The Broken Spider-Man - A Peter Parker Fanfiction

Chapter Twenty-two - Nothing is ever as perfect as it seems

TW: mentions of depression, mentions of trauma.

Peter's P.O.V

Peter stood at May's apartment door, his heart in his stomach as he raised his hand and gently knocked on the wood. His eyes wavered, his stomach in knots of anxiety as he tried to figure out how he'd tell her why he was here. After all, whilst she had seen him again and they were speaking again, Peter was so busy with Tony and trying to figure out who was behind MJ's death and the near kidnapping of Y/N that he'd still barely seen her in the last few months. And now, he had to ask, very nicely, to sleep on her sofa. He heard shuffling behind the door before it opened, May's eyebrows furrowing as she saw him.

"Peter, honey, are you okay? As much as it's nice to see you, what are you doing here?" She chuckled. He bit his lip, his eyes wavering as tears fell from them. May's smile dipped.

"Oh, Peter." She sighed.

"I, um...I need a place to stay tonight." He choked. She sighed again and nodded as she put her arm around him.

"Of course, sweetie, come in, I'll get you something to eat." She reassured.

"Thanks, May." He sniffed, his heart pounding with the stress of the situation as he walked in and sat down on her sofa. He put the duffel bag down by his feet, his mind still racing as he desperately tried to figure out how he'd ended up in this situation.

"Here you go, honey. Eat up." She spoke as she put a bowl of soup into his hands.

"Thanks, Aunt May." He gave her a small smile, making her return it and gently tap underneath his chin with her finger as she sat down next to him.

"So, what happened? As far as I was aware, you and Y/N were going from strength to strength." She scoffed quietly.

"We were, everything was fine between us. But then I got home from the gym, a-and...she's pregnant, May." He gulped as he timidly looked at her. Her eyes widened, her mouth falling open slightly at his admittance.

"Peter Benjamin Parker...if you weren't so upset, I would whack you over the head with my slipper for being so irresponsible to get your girlfriend of only six months pregnant-what were you thinking?! You kids are twenty-two, you're still babies yourself!" She scolded, making him groan as he put the soup down.

"We didn't mean for this to happen, May, a-and we're careful, we're not careless, we...take care of stuff-."

"Peter, spare my blushes, just say that you use protection." She scoffed, making him sigh and looked down. She returned the sigh, Peter able to feel her eyes on him as he kept his gaze to the floor.

"She wouldn't have kicked you out if you'd both reached the same solution about what to do." She stated. He gulped and shook his head, his jaw clenching as tears pricked his eyes.

"I was over the moon when I found out. I-I know that we're young and I know that I'm still piecing my life back together, but I'm getting there, and all I felt was joy when she showed me the test. But she...she doesn't want to keep it. She thinks that we're not ready, that we're too young, that we both have enough on our plates right now to be able to look after a child. I-I don't know, maybe she's right, but she isn't even talking about adoption, May, s-she wants to...she wants to terminate the pregnancy completely." He choked and shook his head. May sighed, the woman sitting forward and wrapping her arm around Peter's shoulder as he rested his head against her shoulder.

"Honey, I know that it must have been really hard to hear that she doesn't want to continue the pregnancy. Half of that baby is you, so I swear to god, I understand. But she's right, Peter. For such a young couple, both of you have been through more already than anyone should have to go through in their entire lives. You've both been through hell and back, and whilst you're both incredible for carrying that every day, it's not fair to bring a baby into that. Not yet. Not when you're still figuring yourselves out and not when you can't promise Y/N that she'll be safe from your enemies. I know that you think that you can do it, or even that adoption should have come before termination, but bear in mind who that child is inside of. Adoption works, but only if the mother is willing to give her body to another being for nine months, and then go through the pain of bringing them into the world. I don't think that Y/N is ready for that." May shook her head, her voice soft as she spoke. Peter gulped and wiped his eyes as he sat back up properly again.