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Peter's always loved his birthday.
When he was a kid, Ben and May would both take off work for it. They'd spend the whole day with him, do whatever he wanted all day. Peter's pretty sure most of their savings went into his birthdays as a kid, actually.
Even now, May takes off every year. After Ben died they weren't able to really do a lot, but Peter didn't mind, even just hanging around with her all day was great.
Since Tony came into their lives, it's been easier. Money-wise, at least. May doesn't usually let him splurge on then but apparently birthdays are different. The first year after he came into their lives he somehow convinced May to let him take them on a weekend vacation for Peter's birthday.
Peter decided he definitely prefers staying home, but it was fun nonetheless.
This year, Peter decided on a movie binge and dinner out for his day. He invited MJ and Ned over for the movies too. They watched a couple sci-fis, got halfway through a rom-com May likes before agreeing the second hand embarrassment was too much for them, and now May's driving them to dinner.
Peter couldn't choose where to go, so he told May and Tony to decide. (Since Tony's paying, after all.) At first Peter had been worried they'd choose somewhere fancy and not tell him, he doesn't need to be eating among the upper class in sweats, a 'birthday boy' pin, and a party hat, after all. (And he couldn't risk just dressing up, because the last time he put on a suit for a 'casual' dinner, Tony showed up in an aloha shirt and poked fun of him the whole evening.)
But May isn't dressed up, and she's not acting like she's hiding something, so he's pretty sure he's safe. Relatively, at least.
Which brings Peter to his next worry. May and Tony are dating now, apparently. Which is fine, really, Peter's happy for them. He is not, however, happy about the fact they (well, Tony) can't seem to go 10 minutes without flirting. And they're probably going to be at whatever restaurant May's driving him to for an hour, minimum. Of course not including any other plans Tony's probably already decided on without asking him—
Peter doesn't think he'd survive.
"You know," he says, voice as casual as he can force it to be, "I don't know how I feel about you bringing your boyfriend to my birthday dinner."
"My—Peter," May laughs. "You—He—He was your mentor before he was my boyfriend. He came to birthday dinners before he was my boyfriend, actually."
Peter doesn't know what that has to do with this. "Still, now he's your boyfriend. So it's weird."
"That is not how it works."
"Yeah it is."
"Okay then, you wanna tell me what, exactly, is weird?"
"You." May laughs again, so Peter continues, "I mean, you guys are weird. Youre so… in love."
"Oh, I'm sorry, I can try and be less in love with my boyfriend tonight. Would that be better, birthday boy?"
"Yes."
More laughter from May. Peter chuckles as well, halfheartedly hiding it behind his hand.
This might be fun, actually. Peter would love to see how long they can last. "No flirting," he declares, "at all."
May sucks in her teeth. "I don't know if Tony'll be able to handle that."
"He can deal. My birthday, my rules, right?"
"Well, I guess that is how it works…"
"Exactly."