neighbor!peter ↬ headcanons
i’m also writin an imagine about this lmao but cracks knuckles let’s do this, rip this is super long i got carried away
• so let’s say you’re about the same age as peter, if not a little older or younger than him
• so same grade, most likely same school, and you see him everyday
• but you don’t talk much
• hey y/n can you believe mr. shein’s class? unbelievable.
• hey peter do you know what was assigned for AP chem?
• whenever ned comes over…what is sleep
• they’re watching some horror movie and screaming through half of it
• or they’re freaking out over superheroes in new york
• you banging on the wall
• some people are trying to sleep here
• it’s y/n, she moved into the building a couple months ago
• both of them mumbling apologies and growing significantly quiet
• you were kinda jealous bc hanging out with them honestly sounded fun but parents are a thing
• but it was fun yelling at them tbh so you got over it
• peter’s thought about inviting you but was always too shy to. he’s never had a girl apart from aunt may in his bedroom before.
• once you heard them talking about star-wars theories and you listened in through the walls
• anakin was freakin cool and awesome, he may have been problematic, but his character and it’s arc??
• okay but ned, hear me out, you can not tell me that padme wanted death after birthing two amazing and beautiful children, while she herself is incredibly beautiful—but a friggin children killer is alive and well. no.
• so you don’t wanna build the Death Star?
• ned, shut up, i didn’t say that
• sometimes you’d do your homework out on the balcony. you were lucky you had one instead of a rusty old fire escape.
• so one night you’re doing algebra 2 work and
• peter’s window slides open
• you laughing bc peter literal dork parker is sneaking out? awesome.
• not that you—a fucking nerd— should be judging
• and then you see him scaling down the building
• scaling down the building
• you’re like lmao dude wtf is going on, am i high
• peter hears you and nearly falls to his death
• you and peter swear to keep what you saw that night a secret
• it becomes an inside joke
• when you’re stuck in an elevator together, you wait until it’s just the two of you.
• you have an endless amount of puns
• so what’s iron man like?
• how descriptive, spider-ling—
• one day he sneaks back into his room pretty messed up
• you sigh and try to call out to him
• peter…peter…pet—oh, ugh, spider-ling!
• he comes immediately to your balcony
• you hand him an ice pack and some ointment
• it becomes a daily routine
• you know i’m still going to call you spider-ling right?
• you know sometimes i wish i did fall off that building that night you found out—
• despite being awkward you never let any of this secret slip
• after a while of this happening, you and peter eventually become close friends and talk to each other at school
• even tho you’ll always lie about it
• i saw him talkin to you—
• it was for…school stuff
• you join their Lunch Table™
• one night when peter has ned over
• peter starts talking about his feelings
• you know it’s wrong but you listen in anyways
• y/n’s eyes are really nice, you know like super pretty.
• peter, what does this have to do with our harry potter marathon?
• i just-–wow, you know, and y/n’s hair and smile?? and everything about y/n is great and amazing. so cute.
• why don’t you tell y/n that?
• ned?! what the hell? are you friggin crazy?
• he thought liz allan was bad?? you were even worse.
• he came up with excuses to talk to you
• he casually brought up homework when he passed you in the halls trying to ring the doorbell so that someone would answer your door since you forgot the keys
• you pretended like you didn’t like him back
• he would show up as spider-man in the middle of the night even though you were sleeping and would leave you nice stuff by your balcony
• but they’re friendship gifts
• “dear y/n, i remember you talking about some trouble you were having in AP Chem. i’m always available for tutoring :) think of it as thanks for patching me up all the time. also, i bought you a gift card for the book store so that you can buy books you actually want to read. from, peter parker.”
• that’s what the note taped to a “tips for chemistry” book says
• “dear spider-ling, ned told me that you really really really wanted some more t-shirts and since i am so tired of your dumb (but admittedly cute) geeky pun t shirts, i got you a nice sweater. i happen to think you look nice in red. well, as nice as a fifteen year old boy can look. from, y/n”
• both living in awkward and confused but adorable harmony until one of you makes a move