CARDIGAN, jegulus spider-man! au

"easy, bug boy."

CW: just regulus and sirius' parents being cunts. only mentioned, nothing graphic. it's there for like one sentence

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when james got bit by a spider, he never thought he'd end up with powers, let alone using them to fight. he goes out every night and fights, trying to find a sense of what to do with his new skill.

maybe he looked a little too hard, though. you know, considering he's currently fighting a giant lizard.

he swings along the side of a bridge, shooting webs to prevent cars with people inside from falling over the side. he's managed to get a few good hits at the lizard, but he has no fucking clue what it even is, much less how it is.

"help! my kids trapped!"

james looks over to where the yelling came from to see a man looking over the edge of the bridge where the cars are hanging. he pauses, contemplating what to do. he looks away from the man back to the lizard and is confused when he sees it juzt...crawling away. not attacking anymore.

what the hell?

"please! someone help!"

james springs into action, quickly swinging himself over to the car the man is looking at. he lands on it and peeks his head inside to see a little boy, no older then 10 sitting in the backseat.

"hey buddy, it's okay," james comforts, trying to console the terrified kid. the kid looks at him and his eyes go wide with panic as he starts screaming at him to get away.

james rips his mask off, showing the kid that he's not a monster and it seems to help because the kid stops yelling. james holds out his mask, "hold onto this for me?"

the kid nods.

"what's your name?" james asks, looking around and spotting a backpack with a name written on the front, "jack?"

"yes."

"alright, jack. let's get you out of here," james says, carefully moving until he can semi-reach him, holding his hand out, "be very still, okay? i'm gonna undo your seatbelt, and i want you to hold onto the seat. ready? 1,2,3."

james grabs a hold of jack, who's smiling a little bit at being able to listen to what he was told.

"you did so good! that wasn't so bad, was it? okay, i'm-,"

james is cut off by the car dropping down suddenly. he quickly sticks his hand up towards the bridge and shoots a web, connecting him and jack to it. jack is back to screaming now, and james honestly wants to, as well.

"hey, c'mon. you're okay, i got you. i'm gonna take you back up," james says softly, making sure his grip is tight on him before pushing off the car, sending both of them flying towards the bridge. james passes jack off to his dad, who's waiting with open arms.

"you're okay, you're okay," he's saying over and over, face presses into jacks hair. he looks over at james, and speechlessly stares at him for a moment.

"who are you?"

who is he?

"i'm spider-man."

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james meets up with regulus at lunch the next day and they go outside to the football field and sit high up on the bleachers. sirius is with his boyfriend, remus, so james doesn't feel bad about ditching him. regulus has so many questions about the spiders, and james is happy to indulge him. they spend the whole time talking.