Peter Parker x Reader

Leveled Up

A/N- All credit goes to the writer inthemytdl on Tumbler

https://www.tumblr.com/inthemytdl/693144775328743424/leveled-up

Pairings ---> Peter Parker x Reader

Summary: Your relationship with Spider-Man gets tricky when you're ready to take it to the next level and he's not.

Warnings- Fluff, kind of angst but not really.

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The first time you met Spider-Man you were sitting on the fire escape outside your window when you saw him climbing up the side of your building. His odd bug-like demeanor sent a scream roaring through your throat, which sent him falling down two stories.

He never told you what he was doing there, but you had your suspicions. You had so many you sent a plethora of questions his way. He was surprisingly willing to answer some but avoided personal questions like his age. You figured he was around yours with his sometimes-squeaky voice and constant pop-culture references. You never thought they would bring you to this moment now.

"Can I?" Your fingers tapped on his shoulders where his mask met his suit. You had never seen Spider-Man's face before. No one had. But you had been friends for so long tonight felt like the right time—when was peering into your eyes as you looked into his white lenses. It was strange, but you had gotten used to them: the constant barrier between you and him. It kept your relationship at bay and ached your heart. You slowly lifted his mask like you were peeling away wallpaper when he grabbed your arms.

"Wait..."

You peered into his lenses for a response you clearly wouldn't receive, so you dropped your hands and faced the night sky ahead of you. You could see the street that led to Duke's, a knock-off of Delmar's, according to Spider-Man, from the top of your apartment building.

"Can I at least get your name?"

The silence filled with the sound of his heavy breaths. You knew the suit didn't cut off his oxygen supply so he must have been nervous. Though he had no reason to be. He was the one hiding behind red and blue lycra.

"I'm sorry, Y/n." He whispered after a minute of gruesome silence. "It's not safe."

"Bullshit." That was the same excuse he used every time you asked about his personal life and it infuriated you. The way everything you knew about him could be found in a newspaper. Each story he told was one you heard hours prior on the news—minus the witty commentary. Who knew Spider-Man was so into pizza? Everyone that knew Joe from Bleecker street's pizza shop. Who knew Iron-Man was his favorite superhero? Everyone on Twitter. Nothing you knew about him was personal. It could all be found online. "New York's the safest it's ever been—this is about you."

"Actually, Linda from 3rd street almost got purse-napped the other day and—" He rambled on about crime rates, anything he could to deflect the situation. Just like always.

"We've known each other for how long." You interrupted and he quickly replied. "Eight months and 28 days—give or take a day."

"Eight months and I don't know anything about you."

"That's not true—"

"And everything I do know everyone else does too!"

"No... I told you about that churro I had the other day—no one knew that."

You pulled your phone from your pocket, swiping the screen to reveal a photo of him eating a cylinder shaped cinnamon stick. It had shown up on your Twitter feed after getting half a million likes.