She squeezed him a little. "I love you too." Though it was heavily muffled against his skin. Even if Peter wasn't some masked superhero with powers, moments like this made Liz feel like he would never let anything harm her.

Liz stayed like that for a long while. Moments passed and she just let her self be with him. She could practically feel her heartbeat calm.

Finally, she pulled a way just enough to look at him. "I missed you." She didn't know why she needed to say that, but she did. "And.. thank you. For giving me space today, for putting up with whatever Maria said to you, for - everything. For being you."