Peter counts the seconds between victory and loss, the strokes it will take to get them across the line, the breaths that will power him to push through. He calculates knowing the numbers are the difference between a medal and going home empty handed, but the more he tries to pull from himself the more he falls behind. The team is yelling, begging, behind him, but encouragement is nothing but air to someone too sick to breathe.
"C'mon Pete."
Barely Peter lifts his head falling into the worried stare of his coxswain, and if the good Lord didn't want Peter to like boys then he shouldn't have blessed one Harley Keener with the eyes of an angel.
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Or, Peter is the University's new stroke and he's falling hopelessly in love with the boy who sits three feet from him and yells for a living.
Words: 3494, Chapters: 1/4, Language: English
- Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spider-Man - All Media Types, Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), Marvel, The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
- Rating: Mature
- Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
- Categories: M/M
- Characters: Peter Parker, Harley Keener, Miles Morales, Harry Osborn, Tommy Shepherd, Eli Bradley, Billy Kaplan, Teddy Altman (Marvel), Cooper Barton, Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, Sam Wilson (Marvel), Bucky Barnes
- Relationships: Harley Keener/Peter Parker, Minor or Background Relationship(s), James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers, Teddy Altman/Billy Maximoff
- Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - 1930s, Inspired by Boys in the Boat, Young Avengers Team (Marvel), slight period typical attitudes, Internalized Homophobia, Mostly side characters almost saying bad things, Protective Peter Parker, Protective Harley Keener, Boys In Love, Peter has rowing arms, Harley notices, Fluff and Angst, Berlin 1936 Summer Olympics, Staring into each other eyes while rowing a boat, I Don't Even Know, Sassy Harley Keener, quiet Peter parker, stroke x coxswain, of course that's not a tag, Praise Kink, Might change that last one, I don't even know how rowing works, I just watched a movie, Peter gets sick before the big race, Other Additional Tags to Be Added