(AG)Spiderman x Reader | Whole Again

Chapter 9: Trust

After tying the last knot around Spider-Man's wrists, you stood up and dusted off your hands. You walked up to the the pretend Spider-Man and crossed your arms. "What now? Do we wait till he wakes up? Mabe we should prepare some questions for him..." you mumbled.

"We should unmask him," they replied quickly.

You looked up at them confused. "Are you sure that's a good idea?" you asked. The impostor looked back at you. "Why wouldn't it be?" they asked. "Unless you still have doubts that I'm not the copycat." You sighed, shaking your head and denying his claims. But you still had an itching feeling in the back of your mind that something wasn't right.

In the corner of your eye you saw Spider-Man moving. He slowly looked up as he awoke from his coma. "Y/n!" he frantically called out. "Don't even try, copycat. I already know you're the fake," you said, placing your hands on your hips. "What? Did you ask him for the code word?" Spider-Man replied.

"Wh-... you know about the code word?"

"Of course I do! I'm the real Spider-Man!"

"Don't listen to him Y/n. Of course he'd try to convince you he's the real one. He's terrified of what we'll do to him," the impostor said quietly, just loud enough for you to hear. "What we'll do to him? What do you mean?" You whispered back. "Y/n, come on! It's me! I don't know how to prove it to you but you have to believe me!"

"He's trying to trick you. Don't fall for it."

"The only one trying to trick you is the faker standing beside you."

"BOTH OF YOU SHUT UP FOR A SECOND!" you yelled in frustration, trying to wrap your head around things. "Both of you knew there was a code word, so the code word obviously didn't work... Tell me something only Spider-Man would know," you instructed. The Spider-Man standing beside you went first. "The first time we met is when you were being chased by that robber."

The other Spider-Man, tied down to a chair quickly refuted with, "You have a Spider-Man plushie on your bed!" The impostor countered him by saying they knew you had a bunch of posters of Spider-Man in your room. You couldn't deny the awkwardness you felt as they pointed out your obsession but you decided to ignore it. The tied down Spidey said that you've only known each other for about a week.

"I told you about Gwen Stacy!" the impostor cried. Spider-Man froze up at the mention of his dead girlfriend's name. "What did you say?" He whispered. The impostor turned to you so they were looking you in the eye. "I told you about how I let her die, and how I'd never be able to forgive myself," they said.

"I don't know how he knows that, any of that, but listen to me Y/n. You can not trust him!"

"Let's take off his mask. See how well he continues lying when we look him in the eye," the impostor suggested. Spider-Man looked at the impostor first, then at you. He could tell that you were actually considering the proposal. "Y/n?" he mumbled. "Sorry copycat. if you didn't want me unmasking you, you shouldn't have been posing as Spider-Man in the first place," you said.

You walked up to him, then bent down slightly, slowly reaching for his mask. Before you got a hold of it, Spider-Man had one more thing to say. "Ask him about the photo!" he cried. You looked at him confused. "What photo?"

"The photo you took of me that forced me to resurface. Ask him what I was doing in that photo." You scoffed and stood up straight. "If you have any ounce of a doubt in your mind. A sliver, a hair, an atom of doubt in your mind, just ask him." Your arms folded over themselves as you gave the tied down Spidey a skeptical look.

Then you turned around and asked the impostor a simple enough question. "What were you doing in the photo?" you inquired. The impostor crossed their arms, mimicking you. "I was sitting on a statue," they replied confidently.