All Of Me (Peter Parker x Reader)

Chapter 40

(Y/n)'s eyes stared at the pair as they looked over a gaudy phone accessory cart, laughing at each other's jokes. Her heart flipped, and suddenly, it was like her brain was put into reset. Instantly, she stopped staring directly and began to hide in plain sight by standing in line for coffee.

"Peter, I'm going to call you back. Something came up," she told him.

"What?! No, (y/n)-"

She hung up before he could get another word out. She got a sudden sense of Deja Vu as she stood in line, spying on the two. The same situation, but in a different place and with different targets. Her heart flipped again, and she pulled out her phone to dumbly scroll through the apps to make herself look busy.

She doesn't realize I'm here, she thought.

Her phone rang again, and she saw Peter's picture show up. She declined him without another glance and powered off her phone. She looked back at Katherine and her partner, seeing them moving on to a makeup store.

Her mind was working through every possible scenario, trying to decide how to confront them in a public setting. If Katherine felt threatened, (y/n) wouldn't put it past her to start a fight right here in the center of the mall, using the people she had to protect as a way to escape or bargain. It was spineless, but it would work. Now, what about Doc Oc? Katherine cared for her partner, that much was evident... Doc Oc was a civilian before joining HYDRA. She had no combat training, emotional training, or experience to help her. She could use her...

(Y/n) watched as they were just entering another shop with a bunch of clothes in it, and Katherine was laughing at a joke that the other girl had just said. There was barely anyone around them. Less would be more, apparently. (Y/n) walked quickly towards them, stalking their movements. Once she was close enough, (y/n) threw her arms around them, Katherine around the shoulder and Doc Oc around the neck.

"What the f-"

Both her and Liz's blood ran cold at the sight of (y/n). Katherine's voice died in her throat as her sickly green eyes met with unfeeling (e/c) eyes. The happy atmosphere that surrounded them had dissolved, leaving them with a cold feeling of dread crawling up their backs. It was like the world had stopped for a small second, and all they could sense was the dangerous pair of arms around them.

"How are you girls doing this fine evening at the mall?" (y/n) asked them in fake excitement, leaning forward to drag them with her into their own secluded "group".

Katherine was dumbfounded as she stared, her mind taking a moment to catch up with the situation before answering. She dropped her voice low as she spoke.

"(L/n)... what the hell are you doing?" she quietly growled ferally at her, her hand reaching for a gun she had concealed on her.

(Y/n) tightened her arm around her shoulders, wagging her finger in front of Katherine's face.

"A ah ah... I don't think that's a good idea. Especially with your partner frozen in fear next to me," the (h/c) haired girl said.

Katherine's eyes shot towards Liz to see that, as (y/n) had said, she was stuck in place. Her dark eyes were staring forward at an invisible person, and her mouth was slightly open as she was forced to crouch down due to (y/n)'s arms. After a few seconds, Katherine could swear that Liz's hands were shaking. White-hot anger was fanned into a blaze as she glared (y/n), making the side of (y/n)'s lip quirk up the slightest bit.

That smug bitch, putting a smile on her fucking face, she thought, seething with rage.

"This is between you and me-"