Peter x Fem!reader Barnes
Warnings: sadness?
Word count: 676
Summary: After "No Way Home" and everyone having forgotten him, Peter had never felt more alone. Even if he knew it was the right choice. But maybe he doesn't have to be all alone?
Authors Note: I want to do more like this one in the future.
Peter had just gotten back from his job but it didn't matter how often he was around people he still felt lonely. He had no one to share things with or reminisce with. No one who had any memory of him. It made it hard to do pretty much anything. As much as Peter knew it was the right choice having everyone forget him, for the greater good. It didn't make it any easier.
Peter had dropped his backpack on the floor and flopped down on top of his bed. But it wasn't more than a few minutes before there was a knocking on his door. Getting up to answer it opening the door Peter couldn't help the shock that took over his face. "Y/n- I uhh mean. Can I help you miss?"
Y/n looked at him for a minute studying him before rolling her eyes at how he was pretending not to know her. Y/n pushed past him and entered his small studio apartment. "You are the hardest person to find."
Peter shut and locked the door turning to face her. Peter stuttered out. "I-I don't know-"
"Cut the crap, Peter Parker!" Y/n yelled out spinning around to face the brunette boy. She hadn't seen him since before she left to help her dad and Sam fight the Flag Smashers. Then all of a sudden it was like he didn't exist. "I wanna know why no one seems to know anything about you? It's like you don't and never have existed."
Peter rushed over to her with a look of desperation and obviously trying not to get his hopes up. "Wait. You remember me?"
"Of course I do." Y/n answered him with full on confusion. "Why does it seem like I'm the only one that does?"
So with that Peter went on to tell her everything exactly to a T what had happened. From being outed, colleges, to the other villains, trying to help them, the multiverse, the other Spiderman Peter Parkers, all the way to what he had to do to fix it all. Told her about saying goodbye, everything. "So, yeah."
"Oh, Peter." Y/n couldn't help but look at him with sympathy.
"It was the only option." Peter stated shrugging his shoulders but Y/n caught him wiping his eyes on his shoulder the best he could.
"No, no I get it I do. But Peter, now you what? Have no one?" Y/n's question was rhetorical and Peter knew that but nodded anyway. Y/n understood being alone but even through everything that happened to her over the decades she still had some form of her dad with her. Even if he didn't remember who she was they still had a connection HYDRA couldn't break. Even without his memories they or hers they could both still sense a bond between them. Even if they themselves didn't know what that bond was. She may have been alone but not completely. So she felt for the young man. He lost everything. "Even in HYDRA I still at least had my dad. One way or another."
Y/n got up to move closer to Peter, sitting on his bed next to him. Y/n reached out and grabbed Peter's arm closest to her and put it in her lap. Hugging him close. "I heard about May. Peter, I'm sorry"
Peter squeezed her hand appreciating her gestures and comfort. "It's been hard. An I have no one to lean on or talk to. There's literally no one who knows me anymore. I'm alone, completely alone."
"Hey." Y/n gently nudged her shoulder to his, giving him a soft smile. "You have me. I'm not going anywhere."
Neither of them knew how Y/n remembered him but Y/n knew that she wasn't going to leave him alone. Not for a long time. He needed someone and she understood that. "I promise."
Peter smiled at Y/n gratefully. He couldn't even express how much this meant to him. "Thanks, Y/n."
