Peter's Protector

{6} smile

Peter and I sat on top of a building, eating the churros a nice lady had bought us earlier. "Wait, wait, let me get this straight," Peter started, leaning back a little, looking towards me, "you've never had a churro before?"

I laugh, smiling at him, "Nope, never!"

He glances at me with a funny look, "Wow," he suddenly looks down towards the city below, then continues, "You know, I've never seen you smile like that."

He smiles at me, and I return it, "I think you and I make a pretty good team Spidey."

Peter chuckles, "I-i think we do too."

He then awkwardly pulls out his phone, and calls someone. Bringing his phone up to his ear he says, "Hey, Happy! It's Peter, just giving my daily report. I stopped a grand theft bicycle...oh! Also, (Y/n) is here with me! We helped the city out a little and now we're eating churros together," he paused, then sighs, "I just feel like I could be doing more, let me know if you need me."

He puts the phone down, and I look over at him, "You know, you make a difference here," I say, leaning in a little. I catch myself, flustered, I inched back, "In t-the neighborhood I mean, you help a lot of people!"

Peter looked over at me and smiled softly, "Thanks."

I looked out into the city, "You're welcom—oh my god! Happy's been waiting for me at the school to pick me up! He's gonna kill me!" I quickly stand, shoving the churro wrapper into one of my pockets.

Peter stands too, then suddenly looks down, "W-well you know, I could swing you over there," he looks up towards me, "it'll be faster!"

"Okay," I say, smiling, awkwardly walking over towards him. Suddenly he picks me up into his arms, holding me with one and shooting a web with the other.

"Hold on!" He says, and I wrap my arms around his neck, bringing us closer. I silently thank the universe that I was wearing a mask, feeling a blush creeping up onto my face. Then, he leaps off the roof, and we swing towards the school.

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We soon land a street ahead of the school, and Peter gently places me back on my feet. Brushing my hair back I say, "Thanks, we should do this again sometime."

"Yeah, we should," Peter replied, smiling under the mask.

"Well, partner, I guess I'll see you tomorrow," I say, then I hurry off behind a building to change and find Happy.

What I didn't know at the time was that Peter looked after me, smiling to himself then swinging off somewhere else.

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Finally reaching the school, I see a not-so-happy, Happy standing in front of the school, pacing a little. When he sees me, his face went from relief, to anger. "Where were you? I've been waiting for three hours! No text, no call, nothing!"

I laugh awkwardly, "Sorry Happy, I was with Peter. I promise I'll call you next time!"

Happy sighed, "You better!"

I chuckle, and get in the car, and to my surprise, Tony was in the backseat. "Hey kid, how was your day?"

"It was good, actually," I reply, as we drive back to the Avengers Tower.