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16 with Scott Summers?
𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑𝐒: scott summers, reader 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐓: “I’ll kick his ass if you want me to.” 𝐖𝐎𝐑𝐃 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐍𝐓: 646 𝐖𝐀𝐑𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆𝐒: 18+, peter x reader implied 𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐑'𝐒 𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐄𝐒: y/n is known by the mutant name “scribe” and is charles xavier’s niece.
Scott says this to you across the kitchen counter, and you roll your eyes.
"Is your reaction to everything, Scott,” you murmur, whisking together a bowl of brownie mix, “‘I'll kick their arse'?"
Scott retorts, "I don't say that about everything."
"You threatened to kick a pigeon's arse the other day."
Scott looks to the side as if recalling the memory. “Mm. Yeah. I see your point.”
You grin at him. "I don't think you could kick Peter's arse either way.”
Scott’s mouth falls slack, and it’s as if you’ve said the worst thing imaginable to him. You don’t pretend to understand Scott and Peter’s rivalry; they’re so different and yet Scott loves to rile him up. You don’t even think Scott dislikes Peter, instead seeing him as merely an easy target. He’s the same with Kurt, only he does it less often. Probably because he feels bad for targeting somebody so naive.
You, on the other hand… well. The fact that you’re in the kitchen, baking brownies at three am, says it all. Somehow, despite Scott’s tendency to pick on everybody apart from Jean, you’ve managed to bond.
Scott retorts, “You don't think I could beat Peter in a fight? Peter, of all people?"
“Scott, he literally has super-speed.”
“Without the speedy part, I mean. Like, fists.”
You raise your brows. “Have you thrown a punch? Like, ever? In your entire life?”
Scott opens his mouth to protest, but he stammers. You already know the answer. “I’ve definitely thrown a punch.”
You laugh as you begin to transfer the brownie mix from the bowl to the pan. “Okay, Summers.”
Scott groans as he takes a seat on the stools facing the counter. “I just…” he shakes his head, “I don’t get why you like him so much.”
You let out a laugh, cheeks flushing red. “Jealous, Scott?”
Scott blinks at you. “What? Me? Of Maximoff?” He scoffs. “No.”
You flash a look that reveals that you don’t entirely believe him, your attention averting to the brownie mix below you. “I don’t think you dislike him as much as you pretend to.”
Scott is silent for a minute, which you don’t expect, until— “I don’t dislike him.”
“Then what?”
“He’s just so…”
“So?”
“Carefree.”
Scott’s hands splay to look at his open palms as he continues, “I’ve never been like that. I don’t know how he does it.”
As you look across at him, you think that you get it now. Scott doesn’t exactly bully Peter, but what he does do is bug him because he’s jealous. Is it the confidence he has? You get the sneaking suspicion that while beneath Peter’s cool exterior there’s a lot of pain and longing, under Scott’s cocky exterior, there’s…
Anxiety. And insecurity. And a whole lot left to unravel.
Softly, after a gentle sort of silence has lingered between you for a while, you ask, “You know people here love you, right?”
Scott frowns up at you, his shoulders shifting uncomfortably. “Don’t say that.”
You raise your brows slightly as you look away, beginning to scrape the remaining contents of the bowl into the pan with a spoon. “Alright.”
Silence lingers once more—it’s comfortable but heavy, like a barrier hasn’t been breached but some unspoken words are hanging within it. Scott waits until the brownies are in the oven and the bowl has been put in the sink before he speaks again, the two of you watching the mix slowly begin to transform under the heat within.
“Thanks, Scribe,” he murmurs, stood quietly next to you.
You flash him a soft smile as your arm brushes against his, and you think you’re quite lucky to be able to see this side of Scott—this part of himself that he hides from everybody else.
Scott summers trusts you, and you know you’d never do anything to breach it.