HC that his Spidey-sense was a lie that Peter made up on the spot. Tony Srark knew everything about him - his identity, story, every moment of life. His powers, it was the one thing he did not know. Peter looked at the man who was basically blackmailing him, and told him that he had a danger-sense, a type of premonition power. After a while it grew to be natural, and everyone, May, Ned, MJ, Fury - they all heard about his Spidey-sense. In reality, the premonition was just all of his 'normal' senses combined. He could hear the whistle of air, the movement of tendons, see the slightest changes in body language, smell the lead of bullets and gunpowder, feel the slightest vibrations in the air.
again, these are based on some of my experiences, but everyone’s different || T/W: hospitals, pain, & med mention
for anon ❤︎
He figured it out pretty quick — while you don't want your chronic illness to define you, the people who know you will definitely know and Peter catches on pretty darn quick, maybe it's the "spider-sense." When you found out you were a little afraid he might not be as interested because sometimes situations and symptoms aren't always pretty or fun, and at times they're barely manageable. Yet, his response to you asking if he really wanted to get into it after figuring it out was shocking. "I love you," he stated, "and that's always going to be a part of you, right? So, I don't see it as anything more than a part of you, good days and bad days, I'll still love you. If you'll still love me, Spiderman and all." With a kiss to his cheek you smile, "it's always going to be a part of you, and I love you, so looks like we're stuck together."
Pick-ups — Peter is great at picking stuff up for you. If there’s anything you need that would help ease the pain / symptoms, the moment you mention it Peter is on it. // When you’re hanging out in his room, the moment you comment “I should have brought that with me-“ Peter’s jumping up and suiting up. “Why not just walk to the store?” You ask curiously, “I’ll be faster this way!” he says with a smile. “But you really think it’ll look very superhero of you if you get-“ / “I don’t care what other people think about what I’m getting, if it’ll help you, it’s always worth it.”
Staying home after a flare — Peter’s really cool about staying home. Since he’s not “mr popular” at school he’s a-okay with not being a part of every single activity at school, in fact he’s a bit of a homebody himself. You two spend time playing old Atari video games while Aunt May makes some snacks for the two of you while you attempt to beat him in asteroids. He also shows you all the cool tech for his suit and how he’s adjusting it / making upgrades. Sometimes Ned also comes over and you all work on a Lego collection together.
↳ Peter 100% lets you try out his spider-man gear when you’re having a down day. Sometimes he brings stuff to your room, like the mask and he lets you talk to Karen or he even brings the IronSpider and lets you se all the cool stuff inside, the different settings, modes etc. You've tried out the web-shooters a few times, but found it was incredibly hard to get off the walls and it just became a nightmare when you accidentally hit the ceiling fan.
Carry you — if you’re feeling fatigue Peter aways offers to carry you, no matter where you are or the situation. This includes swinging through downtown to get somewhere faster, or simply carrying you up the apartment stairs because a symptom hit you out of nowhere. Sometimes when you don't want to draw as much attention to the fact that you need some help, he'll just hook an arm through yours and let you support yourself against him; in other settings, like of trips and walks, he'll give you a piggy-back ride.
Medication reminders — you're pretty sure Peter has your medications down better than you do. He knows where you keep them at your place, where you keep them when you come over, and where he keeps an extra few in case you forget to bring it. He's also like clock-work if you have a pill-taking schedule. No matter what you're doing he gently reminds you that you should take your medicine, something that always shocks you is he doesn't say it in a condescending tone, he makes it sound totally normal, which helps you feel more comfortable with having to take a break and take something when need be.
He’s very sympathetic — while he doesn't know how the exact pain or symptoms feel, he knows what it's like to have different and unique things going on that no one else understands. That's a reason he always wants to be there for you, even if you just want to vent about the fact that you feel like no one sees your pain half the time, unless it's a major emergency, which then of course, when you don't want people to know, everyone seems to know and ask about it. Peter wants you to know that it’s a safe space to vent and talk about your feelings and how your feeling, even if it’s the same as you felt yesterday.
Doctor's appointments — Peter gets really nervous when you go to the doctor, he wants to be there, but knows he can’t always be there. However, he loves texting you while you’re in the waiting room, anything to keep your mind a little distracted while waiting. He’s a big fan of Snapchat, which results in some retry hilarious distractions for yourself. // You almost always call or FaceTime him with the results or just how the appointment went when you’re done.
Hospital visits — Aunt May and Peter visit you a lot when you're in the hospital. Aunt May brings you your favourite snacks and always makes sure to bring blankets, pillows, and anything else to make the room feel a little more like home. Peter also brings some familiar stuff, but most of all he just wants to spend time with you. He hates the idea of you being alone just waiting around for someone to come keep you company.
↳ in fact he hates the idea of you being alone so much that he's asked if he can stay overnight with you. The hospital says no, because he's not of age or relation status to do so. However, that doesn't stop him. After nightfall, Peter will scale the side of the hospital, find your room, and come in through the window. Naturally he brought his backpack with him, containing an extra blanket and pillow. Those nights are the best, because you wind up falling asleep in his arms. And even though the doctor give supi a weird look and asks if you had that hoodie on last night, it’s total worth it.
Lots and lots of affection — Peter loves doting on you physically, he wants you to know that you are loved and that you’re beautiful, no matter what your pain, flares, and bad days look like, you are loveable! He always greets you with a hug and loves holding your hand. He loves cuddling you or being cuddled by you, he’s a-okay with you being more dominant in the cuddle department, he just likes being close to you and feeling you near him. Other times when you want to be held he is absolutely going to comfort and cuddle the heck out of you—
↳ Peter’s dedicated to you, he’s in it for the long haul, so if that means cradling you because your shaking on the bathroom floor unsure of how your flare is going to behave to sitting with you (or outside and just beside you) while you take a bath, or staying with you in bed because you’re too tired, or hanging out on the sofa where you’ve made camp for the weekend, etc. He just wants to be with you.
Marvel: how Peter and the readers relationship are before and after he reveals he’s Spider-Man.
Before the reveal:
This puppy dog of a man was ridding off the high of having asked you, the person of his dreams, out that during missions he as a few close class if it wasn’t for his ‘spidey tingle’ as aunt May put it.
Which meant he got scolded by dad!Tony, who might’ve gained one too many grey hairs from his recklessness.
Peter was going to be the death of him he swore it much to the avengers amusement and Peter’s embarrassment.
He would blush whenever you kisses his cheek
He would stammer when he saw you wearing something of his, it was the cutest thing his eyes ever saw
He would always stare at you in whatever classes you had together cuz he’s a lovesick puppy, it did earn him several scoldings from the teachers but he didn’t care, he just wanted to see you smile that bedazzled smile more often even when you thought it was hideous.
He encourages you to do a lot of things you wanted to do but didn’t have the confidence to. He’s super supportive.
You would be there on the anniversary of uncle Ben’s death to offer him comfort and reassurance that he would be proud of the person peter is today without a shadow of a doubt about it.
Whenever he wasn’t scheduled for future missions and he was up to date with homework he would always invite you over for a sleep over.
He bribed you with excessive cuddles, kisses, his baggy jumpers he’d knows you die for, pizza and a movie marathon of your choice. The boy was whipped to a T.
Needless to say you caved because who would pass up a goldmine like that accompanied by a cutie like Peter? You wouldn’t, you couldn’t.
Peter would feel ashamed in keeping a part of himself away from you when you promised to not withhold information from one another
but then he remebered why he with held this vital piece of information from you.
In order to protect you from the people who would, without hesitation, hurt you in order to get to him in the most heinous of ways.
He couldn’t afford to do that to you, more importantly he couldn’t do that to himself. He had already amassed a lot of losses that he didn’t want to add you to that body count, it would break his already fragile heart.
Ned and MJ pretty much approved of the relationship when it started off as totally-not-creepy- admiration stares across the room from two lovesick idiots, they would make bets on who would do what first.
MJ won most of those bets, without question.
Peter knew that his last night escapes would go under heavy suspicions from you and rightfully so, there would be a time where his excuses run their course dry.
He didn’t want you thinking he was cheating but...what could he do when his confessions aren’t enough?
So for now you’d continue being the cutest couple everyone wishes to be.
After reveal:
“Why didn’t you tell me Peter?” You asked with an calm, cold voice, your face completely devoid of any emotions, of the smile that would brighten his life even if it was just for a fraction of a second; It was the smile he’d treasure more then anything but right now he didn’t deserve that blinding flash of pearly whites in this moment with what he had hidden from you for a good proportion of your relationship. He knew he wasn’t going to be as trusted as he was when the relationship began after this.
The damned red and blue suit that would bring him a sense of joy now only brought him a sense of dread as it laid upon his mattress, mocking him for his faults.
“I wanted to protect you,” he cried out, voice cracking from the raw emotions,“to protect you from the people who would hurt me through you!” Tears brimmed the doe eyes you’ve fell in love with but now...you weren’t so sure anymore...you scoffed, unable to believe what you were hearing right now, not really seeing any reason to take his words for granted when he could be lying to your face more.
“I’m sorry to break it to you but your reality and mine are one in the same, I’m going to get hurt one way or another. Whether it’s by you, me or someone else,” you stepped closer to the now silent boy, voice lowered to a whisper, “I’m still gonna get hurt but hey, that’s what makes me more human then most.”
You both stood there in silence for a while that felt like forever, refusing the break eye contact with one another as you let your words work their paralytic affect while you questioned where you should go from here with your relationship knowing damn well that there was going to be mistrust lingering overhead going forward, painfully becoming more and more apparent the longer the silence lasted.
You phone went off, notifying that your ride was here, ready to take you back to the comfort of your home. “That’s my ride,” you broke the tense tension, reading up to adjust the strap upon your shoulder, coughing awkwardly when Peter didn’t say anything, keeping his eyes glued to the socks and his hands toying at the sleeves of his jacket. Seeing that there was no need to stay any longer then you already had, you turned on your heel and made your way to the bedroom door, silently hoping he’d do something to stop you so when he didn’t it fractured your heart more, “goodbye Peter.”
With that you shut the door behind you softly, you knew he only meant well but as for right now it was probably the best if you spent sometime apart to recess your relationship.
Peter Parker always has his webshooters on. And even if he wore long sleeves each day, they tend to hitch up, right?
So the solution? Make them look like something normal. They look a bit like leather bracelets, so Peter leans into that.
MJ notices first, of course she does. She doesn't connect that particular set of dots, so while in Europe she buys him a bracelet as revenge for the dahlia necklace. It's not plain, like the webshooters, it has a bunch of stars on it.
After that, they're a bit more noticable, so people lean into it. Secret Santa's, birthdays, hell May even buys him one for some occasion.
They're annoying to take of each time he has to put on his suit, but he refuses to stop wearing them. They start to mean something, at some point.
Especially after NWH. He inscribes on the inner side of each one the date and who gave it to him.
Why does every nonbinary Peter Parker fic make their name 'Parker'? It's on okay name while their questioning but I would hate to go by my surname. Instead I propose the following, all inspired by my au's that I might write one day, but are free to use :)
- Enji - derived from Benjamin to honour Uncle Ben's memory
- Mayhem - designed to honour Aunt May
- Shadow - child of Apollo au where they named themself that out of spite. Also from my stuck in Gotham au.
- Pyro - child of Hephaestus au, or a nickname bc the first mission they went on with Team Red ended in the building exploding
- Blue - self explainatory
- Red - also self explainatory
- Phoenix - after NWH, reference to becoming someone new
- Seraphim with Phi for short - no context just vibes
- Sun/Sol/Apollo - vibess
- Cosmo/Comet or smth nerdy - my 'survives IW instead of tony' au, they get inspired by Nebula
