Wade sighed some and knew he shouldn’t try. He had told Pete that he wasn’t consistent. That no one really trusted him, and there was a reason. But he stayed anyway. Wade wasn’t really sure why he stayed anyway.
“I haven’t seen you the whole month. You’re not getting away without a hug, Spidey-boy.” He flung himself onto Spider-Man, squeezing him tightly.
For a few seconds, Peter only stood there, arms pinned down to his sides by Wade’s tight embrace. He didn’t want to enjoy the hug, didn’t want to lean into it, didn’t want to think about how much he’d wanted it. It wasn’t that he was anything like worried for Wade while he was away. The man was literally impossible to kill (although he didn’t relish the idea of him suffering grievous bodily harm just because he would eventually recover).
But life just seemed… better with Wade in it. Noisier and messier to be sure but without a little bit of the man’s chaos, Peter found himself falling into a vicious repetitive cycle of struggling to balance all his responsibilities, all the while feeling as though he enjoyed them less and less.
Wade was stupid, and crass, and unreliable- but he made Peter smile. And he felt like he had too few reasons for that sometimes.
Slowly, he leaned into the hug, burying his face in the other man’s chest.
“It sucks when you’re gone.”