Distant (Peter Parker X Reader)
Summary: You and Peter have been married for three years now. But when Peter starts becoming distant, you have no choice but to use anything at your disposal to bring him back.
Warning: Angst? Might trigger some, but I believe it's quite PG.
Peter was quite stressed lately. At least, that's what you told yourself for the past few months. He didn't talk to you for longer than a few minutes, and the last time you kissed was 4 months back, when he was drunk.
He was more distant, and it felt as though he gave up on your relationship. It hurt, but you always found a random excuse to forgive him.
You were a Hydra experiment, and had killed a lot of people in your younger days. It was Peter and Tony who helped nurse you back to health. Half of the Avengers doubted your sanity, and the other half always sent you looks of pity. It was Peter who looked at you as a friend, and it hurt when he was ignoring you now.
For the first 2 years of your marriage, everything was fine. Peter wanted a family with you, and everything was going great. But it all went down the drain after your 3rd wedding anniversary.
It all started when you heard him talk to his friends about you at a bar, few days after your anniversary.
You just returned from the washroom, when you heard one of Peter's friends say, "Isn't it annoying when your girlfriend steals all your clothes? I find it aggravating! It's like they don't have clothes of their own!" "Exactly! I buy her clothes every month, and she still steals mine!" said another. "Hey, what about you Peter? It must be infuriating. 3 years plus all those years of dating! I bet most of your clothes are hers now."
You smiled, hoping Peter would correct their statements. Your hand was still on the knob, waiting to open the door as soon as she hears Peter support her (along with all their girlfriends).
"Yeah, uhm, it's really annoying," Peter added. "I have to buy clothes every week to keep up." His friends chuckled at his remark, but your heart broke a little that day.
You placed all his clothes back in his drawer the next day. He could've at least told you that he didn't like it. It was the fact that he had to suffer all those years of you stealing his clothes without telling you which hurt you the most, not that he found it annoying.
The second time he broke your heart was when he stopped his morning kisses. He woke up one morning, and left for work without a note, or a kiss. You excused that one time because you thought it must've been an emergency. But it hurt when he stopped it altogether.
Soon, he started to become more distant. He didn't acknowledge you waiting for him till 4 in the morning, because he was busy partying with his 'friends'. He didn't invite you for his business parties, though all of his colleagues came with their significant others. He stopped talking to you, unless it was for things which required your answer (such as laundry, food and cleaning). He didn't tell you bye when he left for work, and stopped giving you kisses.
It felt as though you were strangers. The only time you felt close is at nights, when you both slept in the same bed. But even that didn't last long. He moved to the guest bedroom, telling that he wanted a separate room for work.
You started crying to sleep after that.
In the mornings, you walked around lifeless. You started thinking that there was something wrong with you. Maybe it was because of how you looked.
It's that thought that led you to stop eating. You wanted to appear thin and beautiful like those models you see on advertisements. Peter didn't suspect a thing. It was as though you were not a part of his life anymore.
You started becoming thinner. Your magic (given to you by Hydra) helped you look quite healthy, while your inner health deteriorated. Nobody noticed anything different, because to them, you looked perfectly normal. You learned to smile even when you weren't happy.
"(Y/N) I'll be going out with my friends today, so you don't have to make dinner for me," Peter said, opening the front door.
"But... today is your birthday..." you replied.
"And?"
"And I thought maybe we could celebrate it... together."
Peter stared at you for a few minutes. "I promised I'd celebrate with them," he said at the end.
"But after we got married, you always celebrate it with them! Peter, do you remember the last time we went out on a date? The last time you stopped just to ask me if I was okay? Wh... What happened to us? Is it me? I don't know because you never talk to me!" You didn't mean to tell all that to him, but you've been holding it in for too long.
"I don't care alright, I don't care! It's my birthday, and it's my wish who I spend it with. Now you're just being clingy, you're not the only person in my life, I have others too," he yelled. He looked like he didn't feel any guilt for what he just said. He looked like he meant every single word.
And he yelled! He never yelled at you, because he knew it brought back memories from the time you were in Hydra.
It was like you were back in square one. You felt shattered, and fragile. You knew you were broken. Again. But this time you had no Peter to help you.
PART 2 COMING SOON!
(Any constructive criticism is welcome, English is my second language 😊)
