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Alpha Peter (pbandparker) wrote in snapthread,
@ 2019-09-27 23:18:00

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claire temple (mcu), peter b parker (sv)

Who: Claire Temple and Peter B
What: There's gonna be a talk
Where: Their house
When: Today

They'd talked before, they lived together after all, and well after Vegas an actual talk about things had felt important to have. So they could both be on the same page about where they were with things, about what they hoped and wanted and Peter had felt like they'd found some solid ground between them once more.

And then there'd been John, who was charming and kind of ridiculously sweet for a guy who looked like that, and Peter had been only too happy to lose to him while they'd drunkenly played strip poker, but then John had asked about his shoes. Peter had seen them around the house ever since the night he'd walked John home, but he'd made no move to return them, and neither had Claire the shoes just sat there in their home like a sort of reminder.

It felt like it was time for another talk, not just a night of drunken shenanigans. Peter had no doubt that they'd all have fun with something like that, but having an idea of where they were going first felt important.

"Hey there," He grinned as he set himself down near Claire. "You have a good day saving the world?" He asked. Things in town had been quiet for a little while and then all of a sudden they weren't - it was a welcome change, really, but it made things a bit different.

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donewithnights
2019-09-29 10:29 pm UTC (link)

It wouldn't be fair to say Peter was simple, because he wasn't. Some people were what you see is what you get and he ticked that box in a lot of ways, but there was more than just that. There was a depth to him, a seriousness you only really saw when it was quiet. He'd let Claire a little closer than he let other people and she'd found that she liked it there. Maybe that's why Carol and all that crap had got to her, it had made her doubt things she'd not considered were anything but what they were.

Things felt more stable now, Carol was gone for one and for two they'd just slowly fallen back into step proving one small rough patch wouldn't be the be all and end all. He sat back and made room for her, like he always did and she smiled as she let her arm rest around his neck.

"Drunk is fun, I like sober better," Claire explained. "Everyone's making good choices, not likely to have any regrets. I like John, I know you like him. I didn't want to fuck it up painting it with all that woe," she shrugged.

Claire knew it was also important they talk first, that they really talk about what they wanted and what they were doing but sitting there it suddenly became ridiculously clear just how long they'd danced around each other. Peter smelled good, he was warm and smiling in a way that drew her in and instead of her lips doing that thing where they opened and words came out, they kissed him instead.

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pbandparker
2019-09-30 05:00 am UTC (link)

"Sober is better," Peter agreed, he was a big fan of sober, particularly after it had been revealed to him just how stupid he could get when he wasn't. He didn't want to wake up regretting anything ever again especially not when it came to Claire or even John. This place was complicated enough at times without adding to it with anything like that.

Claire had been right that night, to put a pause on things, before they got carried away with themselves. Because Peter would have been all too willing to fall into bed with the both of them that night. But in the end it had been the better thing to walk John home and put himself to bed after without giving into that so they could all take a little time before moving on to anything more.

And he'd have said as much if Claire hadn't kissed him. But as it was the easy warm press of her mouth against his said more than enough. He lifted a hand to her face, his fingers fitting themselves against the curve of her cheek as he kissed her right back.

"Is it that obvious that I like him?" He wondered when he did finally pull back to catch a breath. As if he wouldn't have kissed John on his own that night.

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donewithnights
2019-10-01 04:46 am UTC (link)

She didn't know what she'd been expecting, maybe something warm and comfortable like how being with him felt, like they'd always just been. But it wasn't. It felt like a bang of electricity when they came together, mouths made of sparks and his hand gentle but causing goosebumps to break out on her skin. Sure it was comfortable, but that kind of did a disservice to really explaining it. The little hairs on the back of her neck stood up as they slowly parted, Claire brushing her lips against his even as he spoke just to keep contact.

"Maybe not to anyone else," she replied as she finally pulled back enough to open her eyes and see him without going crosseyed. "But I know how you look at someone you want," Claire reminded him as she toyed with the collar of his t-shirt. "And you do have excellent taste."

Claire kissed him again, shifting her leg so she could turn to straddle him and the chair, both arms resting around his neck. "You've got to promise to be honest with me, you know? We can talk about anything," she told him softly.

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pbandparker
2019-10-02 03:31 am UTC (link)

Peter huffed softly, he supposed she was right, that was not a look that he cast around often, but he'd certainly aimed it at Claire a time or two - or more. "I like to think I do." He agreed, though that was more because he was absolutely positive that both Claire and John were kind of incredible in their own ways and less because he had any sort of faith in his own abilities to judge anything.

He leaned back a little bit further when Claire shifted so she was straddling his thighs, his hands were at her hips and he nodded. "Yeah, I can do that." He agreed because at the end of the day that was what they needed to make anything work, whether it was just a friendship or what he hoped, which was something more.

"Do you think you'd have kissed him back in Vegas if things had been different?" He asked her, because he was curious, whether he'd pushed her at John in a way, or if this might have happened regardless. They hadn't talked about her Vegas kiss, but Peter wasn't a complete idiot, he'd been able to connect the dots.

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donewithnights
2019-10-02 12:05 pm UTC (link)

Like a time or two every day. But wanting each other had never been in question, she knew that Peter was well aware that she wanted him. Sometimes Claire was caught staring and fantasizing, but it wasn't just a release with them, they'd got close quick and it was important to be on the same page. "Oh you do," Claire assured him quickly but she was smiling.

She was a little surprised how big his hands were, strong where they held her and she shivered. It had been a long few weeks there dancing around each other. "Good, because I want to know," she said seriously. "You can tell me things maybe you feel like you shouldn't." Because that was a real thing, when heterosexual monogamy was normal, anything that strayed from that was wrong and something you shouldn't talk to someone you were with about. But that's not how she wanted things to be with them.

"I'd have wanted to," Claire said with a shrug. "But I wouldn't have if I hadn't talked to you about it first or you were there so I could make sure it was something you enjoyed." Because while nothing had been set in stone they'd been starting something, something that she would have wanted to protect.

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pbandparker
2019-10-03 03:54 am UTC (link)

Peter just grinned when she agreed with him, a low huff of amusement as she smiled too - yeah he wanted her, and he saw the way she looked at him too. And he'd seen the way she was looking at John for that matter, and well she'd seen the looks he'd sent his way too. That was a surprise really, but it wasn't one that Peter was exactly against.

It was a good thing really, Claire reminding him that he could talk to her, tell her things that maybe he might not think he should, or even could. Because well that wasn't always a thing that Peter was good at. It had been a thing with MJ, he hadn't been able to really tell her the depth of his fears and it had torn them apart. And he didn't want that again, to have his fear or anything else pull this apart, not when he wanted this, and Claire and all the rest.

As for Vegas, well Peter wasn't worried that they'd done it - but he was curious. "I'd have enjoyed it." He told her honestly, it wasn't something he thought he'd ever have even thought of, but here he was with the very real knowledge that watching Claire and John flirt that night they'd played cards had been a very welcome thing. "Did I tell you I was married before?" He asked her, "Not Carol, but before I came here, we divorced a year ago." Well maybe more than that now, it was hard to think about the passage of time here as being a part of the time that passed in what ought to have been his life. "I didn't know how to talk to her, to own up to the things I was thinking and feeling about where we were headed."

Peter stroked his hand up along her side, his fingers inching just a little beneath her shirt as he spoke. "I'm not that person anymore, the one that doesn't know how to talk about what is going on." Well not fully maybe. "I like John, I liked that good night kiss we had." He said with a low huff, "I like you too, this thing we've been doing, I'd like to do a bit more of it."

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donewithnights
2019-10-04 09:23 pm UTC (link)

Claire hadn't been trying for subtle. She'd wanted him to know that she wanted him and had every intention of letting him had have her, of them having each other, if things happened to go that way. But they'd still been feeling each other out, she wanted to know that he wasn't the same kind of mistake she'd made before. Claire had had quite enough of possessive assholes to last a lifetime, she wasn't in the market for another one.

They'd talked about a lot of things, but his being married hadn't been one of them. It didn't surprise her, he kind of seemed like the marrying sort. But she raised her eyebrows, glad Peter was telling her now and telling her how much he'd struggled to communicate. Claire nodded slowly as she stroked the back of his neck, firm as she traced a tense muscle up from his shoulder. "Sometimes we feel like what we're feeling will hurt someone if we tell them, but honesty really is better than the alternative."

A smile spread across her face, glad he'd done some of the work and didn't need his hand held through it. Claire leaned forward, kissing him again, slower this time, because didn't they have plenty of that around here. "I'm sad I missed it," Claire murmured when they parted. There was an ease and a relaxation in her now, maybe because she felt more confident in where she stood, where they stood together.

"I don't want a revolving door, I'm too old for that these days. I want more than that," Claire explained. "If you've still got wild seeds to sew, we can wait."

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pbandparker
2019-10-05 06:14 am UTC (link)

Yeah, Peter was the marrying type, especially when it had come to MJ, there hadn't been any other ending for them but that. And if he ever got home? Well he didn't know what was going to happen there, all of this kind of made things more complicated. But he was here now, he was living for this life he had here, and not what might happen at some point in the future. He wanted this, this thing with Claire that they were working toward. "I was scared," He told her, "About whether or not I could give her what she wanted. And if I told her that? Well I really wouldn't be enough." In the end it had been a little more complicated than that.

But what about life wasn't complicated? Especially here? Things could be complicated but one place he didn't want those kinds of complications was here with Claire. She was - simple felt like the wrong word, but this thing they'd been doing? It hadn't taken work, not real work. He'd brought her home with the intention that maybe he'd help her find a place of her own one day but when the time for that came Peter didn't find himself making that offer and Claire hadn't asked. And now here she was, warm and welcome with her lips against his.

"I'm sure we can have a repeat performance for you." He chuckled softly when she spoke softly again. It had been nice, those first kisses, and a part of him liked that he'd gotten that with John when it was just the two of them the way Claire had. So he didn't have to decide if he liked it just because Claire was watching, but rather because of something that he had there with John.

"I think I've been too old for wild oats for a long time." And well - Peter had never really been a wild oats sort of person. Whatever it had been with Carol had been - well he couldn't say rightly what it was except that it wasn't really him. "I'd like to give you something a little more reliable than a revolving door."

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donewithnights
2019-10-05 10:33 pm UTC (link)

Of course Claire had thought about the fact this place might not be forever. People came and went, vanished without a trace not knowing if they went back to where they came from or what. So not starting something here would be smart, because if there was nothing to lose there would be nothing to hurt about later. But that was life, getting hurt, putting yourself out there and hoping for the best. It wasn't like she'd gone after Peter, or this thing, it just had been. They'd evolved and they could go right on ignoring it but her head might explode if they kept it up too much longer.

She laughed and she let her lips drag along his jaw. "Yes please, maybe front row, close enough to really enjoy it," Claire explained before she kissed him again. Because they'd started and his hands were on her skin and kissing him was really nice.

It was a relief to hear him say it, even if she'd known it. Claire didn't want to wake up to who knows who in her house, it wasn't like that and Peter seemed to innately know that. They were once again on the same page. "I like you too much for that," she said quietly. Just because she also liked John didn't mean she'd like everyone. This had gone past where it could just be something casual.

"What would you like to give me then?" Claire asked with a laugh.

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