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'and suddenly we were strangers again'
— Unknown

You and Peter had been glued to each other for hours, neither of you batting an eyelid as the time being heavenly spent between you wasn't worth wasting with sleep. For hours you'd spent pampering one another, each taking turns in drawing neat or uneven shapes on the others arm, slowly leading to your backs as you removed items of clothing. It calmed Peter's heartbeat and ensured the comfortability to surface as he watched your body relax, your muscles loosening as he edged around your bra straps on your back, and in between your shoulder blades.

You would hum occasionally in satisfaction, giving Peter the recognition that what he was doing was pleasing, and once comfortable enough Peter would get a little closer to you. With needed arm space there was a rather large gap between you, but soon you were back to chest again, making you giggle as Peter leaned over to look at you. You smiled gently through closed eyes, feeling his nose brushing against yours.

Peter shifted gently on the bed as he leaned back against the pillow, brushing his palm over your naked shoulder to keep you warm as goosebumps rose on your skin. Gaining slight confidence, he leaned over slowly, moving the pillow out of his path and placed a gentle kiss on your skin. The feeling was new and his lips were hot from overheating a few hours ago, and when you reframed from making a noise Peter kissed you again. This time you sighed heavily, completely relaxed as his fingers continued tracing circles on your hips.

Soon you were budging further back into Peter, initiating you wanted more, so Peter gave it to you. He moved along your shoulder down to the crook of your neck, leaving more open-mouthed kisses on your soft skin. You gave him the hum of satisfaction followed by a giggle as he nibbled gently on the side of your neck, hand sliding down in front of your stomach and pulling you closer into him. The pressure was hard as the quilt wasn't exactly slippy, but soon you were pressing into him, bodies completely flushed.

Your eyes shot open as you felt Peter's finger slowly lift the waistband of your bottoms. You gasped lightly as you felt him travelling slower, completely seducing you under his touch as his lips continued to work their magic, leaving their first hickey as they sucked harshly on your skin. You moaned feverishly at the pressure, chest vibrating and hips twitching as his finger tugged at the lace of your underwear. The noise was blissful and only boosted Peters ego, knowing what he was doing was good.

The more your moans were outstretched, the harder Peter sucked, and the faster he kissed your skin the louder your voice became, and as as the volume increased the more Peters cock swelled behind his sweats. You could feel him even when he was calm, but the needier his hands and lips became the more you felt the digging sensation in your lower back. But, you wanted to see where Peter was going with this, so you remained under his control.

Little words were shared as he pushed your bottoms over your hip bone and down your thigh, getting better access to your underwear. He didn't hesitate for long, and soon he was tilting your head to the side to see you.

"Is this okay?" Peter asked shyly. How could he be so dominant and yet a scared little puppy at the same time?

"Touch me, Pete" you whispered, eyes flicking between his lips and his eyes but he stayed still. He wanted to see your face as he pleasured you.

With the much-needed confirmation, Peter lifted your underwear, resting the band on his knuckles as he slipped deep through your folds. Your eyes fluttered shut as your teeth sank into your bottom lip, a shift of electricity shooting up your spine as he massaged your core tenderly.

As much as you questioned Peters timing, if he needed it he needed it. As weird as it sounds, sex had almost become therapy for Peter. It somewhat allowed him to relax and take his anger out, but... Not in a rough way. It left his mind blank, the only things swimming around being the moans falling from your lips as they met his ears. He could focus on something that wasn't pain, wasn't trauma and took away the guilt long enough for him to settle.

The sight was pleasing as he watched your face scrunch and curl into different expressions, a gasp leaving your lips as his finger slowly slipped into you. Your hand shot down to grab his wrist, making Peter jump slightly. Your walls clenched around him, sending a harsh shudder through Peter's core and up the frame of his spine, his lips curling into a smile as you let out an exaggerated smile.

Peters actions came to a halt suddenly as you flinched, hearing your phone buzzing beside you. Your eyes slowly fluttered back open as you groaned, "seriously"

"Just leave it" Peter suggested shyly, a blush rising to his cheeks as he wasn't expecting you to be annoyed. You shook your head with a smile, slowly pulling Peter off of you and rolling over in the sheets to grab your phone from the floor. "It's probably just college wondering where I am- oh shit" you cursed, hair falling down over your cheeks as you sat back up on the bed.

"What?"

"It's Ned" you looked over at Peter who was now lying on his side with his hand slowly snaking around your waist. Hearing your brothers name suddenly sparked something in Peter, something deep down below that burned like a midnight's flame. It made his blood boil that he had not only ruined your moment but was probably ringing you to apologise. Whatever it was, Peter sensed something was off and didn't like the idea one bit.

"Don't answer it" Peter reached forward for your phone, cheek resting on your hip but you pulled away, looking down to your side where Peter was just peeking from behind your back.

"Why?" You couldn't understand the sudden shift in Peter's behaviour, but you felt it. He was suddenly tense, muttering small words under his breath and he was grabby and more than aware as he suddenly developed the habit of kneading himself into your personal business. It was nothing new, it had always happened when Peter got protective, even when you were just in a platonic friendship.

"B-because..."Peter had to think of something fast, you weren't stupid; you'd catch on if he let one thing slip, "because we're busy" Peter shrugged, pulling you closer into him so you fell back to lie on his chest. A giggle erupted from your lips as he pinned you down, brushing the strands of hair away from your eyes.

"I gotta answer it, Pete. We need to talk" you sighed, rolling your head to the side. Peter bit his cheek rather frustrated but nodded after a moment. "I won't be long" you whispered, kissing him chin gently before bounding up and pulling your attention down to your phone, answering the call before heading out the room.

"Hello?"

"Hey..." Your brother's voice sounded through the phone. As much as the strings in your relationship had weakened and the tables had become unbalanced, it was nice to hear your brothers voice.

"What's up?" you asked rather sternly. You were going to take it easy on your brother, as he was your blood after all, but after thinking about what had happened over the last couple of days your mood switched. If Peter hadn't of spiralled down this morning you wouldn't have seen him at all unless you were in school because of what he had told Aunt May, not to mention the fact he was yet again pulling the ropes of control over everything you did.

"I uh, I thought we should talk?"

"Ya' think?" you groaned, resting your back against the wall.

"Look, I know what I did was wrong-"

"So wrong"

"And I can't take back what I did-"

"Really hope you'll try though"

"Y/N shut up for two seconds and listen!" - "Look, I was mad, okay? This past couple of months you've... You've really bloomed and I'm watching you spread your wings more and more each day and I'm scared I'm losing my sister-"

"No, hold on, Ned. I've been your sister for the past eighteen years and not once have I left your side, and the second I make my own decisions and live a life of my own you come in here and ruin it. I'm scared of losing you too, Ned but for christ sake just because I'm in love with your best friend, our best friend doesn't mean I'm betraying you. We're not in some kind of cult, ya' know?"

The line fell quiet for a moment before Ned spoke again. Admittedly, you were being a little harsh, but it's how you felt and quite frankly your feelings had been ignored for long enough.

"That's not what I meant. I'm just saying that I'm warming up to it, and I promise I'll do everything I can to make it up to you... I guess just seeing you and Peter being together... In that kind of way... It grossed me out" Ned chuckled down the line, trying to bring the mood of the conversation back into the light a little.

"Okay, fair enough, but your not off the hook yet. Me and Peter aren't just together, we... He means something to me and so do you so when your ready come to terms with the fact that there is plenty of room for both of you" your tone had settled a little, trying to make the conversation sound less demeaning than before and more like you were talking to him as his sister.

"Okay... I'm sorry, again."

"It's okay, apologie accepted" you sighed, closing your eyes as you nodded slowly.

"Hey uh, before I go maybe we could talk like... In-person?"

"Yeah, meet up 'round campus some time?"

"No! N-no uh, actually I was wondering if you wanted to just get coffee" Peter exclaimed, making you jump from the sudden voice raise.

"U-uh, okay, say the old cafe on the market, later today maybe?"

"Sound's great, I'll text you a time"

"M'kay, bye Ned"

"Bye"

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"Did you do it?" Harry's voice echoed around the walls of the male bathroom on campus, his steps heavy as he walked back over towards your brother.

"All done" Ned smirked, pulling the phone away from his ear and passing it back to the brunette, "We're meeting for 'coffee' later today"

"Perfect, I'll have everything ready for around four"

"I'll let her know the time" Ned smiled, raising his hand and high-fiving his teammate.

This day was about to get much more interesting.

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Hi everyone! So I firstly wanted to apologise for the lack of updates latently, life has been very crowded!

[WARNING: RANT AHEAD!]

For those who maybe didn't read my notice — a couple of days ago I had quite an accident:
When going out on the roads with my horse, Logan, it can be quite a struggle. Logan is a very big animal, he stands at 16hh which is reasonably tall (almost 6ft I haven't had him measured in a while) and he weighs around 1,100 pounds (being an ex show jumper so most of his weight is balanced in muscle). To my dismay, Logan unfortunately got very started at a passing car whilst walking down a road, which wasn't my fault I might add - I could have a full rant but I won't lol - the lane is a one way lane designed for horses and not vehicles, so when a car came speeding by he got frightened and swerved at around 20 miles per hour. I came out of the saddle immediately and landed beneath him — now remember, Logan weighs over 1,000 pounds. Because I hung on for too long, I ended up flying underneath him and he kicked me very harshly in the thigh. I smacked my head on a passing lamppost and I may have fractured my wrist? I'm not sure, I'm not doctor. Due to this I've had to take a break and that's why I've been distant ❤️

Non the less, sorry for the short chapter! And I cannot thank you enough for your patience and support on this book! We surpassed over 100k reads and I'm absolutely over the moon! Never did I ever think I'd get  this far and I cannot wait for your reactions 😂💞

Lots of love ~