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Peter
It had started out as a normal day on RedCraft, where Peter, one of the owners of the server and a faceless streamer by the name of Spiderman, was doing a 24-hour subathon as he played pranks on Deadpool, his friend and one of the other owners of the server. The day quickly took a turn for the worse, however, when the merc decided to do a few pranks of his own. He snuck into Peter’s base while he was gathering blocks and stole Sheldon, Peter’s prized fish, by putting him in a bucket and running as fast as he could in the other direction.
"DP, if you don't get back here right this second, I swear-" Peter was saying.
Deadpool kept running away, and Peter used his elytra to quickly catch up to the other man. When he got there, he used his sword to quickly kill the merc and pick up the fish bucket, glad to see it safe once again.
“You know, the whole ‘I will protect you with my life’ thing looks good on you, even if it’s for a fish. You should really do it more often, and if you need a damsel-in-distress other than Sheldon, I’d be more than willing to play the role,” Deadpool offered, and Peter rolled his eyes even though nobody could see him.
“Shut it,” Peter said, trying to suppress his laughter, and the merc snickered.
“You know you like it,” he said flirtily, just after Peter heard a noise of someone joining the voice chat.
“Uh, what the hell did I just walk into?” Daredevil said, and Peter winced.
Daredevil was the third of what fans liked to call “Team Red”, which was him, Peter, and DP. He was the only one of them who had an actual job, and he was a criminal defense lawyer who practiced with Foggy, one of the other members on the server.
“Nothing!” he said a little too quickly, and Deadpool laughed.
“Well,” Daredevil said slowly, “Foggy was wondering if we were gonna do Among Us or Jackbox later. What are you guys thinking?”
“Me and Spidey were actually planning on doing a karaoke stream later if you were interested,” DP said, and Daredevil let out a small laugh.
“Oh, no, I don’t sing,” he said, “And, trust me, you do not want to hear Foggy’s singing voice.”
“Fair enough,” Peter laughed, as DP made a noise of surprise.
“Speaking of, I just noticed how late it’s getting. I’m going to have to go in about an hour, so do you want to start the karaoke now?” he said to Peter, who nodded.
“Yep! And for all of you who will be staying for the karaoke, there’s going to be a special little surprise at the end, so stay tuned!” Peter said, and Matt said goodbye before logging off.
Peter and DP left the server, the former pulling up YouTube and pulling up his karaoke playlist. They went through almost all of it, and when they got to the last one, DP let out a sigh of annoyance.
“Oh, come on,” Wade groaned, and Spidey grinned.
“You said any song,” he said tauntingly, and DP let out a noise halfway between a groan and a whine.
“Yeah, but I didn’t know that it would be, y’know, fucking depressing!” DP said, and Peter laughed.
Peter started the music anyway, and, with one last groan, DP started singing along as off-key as he could, making Peter laugh.
“I had a thought, dear
However scary
About that night
The bugs and the dirt
Why were you digging?
What did you bury
Before those hands pulled me
From the earth?
I will not ask you where you came from
I will not ask you, neither should you
Honey just put your sweet lips on my lips
We should just kiss like real people do”
“Oh, come on, you can sing better than that,” Peter said mockingly, and DP smirked.
“You wanted me to sing? I’m singing. So shut up,” DP said, and Peter sighed. The lyrics started up again, so DP continued singing in the off-key voice.
“I knew that look dear
Eyes always seeking
Was there in someone
That dug long ago
So I will not ask you
Why you were creeping
In some sad way I already know
I will not ask you where you came from
I will not ask you and neither would you
Honey just put your sweet lips on my lips
We should just kiss like real people do
I could not ask you where you came from
I could not ask you, neither could you
Honey just put your sweet lips on my lips
We could just kiss like real people do”
“You know, I’ve heard him really sing,” Peter said, talking to the chat. “He actually sounds pretty good.”
“Oh, shut it. I did that once ,” DP said, “Spides over here is the real singer. I mean, he has a voice like a fucking angel.”
“Yeah, right,” Peter said, feeling his face heat up.
“Aww, are you blushing? You know what, that’s enough for me. Your turn now,” DP said.
Peter had been working on his first song for months now, going to DP for critique every once in a while, and it was finally ready to share. They had been planning the karaoke stream as a way for him to release it as a surprise, where they would pretend that his video cut out and play just the audio he had recorded. The music started, and Peter went still.
“Our late-night calls bring out the best of me
A part of me no one else can see
And when I stay up all night talking to you
Oh, that’s when I feel the most free
I don’t know how to tell you
I feel safe when you call me
Staying on the phone all night
There’s no place I’d rather be
And on those nights that we can’t talk
I stay up all night anyway
Mind racing with thoughts about you
About what it would take for me to say
I don’t know how to tell you
I feel safe when you call me
Staying on the phone all night
There’s no place I’d rather be
I’ve been thinking this for a while now
And I’m sorry that I can’t say it aloud
Oh, but I just want you to know
It’s you I’ll never be able to go without
I don’t know how to tell you
I feel safe when you call me
Staying on the phone all night
There’s no place I’d rather be
You’re right where I want to be”