Secret's out
The next morning Harley woke up a little early, and headed down to the kitchen. When he got there he saw Tony sitting at the island table with a cup of coffee and doing some work on his Starkpad, looking up he saw Harley.
“Morning Harles, wanna help me make some breakfast?” Tony asked taking a sip from his coffee.
Harley said sure, and proceed to help Tony. After a few minutes of silence, Harley decided to rip off the band-aid and ask Tony his question.
“Peter is Spider-Man isn’t he?” He asked calmly but in a serious tone.
When Harley blurted out his question, Tony froze and stayed quiet for a few seconds before talking again.
“What makes you think that he is?” He asked seeing how much Harley knows.
“Well I know it’s not much, but I noticed how him and Spider-Man sound exactly alike. Then when I told Peter about him he blushed, next I asked Vision and Wanda about Spider-Man they both looked like they were trying to hide something or scared that I knew something that was suppose to be a secret. Not to mention there was your reaction just a few seconds ago. Usually people would instantly say their answer without hesitation, but with you, you hesitated and didn’t denied it.” Harley explained sounding a little confident about his reasoning.
“What would you do then?” Tony asked calmly but serious
“What?” Harley asked confused by what Tony meant.
“I said what would you do then? if you’re right about Peter being Spider-Man what would you do then? Would you expose Peter? or would you date him cause he’s Spider-Man?” Tony bombed him with questions that made Harley think about what he would do if he was right.
Harley looked away from Tony’s gaze and just started at the floor, he was so focused to see if he was right, he didn’t even think about what would happen next.
“I would keep it a secret.” Harley said lifting his gaze to look at Tony in the eye.
“You say that now, but how do we know you won’t go tell someone like the media or something?” Tony asked as he crossed his arms still being calm but serious.
“I know it’s only been a month since i’ve met Peter, but after getting to know him, I would never hurt him ever. I care about Peter for who he is”. Harley said this time sounding serious while at the same time sincere about his answer.
“And who is he to you?” Tony asked wanting know if Harley likes Peter for who is and not for being Spider-Man.
“He’s the kind, funny, smart, dorky, guy that i’m glad to have as a boyfriend.” Harley said with a little smile.
“One last question, would you still date even if he wasn’t Spider-Man?” Tony asked still a little unsure.
“Yeah, I would still date him Spider-Man or not.” Harley answered honestly.
Both him and Tony stayed quiet for a minute or two, given with Tony’s interrogation Harley was willing to do anything to prove that he wasn’t gonna betray Peter’s trust, and that he really does like Peter for who he is.
“You better not do anything to hurt, he’s a great kid, but if you hurt in anyway or tell anyone about him being Spider-Man i’ll personally make sure you’ll get dragged to hell.” Tony threatened giving Harley a cold glare.
“Hey I meant what I said before, I won’t betray his trust or yours.” Harley said.
“Do you really mean that?” said a voice that made both boys turn to see Peter standing near the doorway.
When they saw Peter standing there Tony wanted to rush over to Peter and protect him, but Harley got to him first and grabbed both of Peter’s hands and looked straight into his eyes.
“I do, I really do Peter. I like you for you, not cause you’re Spider-Man.” Harley said bringing Peter in for a kiss, as soon the pulled away from each other, they both smiled at each other.
Seeing how happy Peter is with Harley, Tony couldn’t help but smile a little.
“Well I guess it’s safe to say that Harley will keep you’re secret Peter.” Tony said getting the boys attention.
Peter looked at Harley and let out a small chuckled and kissed Harley’s cheek, after getting the answer he wanted, Harley can enjoy the rest of his summer with his boyfriend.