Holding on by a thread | Peter Parkerl

~eleven~

Back at Peter's apartment, i waited for him to get back. He had helped me through the window and kissed me as he left to try save more people. I stood in the kitchen, hands on the counter rethinking everything.

How did he not tell me this.

Everything was starting to make sense and i was piecing it together like some complicated puzzle. That's why Spider Man's identity wasn't allowed to be shown to me, or why he reacted when i had the seizure or even on the training grounds with Wanda.

It explains why he was at the meeting.

God the rest of the avenger's must have known we were dating and hid it from me.

I honestly didn't know whether to feel confused or impressed by him. I didn't want to be angry that he lied because i understood now completely, it was for both of our safety.

I started to worry because what if he was in danger with the mysterious smoke, i mean i could help but i know nothing of my powers, i don't know their ability or even how to control it. I made my way to the couch and lay down, drumming my fingers on my stomach, waiting in his old clothes i stole from his room.

I doubt he expected me to sleep in that tiny dress.

It had been roughly an hour now since he left and the worries grew bigger. I couldn't stop piecing things together, how he would come into school with random injuries or how he wasn't shocked about my powers, he had witnessed all of it happening in the moment with his own eyes, he didn't need my recap.

Suddenly he crawled through the living room window, in his blue and red spider suit that he must've been wearing under his party clothes the whole night.

'Peter oh thank god.' I ran over and gave him a tight hug.

'Ow ow Zoe wait.' he mumbled behind his mask, the eyes of the mask shutting as he cringed in pain.

I stepped back and saw his chest was bleeding. 'Peter what-'

'It's not bad, it's okay, i just need to get this suit off.' He replied reassuringly, ripping the mask off, showing his messy brown hair. His face was cut and bloody.

I placed my hand on the spider design in the middle of the suit, knowing from Leo's designs it would deflate it and be easier to take off. He winced in pain as it fell off his chest, exposing the large cut over his muscles.

I helped his limping body over to the sofa whilst the suit slowly dragged to his feet with each stumbled step and ran to the bathroom. With my mom's past, i knew how to treat an injured person, I grabbed bottles out of the cabinet and under the sink and ran back to Peter, breathing heavily as he yanked the rest of his suit off his legs, sitting only in his boxers.

This was not the time to be more attracted to him.

I sat by him and gently began cleaning the cuts, he was lucky they weren't too deep, they would easily scar over.

'How'd this even happen, it's smoke?'

He moaned with each swipe of cotton on the wounds. 'I don't know but i know it's not just smoke.' He lay closer to me, grabbing onto the shirt i was wearing tightly to bare the pain, 'There's something inside of it, some smoke monster and it completely destroyed half of the street, throwing cars and sharp stuff everywhere.'

'What?! How is that possible, where did it go after you came back?'

'I'm not sure but its just getting stronger with each- AH!' He yelled and winced as i began to put strong alcohol around the cuts, making sure it wouldn't get infected. 'It's getting stronger as it moves but I managed to weaken it by throwing stuff back and things around the street at it.'