MJ x Peter

I keep coming up with little ideas like this (and the last part) while Doing Things and if I don't actually write out the idea it will continually haunt me while I'm Doing The Thing so this is me exorcising this idea from my brain bc it's been at least a month and I Cannot anymore

Also side note: I don't condone distracted driving

Songs Used:
Cemetery - COIN

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Stop, I'm Already Dead - Deadboy & the Elephantmen

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My Blood - Twenty Øne Piløts

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Crazier Than You - The Addams Family Musical

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Money & Fame - NEEDTOBREATHE

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arrow - half•alive

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Sucker - The Jonas Brothers

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Summary: Peter has a series of (almost) daily snaps that he posts to his story of MJ singing as she drives him to and from school, creatively titled MJ Singing Snap of the Day.

QOTP: What's your favorite song to sing in the car?

Word Count: 2288

MJ has her driver's license, and, even though they could both easily walk to school (like Ned opts to do because he lives so close), she and Peter would much rather drive. Well, MJ, would much rather drive. Peter doesn't have his license.

He sits in the passenger seat and is, therefore, never allowed to play his own music. So, he listens to MJ's. He doesn't mind, though - partly because he likes her music and partly because she always sings along.

It wasn't something he expected her to do, but she did it without warning the very first time she drove him to school. She just turned her music on and started belting without a care in the world.

(Truth be told, the only person she could comfortably do that in front of is Peter. Maybe Ned, but probably only if Peter was there, too.)

She does it everyday - on the drive there and on the drive home. Peter absolutely loves it, and, one day, decides to film it on Snapchat. They're both singing at the time. "He was born the fall of '58. Made a fortune selling real estate. Golden lions waited at the gate. He was lonely, but it all looked great." They didn't sound bad, but they definitely weren't AGT-worthy (mostly because of Peter).

He has the camera pointed at her as she dances a little in her seat. She's looking at the road, so she doesn't see him filming.

"Never made time for the family, but he is the richest man in the cemetery. Only made time for the company, but he is the richest man in the cemetery."

Peter turns the camera around to him, dances a little bit, then writes, "Morning drive with MJ 😊💖," and posts it on his story. It doesn't take long for some notifications to start popping up.

Ned replies saying they're dorks, while others say they were surprised to see MJ dancing and singing, as she's usually pretty quiet. Some say they never knew she could sing like that. No one really comments on Peter's singing...

Peter decides to post another snap on the way home, but of only her singing this time.

"A spirit climbs my spine to the brain, following the rail-road tracks down again. I needed space with soul - maybe we can die there. Maybe we can... stop. I'm already dead. Stop, I'm already dead."

Her eyes are on the road, so she doesn't notice Peter filming. She's dancing a little as she sings, but then the song really kicks in, and she starts dancing as much as she can without taking her eyes off the road.

"Oh, baby, we can stop na-na-na-oh. I'm already dead, yeah. Stop na-na-na-oh. I'm already dead, yeah. I am already dead."

She stopped at a stoplight and danced even more, head-banging to the beat towards the end, causing Peter to laugh at her. She looks at him and playfully sticks her tongue out, then realizes he's filming her. "Peter!"

He stops filming. "What?! It's not my fault you're so cute!"

She blushes, but tries to ignore it. "Flattery gets you no where, Parker."

"Well, I already posted one this morning, so-"

"You did?"

"I was singing, too! And people really liked it. I got a lot of positive messages about you."

The light turns green, so she turns back to the road. She sighs. "I don't care about what people think about me. Post whatever you want. I just didn't expect you to be filming me is all..."

Honestly, she really doesn't care what people think about her. Just Peter. And, by extension, Aunt May, but mostly just Peter. She has no idea why he would want to take a video of her singing, but it kind of gives her a warm, butterflies-in-her-stomach feeling.

He suddenly feels like an idiot. "And I never even asked if you were okay with it-"

"It's fine, Parker. I don't care. I was just surprised." She smiles. Peter immediately feels relieved.

And that's how the daily singing snaps start.

He quickly decides to give the little series a name. He'd been filming MJ singing for a few moments, then he turned the camera onto him. "You know, it's been three days since we started doing this. I think it needs a name."

MJ snorts. "A name?"

"Yeah. Something with a ring to it." He thinks for a minute. "MJ Sings Daily on Snapchat (featuring Peter)."

"That's awful," MJ says bluntly.

Peter sighs, thinks again. "Okay, how about... MJ Singing Snap of the Day?"

"Slightly less awful."

"Works for me."

Sometimes it would be just her singing, other times it would be the both of them. As time passed, Peter gained more Snapchat friends, so more people viewed his story. He continued to get positive messages, some more neutral ones just asking what the song was, and then there were the few that sent him negative things. Neither he nor MJ cared about those.

This particular day is Day 15. It's the morning snap, which he deems "15 Part 1". Both of them are singing.

"Stay with me. No, you don't need to run. Stay with me, my blood. You don't need to run. Stay with me. No, you don't need to run. Stay with me, my blood. You don't need to run."

They're both dancing, but the camera is on MJ. He zooms in and out on her face as she sings, a smile on her face. There's a matching one on his own. He lets her sing the next verse by herself.

"If there comes a day, people posted up at the end of your driveway - they're callin' for your head, and they're callin' for your name - I'll bomb down on 'em, I'm comin' through. Do they know I was grown with you? If they're here to smoke, know I'll go with you. Just keep it outside, keep it outside, yeah."

She stops at a stop sign somewhere in the middle of all of that and dances as she waits for her turn. Then, she continues driving, the prospect of the school day to come the farthest thing from her mind, especially when Peter joins back in for the chorus after ending the video. Like all the others, he saves it to his memories.

The drive home is "15 Part 2". The video starts with both of them somehow in the shot while MJ sings, but Peter talks over her. "Today, ladies and gents, I'm going to expose her for the absolute theater nerd she is."

She stops singing to quip, "Don't you know all the lyrics, too?"

"That's not my fault."

"Sure."

It gets to the part of the song that Peter wanted to sing with her. He sings Lucas's part, she sings Wednesday's. She starts.

"Pluck the arrow from its quiver, hold it in your hand - be brave."

"Pierce the apple, not the liver, or we're dancing on my grave."

"Place it in the bow and steady-"

"Can't you shoot that thing already!"

"I wanna demonstrate that fear is my ideal."

"Girl, believe me, fear is your ideal."

"'Cause in the moment that you're frightened life is real."

"Then my life must be real, real!"

They begin singing together, less dancing going on in this song than harmonizing.

"And in a flash when I release and seal the deal... I'm crazier than you. I'm crazier than you. And nothing hurts me when I hear you say, I'm crazier than you - psychotically into - and that is all I need to face the day. I'm crazier than you. I'm crazier than you, and live or die I'll let you have control. I'm crazier than you, so say you love me, too. From here on in, you're singing to my soul. My soul!"

When the song ends, Peter turns the camera to MJ as she drives, zooming in on her. "My beautiful Wednesday Addams."

She hides her blush. "Oh, shut up, Lucas. You're from Ohio, and you're lame."

He laughs as he ends the snap, then saves and posts it.

////

As a song plays in the background, Peter zooms in on MJ, who isn't singing. She actually looks pretty mad. Peter's chuckling. "Guys, I have some bad news... On this day - Day 27 Part 1 - MJ can't sing."

She huffs.

"This is a disaster."

"No need to remind me, Esteban." Her voice is hoarse when she says it, and it breaks multiple times. It makes her looks even more mad.

Peter turns the camera to him. "Yeah, guys, my little angel-"

"Peter!"

"-has laryngitis. So, I guess you'll have to deal with me today." He starts singing the song that's playing, though he doesn't know all the words. "What do you kids wanna know about now? I found the bottom- enough to make a young gun proud. Money and fame bring a man to shame - ain't no doubt about it. What do you kids wanna know about now? I found the bottom from the top somehow. Money and fame bring a man to shame. Ain't no doubt about it."

MJ sighs. He ends the video, writes, "MJ (actually Peter) Singing Snap of the Day: Day 27 Part 1," saves it, then posts it.

By that afternoon, MJ has been silent all day long, and Peter's been making sure she's drinking water at every possible second, so she decides she's going to sing on the way home no matter how bad she sounds.

"Life begins to happen when I plan something else. Trying to be somebody, but all I got was someone else. My plan's always changing, always rearranging, no. Slow it down, release control, slow and steady, let me know."

Her voice cracks like crazy, even completely giving out on the high notes. Still, she keeps on trucking. And Peter films it.

"The hardest place to be is right where you are.
In the space between the finish and the start, it's the arrow in your heart. The arrow in your heart."

She dances as she sings, and, though she sounds awful, Peter is still in awe of her. How can she manage to be so beautiful just singing in the car - while she's sick, no less? He doesn't understand it, but he knows that he's lucky.

"I'm fast, and I'll end up exhausted, out of breath, thinking where I went wrong. This heart is afraid to beat slowly. Miss a chance at what I could become. I know that I can't run forever, but I can't stand still for too long. This heart is afraid to beat slowly..."

This time, he writes, "MJ (sort of) Singing Snap of the Day: Day 27 Part 2."

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"Guys, this is a huge moment, okay," Peter says into the camera, which Ned is holding. "First of all, it's Saturday, and I normally can't do these on weekends. Secondly, I've finally convinced her to let me play something. This is historic."

MJ laughs, playfully rolling her eyes. "Well, hurry up, Parker. We'll be at the movies in, like, ten minutes."

Ned's phone is already plugged in, and Ned films the screen as Peter selects the song. He suppresses a laugh, then turns to camera on MJ when Peter hits play.

"We go together. Better than birds of a feather, you and me. We change the weather, yeah. I'm feeling heat in December when you're 'round me."

Peter starts singing immediately as MJ's mouth falls open and she starts to laugh. "Peter Benjamin Parker, are you serious?"

He nods and continues singing. "I'm a sucker for you. You say the word, and I'll go anywhere blindly. I'm a sucker for you, yeah. Any road you take, you know that you'll find me. I'm a sucker for all the subliminal thing no one knows about you (about you), about you (about you). And you're making the typical me break my typical rules. It's true, I'm a sucker for you."

He dances like an idiot, singing every word - and even attempting the whistle even though he's bad at whistling. MJ and Ned can't contain their laughter. Somehow, MJ still manages to pay attention to the road.

The video ends before the song does, but Peter keeps singing. He knows all of the lyrics, which even surprises Ned. When it's over, MJ's still laughing. "Do you seriously know every word?"

Peter shrugs, laughing, too. "It's a catchy song, okay?"

"Oh, my gosh."

MJ pulls into the movie theater parking lot and finds a spot as they all slowly get over their laughter. Before they get out of the car, Peter turns to her. "You know, MJ, I really am a sucker for you."

She rolls her eyes, kisses him quickly on the lips, and gets out of the car. "You're cheesy, Parker."