Harley POV:

As soon as the power came back, I made up some excuse about having to check back in on my mom and sister, and booked it home. I'm glad they were away visiting my aunt, because that would give me time to hatch my plan. My plan for... for asking Peter to be my boyfriend. That's right, I'm gonna ask him. And I know just how to do it.

TimeSkip of like 2 hrs?

"Hello? Harley, you in there?" I hear from the front door.

"Uhh..." I quickly grab a blanket and throw it over everything I was working on. "Just a second!" I call.

"Hey uh..." MJ says as soon as I open the door. "What's going on?" She asks me.

"OH- uhm... well..." I resist the urge to look back into my apartment at the mess of blankets on the floor. But MJ walks right past me and lifts up the blankets.

"Oh my... HARLEY OH MY GOD!" She squeals, and runs over to me. "I'M SO HAPPY FOR YOU!" She hugs me, and before I can explain there's another voice from the doorway.

"Harley? MJ?" I hear. Oh lord Shuri.

"SHURI! HARLEY'S GONNA ASK PETER OUT!" MJ says, and before I know it, Shuri has joined the 'group hug'. I sigh.

"Guys-" I start to say, but Shuri covers my mouth with her hand.

"Shhh." She says. "Save your voice for asking him out." She says, and I pry myself out of the hug.

GUYS!" I yell, and they both look at me. "I'm only halfway done with my project. Can y'all not jump to conclusions? And uh... yeah maybe let me work in peace?" I say, and they both just stare at me.

"Okay..." MJ says. "But only if you let us-"

"OUT." I point towards the door.

"Okay, okay fine!" Shuri giggles as I push them both out the door.

Peter POV:

"Come on guys!" I yell as I stand by the elevator. We were all about to go drive around and look at Christmas lights. I'd asked Harley yesterday during the blackout if he would want to come with. He had hesitated before saying he probably couldn't come... But it got even weirder when as soon as the power came back on, he practically booked it out of here. Hmm... I wonder what-

"WE'RE COMING!" I hear Clint shout from a different room, interrupting my thoughts. And not a second later, he and Pietro appeared, all decked out in Christmas apparel. Santas hats and all. I looked them up and down.

"Woah guys... is uh..." I raise my eyebrows. "All that really necessary for driving around in a car?" I ask, and they nod in unison.

"Well okay then," I say, just as Wanda, Nat, Dad, Pops, and Bruce walk in. "Hey guys! You ready?!" I ask, jumping up and down.

"Yeah, but Thor won't be coming." Bruce says.

"Why not?" I ask.

"Uhh, it's..." He risks a glance at Pops. "...Poptart-related things." He gulps.

"O-Okay then..." It's quiet for a moment.

"Let's get going!" Dad says energetic. Uh oh. Either he's had too much coffee or he's excited about something. We all pile into the elevator, take it down to the garage, and get in the big SUV. Then the next 30 minutes consist of gawking at all the decorations, and wishing we'd done something to the tower other than just having Dad fly up a huge wreath. But when we got back, I get a text from Harley.

He... says to come over right now? Why? I look over at Dad who's oh-so-casually sipping his coffee. Oh sorry, more coffee. He meets my eyes and his widen. He spits out the coffee back into the mug and stands up, walking over to me.

"Hey Pete..." He says, and I look at him. "You uh... erm-" Dad clears his throat. "Whatcha doing?" He asks, and I put my phone into my pocket.

"I'm... going over to Harleys." I say skeptically.

"Oh! You need a ride?" He asks me, like he was expecting me to say this.

"Uh sure?" I say, and he herds me towards the elevators.

"Great! I can take you!" He says and the next thing I know we're on the way to Harley's house. And then I'm telling Dad to pick me up later, walking up 4 flights of stairs, and taking a right towards Harleys apartment door... woah.

You could have spotted his door a mile away. It was all lit up with rows of small little lights. Like in a grid formation, lighting up all different things. One minute they would be in the form of a christmas tree, the next making it look like snow was falling down in Times Square. I walk closer until I'm just about to knock, but my spidey sense warns me of a camera off to my left. Who would be recording thi-

"Peter," I watch as the door opens and I see a nervous looking Harley standing in the doorway. He steps outside of the apartment and closes the door again. He shuffles nervously, before looking up at me.

"Harls, these lights... they're amazing!" I exclaim.

"O-Oh thanks," he blushes. "Terrance helped me out." He says, and I'm just about to ask why he had me come over, but he beats me to it. "Listen... Peter..." He hesitates. "There's something I-" He gulps. "Something I need to tell you."

Harley POV:

Oh god oh god oh god... Peters gonna be here any moment. Come on Harley keep it together. You can't back down now. The lights are gonna be on whether you're out there or not. I-

My phone buzzed.

I grab it from the kitchen counter, and see it's peter. Tony just dropped him off. Oh god... All the nervous feelings rise back into me, and I freeze. I'm not ready... I-I'm not ready to ask him. I-I need... I need more time more time to- No. Harley, snap out of it. If he turns you down, that's that. End of story. And if he says yes... well then you see you had nothing to worry about in the first place.

Except for the fact that I've never asked someone to be my boyfriend this way... Better yet, I've never asked someone to be my boyfriend in any way. I mean, I guess I've always known I wasn't straight. Er, attracted to girls I mean. I was more into guys, but before it really hit me that I was gay, I'd been on a few dates. Yes with girls, because, well... I didn't know much back then. Uh- well technically 3 years ago. Yep, I haven't been on a date in 3 years. How sad is that? But um... then there's Peter. In about three minutes, I'm gonna ask him if he wants to be my boyfrien- woah. I'm really going to do this... I just.. I just hope it goes well. And, you know, he doesn't turn me down and break my heart into a bunch of tiny pieces. And I well, I know he's bi so there's a chance that he could like me. Keyword 'chance'. Though... he still might say yes.

With a deep breath I open the door, figuring that it'd be better to wait for him then to stress out behind the closed door. "Peter," I say, not expecting to see him standing right in front of said door. W-Why didn't he knock? Maybe he was just watching the lights. Yeah... he was just distracted.

"Harls, these lights... they're amazing!" He says, and I sigh. Good, it was just the lights.

"O-Oh thanks," I blush. "Terrance helped me out." I say, trying not to waver my voice. Confidence... I need confidence. "Listen... Peter..." I got this. "There's something I-" I gulp. "Something I need to tell you."

"What?" Peter asks, tilting his head ever so slightly. Oh, he's just so cute and adora- Focus Harley.

"I... well, we've known each other for a while and-" What am I saying... I can't start like this! I gotta... gotta try something else u-uhm...

"And...?" Peter asks, and I take a deep breath.

I close my eyes. "Peter, ever since I saw you my first day at Midtown, I-I thought, 'Hey he seems cool and nice, and kinda cute'." I take a deep breath before continuing, still keeping my eyes closed. "And then... we became friends. And I guess... the crush I had for you started developing? And... well I kinda really really like you now... and," I pause and open my eyes, wanting to be able to see his reaction to this next part.

"And?" Peter asks, and if I'm not mistaken, he's moved a bit closer towards me within the time that I had closed my eyes.

"And..." I gesture towards the door to my apartment. It starts lighting up, and then a message appears on it. Peter takes a second to read it... and maybe a second to process it too. Then he turns to face me.

This is it. The moment where I find out if Peter really feels the same about m-

He smirks. "Why didn't you ask sooner?" He says, and my brain had just processed what he said, before he leaned in to kiss me... on the lips.

No one POV:

Back at the tower, everyone was ecstatic. A few hours prior, Shuri and MJ had told everyone that Harley was going to ask Peter to be his boyfriend, and also told them how they had set up a camera to record the whole thing. And currently, everyone was waiting for the show to begin.

"INCOMING!" Tony yells as he stumbles into the living room holding a big bowl of popcorn. He had tripped on the rug, frantically running to catch 'the program' in time. And this resulted in the popcorn going everywhere, Clint diving off the couch to catch some in his mouth, everyone being shocked that he managed to catch 2 pieces which is more than anyone thought he was gonna catch, and then excitement and chatter as to what everyone thought Peter's reaction was going to be.

"GUYS BE QUIET!" Shuri yells and the room falls silent. All eyes turn towards the tv, where live feed from Harley's apartment was taking place. And Clint, who was currently laying down on the ground, just turned his head to see, not bothering getting back up on the couch.

"Peter, ever since I saw you my first day at Midtown, I-I thought, 'Hey he seems cool and nice, and kinda cute'." Harley pauses for a second, and everyone is watching intently.

Baby time skip to when Harley opens his eyes

"And?" Peter inquires.

"And..." Harley gestures towards his door, where a message lights up. It says: Peter, would you want to be my boyfriend? And in a bit smaller print below: (It's okay if you don't I totally understand)

And after seemingly processing what he was reading, the brown-haired teen turns to face his crush.

"Why didn't you ask sooner?" He says with a smirk, before pulling the blond into a kiss. But, at the same time holding his hand up to the camera, blocking the viewers' view.