(“You don’t have to do this,” Peter told him after his first day back on patrol. Harley was leaning in close, much closer than Peter could mentally handle, as he examined a blooming bruise on his temple. “I’m fine.”

“I don’t trust your definition of fine,” Harley was quick to reply, though his words came out distracted as he brought up a hand and gently brushed the tips of his fingers along the edge of the bruise. “You’ve told me that you’re fine a lot since I’ve met you, and now I know that it hasn’t been true a single time. I’m just making sure that you really are okay. For my own sanity, mostly.”

Peter felt the back of his neck heat up with a blush that he could only hope Harley didn’t notice. Still, he rolled his eyes and said, “I think I have enough experience to be able to tell when I’m okay or not. I mean, I have been doing this since I was fourteen.”

A small tug, barely visible, more like a twitch of the lips, pulled at the ends of Harley’s mouth at that. He didn’t look upset, per se, but he definitely seemed disgruntled as he leaned back and dropped his hand to his lap. “Yeah,” he murmured. “I guess. Just…” Trailing off, he shook his head and then hesitantly met Peter’s gaze. “I just want to make sure,” he said, hushed and almost a little bit sheepish.

That response made Peter pause. He released the hem of his shirt from where he had been anxiously twisting it between his fingers, let it fall back into place. For a moment, silence hovered, and just when Peter was about to part his lips and ask what was wrong, Harley suddenly spoke up again.

“What was it like? When you first… When you became Spider-Man.”

There was a crease between Harley’s brows, but his eyes were genuine and curious as he peered at Peter.

“Um.” Peter faltered, thinking. “The first couple weeks kind of sucked, honestly. My senses were suddenly going haywire, you know? I could hear people talking from blocks away. The temperature felt a lot more intense, too, like… what would have just been kind of cold suddenly felt freezing, and what would have been kind of warm made me feel like I was about to pass out from the heat. And with my strength, I kept breaking things and not being able to explain it when May asked, and it just—it was… it was a lot.”

Harley nodded, looking entirely and hopelessly enraptured by Peter’s every word.

Peter continued with, “Thankfully, May thought I was sick and let me skip school for a few days. I had to convince her to go to work and leave me home alone, but once I was able to, I used those days to try and get used to the world again. It was really overwhelming. Still is, sometimes. Sensory overload.” He waved a hand vaguely through the air, musing, “You’ve already seen that, though. The day that Harry brought me back to your guys’ dorm to let me take a nap, that’s what was wrong. Just another overload.”

Something mildly alarmed crossed over Harley’s features. “I didn’t see anything but you passed out in Harry’s bed looking like a breathing corpse. That was from an overload?”

“I mean…” Peter wobbled a hand back and forth in a so-so manner. “I was exhausted, to be fair, because I was looking into the crime boss guys, and not getting enough sleep can sometimes lead to overloads, so it was, like… a combo hit, I guess. But Harry saw how I was in class. He told you, didn’t he?”

“A little bit, but not—not a lot of detail or anything.” Harley frowned, the crease between his brows growing deeper. He looked like he wanted to ask more, like he wanted to dig into every detail the way that he seems always keen to do, but instead he shook his head. “What about later? After you got used to your senses?”

Peter considered, thinking back on when he was fourteen and slowly but surely finding balance with his abilities. “It was… kind of fun,” he admitted. “At the start, no one knew who Spider-Man was, so I didn’t really have any enemies, you know? It was… it was exciting, realizing that I could do something to help people. I made my web fluid and web shooters, I stitched together a shitty suit, and I just went out there whenever I could and helped whoever I came across who needed help. The hardest part was keeping it from May and trying not to let my grades drop, honestly. And then Tony…”

Something pained settled over Harley’s features. “Tony,” he echoed with a nod. “Showed up, right? Out of the blue, no warning, was just—suddenly, he was there. Same for me.”

“He was eating May’s date loaf,” Peter said, almost absently, only to let out a laugh at the memory. “May couldn’t cook or bake for shit, though. He spit it out when we got to my room.”

The ends of Harley’s lips tugged again, only this time up, a barely-there sort of smile. Thoughtfully, Harley mused, “I wish he introduced us. I wish—I mean… I think it would have been cool. Knowing you back then.”

Peter tried to imagine it—him, not as weighed down by everything like he is now. Back when his nightmares consisted mainly of Toomes and collapsed warehouses and being tangled up in a parachute while sinking through the water of that lake. Tried to think of a younger Harley being mixed in—probably just through the phone since Harley lived in Tennessee, but the two of them becoming friends.

Harley getting to meet Ned and MJ through Peter, too.

That made Peter pause, trying to picture it. Ned and MJ and Harley. Maybe, somehow, meeting Harry and Gwen later in life still. All of them as a big conglomerated friend group. May still alive. Too good to be true. Or maybe everything would have still played out the way it did and he would have lost Harley to the spell, too. He tried to imagine a Harley who knew him before but doesn’t know him now and found that picturing himself, Peter Parker, at this point in time without Harley is… kind of impossible. It isn’t just him that has helped Peter get to this point, he knows—Harry and Gwen have been equally huge factors in Peter slowly but surely getting better—but Peter, as he is now, wouldn’t be here without Harley. That’s just a fact.

“I like knowing you now,” Peter decided to say, his heart feeling dense and heavy in his chest.)

aka chapter sixteen of homeward bound is coming along. not very quickly, but it’s happening.

Happy Thirsty Thursdayyyyy 💗

! 3 12 nd 18! happy new year!!

HI Q :D HAPPY NEW YEARR

3. Favorite musical artist / group you started listening to this year? THURSDAYYYYY luv them. luv luv luv my fav song from them is sparks against the sun

12. Talk about a new friend you made this year my friend rowan i met her at pinkshift in august and shes super cool ^_^ she has a dog named machine

18. A memorable meal this year? a dope sandwich i ate in september... twas pastrami on rye it was sooooo yummy

Steve Buscemi Thursdayyyyy

(Don't know how active you're on Tumblr at the moment - but thought I'd drop in and say hiiii ;)

happy steve thursday karman!!!!!! and ty

STEVE BUSCEMI THURSDAYYYYY

happy steve buscemi thursday karman !!!

IT’S THURSDAYYYYY 🥳🥳🥳 (like for real, at least for half of the world it issss)

HAPPY CHAPTER DAY EVERYONE!! 🥰

ITS NOT THURSDAY HERE

Happy Thursdayyyyy, ONE MORE DAY!

I hope all of you are having an amazing day 🤗

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Happy thursdayyyyy

1.-82.

1: The last person you kissed screams they love you, you say…-i know 2: Did you get to sleep in today?-nope 3: You never know what you got until you lose it?-sometimes?4: Do you have siblings?-no5: How many kids do you want?-no more than 2. But i would honestly rather have dogs 🤷🏻‍♀️6: Who was the last person you held hands with?-jess 7: Did you stand on your tippy-toes for your last kiss?-no8: Do you think if you died, the last person you kissed would care?-yes9: Last person to talk on the phone?-Jon 10: Did anyone watch you the last time you kissed someone?-no 11: When’s your birthday?-February 2612: Remember the first time you kissed the last person you kissed?-sure do ☺️ 13: What kind of phone do you have?-iPhone 14: Are you wearing jeans, shorts, sweatpants, or pajama pants?-shorts 15: Are you a different person now than you were 5 years ago?-yes 16: What were you doing at 4 am?-sleeping 17: Would you rather write a paper or give a speech?-write a paper 18: Are you lying to yourself about something?-probs19: Last night you felt…?-sad because i wasn’t sleeping next to jess 20: What’s something you cannot wait for?-my interview on Thursdayyyyy21: Ever told your parents you were going somewhere but when somewhere different?-yes22: How many hours of sleep did you get last night?-like 623: Are you a morning or night person?-night 24: What did you get your last bruise from?-probs a dog jumping on me at work 25: Do you reply to all of your texts?-no26: Your phone is ringing. It’s the person you fell hardest for. What do you do?-answer 27: Did your last kiss take place in/on a bed?-no28: Anyone you would like to get things straight with?-no29: How many months until your birthday?-730: Favorite thing to eat with peanut butter?-jelly31: Did you like this past summer?-it’s too hot 32: What were you doing before you got on the computer?-i don’t own a computer 🤷🏻‍♀️ 33: Your ex is sitting next to you, with their new partner. What do you do?-nothing 34: What is the last thing you said out loud?-Jon, you’re a piece of shit 🤷🏻‍♀️35: Your mood summed into one work?-messy36: Are you doing anything else besides taking this survey?-nah lol37: What are your initials?-VCR38: Are you a happy person?-sometimes 39: Do you still talk to the person you liked 4 months ago?-no 40: Where do you want to live when your older?-don’t know, but not in Ohio 41: Have you had your birthday this year?-yes 42: What did you do yesterday?-saw jess, went shopping with my friends, cuddled with my dogs 43: What will you be doing tomorrow?-working44: How late did you stay up last night?-11pm45: Is there anyone you would do anything for?-yes46: Is it hard to make you laugh?-no47: Do you believe ex’s can be just friends?-yes48: Do you think any of your exes will eventually want to be with you again?-no49: How many people have you had feelings for in the year of 2012?-that was like 6 years ago lol. Idk. Maybe 250: Do you wish your ex was dead?-no51: Have you ever dyed your hair?-all the time 52: Would ever take back someone that cheated?-no53: Was New Year’s Even enjoyable?-meh 54: Bet you’re missing someone right now?-yes55: How would your parents react if you got a tattoo?-my dad let me get my first tattoo at 1756: Sleep on your back or stomach?-back 57: If you could move away, no questions asked, where would it be ?-Greece or Italy 58: What would you change about your life right now?-nothing 59: Has anything upset you in the past week?-yes 60: Are you on the phone?-no61: Today, would you rather go forward a week or back?-forward 62: Would you take $40,000 or a brand new car?-$40,000. I just got a new car 63: Have you ever talked to someone when they were high?-yes 64: Ever cried while you were on the phone with someone?-yes65: Have you ever copied someone elses homework?-yes lol who hasn’t 66: Are you the type of person who liks to be out or at home?-at home 67: Do you automatically check your phone when you wake up?-yes68: Have you ever stayed up all night on the phone?-yes69: Could you use some sleep right now?-always70: Are you going to have a baby by the time you’re 18?-I’m 21 so no..71: Does it bother you when someone hides things from you?-sometimes 72: What’s your favorite color?-purple 73: Have you ever slept in the same room with someone you liked?-yes74: Have you ever been looking for something and it was already in your hand?-yes75: Do you get annoyed easily?-sometimes 76: If someone liked you, would you want them to tell you?-it depends 77: Do you have a person of the opposite sex that you can tell everything to?-yes78: Does anyone call you babe?-yes79: How many people of the opposite sex do you fully trust?-only a couple 80: What do you prefer, relationship or one night stand?-both lol81: What color hoodie did you wear last?-maroon 82: Is there someone who meant alot to you at one point, and isn’t around anymore?-yes

It’s thursdayyyyy! 2 more days till week 5 is over.

Guys it’s been an AMAZING WEEK so far because i’ve been feeling so good about myself & lately, im super satisfied with my work quality im just happy 

Thirsty Thursdayyyyy. 🍶 🍻 Always a great time when we head on over to @konemiami! They have a great selection of food and drinks & the staff is amazing! Not to mention their happy hour is BOMB!!! 💣💣💣Can't make it today? Don't worry, they have happy hour EVERY. DAY. From 4-7pm. Oh, and the best part? All you can eat sushi on Tuesday's!!! 🍣🍱🍣#adventuresonthe9 #sushi #sashimi #yum #eater #foodie #EATINGWITHLITTLEMARIII #samuraipiggy #food #noms #sake #sashimi #delicious #amazing #love #life #drank #thirstythursday #happyhour #fun #goodtimes #vibes #goodvibes #partnerincrime (at Kone Miami)

STEVE BUSCEMI THURSDAYYYYY

HAPPY STEVE THURSDAY KARMAN !!!

STEVE BUSCEMI THURSDAYYYYY!!!!

I also need to rewatch Ghost World!!!!!!

happy steve buscemi thursday karman !!!!