The Broken Spider-Man - A Peter Parker Fanfiction

Chapter Five - Not the same boy

TW: Attempted rape, drug and alcohol abuse, malnutrition, mentions of mental health issues, mentions of trauma.

"Urgh, I'm so bored!" MJ exclaimed loudly, dramatically throwing herself back against Peter as the three of us studied in his room. I laughed at her from the floor, Peter chuckling and looking down at her as she rested her head against his stomach, the two of them on Peter's double bed.

"Babe, we've been studying, for, like, ten minutes, we need to do at least another hour." Peter chuckled, making us laugh again as she loudly groaned once more. Though, neither of my best friends knew that my laughter was also covering up the twang of pain that came with Peter's nickname for MJ, part of me wishing that he'd call me it instead.

"Maybe MJ's right, Pete. I mean, we've studied every day this week, I'm sure that it won't hurt to take a break." I shrugged.

"Don't encourage her." Peter groaned and lay back on his bed as MJ sat up and pointed at me.

"Ha! She sides with me, it's two against one, we're watching a movie." She grinned.

"See what you did?" Peter chuckled at me as MJ turned the TV on, and they both moved along on the bed so that I could sit next to them.

Peter and I sat on his bed, our backs against the headboard as MJ lay asleep in between us with her head on Peter's stomach and her legs across my legs. I sighed as I tried to focus on the movie over the fact that Peter was gently playing with MJ's hair and therefore keeping her asleep. Peter looked at me.

"You okay, Y/N?" he chuckled, making me look at him.

"Yeah, why wouldn't I be?" I returned. He shrugged, his beautiful hazel eyes staring into my own.

"I don't know, you've felt kind of off recently, but I don't know if it's just me." He admitted. My eyes widened slightly. Of course I'm off, I'm falling for my best friend, who is dating my other best friend, I thought.

"It's just you." I nodded, making Peter chuckle as he looked back at the TV. I gulped, biting my lip as I continued to look at him.

"You're right, actually, I have been off. What's going to happen to us when we go to college?" I asked, figuring that now was a good time to use something that I'd been wanting to talk about anyway as an excuse. Peter looked back at me and sighed.

"I figured that we'd stay in touch, and that MJ and I would continue dating. I mean, we've been best friends since we were kids, and provided that all continues to go well, MJ and I will have been dating for almost a year by the time that we go to college, so that's what I figured. I'd never lose touch with you, Y/N." he reassured and shook his head. I sighed and bit my lip.

"You say that now, but then life will kick in and fuck that up-."

"Hey, hey, hey." Peter chuckled, making my heart almost jump out of my chest as he gently hooked a finger underneath my chin and made me look at him.

"I swear to you that I won't let life break us apart. As far as I'm concerned, we're together until the end. I won't let it happen, okay?" he promised as he shook his head. I sighed and nodded, making Peter give me a small smile as he let my chin go. I bit my lip, feeling slightly more relaxed as I put my head on the boy's shoulder, my lips curling into a smile and my heart jumping again as he pressed his thin lips to my head before turning to watch the movie again. I sighed and let my body relax, making Peter smile at me as I curled my hands around his muscular arm, his hand landing on my knee as we continued to watch the movie.