I have no idea what the hell this is. Just enjoy the bromance and the cute Peter-ness and all the references back to my childhood of watching my brother play video games.


Age 14 and 12:

Peter had fought against it tooth and nail at first, but Wade was, as he had been from the moment they'd met, a barnacle.

Whenever the blonde boy came over to play with Peter, they'd sooner or later end up playing video games.

And sooner or later, Wade would drag Peter to sit in between his legs. Peter had thought it was weird and been really uncomfortable at first, demanding Wade to let go of him when he tried to move away.

Wade had simply held on tighter, handing Peter his controller and saying it was only weird if he made it weird. Peter had huffed and snatched the controller from the other boy's hands. The same thing happened for the next 3 times they played- Wade dragging Peter into his lap, Peter complaining, and Wade arguing with him until he gave up.

After a few more times of being dragged into the other boy's lap and deciding it wasn't worth the effort, Peter began to sit in Wade's lap without the need of being dragged into the embrace.

The two boys would sit, cuddled up together, completely content to just be as they played their games.

Super Mario, Crash Bandicoot, Half-Life, Zelda, and whatever else they could get their hands on. They were all classic 90s, because the gaming system Peter was using was an old playstation he'd found in a dumpster and put back together on his own. He was really proud of it, and both he and Wade were constantly playing for hours at a time, leaning against one another as they battled aliens and evil doctors.

When they had finally defeated the last boss level of Crash Bandicoot, Wade suggested they watch a movie.

Peter moved out of the other boy's reach, shuffling over to the dvd cabinet and suggesting what to watch.

The two finally settled on Fast and Furious 3.

Wade was a little surprised when Peter sat right back down in his lap, and soon the two were comfortably watching cars race and explode.

Halfway through the film, Peter's head bumped against Wade's shoulder, and the older boy looked down to see his friend fast asleep.

Wade chuckled before picking him up- even after growing gangly limbs and huge ears that came with nearly being a teenager, Peter was still unnaturally light.

Wade carried him over to the couch as they had been sitting on the ground and his butt was beginning to hurt from the hard surface.

Settling gently into the couch, Wade shifted Peter and himself slightly so that they lay sprawled beside one another, the legs tangled together and Peter's head rising softly with Wade's every breath.

The boy sighed; never, no matter how much time passed or what happened to them, would Peter stop being anything but a naive Baby Boy.

Wade smiled ruefully, and laid his head down, the two of them bathed in blue light from the tv as the sun had set hours ago.

He quickly slipped away into dreams.


It wasn't exactly what I had pictured in my head- there was going to be more cuddly cuteness and less video games- but it was kinda cute, I guess.