summary: Where you try to save Peter, but he ends up saving you.
based on the prompt “I tried to rescue you from being mugged but instead I got knocked out and you had to take me to the hospital”
word count: 1.3k
a/n: ay whaddup i didn’t think i’d be posting this weekend but inspiration struck & here we are!!! it’s unedited tho so like don’t get too excited lmao
Sighing, you rolled your shoulders and readjusted the textbook laying in your arms as your shoes slapped against the pavement. You could feel the ache in your shoulders from your heavy backpack, a result of the extra classes you were taking to graduate early. With a quick glance at your watch, you realized it was almost 8pm, causing you to groan. You’d been earning some volunteer hours by helping to tutor some freshman, which was great and all, but you still had to do your homework and work on your history project with Peter.
Peter Parker.
You hated to admit it, but Peter was most definitely a growing crush of yours. Even though the two of you had only spoken to each other a few times, you often found yourself daydreaming about his chocolate curls and kind brown eyes, or the way his cheeks tinged pink when he laughed at a particularly funny joke from Ned. God, you wished that you could be the one to make him laugh like that, but you knew it was hopeless. After all, he was falling hard for Liz, and there was no way you could compete with that.
Speaking (or thinking?) of Peter, when you looked up, you saw his familiar figure walking across the street. Just as you were about to call out to him and say hey, you noticed some movement in the alleyway behind him, putting your senses on alert.
“What the hell…” you whispered to yourself, squinting to see what it was. Just as you were about to brush it off as nothing, a man stepped out of the shadows, holding up a gun before making his was towards Peter quietly. Heart beating a million miles a minute, you tried to think of some way to help him. If you called out to him, the man might shoot him anyways, so that wasn’t an option. In the heat of the moment, you made a split second decision, holding up your textbook defensively as you ran across the street towards the pair.
As you neared the man, you lifted your textbook slowly before bringing it down hard on top of his head hard, hoping that the impact would knock him out. Instead, it shifted you off balance as he whipped around, hatred filling his gaze. Right then, you could swear that steam was coming out of his ears.
“The hell do you think you’re doing?” he growled, his fists clenching as he stared down at you, almost scoffing at how hard you were gripping your textbook, knuckles white.
As soon as he spoke, you noticed Peter turn around in front of you, eyes widening at the scene in front of him. Looking back at the man, you narrowed your eyes, ignoring Peter shaking his head at you in the background.
“You can’t go around aiming a gun at people,” you challenged matter-of-factly, despite the fear coursing through your veins. The man scoffed, shocked that some teenage girl armed with just a textbook was standing up to him.
“I can do whatever I want,” he hissed, rolling his eyes at you as he lifted up the hand not holding the gun, forming it into a fist. Your eyes widened as you realized what he was about to do, but you barely flinched when his fist connected your jaw, pain blossoming up the side of your face. Peter was yelling something, running towards you as the man shook out his hand and shrugged.
“Huh…” you mumbled, reaching up to touch the side of your face before everything suddenly went hazy, your knees crumpling from beneath you and your textbook falling from your hand as you hit the cold pavement, darkness engulfing you.
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A steady beeping filled your ears when you woke up, your head pounding as the bright lights shone through your closed lids. Cracking them open slowly, you let them adjust before taking in your surroundings. You were in a hospital room, but much to your surprise, you weren’t alone. Peter Parker sat in a chair by your bed, playing with his hands as his gaze cast downwards. His knee was bouncing up and down quickly, showing you just how nervous he was.
“Peter?” his head jerked up at the sound of your voice, slightly scratchy from sleep. He froze for a second before scooting his chair up to the bed as fast as he could.
“Thank GOD you’re awake, I was so nervous,” he babbled, “The doctors said you had a mild concussion, but it isn’t anything too serious-”
“What happened to that man?” you interjected, curiosity evident in your voice, “Why did he have a gun?”
“He, uh, he was arrested,” he elaborated, “I’m guessing that he was planning on mugging me, but I don’t really know.”
You nodded your head, glad that he got what he deserved.
“Why-” Peter started before swallowing, fiddilng with his hands for a few more seconds before finishing his question, “Why would you put yourself in danger like that to try to save me?”
You took a moment to think of your answer before explaining, “Because I saw him with the gun, and I knew I wouldn’t ever be able to forgive myself if I didn’t try to do something to help. But,” you let out a short laugh, “It isn’t like I did much to help anyways. Look at me.”
He gave you a soft smile before his gaze hardened, his protective nature taking over, “You know, you really shouldn’t put yourself in danger like that. You could get seriously hurt. It’s a miracle that he didn’t kill you, Y/N.”
Rolling your eyes, you felt a bit of anger bubble within your chest. Who was Peter to tell you whether or not you could stand up to people? After all, you did (kind of) save him, so shouldn’t he be thanking you?
“You wouldn’t gotten mugged if I hadn’t done something,” you shot back. Peter looked like he was about to say something, but he caught himself, so you continued. “Here, let me ask you this. Would you have done what I did if our places were reversed?”
“Well, yes, but-”
“No, there aren’t any buts. Why is that any different? Just because I’m a girl doesn’t mean-”
“No! No, no, it isn’t that,” he scrambled as you raised an eyebrow, curious to see what his explanation was, “It’s just different, okay?”
You narrowed your eyes, scanning his nervous face. You could tell that he was hiding something, but your gut told you that he wasn’t gonna talk about it any more, so you settled on changing the topic.
“Okay, fine.” you relented, almost smiling at how much his expression relaxed at your statement.
After a few moments of silence, Peter spoke up, his voice shaking slightly as he asked “So, um, I was thinking that maybe we could go get coffee sometime if you wanted to? I noticed that you help tutor, so maybe we could go before that-”
“Wait, wait, wait,” you held up a hand, a smile gracing your lips as you joked, “Let me get this straight. We were almost mugged, I was knocked out, and you’re asking me on a date?”
Peter’s face turned bright red as he rubbed the back of his neck, already beginning to apologize profusely, “Oh god, I’m really sorry, I didn’t even think about that, I’m such an idiot-”
“Peter.” you placed a hand on his arm, causing him to be silent, “I was only joking. I’d love to go on a date with you.”
“O-okay, great,” you were unable to contain your smile as his face lit up, giving his arm a soft squeeze.
When your date finally rolled around, you were pleased to say that it was concussion-free.
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