THE RED WIDOW// peter parker x reader

THIRTEEN

"So whenever they go out you just... stay?" Peter questioned Tommy softly as he took the plates from her hands, drying them with a clean cloth.

You were all out. Mission night.
The only people who stayed were the twins, obviously, Tommy to watch them, and peter, who was still in his trail time at the group.
To say peter was a tiny bit jealous would be an understatement.
He missed going out, he missed fighting assholes who deserved it.
He missed being spiderman more than anything.

Tommy nodded with a genuine smile, scrubbing the last cup before handing it to peter and wiping her hands with a dry towel, and jumping on the counter next to the sink, looking over at peter.
"I like taking care of the little ones, if I won't do it who would?" She had a good point. "I'm also expected to be the nurse so I gotta be prepared all the time" she grinned and leaned her back against the kitchen wall, taking in a small breath.

The twins were already after dinner and now doing some homework before their movie night. So peter had some time to get nosy and actually do something useful with his time here.

"And what kind of missions are they? Do you just steal and sell drugs? You don't even care that's illegal and you could all get attested? Or get caught?" Peter now leaned back in front of Tommy, looking at her as he crossed his arms against his chest, making sure to turn on his photographic memory to get a such of the information he's getting to use.

Tommy couldn't help but chuckle at Peter's curiosity. She was one of their first recruits so she's pretty used to answering all the millions of questions, and with the twins, she learned to answer the questions who don't even have an answer.
"We don't sell drugs and steal, peter. It's so much more than that," she leaned her head back and pressed her lips together. She knows Peter's new and she has to answer and watch her words carefully "how do I put it in a way you'd understand.. you know Robin hood? Steals from the rich to-"

"To help the poor yeah" Peter completed her sentence, nodding softly "not to be rude but you seem very comfortable financially. It doesnt look like you giys need any money"

She couldn't help but roll her eyes. It's always like this with the new guys. So close minded.
"We sell drugs to people who would buy them either way. We steal from the people who don't deserve their money" she basically repeated your words at this point "I'd love to be in college and learn medicine, of course, but this is my home now. It's not my dream job and I know it awful but in all this dark I know y/n does so much good so it can all be looked over"

Peter was honestly surprised how gentle and patient Tommy was. He frowned slightly, confused on how he can almost understand you all. Is he being brainwashe? "But- but you all still do it illegally! You guys can just work and earn your money like normal people. It's not fair what you do." He argued, walking a step closer and tried to keep his temper.

He was surprised when he received a smile from Tommy "it's not fair because life has been unfair to us Peter, each of us had a very unusual story that is untold yet. We can work in normal jobs simply because we don't have a normal life. This is how we live now Peter. This is your life now too." She said softly as she jumped off the counter, putting a comforting hand on Peter's shoulder "You'll understand slowly, I promise"

Yeah. He doubts it.

But peter decided to not question her and just followed Tommy to the livingroom, not stopping his little integration just changing the subject "what do you mean you're not normal...? Are you all mutants? Is this an x-men kind of thing?"

Now lily answered with the loudest laugh he ever heard "we don't have superpowers stupid," she shook her head and jumped on the couch right in front of where peter stood, matching his height "were special in our hearts. Y/n is the only one with superpowers anyway-"

"LILY" Tommy cut her off quickly, glaring at her lightly, making lily pout lightly and mumble a small sorry before flopping down to sit next to her bother.
"But lily's right. Our superpowers is our mind and our hearts. Y/n was blessed with her own abilities too that's correct, but she saved us all" Tommy nodded at lily and Aiden, sitting down on the couch between them. "You little sweets want to tell peter how you met y/n?"

Of course lily jumped right away at the chance, because since when lily would say no to a yapping session?

"We were at this very bad place with our mommy and she was doing things she should do and she drank stuff that she shouldn't drink and then- and then one night we were alone because mommy left and she didn't come back for a looong time and then y/n heard us crying and she came to take us! She took us here and gave us food and candy and she got me all the dresses I wanted!" Lily barely even breathed between
sentences.

Peter was shocked.
Their mother was probably an alcoholic and a drug addict and she neglected her own kids. He assumed the two poor things cried from hunger. God he cringed just to think about it.

"Aiden to you remember how old you were?" Tommy whispered at him quietly, checking the surface.

"We were only 7" he nodded lightly.
That's was maybe the third time peter headed Aiden talk.
No wonder he's so quiet.
They were so young and had such a shitty life. How is it even possible to leave a sweet baby like that.
Peter couldn't help but think about Morgan, Tony's daughter.

He's getting angry just thinking about it.

"Mhm mhm! So y/n heared us crying and she took us here and then Sam came over!!" Lily finished her exciting story and jump back in front of peter, pocking his brown hair lightly "you know, you're the prettiest boy here, and you shower every day. Josh is just stinky" she grinned and scrunched her nose.

God, this girl got no shame.

But peter couldn't help but smile "I think it's time to go to sleep princess lily"

"So does eveyone got those messed up stories?" Peter asked, half joking.
Now that the twins are asleep he felt more comfortable getting rough answers and asking kore intimate questions.
He needs more information on your life because it all got too confusing.

"Y/n got here with caleb. I can't tell you from where, thats her own story but I can tell you about the rest" she nodded softly and leaned over the small table, wrapping her palms around the warm cup of coffee she held. "But Noah got here first. He worked as I playboy in a gay strip club in Brooklyn, y/n found him when he was about to take the last dose of cocain before he died. She saved his life. She told him she'd pay him to sleep with her brother to get him to come to the basement and locked him up until he recovered. Lucky him she had a special thing to help him. Around six months after she found Josh, who was running away from the police after he beaten up his step father almost to death. I think she found me a few days after. I was homeless for a little while and wondered around Queens. I got kicked out of my house after I caught my mom cheating on my dad. She didn't let me tell him and said she'd kick me out if I did, y/n found me while i was sleep on a bench at the park. And then came jojo, who ran away from her homophobic white parents. She was passed out drunk and was lucky enough to do it in our alley. Then came the twins and sam was an orphan since she remembers herself. She ran away from the system and we ran into her while she hid from the cops at the mall."

That's... that's a lot.

Peter felt a sharp pinch in his heart.
You weren't all criminals. You were all broken kids from broken homes. All trying to survive and make your own little family for each other.
And all thanks to you.

But a part of his brain couldn't help but keep thinking about what lily said. You had powers? What kind of powers? Where did you came from that you knew how to do everything you do?

It's all fucked up.

"What about you?" Tommy's question cut Peter's thoughts short, making him shoot his eyes up at her.

"What about me? You already did a background check on me" Peter forced a nervous chuckle out.

"I want to hear your story. Not the technical things"

He could already see and know that he and Tommy are going to be good friends. She was so much like Wanda.

And even though peter hated lying, he told her his made up life story, That Includes only the tinest bit of truth in it.