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Some nights it was Tim and Dick trying to figure out what you were doing but having no clue. Other times it was Jason or Damien who just sat in silence while doing their own thing, but Damien often stared at you.

Cassandra, Stephanie, and Duke often came in with tea and snacks, and of course they would stay to talk your ear off during the little break before leaving with the empty tray.

Bruce was the one who always dragged you to bed when he would come home from patrol. He would come into your study to find you barely awake before dragging you to your room where he would wait for you to do your nightly routine before you would plop on your bed and fall asleep immediately and you would wake up tucked into bed.

Of course time with Peter became less frequent as obviously the free time you had before is now taken up with paperwork. The free time you did have you used to practice your new little ‘hobby’ with Peter.

Said hobby has been practicing with your spidey powers, getting better at climbing up surfaces and even swinging! What you weren't expecting was how much physics played a role but luckily you were amazing at physics.

The first time you purposely used your webs you had jumped off the warehouse roof and managed to stick a web to another building and land softly on your feet, it was a successful experiment! Of course the more you did it the more confident you got and you actually started swinging around the warehouses you owned, and Peter was happy with his role as ‘man in the chair’ and even spent some money, your money obviously, on some ear pieces so he could always contact you while you were out practicing

You and Peter did finally talk about the tension that was going on between you both, and after a long and mildly awkward conversation you both decided to keep the new romantic side of your relationship secret. You didn't want to tell your family in general but especially if the relationship didn't work out, even after it was officially set not much changed between you two, you were both already pretty physical with each other beforehand, the only difference was now you two were dating.

Your job at The Oscorp Foundation was interesting, apparently Carlton Drake was invested into finding cures for Earth’s diseases out in space, which was far fetched but as long as you still had a job you didn't care. You spent a lot less time with Dr. Connors since you were now head scientist of the joint operation and you did miss him, he reminded you of Alfred but not as old.

Life was going well.

Until it wasn't.

You were staying late at the science building, apparently one of Drake's rockets came back with some specimens and because you were the head scientist, you were in charge of studying them up close.

You were currently taking notes of a patient's vitals, Drake had gotten some volunteers to test out the specimens and their effect on the human body, but you didn't stick around for those because of your schedule.

So far this person seemed to be doing well, they were sleeping a lot but besides that their vitals seemed fine, at least at first.

That's when you noticed that one of the machines started beeping, you walked over to the panels and noticed that their heart rate was spiking. Your eyes moved up and towards the person and you felt your heart almost drop.

It was Maria, a homeless woman you knew that hung around the convenience store you and Peter frequently visited. She was kind and often told you about gossip she had overheard, and in return you would give her money and buy her snacks from said convenience store.

How did you not notice it was her at first?

You looked down and began reading over the panels showing her vitals once again, her heart beat was still increasing.

BAM

You jumped back in surprise and saw Maria who was now up against the glass, banging on it.

“P-Please help! Get me out of here! Please!” Maria cried.

You tried entering a pin but it failed, you tried using your badge, it failed, what the hell was going on?

You used your strength to rip the panel off the wall and began reworking the wiring inside and a few seconds later the glass doors opened, you also felt goosebumps rise along your arms but you ignored it, you knew who this person was.

“Maria-”

You were cut off when Maria tackled you to the ground and wrapped her hands around your throat.

“M-Maria!?” You choked out but you watched as some thick black sludge dozed out of Maria and onto you. Maria's hands loosened around your throat and you watched as she slumped over, even with your super hearing you couldn't hear her heartbeat.

“Maria..?” You quickly crawled backwards, staring at the dead body in front of you, you felt sick to your stomach. How could you not? You managed to dial 911 and soon the building was filled with police officers and Carlton Drake showed up as well.

The man pulled you aside harshly where no one could see or hear you.

“One job. You had one fucking job!” He grits out. “Didn't even get to have you for a year before things went wrong.” The man paced with his hands on his hips.

“W-What? Carlton what about-”

“Shut the hell up.” The man turns to face you. “You are done.” He grabs your badge and rips it from around your neck. “You're fired. I don't ever want to see you again.”

You watched with wide eyes as Carlton combed his hair back with his hand and walked out to where the police were.

What is happening?