Just Another Day in the Life of Peter Parker

Forget-Me-Knots (Spoilers for NWH)

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AU where May doesn't die, but she was in a coma. Grab some tissues, y'all :D

Beep. Beep. Beep.

What was that beeping noise and why was it so loud?

Beep. Beep. Beep.

Were those voices she could here? Where was she? 

Beep. Beep. Beep.

Her fingers twitched. What happened?

"Did she just move?"

That voice was familiar.

"May?"

"May!"

"May, wake up!"

May's eyes snapped open, but she didn't see where she was. Memories of what happened flooded her mind. Peter. Peter, with his brown eyes filled with pain, blood and dirt smeared over his face and his sweaty curls gripped harshly in the tight grasp of...

"Norman! Peter, Peter where is he, where's Norman, Happy- where am I? Where-" Someone grabbed May's arm gently, cutting her off as he pulled her into a hug.

"You're okay," Happy whispered, stroking her hair. "You were in a coma, and then you died for about ten minutes but then they brought you back. You're back."

May pulled back, looking up at Happy. She squeezed his hand tightly, surprising him with how much strength she had. "Peter. Is Peter okay? And Osborn, Norman Osborn. What happened to them?"

Happy gave her a quizzical look. "Norman's gone back home, they fixed him but..." he trailed off, his eyes flicking across his face. "Who's Peter?"

May's eyes widened, then she slapped him on the arm. "Don't joke with me! Peter, my nephew." Her face fell when Happy looked at the nurses with a worried glance. "Happy... please tell me he's okay. I-I promised Mary- I-" She swallowed at the lump in her throat. "Happy."

He sat beside her bed, taking her hand. "May... you don't have a nephew. Peter doesn't exist."

It was like her insides had plummeted to the core of the Earth. From the concerned look of the nurses and Happy, he wasn't joking. No one knew who Peter was. Her nephew. "You don't you don't know Peter?" May laughed, but it was laced with hysteria. "Happy he was on the news! His face was everywhere!" She pulled him close and whispered into his ear. "He's Spider-Man!"

Happy pulled away, putting his hand on her forehead. "You must've had a dream when you were in the coma. That's normal, right?" asked, turning to the nurses for confirmation. They nodded and he turned back to her. "It was all a dream. You don't have a nephew, okay?"

"No. No, no no-" May ran her hands over her face, trying to calm herself down. "This wasn't a dream, Happy, it was, it was real- I... I raised him, with Ben- we- we had larb, he loved larb, Ned and MJ... Ned and MJ, I need Ned and MJ! My phone, Happy get me my phone, I have to have pictures somewhere-" Happy handed her her phone and she unlocked it, scrolling through her gallery. There was silence for several minutes as May scrolled rapidly through her phone, her eyes darting across the screen. Slowly, her thumb began to slow down and her eyes went blank as they started to shine with tears. "They're... they're not here," she said thickly, dropping her hands in her lap. It was like he was a dream, a faded memory. But Peter was real. She knew he was. He had to be.