what happens when peter comes back after disappearing for 5 years due to 'the blip' and find the little girl he's been babysitting...is now his age? and what happens when he finds himself falling for her?
this obviously takes place after endgame, but for this story's sake, all the avengers are still alive and well (AS THEY SHOULD BE fkoefjo moving on-)
"oh yeah! Principle Avery said we might go to New York for our Senior Trip!" and here comes round two again "honestly I don't know if I wanna be friends with you if you continue choking on air" Lily spoke, patting her Best friends back. once y/n finally recovered again, she straightened her back, processing what she's heard.
"WHAT?
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and before she even had time to process anymore, she found herself flying to NYC for the one and only 2 week long Senior Trip!
thoughts were spinning around everywhere
what if I see him again?
what if he is actually dead?
did he move on?
will he still recognize me?
Thoughts, thoughts, thoughts, so many thoughts. The only way to calm herself down was from something the devil himself told her, he said and I quote 'plug your earphones on, listen to your favourite playlist and close you eyes. I recommend to listen to left hand free though.' and ever since then y/n would listen to that song whenever she felt anxious.
tapping her foot to the beat, the flight was ready and people starting boarding the plane. Lily was everywhere, she'd run around in circles, talk to every student there and rant to them about how she'll finally get a real 'i ❤ NY' shirt that wasn't from California's target. Her very familiar blue eyes would sparkle just by the thought of it.
two other close friends of y/n, Brielle and Baily, were ranting about all the attractions they'll get to see. It was really hard to know which one said which since they spoke at the same time and had the same voice since they were twins! well, bailey had a lower voice than Brielle. Even though they both look alike, both having beautiful tanned skin, faded freckles and shiny green eyes. y/n could tell which one's which from a mile away.
Not that she couldn't just from their outfits, but also Brielle had light brown hair while bailey had shiny ravenous hair. Brielle was like the copy paste of Lily. loud and adorable. While bailey was more on the quiet side, but once she's comfortable with you she gets as crazy as her sister. She also LOVES books and makeup, like the girl's seriously talented.
After they've finished their loud rant, they both returned to their respective seats. Brielle and Lily gushing over Timothée Chalamet, while Bailey was reading 'To Kill A Mockingbird' for the 327th time.
Y/n felt relief wash over her as a few more songs blared through the tiny ear plugs. And a few minutes later, Mr Elmond called the students in for boarding.
here we go..
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"Oh come on! how is Iron Man better than Spider-Man? did you forget I have webs come out of my wrists?!" Peter spoke as he walked peacefully with a 5 and a half year old by his side
"well, by daddy's iron man and he's always there for me!" the little girl spoke, her adorable laughter echoed through the huge park.
"well Spider-Man will always be there for you, but I admire your loyalty towards your old man" Peter chuckled, not wanting to cause any problems with him and his Boss by telling his Boss's daughter to trust him more than him?? yeah that sounds like a suicidal mission.
As they were walking, they've spotted a few unique looking flowers and got jumped by a lot of overly-excited dogs, but no one was complaining. But then, peter saw, like every other time he walked in this park, a certain cherry red wooden bench. it made him smile at the thought of the girl he thought he'd reunite with, hopefully some other day. But he couldn't help but notice some kids his age were occupying it, laughing and talking about whatever. Morgan realized where he was looking at and felt guilt wash over her.
"if you wanna hang out with your friends, you could go, you know" her voice sound sincere and genuine but also heartbroken, and it didn't go unnoticed by him. He immediately stopped his tracks and whipped his head towards her direction.
"oh no no no! they're not my friends! I-I-I just thought the red bench looked cool" peter's eyes widened in concern. Morgan sniffled a bit but shifted her gaze towards the red bench making her giggle.
"it really does look cool" she sniffled some more and dried her tears with her little hands. It broke him to see how sensitive she got just by the thought of him abandoning her. He didn't like it, he didn't like it at all.
"Listen to me" peter crouched down so he was in eye level with the girl "i would never abandon you like that, okay?" he stroked his thumb over her soft cheeks and hugged her tightly. She sniffled once more and cleared her throat.
"you promise?" wow, talk about Deja vu am I right?
"I-I promise" feeling an extreme pang of guilt. Shit, peter. How could you say that when you broke the first one not even two weeks after it?
And that's all the validation Morgan needed, after her little emotional breakdown, she took off to the red bench that was filled with a bunch of strangers, great.
"Wha?- MORGAN WAIT" peter ran after her causing her to giggle before he caught her. But it was too late, they were infront of them. And it was like a scene from a movie, they were all laughing until the boy and the little girl infront of them came into view, then everything went dead silent.
"Hi there" a blue eyes brunette spoke, her voice sweet and welcoming
"Hi" Morgan replied shyly, hiding behind peter. Suddenly the girl was shy. really? is all peter could think about
"Sorry for interrupting you guys, we're leaving. Come on morgan! lets go get ice cream" peter ushered the little girl, but before he could convince her any further, Morgan spoke.
"I like the dots on your face" she said to the girl next to her, admiring it from a distance. causing the boys to snicker. Then her gaze went over to the girl beside her "*major adorable gasp* you have it too!" she pointed at the girl with the book.
"Yeah! they're called freckles" the girl that sat next to the brunette spoke. And with that, Peter's cheeks turned red in embarrassment.
"oKaY that's enough Morgan, now let's go get ice cream!" he (gently) yanked her arm away from the crowd and prayed to god he won't see these group of people ever again. God Morgan.
As if it just clicked on her mind, Morgan's eyes sparkled and she scrambled to the ice cream truck "ICE CREAM!" she yelled at the top of her lungs making Peter face palm.
"Look there's a cloud that's shaped like a rainbow! and a donkey a-and A UNICORN" while Morgan was entertaining herself by pointing out random shapes and animals from clouds, Peter decided to text ned to know whether they're gonna watch a movie tonight or not.
But a certain voice, well, more like an order caught his attention. He stopped texting, eyes fixated on the ground in concentration to hear what the person infront of them ordered. Then suddenly a girl's voice was heard, ordering that complex yet familiar order he used to always order for a certain someone. Without thinking he blurted out:
"Y/n?" turning both the girl and boy's head towards him. And there goes his eyes becoming as giant as Asia yet again. He couldn't look at the them from embarrassment, he knew it was too good to be true. that's unti-
"Y/NNNN!!" Morgan jumped on the stranger causing his head to look up and be met by...her?
No. Fucking. Way.
"Y/n?" his heart started drumming, cheeks and ears turning a generous amount of red and his gorgeous smile growing by the second.
"Peterrrrr!" The 11 year old girl ran through the halls excited to see him once again
"I'm here y/n/n!" the boy replied, taking off his shoes to enter the house he stayed in way too many times to count.
Peter parker was y/n's babysitter since she was 8 years old. When y/n moved in, Parker was looking for ways to make money and may suggested he'd babysit the new neighbour's daughter. So he's been babysitting her ever since!
Before Peter could say anything, the girl attacked him with a hug. To say the pair were close was an understatement. Y/n would never let anyone else babysit her except for Peter, it didn't help that she had growing feelings for him as she's getting older. it was nothing but a ridiculous crush. Plus, she knows he sees her as a sister.
Peter laughed at the gesture, hugging her tighter as a reply.
"Did you get the DVD you promised?!" Y/n asked practically flying from how much she was jumping
"Yes! I cant wait for you to watch Star Wars, y/n/n you're gonna love it!" Peter exclaimed, showing her the first movie 'Star Wars Episode 1: The Phantom Menace'.
"well the first movie ever released was in 1977 'called Star Wars' but they changed the title to 'Episode IV: A new hope' so chronologically, the first film ever released is the fourth one. And we're gonna watch it chronologically for better experience!" peter was as excited as the girl was. he loved star wars and he always wanted y/n to watch the movies.
"LETS DO IT" she yanked peter's arm to the kitchen for making their annual movie night snacks, meaning, popcorn, Delmars sandwich, gummy bears, and Aunt May's famous homemade cherry pie (peter's favourite) will be filling the coffee table.
"wait wait wait-" peter spoke at y/n's mid-flop on the couch, startling her.
"what?"
"did you finish you're homework?" he asked causing y/n to groan
"PETERRRRR"
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"c'mon!" y/n said skipping happily in the park "let's sit on our bench!" peter nodded, slightly running to catch up. y/n and peter loved the park, its one of things they both like to do to clear their mind. the dark wooden bench with faded thin red streaks was the first thing that caught y/n's eye, ever since then, it became 'their bench'.
After a few minutes of comfortable silence and pointing at weirdly shaped clouds and happy little puppies circling the lush green filled park, Peter spoke up.
"I wanna tell you something" he turned to her side letting one knee rest on the bench while the other was planted on the floor.
"Okay" Y/n teared her gaze away from the blossoming flowers, looking at him with a confused head tilt due to his apologetic smile that was plastered on his slightly tanned skin. "What's up?" She fully faced him now, concern filling her instantly.
"I can't come on Saturday" he said, squinting slightly. He knows that next Saturday is their annual movie night. Even y/n's parents would watch it with them and occasionally aunt may would tag along, it's a tradition!
"W-What??" Y/n's eyes bulged. Disney is a very important matter to her, as it should be, of course. "B-but we were gonna watch the little mermaid next! Who am I gonna rant to about how drop gorgeous Prince Eric is?? My dad??" Her face dropped instantly from the news. She always looked forward to Peter visiting but Disney movie nights are another level of important. Not just because the movies are spectacular but y/n and Peter formed their special bond through Disney!
They even planned on going to Disneyland together so they could go on all the rides, Star Wars ones included. That's why they finished the trilogy as fast as possible so any chance they could somehow get, y/n'd know what Peter is talking about and it wouldn't sound as if he was speaking a language from a different planet!
"I know I know but it's a school trip!" he exclaimed "I promise once I get back, we're binge watching both of the movies I'll miss" he reassured her.
"Wait- TWO movies?" Remember when I said y/n's eyes were bulging a few minutes ago? Yeah scratch that, her eyes are as giant as saucers right now. "You'll be gone for two weeks?!?" Peter tried to hold in his laughter as hard as he can, but seeing the little girls pout was way too adorable.
"I'm sorry" he tilted his head like the golden retriever he is, his honeyed eyes full of sorrow. Peter never liked to see the girl sad, he was always protective of her, as if she was the little sister he never had. Cursing at himself his head was spinning with ideas on how to cheer you up. "I'll buy you ice cream" and there is the sparkle in your shiny y/e/c eyes again between you and me *whispering* nothing can get between y/n and her ice cream.
"Deal" she still tried to look mad at him but Peter knows how to let her crack a smile. He stood up, stretched out his hand for her to take and walked to the ice cream van.
"I honestly don't know how you're still pouting when infront of you is a huge ice cream van" Peter spoke while they were in line "that's honestly gotta be a world record or something" still, nothing. "When am I gonna see you're smile again?" He huffed. But him complaining made it worse, y/n crossed her arms and pouted even more, looking to the side.
"You leave me no choice, then." He sighed and walked closer and closer to her. Y/n was confused to what he meant but was determined not to crack. But not even a second later, she was attacked by a pair of arms tickling her sides.
"PETER!" The girl laughed but the boy continued on tickling her until it was their turn in the line
"There's that cute smile I've been waiting for" Peter chuckled giving the cashier a nod and his signature smile. He looked at the menu for a second and turned to the giddy girl next to him ready to devour the ice cream. "The usual?"
"Yes"
After eating their ice cream in bliss on their bench, y/n spoke.
"I'll miss this" she gestured to her half melted ice cream and the gleaming park infront of them.
"Me too but hey, its only two weeks" he smiled apologetically, also reminiscing this peaceful moment, since he knows what he has ahead of him (sorta) school and patrol have been stressing him out for a while so he's very grateful for the times he'd babysit the little girl beside him (but ha he really doesn't know what's ahead of him does he?)
"Do you swear on Princess Leia" She looked at him, pouting slightly. Peter laughed regretting showing her the franchise since she's been obsessed with it. Who is he kidding? He loves it.
"I swear on Princess Leia AND Luke Skywalker"
-Two weeks later on 28th of April 2018-
"Breaking news, half of the population of America and it looks like well...the WORLD is disappearing out of no where! Where are the avengers to help us now?"
Sitting in the middle of the room, legs crossed, arms hugging the only thing that would remind her of the boy, Mr Cuddles. y/n watched the news intently. Her mind not wanting to process what she had just witnessed.
Could this be really happening right now? half of the world? more than thousands, millions, billions of people, just...gone??
I mean she was thankful that her parents are still here. Every few minutes the little girl would check if they'd crumbled into dust as well or not. Luckily, they haven't.
But the boy, the one boy she wanted not to leave her alone, the one boy she made promise, who helped her go through a ton of shit since she was younger, was gone.
Seeing his name pop up as one of the 'disappeared' was the most heart-breaking thing the 11 year old could have ever seen.
The only thing spiralling her little head were two words.
He. Promised.
She could still remember the hug he gave her two weeks ago, not as a goodbye, he'd say. but as a see you later. She could remember the scent of his freshly sprayed cologne, his little empathetic smile, his gleaming chocolate brown eyes, only becoming a dashing color of hazel when light reflected on it.
He Promised.
"Do you promise?" He nodded his head in confirmation, eyes darting to the phone once in a while getting text messages from his friends for being late
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He. Promised.
She could still remember the hug he gave her two weeks ago, not as a goodbye, he'd say, but as a see you later. She could remember the scent of his freshly sprayed cologne, his little empathetic smile, his gleaming chocolate brown eyes, only becoming a dashing color of hazel when light reflected on it.
He. Promised.
"Do you promise?" He nodded his head in confirmation, eyes darting to the phone once in a while getting text messages from his friends for being later
"I promise"
He promised.
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April 27th 2018
April 27th 2018
April 27th 2018
the day that took away half of the universe by a cruel eggplant of a monster. Ever since 11 year old y/n watched the horrible news on her TV her little heart broke into pieces. he promised, is all she could think about. he promised he'd come back..
- 4 and a half years later -
y/n bit her nails nervously, her foot tapping the chocolate brown wooden floor. her parents told her to wait for them in the living room for some 'important' news. To say she was feeling a little uneasy was clearly an understatement.
Ever since her father worked in Stark Industries due to the lack of staff from the Blip, they've been ridiculously formal and well...classy, because of the high income. They moved into a huge mansion and left their crumbly apartment that was filled with beautiful memories to dust. even though the apartment was old, it was the homiest place y/n's ever lived in. Yet, her parents seemed to not care about that. Simply, heartless. Peter was slowly started to vanish from her memories, the girl had no hope in finding him, she slowly adapted to the fact that he may be...dead.
half a year later, People started miraculously coming back from The Blip. families, friends, hell, even animals were reunited. but it was too late. y/n's family moved a away to California for a bigger job opportunity provided by the one and only Tony Stark, it was actually Happy Hogan but Stark confirmed it. At that time, y/n promised herself to not think of the boy again, even if he may potentially be alive, she felt utterly ridiculous for still having this witless crush.
so the 17 year old started her own life. found new friends, a new school, a new hobby, and a possible boyfriend??
Aiden, that was his name, Aiden Sullivan Brown. the boy with crimson red cheeks, bright ocean blue eyes and luscious brown hair that had tiny golden streaks in them. he was perfection. the whole school was either drooling or envying the boy. He was the heart and soul of California High.
at first, y/n cursed at herself for feeling the undesired flutter in her heart everytime he strode through the halls. His cologne intoxicating everyone that surround within 5 Feet radius of him. But clearly, no one was complaining.
What even infuriated her even more was that he was the heart and soul of California High for a reason. He was beyond nice and welcoming to her, cared about what people thought of him, as a role model, an idol, or even a friend. Not the smartest out there but his love for socializing and communicating was outstanding. Yes, he wasn't smart with the equation and expressions shit, but he is definitely smart with communicating and persuading people. Anytime there was a debate for English, people would rush by his side. Not because he was popular, but because he was good.
as the months flew by y/n made the promise to not think about the Queens boy so much and start accepting the fact that maybe she really does like Aiden. But most importantly, her studies. Anytime y/n's friends would invite her to a party or a little get together at the diner, y/n would make the lame excuse of the need to study for an upcoming test, or that she has a family dinner to attend to.
Now don't get me wrong y/n loves her friends and wouldn't miss up an opportunity to meet with them, but because Lily, the first person that reached out to y/n since she moved in, was her next door neighbour and somehow her group of friends were close to the jocks of the school, which means the golden boy will be there. Oh did I forget to mention that Aiden was in the football team? oh silly me, of course I did!
but that would change once and for all. y/n realised (by the help of Lily) that if she wants to really get over the boy she was helplessly crushing on since she was 11, she needed to distract herself, and not restrict herself to having fun just because she's scared!
since Lily was her neighbour, they formed a close bond pretty quickly. so a couple months into school y/n was comfortable with talking about her past with her new best friend. she told her about Peter and what it's like living in New York, while Lily shared stories of her own. of how her parents own a company, and how her Dad disappeared from the blip so her mother needed to work more office hours for them to be more financially stable.
which meant Lily would be alone most of the time. y/n also learned that Lily wasn't really great with being all by herself. she'd get anxious, her hearing would be 1000 times more accurate. one day, she knocked on y/n's door telling her about it, and she was obviously welcomed by open arms. Even y/n's parents weren't always around so ever since then, sleepovers were a must at least 3 times a week.
"Y/N/NNNNN" Lily's surprisingly vey loud pitch voice rung through the hallways- at 7:45 might i add- y/n rolled her eyes jokingly and turned a bit to see her overly excited best friend skipping to her. "HAVE YOU HEARD WHAT PRINCIPLE AVERY SAID?"
"jeez good morning to you too" y/n ignored her overly-enthusiastic best friend and continued walking.
"ugh there's no time for that! Principle Avery approved of the Senior Trip!" and at that, y/n chocked on her own spit, coughing incredulously, causing a few heads to turn her way. she didn't think anything of it, that was before she realised a shadow was hovering above her bent body. she slowly looked up to be met by the dashing emerald green eyes again
"you, okay?" the boy chuckled, only making her knees drop down to the floor from embarrassment.
"yeah! yeah im fine! its just way too early for my body to function right now haha" y/n laughed sheepishly, giving Lily the best 'help me' eyes she could think of.
thankfully, Lily caught on and rushed to y/n's side, giving Aiden the best smile she could muster
"oops! look at the time! we really better get to class, right y/n? haha gotta go, see you Aiden!" then Lily dragged her away from the slowly rising crowd of jocks coming to attack Aiden, ugh boys.
once they were out of ear shot, Lily smacked y/n in the back of the head
"OW! BITCH WHAT WAS THAT FOR??"
"it was because you gave me those 'help me or imma die eyes' WHEN YOU WERE PERFECTLY FINE!" Lily exasperated, flinging her arms in the air, she was seriously way too dramatic
"no i wasnt FiNe, i didn't wanna talk to him!"
"yeah its because you've got a crush on him" she retorted
"ugh no i dont!" y/n scrunched her nose and covered her face with her hands in irritation. Even though Lily and some of her other friends say that she really does have a crush on the guy, y/n can't bring herself to admit it! she doesn't have growing feelings for him, yes she thinks he's hot but thats it! nothing else!
"yeah, yeah. whatever you say" her friend rolled her eyes
"what were you gonna say before i embarrassed my ass off infront of like, 20 people?" y/n changed the subject.
"oh yeah! Principle Avery said we might go to New York for our Senior Trip!" and here comes round two again "honestly i dont know if i wanna be friends with you if you continue choking on air" Lily spoke, patting her Best friends back. one y/n finally recovered again, she straightened her back, processing what she's heard.
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"Y/n?" turning both the girl and boy's head towards him. And there goes his eyes becoming as giant as Asia yet again. He couldn't look at the them from embarrassment, he knew it was too good to be true. that's unti-
"Y/NNNN!!" Morgan jumped on the stranger causing his head to look up and be met by...her?
No. Fucking. Way.
"Y/n?" his heart started drumming, cheeks and ears turning a generous amount of red and his gorgeous smile growing by the second.
"P-Peter?"
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Disbelief, utter shock, and any other possible phrase that would explain why y/n was fuming yet had the urge to be wrapped by his what looks like strong arms right now.
wait
oh my god.
"peter!" she said as if it just clicked, he's here.
why the fuck am I not hugging him yet?
y/n slowly let Morgan down and flung her arms around the boy, too happy to think of slapping him in the face for abandoning her for over half a decade. Peter immediately reciprocated, holding her a little tighter then he intended to, but thankfully she didn't notice.
his arms were strong indeed since he lifted her a bit while squeezing the life out of her. Peter rested his head on her shoulder, eyes closed as he smiled in content. she felt different yet so familiar.
"y/n/n" he whispered softly, she's here.
but it all got ruined once he opened his eyes to see a quite attractive tall brunette guy holding two ice creams, one with the complex order that he used to order for y/n every Wednesday and Saturday 6 years ago.
"H-How have you been?" he asked, glancing at the boy behind y/n every once in a while. But when y/n spoke, all his attention shifted to her. who cares who he is anyway?
"Surviving...I guess." she chuckled, making him chuckle as well. "I'm here coz of my senior trip!" she continued as peter nodded. wait, She's a Senio-
"y/n!" Morgan jumped in excitement "you know peter?!" she exclaimed
"yes I do! he...used to babysit me when I was younger" y/n wanted to explain what she meant but it looked like the little girl was fine with what she said. Plus, she wouldn't even know how to explain it since they're practically the same age now.
"wait wait wait, how do you know Morgan?" peter spoke up, tilting his head in confusion as his brown eyes wavered between the two girls, nonetheless he was happy about it.
"I used to babysit Morgan when I lived here" y/n explained, holding Morgan and resting her on her right hip, which made Peter's heart flutter for some reason. "My dad used to work for Tony Stark and as ironic as it sounds, I needed money. So I started babysitting" She continued. Peter laughed at the irony, still in shock from what the day has planned for him.
She's here. And he couldn't seem to wrap that around his head.
"How do you know, Morgie?" she asked, looking at the cloud Morgan pointed at and giving her a shocked smile as a reply.
"Peter is an Aven-"
"AH! WORK for the Avengers, well for Mister Stark...I have a Stark Internship" Peter cursed at himself for being so awkward. What the fuck peter? but all was interrupted when he heard a strangers voice.
"Hey Morgan, I'm Aaron" Aaron extended his hand, an adorable smile plastered on his face as he greeted himself to the girl. Morgan giggled as she shyly shook his hands. She cupped her tiny little hands on y/n's face and whispered something to her
"oh noOoOOoo" y/n chuckled nervously "we're just friends!" And peter immediately knew what Morgan asked her. Clearing his throat, he made everyone turn to him, again. Shit.
"Oh! I completely forgot" y/n spoke "Peter, this is Aiden. Aiden, this is Peter"
"Nice to meet you peter" Aaron extended his arms again and Peter reciprocated
"Nice to meet you too" Peter replied, giving him firm shake. Which obviously, surprised the guy.
"Woah, nice grip, man. What's your secret, Hercules?" Aiden joked as Peter shrugged it off, genuinely chuckling.
"Well, Aiden and I were going to hang out with the rest of the group from the trip, wanna join?" Y/n asked, looking as excited as he was when he saw her. Peter obviously found that adorable and he wanted nothing more than to hug her again and talk to whole day about what he missed.
"I-I would love to, honestly. But I gotta walk Morgan back to the compound" he reasoned. stretching his arms out for Morgan which made her hug y/n tighter.
"nOO! I wanna hang out with y/n/n!!" Morgan whined, resting her face on the crook of y/n's neck. As peter was about to try and convince her to go with him, y/n extended her free arm to hook it with peter's
"perfect! you guys can both come!" she smiled as Morgan cheered. "O-Only if you want to, though." she stopped on her tracks unhooking their arms, immediately feeling the cold breeze from the park, god you missed his warmth.
"forgot how considerate and caring you are of peoples feelings, of course I wanna come" he joked, bumping his shoulder with hers causing her to roll her eyes.
"forgot how much of a body heater you are" she retorted, laughing bashfully as she visibly shivered.
"well, thank god I'm back so i could keep you warm all day"
"who said i wanted to see you all day?" she sassed, peter mouth fell open in shock as he heard Morgan's giggling in the background
"okay miss y/l/n, okay." Peter clenched his jaw in a joking matter, trying to find a better comeback.
"no seriously, leaving me for 6 years when I thought you'd come after 2 weeks? that's low, parker. pretty low" she continued teasing him but peter felt a pang in his chest, guilt. guilt surrounded his whole body. he visibly stiffened, closing his eyes in embarrassment.
"I am extremely sorry about that, y/n. I-"
"It's okay, peter. I get it. it's not like it was your idea or something." she shrugged, looking at the girl in her arms and Aiden playing Rock Paper Scissors together. and they walked the rest of the way in awkward silence. What happened to us? Peter thought. they would never have an awkward moment. always fooling around and making jokes, so this seemed very foreign to the both of them.
"we should catch up" he suggested "I-I mean I don't think my brain still processed the fact that you're my age now." he chuckled lightly as his head hung low, giving her a good view of his sharp chiselled jaw.
"W-We definitely should" she answered. "are you fre-"
"Y/N YOU'RE FINALLY BACK!" a brunette hugged her as tight as he did 10 minutes ago. people should seriously stop interrupting our conversations, y/n thought. but out of nowhere, Morgan jumped out of y/n's arms and ran to a stranger, giving peter his 1278th heart attack of the day.
"FRECKLE GIRL" Morgan shouted, pointing at the girl who sat in y/n and peter's the cherry red bench. oh god, out of all the people in the world. she had to be friends with them?
"*gasp* Morgan! your back!" the girl hugged Morgan tightly, making Aiden and Y/n confused as hell.
"How many people does this girl know?" Aiden chuckled lightly
"no seriously" y/n chimed in "you know my friends?" she smiled to her.
"I mean, yes and no" she replied adorably
"we met them on the way to the ice cream truck" Peter spoke
"but I don't know you you guys' names" she looked at the group of girls surrounding her with a pout.
"I'm Lily!" the blue eyed brunette that hugged y/n said
"I'm Bailey" the girl with the book in her hand spoke
"and I'm Brielle" freckle girl chimed in
"Brielle" Morgan repeated testing it out "i like that name"
"why thank you Morgan" she smiled
"everyone, this is Peter" y/n spoke "he used to babysit me when I was younger, but he blipped...and now we're the same age!" she laughed loudly, making jazz hands, Peter laughed at her antics and joined in, curling his arm around her waist.
"well, I'm gonna go back to the boys, see you guys later" Aiden announced waving to the group.
"oh, Aiden wait!" y/n sprinted to him and gave him a hug "thanks for the ice cream" she whispered
"anytime, now go catch up with Hercules" he gave her a smile, hugged her once more, and continued walking to the boys.
Peter watched the whole thing, and to say he was okay with it would be one hell of a lie. but he can't really say anything about. not only did he disappear for 6 years, but it wasn't any of his business. so like the gentleman he is, he smiled politely and stayed silent while watched from afar.
a few minutes later, peter was talking about how he got the internship to the group when he suddenly get wrapped by a pair of arms.
"I can't believe your here" he spoke, turning around to hug y/n tighter but she scoffed
"how did you know it was me?" she huffed
"oh that was easy as hell, who else would wear an ungodly amount of 'your the one' perfume?" he chuckled "what?" he stopped once he realized she didn't laugh with him
"you remembered? "y/n's felt the familiar butterflies dancing inside of her stomach again, the burning sensation on her face, it was like being 11 all over again.
"of course I remember y/n. I remember everything about you" his smile was genuine and sincere, telling you that he meant every word. and it did not help the way you were feeling right now.
wouldn't he just forget about me?
I mean was I really that important?
was I that special to him?
"I mean if I had a sister of course I'd remember everything about her."
.....
aaaand moment = ruined. Lily visibly grimaced, giving y/n a sympathetic smile and planning over 120 ways to murder the guy that's breaking her best friends heart.
"You're really important to me y/n, you're like the sister I never had" peter hugged her. y/n sighed deeply, trying to hold the tears that dared to escape her eyes. once Peter let go he realized she was crying "oh don't cry y/n/n" he wiped her tears with her thumb that held her face gently "I'm here now, and I don't plan on leaving anytime soon, I love you" this time y/n hugged him.
"I-I love you too" she sniffled, hugging him even tighter, inhaling the fresh scent of his cologne. If only he knew what she really meant..
