The last one standing | Peter Parker x reader

Forever?

''Thanks but you didn't need to do that for me.'' You say taking your stuff out of Peter's hands and setting them on the bed.
''Not at all. I don't mind.'' Peter says, trying to still help by pushing your draws closed.

Peter sat on your bed and watched you fiddling about.
''Y/n, can you sit down?'' He says as he points to your sofa.
''Sure, what's up?'' You say while clapsing on the sofa.
''I want to talk about the plane, and what it means for us.''He said.
You felt a little on edge, he seemed upset or severe so it could be good or he's nervous or he has something you probably don't want to hear.
''I'm going to be 20 in a few months.'' He tells you. 
''Wait, but you were seventeen when I came here?'' You say confused.
''Yes and that was 2 years and a few months ago.'' He says.
''Time flew by huh?'' You say keeping it lighthearted.
''And we don't have long in this life anymore, we aren't even sure of the next hour, but I know I want the next hour to be spent with you.'' He says.
''Peter-'' You say.
''No please, if I don't say this now I won't for a year like last time and I will have wasted time.'' He says.

He gets up and holds his hand out to you, to grab. You comply and he leads you out of your room and down the hall. Your heart was racing even touching him. You wanted what he wanted but if this was in anyway relating to your and his relationship, you couldn't go through with it. He guided you to the roof of the palace. You looked across Wakanda as the lights dimmed in the distance as it was darkening to night.
He presses a button on his chest, spawning his suit which wraps around his body. He grabs you.
''Hold on, this will just take a second.'' He says while you wrap your legs around his waist and hold tight to him.
You close your eyes and feel the wind blow in your hair, you were too scared to open your eyes. It was all too fast for you.
''Open your eyes.'' You hear Peter say.
''NO. Not if we are flying about in the air.'' You say, adimant.
''Y/n, it's okay, your safe.'' You hear him laugh at you. You slightly open your eyes to reveal you on a dock by the river flowing in Wakanda.

''We could've walked.'' You say begrudingly.
''I prefer it this way.'' You hear him say behind you but also below you. You turn to see where he was.
He sat on the edge of the dock, dangling legs off the edge. You sit beside him.
You look to him and see him bowing his head.
''Are you okay?'' You ask, setting your hand on top of his.
''Yes, I'm just scared y/n.'' He says.
''Yeah, I know.'' You say resting your head on his shoulder. You weren't doing good at trying to leave him.

He rests his head on yours and time passes by. The night grows warm, and smells of Peter's cologne fills your lungs. You hadn't felt so pure in so long. You almost fall asleep. There was a cold glow coming from up-stream of the river. You turn to see the light when you see small, blue, glowing lilys flowing down the river. You look to Peter and smile and the sentimental beauty of Wakanda. You could see the lights reflecting in his eyes.
''The culture here is beautiful.'' You said.
''Well, that's not exactly their culture, I just called in a favour.'' He says, while looking up to the lights then back to you.
You felt a lily hit your foot, so you adjust yourself and reach for it. The river in polluted with the blue haze created by the mass amount of lilys.

Just as you grab it, you feel someone push you into the water. You fall down and splash. You struggle to the surface and gasp for air. You turn around furiously trying to find who pushed you when you hear and see Peter near pissing himself laughing.
''I hate you.'' You say annoyed, trying to hide your smile. You flick some water at him and pull your hair back out of your face.

Peter presses the button releasing his suit off him. He pulls his top off to reveal his chest. You weren't going to look, I mean you couldn't get attached, so no feelings could be gained, but as you were thinking about not looking, you caught yourself staring. Peter interupts your train of thought by jumping in the water beside you. You look around and try to find him but he didn't come up from the surface. You start to swim in a circle panicking.
You feel hands grab your waist and you feel your legs be guided to wrap around his waist once more. The water started to feel less cold, with someone holding you. You threw your arms over him as the lilys flowed around you gently floating above the surface.
You couldn't help but smile with the scene you were in, like an unreal movie. You feel your foreheads pressing together and your noses tips touch.

''Y/n, we can't waste time. I know we have been seperated and apart and distant for too long and every minute that passed by without you was more and more agonising. I'm not going to keep living my life with that feeling, with the little time we have left.'' Your smile drops and you start to gather more consciousness to the situation.
''I'm in love with you.'' He says while lookings into the reflection of your eyes. ''And I know, we haven't had much time but I know, I feel this way because we are forever.''
He you look around, passed your wet hair to look at the shore and see no one is around to watch.
''Whatever forever means for us. I'm ready to spend my lifetime giving you my heart. Forever.'' He says brushing the side of your cheek with the back of his hand.
You look at him and realise what he's asking. This was it. Your chance to be happy, finally. You were ready. But reality grabbed you from your fantasy.

''Peter I'm immune.'' You say. ''The exposure ensured my safety. Unlike Wanda and Pietro, I was exposed to all six.'' You say choking on your words as his smile gradually fades to disbelief.
''I would rather die than have to see you die. And if forever means that, then we have different definitions of forever.'' You say, wishing you weren't ever exposed.
''And- and- I can't live knowing that you will die, and I've tried to forget about you but your engraved and I wish you weren't-''
''Y/n,'' Peter interupts, ''Do you love me?''
''Peter- Peter you know I can't.''
''Just answer.'' He says.
''Yes.'' You say quietly, so only he can hear.
He looks in your tear-filled eyes and crashed his lips into yours.
''I love you too.'' He says with his lips barely parted from yours.

''I know it's going to be hard, but is it not worth it to fight?'' He asks. ''We can be happy together, I promise.''
You look to him longing for him to stop as you bite your lip, trying to contain your tears as you float in the water, him still holding you as the blue lights pass you by.
''Please, y/n.'' He says desperatly as you try to look away from his eye-line to make it less hard.
''Will you spend your life with me, and do me the unmeasureable joy of marrying you?''
You head snaps back into his eye-line. You knew he was going to say it, but hearing him say it burned stars into your heart.
It felt like a light melody was crescendoing to this moment. All you needed to do was say no. All of it would go away, all the pain.

But truth is, you didn't want to say no, and you didn't want the pain to go away if it meant Peter was harbouring the pain with you.

''Yes.'' You whisper into his lips.
You both connected your lips and it felt like you would never part them. It was ecstacy. Nothing would feel more perfect than that feeling of giving into his wishes. The lilys felt like they glowed brighter, the water felt clearer and Wakanda seemed at a far distance, just you and Peter, together, forever, whatever forever means for us.