ILLICIT AFFAIRS

Chapter 2

Listen to: Venus- Shocking Blue & Daddy Issues - The Neighbourhood.

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When you woke up on the rooftop with Peter's body draped over yours, you hadn't expected it to feel so familiar in a very strange way. The honey and cinnamon scent gave away that the pressure on your body wasn't anything that you should be afraid of, before you had even opened your eyes you were sure that you were surprisingly okay, except for an awful headache.

You opened them slowly to see the red and black colors from Peter's mask, you moved a bit to watch the starry night of New York, still the buzzing sound of the city in the back of your head without indication of any type of emergency.

You sighed in relief as you then focused on Peter and how he was positioned over you.

Black Cat had tightly wrapped your hands and legs together, effectively leaving you lying on your side with your arms placed behind with your legs bent. Peter, on the other hand, had been thrown over you without much consideration; his arms had been placed around your shoulders, while his legs had been placed over your hip and she had connected them with a tight hold on your wrists.

You weren't actually sure how Black Cat had managed to place you in that way but you cursed her as you began to notice how close Peter was. You felt your cheeks growing hot, quickly turning around to stare again at the sky.

"HAPPY, help me get this off", you groaned as you felt a bit dizzy from turning around so fast. You were more than sure that you had a concussion, forcing you to close your eyes again. "Is Peter okay?"

"Miss Stark, Mr. Parker is okay, he seems to be unconscious but Mr. Stark is already on his way with Miss Romanoff", HAPPY stated as your eyes opened like plates.

It was one thing to fail on a mission but it was another whole different thing for your dad and Natasha to find you and Peter in such an uncomfortable position after failing a mission.

"No! Tell them that I'm okay!", you yelled as you tried to get off, twisting your body to break the ropes and after a minute or two, you manage to do so, waking Peter up in the process.

But either way, it had been too late, because as soon as Peter started to groan from his place on the floor, wrapping you in his arms as you tried to push him off; the characteristic metal sound of your father landing next to you made your gut turned over inside as you turned around to face him.

In the past, when you failed a mission you used to simply push your feelings to the side and face the consequences of your actions without a word, because how on earth could you say anything to your father, how on earth could you explain yourself? It never felt right. Therefore, you always used to feel miserable after the fact but Peter was always there to make you feel better. However, as you shouted at each other in the conference room on the compound with Fury, Natasha, Tony, and Steve watching you; Peter knew that all those feelings that you had kept tightly in a box had been let out as if it was pandora's box.

"It wasn't my fault!", Peter growled at you while you glared at him from the other side of the table.

All the adults had laughed for a while about how Black Cat had managed to knock you out both in one move, Fury had even made remarks about the awkward position that you were found in, with a 'That doesn't look too comfortable', followed by more laughter.

But now they were silently watching you two have a yelling match. It had been exhausting and you hadn't even finished debriefing the mission, you hadn't even managed to finish looking at the footage from the fight to look at possible strategies to take her down. It hadn't even been that bad at the beginning, it had started as slight bickering between partners but it quickly escalated to a full-blown fight and before you knew it, you were hurtling nasty comments at one another.