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Peter
January 10th 2025
Dear MJ,
I can't believe you, Ned and I are getting closer again. I know it sounds kinda corny but it's like the universe is pulling us together. A few weeks ago I could never imagine going to Ned's house again but now my dreams are coming true. I know I say it a lot but I just really wish you and Ned remembered me again. Unfortunately that's just wishful thinking.. even if I had the chance to bring back your memories I wouldn't let it happen. Ned's just sent me a message!, I'll talk to you later Em.
Sincerely Peter B Parker
"I wish you could come back to me"
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TheFruitCobblerConnoisseur: Hey Man, can MJ and I come over to yours tomorrow?
PeterParker: Uh... Sure but there isn't much to do at my place
TheFruitCobblerConnoisseur: Thats fine, we can always just watch a movie or talk
PeterParker: True true, can i ttyl I have something to do?
TheFruitCobblerConnoisseur: Sure ttyl
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Peter looks at the clock on the top of his plain white walls. It read 11:26PM, the perfect time for Spider-Man to start his nightly patrol. Spider-Man was a great way to pass time when something exciting was coming up soon and since he has Ned and MJ coming over he really needed it.
He jumped out of his bed covers revealing himself in his boxer briefs and bolted around his apartment to find his suit. After finding his suit he easily gets the shirt and shoes on but struggles to get his pants on. Whilst hopping on his one leg he accidentally stubs his toe on the edge of a door.
"F——!!!" Peter almost yells before catching himself
After finally getting the suit on he jumps up to his window sill and looks out onto the streets in New York. It looked like tonight was going to be a tough night for Spider-Man he thought to himself before leaping out of the building
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Ned and MJ
"Alright here's the plan" Ned says pridefully holding up his phone up to his face to see his notes
MJ nods her head interested to see what he'd come up with. Although Ned was smarter than her in most things he was notorious for being terrible at plans. Usually Ned's plans came out corny and impossible to carry out but hopefully this time it'll be different.
"So, in like five minutes I'm gonna text Peter that a family emergency has come up and that you'll still be available to come over" Ned explained, holding his hand out towards MJ
'Not a bad Alibi' MJ thought to herself whilst looking at Ned
"Mhm" she mumbled in agreement
"Then, you'll go to his place and hangout and it'll feel more personal since it's just you two which will hopefully make him more uncomfortable" Ned told MJ
"Situations like these usually do" MJ said in agreement
"About thirty minutes to an hour of the way through the hangout, You're gonna say that you have to go to the bathroom, but actually you'll be in his room scouring it for evidence of him being Spider-Man" Ned continued smiling since he was proud of his plan
"This still feels really wrong and highly illegal" MJ brings up
"Nahhhhhhh, im sure it'll be fine" Ned said not very reassuringly, he helped up a thumbs up to MJ who returned it and smiled back to him
"Alright, you should probably message Peter before it's too late" MJ reminds Ned
"Oh.. shit you're right" Ned replies quickly fumbling through his phone
MJ smiled at Ned before replying. "I usually am"
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New York City
Elsewhere a small slippery black substance crawled towards the city. It had slowly dragged it self from San Francisco after its previous host had left it. It had one thing on its mind throughout the journey...
Peter Parker
Back in California where it's old host had magically disappeared, a boy not much older than 17 was seen on the TV. It sensed great power in the boy and wished to bond with him. Perhaps he could be greater and much stronger than Eddie ever was.
Sooner rather than later the symbiote had reached the big sky scrapers of New York City. This is the city where the supposed Spider-Man resided in and performed his "heroic" activities. Due to the symbiotes small weakened form it had taken months to make it here. Hopefully once it got there bonding with Parker would make it return to its strength.
Looking around the city the symbiote noticed the lack of photos plastered around the city of the boy. Back when the symbiote discovered Peters existence he was everywhere around New York. From what the substance had picked up, this 'hero' had his identity leaked however, there was no evidence of this ever happening in New York today.
'Strange' the symbiote thought to itself.
When his identity was leaked the media in New York had chosen to make it obvious to where Peter lived but when the symbiote checked there, there was nothing to be found. It was an empty apartment a 'barren wasteland' if you will.
Due to its enhanced smell the symbiote had managed to track Spider-Man's new location to an apartment just outside of the Rockefeller center.
'After I make my way there, I will bond with him' The symbiote thinks to itself
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Peter
Today was the day
MJ and Ned were coming over
No romance shenanigans
Just friends...
Acquaintances? Or whatever you'd like to call it..
Peter was scared..
He had taken a nap a few hours before they were supposed to come over and had woken up to multiple notifications on his phone from Ned..
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TheFruitCobblerConnoisseur: DUDE!!
TheFruitCobblerConnoisseur: I'm so sorry but I can't make it, family emergency came up
TheFruitCobblerConnoisseur: MJ can still go tho dw
TheFruitCobblerConnoisseur: And again I'm sorry
PeterParker: It's fine, tell MJ she can still come over
TheFruitCobblerConnoisseur: Alr ttyl
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MJ was coming here..
Alone...
In 45 minutes..
'Crap I have nothing prepared and I smell like Tony stark after working in the lab for 85 hours straight' Peter though to himself sniffing the inside of his shirt
Over these few months of living alone Peter had slowly come to the end of his mourning period with Tony. He now only thought about the good memories he was with Tony.. well at least mostly good memories.
Peter launched himself out of his couch almost swinging on the light of his room before realising that was a stupid idea that was bound to get him hurt. He landed on his feet and rushed towards his room. Tank tops are definitely not the correct atire for talking with MJ or anyone for that matter.
He grabbed a Dorky science pun shirt and some jeans and shimmied into them before realising that he should probably shower before putting on his clothes. I mean it would be really counter productive to shower with the clothes you were meant to be wearing afterwards.
Almost half an hour later he had returned from the shower with soaking wet hair messily flowing on his head but he still wasn't done in his rush to make his house slightly more appealing to MJ. He webbed the towel to his body and rushed to the fridge.
The fridge was almost completely empty only having a few snacks left in there. He grabbed them quickly 'this'll do for today' he thought to himself.
'I doubt MJ would care that much about food anyway'
He laid them out before rushing over to grab his clothes. After putting them on he was ready..
Mostly at least...
He looked at the clock in his apartment, he still had a few minutes to spare before she would arrive at his house.
'Phew' Peter thought to himself, a huge weight was lifted off of his shoulder
He sat himself down on his couch awaiting his bell to ring announcing that MJ was here. This might possibly be the most stressful part of Peters life. He had fought aliens and teamed up with alternate universe versions of himself yet a teenage girl was the biggest cause of his anxiety.
How Peter Parker of him
"DING!" The doorbell rang causing peter to scramble out of his couch and run to the door
He twisted the door handle almost taking it out of place to reveal MJ who was standing awkwardly behind his door. Even though he had seen MJ countless times, his jaw always dropped down from her. He really thought she was the one.
Sadly I think the universe had other plans
"Sup loser" She greeted him
She was wearing a simple white t-shirt which had the words "vote for women" on it. This was accompanied by black jeans and some converses. She had a black bag around her shoulder. This was probably the most MJ thing he'd seen this year.. probably because he hasn't seen MJ that much.
"I-uh.. hey" Peter awkwardly responded holding his arms out for a hug
She hugged him back awkwardly. It was more of a hover hands situation. Maybe it was too soon for hugs. They patted each other on the back before releasing each other's hands.
MJ notices they snack bowl next to Peters crappy second hand laptop that was acting as a TV for this hangout. She grabbed a handful of snacks from the bowl and sat herself down on the couch. She put her feet up on the table and signalled for Peter to sit down next to her.
"Nice place" MJ said to him bluntly
"You don't have to lie, I know it's awful" He replies uncharacteristically bluntly
MJ awkwardly chuckled as he sat down next to her. He reached for his laptop and sat it down on his lap so that they both could see it. Peter raised his head and looked at MJ.
"So... what genre of movie would you like to watch" Peter asked
"I'm not picky, but preferably something really sad or something really funny" MJ told him
'Just like what she watched on the plane with Brad' Peter thought to himself
'The universe really wants to watch me suffer'
Peter had scrolled through all of the movies he had access to from May's Netflix account that was somehow... still running. It would likely run out this month since May wouldn't be paying for it.. since she's dead.. Peter had interest in this one romance film called little women. This was picked up on by MJ who smirked at him.
"I knew you were the romance kinda guy" she joked
"W-what no" Peter tried to deny it
"Don't worry I'm cool with romance, let's watch it" MJ reassured him smirking
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MJ
MJ had been sitting with Peter on the couch eagerly gulping chips down her mouth. It had been over an hour since the movie had started and it was time for her to make her move.
She got up from the couch and looked at Peter "Can you pause the movie, I gotta go to the bathroom" MJ lied through her teeth
Peters apartment was very small and probably the cheapest apartment in this apartment complex, most of it was the living room that was combined with a kitchen with his bedroom and bathroom which were opposite to the door. Once she was far enough from the couch she quietly opened the door and entered his room.
His room was surprisingly clean.. MJ wasn't buying it though . She looked under his bed and found clothes brushed under. She smirked at it and moved on to looking for evidence.
His backpack was beside his bed and a book was on resting on his desk. She went to the backpack first since that would probably provide more evidence about his identity. She quietly unzipped it and reached her hand down the backpack.
She felt a soft fabric and pulled it up revealing the red and blue spandex of the hero. MJ smirked knowing that she was right. 'YES' she shouted in her head
Next was the book. It had the words diary crossed out and journal written on the side. She opened it up to see countless entries dating back to October. She flicked though them settling on one to read.
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Dear MJ
I know you'll never read this but I really love you. It pains me to see you at the cafe with Ned. It makes me feel like i should be there. I'm sorry for this short entry but I gotta go...
Sincerely Peter B Parker
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She looked at the book shocked. She continued to flick through all he pages finding out that they were all addressed to her. Some even dating back to before she told Peter her and Ned's name.
'Is this guy stalking me' MJ thought to herself
It was a little hypocritical since Ned and Her literally stalked Peter back trying to find out more about him but MJ didn't realise that at the time. I mean who would?..MJ stepped back from the desk and heard a door opening behind her.
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Peter
MJ was taking especially long for a bathroom break. Peter walked towards the bathroom to ask if she was alright in there but his super hearing picked up pages of a book being flicked in his room. Either MJ was reading a book because she was bored or...
He slammed open the door to find MJ stepping back from his journal. She turned around her jaw slightly open..
"You.... Psycho" She stuttered out
She rushed out of the room pushing past Peter. Peter rushed over to her to tell her that she's not reading the situation right and that she's jumped to conclusions but MJ wasn't listening...
"MJ, Wait I'm not a..." She had already stormed out of the building leaving no trace of her ever being here
"Psycho" he mumbled finishing off his sentence
A small tear slides down his face as he slowly drops down on to the floor. This is definitely not how he wanted life to turn out for him....
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A/N: This is kinda a turning point for this story. Also finally the name makes sense for you readers out there lol
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