MULTIVERSE// A Supernatural / MCU crossover adventure

Awkward Times At The Winchester Retreat

It takes a minute or two, but both MJ and I  slowly make ourselves comfortable in our bed. Every time I re-adjust the blanket, I worry that I'm hogging it.

"Have you got enough blanket?" I whisper.

"Yeah, all good." She whispers back.

I can practically feel the awkwardness in the air.

"Hey peter?"

"Yeah?"

"This is gonna sound really weird but, can I..." She stops herself mid sentence, as if she's too nervous to continue.

"Can you what?" I say gently. "You ok?"

"Yeah I'm fine. I just..." She takes a deep breath in. "Can I kiss your arm? I mean not with my mouth, but like can I kiss my hand, and then touch your arm with... my hand..." She goes silent.

This kind of catches me off guard. I don't quite understand but I think she's coming onto me? Oh god. She really better not be. This is the last scenario I wanna be in right now. This is literally a nightmare of mine. Being stuck in a romantic situation with someone who doesn't know I'm trans oh my god.

"Uh... can I ask why?" I ask very carefully.
I can feel my heart bumping around in my chest.

With every word, she sounds as if she's gonna flee, like at any second she could run out the door. "Sorry I know it's really weird. But it's just something I do to my mum every night. It helps me sleep."

I turn my head over to her, we make eye contact. She looks terrified, so I smile at her, lift my arm up and say "of course."

She smiles back at me, and then quickly turns her attention to her hand. She kisses it, like she's going to blow a kiss, but then ever so gently, she presses her hand down onto my wrist. The light touch on my skin tickles a little bit. It feels soothing, and for once; not awkward.

"Thank you." She says.

I didn't mind at all, in fact, I think that moment has broken some of the tension between us.
I don't think it's my place to ask her why exactly she did that, as it seems like something she feels embarrassed about.
I can relate to that.
It feels nice that she trusts me enough to ask me that. She really is a good friend.
This feels like an ideal moment to blurt out 'OOP HI IM TRANSGENDER BTW, I TRUST YOU AND WANT YOU TO KNOW.' But of course, the idea of how she may react terrifies me. So I hold back.

"Goodnight MJ."

"Night Peter."

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I get woken by a couple gentle knocks on the door. There's no windows in here so I really can't tell what time it would be. I look around and see that MJ is no longer in the bed.

"Yeah?" I ask.

I hear MJ'S voice, "can I come in?"

"Yeah come in."

She walks in, wearing a pair of black tights and an oversized hoodie. I'm guessing that's something Sam bought the other day.
"I'm sorry did I wake you?"

"Uh..." I lie, badly; "no no not at all... I was just lying here. What time is it?"

"Round 10?" She makes a rough guess. "Dean was just making eggs and wondered if you wanted any. Oh, also here's some clothes Sam got from the store." She hands me some very daggy looking pants and some generic looking shirts, all with random city names on them.

"Thanks MJ. Yeah I'll be right out, I'll just get dressed, but eggs sound amazing right now."

"Cool, I'll go let them know." She closes the door behind her.

After getting dressed into some very oversized clothing, I walk out into the kitchen area. Deans working hard, flipping eggs and putting bread in the toaster. Sam, Castiel, MJ and some random guy are sat at a table. I don't remember meeting him? He looks around the same age as I. Except he's way taller that I am. (That's typically the way it goes, I'm always the shortest guy in the room.)
The guy notices me staring and perks up a little.

"Hello!" He waves at me. "My name's Jack, and you must be Peter?"

I step forward awkwardly in his direction. "Yeah that's me."

Castiel joins in on our awkward exchange. "Peter you're awake! This is the other child I was telling you about."

My forehead crinkles. "I thought you said he was a baby? Like 3 years old yeah?"

MJ starts giggling. "I said the same thing."

"Well" Jack says, "technically yeah Im 3, but I was born like this. I knew I wouldn't be safe in the world as a baby, so I had to grew up really fast." He gives me a proud smile, then takes a bite out of his toast.

I make eye contact with MJ, signally my confusion at her. She returns with a shrug and a slight scoff.

I sit down next to MJ, across from Jack. For a 3 year old, he sure eats a lot.

"So get this," Sam looks over his computer screen. "Some kid posted a video on 'snap chat' of what he's claiming's 'a real ghost'. It's identical to the one we saw at the gas station last night, and the hospital." He spins the laptop, letting Dean have a look.

Dean squints at the screen, focuses on the terrible android quality snap of a figure appearing in the middle of the road. "That roads basically round the corner from here Yeah?"

"Yep." Sam says.

"How's it getting from place to place like that?"

"Beats me." Sam replies. "But I'm getting the impression it's trailing us."

My eyes widen. I really did think that ghost had given up by now. I really don't want to see another supernatural being again (unless there's such thing as zombies. That would be awesome)."Can it get in here?" I say, trying to sound chill.

"Nah kid don't worry." Dean says, spinning back around to the stove. "No ghosts are getting in or out of this place."

I sigh of relief. "Thank god."

"No I don't think my grandfather has anything to do with this." Jack says.

MJ almost chokes on her food. "I'm sorry???"