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"Ew! no one likes frogs, Harley", Peter's scrunched his face up in disgust at his brother. Harley rolled his eyes but continued to roam down the pet store aisle that contained the frogs. The frogs were happily jumping around their enclosure. They were small green frogs and even toads in the store.
Harley didn't really want a frog, he'd wanted a snake, but his dad had said no to that.
Peter walked out of the frog aisle and into another one that had different types of fish and small sharks
"We should get a goldfish!" Peter said excitedly as he watched the fish with rapt attention
"kinda basic", he commented, walking past Peter to the small sharks
"is not", Peter pouted
"Is too"
"Is not!", he vehemently denied, "goldfish are awesome!"
Harley scoffed, "Yeah until you have to flush them three days later"
"Harley", Peter dragged out his name
"Peter", he mimicked, only earning him a huff from the other, which he ignored as he began walking down the aisle and into the next where his Pops stood intently watching a yellow and black gecko. He had on a baseball cap and dark shades, trying his best to look like a normal person and not Captain America.
He came to a stop next to him, "Peter wants a goldfish", he stated
His pops hummed, "And what do you want?"
Harley shrugged, "You already know"
Steve finally turned to him with a small smile, "And you already know what Tony said"
Harley huffed, "just because he's scared of them, I can't get one?"
"Peter's scared of them too", he pointed out
Harley rolled his eyes, "Peter's scared of spiders and he's spiderman. We can hardly count him"
"Hey!", and of course, Peter chose that exact moment to join them, "spiders are terrifying!"
"We know, bud", Steve said non-committedly, having had this same conversation countless times.
The three of them stood in silence for a few seconds before Harley spoke again
"C'mon Pops, not even a small one?"
Steve sighed, "Not even a small one."
They lapsed back into silence
"I want a goldfish"
His pops sighed again, "We know, Peter, we know."