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Time Heals All Wounds (But Scars Still Remain)

Ben Parker died in 2015, bleeding out on the floor of a bodega in Queens. Peter Parker died in 2015, bleeding out on the floor of a bodega in Queens.

When the multiverse fractures after the fall of the TVA, Ben Parker finds himself back in a universe where his nephew lived and he died, but how do you return to the life you lost and the people who grieved you?

an imitation of life

6 AM.

Like every morning, her eyes open, still heavy with sleep. No alarms, no schedule, no matter how late she’s up—it’s always 6 AM; always her mind forcing her awake, pulling her from the peace she feels when the world is set to fast forward. 

She doesn’t dream. She never has.

Like every morning, her body feels as if it’s made of lead as she pulls herself up, the blanket falling to her waist. She sits for a moment, the very same sinking feeling in her gut returning as she’s dragged back into the reality she’d been forced to know, one where her bed is cold and empty, one where she doesn’t feel the warmth of his arm brushing hers. 

As she remembers.

A Certain Step Towards Love

Ben looks at her over Peter’s head and his gaze steadies her. After a moment he gently bounces Peter, “Did you know Aunt May and I listened to this song at our wedding?”

“Your wedding,” Peter rests his head on Ben’s shoulder and starts absentmindedly playing with his ear, “like from the pictures.”

“Yeah, bud, like from the pictures.” Ben chuckles.

May and Ben share a smile and a kiss over little Peter fighting to keep his eyes open. They sway and let the record play out. Tomorrow, after they all wake up, after they fill their bellies, after they go through worn photo albums, they’ll put another record on and let the music wash over them.

Peter, May, and Ben dancing through the years. --

forever is the sweetest con (but it always leads to you)

5k | M | for the eleventh day of Seekmas, because I needed to be extra sure @seek--rest knows how much I adore her and her contributions to our fambly.

“Peter,” she says, so quiet it’s barely a breath, “Why are we here?”

“I told you. I wanted to see you. Catch up.”

He still does that twitch of his nose when he lies. It’s a behaviour she’ll never unlearn, a useless piece of information that lives in the sealed off part of her heart, locked away no matter how much the door rattles and shakes.

“It’s been years since we last saw each other. Why now?”

Peter shrugs like it’ll take the weight out of his words. “I guess today is just a day when I missed you to the point of temporary insanity.”

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OR: Falling in love is easy; making it work is infinitely harder. It’s a lesson that Peter and Michelle are forced to relearn as they find each other again, still hopelessly in love after so long apart.

One day, they’ll figure it out—but this is not that day.

By Hale13

For @seek--rest on this, the 29th day of Seekmas and the first of the free posting days. The lyrics of All Too Well fit NWH too well for me not to write a 7 chapter fic with lyrics for each chapter title and gift it to you. Please enjoy this slow burn, meet again after high school, MJ and Ned figure it out fic as a thank you for all you do in the Spidey Fandom <3

After his last time seeing MJ and Ned, Peter fully expected to never interact with them again. It wasn’t his ideal situation but it kept them safe and if the only price he had to pay was loneliness then he was ready and willing to do so.

He never counted on MJ and Ned sleuthing him out.

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