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It was strange having not met his roommate yet. He had only talked to his sister on the phone as his roommate has been busy lately and their schedules never worked. Abby had a lot to say about her brother. He seemed like a good guy from what Peter could gather. He had met with Abby to give her the key for her brother as he was coming into town as Peter was leaving for a meeting in California with some business partners of Stark Industries. Apparently Peter’s company wanting to work with Stark Industries meant a meeting with the Stark Industries board and other business partners. He was a bit concerned about letting a stranger into his house but he figured that he would meet Harley. They had texted beforehand and Karen did a background check on him for Peter because she was paranoid if no one else was. She also had the security system in his place so Harley wouldn’t get up to anything without Peter knowing. Peter knew he should just relax but he couldn’t. He couldn’t relax knowing that a stranger was in his house. Tony seemed to notice that he was concerned.
“How’s the new roommate?” Tony asked.
“I haven’t met him but I met his sister. He is moving in this week while I’m out of town because it’s the only time before he needs to be in for work next week. He wanted to be in town early. I met with his sister while he was meeting with his boss last week to get his badge and stuff. He is supposed to be all moved in by tomorrow. I have Karen watching him,” Peter explained.
“Plus you did the background check. Karen let me know you had one run on your roommate even though she won’t snitch and tell me who your roommate is,” Tony told him.
“I didn’t want you bugging him,” Peter said. Tony just rolled his eyes as he complained a bit more as Harley took a picture of his room all set up. Peter smiled seeing that he must have seen Peter’s room and done a similar theme as Peter.
“I still want to know who is living with my kid. It’s already bad that the other one is moving to New York and won’t tell me who he is moving in with.” Tony told Peter. Peter knew about the other kid, just not his name.
“I guess you will have to wait until later,” Peter said as he went back to another meeting where Tony just followed not wanting to be in another meeting but putting up with it for Peter’s sake. Peter knew that he would be home before he knew it and they could be out of these crazy business meetings.
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Peter walked in after a week away to an empty apartment. Harley had said he would be at work for a few hours to finalize paperwork. Peter just threw his bag onto his bed, took off his shoes and turned on the playstation 4 and started playing through Genshin Impact. He was still far behind because with work recently he couldn’t play but he went through most of the quest before he heard the door open. Peter got up as he smiled, preparing himself to meet the man who he was rooming with. Only problem was he met with the hottest guy he knew.
“Are you my new roommate?” Peter asked, clarifying that this hottie was Harley and not Harley’s boyfriend.
“Yep, I’m Harley, and you must be…” Harley started but Peter stopped him.
“Completely available,” Peter said before he realized what he said. He looked down feeling the blush on his cheeks.
“Well I mean that is nice to know,” Harley said, whose cheeks were just as red. Peter would have noticed if he looked up.
“Sorry I didn’t mean to say that out loud,” Peter admitted. Harley just chuckled and Peter looked up and saw his cheeks were just as red.
“Don’t be, Darlin’,” Harley said. “To be honest Abby said you were my type. I figured she was just making a joke about you being male but I guess she wasn’t and I should really not bet against my sister.” Peter didn’t even want to know what the bet was.
“Well I guess I should welcome you since you probably had a long day at work,” Peter said. Harley just told him it wasn’t as long and he was going to get in pjs. Peter just continued playing as Harley finally joined him and asked about his game. Peter explained the game and Harley watched his game play saying he would have to play it. It was nice to know that his roommate wasn’t going to judge him for what he was playing. Even if he had some concentration issues because of his hot roommate distracting him every ten seconds.
“You know you missed that chest just a few seconds ago,” Harley pointed out.
“Sorry I was a bit distracted,” Peter told him.
“Nothing to apologize for,” Harley told him. Peter still felt bad as he finally gave up on playing because he was a bit too distracted at this time.
“What do you want for dinner?” Peter asked him.
“You,” Harley said before he realized what he said. Peter laughed at that as he walked over to call for pizza and asked what Harley wanted on his though the other was too red to focus on anything but what he had said.
“I think we both have embarrassed ourselves enough today,” Peter reminded him. Harley finally told him what he liked as Peter ordered the pizza. Harley turned on a movie as the two roommates watched the movie, not touching in fear they might ruin their relationship as roommates and lead to a relationship.
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Tony Stark was not surprised as Harley started ranting about his roommate. What surprised him was how he was ranting about how hot his roommate was?
“You could just ask him out and date him,” Tony said.
“Peter wouldn’t want to date me. I’m a mess,” Harley said. Tony looked at him.
“Peter?” Tony asked.
“My roommate,” Harley informed him. Tony just looked at him confused before turning to his computer and typing something into his computer. Tony just smiled as he turned back to Harley.
“Ask your roommate out. I have a feeling about you both working out,” Tony told him. Harley looked at him confused but trying to figure out Tony Stark was something that Harley had never figured out.
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Harley had asked Peter what he wanted to go and Peter came up with the perfect date for them allowing Harley to pay since he asked Peter out. It was a decent date. The only part was weird when they got home but besides that it felt normal. The two were happy with the date for the most part and they planned to start having date nights. Peter was happy with how things were right now. He was worried how dating his roommate would be. What he wasn’t expecting was the phone call from Tony the next day.
“How are things going with your roommate?” Tony asked him.
“You didn’t call just to ask about my roommate?” Peter asked.
“Well I could just ask Harley when he is in the lab next time. As long as he isn’t talking about the date that you both had,” Tony told him. Peter didn’t know what to say. Was Harley sent by Tony to spy on him? Or was this just some coincidence?
“I got to go,” Peter said before hanging up and went looking for Harley. Harley was playing Genshin Impact. He had gotten into it because of Peter and now he was enjoying it.
“Do you know anyone named Tony?” Peter asked. Harley set the game on the player screen as he looked at Peter curious.
“An old friend of mine,” Harley said.
“Weird cause my old mentor is named Tony as well,” Peter said. Harley looked at him confused before he realized what Peter was saying.
“I can’t believe he figured out who my roommate was,” Harley said, annoyed.
“Tony Stark figures out things,” Peter said. “I’m shocked he didn’t figure it out before you moved in.”
“I wouldn’t tell him who I moved in with,” Harley said. “I can’t believe he figured it out when I just gave your first name by accident.”
“This is Tony we are talking about. I’m shocked he didn’t figure it out sooner,” Peter said.
“Well guess we'll just ignore him and not tell him anything,” Harley said. Peter liked that idea as he cuddled up to Harley on the couch as Harley turned back to the game. Peter watches giving him tips while enjoying dating his roommate.