NEVAEH || SPIDERMAN: ATSV

10

Nevaeh walked briskly,

She'd never been so scared in her life,

Yeah, she loved the dark but walking in a dark street was different,

She could hear faint voices of people discussing but she couldn't see them,

Far ahead, she could see a street light, it wasn't too bright but it was way better than where she was,

It felt like someone was following her,

Many sounds like glass breaking, couples screaming at each other, people whispering started to interfere and fuck with her brain,

She closed her eyes and let out a deep breath, blocking all sounds out before she started walking away,

"Just hundred bucks?"

"Raise it up a little higher, man"

"No, you're still gonna have fun, I'm not raising it"

"At least add fifty, I need smokes"

"Fine, just make sure you do your job right"

Nevaeh tried to ignore it as she walked by,

But for some reason she couldn't,

"I'm fucking spiderwoman, but it's not spidey time, I gotta get home, I'm still just a woman" Nevaeh whispered as she walked quickly,

She finally got to the streetlight,

She stayed in the light and looked back, trying to see if anyone was actually following her or if it was just her imagination,

No one was there but she could still hear footsteps,

Out of the alley, a drunk man staggered out,

Nevaeh gulped, rooted to the spot,

He took the last swig of alcohol from the bottle before hitting it against the wall,

Shattering it's bottom,

"Why don't we have some fun, whore?" He laughed in a croaky voice,

Nevaeh's eyes dilated as she remembered a scene almost like this,

"No" Nevaeh whispered, frantically shaking her head as she backed up against the body of the streetlight which was flickering, about to go off,

"No" Nevaeh whispered again as the man came closer,

Suddenly, the light became stable again as she felt a weight on her shoulder,

"You okay, Mamí?"

Her heart was overjoyed,

She wanted to pull him close and kiss him right now but she was too shaky and unstable to do that,

"Let go of the bitch" the man croaked,

"She's mine" Miles growled as he sauntered towards the man who backed away unsteadily,

The 5'5 man looked like an ant standing in front of 6'2 Miles,

The man raised the arm armed with a broken bottle at Miles,

It happened so fast, Nevaeh wouldn't have seen it if she didn't blink,

In a moment, the broken bottle was lodged in her attacker's neck and thick crimson blood spilled out from the injury,

Nevaeh looked up at him in awe, then at the dead man,

"Pretend you didn't see that, love" he whispered as he kissed her forehead, using his hands to cover eyes like she was a kid looking at something she wasn't meant to be looking at,

He was definitely the Prowler,

"Let's get you home, Mamí" he said as he guided her out of the light,

They walked in darkness,

"Uncle Aaron told me about your mom" He said,

Nevaeh stopped walking and she stared at the ground, tears threatening to fall from her eyes,

Sure, it happened weeks ago, but it still hurt and Nevaeh didn't know why,

"You good?" He asked as he held her soft hands with his callous ones,

He stood with her as tears fell out of her eyes, to the ground,

"Make it stop, make it stop, I don't wanna cry, at least not in front, of him" she yelled in her mind, helplessly failing at controlling her emotions,

Miles didn't know she was crying as he rubbed her hand in circular motions with his thumb,

"You're crying" He said when his ears picked up the sound of her tears kissing the floor,

"No I'm not" She said as she sniffled loud enough to hear,

"I don't like when I'm lied to Nevaeh, you can talk to me, I'm here for you" He said as he hugged her,

Everyone knew Miles wasn't a hugging person, but this was Nevaeh, so it felt different, he didn't know why but he just felt that he had to protect her,

She wrapped her arms around his body, crying into the hoodie she purchased for him,

"It's fine, Mamí, you have me" he mumbled as he rubbed her back,

"Let's get going" She sniffled as she wiped her eyes clean,

"Uhmm, so I'm gonna go change out of this to something more comfortable" Nevaeh said as she unlocked the door to the house,

"Sure, no problem" He shrugged,

"Oh wait" She said suddenly before grabbing his arm,

"What's this?" Miles asked as she gave him a flat black box,

"My mother wanted you to have this, plus I upgraded it, didn't know if you wanted a band or a watch so I got you a black band, so it doesn't stand out too much" Nevaeh told him as he opened the box,

Nevaeh placed her hand on it, closing the box,

"If you need to test it out, right there is my anger room, feel free to break anything you want" She said as she pointed to the door of a room, before scurrying up the stairs because she didn't really fancy wanting to see his face when he saw the gift, in case she had made a mistake in choosing him,

Nevaeh had a long shower so she could meditate and at the end of this, she realized that she was losing control of Nevaeh's body, and weirdly, she was becoming Nevaeh from Earth-42,

She changed into her casual wear, sighing as she dried her hair by scrunching it up in a towel,

A knock on the door was heard,

Her heart leapt into her mouth,

What if she got it all wrong?

The worse scenarios came to mind,

She gulped as she opened the door, staring up at him meekly 

No emotion of any sort was displayed on his face as he seemed to examine her from where he stood,

He lifted her hair up, tracing the tattoo on her neck,

"Vivi" He whispered,

"How do you know my nickn...?" She was asking when she got cut off by his lips capturing hers, his hands gripped her waist, pulling her closer to his well-built frame,

She was startled by the sudden show of affection, but accepted it after a few milliseconds, standing on the tip of her toes, leaning in, moving in sync, hands around his neck, pulling him closer,

A vibrant flash of memories hit her like a lightening bolt causing her to back away and hold her head in pain,

"Sorry, I should have asked" He whispered as he cautiously walked towards her,

A wave of relief washed over her, terminating the headache, letting her look into his eyes,

"ZayLo" She murmmured,

"Yes, Vivi?" 

"Kiss me again, harder".