Spideypool and biting hehe
(Also spidery Peter yay)
As some of you may know, spiders are weird when it comes to mating and, with some species the females kill the males (like the black widow and dark fishing spider) afterwards
Unbeknownst to Peter, he may have picked up some of these behaviours with the bite
Peter reacts to being bitten. Heās not scared or anything, but his body has decided that being bitten means he needs to go down. Itās a contradiction between the spider thinking biting means he needs to go pliant and the normal, human side knowing that being bitten isnāt that bad.
Peter and Wade had been getting close lately. Their relationship has developed from occasionally working together to intentionally working together to watching movies together on Wadeās sofa and sharing popcorn
Theyāre watching Star Wars (a new hope) sat next to each other with a large bowl full of popcorn balanced on the cushions between them
They had argued on patrol about what movie to watch later since it was a Friday evening and Peter had no job to get to in the morning. They had eventually agreed that Star Wars was satisfactory but then it was which Star Wars. That argument took a while. Eventually Peter suggested they just watch all of them. Luckily they both agreed on the correct order
Wade had changed out of his suit and into shorts and a t-shirt, Peter was wearing borrowed shorts and one of Wadeās knock off Spider-Man shirts that heād definitely given him on purpose even though he denied it since his suit was too hot and gross for the summer evening
Both men had watched the film multiple times and were quoting entire scenes at each other, Peter even had a whole ādid you know, in the original version-ā rant only for Wade to respond with a noncommittal āmhm, Iāve known that for agesā. Peter threw a piece of popcorn at his head
The movie continues and the both of them are thoroughly engrossed. Wade and Peter both try and pick the same piece at one point. Peter snatches it, Wade grabs his hand and tries to pry the popcorn out and Peter throws it across the room. If he canāt have it, now Wade canāt. Wade glares at him and Pater grins back smugly. As an attempt at a petty comeback, Wade bites Peterās hand.
It's only for a moment, then Wade throws Peter's hand back to him and goes back to watching the film. Wade looks away from him, he looks annoyed, and Peter realises that he feels bad. He feels terrible. He wants to apologise and wants Wade to not be annoyed at him. He brings his knees up and hugs them to his chest, getting lost in spiralling thoughts, staring at the TV but not really paying attention.
It takes a little over a minute for Wade to notice that Peter isn't enjoying the movie anymore, even the trash-compacter scene isn't entertaining him, and he looks over quizzically. Peter continues staring ahead, he looks like he's dissociated.
"Hey Pete, you good?"
Peter shakes his head, but doesn't look at him.
Wade puts the bowl of popcorn on the floor and turns to sit facing Peter. "I'm not upset, man, it's all good"
Peter hugs himself tighter and nods. Wade pauses the film, "Pete, talk to me, what's wrong?"
Finally, Peter looks away from the screen, "I'm sorry"
"You don't-"
"I really don't want to make you feel bad"
Wade blinks. This is so odd coming from Peter. They're always fine messing with each other, they always piss each other off, but it's never that deep. However, something has clearly happened this time. Wade doesn't know what's wrong, but neither does Peter, supposedly. Only thing Wade is sure of is that Peter is the one who needs the comfort, not him. "D'you want a hug?"
Peter nods again and crawls over to Wade, making himself small to fit against Wade's chest so that he's almost fully enveloped when he wraps his arm around him. Wade feels the tension in Peterās shoulders dissipate as he melts into him.
Peter has never been overly touchy, not like Wade is. Itās not that he doesnāt like touch, but Wade is normally the one to initiate. Wade rests his chin on the top of Peterās head and presses play, they continue the film curled together.
By the time Obi-wan dies, Peter feels better. He sits back against the sofa, away from Wade, āI dunno what happened thereā, he rubs the back of his neck in embarrassment, āsorry about thatā
āItās all good baby boy, we all need some tlc now and then, just try let me know if youāre gonna go all sad and pouty on me againā
āYeahā¦ Iāll do my bestā
Peter turns back to the film, and so does Wade, he's still not paying attention, but this time for a different reason.
He genuinely doesnāt know what happened. Heās never felt like that before. He was so upset. All he wanted to do was make it up to Wade, he wanted to be good for Wade, he wanted Wade to tell him itās was all ok. But why? Peter focuses, he had felt upset after Wade had pulled away, after heād bitten his hand, but neither of them had done anything too different. Peter shakes his head, trying to physically get rid of the confusion and just focus on the movie. He could worry about whatever that was at a more convenient time.
Ok, I need to explain what's going on here. Basically, I've messed with the concept of subspace and subdrop to make it fit this spidery Peter headcanon. When Pete gets bitten, he enters subspace (only if he is comfortable, he allows his body to slip into it) and the concept comes from biting behaviour from spiders. Because he doesn't know what's going on, and neither does Wade here, he isn't brought down from his subspace slowly/gently and he experiences subdrop.
btw, subspace and subdrop are terms used most commonly in bdsm communities and in reference to sex or intimate activities, so while I am not writing that here, if you do look into it on your own, that it what you'll find :)
(subspace is also a maths term that I do not understand)
