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[webcrawler]

All right, I can't say I'm not sort of happy my story's sticking with you.

[Peter's found a pen to fidget with, so there's some tipping it back and forth. Spinning it between his fingers when spidey reflexes and coordination finally match up.]

That's the cool thing about super heroes, right? It's, like-- universal. Even if the journey involves turning into-- well. Part spider, you can still identify with some of the--

[There's no better word for it.]

-- tropes. No matter who you are, you can want to save the world. Or have to. Okay, no, only some people have to.

[He ducks his head with a small, nervous chuckle.]

Sorry. Sorry. I'm not good at this.

[ooc: maaay churn out some spoilers in comments depending on who says hi.]

Comments

ahah ahm. so tracking the marvel tag was a bad idea cause hi :B spoilers maybe

[introuble]

Already calling yourself a super hero, huh?

[ yes yes she knows, there is a promise that was made that may or may not still need to be kept, but. it's pretty much impossible to avoid talking to a flustered Peter. it's like this impulse thing, she has no control over it. ]

if by 'bad' you mean 'best'

[webcrawler]

[Peter would know nothing about impulses. Absolutely nothing. Don't even dare suggest he's ever given into one at any moment in the past. Crazy talk.]

Oh-- hey. No, I mean. [More flustered and definitely not meeting her eyes when he talks to her.]

I'm not even really a hero. It's just the terminology.

:D!

[introuble]

I disagree. [ she's chewing her lip before she says anything more, because maybe she shouldn't even go here. maybe it's better to ignore what she knows and try and steer the conversation to that 'safe' place. the one where she has no idea who he is beyond Peter Parker, and what he's done. ]

I think you were always kind of a hero. In a-- subtle way. You know, like in the ways that a high school kid can be. Super just makes it sound like something else entirely. [ something unreal, impossible, fiction. fabricated. and there's nothing fabricated about Peter's bravery. ]

also bear with me as I try to figure out his speech patterns

[webcrawler]

[Like that first time they really started to talk-talk to each other, rather than him thinking about talking to her and listening to her debate, but never actually doing anything about it. You know, when he had that maybe-concussion. Or something.

Hehe.

Heh. Ah, to go back to those innocent days of just almost having his skull cracked.]

Well. Um.

[He tries to come up with words. He really does. But remember how good he is at that? He ends on a garbled:]

Thanks. Thank you. That means... a lot.

o7 I'm still figuring out Gwen, so, all good.

[introuble]

You're welcome.

[ said with amusement because its always kind of funny how honesty can make a person bashful. and Peter certainly delivers on that front. ..not! not that she finds other people's embarrassment enjoyable! she's not so mean. but with Peter, it's different. it's different because he has this smile, right, this thing where all he has to do is smile and it twists up her brain in a way that makes it impossible to think straight.

so yeah, if her honesty makes him stammer just the same- she'll take it. ]

So... how have you been, hero?

Spoilers are fine

[like_a_gerbil]

Actually, no one has to. Even if they're given a chance to, some people won't do what's right.

Cool!

[webcrawler]

[Who's this guy?]

Okay. I see what you're saying-- hear what you're saying. But they should if they can. Even if it's not something big. You won't see me ever looking down on someone for saving a cat from a tree. If that's even a real thing that happens anymore.

[Whatever. No matter who the guy is, Peter plans on doing the usual. Being awkward, and trying to make points.]

[like_a_gerbil]

They should, but some people don't care enough or respect the gifts they've been given enough to do the right thing.

[He grins at the cat comment since Tony still hasn't quite forgiven him for bringing home the one he'd saved.] Yeah, rescuing cats from trees still happens. I did it last week. Sometimes dealing with HYDRA is easier than saving cats.

[webcrawler]

Hydra...?

[like_a_gerbil]

HYDRA was group I fought during the war. It's...complicated. [And most of it is classified.] They were part of Hitler's regime but their leader broke off to try to take over the world. He thought he should be a god because he was given the super soldier serum. [At least most of that had been in the comic books so he isn't actually giving away key details.]

[webcrawler]

[This sounds like crazy man talk, but Peter wisely decides not to outright argue against it. Hitler was pretty terrible. Why wouldn't he have a secret team of-- never mind.

He fought a giant lizard-man.

This actually isn't that weird. Heh.]

So. Looking at our flag, they didn't win, right?

[like_a_gerbil]

My team and I stopped him. Or I hope we did. There's hasn't been any trace of him since then.

There's a few a few HYDRA agents left. They're laying low for now but I figure now that I'm in the papers again - [He grimaces at both the idea of HYDRA attacking innocent people again and the publicity he's seemed to pick up.] - they'll be taking shots at me.

You'll have to be careful. Being in the public eye means you'll get enemies even if you are just doing the right thing.

[webcrawler]

[Is this the 'meta' stuff his mun was talking about? He'd tried to come up with some scientific and logical approach to being a fictional character, but then gave up on that almost immediately. Because you know what's cool? Not questioning one's existence. Leading with grace. You know. Shit Peter's not that great at.]

That's why I wear a mask. Ah-- sir.

[He hasn't always worn one when he should have. Oh. Well.]

[thegrimheaper]

Superhero? Is that what you think of yourself as?

[webcrawler]

[Dammnit. Second person to bring this up. And now Peter's feeling a wee bit exposed.]

No. Neither. I'm just doing the right thing. Most of the time.

[Responsibility, yadda yadda, movie quotes.]

[thegrimheaper]

"The right thing." A factor of a set of particular morals and a compulsion to act on them.

Right?