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The walk to the pizza place wasn’t very long, but with crowds in New York, everything took longer than it needed to be. Peter suggested to swing there, but you just wanted a night with no powers and no responsibility. Besides, you liked taking time and enjoying what the city had to offer. After taking on the role of Rouge Hex, you didn’t have much time to yourself and that time only got shorter once you joined the Avengers. You had training, school work, and crime-fighting one after another- which made your head spin.
Nights like these, however, you grew to cherish. You were (Y/N). Not an Avenger, not an enhanced individual, not Rouge Hex, just you. You loved how the city shined during the evening, the loud noises from cars stuck in traffic, the different smells of fast food, you loved it all. What made it even better was the look on Peter’s face as he pointed to some of his favorite spots. A smile never left his face as he continued talking excited while you chuckled at his cuteness.
“Oh and that alley over there has this really cool spot you can sit on to take amazing pictures,” He added as you chuckled once more. Peter smirked at you while you continued laughing. “What’s so funny?”
“Nothing, you're just cute. That’s all,” You winked as his face turned red.
“Oh,” He laughed nervously, taking your hand in his. “The pizza place is right over there. Come on, I’m starving.”
Nodding, you were dragged along by Peter trying to squeeze your way through people. Some got out of your way, while others gave you nasty looks as they continued whatever they were doing. Arriving at the entrance to the Pizza place, you looked at the sign that said “Joe’s Pizza.” Walking inside, you listened to music playing softly as your eyes landed on the pizzas up front. Your mouth watered as you placed your order with Peter.
“Here, I’ll pay,” You said taking out your phone that was hooked up to your bank account.
“I got it handled,” Peter responded handing the money over before you could say anything else.
Peter gave you a small grin as you rolled your eyes playfully. This boy was going to be the death of you, you knew it. Once the pizzas were handed to you, you followed Peter to a booth carrying your drinks as he carried the pizzas. Taking a small bite of the pizza as you sat down, you let out a satisfied moan. Spiderling was right, this was a great pizza place.
“I’m guessing you like the pizza then,” He giggled as you took another bite.
“It’s so damn good,” You muttered with your mouth full.
Peter laughed loudly, earning a few looks from a couple customers. You began to laugh as you watched the random strangers mumble to themselves about your peculiar behavior.
Every time you're with Peter, you find it so easy to be yourself. You felt like a normal person when you were with him. He saw you as you are, not some freak with weird alien powers, and that made you fall head over heels for him. You didn’t even realize he was snapping pictures of you until you glanced up from your pizza.
“What are you doing Parker?” You asked with your mouth still full of food.
“Taking pictures of you?” He sheepishly responded while he set his phone on the table.
“Because?”
“You look cute.”
Feeling your face flush, you smiled a bit before taking a sip of your drink. Dinner continued to go smoothly as you two took the time to get to know each other. Even after spending so much time together in the past few weeks, you still had a lot to learn about each other. Of course, you went over the basic stuff like favorite color, food, season... the basic twenty questions gist. Then it switched to embarrassing moments of when you two started crime fighting.
“Wait, hold on, let me get this straight,” You said trying not to speak so loudly. “You, a guy with senses dialed up to an eleven, managed to swing face first into a building? And somehow you only ended up with a nasty bruise on your shoulder?”
“Yeah, not my finest hour,” He said as you were in the middle of a fit of giggles.
“You think that is bad? How about reading the police scanner wrong and showing up at the wrong bank.”
Peter choked on his drink. “You didn’t.”
“I did and I’m pretty sure one of the bank tellers fainted. I wouldn’t know because I got out of there as fast as I came in. It’s a good thing I wear a mask,” You whispered.
“Well, I haven’t done that, yet.”
“Well, to be fair, I was up late the other night doing homework and - wow is that the time?” You asked glancing at your phone. The team was going to be back soon and you knew if you weren’t back at the base, they would worry. You learned that the hard way when you left your phone at the compound when you were out on patrol by yourself. You had never seen so many adults with worried expressions at once.
“Wow I didn’t realize it was that late,” Peter said checking his phone. “I guess we should go then. I know how the team gets when you're out late.”
“Yeah,” You said half-heartedly thinking about the events that happened before Peter came over.
“You okay?”
“Let’s get going,” You suggested while throwing your trash away.
Peter followed you out as you shivered from the gust of cold air. You forgot to grab a jacket since you were so caught up in Peter asking you out on a date. You tried to warm up by rubbing your hands against your arms to make some heat.
“Here take my hoodie, it's cold,” Peter said taking his hoodie off and handing to you.
Being too cold to refuse, you slipped it over your head and thanked him. Walking through some crowds you felt a hand grab your arm and pulled you into a nearby alleyway. Confused you turned around only to find it was Peter.
“What-”
“You never answered my question back at the pizza place and you been acting weird ever since. What’s wrong?” Peter asked with concern.
“It’s nothing, Pete.”
“(Y/N).”
“I swear it’s nothing,” You said trying to push your way past him.
“(Y/N),” he said grabbing onto your shoulders.
You sighed. “Promise not to freak out?”
“Why would I freak out? (Y/N) what’s wrong?”
“So ever since I got these powers I had you know these side effects. They mostly happen when I overuse my powers but lately they been happening randomly.”
“What kind of side effects?”
“Well at first I use to get nose bleeds and then my eyes started to bleed once in a while. Sometimes they both happen at the same time and I feel lightheaded. I didn’t tell anyone because I knew they would freak out. Which was proven today when my eyes randomly started bleeding in front of Steve, Sam, Bucky, and Tony.” You said looking at the ground.
“So you're worried that...?”
“That the guys will tell everyone else and I’ll look like this weak person. Which I’m not, I just have a lot of things wrong with me. I know everyone wouldn’t want to deal with me if they knew so I didn’t tell everyone.”
Without saying anything else, Peter wrapped you in a hug and held you tight. Smiling into the crook of his neck, you breathed in his scent, not wanting to let go. You oddly felt safe in his arms, and normally this was a feeling you never felt.
“Thank you,” You mumbled into Peter’s shoulder as he broke the hug.
“First off, none of us see you as a weak person. In fact, we see you as a badass hero with amazing powers. And secondarily, the team won’t abandon you so easily, especially me. You're amazing, your laugh is adorable, and I-”
“You what?” You asked noticing your faces were inches apart from each other.
Without saying another word, Peter smashed his lips onto yours and you gasped in surprise. Smiling, you leaned into the kiss as you wrapped your arms around his neck. Peter then wrapped his arms around your waist deepening the kissing for a few more moments. Breaking apart, the two you tried to catch your breath as you grinned wildly.
“Wow,” You said breathlessly trying to get your thoughts straight.
“I-I don’t know what came over me,” Peter sheepishly said.
Giggling at this antics, you grabbed the collar of his shirt and pulled him in for another quick kiss. With your arms still tightly wrapped around his neck, resting your forehead against his.
“I would kiss you again but it’s started to get really cold,” You giggled again.
“Says the person wearing my hoodie,” Peter scoffed.
“Is the itsy bitsy spider upset?” You teased grabbing his hand and walking out of the alleyway. “If you want to kiss me some more let's get back to the compound.”
Without another word, Peter picked you up as you like out a squeal. Running down the street carrying you bridal style, the both of you couldn’t stop laughing. Sure, you two got nasty looks from strangers, but they weren’t having as much fun as you were. Surprisingly for a guy Peter’s size, he was able to run pretty fast even through the crowded streets. You made it back to the compound in record time and he barely broke a sweat.
“You are a man of many surprises, Parker.” You said walking into the elevator to go to the living room. “I’m pretty sure the team isn’t back yet.”
“Then it’s our lucky day,” Peter said pulling you closer.
“Someone’s a bit eager aren’t they?”
“Shut up and kiss me already.”
Rolling your eyes, you leaned in for another kiss completely ignoring the elevator doors opening. Not aware of your surroundings, the two of you didn’t notice that in fact, the team was watching your makeout session.
“Parker got some game!” Sam yelled as the two you broke apart quickly.
“Oh God,” Peter muttered as his face went as red as his suit.
“Hey, guys…” You mumbled walking out of the elevator. “How long were you-”
“We saw the whole thing sweetheart,” Tony chuckled.
Covering your face in embarrassment, you let out an awkward laugh as the team continued to tease the two of you. Pietro started singing love songs as the others asked for details that you wouldn’t be telling. While this was happening, Peter’s phone buzzed and he let out a sigh.
“That’s my Aunt May, she wants me to come home.”
“Oh,” You answered sadly giving him a hug. While hugging him you glanced over at the team mouthing for you two to kiss. “You guys are actual five-year-olds.”
Letting Peter leave, you watched the team gesture over to him. You sighed while quickly grabbing his arm and spinning him back around to face you. The team knew how to get on your nerves but if this was going to shut them up, you were going to do it. Giving Peter a quick peck on the lips, you heard the whole team burst into cheers and whistling.
“I’ll see you tomorrow,” You said sending the spiderling on his way.
“Details now,” Natasha demanded before eyeing the hoodie you were wearing. “You're wearing Parker’s hoodie.”
“I’m going to bed,” You grumbled.
You stepped into the elevator and pressed your floor button repeatedly, waiting for the doors to shut. Before you could question what was happening, Wanda sprinted in holding the doors open.
“Nat, hurry your ass up!” Wanda yelled as the assassin carried some junk food. “Boys don’t you even dare come near me.”
Natasha then pushed Clint out of the way and gracefully landed inside. The doors shut quickly and then you were left with two grinning Avengers. You should have seen this coming the moment you and Peter were caught.
“I think it’s time for a long overdue girls night,” Natasha added adjusting the junk food in her hands.
“If we run out of junk, I’ll make Vision grab it. He won’t question anything and, unlike some people, won’t disrupt our girls night,” Wanda said.
“I’m assuming I don’t get a say in this do I?” You asked. They both nodded. “I hate everyone.”
“Love you too,” They both responded, dragging you into your room.
It was definitely going to be an interesting night whether you like it or not.