I Love You, Spiderman - Peter B. Parker
notes - I have been thinking about him way too much lol
word count - 2,108
WARNINGS - brief mentions of blood (a deep cut)
summary - you've been tired and missing spending time with your bf. a superhero by the name of spiderman helps you destress before work, but you find out something about him you would never expect
You've been exhausted as of late, working overtime and trying not to fall asleep at your computer. You had been trying to pay off college for a long time and you were so damn close you could taste it. Just a couple more weeks of overtime and you would be done paying it off. The thought made you smile, it just sucked how hard you had to work for that.
Because of this though, the time spent with your boyfriend has been little to none. You didn't really know where Peter worked, but you knew that it was something busy as well - cop stuff, he told you. So because of this, you would rarely see each other. You both lived in a crappy little apartment together so when you would come home, you would turn on the dim kitchen light, make some microwavable mac and cheese, and immediately pass out. Hours later, if you weren't dead asleep, sometimes you would feel your boyfriend curl into your arms and kiss along your neck before he passed out just the same.
You hated that you were growing apart from this. Even days off were pretty silent because out of nowhere, he would get a random call that would send him off to work, leaving you to lie on your bed and stare at the ceiling.
He was tired and you were tired.
You didn't know how much more of this you could take. Even a couple more weeks sounded like hell.
---
You woke up to Peter kissing you on the forehead and saying goodbye. You opened your eyes, but squinted at the sun. What you did see was him walking out of the room.
"Wait," you said with a tired voice. "Peter."
"What's up?" He stood in the doorway and looked like he had to leave in a rush.
"Have a good day." You held open your arms and Peter quickly ran over, giving you a quick hug and another kiss.
"You too. Don't work too hard."
"Oh, you know I will." you chuckled.
"I know." he laughed back, quickly bolting out of the house.
You were just glad the two of you could still talk.
You stretched and got out of bed, yawning. Another long day, but you were so used to it at this point.
You brushed your teeth and took a shower. It was colder out than usual in New York, so you had to put on some layers and then decided to make yourself a little treat of hot cocoa that you could carry out of the house with you.
When you locked the warmth behind you with the click of a door, you could see your breath. You shivered and wrapped yourself in your coat, beginning your walk.
Walking was way nicer than wasting forty minutes in New York traffic, no matter how cold it was. Plus, where you worked wasn't more than a fifteen minute walk.
You put in some headphones and put on something to pump you up for the day and decided to take a shortcut since it was so cold.
The shortcut you would only take on days like this was a long alleyway. You never liked it, since it smelled pretty bad - especially on hot days - and was always dark, but on colder days, it was a good way to push through and get to work.
You held your keys close, ready to use them as a weapon and saw alley cats that you wanted to pet, but passed since you didn't want to be late.
You quickly froze in place when you saw something completely unexpected, however. Spiderman landed in front of you, panting and out of breath. He leaned against the wall, looking victorious, and let one of the alley cats curl up on his lap.
"I am so tired." he muttered softly under his breath. The cat just purred at him and he pet it.
He looked up and noticed you, completely frozen in your spot.
"Oh, hey." he giggled, rubbing the back of his neck. "What's up?"
"You're Spiderman," was all you could say in complete awe.
"That I am." he chuckled.
"Are you okay?" You spotted a torn spot in his suit and blood running out of a cut.
"Oh, this?" He winced. "It's nothing. Just a little scratch. I'm fine."
"Are you sure? It looks pretty deep."
"I've been through worse," he admitted. "This is nothing compared to what I usually go through."
"Alright.... well uhh... it was nice to meet you, Spiderman. I gotta go to work though."
"It was nice meeting you too," he moved the cat and stood up, reaching his hand out to you. "What's you name?"
"y/n." you took his hand and shook it.
"Well, it was wonderful to meet you, y/n. And might I say, you are pretty dang cute." He winked at you.
"Oh, I have a boyfriend." you told him quickly before walking away.
The walk to your office building was just you in deep thought. Did Spiderman just call you... cute? What a weird morning.
And definitely not your last of those.
On a morning that Peter woke you up by pressing kisses up and down your face and neck that made you giggle, you went out again only to find Spiderman down the same alleyway.
"Well look who it is!" he laughed.
"What a coincidence," you laughed back, thinking that was it, just trying to walk past him.
"So, where are you off to?" he asked, catching up to you.
"Work."
"Ew."
You laughed. "No kidding."
"So what's this boyfriend of yours like?"
You rolled your eyes. "Really?" you asked, turning to look at him.
"Yes, really! I wanna hear about him. You know, since you were so able to reject Spiderman over him."
"Shut up. I don't even know who you are."
"Just tell me!"
So you did. You told him everything. How much you loved him, how long you've been together... how you've been separated.
"I wouldn't really call it 'separated' per say," Spiderman said. "I mean, sure you have to work some overtime, but it sounds like you guys are fine if he's still waking you up with kisses and saying he loves you."
You thought about it for a minute. He was right. It's not like you and Peter were arguing or actively avoiding each other. You were both just extremely busy.
"How much longer do you think you have to work like you have been?" he asked.
"Not too much longer."
"Well that's good. I would say ask him on a really nice date if he doesn't beat you to it."
You laughed out loud. You laughed and really couldn't control it.
"What's so funny?" Spiderman asked.
"It's just... I think Peter would shit his pants if he knew I was talking to Spiderman. Let alone getting relationship advice from him."
"What? Is he a big fan or something?"
"Oh, huge fan. He owns a stupid amount of merch and exclusive stuff too. He's like in love with you."
That got Spiderman to laugh pretty hard, nearly keeling over. "Maybe I should take your boyfriend out instead."
You both laughed until you got to the end of the alleyway. You gave him a fist bump and thanked him.
"Even if I don't know you under the mask," you said. "I think it would be pretty cool to be friends, Spiderman."
And that was exactly what happened. Every morning before work, you would walk with him for only a short five minutes before you had to part. Whenever you got a short amount of time to talk to Peter, you would tell him that you hung out with Spiderman, but he would just brush it off with laughter.
But if not for him, you wouldn't have gone on such a lovely date with Peter after you stopped working so much overtime.
When he saw you come downstairs in a shimmery red dress, he nearly passed out.
"J-Jesus, y/n." he stuttered as he looked you over.
"Do you like it?" you asked as your cheeks heated.
"No way," he said with a sigh. "I love it. You look.... oh my god."
You laughed and pulled Peter into your arms, playing with his hair. You told him how cute he looked in his suit and pressed a kiss onto his cheek.
He still stared at you with complete shock and you swore to god you could see hearts in his pupils.
You just locked your arm with his and got in his car before driving to go get dinner. You blasted music that you both sang horribly to, and when you ended up at the restaurant, you ended up talking more than eating. You were remembering old memories and laughing about stupid stuff from years ago.
It felt nice to be back like this with your boyfriend. All those years of dating were suddenly so much more worth it and you were now debt free.
"I love you so much, Peter." you told him as you reached for his hand across the table.
"You don't even understand how much I love you." he said back.
---
You took the next few days off, just enjoying your time with Peter. Not a lot of dates occurred, it was more the two of you sitting around in your PJs, but that was more than good enough for you.
And even when the two of you did eventually get back to work, it didn't feel like anything awful. It was shorter days and a lot more cuddles.
On another cold day before work, you walked down the usual alleyway and weren't surprised to see Spiderman playing with a cat.
"Hey, Spiderman," you said with a smile.
"Oh, hey!" He stood up and gave you a high five. "How've you been?"
"Really good." you smiled. "Like really really good."
"And your boyfriend?"
"Amazing. Thanks to you telling me to take him on that stupid date, we've literally been closer than ever I think."
"You would've gone on the date anyway." he chuckled.
"I know, but I feel like I need to thank you for some reason."
"Don't worry about it. I'm just doin' my thing."
You laughed and walked down the alley with him. "Would you ever want to meet Peter?" you asked. "You know, since we're close now, I figured it would be kinda cool if you met him."
Spiderman laughed. "This is so weird that we're friends."
"No kidding."
"But, no, really, I think it would be pretty cool to meet him."
You beamed. "He doesn't work until later! Maybe he's still lying in bed! Let me call him!"
You took a couple steps away from Spiderman to call Peter. You were so stupidly excited to share your friendship with this superhero with your boyfriend. It was silly, but it was nice.
Behind you, you heard Spiderman's phone go off and he laughed. "Looks like I'm getting a call. Hello?"
You heard the same 'hello' echo from your phone and you nearly dropped it on the asphalt beneath you.
"Peter?"
Spiderman looked around to make sure no one was nearby and he slipped off the mask to reveal that he was just Peter under the mask.
You felt yourself go faint for a minute.
"Wait, hold on," you held onto a nearby wall and looked at Peter, who was just smiling at you. "What the hell, Peter?!" you exclaimed.
He shrugged and then looked at you with pure horror. "Wait! Are you mad?! Please don't tell me you're mad!"
You didn't know what you felt, but mad definitely wasn't one of those somethings. "No, I'm not mad," you reassured him. "Just confused." you laughed.
He took a deep breath and nervously chuckled. "I didn't know how to tell you, so I thought it would be funny to bother you as Spiderman before work."
You laughed again. You really couldn't help it. "I don't know how I didn't figure it out sooner. It should've been obvious."
"You think?"
"Same bad humor."
"Hey!"
You just laughed again and hugged Peter. "I'm gonna go to work now, you big dork. But have a good day, alright? And don't get hurt."
"No promises." He went to slip the mask back on, but left his lips out, which you gladly kissed with a smile.
"We'll talk all about this when we get home, okay?"
He nodded and pulled the mask back over his face completely.
"I love you, Spiderman." you said, blowing him a kiss.
"I love you too." he swooned before taking off into the city.
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