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Peter B. Parker ☢ Spider-Man ([personal profile] stickypete) wrote in [community profile] goneawayworld 2020-07-08 07:55 am (UTC)

[Unless she's seen a certain Spidey maskless in her world, she doesn't know him.]

[And he doesn't know her. In his New York, he's alone, and a world where there are hundreds of heroes - the world Robbie's painted a picture of - seems like an impossible dream. He hasn't thought of the consequences, the conflict, doesn't understand how complicated it could be. All he can be is a little bitjealous.]

[Because sometimes the weight of it is too much. That's why he's hurt people he's cared about too.]

[His parents hadn't been the most religious but they had been a little, so Ben and May had tried to keep that up. May'd even converted when marrying his Uncle Ben, so they had a little grounding. He remembers Ben telling him about a Jewish proverb: "I ask not for a lighter burden, but broader shoulders."]

[He's tired of asking because by now he's a few feet wider than he is tall, and even if his shoulders are broad enough, his spine isn't what it used to be.]

[And that tiredness is visible. He slumps. He projects an air of sadness that's reminiscent of limp 3-day-old pizza. He's found a little hope, thanks to the other spideys, thanks to Miles, but an epiphany isn't a cure-all, especially in a corporate nightmare]

[Despite his appearance and lack of spandex, his voice though. May be possibly familiar due to the occasional team up in her world. Maybe.]

You must be fresh out of the seminary to be preaching that much to the choir.

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