connection - parkner week 2019

day two: jealousy

it all started when people started to realise that peter's stark internship wasn't fake. boys and girls alike had suddenly 'liked peter for years, just never built up the courage to ask'. granted, harley hadn't had a crush on peter for years either, but at least he didn't like peter just because he knew tony stark. that would be a pointless reason to like peter - harley knew tony just as well. but, you see, the amount of people who would either ask peter out or just flirt with him everyday would increase as each day passed. and harley would be lying if he didn't say it had started to bother him.

ever since harley met peter, he'd known that he had feelings for the boy. at first, it was because peter was beautiful. then, as harley got to know him, he realised that peter's personality was just as amazing. and harley couldn't help but to fall deeper and deeper for the boy. but suddenly, all of these people were asking peter out, and although peter had rejected every single one of them, and had voiced to harley that he wouldn't be saying yes to any of them, harley was still jealous of these people. imagine having enough courage to ask peter parker out. harley had to hand it to them.

now, harley would always flirt with peter. just lowkey. nicknames and complimenting his appearance. things like that. they always made peter blush. but these people were saying almost the same things to peter now, and the only reaction they were getting out of peter was a slight eye roll and a 'no, sorry, i don't like you in that way'. it sounded like a childish way to respond, but they wouldn't go away unless peter told them outright. none of these people could take a hint. harley just thought he was more confident because he wasn't alone at school. maybe peter only blushed because he was uncomfortable when harley flirted with him, and couldn't be confident because they were alone.

of course it wasn't that. but harley couldn't see that peter reacted differently to harley because he actually had feelings for harley. because harley didn't like peter just because he knew tony stark. harley was smart, but he could be a dumbass sometimes. and peter wished he wouldn't be. harley was definitely the more confident of the two, and peter was terrible at making the first move on anyone he liked. everyone at the tower knew that peter liked harley, and harley liked peter, except for harley.

you see, peter wasn't as oblivious as everyone made him out to be. of course, it took tony to lay it all out for peter in order for peter to see that harley liked him, but at least he accepted it. harley just saw it as peter being polite and going along with harley's lowkey flirting because he didn't want to be rude. so why did peter turn down everyone at school as soon as he flirted with them, but wouldn't tell harley to stop? as stated previously, harley could be a bit of a dumbass sometimes.

harley had accepted that he was jealous, even though peter hadn't actually accepted anyone yet. the thing is, peter had also realised that harley was jealous (of course, it was after mj brought it to his attention), and he was stuck on whether to carry on rejecting people and leave harley to work it out himself, or to flirt back with someone (just to see harley get worked up), or to just straight-up ask harley out. everyone knew that the last option wasn't happening. and peter was too polite to lead people on by flirting back. so carrying on as he currently was seemed to be his only option.

but peter was tired of the flirting from people who wanted to use him. they really thought that he wouldn't see through their act. so, peter decided to complain about it to harley so much that the latter decided to ask questions. and then peter could try and hint at the fact he was only going to reject everyone except harley. that harley was the only person he liked, and the only person he would date. god, if even tony had noticed, harley had to be so goddamn oblivious. to be honest, peter wasn't completely surprised. but peter thought it was extraordinary just how oblivious harley apparently was.

"i'm so god damn tired of all these people. when will they stop?" peter complained, while him and harley were sitting in their joint lab, upgrading peter's web-shooters.