spider-man / luke hemmings

dix

you won't ever be alone
wait for me to come home
Photograph - Ed Sheeran

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It had been a long night for Luke, It seemed that everything had gone wrong. He had dealt with multiple robberies, quite a few pub fights, which were his least favourite - dealing with middle aged drunk men, no thank you.

There was always a lot of criminal activity, and it drove Luke insane because it was usually just people who had had way too much to drink and thought they were being funny - much like the current night.

By about three thirty in the morning Luke had had enough. He started to head home, stopping a couple of car crashes and breaking up a few fights on the way, you know, the usual thing for an eighteen year old boy with super powers to do in the early hours of the morning.

Luke was extremely exhausted and so was hardly paying attention to his surroundings, as he got closer to home all he could think about was his bed, so when someone called out to him he nearly jumped out of his skin.

"What do you think you're doing?"

Shit was the first thing that went through his mind. Luke stopped in his tracks. He had climbed onto the balcony that surrounded the first floor of his uni halls quite a few times in order to sneak into his room without being noticed, but he had never been caught before. Strictly speaking the students weren't supposed to use the balcony, but then why would they make it that their windows opened wide enough to allow them easy access?

Luke kept his back to the voice and stayed in the shadows, not wanting to give himself away. He knew for a fact that the voice belonged to Tamsyn, mainly due to the fact that he now had amazing hearing, but also due to always sitting next to her during lectures.

"I'm taking a shortcut?" Luke replied, changing the pitch of his voice slightly, he really didn't think he could deal with her knowing his 'little secret'.

"Oh really?" responded Tamsyn, "To me it looks like you're trying to break in, maybe I should call the police..."

"No, no, no, please don't do that!" Luke pleaded. It was then that he turned around, moving towards Tamsyn and out of the shadows. She stumbled back. She was clutching her phone, barefoot, while wearing an oversized zip-up hoodie over a short, black dress. It looked as if she had not long come back from a night out.

"The police, er, really don't like me at the moment..." explained Luke as he reached up to scratch the back of his head, offering Tamsyn a half smile, though he doubted she could tell through his mask.
Tamsyn stared at Luke for a few seconds, looking him up and down before:

"You-You're Spider-Man."

Luke stood there for a minute, just staring. He was desperately trying to stop himself from coming out with a sarky comment. He had a fair few that he was trying to hold back such as: "Well fuck me sideways, am I really??" and "What do you mean I'm Spider-Man, what are you talking about??" He eventually replied with a sensible answer.

"The one and only." He said as he shrugged his shoulders half-heartedly. Tamsyn shook her head, as if she was trying to make sense of the situation.

"What are you doing here?" Luke fidgeted awkwardly.

"I told you, I'm taking a shortcut."

"So you live around here?"

"Er yeah nearby..." Tamsyn looked at him curiously.

"Do you live in this building?" Luke was taken aback, and it took him a few seconds to recollect himself, he knew she was smart, but he didn't realise she would figure that out so quickly.