Ned and Mj Part 1
With Saturday drawing closer it’s hard to tell who was more stressed, Harley or Peter. Outside both of them were calm, but inside they were overthinking somethings. For Peter he was stressed that Harley might not like his friends, sure they encouraged him to date Harley, but now what if once they meet him they might change their minds. He goes on to think Ned might be annoying if he asks him a million questions, or he might think Mj is a downer or something. When they were on their date, he did talk about how Ned is a great guy and how he looks out of him, while even though Mj is someone who isn’t afraid to speak her mind and how most of the time she doesn’t give any f*cks, she’s actually a caring person. But now Peter is thinking what if they might change their opinions about Harley.
As for Harley he was thinking of a good way to give Peter’s friends a good impression, that he’s a nice guy and cares about Peter. But how can he when he doesn’t really know anything about his friends. He was thinking about asking Peter so he could impress them, but he thinks he might be trying too hard to impress them.
On Thursday, Harley went down to the lab and walked right up to Tony and asked him to tell him about Peter’s friends. A little confuse about why Harley wants to know about them, he explained how he’s meeting Ned and Mj this Saturday and he just wants to make a good impression. Tony couldn’t help but roll his eyes at Harley’s dilemma, he put down his tools and offer some advice.
“Okay kid, if you really want to make a good impression on his friends, just be yourself.” Tony said as he gave a reassuring smile.
“But that’s the thing what if they don’t like me for me. I mean what if they’re expecting some kind of superhero like Peter?” Harley asked clearly showing he’s stressed and feeling insecure about meeting Peter’s friends.
“Look i’m sure they won’t care if you’re a superhero or not, they’ll like you because you make Peter happy, you make him laugh, and you make him smile. I’m sure when they see all that, they’ll think you’re okay to them.” Tony said hoping that his advice would help give Harley some more confidence in himself.
Harley felt a small smile forming on his lips, he got up and thanked Tony before heading up. As for Peter while Harley was talking with Tony, he was training with Steve, Bucky, Thor, Clint and Natasha. During a sparring session with Natasha, she noticed Peter looked worried about something. If it weren’t for his “peter-tingle” he would be on the ground at least five times.
“Okay baby spider, what’s wrong?” Natasha asked lowering her arms and placing them on her hips.
“N-nothing nothing! nothing’s wrong!” Peter lied trying to convince Natasha but instantly knew that lying to her wasn’t gonna help him.
“Come on Pete, we all know that lying to Natasha won’t work. Now what’s wrong kid?” Clint asked as he set his bow down, followed by Steve, Bucky, and Thor who noticed the three of them talking and saw Peter looking a bit stressed.
“Okay, this Saturday Mj and Ned are meeting Harley, and I guess i’m just a little worried they won’t get along or like him.” Peter admitted with a bit of nervousness in his voice.
Clint stepped up and put a comforting hand on his shoulder and went on to say.
“Kid, i’m sure your friends will like him. You’re probably just overthinking it, besides seeing how you’ve been all smily ever since you and Harley started dating I think they’ll like Harley.”
“Aye, Barton is right. You’re companions will find young Harley to be a very fitting boyfriend.” Thor said as he patted Peter’s back.
Peter smiled a little seeing how some of the team were trying to help him feel better, even with Steve and Bucky giving him advice about how he shouldn’t overthink about how his friends would think bad about Harley, and how they make each other happy.
When Saturday finally came, Peter and Harley got to the park a little early. Peter checked his phone to see that him and Harley had about five minutes to themselves, he looked over to Harley who looked a little stressed just as him. He grabbed Harley’s hand and gave it a gentle squeeze, Harley looked over to see Peter with a gentle smile on his face, and seeing that smile made Harley feel calm. Seeing that he calmed down a bit Peter gave a reassuring peck on Harley’s cheek.
“They’re gonna like you.” Peter said now smiling a little bigger.
Harley smiled back and was about to give Peter a kiss back, but their attention was caught by someone calling Peter’s name.
“Peter over here!”
They both looked over to see Ned waving and walking towards them, with Mj not far behind. As the two of them made it, Harley took a few deep breath to calm down.
“Hey guys, Harley these are my friend Ned and Mj. Guys this is Harley.” Peter said as he introduced his boyfriend to his friends.
After introducing his friends, Harley hoped that today will go okay.