Hold On~ A Peter Parker Fanfiction

I'm Thankful We Held On

Kelsey's POV

My eyes slowly adjust to the familiar bright room, and consciousness takes over sending my body into a frenzy as energy spills through me. Breathless I try to sit up but two different sets of hands gently press me back down.

“Woah not so fast Kels” I think my dad states locking his much larger hand with mine once I'm settled back down. “What happened, how long have I been out of it, and where am I?” I ask trying to observe the still slightly blurry room.

“You passed out from excessive blood loss, it's only been a day, and we're in your room” Nat pipes grabbing my other hand, and as my vision comes back I notice the terrified looks on their faces. The way they look at me like I'll break any moment is what I didn't want to happen. I don't want people walking around on eggshells for me because I'm fragile, and not everyone has to suffer with me.

“The doctor also told us something very scary” my dad whispers so quietly it echoes of the walls taunting me. I release a breath I didn't know I was holding trying my best to compose myself even though I most likely look like a mess. “And what would that be?”

The question slips my tongue and probably comes off as snarkier than what I wanted it to be. However I'm scared I could be dying, I may never walk again, out maybe they found out what I was trying to hide.

“The doctor said your lacking iron, your anemic, and your blood pressure is dangerously low” my dad states his voice back to a normal, but this time he refuses to meet my eyes probably dreading the news he knows that will come. “Kels I thought we fixed this.” And his voice is back to barely audible.

I inhale slowly feeling the fresh air scrape my dry throat, and I release it just as soon as the air tickles it probably looking breathless and drowning. “I was the taunting stopped, the therapy was working, and to make everything even better you were home more, but everything that went down with David just brought back all of those old wounds, and I should've told you but I didn't want you worrying about me since you were so freaked out already.”

As I go on my eyes look anywhere but at the two spies drowning in my own regret as each word presses harder on my chest. When I finally I do look up and risk a glance into Nats eyes there's nothing but regret pooling in them just like my own.

“Kels you have to tell me these things. What would have happened if I lost you? What would I have done then?” Honestly I never thought of it that way, and now I feel even more guilty. How could I be so self centered?

Before I can answer he wraps his much larger arms around me cradling my head against his chest , and I swear his body is shaking because he's crying. “We're here to help Kels, that's why you have us.” I look up through my father's arms to see Nats smoothly blotchy face wick is something I thought I would ever see.

“I promise I'll try harder, and I'll talk to you guys about these things” I all but plead oddly fearing an angry outburst from either one of them even though they would never do that. Then my dad's face softens as if he finally realized that I'm okay and I'm not going anywhere as he presses a soft kids to my forehead.

“I love you” he says firmly his evenly blue colored eyes shift between Nat and I making me wonder if I'm the only one he's saying it to.

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Peter's POV

“Dad how many times do I have say I'm sorry, and that I was going to tell you” I embarrassingly whine but I'm desperate here. “You can stop saying it because it's not going to change anything. You still did it, you didn't tell me you can't change that Pete.”