The Broken Spider-Man - A Peter Parker Fanfiction

Chapter Thirty-four - The unasked question. Finally asked

TW: mentions of trauma, mentions of death, mentions of drug and alcohol abuse, mentions of depression, mentions of mental health issues.

I unlocked the door to our apartment, a comfortable but also slightly sad silence between Peter and I as we walked in. It was the first time that I'd been home since having been taken by The Vulture, a week ago now, and boy was I glad to be back.

"I never thought that I'd be so glad to see my old, mundane, shitty, boring-ass apartment." I chuckled, making Peter return it and nod as we both collapsed onto the sofa. The boy puffed out and put his arm over my shoulder, making me snuggle into his chest and curl my arm over his stomach as we sat there. Just...sat there.

"Is it finally over?" I whispered, my voice barely audible as I spoke.

"Yeah. I think so." He responded equally as quietly. I breathed a sigh of relief, my eyes fluttering shut as my body fully relaxed for the first time in months. Because it was all over, the hell that we'd been through in the last year had finally come to an end. I had no doubt that Peter would make more enemies as Spider-Man in the future, but for now, we could relax and relish in the knowledge that his current one, the one who'd been trying to kill me since I had first gotten Peter back, was now dead himself. And I had to admit that that knowledge came with relief.

"I'm so sorry that you were pulled into it, baby. I-I know that you love me and you think that your place is by my side, but that'll never make the fact that I put you in constant danger just by being with you easier to deal with." He choked quietly. I sighed and bit my lip, tears also pricking my eyes as I looked up at him.

"I knew what I signed up for the second that I saw your suit stapled to the wall. I knew that I'd signed up for the danger, the lack of privacy, the threats, the not knowing if you'd come home alive, all of it. And I signed up for it because I love you, Peter. I didn't just sign up for the danger and the threats, I signed up for the love, for you being my one, for the mornings spent in each other's arms and the nights in the sheets in each other's embrace. I'm sure that you know this, but my love for you didn't start when we got back in touch. My love for you is way older than that." I admitted. He nodded and gave me a small smile as his fingers gently moved across my cheek.

"My love for you is older than that too. Don't get me wrong, I didn't lie about loving MJ, but...well, I loved you too. I loved both of you. But I'm glad that I get the chance to spend my life with you. Because I love you, Y/N. I'm so fucking in love with you." He shook his head. I smiled and bit my lip, a tear leaving my eye as I leant in and kissed him. He returned it, his hand raising to hold my cheek as I also held his face. Our lips moulded together perfectly, our tongues slowly moving against each other as we made out. But it wasn't heated or hungry, it wasn't a precursor to sex. It was passionate, slow, full of love. Full of love like I'd never felt before. Peter broke the kiss and looked at me, making my eyebrows furrow as a slight glint of anxiety crept into his chocolate orbs.

"What's wrong, Pete?" I mumbled. He gulped and looked down, his lips parted slightly as he reached his hand into his jacket pocket.

"You know how I was going to ask you something at Mr Stark's party, but then everything happened?" He muttered. I gulped and nodded, my heart starting to thump more harshly in my chest at his words. Because if this was going where I thought that it was, my life was about to change again. And it was about to change for the better.

"Yeah." I nodded. He looked back at me, his lips giving me a small smile as he stood from the sofa.

"I don't know why, but now feels like the right time to try asking again." He stated, making my eyes waver as he got down on one knee in front of me. I choked and shook my head, my shaking hands raising to cover my mouth as he opened the small velvet box to reveal an absolutely gorgeous engagement ring. I stared at the perfect rock, the light bouncing off of it and making it look just beautiful against the purple velvet of the box.