A Bad Idea (Spideychelle)

Ch. 18: You're Such A Dream To Me

MJ POV

Peter ended up convincing me to stay with him more and more after the night I cried myself to sleep in the kitchen.

It was easier to sleep in his bed. It was easier to get the thoughts of my dad or my uncle out of my head when I was in a bed that I hadn't ever been...hurt in.

We got into a comfortable routine. Peter would go to his internship, then dinner with May (unless she was working overtime), homework and...other activities in my apartment, I'd do my skincare routine and change, and then we'd go back downstairs for bed.

One night, though, as I was washing my face, Peter was going through my skincare stuff.

"Does this stuff actually do anything, or is it just a placebo?"

I stared at him. "Are you implying that I waste my time and money?"

He looked like a deer in the headlights. It was kind of adorable. "Wha- no, no no no, I was just-"

I laughed. "I know, dorkus. It actually does stuff, I promise."

He held up a bottle. "So, if I started using this, would I look like James Charles?"

I snorted, laughing hard.

"MJ!"

"No, it just...clears your skin and makes it really hydrated and soft."

"Wait, that's why your skin is so soft?"

"Yeah."

He looked between me and the bottle, and then quietly, timidly asked, "Can you do your skincare stuff on me?"

"Yeah, sure."

I finished my skincare routine, then hopped up on the counter next to my skincare stuff.

"Come on, I'll guide you through it."

He stood in front of me as I pulled out a cleanser.

"Hold out your hand."

"What is that?"

"It's face wash."

"Ooh, does it smell nice?" he asked as I pumped some into his hands.

"Like citrus."

He grinned like an excited kid, slathering the cleanser on.

I had never seen anyone so happy to wash their face.

Afterwards, as he was drying his face with a towel, he said, "Okay, what's next?"

I picked up my toner, and grabbed a cotton pad. "Come here."

He stood in front of me as I put some toner on the pad. I gently wiped the pad over his face. He closed his eyes, looking relaxed as I swiped over his face.

"It's nice and cool," he breathed.

"It's aloe and cucumber."

He opened his eyes, looking at me confused for a second, then seemed to realize. "Oh, like there's aloe and cucumber in it, it's not just...straight aloe and cucumber."

I laughed. "I can't believe you're my top competition for valedictorian."

"Hey!"

I threw out the cotton pad, and lifted my legs to open a drawer. "I think we should put a mask on you. That'll be fun."

Peter retreated a little, scared as I started pulling out masks.

"Since when are you...a girl?"