STAY: TASM!Peter Parker x Fem!Reader

chapter 4

I hated mornings. Most nights I end up reading for too long. People say you shouldn't look at your phone before going to bed and should try reading a book or something. Yeah, you know what happens when I start reading a book before bed? I end up finishing it, that's what. Even if I do go to sleep on reasonable time. I overthink and I overthink and I overthink about the most random stuff sometimes like who invented being sexy and other times I think about my past and it's not great. And then I oversleep. Cap once tried to get me to run or train with him early in the morning. He didn't try that again. I only do that when I can't sleep and have nothing better to do. Like yesterday with Natasha. 

Today, I overslept. I woke up at 11am. I was still half asleep as got into the elevator and walked to the kitchen. 

"Hey! Good morning!" Peter greeted me cheerfully. It was too early for cheerful. 

"Hi." I opened the fridge. Then I turned around to look at him, "What are you doing?" the kitchen was a mess.

"I am baking. Oh, and Wanda left some breakfast for you." he pointed to a plate on the kitchen counter. I picked up the plate and leaned on the kitchen island where he was "baking".

"You bake?" I asked taking a bite of my food.

"Yeah yeah. Everybody had breakfast and left to do their work. I didn't have anything to do so I decided to bake." he took out some almost burnt cookies from the oven.

"This is the first time you've tried baking, isn't it?"

"Uh yeah. Is it that bad? I was just following a recipe I found online."

"They're half burnt, spidey." I picked up a cookie.

"It can't be that bad. Come on, try one." he picked two better looking cookies and gave one to me and both of us took a bite. "Oh oh it is that bad." 

"You think?" both of us grabbed tissues and ran to the trash can. And then, somehow I was laughing with him. I didn't even like him less than a day ago.

"I'm sorry you had to go through that."

"I'm gonna have to teach you how to bake, wall crawler." I don't even know why I offered. 

"You will teach me how to bake. Hah sure."

"Excuse me? I bake all time. I love baking. And I'm really good at it."

"Alright, I'll make you deal. You teach me how to bake and in return you're gonna have check out something I like."

"As much as I want to say no because I have no idea what you have in mind, I also want to prove that I'm a great baker. So, okay."

"Cool."

"What do you want to show me?"

"We'll leave after lunch tomorrow."

"Where are we going?"

"You'll find out tomorrow."

"You- gah fine." I rolled my head back. "Let's bake then." I looked around the kitchen. "First we need to clean this mess." I waved a hand in the air and with a flash of purple all the ingredients were arranged in front of us and the kitchen counter and island were clean again. I looked up at Peter and smirked, raising one of my eyebrows. He smiled and shook his head, looking down.

"Alright first we have to pre heat the oven. And letting you do that can be fire hazard so while I do that just line two baking sheets with parchment."

"You don't have to be mean. I was just trying." he said picking up the baking sheets.

"Now we'll mix the dry ingredients. 2 cups of flour and 1 teaspoon of baking soda and salt." I took a bowl and started measuring the flour while he measured the other two things.

While I was whisking the dry ingredients I asked him to get another bowl. 
"Now we mix the wet ingredients." I put in the butter, sugar, eggs and vanilla in the bowl and switched on the electric hand mixer. Peter flinched and jumped a little. I couldn't help but laugh.

"Did an electric hand mixer make you flinch, spidey? Aren't supposed to have the tingle thing?"

"I didn't flinch. And I do have the tingle thing just not for a hand mixer."

"Right. Okay put the dry mixture in this bowl and I'll mix it."

"Can I mix it? Please? I won't mess up, I promise."

"You act like child." I handed him the mixer. "Here you go. Be careful."

"Yes ma'am."

I put in the dry mixture and he started mixing. A little flour flew onto my face. I exaggeratedly gasped. 

"It was a mistake. I'm sorry." he snickered. 

"It's okay. You've got a little flour on your face too. Here let me get it." I reached to touch his cheek but I waved my hand just before it touched his cheek and a bag of flour fell on his head.

"I said, it was mistake. Who's acting like child now?" he closed his eyes and gritted out.

"I'm sorry it's just so funny." I was laughing like a maniac. "Oh my god, you're cute when there's flour on your head." I think he blushed at that comment but I was too busy laughing.

"If you're done, can you clean this up so we can finish baking?"

"Yeah, okay." I cleaned up the mess and we finished mixing the dough.

"Uh- is that what the dough is supposed to look like?"

"Yep."

"Isn't it supposed to be a bit more dry?"

"Nope."

"Ah now I see where I went wrong."

"Now, chocolate chips." I held out my hands and he handed them to me. "Lots of it."

Then we rolled the dough into little balls, placed them on the baking sheet and put them in the oven. When they were done, I took them out. After 10 minutes when they cooled down a bit. I asked him to try one. 

"Holy shit. These are awesome."

"I know, right?"

"Wow I can eat all of these in one sitting." 

"Save some for the others as well." I said walking towards the stairs. 

"Where are you going?"

"To my room. I need to freshen up."

"What are doing after that?"

"It'll probably be time for lunch. Why?"

"Nothing. I'm bored."

"God, when are you not bored?"

"I can't help it." he shrugged.

"You like reading?"

"I do."

"There's a library upstairs. F.R.I.D.A.Y. will guide you."

"Uh who's Friday?"

"Hey F.R.I.D.A.Y.? Show Mr. Parker to the library, will you?" I called.

"Sure, Ms. L/N."

"Where'd that voice come from?" he asked a little startled.

"She's everywhere." I whispered, smiling. "Just follow her directions. And you can ask her who she is. I'll see you later." and with that I left. I was unconsciously smiling all the way up to my room, I didn't realize until I was standing in front of my bathroom mirror.

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A/N- is this getting too rushed? jshddcbsajgd idk. it's my first book tho, pls be gentle.
I just think that the fact that y/n was little mean to Peter in the beginning has taken them past the awkward phase yk due to that playful banter from day one. I'm not sure why I'm telling you this. I'm probably just trying to make sense of the story. 

also y/n has really cool powers and her color is purple if that wasn't obvious. i haven't specified what all she can do with her powers exactly, but they're just really cool. i'll specify her abilities if it's needed later in the story.

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