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The last months had been very hard for Harry, but Peter didn’t let him down. Peter was there for him when he needed him, and he supported him as he took over OSCORP. Harry wanted to give him something in return, because Peter struggled a lot as well, since he had problems with keeping up with his science studies and because he got fired from another mini job. That’s why Harry planned a very special birthday for him. He wanted to make him happy.

“Are you sure he’s gonna like it?”, Harry asked Aunt May and MJ as they were waiting for Peter to arrive. He wanted Peter to have a special birthday.

“He will like it, don’t worry”, Aunt May said smiling.

“That’s the cutest idea you could’ve come up with. He will love it for sure”, MJ assured him and helped him with the balloons.

The door opened and Peter entered the house.

“Surprise!”, they shouted in unison, but Peter looked rather confused than happy.

“What’s the occasion?”, he asked.

“Really? It’s your birthday”, Aunt May said and kissed him on the cheek.

“You had it all planned?” Peter couldn’t believe it.

“Oh, it was Harry’s idea”, MJ explained and hugged him.

“You came up with it?”, Peter asked Harry as he kissed him.

“There’s another surprise waiting for you”, Harry whispered into his ear as he placed a soft kiss on his neck.

Peter’s stomach started to tingle in excitement. “What is it?”

“Oh, Pete, if I tell you, it wouldn’t be a surprise anymore, but I hope you’ll never forget it.” Harry smiled and gave him another kiss on the forehead.

“Happy birthday to you”, MJ and Aunt May started to sing as they entered with Peter’s birthday cake and Harry joined in.

They sat down and Peter blew out the candles. “I love you all, thank you so much.”

“We love you too, Peter”, MJ said.

They had a lovely evening, eating the cake and chatting about all sort of things. Peter has been so busy lately that he didn’t even notice how much he missed moments like these with the persons that are most important to him.

“I have to go now. Tomorrow will be tough”, MJ excused herself.

“We will visit your play soon. I can’t wait to see you performing”, Peter assured her which made her smile.

“Enjoy the rest of your birthday.” She winked knowingly.

“Does she know about your surprise?”, Peter asked immediately and turned to Harry who smiled mysteriously.

“Oh, Harry, I think you should stop torturing him. He will die out of curiosity”, Aunt May said and handed him the keys to Uncle Ben’s car.

“We’re going somewhere?”

“You’ll see. Thank you, Aunt May.” Harry wrapped his arm around Peter’s waist and led him to the car.

Like a true gentleman, he opened the door for Peter so he could sit down. “Where are we going?”

“You’ll see”, Harry told him again and started the engine.

“I hate being surprised”, Peter complained. He was desperate to know what Harry had planned.

“I know you love being surprised”, Harry countered and turned on the radio where ‘Good old-fashioned lover boy’ by Queen was playing. The perfect song for their date.

After they were driving for quite a while, Peter couldn’t hold back his curiosity anymore. “Are we there soon?”

“You need to be patient, Pete. But if it puts your mind on ease, yes, we’ll be there soon.”

“What do you wanna do?”

“You can ask as often as you want but I won’t give you an answer”, Harry said with a grin.

“Harryyyyy, please. I’m dying”, Peter tried to convince his boyfriend to tell him about his plans, but Harry was as difficult to break as a rock.

Some time later, Harry parked the car on a hill away from New York.

“We’re there”, he said.

“What are we doing here?”, Peter asked in confusion.

“Waiting for the stars.”

Harry took a basket with some blankets, a bottle of wine, two glasses and a plate of self-made sandwiches out of the trunk. A blanket was spread on the ground where they laid down. Harry wrapped an arm around Peter who put his head on his chest. With the other hand he wrapped a blanket around them.

“You planned this all alone?”, Peter asked in disbelief.

“MJ and your aunt helped me a little, but yes. I wanted to make you happy”, Harry explained.

Peter wiped away a tear. “Harry, that’s the cutest thing someone ever did to me. I’m speechless.”

“That was my intention.” Harry placed a kiss on Peter’s hair.

In silence, they watched the stars and Peter passionately told Harry everything about every star constellation he could find. Peter was such a nerd, but Harry loved to see Peter passionate like that.

“It’s beautiful, isn’t it?”, Peter said and pointed at Pegasus, his favourite constellation.

“Just like you.” Harry leaned forwards and softly kissed his temple. “Happy birthday, Pete.”

“Did you see that?” A huge shooting star was seen on the night sky. Peter had never seen a shooting star like this before. He smiled and closed his eyes.

“It’s amazing”, Harry gasped, looking at the sky like a child on Christmas Eve.

“I wish we will grow old together like Aunt May and Uncle Ben.”

“Peter, you shouldn’t say you wishes out loud. Otherwise, they will not come true”, Harry scolded him, but he had the exact same wish.

A small meteor shower was seen on the sky. “Harry, you have to see that!”, Peter gasped in euphoria but as he turned to Harry, he discovered that his boyfriend had fallen asleep. He decided to let him sleep since a relaxed night was rare for him. Usually, Harry spent most of the evenings sitting over papers for the company. Sometimes he didn’t even get home because he had to stay at OSCORP for so long that it was easier to stay the night in the Osborn mansion.

When Harry woke up again, they packed their things to drive back to Aunt May’s house.

“Thank you so much for today. It was the best birthday I’ve ever had.” Peter grabbed Harry’s waist and pulled him into an intense and soulful kiss.

“I’m glad you enjoyed it.”

On their way back, Peter was the one driving because Harry was so tired, he fell asleep during the ride. Peter let him sleep and got out of the car, carefully not to wake him. He wanted to thank Aunt May for today and he wanted to ask if he could return the car tomorrow. When he found her in the kitchen, she was sleeping with her head on a small table. A letter was lying next to her. It was a letter from the bank. Apparently, his aunt had serious financial problems. Why did she never tell him? Carefully, he grabbed her hand to wake her.

“Ben, what is it?”, she muttered as she woke up. “For a second I thought that was years ago.”

“Are you okay?”, Peter asked.

“Of course. Did you have a nice evening with Harry?”

Peter smiled. “Yes, it was amazing. It was so sweet of him. But I also wanted to thank you for my birthday party.”

“It was my pleasure, dear”, she said smiling.

“I’m worried about you, Aunt May. You’re so alone since I moved out and I saw the letter from the bank.”

“You did? I’m just a little behind. Everybody is. Anyway, I’m tired and you should go home too. It’s late.” She stood up and grabbed her purse to give Peter some money.

“No, I can’t take that from you”, he said.

“Yes, you can! You can take this money from me”, she insisted, “For God’s sake, it’s not much and don’t you dare leave it here.” She was close to crying.

He hugged her. “Thank you for everything, Aunt May.”

“You better take the rest of your cake home”, she said and handed him the plate with the last pieces of cake.

“Is it okay if we take Uncle Ben’s car to drive home? Harry’s sleeping inside and I don’t want to wake him. He still sleeps not really well”, Peter explained.

“Of course, it is okay.”

“I’ll bring it to you tomorrow.”

“Alright.”

When they arrived at their flat, Peter carried Harry inside and slipped into bed with him. He was awake for some time to think about the events of the day. It has been the best day of his life and he hoped they would still have evenings like that when they were in their 80s.