the olive theory || pavitr prabhakar x reader

the hideout

"I don't think the best idea to solve all your problems is chugging alcohol. Need an ear? Not literally, I don't think I can do that..." He chuckled a bit, it was cute.

"I wish I could. I met you a week ago, i don't think it's the best idea to pour my heart out to you. Or maybe talking to a stranger could help. No I don't think it's a good idea. I can't tell you anything yet. For all you need to know I'm here because, Mehek passed. That's all I'm here for." I raise my bottle, which hadn't left my hand. I sit on one of the logs, continuing to drink more. For something so illegal it feels so right. I show my bottle to him, asking if he wants a drink as well, he sat beside me and took one from the carton sighing.

"I'm so gonna regret this. I haven't had beer in almost 2 years. I was pretty young, and dumb, I gues some things never change" he smashed open the bottle, removing the cap. He took off his mask to just under his nose, and started taking sips of the beer.

"So how old are you?" I try to break the ice. I just wanna know if the guy beside me in 30 something, looking to prey on kids.

"17." He didn't say anything else, just the number. He looked like he was staring out into the void, thinking really hard about something.

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I dropped Y/N back at his house, after leaving through the window i webbed away, so nobody sees me enter my own window. I go around the block and enter my room through the roof. I was about to change back into my Pav clothes, but I saw Y/N leaving his house. It was a bit weird considering he just wanted me to drop him over at his house.

I got out of my window and started following him. Halfway through the path i knew exactly where he was going.

The forest. The hideout we made when he had a fight with his parents. I'm not sure what it was about, but he was absolutely trembling. We went to the hideout before, for camping trips, but ever since they barricaded the entrance because of the fire, the trips stopped.

We decided to find safety and comfort at a place we were very familiar with, and realising that nobody had found that area yet, we made it out hideout. It was a one time thing, but it became so much more than that. We found broken trees and used their logs for seating, we made an area for a campfire, a table. We did a lot of stuff there. But ever since I started dating Gayatri, I feel like me and Y/N have started detaching. We don't talk like we once did. We stopped coming to our hideout, looks like atleast i did.

I followed him to the spot, but I was so lost in my thoughts that I didn't realise how much noise I was making. I decided it would be best to hide on top of a tree. He wouldn't look up here.

I see him pick up one of the logs, and clear out some dirt, revealing 2 cartons of beer and some cigarettes as well. I guess i should've been there for him. Especially with the news about Mehek, he needed me, as Pav, now more than ever.

He popped open one of the bottles, and started gulping it down, with his hood up, guess he thought I was one of the guards. His head faced upwards and I guess he realised I was here.

Or not.

I jump down from the tree, to stand in front of him, and he starts confessing about his crime and how he wishes I would just arrest him. I don't think this was the alcohol speaking.

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Looks like he doesn't want to talk. I get up from the log and go towards the lake, pulling my pants up and taking my shoes and socks off.

I want to take a dip but I don't think it's really appropriate, especially with a guy in a mask drinking beer being here. So i just sit down on the ledge, and put my feet in the water. I close my eyes and imagine the impossible scenarios.

I know it seems weird but I feel like I have a connection with Spiderman, I've thought this before as well. I wouldn't really mind having a Spider boyfriend honestly. But then there's Pav. How do I choose between them? Oh it would just be so much easier if Pav was Spiderman. If he was the one I was connected to. Just the thought of it makes my heart flutter.

Stories of what would happen if it was Pavitr who was behind that mask fill my brain. Why am I so obsessed with him? He has a girlfriend now, and he loves her, I think. And Spiderman? He's definitely straight. Right? He's a superhero, no superhero is gay. It drives everyone away.

No Y/N, this is your brain. You can think anything. Like you said, anything to make you feel less numb, I'm sure that still applies now. Nobody else is going to know so what's the harm.

I almost fall asleep, twirling my feet in the cold water, a bottle of beer beside me. This is my third bottle? I probably stink of alcohol, but who's gonna smell it? I'm not going to be kissing anyone. That's also what I say when I wear chapstick over my, well, chapped lips.

My brain started counting, i don't know what for. But I guess I fell asleep, because the next thing I knew, i was underwater with Spiderman clinging onto my body, swimming to get me to the surface. My eyes are wide open, as he hugs me and thanks god that I'm still alive.

He was standing so close to me, I couldn't help but stare into whatever I saw of his eyes under his mask. Being drunk didn't help with that either.

The water wasn't deep, so why was I almost about to drown? And why is my current crush? in front of me right now, staring back into my eyes, and pulling me closer towards him.

I couldn't move, but i knew I wanted this. Right? I think I do. He stops before we get too close.

"No, i can't do this, you'll get into trouble." He puts his hand on his head, walking around the water. He helps me get onto land and he does so himself as well. There were some towels nearby, since this wasn't the first time I took a dip in the pool. He dried me off and put my hoodie back on, so i warm down. The sun was setting, and he was sitting beside me once again, but with his arm around my back, holding onto the towel as we watched the sun set.