It was morning in Queens, and Peter woke up abuptally from the horn of a car down below, the teenager shut his eyes tightly as he tried to catch his breath, sometimes his senses went a bit crazy but with sunglasses and coffee he could fuction through his day, but other days his senses were up to eleven , he could listen to every sound, his eyes burned with the sightless light, the amount of diferent smells entering his nose was so strong he often ended up throwing up and today was one of those days, Peter knew it was getting late for school but he just couldn't get up, he felt like his body was paralized, he wanted to call May so she could make it a bit better but he couldn't make any words, he was still in bed when the door was knocked and even tough Peter tought his ears were bleeding from the noise he felt relief knowing it was May...
"Peter honey..." She said. "You're gonna be late for school...Peter?"
Peter only response was a groan of pain and in an instant May was there kneeling down in front of his bed a worried look on her face...
"Oh honey...bad day?" She whispered.
Peter nodded wich was a mistake, thanksfully May nurse work had prepared her for this kind of situation and in a second a trash bin was shoved in front of him as he threw up quite harshly onto it, hands clapped over his hears as he couldn't handle his own noises, the smell of vomit almost made him throw up again if May hadn't take the bin away...
"Breathe honey..." She instructed him softly. "Can you do that for me?" Peter tried but coughed, some tears leaking from his eyes. "Come on tough guy I know you can...In a out honey..."
May wanted nothing more than to hug him and comfort him but his skin got sensitive when he had an overload so she exagerated her beathing instead so Peter could follow her, the teenager slowly managed to catch his breath and flopped onto the bed his hands were trying the buttons of his pijama shirt but they were shaking so much he couldn't do it...
"Honey let me do it..." May said. "I'll be gentle I promise"
Peter stopped and let May do all the work, after solid 15 minutes Peter was laying in May's bed in boxers and an MIT old tshirt Tony had gave to him, May had managed to help him to her bed without making him uncomfortable and was now looking for the things Tony and Dr.Banner had done for moments like this, she still remembered when both men sat down with her and told her all the things they knew about Peter and his Spider habilities, they also talked about the side effects like that he couldn't thermoregulate his temperature so he got cold easily, and of course the sensory overloads, when Peter enhaced senses were just to much for him to handle, part of her hated that she couldn't cure him like when he was a kid with a scrapped knee and she put on a bandaid and kissed it better, but Tony and Bruce were still figuring a lot of stuffs about the spider dna some of them even Peter himself didn't know...
"Okay I'm back honey..." she said.
"Hurts...so...loud..." Was all Peter could said.
"I know It's gonna be alright honey trust me..." She said.
May got the noise cancelling airpords Tony had made specially for filtering noises and slipped them in Peter ears, then she layed the cold dark mask Bruce did over his eyes Peter almost passing out at the relief he got, the woman had already called for someone to cover her up at the hospital so she was free for the entire day, she sat nearby still hestiant about touching Peter, the last time she touched him during an overload without his permission he jumped to the ceiling trembling and passed out...
"Feeling any better?" she asked softly.
"A little..." He said still breathing quite heavily. "Can you stay...?" He asked patting the empty spot on the bed.
"Of course honey" May said kicking off his shoes.
She climbed up to bed next to Peter, the teenager rolling over to cuddle her nestling his head on her lap, she deemed okay to touch him so she started to run her hand softly on his curls, the teenager letting out a contented sigh... Both stayed like that for a few minutes Peter was so quiet and relaxed anyone could think he was asleep but May knew better...
"What's going on in that head of yours?" May asked his hand didn't stop.
"I'm sorry..." Peter said.
"What for honey?" She asked.
"This..." He said. "Being spiderman...having this problems..."
"Baby..." She said. "You have nothing to be sorry for..."
"I know is just..." Peter took a depp breathe. "after the bite I had asthma and my sight was messed up and I was always so sick that you had to be always watching over me and only doing things I could do... And when I got bite and that things got fixed it felt good to not be sick anymore I felt free and you got more freedom too...I felt powerful like nothing could brough me down...but now I'm sick again because of this stupid powers and it sucks that at the end there's is always something in the way..."
Peter voice was tight with emotions and some tears rolled onto his cheeks May wiped them away with his thumb.
"Oh honey..." She said rubbing his back. "I know life have been unfair... But I never regretted my choice of taking you in darling...What happened with that spider was an accident" she said. "that changes nothing between us you're still my baby Peter I'll always take care of you because I love you and I don't mind giving up on some things if that means spend time with you..."
Peter eyes were wide under the cold mask as he got up and took it off along with his airpods before hugging May tightly, not enough to crush her but enough to show his feelings openly...
"I love you May..." He said trough his tears.
"Shhhh...it's okay honey...I love you too Peter..." She said rubbing his back in circles.
Peter stayed there for few minutes drowning in the secure feeling his aunt always provided him before breaking the hug and lay down close to her again...
"Feeling better...?" May asked.
"Yeah..." He said yawning. "Lots..."
"Let's get some sleep" she said laying down next to him.
"But you have to work" he said snuggling to her.
"No I don't...I changed my day with Alisa" May said.
"Thanks..." Peter said closing his eyes.
"You're welcome honey." May said kissing his forehead. "Now get some rest...I'll be here when you wake up."