THE RED WIDOW// peter parker x reader

NINETEEN

To say Peter woke up with his widest smile in this year would be an understatement.

He's been basically held hostage inside a gang's house, yet he woke up with the biggest grin on earth.
He even got up early enough to take a long shower and change from his pajamas.

Walking through the hallway, Peter heard suspicious voices from the living room but decided to ignore them and keep up his high energy.
It only doubled when everyone yelled 'surprise!' At him when he finally got to the kitchen.

"Happy birthday petey!" Lily screamed and jumped onto peter, hugging his arm while the rest clapped for him cheerily.

Peter was beyond surprised. He wrote down so many details in his notebook that he forgot for a second everyone are basically his friends. Even closer since they spent every moment of every day together.
A soft laugh fell through his lips and his whole face light up at the small group, handing him balloons and holding up a pile of fluffy brown pancakes with a pre-lighted candle on top.
"You guys know it's my birthday?"

"You forgot we fucked with your past hard" josh nodded, hugging Peter's shoulder tightly with one of his arms.
Usually peter would be hardly against people hoing through his private life, even if he didn't really have a choice, but he was too overwhelmed to care.

Tommy placed the plate in front of him while Aiden joined Lily on Peter's side and Noah place a flower crown on top of Peter's head.

"Sam, wake your ass up it's picture time" you said and patted her cheek gently, waking up the tired girl to get up from the couch. With a loud groan she finally got up, brushing her hair carefully and leaning over her girlfriend.

You pulled out a small old camera from your back pocket and lifted your finger up, signing them all to smile.
And to your request, everyone made sure to put in their cheesiest smiles.

Peter could help but wish you were in the picture but it's not his issue to care about.

Caleb leaned over the small marble island and nodded at peter "Come on man, blow off your candle before it melts all over your food."

Peter nodded softly and took in a deep breath.
The whole room went completely silent when peter closed his eyes, waiting a moment before blowing off the candle.

I wish none of this would go down to shit.

The small quiet moment peter had to make his wish ended quickly with loud screams and cheers.
The noise was loud and the scene was hazy to Peter. Caleb squeezing his shoulders while Jojo steals a pancake from Peter's plate, Noah and the twins singing 'happy birthday' without any specific rhythm while you stood a bit fat, catching and watching the scene from the other side of the kitchen.

Peter caught your eyes for a moment, looking at you with a look he never had before.
Genuine joy.
The moment passed on quickly when you had to bite down on the inside of your lip to hold back the smallest smile.

After the birthday breakfast, that was basically just peter kindly sharing his pancakes with everyone, they all moved to the living room, sitting in a circle while half's on the couch and half's on the floor. And of course peter had the special pink glittery feathery birthday chair.

Peter never expected gifts from you all, not at all.
He knew that the bond you all shared with him was different than any situation. He knew being 24/7 with you all make a big difference than knowing someone two months normally.
But he still sat shocked when he reviewed four some neatly (and some not so) wrapped gifts.

"You guys really didn't have too... I've been here only-" Peter started but Tommy quickly waved him off.

"You're a part of our family, peter. No matter how long you've been here." Tommy was always the kindest in the bunch. She gave peter a small hug as se talked and placed the small package in his hands. "That's from me and Caleb."