An Itsy Bitsy Problem

by ultspideyfan

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A muffled voice filled Peter's ringing ears. He attempts to open his eyes only to find that task a bit difficult. Ever so thankful for his scrambled thoughts, Peter remembered back to the fight with Shocker and the dire situation he had just been in. This jolted him upright only to find not a ruined town, but a bedroom.

"Wait what the...where the hell am I?" Peter's eyes landed on the posters plastered on the wall in front of him, posters on two of Equestria's most famous teams: the Wonderbolts and the Avengers. "Sompony's a fan."

"Looks like you finally decided to wake up. Thank Celestia cause I wouldn't know how to explain this to Trixie." Peter's attention snapped to the familiar voice on his right. Rainbow Dash. She was sitting in a chair, presumably staying close in case he woke up. Peter noticed she was figiting around with her hands. Then the realization settled in.

His hand shot up at his face, his fingers resting up against his fur. And due to being able to feel said fur, Peter realized he had no mask and no gloves. His nostrils flared as he stares at Rainbow, a scowl had found its way on his face.

"Listen you weren't breathing when I brought you here. I....it was either I unmasked you or some doc did and we both know your identity would've been outed as soon as you entered a hospital. Especially with every reporter popping out of the woodworks, your face would be all over Equestria. I just did what I thought was right." Rainbow looked at Peter apologetically. A soft sight escapes him, her eyes were hard to look into and stay angry.

"Don't worry about it." Was all he managed to say.

"Wait, so you're not mad?"

"I'm displeased with the situation. But you made the right call. Trixie would've done the same." Rainbow breathes a sigh of relief, her nerves finally relaxing. "Besides, one of you was bound to find out sooner or later." Peter looks away from Dash and examined the room he was in. That's when a question formulated in his mind. "This is your place, right?" Rainbow nodded. It took him a minute to let that register. It also took him a minute to realize he was alone with a mare in her house.

Rainbow Dash watched as Peter's face turned red. She raised an eyebrow at this before her thoughts answered the question for her. She began snickering at the thought.

"Have you not been alone in another mare's house before?"

"Only since I moved in with Trixie. But that's different and doesn't count. So no I've never been alone with a mare in her house." Peter sheepishly stated, the blush on his face not going away. Rainbow's snickering turned into a fit of laughter.

"You're such a dork Parker," her laughter died down allowing her to wipe the tears from her eyes, "but a pretty cool dork nonetheless." Peter couldn't help but give a sheepish smile. Rainbow's eyes locked onto one of her jackets that was resting besides Peter. "That jacket there is for you. Take it as my way of saying thank you for saving Twilight from the Goblin."

Peter grabbed the jacket, immediately taking in the blue and white color scheme as well as Rainbow's cutie mark on the back.

"Rainbow I can't--"

"I'm gonna stop you right there Pete. You can take it. Or would you rather throw my thanks back in my face?" Peter exhaled in defeat. Rainbow smirked, seeing that Peter clearly saw receiving thanks for his heroic deeds as a foreign concept. Her smirk deflated as that brought up a new question. Did he not get thanked during his time in Manehattan? Did he swing off before one could tell him thank you? "I'll ask him about it later."

"Well I'm thankful for the hospitality and all, but I gotta get going. Trixie's probably worried sick about me." Peter pushed himself off Rainbow's bed, only to be greeted by his spider-sense and the rapidly approaching floor.

"Woah there big guy!" Peter felt himself being stopped midfall. Rainbow pulled him back to the bed, the surprised look on Peter evident. "Guess your legs haven't recovered yet. Yeah my legs were acting up too. I'm sure you'll be back on your hooves in no time." Peter's surprised look shifted to a frown. He was used to his legs being wobbly after fighting Herman, but this? Whole new ball game.

"Hey where is Herman?" Peter asked, concern now taking a hold of his face.

"Police have him. I think that suit protected him from the worst of it. He was still making noises before I grabbed you."

"And what about the town and--"

"Everypony's okay Pete. Buildings are still standing. Other than a few fruit stands being smashed I'd chalk this up to a victory." Upon hearing that, Peter relaxed a bit. He felt more assured now that things were alright. "And Trixie knows your here. So don't worry about that."

"Okay. Thank you." Rainbow Dash nods before a yawn takes a hold of her. She takes the opportunity to stretch out her wings. When she was done she slumped a little in posture. Peter couldn't help but stare as Rainbow looked to be lost in thought. He never realized till now but her rainbow colored mane was so captivating. He hadn't even realized he said something loud enough to break her train of thought.

"Skittles?" She looked at Peter in confusion. "Why are you thinking about candy right now?" Once the question left her mouth an answer had already been formed. Her thoughts recalled Trixie's "warning" about Peter's nicknames. "If you grow on him then you best believe you're getting some form of a nickname." she had said. Rainbow's face was now the one to turn red.

"You are not calling me Skittles!" This broke Peter out of his stupor, earning what sounded like stifled laughter. "Don't you dare start Parker!" She pucnhed the hero's shoulder but that didn't deter his laughter not one bit. If anything it made it harder for him to hold it in.

"Come on that's the best one I've ever come up with." Peter said after his laughter died out. His smile only grew when his eyes landed on the pout on Rainbow's face. After a couple of seconds of silence her thoughts reminded her of what she was thinking about before nicknames.

"I'm gonna order pizza, you stay here. And don't touch anything!" She said poking her finger into the red spider on his chest.

"Ooooo pizza time! Can't wait for that. Also it's a bit late on the no touching part," he held up a Daring Do book he saw on Rainbow's nightstand, "I didn't know you were into reading. You mind if I read this; I didn't have the time to buy this one yet." Rainbow looked between the book and Peter. Now she knew one other pony who enjoyed the series.

"Sure, just don't tear it up."

"Aye aye Skittles!" Peter says, saluting to the mare in front of him.

"Stop calling me that!" Peter's laughter filled the bedroom once more, earning a frown from the flustered Rainbow Dash.

Author's Note:

I threw in a little nod to Maximus_Reborn's Spiders and Magic series as well as adding in a little Raimi meme. Hope you all enjoyed this chapter, much love. Take care.