if you ever want to be in love, i’ll come around
E | 7 chaps | post BND slowburn
for @petermj-week 2026 Days 3, 4 & 5: friends to lovers | missing scenes | second chance
“Can I ask something about your—?” He chokes on the word.
“Does he treat you well?”
She blinks at him in surprise briefly before her face softens, her lashes fluttering as she nods. “He does,” she breathes. “He really does.”
Peter nods. It’s interesting, he’d thought it would hurt to hear that, but it doesn’t. Instead he feels a sense of…peace, almost. The pain still lingers beneath it, but there’s relief in knowing she’s adored. Even if it can’t be by him anymore. “Good. Good, I’m…I’m glad. You deserve—”
Peter frowns. “What…what about me?”
MJ shrugs. “Did they…treat you well?”
“The person whose perfume you’re wearing tonight.”
Oh, he’s gonna throw up. “No, what? No,” he laughs nervously. “No, this…” he gestures vaguely towards himself, “this is just something I’m trying out.”
MJ smirks as she ascends the steps to her apartment. “Okay, tiger.”
Tiger, he mouths as she disappears inside. That’s new. A smile twitches at his lips.
In which Peter is definitely not waiting.