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Your heart is hammering in your chest, eyes blown wide in fear, a scream bubbling in your chest, and your hand outreached towards the man you love so dearly as the air around you whips past you. The world had always been cruel to you, but you never thought it would be this cruel. You just wished you were able to tell Peter you are in love with him before the floor had given out on you.
All you can see is his mask as he dives towards you, but you know his eyes are just as wild as yours, and you know his face is twisted in fear and pain. The sound of his voice shouting out to you makes its way towards you as the world seems to slow down. His web just barely half way towards you, and you know it’s not gonna catch you in time. You know he knows this.
If there was a way to stop time to be able to tell him it’ll be okay, that you know it’s not his fault and wish for him to live a good life after this, then you would. You would tell him everything you had wanted to tell him since you were 14, god you wished you could, but life doesn’t always work like that.
As you felt your body getting closer to the ground, you give him one final smile, hoping he can see how much you love him and are okay even with death hanging over your head.
Just as you’re about to hit the ground the world stops as it begins to shake and emit a odd warping sound. Your eyes see a frozen Peter before the world around you turns white and you close your eyes.
The moment your eyes open you realize you are most definitely not in the same place you were just a second ago and the most shocking part is you’re alive. You look around the dark alley in confusion and a little bit of fear, “Peter?!” You shout out for him frantically.
What the fuck just happened?!
As you stand up your legs wobble beneath you before finally staying still and so you quickly make your way out of the alley way and towards the loud honking and talking. Once you make it out, the bright lights of time square almost blinds you causing your hand to block out the bright screens. You almost feel relieved until your big doe eyes look up to the screen showing a picture of Spider-Man and Peter… except that’s not your Spider-Man, and that’s definitely not your Peter Parker.
“What the fuck is going on?!” You shout while anxiously rubbing your hands through your hair, and getting a few odd looks from the people around you.
As you begin walking around, your eyes frantically look around for anything that could help you figure out what the fuck is going on. This is beginning to feel like a dream for you, and you started to think maybe you had actually died. Just when you’re about to give up to go sit on the corner of the street to cry your eyes out, the sight of a familiar red and blue catches your eye on top of a building.
“Peter?” You whisper out as your feet carry you over towards the fire escape and you can’t help, but pray and hope it’s your Peter and not whoever is all over the billboards.
You make it to the top in record time making you bend over to catch your breath once you’re at the top. You then look up at the back of Peter, but slowly begin to notice the differences in the suit. This isn’t your Peter…
Your heart drops, but not having anywhere else to go or knowing what else to do, you slowly make your way over to him. Something feels off as you get closer to the slightly hunched over boy and so when you’re close enough you halt your movements.
“Peter…?” You whisper out making the boys head slightly turn to the side.
You notice how bloody and bruised his face is and the red rimmed eyes filled with tears make your heart clench. You may have never met this boy, but you can tell he’s just a kid and if he is Spider-Man… then that could only mean he’s been through hell recently.
“Y/n?” His broken voice shocks you.
He knows me? You think as you decide to make your way to his side and kneel down. Your heart breaks as he looks at you with so much anguish and you wish there was something you could do, but there isn’t and so you gently rest your hand on his shoulder. His eyes slightly furrow as he looks at you, “you’re not my y/n…”
You slightly shake your head. His eyes stare at you for a few more seconds before they close as the sobs begin to wrack through his body and so you quickly pull the young boy into your arms.
“She’s gone, it’s all my fault!” He frantically says into your shoulder as you rub his back.
“Hey, I may not know you, but if you’re anything like my Peter then it is definitely not your fault, okay?” You tell him softly which makes him cry even more.
You two stay like that for a few more minutes before the sound of two pairs of footsteps running towards you, make you look up. They stop just behind you both and you take notice of their ages, they must be his friends. You make eye contact with the two and nod before slightly squeezing the boy in your arms.
“Your friends are here, everything is going to be ok.” You whisper out one last time before pulling away, which he reluctantly lets go, and step away as the two latch onto him. You stand there thinking about if your Peter could have ended up here like you have or if it was only you. You just want to know if he is okay and you want to so badly tell him what you wanted to just moments before coming here.
“Peter, there are some people here to help you…” the one girl whispers out as they slowly pull away from him and step back to look up. Confused, you do also and notice two figures at the top of the building. The darkness covers their identity, but you’d be able to pick out the outline of your Peter from anywhere. Your heart begins racing as the two of them swing down and into the light. You hear the breathing of the boy behind you pick up as he quickly steps in front of his friends and also you.
“Hey, wow, wow!” He frantically calls out.
You want to ease his fears, but you can’t seem to take your eyes off of your Peter as he looks at the boy. He still hasn’t noticed you yet and so you take a step foreword, to the boys dismay, and call out to him, “Pete!”
A smile breaks out on your face when his eyes meet yours, but then it slightly drops as he looks at you like he’s seen a ghost. You then take notice on how he looks a bit older than you remember, which doesn’t make any sense. No time has passed since you had been brought here…
“Y/n? Is that really you…?” He almost whispers as the tears begin to well in his eyes.
You nod as you run to him and latch your arms around his broad shoulders. A relieved sob leaves your mouth as his hands desperately latch onto the back of your shirt as if you’d disappear any second. Your head nuzzles into his neck before you pull away to look up into his teary eyes.
“There’s so much I want to say to you, but you have to help the poor kid. He really needs you…” your eyes finally slide away from your Peter and over to the older looking one, “he needs the both of you.”
The older one gives you a slight smile before you look back into your Peters eyes and he gives your arms a slight squeeze. You can see so much pain behind his eyes and you want to so badly know what has happened, but you’ll just have to wait.
As they talk to the boy, not once does his hand let go of yours and not once do you wish for him to let go.
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The moment you all make your way into a school lab, a girl who looks almost identical to you, but just a bit younger, runs into young Peters arms. You watch as they tightly embrace and share a loving kiss. You wish you had been able to do that with your Peter, but you had never had the courage to confess and so you had been stuck by his side as a friend.
Your Peters hand squeezes yours causing you to look away from the two and up at him. He continues to look at them with a haunted look on his face and you can’t help, but to wish to know why he was so heartbroken. What had happened after you were brought here?
“Peter?” You ask causing him to look away and down to you with a now happy, but sad look. He gives you a slight smile to try and comfort you, but you see past it. He was never good at hiding from you and you both knew that.
“What happened after we were brought here? The last thing I remember is falling and then all of a sudden I was here.” You ask him.
Everyone looks at you two before deciding to give you guys space. You don’t want to take up too much time because you know how important these cures are, but you just have to know what happened and why Peter looks so sad whenever he looks at you.
“Y/n… you died. I couldn’t save you…” He whispers out heartbrokenly while his eyes close.
Your eyes furrow in confusion, “no I didn’t. Peter, look I’m right here.”
His head shakes before his hand covers his eyes to hide the tears that started falling. You feel your heart break for the millionth time that day, and then everything makes sense. Your peter looking older, you being brought here, and him looking like he had seen a ghost. Your hand slaps against your mouth as tears well over your eyes. You really had died that day…
“I’m so sorry… it was all my fau-” he frantically pleas at you while grabbing the sides of your face.
Without thinking your hands grab onto the back of his neck and you pull his head down to connect your lips to his. The world around you begins to fade as his soft lips move against yours, nothing you had ever imagined could compare to this. You just had wished you’d done it years ago when things weren’t so complicated, when he was just your awkward dork of a best friend.
You both finally pull away for air and rest your foreheads together. A blissful smile adorns both of your faces and before he can say anything more, you decide to speak up.
“I’ve wanted to do that since the day I had met you, Peter Parker.” Your words are breathless and airy, but they’re filled with so much happiness.
He chuckles, “I’ve wanted to do that since the moment I saw you walk through that classroom door.”
A sob mixed with a laugh leaves your lips at those words, you both had been fools for waiting so long. Your thumb gently traces his bottom lip as you look into his eyes to say softly “it wasn’t your fault, you know? I just want you to know that even if you don’t believe it. There was nothing you could’ve done and it’s ok…”
His eyes close as he sucks in a deep breath while holding you tight, he hesitantly nods before opening his eyes and nodding again. You gently kiss him once more and wish to never stop, but there are some people that need saving and so you pull away once more. His lips try to follow yours making you giggle and him to smile.
“Now go help save the universe dork.”
Before you can pull away he pecks you once more before pulling away and giving you a salute, “aye, aye captain.”
Your eyes follow him as he goes over to put on a lab coat to which you smile fondly at, he’s such a nerd. He gives you a wink which makes you blush and look away.
Eventually, your eyes meet the familiar ones of your own and you see a faint smile on your younger selfs face. She walks up to you to stand by you to watch the boys work, your Peter occasionally looking over at you.
“So, how long have you and Peter been together?” You ask her and she fondly smiles over at the boy while saying “about 2 years now, he’s amazing.”
Your eyes look over to your Peter as you whisper out “he really is..”
You feel her look at the side of your face, “it’s so weird to see an older me...”
You both laugh as you say “it really is.”
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As the three Peters finish the cures, young Peter makes Ned conjure up a portal for young y/n to go through. Your eyes widen in amazement at the magical thing in front of you all. You then feel a clothed hand grab onto yours, which causes you to look up at your Peter questioningly. The look in his eyes makes you shake your head, “no, Peter. I’m staying here and helping those two, they’re just kids.”
“Y/n please… I can’t lose you again,” he says to you as he pulls you in close.
You bite your lip while resting a hand against the side of his face and he leans into it. “I promise you won’t. I won’t leave you after I finally just got you, we will get our happy ending, I swear it.” You quickly kiss him before looking over at Ned and telling him to close it, to which he does hesitantly.
Ned then conjures up another portal, but to the place where everything will take place. You can’t help, but to feel nervous as everything starts to feel realer than ever. What if you lose him instead? The world had never seemed to like you in the first place, it had literally killed you off and so what if it decides to kill off the man you love all because you had come back from the dead. You wouldn’t be able to live with yourself if that were to happen.
Before your Peter can step through the portal to follow his brothers, you latch your hand onto his, your hand slightly shaking. Your eyes bore into his pleadingly as you say “please be safe, I have so many things I want to tell you and I can’t do that if you leave me.”
He takes a step towards you before his hand comes up to gently cup your face and a soft smile makes its way onto his cute face, “I wouldn’t dream of it.”
Then they’re off onto the scaffolding to try and save the universe. You make your way over to Ned and MJ to wait for the cue from the three boys, not once do your worries ease up. They most likely won’t until Peter is back in your arms and safe.
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“Ned close it now!” MJ frantically yells at her friend as he repeatedly does circle motions with his hand, but nothing happens.
Your eyes dart between the two and the fight happening just on the other side of the portal, your anxiety spiking for the kids and Peters. Ned keeps repeating for the portal to close, but nothing changes. The two start shouting at each other as everything starts setting in, the plan isn’t going as you all had planned for it to go.
“Guys! Stop yelling, we will figure it out. Just… keep trying, it has to work at some point.” You shout towards the two in determination making the two stop arguing and look over to you. A hopeful looks passes through their eyes just before a sound you were all too familiar with came barrelling towards you three. Your eyes widen as you turn to stare at Dr. Connors running towards you three.
“Ned close it, close it! He’s coming, oh my god. Close it!” MJ screams.
“I cant, oh god, we’re gonna die!” Ned screams back.
Without thinking you latch your hands around their wrists and begin dragging them around the room as young Peter comes swinging in not too far behind.
“Get out of here!” He shouts over all the crashing and you don’t think twice before dragging the two out and onto the scaffolding. The air frantically whipping your hair around as you three run along the planks to get a safe distance from them. Once you deem it’s safe enough, you whirl around on the two and grab onto each of their shoulders.
“Okay, everything is going to be ok. Just a slight change of plans,” your eyes move away from them to frantically look around to make sure the coast is clear, “Ned how about you try the portal thing again. You need to try to get us out of here, and I’ll keep an eye out while you do.”
He gives you a nod while MJ takes deep breathes to try and calm herself after you pull away from the two. Ned right away begins doing his magic thing as you look around while occasionally rubbing her back in comfort. The slight spark of familiar orange causes the two of you to look in its direction as a familiar portal finally opens. A triumph shout leaves Ned’s mouth while a relieved one leave MJs, but then the sight of an unfamiliar man stepping through causes the three of you to back up.
“Oh no…” Ned curses out.
The man gives Ned a confused look before looking between him and the portal, “did you…?”
Ned grins, “I know how to do magic now.”
The man shakes his before an annoyed look replaces his features, “where is Peter, they need to go back to where they belong.” His eyes then meet yours and a look of surprise crosses his eyes, “y/n what are you… oh.”
You awkwardly stand there not knowing what to say or do, but MJ thankfully decides to speak up in that moment. “Peter found a way to save them, they’re doing it and it’s working.”
A thoughtful sound comes from his lips as he looks down at a now human Dr. Connors and then he’s grabbing the box and floating up towards the Peters. You quickly turn to the two and ask them who that man was to which they tell you he’s a wizard named Dr. Strange.
A few minutes pass before a dreadful feeling creeps up inside you at the sight of a man in green flying above you. You don’t know who he is, but the aura around him is nothing, but good. An unknown reason causes you to grab onto the two in front of you, some force telling you, you need to and so you do. You end up being right because not even a second later shouting is heard before everything around you begins to shake from an explosion. The three of you struggle to keep your footing as everything comes crashing around you. MJ shouts for you as she begins to slip over the edge and once again the world seems to slow as you quickly yank her back. You think everyone’s safe, but then the feeling of your foot slipping makes your heart drop and the shouts of the two kids fill your ears.
For the second time that day you begin free falling and you can’t help as the tears leave your eyes. You don’t want to die again, you can’t die, Peter needs you and he deserves to be happy. As a scream leaves your chest, the sight of young Peter jumping towards you fills your chest with hope. As his hand gets close to you, you reach out towards him with a desperate look in your eyes.
“I got yo-” he begins to shout before that same green man smacks into his side dragging him away from you. His face filling with fear as he gets farther away from you.
“No!” You scream as your last hope shatters.
As your last moments with Peter flash before your eyes, a familiar heartbroken shout makes its way down to you. You watch as your Peter jumps towards you with his arms outstretched and your body ignites like fire as you desperately wish for him to catch you.
Then before you know it his arms encircle around your body before shooting out a web to land on the ground with you bridal style. Your heavy breathing mingles together as your arms have a death grip around his shoulders and your foreheads are pressed together tightly. You watch as his lips tremble and tears begin to well in his eyes.
“Are you okay?” He whispers breathlessly.
“I’m okay, are you okay?” You reply back quietly, almost afraid this was just a dream and you were back in that bell tower dreaming.
His lips tremble even more as his face contorts into relief and pain at the same time. Then before you know it your lips are crashing into his like you needed him to be able to breathe. You both grip onto each other like a lifeline as your lips desperately attack each other.
Your hands latch onto the sides of his face as you pull away from him to look into his soft eyes that you have fallen so deeply in love with.
“I love you, Peter Parker. I love you so god damn much and I hate that it’s taken me this long to tell you.” I breathlessly and frantically tell him.
An airy laugh leaves his mouth as he breaks into the happiest smile I have ever seen on his face, “you don’t know how happy I am to have you back, I’m never gonna let you go from now on and I hope you know that. You’re stuck with me from now on, sweetheart.”
Your eyes crinkle as a happy laugh leaves your smiling lips and you shake your head while your hand slides down to rest on his chest where his rapidly beating heart is after he sets you down onto the ground gently. “That doesn’t sound so bad if it means I get to call you mine, Spider-Man.”
A cheeky smile lights up on his face before he gets serious for a second as his eyes bore into yours and his hands move your hair from out of your face. “I love you more than you will ever know, y/n.” He says it like the world depended on it and you can’t help the waterworks that leave your eyes. The feelings becoming too overwhelming, he coos at you before gently kissing you and taking your breath away like he always has.
For once in your life you actually thank the universe for giving you a second chance, for giving you everything you had ever wanted and you know you will never take anything for granted ever again. As long as you have your Peter Parker by your side, then nothing in this world would be able to take you away from him ever again. You wouldn’t allow it.