Marvel Oneshots

Coming Out // Spiderson

Summary:

Peter is asexual and finally gets the nerve to come out to his family.

TW: Homophobia (acephobia?)

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To say I was nervous was an understatement. Today was Friday, which meant I was staying at the tower for the weekend. This weekend, I decided, I was going to come out to everyone. The reason I had waited so long was simple: I was nervous. Nervous no one would accept me. Nervous I might get kicked out. nervous they would treat differently. But I was ready. I was finally ready to come out.

I got into the car, weakly smiling at Happy and getting on my phone. I was so focused on beating MJ in our checkers game, I didn't even notice Happy closing the barrier. 

We got to the tower happy lowered the barrier again." all right kid. We're here. Your aunt is on the way." he told me, unlocking the door. I nodded, lettering a small 'thanks' and got out. 

As I step into the elevator FRIDAY greeted me:

"Good afternoon, Peter. Would you like me to alert Tony of your arrival?" 

"Actually, if you could, call a meeting in the common room. Code 7293." I told her. A code 7293 meant no danger but mandatory attendance. 

"Of course." Cam her reply." Everyone has been notified. They will be in shortly."

I took a deep breath, setting my bag down and pacing.

Soon enough, everyone started trickling in, sitting in various places. The last person was Tony, who was ending a phone call as he walked in. 

"Your aunt is on her way up." He told me, sitting down. I nodded, continuing my pacing.

"Why do you seem so nervous? And why did you call a 7293?" Steve asked, acting very worried. Right before I could answer, May walked in.

"What happened? Who's dying?" She rushed over to me, checking for wounds. 

"No one! No one is dying! I promise, May. I called a 7293 and wanted you to be here too." I paused, letting her sit down and turning to address everyone. "I have something I want to tell you all. It's been something I have debated on doing for a long time. How to do it, when to do it, if I should actually do it. And I finally came to a conclusion. There will never be a correct time or place. Nothing will be perfect. So that's why I brought you all here. I am... asexual."

"What does that mean?" May asked, a confused and upset look on her face. I gulped before answering.

"It means I don't experience sexual attraction..." I said, looking at the ground.

"So you don't date?" Steve asked, looking honestly clueless.

"No, I can still date! It's just that... I don't... I don't long for sex in a relationship. I admire the closeness and caring nature of a relationship." I explained, turning red in the face.

"That's actually kind of sweet, Pete," Tony spoke up, a smile on his face. "And I can tell how worried you are, but just know we will accept you always and-

"Accept him? What do you mean? He's a freak! It's completely unnatural! He's just going through a phase. He'll get over it, once he realizes how insane he's being. Won't you, Peter?" May exploded, shocking me. In all the ways I imagined this going, I never imagined May being the one who didn't accept me.

"M-May?" I stammered, tears collecting on my eyelashes. I saw Tony stiffen in the corner of my eye. 

"You're telling me that you don't see how insane you're being?" She steadied her voice, practically fuming. I wanted to crawl into a hole and die.