Peter/MJ + “if you don’t hug me right now I might fall apart”
The words were out before MJ could stop herself, an admission that surprised both her and Peter, but as she stared across the wreckage she knew they rang true.
There were bodies littered across the floor, classmates that she had known, that she wasn’t necessarily friends with but who she had known, complained about, joked with. Her eyes fell on Victoria Lee. Victoria always ran super slow in gym class, so she’d fall back with MJ and talk about the vacations she would take when she graduated and how excited she was to get home to her puppy.
Now she was on her back, the sparkle in her eyes gone and a beam through her stomach, any future vacations dashed forever.
And Strange had said this had been a win. Couldn’t he see what she saw? There was death everywhere - even in the ones left standing, she could see it in their eyes. Ned, Peter, Flash, herself, they were all dead. Peter was standing, barely standing, supported by Ned and Flash, and the look in his eyes...MJ knew he was on the verge of breaking just like she was.
“Peter,” she said again, her voice breaking, and Peter shook his head, snapping himself out of whatever was going through his mind right now. He wobbled towards her and enveloped her in a hug, and MJ wrapped her arms around him, finally letting herself sob. She felt wet tears hit her neck as she realized Peter was crying too, and she clutched onto him harder, hoping that somehow with the hug they could suddenly be all right and not have to be traumatized, that they could open their eyes and Victoria Lee and Gwen and all their other classmates could just wake up and be okay.
They wouldn’t, she knew they wouldn’t, but hugging Peter felt safe and made her feel like a miracle could happen.
“Can we join too?” asked Flash, his voice small, so small, and MJ nodded. She felt him and Ned join in on the hug, and the four held each other, crying, mourning, and hoping for a miracle.
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