First Kiss/ Family
Peter slips into one of the windows of his and Harley’s floor at the tower and trudges toward their shared bedroom. He pulls off his mask and tosses it on the floor as soon as he makes it into the room. He sleepily stumbles out of his suit and then drops down into bed next to his husband. He turns over to look at Harley and a small smile makes its way onto his face when he sees their three year old daughter curled up on top of Harley’s chest.
Peter takes a minute to reminisce and think back to when they adopted the three year old just two and a half years ago. He and Harley had been visiting orphanages throughout New York to try and find a child that they could call their own. They had both instantly fallen in love with the tiny six month old at an orphanage just a few miles from where Peter grew up in Queens.
Peter remembers the way his heart had stilled in his chest and then begun to beat again, feeling as though a space that he hadn’t known was empty had been filled. The precious six month old had opened her emerald eyes and Peter’s breath was taken away. He could tell by the way Harley’s breath hitched and his hand tightened around Peter’s that they had found their daughter. Their minds were made up before the orphanage worker even told them the little girl’s name or let them hold her. It was Peter who got to hold her for the first time as Harley began filling out the paper work so that they could officially adopt her.
Peter also remembers how his heart had clenched when he realized they weren’t allowed to take her home that very day. They would have to wait a few more weeks before officially adopting Delilah Natalie Parker-Keener into their little family. Every night that Peter and Harley had to wait to bring Delilah home was like torture for the couple. Peter tried to distract himself by staying out later on his nightly patrols which just made Harley even more restless until Harley broke down, begging Peter to cut back on patrols because he needs Peter by his side because their home and hearts just feels so empty without the third member of their family by their sides.
Peter takes a shaky breath as he comes back to reality and wipes a stray tear from his cheek. He very gently takes Delilah into his arms and coos softly to lull her back to sleep when she wakes up whine about being taken off her father’s chest. Peter cradles her close and she instantly falls back to sleep when she realizes that her dad is back and holding her close.
“I love you so much baby. More than you could ever imagine. Your papa and I love you so much and I would do anything to protect you.” Peter vows and kisses his daughter’s forehead gently.
“Pete? What’s goin’ on?” Harley slurs tiredly but his voice is still full of concern. He drags a hand over his tired eyes and sits up halfway and blearily looks over at his husband and his daughter.
Peter shakes his head and swallows around the lump in his throat, “Nothing’s wrong Harls. I was just thinking about how big our little girl is getting. Soon she’ll be off to preschool and then kindergarten. Before we know it she’ll have made it through elementary school, middle school, and even high school. At some point she’ll have her first kiss, her first date, her first boyfriend!” Peter rambles, getting way ahead of himself.
Harley smiles fondly and shakes his head, “Peter, baby, all of those things are so far away. Especially the whole dating and kissing thing. She’s not allowed to do that until she’s at least thirty.” Harley says and laughs softly. He gently pulls Peter into a sweet kiss and runs a hand though his brown curls. “Let’s stop focussing on the things that are that far off and instead let’s focus on the milestones that are going to happen soon like the first time she’ll see Spider-Man on tv and connect the dots and realize ‘hey that’s my dad on tv’, or like the first time that she meets her cousins whenever Ned and his wife finally have a kid, or the first time that Auntie Mj gets her to repeat feminist slogans. She was pretty close the other day but our little Delilah kept getting distracted halfway through learning the phrases because she was more focussed on watching her dad trying but failing to make homemade pasta sauce. Or you could think about her first vacation which we definitely won’t take for at least a year because most kids won’t even remember anything until they’re like at least four. I mean honestly I’m not gonna be one of those parents who brings a baby on a vacation they’ll never remember.” Harley says and smiles when he feels Peter plant a kiss on his cheek.
“Does that mean you’ll be upset that I agreed to all of us taking a trip with Tony and Pepper in a few months for Delilah’s first trip to Disney World” Peter asks and looks at Harley with a stupidly adorable smile on his face.
Harley just shakes his head and cuddles up to Peter’s side as sleep starts to pull him under again. He lays his head down Peter’s chest just inches from their daughter’s head before responding, “No I won’t be upset because we aren’t really the ones bringing her on that trip. You know Tony will insist that he and Pepper watch her and bond with their grandkid while we get some time to ourselves.” He murmurs and yawns quietly.
Harley is asleep only moments later and Peter smiles down at his family. Harley was right, Peter shouldn’t worry to much about things that are such ways I the future for their daughter. Instead he needs to focus on the present like how nice it is to have his little family in his arms. He falls asleep and ends up dreaming about kissing Harley in various locations across Disney World before forcing his husband to ride space mountain with him at least three times.