Broken Hero || Peter Parker X Reader

The Two Shadowed Figures

I let Rory sleep in my bed... or more of we were watching a movie lying on my bed and he fell asleep halfway through it. I paused the movie then, deciding to let him nap. Nox had fallen asleep right next to him as well.

I sneak out of my room after placing a light blanket over Rory's lower body. I find Loki and Thor still sitting on the couch with the show still paused, both looking bored out of their minds.

Peter sits at the counter playing on his phone and Tony is standing up on the other side of the counter, typing rapidly on his laptop. "Hey." I greet them and they all look up at me.

"Hey..." Thor is the first to respond. "Where is your muscular friend?"

I giggle at his small description of Rory. "He fell asleep." I explain. "It's still so weird that he's here."

"Surprised?" I look up at Tony to find him smirking at me.

"Very." I respond with, walking up to the counter. "But also confused..." I raise my eyebrows and by the look on Tony's face, he could tell I wanted some sort of explanation.

Tony takes a deep breath, standing up just a little bit straighter. "When you were talking to him on the phone the other day... you were so excited. And I couldn't remember the last time you smiled like that."

He pauses and Peter begins, "Between everything that's happened, you needed a win."

"And that was Rory." Tony adds.

"Besides, I like it when you smile." Peter tells me, a smile of his own stretched across his face. I liked how he was getting more comfortable with our relationship around other people(especially Tony). It made our relationship real and full of life. I smile at his comment, blushing like a madman.

"Okay, flirt on your own time, Parker." Tony comments, making both Peter and I laugh.

"Well, thank you, guys. It means a lot." I tell them, being both truthful and sincere. They both smile softly back at me, making my heart melt. Having people care about me is a feeling I never want to forget, even though sometimes I do. I always wanted to remember how I felt in this moment. True and utter happiness.

"I hate to break up this heartfelt moment, not really, but are we going to watch the end of this or not?" Loki asks, staring at me intensely as he waves the remote around in the air.

"Hell yeah we are!" I exclaim, running over to them, jumping over the couch, and plopping myself down in between the brothers.

"Hey, language." Tony reminds me with a warning tone in his voice.

"Sorry, sorry, hell yes." I tease him, looking over my shoulder, sending him an evil grin.

Tony sighs in frustration and rolls his eyes. "Teenagers." He mumbles under his breath.

"Get over here, Spider boy! We're watching Big Brother." I then look at Peter, waving him over by me.

Peter grins widely at this, jumping off his chair and speed walking over to the couch.

Loki sighs with relief and points the remote at the TV. "Okay, I'm playing it now no matter what else happens!"

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Rory didn't get to stay long. We hung out all day, the next we went out to lunch and then we had to say our goodbyes. Which was more than just depressing. But he reminded me that I would see him again soon enough and I nodded in response.

The next day I went back to school, as always, a little bummed but I didn't show it. "We should go to that new smoothie place after school." Alex was saying. "It just opened yesterday."