you and Peter communicated with the her about the details she wanted to alter. You both then got measured.
When you two left her office, Tony stood up from the waiting room. "What'll it be?"
You grinned. "That's a secret."
Two days later Tony picked you two up to get fitted. He went in with Peter to stir the pot that is you having a huge crush. "So kid, how's it going? Anything you wanna share to the class?"
"Uh, can I ask you something actually?"
"Shoot."
The designer then scolded Peter for moving. "Sorry." He cleared his throat. "Did you ever start seeing girls differently when growing up?"
"Yeah, every boy does. Of course you shouldn't follow in my lead about what to do on those feelings."
"Woah, no! I meant, like, girls you knew. Ones that you were close with."
Tony held back a smile and slowly walked around the room. "Once."
"And what happened?"
"Now I'm trying to figure out when the right time is to propose to her."
"Oh." He fell silent and awkwardly twitched, getting scolded again for moving. "I'm sorry."
"So you're having those feelings with y/n?" Peter turned to see Tony look at him in the eye. Peter then looked away.
"I don't know. I feel weird around her and she's so pretty now."
"Then what's the problem?"
"I like Liz! Like, really like her. So why do I feel like that with y/n?"
"Kid, think about who's always going to be there for you. Who'll never laugh at you unless they have the right to. Who's going to stand up for you instead of quietly watching you get picked on. Who's the girl who'll do that?"
"Well—"
"I want a name. Now."
"Y/n." He surprised himself by saying your name without thinking. "But I still have feelings for Liz."
"Yeah, but she wasn't the first person in your mind." He then paused and looked at Peter's costume. "Wow. Was that y/n's idea?"
He then felt embarrassed, shifting only to apologize again for moving. "Um, yeah."
"Then she's..." Peter gave him a sheepish smile. "Oh God. Really?"
"I thought it would be pretty funny. She said it'd be cute."
"Mm." He then walked out of the room and into the waiting room that you were in. "Interesting to know you're one of those fans."
You giggled. "I'm really not, but I thought the matching would be cute. Do you like it?"
He huffed. "I guess I'll just have to see you two wearing it together."
It was soon your turn to be fitted, and once you were done the lady brought in Peter to have the two of you next to each other. Peter was in a very nice looking Captain America suit. It was in the style of his 2014 suit, and he had a very nicely done shield, one that looked very close to the real thing. He wore no face mask, as you figured this was enough.
You wore a gender bent Iron Man suit. It was a nice and detailed skirt with lines like the suit, while the fitted crop top had the arc reactor design. She gave you fake metal arm sleeves with your hands being connected to fake blasters. You had a simple red eye mask with lines like your skirt.
You grinned at the mirror. You then excitedly turned to Peter and hugged him from the side. "You look awesome!"
"Why would you make him dress up as such a boring person?" Tony asked.
"Because he's the one making me to the party in the first place."
Peter's cheeks reddened. "It was also Ned."
"You were the one who was going to follow me into the girl's restroom for it though." You giggled, and Tony raised his eyebrows.
"That's taken out of context Mr. Stark!"
"Not really. Anyways, what do you think?" You spun around and smiled. Peter dumbly didn't say anything and only slightly shook his head. "What? Why are you being weird? It's not like we're brother and sister Peter."
"No, we're definitely not." He mumbled.
"Then you don't like it?" You frowned. "You know you can be honest. It's just a costume."
"No no! I do, I really do like it! It's just that it looks so awesome that I didn't know how to explain how much I love it."
You furrowed your eyebrows but also smiled. "You're being weird right now, but I'll just assume that it's cause of Tony."
"Thanks kid." He then stepped up to you as you turned to him. He looked you over, awkwardly saying, "You look nice."
"Thank you." You grinned and rocked on your feet.
You were then brought back home and offered Peter to watch TV with you in the apartment. He agreed, and you made the two of you PB&J's as he sat on the couch. You texted Ned to come over, watching TV while waiting. It was cold in your apartment, so you brought a blanket for the two of you. You brought yourself to his side and leaned on him.
"Woah, what are you doing?" Peter asked, sitting up.
"You're not cold?" You didn't see the harm in being close to him.
"Yeah, but..."
"Am I making you uncomfortable?" You asked, straightforward.
"What? No! Why would you think that?"
"Cause you've been weird since last night. My spidey sense could feel it. What's wrong?"
"Nothing, I've just been thinking."
He heard your small gasp and looked into your sad eyes. "About what? Our friendship?"
"I don't know. About my life and stuff..." This only worsened your fears. He saw that you looked even more hurt, but didn't get the chance to say anything before there was a knock at the door. "Wait, y/n—"
"I need to get that." You stood up with a blank face and went to your door. It was Ned, and you silently hugged him before he could say anything. "I'm so happy you're here right now Ned. You have no idea."
"Um, thanks? You know I still love your hugs, but I need context."
"I'll text you about it later. Anyways, come in!" Peter watched you with sad eyes as you took out snacks for Ned, happily engaging in conversation as if you weren't just sad right now.
"Hey, can I have some?" Peter attempted to say lightheartedly with a smile. You only nodded. He took a cookie and nervously nibbled on it. He then cleared his throat as the air had gotten thick for him. "So Ned, so you have your costume for this Saturday?"
"Yeah. I'm going as Mario. I got a cool velcro mustache and everything."
"Good for you Ned." You smiled again.
"What about your guy's costumes?! Let me see them!" You then took out your outfit hanging up in your room and plopped it on the couch nonchalantly. This was making Peter uneasy. "I'll be wearing it to that damn party."
You gritted your words out with a forced smile, but Ned was too busy fan girling over the costume to notice. Peter quietly slipped his hand in yours to gain your attention. You stared at your laced fingers, and squeezed gently before you pulled your hand back.
"Okay, guys," Ned said. "I was thinking that you two could use your powers to your advantage at the party."
The rest of the time together at your apartment felt like a building was laying over Peter. He tried to get closer to you, but you'd move away when you noticed. Once Ned went home, Peter figured that this was his chance. "I should probably go home too."
"Yeah." You began to fold your blanket, your back turned away from him.
Though he was close to just leaving he scrunched up his face worked up his courage, blurting out, "We need to talk about earlier."
"No we don't." You began to walk away to put the blanket back, but he took the blanket from you and set it down on the couch. "Hey!"
"Listen. It's not what you think. I've just been confused—"
"Peter, please. It's okay to feel differently towards someone. It's okay to not like someone anymore. I understand if you don't want to be friends anymore, just don't coddle me if you're going to leave." You voice cracked and you wanted to crumble.
"Y/n..." He stepped closer to you. "Why are you crying?" He said, almost in a whisper.
Your eyes were cloudy with tears. "Cause I'm not ready for you to leave me yet."
You then bursted into sobbing, and Peter hugged you tightly as you buried yourself in his chest. You two stood like that, with Peter holding onto you for dear life, until your tears stopped. "Y/n, I promise I'm not going to leave you. I never was."
You looked up at him with your puffy eyes. "No?"
"No. I was just wondering if I still like Liz."
"Oh." You said dumbly. "I feel really stupid now."
"No, your not stupid! Don't say that." He said cutely. "C'mon, let's go to your room." You then both sat down on the bed. You leaned on him, wrapping your arm around him as he brushed his fingers through your hair. "Honestly, I was kinda comparing you to Liz a lot."
You weakly laughed. "I bet I just embarrassed myself after crying for you, even though there was really no reason to."
Peter smiled. "I don't think Liz would ever like me enough to cry over me though."
"Mm. So do you still like her?" You felt it getting harder to keep your eyes open. Peter noticed and chuckled.
"This probably won't make any sense, but I think it would be easier if I still liked her."
"Nope. That doesn't make any sense, but I'll support no matter what. Don't worry."
"Hm. You always do."
You then fell asleep on Peter, and after a bit he called Aunt May to pick him up. When she got there, waiting for him outside, he covered you with a blanket first.
He stared at you, before mustering his strength to go over to you and kiss your cheek. You would never know, so it's okay right? No, that's not okay. Peter felt like an jerk. He shouldn't have done that. That's invading your trust. Damn.
Once he got home he texted Ned that he thinks he likes you, even though that's kind of crazy for him to realize. He then got a call from Ned, and answered. "Finally dude."
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Put Your Head On My Shoulder
Chapter 2: Maybe You And I Will Fall In Love
When I woke up, my first thought was of Gerard, the hippie I met last night. Immediately, I felt regret. I know I shouldn't be thinking of someone else when I'm perfectly happy in my current relationship, especially a man. I can't help myself though. What I felt in that one conversation was almost everything I was missing in my daily interactions with other people. He seemed genuinely interested, and no one has been that interested in me since Jamia and Bennie.
Gerard was the main thing running around in my mind while I did my usual morning routine. The thing was though was that it didn't bother me one bit. I was perfectly happy thinking of him all morning. The smallest things that reminded me of him, like my pomade, made me smile. There was something about Gerard that put me at ease. I knew that I needed to see him today, even if it's only for a minute or less. I even dressed nicer than I usually do. The main reason is because of the dance Jamia and I are going to later this evening. The other reason is because of Gerard. I want to look nice for him, and I'm hoping that he will dress as nicely as I imagined last night. My mind can only wonder.
I headed down the street in the same direction as Gerard went last night. Anxiously, I looked down both sides of the street as if he could pop out at any moment now. I don't know why I was so anxious. Gerard could just see me as a friend after all, and I would be the fool rushing into this. I walked into town, but still no sign of Gerard. Where would a New Jersey hippie go at 10 am?
That's when I came upon a roadside flower shop. Gerard was slightly leaning over a section of pansies with a judgemental look on his face. At this moment, I could've sworn my heart went off on a highspeed chase then. I smiled softly to myself and with a skip in my step, I approached him. "The fact that I find the likes of you by a flower shop," I smirked.
Gerard looked up now. I could tell he was a little surprised by the greeting. Now he smiled at me. "What can I say? Flowers are beautiful specimens!" He chirped, plucking a flower out to inspect it. "Like this one! Pretty little petals, hm?" He held it out to me now. The pansy he picked had dark violet petals with a bold black center. I smiled. "Pretty."
Gerard smiled softly at my response, which set my heart on another chase. Now he tucked the pansy back with the rest. "What flowers would work for uh...what're those things called? Corsages?" He sniffed as he swept his gaze over the variety of flower breeds presented in front of him.
"Why do you need a corsage?" I asked, genuinely curious. This provoked Gerard to look at me with a serious look in his hazel eyes.
"Isn't there a dance tonight?"
Now I stared at Gerard. How did he know about the dance? Did I say something about it last night? "There is--"
"Aha! Do you think you could take me to the dance? I dropped out of high school before I could attend those silly things," Gerard interrupted. He bit his lip and tucked some of his long hair behind his ears. "Y'see, I never had anyone to go with, but now that I've...met you, I thought you'd take me."
I looked at Gerard blankly. Oh, he's not going to like the news I'm going to tell him. "I'm already going with someone, Gerard." His face told me everything he was feeling. That was enough to make me feel terrible. "But if you'd like to catch up after the dance, we can."
Gerard shook his head. "It's fine," He muttered. "You can spend the night with them."
"It's not 'fine,'" I protested. I took a step closer to him and spoke in a quieter tone before anyone could catch on to our conversation. "I would like to take you to the dance, but I don't think they'd let you in. The school, I mean."
Gerard waved me off. "Yeah, yeah, I know that. As I said, it's fine." He let out a sigh now and took a step back. "Look, I'm gonna go. See ya around, Frankie."
I wanted to scream at the top of my lungs and stop Gerard from walking further away from me, but he was already a half-block away. My heart sunk. There is nothing else I could do. I wasn't sure if I'd see him again. Was this the end? This can't be...
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At seven sharp, I was at Jamia's front door as I had promised her. Behind my back was a bouquet of flowers that I picked out at the flower shop earlier in the day. I also bought a corsage, or two. I was still hopeful to see Gerard tonight, and I hope that I could make it up to him by giving him the corsage he wanted. I waited for about a half minute until the door finally opened to reveal Jamia. The sight of her in the dress she wore nearly took my breath away. The dress hugged her slim torso and at the waistline, it flared out slightly. It was made of the prettiest pastel pinks. The skirt of the dress donned a lacey pattern. The dress wasn't the only thing making Jamia stunning, it was also her makeup. It was as if the best artist in the world did her makeup. It appeared natural and minimal, and she was wearing a lipstick shade that complimented her dress.
"Well, say something!" Jamia giggled softly. She performed a little twirl for me, and I smiled. "You look amazing, Jamia," I whispered. I held a hand out to her now, and once she took my hand I revealed the flowers I held behind my back. Jamia let out a slight gasp. "Oh, Frankie, they're stunning!" She placed a delicate kiss on my cheek before gently taking the flowers. She handled them with such great care I almost believed she thought that she'd break them. 
The rest of the night went as I imagined. Jamia and I met up with our cliques and our friends alike at the dance, and we both had the night of our lives dancing on the open floor in the school gymnasium. The live band that played for the dance was absolutely amazing. They played all of the greatest and popular songs that matched the mood of the evening. Everything from the dance to the food made our special night spectacular, but all night I couldn't stop thinking of Gerard. I was constantly wondering if he was alright, and where I might find him tonight...
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As the night grew older, the students slowly began to leave the dance. My group also lowered in numbers. Soon, it was about me and Jamia's time to leave, so I hooked arms with her and lead her outside to the parking lot. However, when we neared my car, I could see someone off in the grass dancing alone. From where I was, I could barely hear music from the gymnasium so I don't know what that person was dancing to.
During the whole drive to Jamia's home, my mind slowly made the connection that the person swaying alone to no music was most likely Gerard. Was he waiting for me? Did he still want to see me tonight? These questions encouraged my heart to beat fast from excitement. I know it isn't wise to hope so much but I couldn't help myself because just the thought that Gerard could be into me in some way excited me. So shortly after I had kissed Jamia goodnight and watched her walk inside, I sped back to the school as fast as I could. It seems as if luck was on my side tonight because the lonely person was still there. Smiling, I exited my vehicle and approached the dancing figure.
As I guessed, it was Gerard. Before I approached him, he was caught up in his own little world. His own beautiful world. His expression was one of pure carelessness and freedom. He had the softest smile and his eyes were closed in a pleasant way. His movements were intricate and calculated, yet delicate and slow. He wasn't wearing any pants this time. Instead, it was a simple patched skirt. Who knows where he found that old thing. The odd thing about it, though, was that he pulled the raggedy look off well.
"Gerard?"
My words shattered the undisturbed silence. Gerard whirled around to face me, his face full of shock.
"Frank!" He exclaimed, his eyes wide in horror. "You-- You're-- I--"
I could tell he was embarrassed to be caught. I gave him a calm smile. "Relax, you're fine," I said. "You looked beautiful."
Gerard gaped at me for a few seconds before blushing madly. He smiled bashfully now and dipped his head. I took this opportunity to step closer and take his hand. "What do you wanna do tonight? Take me anywhere. I'm all yours." His hazel eyes traveled up to meet mine, and I swear I've never seen them so bright. I went to lean in, but...Gerard seemed to have other ideas. He gripped onto my hand tighter and suddenly began to drag me towards the direction of the football field. Somehow the lights still stayed on, even this late at night. Maybe there were other couples here for obvious reasons.
Gerard let my hand go now and sprinted to the middle of the field. He stretched his arms out to the dark sky and let out a deep breath. "Although I've never been a big sports guy, I do miss the games, the atmosphere," He said. He seemed to be speaking more to himself. After a moment, he turned to face me. "Sucks we don't have any music."
I nodded. Too bad I wasn't much of a musician myself. I took a few steps closer to Gerard. "You really wanna dance, huh?" Well, where could we dance? The school parking lot? No, we'd be caught and that wouldn't be pleasant.
Gerard sighed. "Hm, well, maybe we can just...imagine the music." Now he was the one to take my hand. I observed how he thought through how we would dance. His lips were slightly puckered and his eyes glanced over me about ten times. When he had analyzed everything, he finally took my other hand and closed the remaining space between us. His eyes met mine. "Do you know that song by Paul Anka? It was kinda popular back in my high school days."
"Tch, you make that sound like ages ago, Gerard," I smiled. "Of course I know that song. Put Your Head On My Shoulder, right?" To that, Gerard smiled rather coyly. He didn't say anything in response though. He simply began to hum the familiar tune and soon we were slowly swaying along to it. The two of us were completely absorbed into the dancing, we didn't care to look for anyone watching. To us, we were the only ones on Earth. We were the last remaining people dancing slowly on a football field under bright lights.
As the end of the song neared, we had stopped dancing. I wanted to attempt a kiss again, but I wasn't sure how Gerard would feel about that, and honestly, I wasn't sure how I would feel about it either. Any such homosexual acts are considered taboos... So I ignored the urge for now.
"C'mon, let's go for a stroll," Gerard said suddenly. He let my hands go and began to walk down the football field. He had a cute little skip in his skip, and my heart did not fail to flutter at his actions.
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