request: the reader and peter are best friends who develop feeling for each other by creative_writer_1998
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I walked down the hallway clutching my books in my arms to Peter's room which May told me he was in, taking a nap. I opened the door silently, hoping not to wake him. Only to find my best friend standing in the middle of his room with Spider-Man's suit on. He shot out a web string and closed the window with it with ease.
I sucked in a breath. I was completely shocked. He wiped his bloody lip with his thumb and started to take off the suit. I turned away and headed down the hallway.
"Actually," I went over to May, she was putting spaghetti into the boiling water on the stove for dinner. "I'm gonna head home."
"I thought you and Peter were going to do a study session?"
"I think I'm coming down with something..."
"Oh honey! Why didn't you tell me?" She dropped the spoon on the counter and went to reach for my forehead.
"It's okay, really. I'll try to come over tomorrow though if that's okay."
"Yeah!" She smiled and stirred the spaghetti. I waved goodbye and opened the door. My mind was still spinning.
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I followed Peter down the school hallway with my hand tugging my backpack strap tightly. Anxiety and concern swimming in my stomach. He stopped to open his locker and I tapped his shoulder.
"Hey!" He smiled brightly at me, my heart fluttered at his little dimple. I couldn't help my feelings towards him, no matter how hard I tried.
"Hey, Pete." He blushed at my nickname for him and looked down at his feet.
"I heard," He cleared his throat and nervously smiled. "That you came over. How come you left?"
"Because, I saw you. I saw you, Pete."
His chocolate eyes widened and he raised his eyebrows.
"W-What do you mean?"
"I know." I sighed and felt tears fill the rims of my eyes. "How come you didn't tell me? You could get seriously hurt, Peter!"
"Y/n..."
I felt my bottom lip tremble and felt silly for crying but the thought of Peter getting killed, it made me sick.
"What if you die?"
"What the hell am I supposed to do?" He whispered and his eyes started to water. "I can't just let these powers be a secret."
"Your life for theirs?"
"You wanna know why I'm doing this?" He clenched his jaw. "The night Uncle Ben was shot? It is because of me. I let that man get away and hurt him. I could've done something, I could've stopped him. And Ben, he said, "With great power comes great responsibility." This is my responsibility, y/n."
A tear rolled down my cheek slowly and wiped it away from its path.
"Why do you care so much?" He whispered with his eyes searching mine for answers.
"Because, because I like you!" I said and poked my finger at his chest. My face inches away from his. His eyes flickered down to my lips for a moment and the bell rang. Students moved through the hallway to their classes. I lifted my finger from his chest and moved with the crowd.
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I walked down the street, the street lamps lit my path from the grocery store. I clutched my supplies for my project in my hands. Whenever I was going through something, I always buried myself in work.
I felt guilty for what I said to Peter. Roles reversed, I would've done the same thing. He's a hero. I just, I don't want to see him dead.
I heard a thwip! from behind me and turned around to see Peter in his suit. The corner of the street was dead at this hour of night, so no one was around.
"Pete." I whispered and felt my eyes swell with tears. "I'm so sorry for what I said. You're a hero, it's your responsibility. I shouldn't keep you from it."
"Y/n..."
"Please, just let me finish." I said as I walked up to him. He lifted his mask to show his mouth. "Just promise me, you won't do anything stupid."
He chuckled and shook his head.
"Stupid?"
"Like you-dying-stupid." I phrased with a soft smile and he nodded.
"I promise." He bit his bottom lip for a second. "Y/n did you mean what you said about you liking me?"
"I did." I looked up at the stars and the sounds of cars from the streets over, echoed. "I get if you don't feel the same. I-I got to get home."
I turned around feeling the sadness squeeze at my chest, he definitely didn't feel the same. Suddenly, I felt something stick to my hand and pull me around. I spun around into Peter's chest, he looked down at me with his mask not on. His arms wrapped around my waist, he leaned down and pressed his lips to mine firmly. I felt alive. The kiss spread electricity through my body. I wrapped my arms around his neck, deepening the kiss.
After a few moments, we broke apart. A smirk appeared on his face and he gave me a swift kiss.
"I like you too, y/n." His fingers tucked a stray piece of hair behind my ear. "I promise I won't do anything like dying-stupid."
"You pinky promise?" I asked before raising my pinky, he wrapped his around mine.
"I pinky promise." He answered with a deep emotion in his eyes and kissed my forehead gently.