Chapter 6
On the walk back to the tower Pepper had received an important phone call informing her of an emergency that required her attention in the marketing department.
She had sighed heavily and gave Peter an apologetic look, to which Peter had assured her that it was fine and he’d had fun anyways and they’d see each other later on; by this time they had reached the lobby of the tower so Pepper gave him a quick hug that he didn’t hesitate to reciprocate, and she clicked her heels to the elevator, clearly on a mission, and waved to her son as the Friday closed the doors.
Peter was now alone with his thoughts, thoughts that were vastly centred around a certain cowboy who he knew would currently be in Tony’s private lab…
This train of thought had unconsciously caused the lovesick boy to walk to the elevator where Friday broke him out of his little trance with a “-ter? Yoo-hoo, Peter?”
“Sorry Friday, what was that?”
“You’re in an elevator. What do you think I asked?” Friday sassed.
Peter just blinked needing a second for his brain to catch up with reality.
“Oh uh to H-Harley thanks”
Wow, Peter thought, if I can’t even reply to an AI like a normal functioning human being how in the fuck am I gonna hold a conversation with the boy of my wet dreams?!
Somewhere through his internal panic the doors had opened to Tony’s lab and Peter had made a move to step out intent on finding one Harley Keener when the boy himself walked straight into Peter nearly knocking the two of them down, although he caught them both in his big strong ass muscly arms omg.
“Oh shit fucK” Peter exclaimed, eyes wide as he plummeted into the other boy’s arms of glory.
“Eloquent as ever darlin’,” Harley smirked, he was naturally much smoother than Peter but the added information of knowing Peter was also into him in return via Tony mf Stark he had increased his smoothness tenfold in hopes of bagging some spider-booty, “so sorry bout that, I was blinded by your beauty”
“uuuuhherrrrr uuhhmmmm th-thank you?” the wall-crawler spoke with all the grace of a house fire.
Although Harley’s plan was to compliment Peter and then tell him how he felt he was finding the second half much more difficult.
Clearing his throat Peter tried his best to regain his lost confidence, “Were you leaving? I, um, I came to see you actually”
Harley gave a soft smile and easily took Peter by the hand pulling him along to the comfy oil stained couch in the designated sleep area for when one of them spend a little too long in the lab and fall asleep on or under an invention.
As they sat down Harley had yet to let go of Peter’s smaller hand and had instead taken to rubbing his thumb back and forth over his knuckles. This made Peter all but melt.
“So is there a reason you came to see me, sweetheart, or did you just miss me?”
With all of Peter’s powers and enhanced abilities, nothing could have ever prepared him for that question, how in the goddamn was he supposed to reply???
While his jaw hit the floor nothing but a squeak came out causing Harley to let out a little chuckle.
“Okay, well if you don’t have anything to say then I guess I’ll say something instead”
o H g O d.
This is it, Harley thought, do not, for the love of Christ, fuck this up boi.
Taking a deep breath Harley looked into Peter’s gorgeous Bambi eyes and said “I really like you Peter, so much that you are pretty much all I think about. Darlin’ you are the most beautiful person I have ever seen and you are waaay out of my league,” Harley laughed lightly as Peter gave him a really weak whack on the hand as if to say ‘don’t be silly’, “So if it is okay with you I’d really like to take you out on a date. What d’ya say?”
Peter would be the biggest liar on Earth if he said those words coming from the hottest boy in New York didn’t make him well up.
“Oh my god, Harley” Peter grinned, “I feel the exact same way, of course yes I would love to! I actually came to confess my feelings for you too but i guess you beat me to it asshole”
“I’ll see you in the lobby at 7 then” Harley said also grinning.
Peter decided in that moment to surge forward and kiss Harley gently on the cheek and sprint out of the room yelling “ANYTHING BUT NANDOS”.
Harley blushed as the elevator doors shut and literally fist bumped himself and let out a huge breath.
“That could not have gone better, fuck yeah go Keener wOO”
Meanwhile in the elevator Peter highfived himself and said “Hell fucking yeS, someone finds me hot Friday! Omg no wait nO what do I wear fucking shit on a cracker- TAKE ME TO PEPPER FRI OH GO D”
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Upstairs in Pepper’s office three people and one AI were celebrating the success of stage two.
“Huston, we have landed!” Morgan yelled in excitement, “I think we can skip stage three guys, straight into stage four!!”
“I will say this plan of yours, Mo, worked exceptionally well considering these two idiots are as oblivious as they come” Pepper laughed genuinely impressed with their daughter.
“I am most certainly coming to you first when I have a problem next Morguna” Tony chuckled.
“Pepper, I should inform you that Peter is rather distressed about this date and is coming to find you right now, I suggest Sir that you and Morgan should leave so Peter does not find out about the ‘Masterplan™’”
“Good idea, if either of them find out it should be after they’re together… and when I’m on another continent”
Pepper and Morgan gave unimpressed looks at the older genius.
“Look ladies I’m sorry but those two combined is a force to be reckoned with, it’s gonna be every man for themselves” Tony deadpanned before picking Morgan up by the ankles and exciting the room and speeding down the hall almost as fast as Scott fell down the stairs when the private elevator had been out of order for repairs last month.
The elevator doors opened just as he rounded the corner out of site of his son who was currently running across the ceiling. Average Tuesday.