#spider3

          𝐖𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐈𝐒 𝐇𝐄 𝐒𝐔𝐏𝐏𝐎𝐒𝐄 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐓𝐎 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐏𝐄𝐎𝐏𝐋𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐍𝐓𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐇𝐈𝐌 𝐓𝐎 𝐑𝐄𝐌𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐁𝐑𝐎𝐊𝐄𝐍?    it wouldn’t necessarily be right to hurt them as they hurt you, two wrongs don’t equal a right,  but why would you allow yourself to stand there && take a continuous beating?  it didn’t make sense to peter.   not now, not after what’s happened⸺he has to pay for what he did to aunt may.  aunt may is head because of goblin, because of himself && how he failed to   𝓹𝓻𝓸𝓽𝓮𝓬𝓽   may.     (  would may be proud of him for even considering what he is?   peter has resorted to asking himself this,  but deep down he knows the decision has been made.   more people will get hurt because of him && he won’t let it happen.   )      ;      ❝  how do you deal with those people, then?  ❞  asked of the other,  eyes settled on him && the similar red suit worn.   peter, himself, is bruised && bloodied.  sweaty with may’s blood still staining his palms:     ❝  you can’t just let them hurt more people,  let them continue to beat you down.  there’s only so much someone   𝙲𝙰𝙽 𝚃𝙰𝙺𝙴   before you have no choice. ❞    he wasn’t talking about necessarily killing them,  but stopping them !   hands grip is mask,  eyes momentarily peering down at it.    ❝  he’s gotta pay, peter.  he can’t . . . he can’t get away with what he’s done to may or what he’ll do to other people.   i can’t let it.  ❞    head shakes, eyes rising with tears in them.

    he’d  already  done  enough ,   caught  in  the  wrong  place  at  the  wrong  time ,  miecz  could  have  been  killed ,  had  it  not  been  for  his  swinging  savior.   the  world  really  does  need  more  people  like  him.    “   that  -  that’s  really  kind  of  you  but  i  don’t  want  to  overstay  my  welcome ,  you  know   ?   “    if  everybody  he  saved  were  to  stay  the  night ,  the  poor  guy  would  never  get  any  peace.   “   i  could  use  a  ride  though ,  could  you  maybe  call  me  a  cab   ?   “ 

         𝐏𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐒𝐄𝐄𝐒 𝐇𝐈𝐌𝐒𝐄𝐋𝐅 𝐈𝐍 𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐒 𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑 𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍 𝐎𝐅 𝐇𝐈𝐌.  𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐘 𝐀𝐋𝐋 𝐇𝐀𝐃 𝐒𝐎𝐌𝐄𝐓𝐇𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐈𝐍 𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐌𝐎𝐍,   more than any of them might expect.  while peter is older, wiser, has more experience with dealing with what life can throw at you he also recognized that this version of him might not⸺after all,  he struggled with the same sentiment more than once && he knew how it felt !    peter wants to help him,  wants to comfort him, wants to give him wiser words that’ll   𝙷𝙾𝙿𝙴𝙵𝚄𝙻𝙻𝚈   help in the present struggle.    taking a few steps forward, eyes having just scanned the area for any sign of incoming enemies they’d been impatiently waiting for, with mask clutched in his palm peter extends a hand to rest on the others shoulder.     ;      a reassuring squeeze is given, a light pat before it rests there.    a breath is taken into lungs,  eyes raising to meet the others gaze:    ❝   peter,  you gotta listen to me.   really listen. ❞     brow draw together,    ❝  you   𝓪𝓻𝓮    good enough.  you can’t tell yourself you aren’t no matter what anyone else has to say.   being spider-man is . . . it’s not easy, it won’t ever be.  ❞     having to juggle life, relationships, && a responsibility never gets any easy, but with time you find some kind of balance.      ❝  but you’re doing it.  you’re being spider-man && that’s as amazing && worthy as anything else.  you’re being a hero for people,  you save their lives && give people someone to look up too. ❞   peter smiles then.   

‘   dinners almost ready- ’ she said, finally whirling around, about to squint at Peter and demand an answer over whether he wanted to go and grab them some takeout garlic bread to go with it or whether he could stand the freezer burnt stuff she had heated up earlier. Then her eyes settled on him properly and the woman frowned, arms dropping to her sides limply. It wasn’t that he looked wrong, but the suit was contorted strangely around him and there was something May couldn’t put her finger on. Very softly, she asked, ‘ Pete, bambino? What’s going on?   ’

“i just...”   shaking her head,  gwen lets out an incredulous laugh,  taking a moment to collect herself before her gaze shifts back to peter,   “i think it’s bullshit that people think that it’s okay for them to make choices for other people.  relationships take at least two people,  peter,  and you think you have any right to tell me what’s best with no discussion involved?  seriously?”

the  sigh  that  slips  is  shaky ,  at  best.  this  shouldn’t  be  this  hard.     “  at  least.  i  thought  she  did.  turns  out  it’s  WAY  MORE  COMPLICATED  than  that.  but  i  kind  of  realized  that  even  if  she  didn’t  die  ...  i  still  lost  her.  ”     it’s  an  old  demon.  faced  and  defeated  time  and  time  again.  sprung  back  to  the  spotlight  to  plague  her  nightmares.     “  guessing  you  know  WHAT  THAT’S  LIKE  too ,  huh ?  the  whole  ...  losing  someone.  not  finding  out  your  dead  mom  is  actually  very  much  alive  —  in  the  never  died  way ,  not  the  zombie  way.  ”