Fight Or Flight | Peter Parker & MJ

Thank You

                    MJ had fallen asleep in my arms, I didn't want to let her go but I wanted her to be comfortable when she woke up. After a couple more minutes of me making sure she was asleep, I pick her up tenderly and take her to her room, setting her down on her bed and pulling the covers over her. Tears stained her face, I hated seeing her like this... what happened... I go to wipe her tear residue when there's a knock at the door.

                 I narrow my eyebrows, looking at the front door. I get up and close MJ's bedroom door and then look through the peephole... Eddie... He looked distressed. I don't say anything for a second but I notice his look of intoxication. "You should leave." I call, a little gruff due to not using my throat in a while.

               "Oh, Peter! It's you, hey buddy, can you let me in." Eddie slurred. I've never seen this side of Eddie... He was perfectly two faced.

               "Eddie... Please leave. You're intoxicated."

               "Peeeeettttteeeeeerrrrrrr."

                I open the door, and Eddie tries to step through, I only opened it a foot wide but I pushed the door against him, "Eddie, do you know your way home?"

              "Of course, now let me in Pete." He pushes the door roughly to get in, but I'm stronger than he thinks. He might have been slightly taller but o was not letting him in. It was unpredictable what could happen.

              "Let me take you home." I say, stepping out of my apartment and closing the door behind me. Once Eddie had realized he wasn't getting what he wanted he turned around, "Okok." He put his hands up defensively, walking back to the elevator.  I follow him, just accomplish him on the walk. I don't think he realized he was talking to me as he complained about an Oscorp shipment being demolished. Oh. Ironic. He then gets to what he says is outside of his building and turns to me, "Pete Pete, can you do me a favor?"

             "Depends."

             "Can you convince MJ to forgive me? I'm worried she's never going to let it go, but she'll listen to you." Eddie says, putting a hand on my shoulder.

              I shake my head, "I'm not going to do that. Whatever happened, you... need to solve it on your own. Sober. "

             "Do me a solid Pete."

             I can't believe who was in front of me. I've never seen MJ cry, and the fact he was the cause of it made my blood boil. "Edward. I swear if you make MJ-"

             "Oh, Pete. Cmoooooooonnn, don't act all tough. You work in a lab all day long, I doubt you can even land a punch."

             I've never wanted to hurt someone so bad. But I didn't know the details and Eddie was intoxicated... I resign, taking a deep breath in. "Go to bed, man." I leave him on the sidewalk alone.

             The next day, I sat on the couch alone, the TV on a random station as I sat on my phone. MJ left her room for the first time all day and looked at me.

             I looked up at her, anticipating what she was going to say. She didn't say anything, but looked down. "Hey-"

            "Thank you." MJ says. A pause before adding, "just... thank you."

            "Yeah... Of course." I say, looking at her. She gave me a nod before going to snack in the kitchen. I get up and go over to her, "Thanks for the Neosporin." I smile.

           "Mhm."

           "If you want, we could..."

            There's a knock on the door, we both turn to it simultaneously. I narrow my eyes.

            "Peter... could you..." MJ starts. I look back at her before realizing, "oh, yes, of course." I go to my room and shut the door... I hear the front door open and muffled voided speaking.

            "I'm sorry MJ, I was just frustrated about the shipment." I heard... MJ, please don't... I don't hear the next exchanging of words but they're talking for the next twenty minutes before I grab one of my spider drones, letting it crawl under the door. "God, what are you doing? You're so nosy..." I whisper to myself. I bite my lip and sit against my door but then pull out my phone and pull out the screen that the drone was recording live.

            "I just wasn't expecting it..." MJ says.

            "It'll never happen again. Swear." Eddie says, before putting his hands around her lower back, "I can't imagine my life without your beautiful self beside me."

             I roll my eyes. MJ smiles and the two kiss—I shut off my phone quickly, the spider crawling back under the door and going back where it came from. I rub my face. I look at the window. My body felt impatient, I was needing to feel something else. That's all I need right now. I throw on my suit that I had fixed at the lab at school when it was closed. I jump out of the building, looking for trouble. For an entire week, I don't spend any time at home because he's there. I only am there for the morning and pretend to leave for class. I try to track down shocker and his gang everyday. Having a few run-ins.

           Coughing out some blood, "That all you got?" I challenge shocker. We fight back and forth, it being more one sided as I don't bother dodging. One last blast passes me out, when I wake up, Yuri is beside me in a van that cops conduct stakeouts in. At least in the movies. I sit up, "What's going on?"

           "I should ask you." She started, I rub my head.

           "You didn't-"

           "No, no one took your mask off... You're welcome."

            "Thank you..."

            "I know you act like everything's fine but I saw what you did out there." Yuri said, "You can't tell me you can dodge a dozen bullets but not a punch."

             I huff, "I'm having an off day."

             "Really? Cause it's seemed longer than that." I try to dismiss her but she stops me, "look, I don't know what's going on but you need to pull your head out of your ass... I'll admit it: We need Spider-Man right now. We can't stop shocker without you."

              I look at Yuri and smile, "Aww you need me."

              Yuri smiled and punched my arm lightly, "Don't let me down."

              "Thanks Yuri... I needed that." I tell her... Even though I still was aching without physical pain. I could do physical pain, but this... It was harder, I don't think Eddie was good for MJ... But maybe I was just jealous. He still gave me an uneasy feeling.