Literally me the entire time I read this đ„ș thank you V
A/N: So this started out as a headcanon thread that was hella long until I eventually decided to just write the thing. This may be one of my favorite things Iâve ever written. Let me know what you guys think. Oh, and yes there will be a part 2 ;)
Summary: A Hogwarts AU where Peter Parker falls in love with a Hufflepuff and itâs just tooth rotting fluff the whole time really.
Word Count: 4.7k
Warnings: social anxietyÂ
âJust breathe.â y/n exhaled, staring at herself in the mirror.Â
It was her first day of sixth year at Hogwarts and she was a tangled knot of anxiety and nerves. Part of her still couldnât believe she was actually there once again. It seemed like just yesterday someone was knocking at her door and telling her parents that she was a witch and was accepted to Hogwart, a school for witchcraft and wizardry. It had been a bumpy ride at the beginning, her parents not fully believing it for quite some time but eventually couldnât deny the obvious. It was true and they all knew it. Y/N had always been different her entire life, with strange things happening around her that always made people stare at her. It was what made her such an anxious child and what made her social anxiety bloom into what it was.Â
Smoothing down her robe and adjusting her yellow tie, she left the restroom and headed for her first class, keeping close to the walls and head down and continuing on with the same routine sheâd had for the last several years. Sometimes she wished she could blend in with the walls and go unseen.
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Okay all did not go according to plan and Iâll have it up tomorrow! I got an idea for a part two and Iâm having to edit the chapter to add those undertones in
when can we except the HP piece
Working on it right now bestie! Iâm thinking sometime Tuesday afternoon if all goes according to plan
Live footage of me writing this for V and V only
What if I told you I was working on a prompt for Ravelclaw!Peter and Hufflepuff!reader? What then V?
Well Daisy, Iâd have to scream and jump and worship the very ground you walk on because YES PLEASE
HIII!! I saw that you requests are open so here is mine :D What if reader got Peter flowers? <333
A/N: I love this! lets pretend I posted this yesterday on Valentine's day lol
Love, Sunshine, and Beauty
Peter was a really kind and thoughtful boyfriend. He always did like things for y/n like leaving little notes for her to find while he was on patrol and she had just gotten home from work. One time he left a small flower that he must have picked from the bush outside on the soap holder in the shower. He was always doing things to make her smile and know that he thought about her and wanted to make her smile, even if he wasn't there to see it. Being Spider-Man made him miss out on some things that he wished he could be there for like the birthday party she had last year that her best friend threw her at a bar in Brooklyn. It being at night, Peter wasn't able to make it and she understood but it bothered him a lot that he wasn't there for his girlfriends birthday party. That was when the little things had started and y/n adored them more than Peter knew. So when Valentine's day came around, she realized that this was her chance to do something sweet for Peter like he often did for her.
She'd never bought flowers before, especially not for a man so she wasn't sure what to get. She wandered around the grocery store looking at the tons of different arrangements they had but none of them stood out to her until she came across a bouquet of sunflowers, red roses, and daisies. They all meant something that was so true to Peter. It was perfect.
Their shared apartment was empty when she got home and she knew Peter was most likely at the lab still. They had early dinner plans for Valentine's day so he would be home shortly.
After putting the bouquet in a vase with some water, she left it on the counter that faced the front door with a card that she propped up to stand and a small box of chocolates before getting in the shower.
Peter closed the front door behind him, hearing the shower and knowing y/n was in it. They had dinner plans shortly and he couldn't wait to take her to the restaurant. It was where they had their first date two years ago and also the same place she had told him she loved him for the first time just a few months later.
He looked up and stopped in his tracks.
On the kitchen counter was a vase with different flowers. At first, he immediately thought that someone else had given them to her before he had a chance to give her the roses he had in had in his hand, but then he saw the propped card with his name on it.
He dropped his backpack on the empty counter space and picked up the card and opened it.
Peter, Happy Valentines day, my love. I know men don't usually receive flowers, even on v-day but I wanted to give you back some of the beauty you give to me every day. The roses are for how much I love you, the sunflowers are for the sunshine you bring into my life, and the daisies are for the beauty that is you. I love you endlessly.
                                 -love, y/n
Peter smiled wide and kissed the card before setting it down and taking in the flowers, seeing her meaning in each type. He knew how lucky he was to be love by her and he felt her love with the gesture and with the beautiful flowers. He was saddened that he wouldn't be able to keep them forever. Maybe he could have one of each pressed and framed. He would have to look into that before they died.
The sound of the shower stopping had him moving and he was coming into the bedroom at the same time y/n was getting out with a towel around her.
"Hey, babe." She beamed. "Happy Valentine's."
He pulled the bouquet of roses out from behind his back, his face partially hidden by them and a smile a mile wide pulling his at his lips.
"Peter." She cooed, taking them. "These are gorgeous."
"Happy Valentine's day, baby."
"Did you see yours?" She asked hopefully.
"No one's ever gotten me flowers before and I love them." He kissed her cheek, thinking back to the arrangement that was sitting on the kitchen counter fondly.
A year later, y/n walked down the aisle with a bouquet of red roses, sunflowers, and daisies.
My first mutual! Can i request Peter walking in on you playing guitar and singing and he didnt know you could sing???? And heâs floored???? Thanks!! đ„ș - justnotforbreadđžđ
A/N: thank you for this request I loved every second of writing this! Hope you like it!
Beautiful Stranger
Y/N was someone who was naturally very artistic and creative. Classes would be spent by drawing little doodles in her notebook or on whatever piece of paper was on her desk at the time. Teachers would often discourage it, knowing it meant that she hadnât been paying attention at the time. She took art as her elective several times over even though she had been encouraged by school counselors to branch out and try other things. She always customized whatever she could to her liking, especially the things she wore on her body. Her room had been a wall of posters and art she made and photos of things she liked and people she looked up to.
She had a notebook full of little thoughts she had and poems of all kinds. There were some poems about her parents and some about whatever boy she was crushing on at the time and some about how hard life was. It wasnât until her later teen years that she started writing songs.
They were purely for her and used as her own creative outlet as well as a form of therapy. The navy blue notebook that she kept these songs in was buried in her backpack and hidden under the mattress, never wanting her parents to find it.
It wasnât until she was nineteen and moved out that she picked up her first guitar at a small thrift store. It was older and had more than likely seen quite a few hands but she was drawn to it. Her little song writing hobby could become a song making hobby and she could do something with the dozens of songs she had written over the years.
Learning how to play had been harder than she thought it would be but she persisted, spending nights playing the same three chords over and over again until she had them down to a muscle memory. Deep Purpleâs Smoke on the Water had been the first song she learned and was able to play without messing up once and that fueled her to persist with the goal of being able to craft her own song.
Months later and she was sitting on her bed, making her own music and writing down the chords as she went so she wouldnât forget. More songs came after that and she kept them in the same navy blue notebook sheâd had for years that was specifically reserved for songs lyrics, and now the music to go along with those lyrics.
Singing was something she enjoyed as well. She knew she could hold a tune but she didnât think she was the best singer or anything, and it didnât matter. She sang for herself so to her it didnât matter if she wasnât amazing. It wasnât like American Idol was in her future dreams. So she never sang in front of anyone except her childhood cat who happened to be in the room when she was singing.
There had been a couple years that she went into a lull and didnât write as many songs as she once had, especially not after her guitar was stolen when her apartment was broken into while she was at school one day.
Then she met Peter Parker.
Peter with those eyes that reminded her of fall leaves and warm sweaters and baked goods and his hugs that made her feel like she was stepping out into the sunlight and the way he called her sweetheart in the middle of the night when he was getting into bed after patrol and she was half awake and welcoming him into their bed. Peter with his desperate need to do good and a hero complex that was so strong it put the weight of the world on his shoulders. Peter who kissed the tip of her nose when it was red from the northern cold and woke up early before her to make her coffee for her so that it would be ready when she woke up and always let her have the last Oreo.
Peter Parker had y/n writing songs again. They ranged from the way he made her wanna crack her chest open for him and give him her heart and how he was like a sun drop that slipped from the sun itself to light up her world and how his pleasurable touch made her wonder if that was what dying felt like. Some got specific like the one titled His Jacket about the night they went out and she didnât bring a jacket but got cold and he gave her his green one. It had been far too big on her and the sleeves went past her hands but it was so warm and smelled like him. It made her feel oddly safe even though he was right next to her and she hadnât wanted to take it off. When he wasnât home she would sometimes wear it and just feel so warm and safe. Some werenât as specific and more about their relationship in a broad sense, going on about how they would sometimes just look at one another and know what the other was feeling. Some of the songs were proper songs with three verses and three choruses and some were quite short with just a short verse and a chorus and a repeat of the chorus once more before ending.
It was late February when y/n got her tax refund and she eagerly made her way to the pawn shop down the street after work, buying a used acoustic before heading home to the empty apartment. Peter had plans to go on patrol right after his work day was done due to a serial rapist who had started upstate and in the last few days made his way down to the city. It had kept Peter up at night. She was worried about him but trusted Spider-Man to make sure Peter Parker came home to her every night.
As soon as she was home she was grabbing her notebook and fishing a new pick out of the pack she had just bought and made a workspace out of the living room floor, notebook out and open.
The feeling of the strings on her fingertips was so familiar but still a little out of place. It was like visiting somewhere that you once frequented but hadnât been there in years so it felt different yet the same all at once.
Forming the song only took a couple hours or so before she was running through her first play through. It took a few more run-through's before she felt comfortable with the order of the chords.
After a short break to get a drink and make dinner, she was sitting back down and putting the acoustic back in her lap, pick between her fingers. She knew it was getting late but she felt like she was just getting started and she knew Peter wouldnât be home for a while longer.
Peter landed gently on the fire escape, not wanting to wake y/n if she was already asleep. It wasnât very late but she was known to have early nights and be out by ten so on nights that he didnât know if she was asleep already he was extra quiet.
Slipping in through the unlocked bedroom window, he found their room empty but he had already heard her moving around in their living room when he started opening the window. Sliding past the curtain, he was in the bedroom and closed and locked the window behind him before taking off his mask.
He had had an early night, catching the upstate rapist much earlier in his shift. He had been trying to catch the guy for the last week and finally got him before he could ruin another woman's life. He felt relief in knowing he wouldnât be going to bed that night wondering if the serial rapist was out there and hurting someone. Spider-Man had made New York a safer place for at least tonight and that would grant Peter a good night's sleep- if just for tonight.
As Peter was heading to leave the room, he heard the strum of a guitar and stopped, listening and wondering why he was hearing a guitar. He only counted one heartbeat so it wasnât someone else playing. It had to be y/n.
The strum turned into a song and he took the remaining steps to be able to see out into the living room past the corner. Y/N was sitting on the floor with an acoustic guitar in her lap, looking down at it and fingers moving nimbly across the strings.
Leaning against the door frame, Peter watched and wondered why she had never told him she knew how to play. How had they been together for an entire year and he didnât know this about her? The guitar had to be new because she didnât have one before. He had personally moved most of her stuff when they were moving in.
Peterâs breath fell from his lungs when she started to sing.
âI grab your hand and then we run to the car, singinâ in the street and playing air guitar. Stuck between my teeth just like a candy bar and I wonder if it goes too far to say Iâve never recognized a purer face. You stopped me in my tracks and put me right in my place. Used to think that lovinâ meant a painful chase but youâre right here now and I think youâll stay.â She sang.
He was just in awe; he was wonderstruck. Her voice was so soft and so beautiful and steady and he hated that he hadnât been graced by it for the last year. Then there was the matter of the lyrical content that made his heart feel like it might turn into goo. It was absolutely her own original song that was about them because a couple months ago they had been at one of y/nâs friendsâ parties and they were leaving when a song that they both loved came on. The music was so loud they could still hear it from outside and had jammed out to it together, air guitar having been part of that. It was one of his favorite moments in time with her and now one of his fondest memories.
He didnât understand why she was working her current nine to five job when she had this talent.
He tried not to be a little hurt that he didnât know anything about this but he also knew that he had hidden Spider-Man from her for the first six months. He couldnât exactly judge her.
âOh weâre dacinâ in my livinâ room and up come my fists and I say Iâm only playing but the truth is this: Iâve never seen a mouth that I would kill to kiss. And Iâm terrified but the truth is this: I said beautiful stranger here you are in my arms and I know that beautiful strangers only come along to do me wrong. And I hope, beautiful stranger here you are in my arms and I think itâs finally, finally, finally, finally, finally safe for me to fall.â
Peterâs eyes pricked with tears as he leaned against the door frame, throat tight and wanting nothing more than to drop to his knees in front of her and kiss her so hard that it would be able to make her feel what he was feeling which was awe, astonishment, adoration to name a few. He was also incredibly overwhelmed by how beautiful she was; sitting there in that black NYU hoodie that he knew sheâd gotten on her first day with a strand of her hair falling in her face from the bun that was piled on her head and her face clear of any makeup and singing about she felt safe enough to fall because she knew he would catch her. He would always catch her. At the end of the day his most important job was protecting her. Spider-Man meant nothing if he couldnât keep y/n safe. The final strum made him wipe at his glassy eyes and he eyed the blue notebook that was open in front of her. He had seen it a couple times but assumed it was something to do with work like a planner or a calendar. It apparently harbored every feeling she had ever felt about him, about them.
Not wanting to startle her, he breathed her name.
Still, she jumped and her head whipped in his direction. âJesus.â She gasped. âWhat the fuck are you doing home so early?â
âFinished early tonight. Thought I might come home and try to see you before you went to sleep.â
Y/N was silent for a moment before nodding. âHow long have you been standing there?â
He smiled fondly. âLong enough to hear the most beautiful song Iâve ever heard in my life.â
Y/N groaned and buried her face behind her guitar in her lap.
Stalking forward, Peter sat across from her. âWhy didnât you tell me aboutâŠany of this?â
She looked up, ears red with embarrassment and lips pursed. âIâve never shared it with anyone.â She shrugged. âNot even my parents. Itâs something I do for me and when I met youâŠI was more inspired than I ever have been in my life. I may not be the best singer or songwriter but itâs so therapeutic.â
Cupping her face, he brushed the strand of hair away with his thumb. âI feel like I should have paid admission to see that thatâs how beautiful your voice is. And that song? You wrote that?â
She smiled sheepishly. âWrote it the morning after Annaâs party. You were still sleeping and I justâŠyou make me feel so safe, Pete.â
âWell, I am Spider-Man.â he chuckled.
âThatâs not it. I know youâre not gonna break my heart. I just know it. I donât know how but I do. You have no idea how many songs Iâve written about us and-and about you. Last year this thing wasnât even halfway filled and now itâs only got a few blank pages left.â
He closed the gap and kissed her hard in a mismatch of lips and the need to show her how much he loved her in a way he could. He didnât know how to make a song but he wanted to so badly in that moment just so she could truly understand how he felt about her because what he just heard made him know truly how she felt about him.
âPlay it again.â He breathed against her lips.
âIâll play it as many times as you want.â
Chapter 4 of The Adventures of Spider-Man and Moonlight should be up tomorrow!
Omg part 2 of the Peter Parker Hogwarts AU is amazing! I was so sad when I got to the end of it because I wanted more đ Great job!
Omg thank you bestie đ„ș Lowkey I wish I could have kept doing with it I just loved the concept so much but honestly I truly felt like it wasnât meant to be more than it was anything else would have been overkill ya know? But thank you so much for loving it and taking the time to send this it means the world to me
I may never recover emotionally from the following paragraph
âMy knight in shining armor,â you mumble, smiling into the crook of Peterâs neck as your head bounced against his chest with every step he took. âPeter - my Peter. You saved me.â
TASM!Peter Parker x Reader (f)
Warnings: college party activities, touchy creep, noncon touch, protective Peter Parker, durnk reader,
Summary: After seeing a video on Instagram, Peter rushes to Pi Kappa Alphaâs Spring Mixer in search of his friend.
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Spring 2016
The entire frat house stunk of marijuana and hot beer as Peter made his way through the crowded rooms, hoping to find his only reason of showing up to this god forsaken hell hole in the first place - you. People were everywhere, it was one of the last parties of the spring semester, Pi Kappa Alphaâs iconic spring mixer.
âHey! Have you seen my friend?â Peter yelled to one of his classmates, leaning towards where the man stood, drinking from a red solo cup as the music blared.
âWho?â The guy yelled back, cupping his ear closest to Peter as he squinted, clearly tipsy - maybe more. Peter rolled his eyes, pulling out his phone and showing his mate the Instagram video that sent him there in the first place.
It was a video of a crowd of people dancing in the very room Peter stood in this moment. He points at the corner of the video, directly to where you stood in the distance.
You were dancing, but not with the two friends you had brought along with you. A tall man stood behind you, seeming to grip your hips and forcefully dance-grinding on your as you start to pull away - clearly uncomfortable. And then the man grabs your jaw, pulling you in for a sloppy, forced kiss - your hands shoving yourself from his clutch. The strangerâs large hand wraps around your wrist as he yanks on your arm, just as the video ends.
It didnât matter that it had been the tenth time heâd watched the video since seeing it on the fratâs Instagram story, Peter was just as angry as the first view. And more than anything he was concerned.
The guy looked at Peter, pointing to the ceiling as he slurred, âSaw that dude upstairs.â
âThanks,â Peter says before beelining across the room, politely shoving past sweaty people as he reached the stairs. He stops, seeing one of your friends that you had originally showed up with making out with a person on the stairs - passionately shoving tongues down each otherâs throats. Peter rolls his eyes, too annoyed to even bother to speak as he continues up the stained stairs.
Somehow the second floor of the frat house was even more packed. It was dimly lit, a smoky haze filled the wide hallway as Peter tried to tap into his Spidey-senses. He hoped to smell your perfume or hear your voice somehow through the loud music and chatter from the party.
And then he saw it, the tall stranger dragging you by the waist into a room and shutting the door behind him. Peter was over to the door in an instance, pressing his ear against it as he heard fumbling.
âShut up,â he heard the man growl, followed by a muffled whimper. Your whimper.
Peterâs heart pounded in his chest as he clenched his jaw just as hard as he clench his fists.
âStop saying that fucking name. My name isnât Peter,â the man grunted. Peter heard his belt click. âAnd stop fighting me!â
Rage completely washed over Peter as he took two steps back from the door, kicking it open with ease. He steps through the doorway, wanting to scream as he saw the man from the video on top of you on a bare mattress. He was holding your mouth closed with one of his hands as he was fumbling with his pants.
âHey man, donât you see weâre busy,â the man stands up as he cranes his neck towards the door.
Peter quickly stalks towards the guy, fist meeting the strangerâs cheek before he can even turn around. The man stumbles, turning towards Peter and drunkenly punching at the air around Peterâs face.
Peter jabs the man in the nose - knocking him unconscious.
He walks over to where you laid on the mattress, drunk out of your mind as you sat up, wiping tears from your face as you adjusted your top, âP-Pete?â
Peter swallowed back tears, clearing his throat as he spoke, his voice shaky - âAre you okay? Did he - did he hurt you?â
You mumble something, trying to stand as you blinked lazily. Your hand braced on Peterâs forearm as you swallowed, feeling the room begin to spin as you started to slip into unconsciousness.
Peter caught you before you could fall, scooping you up in his strong embrace as you lay draped over his arms - head resting against his chest as he walks the two of you out of the frat house and into the night.
Air whipped around you as you stir, opening your eyes and seeing Peterâs ear and fluffy hair. You could smell his aroma, a scent that has comforted you for years now.
âMy knight in shining armor,â you mumble, smiling into the crook of Peterâs neck as your head bounced against his chest with every step he took. âPeter - my Peter. You saved me.â
He blushed, adjusting his arms to better hold you as he tried to conceal his wide smile. âWe - uh, we need to get you safe. What do you want to do? Go to your dorm?â
âI wanna - I wanna hold youâŠâ you slur as your nose brushes his neck.
Peter knew you were saying that because you were drunk, but it still gave him butterflies. He laughed awkwardly, âYouâre drunk.â
âI may be drunk,â you drunkenly proclaim, âBut I do wanna hold you.â You sloppily wrap your arms around his neck, snuggling into Peter - finally feeling safe as he continued to walk, holding you in his arms. âPeter, I think Iâm gonna throw up.â
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Do you have any daddy Andrew!Peter headcannons?
Lol gonna assume you mean as a father with kids and not in the other daddy sense.
But of course I do!
Infant and Toddler Years:
Peter cried happy tears the first time he ever bottle fed his baby.
He insists on trying all of the baby food! He says itâs because if he thinks itâs gross, the baby will think itâs gross, but really heâs just curious.Â
Peter never letâs his kids fall. He catches them every time. To the point that his partner has to remind him itâs okay for kids to fall down sometimes because they have to learn to get back up.
When heâs too lazy to put up baby gates, he just shoots webs over the open doors instead.
Uses his webs like a baby leash whenever the kids runs too far aheadÂ
All of his kids have him wrapped around their finger and they know it
Has the baby shark song and dance memorized. Gets stuck in his head all the time. Has 100% caught some bad guys while singing it under his breath.Â
Young Kiddos:Â
If heâs ever out late and misses bedtime, Peter will crawl into their beds and snuggle with them until he falls asleep too. So many nights his partner has been looking around the house for him only to find him passed out next to their kids
His kids ask him for Spider-Man stories for bedtime every night. He makes them child-friendly and often adds things like dragons into the mix for fun.
âDonât tell mommy that I let you have three bowls of ice cream for dinner.â *later that night* âI swear I have no idea why theyâre throwing up! Must be something going around the school.âÂ
His daughter has a fascination with bugs. Peter takes her on bug hunts through Central Park to see what they can find every weekend. They bring nets, jars, and magnifying glasses to study them.Â
Always has his nails badly painted and in rainbow colors because his daughter wanted to do them.
Can braid his daughters hair better than any of the other dads
Makes all their Halloween costumes by hand. Makes the whole family have a theme each year. His favorite was their Addamâs Family one. (Baby number three was made that night.)Â
Dresses up as Spider-Man and fully commits to pretending to chase the monsters out from under the bed whenever the kids get scared.Â
The kids first sleepover ever is at Aunt Mayâs house. Peter calls to check in on them every hour.Â
Heâs the first one to volunteer as a helper for any of their school field trips.Â
Pre-teens:
Brings them on movie dates every week and takes them out for dinner afterwards. Each kid gets their own special week night with dad to make sure that he stays a trusted person in their lives.
His kids are never afraid to tell him anything.Â
When they go through a period of being bullied, Peter letâs them skip school and sleep in. Then he puts on their favorite music and forces them to have a dance party with him until theyâre laughing again.Â
His son loves the Percy Jackson book series so Peter reads them all too. That way he can have conversations with his son that speak to his interests.Â
Peter often brings flowers home for his partner. His daughter mentions how pretty the flowers are one day. Peter then makes sure to bring her home a bouquet every time too.Â
Teaches his kids how to skateboard.Â
Teenagers:
When theyâre too stressed out with all their high school classes, Peter will sneakily do their homework for them some nights.Â
Spider-Man will watch over any first dates to make sure everyone is behaving themselves!Â
Treats all their friends as if theyâre his kids as well. Basically just adopts all the strays esp if they have crappy parents.Â
Loves their emo phase. Listens to all their emo music. Knows the members of all the bands.Â
He gets so excited when his daughter tells him that sheâs into photography. Buys her a brand new camera.Â
His daughter calls him drunk from a party one time. She says that her friends all got in the car to drive home but she knew better. He immediately goes to pick her up. Tells her how smart she was for calling him and brings her home safely. He takes care of her hangover the next day and waits until sheâs recovered before talking to her about the dangers of drinking. He never yells at her. Never raises his voice.Â
Will spend hours roaming the museum of natural history with his son.
Cheers the loudest at his daughter's volleyball games. She gets so embarrassed but he loves it.Â
College:
Holds it together while dropping off. Lifts all the heavy stuff for everyone when rearranging the dorm room. Sobs the whole way home.Â
Calls his kids every single night and insists they tell him all about their day.
If he doesnât hear from them all day, he starts panicking and threatening to drive up to the college. His partner has to calm him down and remind him that they are adult now. They need a little space sometimes.
Peter doesnât do well as an empty nester so he starts volunteering at a local youth group. He becomes a mentor to many young kids. Heâs also conveniently absent on the one day Spider-Man comes to visit the kids. They excitedly tell him all about it the next day though while he sits there and smiles. Â
That was fun! Give me more headcannons!Â
A/N: okay so I know I said that chapter 4 would up today but chapter 4 is incredibly long but this chapter is very important to Lunaâs character so I decided to do a 3.5 so that chapter 4 isnât quite as long. I promise it will be worth it! Enjoy this short one to tide you over for 4!
Summary: In which Spider-Man learns more about Moonlight than anyone else
Word count: 1.2k
Warnings: none
Chapter 3.5: Too Cool to Be From the Moon
Moonlight stared at the masked man twenty feet away from her and wondered what his life was like. He had to have a job like she did but what did he do? He was really smart so he had to do something like engineering or maybe he was in business and was one of those people who didnât actually work and got to take a hundred vacation days in the year. It would make sense on how he had the time to be Spider-Man because he was out way more than her. Luna could only come out as Moonlight during the night for the most part because she was at work during the day time. She of course got her days off but she tried to pick up shifts whenever she could to make rent. What did Spider-Man do that allowed him so much time to be Spider-Man?
âI can feel your stare.â He called just loud enough.Â
Instead of looking away, she got up and made her way over to him, plopping down bedside his crouched position. âYou know I donât know anything about you. Not what you look like, not your favorite movie, not if you think pineapple belongs on pizza-â
âIt does.â
âHeathen.â
âSee that right there. You just told me something about yourself.â Her eyebrow arched. âAny native New Yorker knows that pineapple belongs on pizza. Youâre not from New York.â
âIncorrect.â She hummed in a sing-song tone. âI was indeed born in New York. But youâre right. Iâm not actually from New York.â
âYou donât have to tell me anything about you like I donât have to tell you anything about me.â
âWhat if I wanna know something about you?â She breathed.Â
He finally looked her way and they stared at each other for a minute, Spider-Man debating on what he wanted to do. âI will answer three indirect identity questions.â
Luna squealed. âGoodie! Okay, so first, whatâs your favorite song?â
Thinking for a second, he nodded. âHave You Ever Seen the Rain by CCR.â
âI see that. That song fits you. Okay next-â
Spider-Man interrupted. âWhat do you mean it fits me?â
She shrugged. âI donât know. Just does. But to my next question: Tequila or Vodka?â
âWhat does that have to do with anything?â He mused with a chortle.Â
âJust answer the question, Spidey.â
âTequila.â
âWere you born with your powers or did someone give them to you?â
The silence that filled the space between them was thick but Luna stared, waiting for his answer.Â
âI um wasnât born with them. A spider bit me.â
âYouâre actually joking right?â
He was confused. âWhy would I be joking?âÂ
âBecause thatâs just soâŠfunny. Like you got bit by a spider and turned into a spider human. Like what the fuck ya know?â
âFine. How did you get your powers huh? Did some mad scientist give you your powers Ms. Iâm too cool to be from the moon or something?â He teased, being sarcastic.Â
âYeah.â
Spider-Man froze, mouth open with the next word he had been planning on saying. âWait, really?â
She shrugged a single shoulder, trying to play it off. âYeah. Gregory Manheim. My foster parents sold me to him when I was seven and then he turned me into this. But I did have my healing abilities before that so I guess I was also born with them.â
He swallowed, the mental image of a young Moonlight in his head. Then the mental image of her as a young child scared and alone took over and he wanted it gone. He didnât think Moonlight knew what scared meant because she faced everything head on and never showed any type of fear but he was so wrong. She faced everything head on without fear because whatever she was facing at the time wasnât the scariest thing she had been through.
âThatâs really terrible, Moonlight. Iâm sorry.â
Moonlight stared off at the city. âFlorida.â
âWhat?â
âIâm from Florida. I was born here but Manheimâs lab was in Florida. You know I didnât even know I wasnât in New York anymore until I was nine? He never let me go outside so I didnât know Iâd left the state. I was so young I thought it was a different country.â She chuckled dryly. âThe energyâŠthat didnât come until I was fourteen. Iâll never forget the first time I was able to externalize it.â The way she stared off was as if she was back there. âHe put a bite guard in my mouth and I just knew whatever it was it was gonna hurt. Then he hooked up the particle accelerator andâŠI felt like I was an exploding ball of fire.â
Spider-Man stared at her, heartbroken and horrified behind his mask. A particle accelerator was what gave Moonlight her powers and it made so much sense. They were made to propel particles to high speedsâŠand energies. That was where she got her speed from and the light beams that came out of her hands were exactly the purpose of them. In summary, she was a human particle accelerator.
âYou know youâre the first person I've ever told that to?â
âThat youâre from Florida? Yeah I wouldnât go sharing that with everyone.â He chuckled before his smile fell and he became serious. âThank you for trusting me.â
âI donât know how you do it. You just make me- people feel safeâŠand other things: irritation, rage, annoyance.â she listed off before letting out a soft laugh, Spider-Man joining in. âSo now you know where I come from.â
âJesus. You were just a baby.â He shook his head.
She hummed, eyes on the city she vowed to protect. âI was. But he never realized something very crucial.â
âWhat?â
Moonlight looked back at him. âThat he was creating the very weapon that would eventually kill him. Last year I tracked him down to Russia and I made sure he would never do to another person what he did to me. I made sure I get to sleep at night knowing heâll never come for me and ya know what?â
âWhat?â
âI sleep like a baby.â
Spider-Man was a very morally inclined person but he didnât blame Moonlight for a second. This one he could excuse and wouldnât think or look at her differently. Who knows what all had been to her in the ten years that she had been a human lab rat. He didnât want to think about them. It put him in a rage to just think about and there was no one he could direct that at because the person responsible was already dead.Â
It was obvious to him that she was making herself incredibly vulnerable to him in that moment. It then all became clear to him that the sarcasm, the jokes, the dicking around was some sort of defense mechanism or coping mechanism.
The police scanner beside them burbled to life with some key words that had their attention and the two were off to save the city from whatever villain of the week decided it was their turn. One thing for certain that they both knew was that Peter now knew more about Moonlight than anyone else and he was the closest thing she had to a best friend.Â
That night, all Luna had been able to think about as she laid in bed trying to fall asleep was that she was getting dangerously close to Spider-Man and it terrified her but at the same time she wanted it. She wanted a friend, she wanted someone to know her and care about her. She just didnât know if it was what was best for him- or her.