Chapter Somwthing

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Wade's POV

"We used to date." Peter admits once we're back at his uncle's apartment. "When the Four first showed their faces, Johnny was a little older than me. I looked up to him and when I turned eighteen and became an avenger..."
"He asked you out?" I ask.
"I asked him out, actually." He shrugs, embarrassed. "He didn't say yes at first, so I said if I beat him in a fight, he had to go out with me. If he won, we could forget it ever happened."
"You were never like this with me." I add.
"Not the time, Wade." Loki elbows me in the ribs.
Peter sighs. "It was clear I was going to beat him so he came over halfway through the fight and kissed me. It was my first real kiss, you know? And one thing lead to another..."
I sigh, rubbing my eyes with the heels of my hands.
I knew he couldn't be a virgin.
"How many times?" Thor asks sharply.
"Too many." He tells us.
"How many?" I demand.
"27 over the course of two months." He rolls forward and back, his disabled form of rocking on his heels.
"27-" Loki sighs. "You were an adult, you are still an adult... We can't tell you what you did was wrong, but Johnny got one thing right. He said we wouldn't want to see that..."
Thor scoffs. "Understatement!"
"Look, I'll go meet him and explain the situation, and..." He looks at me sadly. "And then I'll come home."
"You're sure? You don't miss him at all?" I joke.
"Why would I?" His tone goes sharp. "It was only sex."
"Wow, I never knew you could be so shallow!"
"I'm not being shallow, I'm being honest."
"How honest are you being?"
Peter sighs again. "What are you talking about, Wade?"
"Boys-" Loki tries to interrupt, but I won't let him.
"No, Loki, let me talk." I say. "You mean to tell me that you had a crush on him for almost two years, and then slept with him 27 times in two months and you weren't in love with him?"
"Yes, that is exactly what I'm telling you."
"And you don't have any feelings for him now?" I don't want my real concern to show-that he likes Johnny more than me.
He takes one of my hands in both of his small ones and still can't completely cover it. "I have feelings for you." He assures me, squeezing gently. "Why can't you just trust me on this one thing?"
I look at him right in his beautiful chocolate brown eyes, his long, tired and hopeful gaze drawing me in and threatening to drown me.
I turn away.
He drops my hand.
"You can't keep me here." He says firmly.
"Him or me." I hit back without a second's hesitation.
"He trusted me. If you really loved me, you would too."

Peter POV

"John?" I call, rolling into Hyde Park, hearing sticks break under my wheels. "You there?"
There's a flash of light behind me.
"I know it's you, Johnny." I say, spinning around to see him.
"Hey Lucky."
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John's POV(Yes, you heard me right. You're welcome.)

"Hey Lucky." I say softly, looking at him. "What's with the chair?"
"The explosion at Stark Tower a while back... I was supposed to do therapy but Wade was paying for it, so I refused, and now I can't ever walk again."
"Fun." I say, reaching out for him, but he rolls back. "Who's Wade?" I ask.
"My boyfriend." He says immediately, then seems to regret it. "He was, before the accident. Only for two days though. And then he just... abandoned me, and then came and asked for me back, so obviously, we got together again... It's been almost a month now, and we just had this huge fight..." He jabs a finger at me, looking like he would teach me a new meaning of the word burn if he could get out of that chair. "Because of what you said on the radio, I had to tell my uncles and Wade about us. It was humiliating! They think I'm a whore! Wade thinks I'm still in love with you, and... " He sighs, crumpling. "It's a mess-this is a real mess."
"You were in love with me?" I ask gently, kneeling in front of him.
"Of course I was, John." Peter looks down on me, on the verge of tears. "Why did you have to suddenly start being around again? I was starting to do ok again... Now I'm not sure."
"Why are you here if you don't want me?" I insist, making him look at me.
"To tell you not to show up again." He sighs, leaning into my hand. "That was the plan. Come tell you I'm not interested and then go home. But..."
"You don't want to go home yet, do you Lucky?" I carefully lift him from his chair as he slips into darkness.
"Close the window, Johnny..." He mumbles with a yawn. "It's cold in here."

I lay him down on the table.
"He's an angel." I say sharply. "The best kind of person. If you hurt him, I swear-" Fire flickers at my fingertips.
"Relaxxxx, fire boyy..." Venom hisses. "He will be fine. Young Peter will be yours again..."
"You swear he won't be injured or anything?" I demand.
"He will remain unharmed." The thing assures me. "Please leave so I may begin..."
"Of course." I turn to leave, unlocking the door with my keycard, but he hisses again to catch my attention.
"He will still be Peter Parker... He will walk again, be yours again... I am unsure how much I may be able to manipulate him... But know that it will not be me you are speaking to... it will be Mr. Parker... If it is me.... You will know."
"Of course." I repeat, and leave the room. I hesitate outside the door, although I know I won't hear anything, and there are no windows to see through. Until-
Peter shrieks in pain. I know his screams, and that's not one I remember to be good.
What have I done?

Wade's POV

"Peter has been gone for a while." Thor storms across the room nervously. "Should we go look for him?"
"Where would we look?" Loki asks.
"He went to Hyde Park." I tell them, white-knuckling the armrests of the chair I sit in, facing away from the two gods.
"How do you know?"
"Before we were together I would see them on dates there." I tell them.
"So you knew they dated and you didn't tell us?" Thor booms.
"No, I knew they went on dates. During the day. In groups. I never saw them kiss or anything like that, I just assumed they went together out of necessity to the group."
"I'm going to look for him." Loki decides, grabbing his coat.
"I'll come with you." Thor says, helping him. "You stay here, Wade."
"He's my goddamn boyfriend, I'll go looking for him if I want." I snarl.
"He's not your boyfriend, Wade, not by my standards." Loki shoves me back by my shoulder, effortlessly stronger than me. "Boyfriends trust each other and care if the other is happy. You obviously follow neither of those rules."
"I-" The phone rings.
"I'll get it." Loki grabs the receiver off the wall(Seriously, they still have a landline?). "Odinson residence."
A beat passes.
"What do you mean-"
Another beat.
"He didn't tell us about any trip. Where is he-"
Another beat.
"Fine."
A beat.
"Yes, I understand."
Beat.
"Of course."
Beat.
"Thank you."
Beat.
"You too. Have a good day." He looks up at us in confusion. "Peter volunteered for a science trip. He'll be back in a few days. He says he's sorry he couldn't tell us sooner, but it's top secret, apparently."
"Who was that calling to tell us?" I ask.
"Norman Osborn."
"Harry's one of his best friends, I guess that makes sense." Thor thunders.
"No... No, this doesn't make sense." I stand nervously, grabbing my leather trench coat and pulling it on, checking that all my weapons are still in the secret pockets.
"Why not, what-Woah, drop the knife!"
"It's not for you, it's for whoever that was on the other end of the phone." I shout.
"Wade, what are you talking about?"
"Norman Osborn died last spring." I tell them. "I killed him myself."
"Then how-"
"I killed him so that venom could take him as a host." I shake my head, trying not to cry. "If I'm right about this, and I sincerely hope I'm not, than-"
"Peter needs us." Thor summons his hammer for the first time in a while. Crimes have been at an all time low, giving us a bit of a vacation.
Guess it's time to go back to work.

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