Anomaly (Miguel O'Hara x reader)

Softie

Once I'm up, I ask Lyla to take me to the cafeteria to have a quick breakfast, and then meet up with the crew back at the Go-Home-Machine room which has become our meeting room apparently.

Peter is there, so he finally introduces himself and his daughter Mayday. I'm not a huuuge fan of kids but this one is alright.

Jessica is also there, she takes me aside to properly introduce herself and go over some details.

She tells me she initially wanted to be my mentor, which makes me feel super honored and at the same time confused because she's never seen me in action so she has no way of knowing if I'm any good.

That's when I'm told that when I was being monitored she saw I had a lot of potential but apparently Miguel already claimed me as his apprentice.

I take the chance to ask her about him, and why he didn't join us today.

"Ah he's off in his cave monitoring the multiverse you know?" She says in a sigh, shaking her head as she smiles. "That Miguel is always working his ass off, taking everything so seriously. Sometimes I wish he lived a little." She chuckles.

"I've noticed everyone here say he's like super grumpy and angry all the time... it kinda scares me that he's gonna be not only my boss but also my mentor?" I say hoping I didn't mess up.

Jessica laughs loudly. "Ah yes he's a grumpy one, but deep down... deep deep deep deep down, he's got a huge heart."

She sees me raising an eyebrow at her and develops further "I mean look at this place, all of the spider people recruited? He can't say no to them. He wants all of them to know they're not alone, even if he doesn't have time to do it himself, he built this place specifically for us to help each other. He's a bit obsessive with the whole cannon event disruption and all that, but he's doing all of this for others, so that we don't end up like-"

She stops, I know she didn't mean it in a bad way but its evident what she was gonna say.

"I- I'm sorry, I didn't mean to..." she apologizes quickly.

"It's alright. I understand" I say, "You're right, I hadn't really thought about it, it's kinda sad we all make fun of him, you know, Miguel"

"Well we are Spider-Mans, it's kind of our thing to make fun of boring people who are no fun." Gwen comes up to us and places a hand on my shoulder. "How are you doing?" She looks at me worriedly.

I cover her hand with mine and reassure her that I'm okay.

After all that crying yesterday I think I let it all out for now.

Then I remember Miguel kind of held me for hours and then stayed in my room guarding my sleep and I get a big mix of emotions.

I'm extremely grateful that he was there for me.

I also feel like a burden, man probably didn't want to comfort some crying rando and doze off on an armchair instead of going home and sleeping in his bed comfortably.

There's also a queasy feeling like something was set off last night.

And lastly there's... yearning. I wanna see him, I want him to hold me again. I'm just gonna be ignoring that for now.

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The day goes by. We travel to three different dimensions, take care of several anomalies and it's the most fun I've had in a very long time.

We all make an amazing team together, but especially with Hobie, I have this incredible connection. It's like we communicate without words, we make combined attacks and are in perfect sync.

At the end of the day, Jess decides she will be sending us together on separate missions from the crew, seeing I don't need any extra support, I can start working officially right away.

The fact that my partner is Hobie makes it even more thrilling. I feel like this guy and I are gonna become besties.

I don't see Miguel all day, which is kind of sad but also relieving, because it would be embarrassing to see him after crying myself to sleep in his arms last night.

I am however, waiting for him to tell me when we can start researching on the mysterious disappearance of my dimension.

That subject is much more pressing that my embarrassment, so I make a decision to look for him after dinner.

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I'm at the door to his cave when I decide it can definitely wait until tomorrow. I don't know why I thought that telling him right before closing time was a good idea. He probably just wants to go home, since he's off night duty this hole week.

Just when I'm about to turn around, the door of the cave thing slides open, and I am face to face (or should I say face to boob, man is tall) with Miguel.

I look up to him raising an eyebrow at me. "Did you... need anything?" He asks a bit confused.

"I was- I was about to leave haha." I point the other way and start turning when I see him frown at me questioningly.

"I just... wanted to ask when I- when we can start researching. You know? About my dimension and all" I really should've planned this out better.

His shoulders drop and he sighs, "Unfortunately I don't have much time lately, I promise I will let you know when I do so we can both find out how it happened." He walks out and into the corridors, making me follow. "Believe me, I want to know as badly as you" he says in a somber tone.

I hum in agreement, not really knowing what to say, I just keep walking with him.

"So... ahem-" he clears his throat "Are you... feeling better?" He asks cautiously.

I feel myself blush so I don't turn to look at him.

"Ah! Yes, I'm okay. I'm very sorry about last night... you were- you didn't have to- I mean, thank you" I stumble over my words. Real smooth y/n.

He chuckles softly beside me as he comes to a halt before the elevator door. "Don't worry about it, as I said yesterday, I want to do what I can to help." He turns to face me, pressing the elevator button behind him. "We're the only ones who have gone through something like that so... we should stick together."

I nod. There's a lump in my throat and it's hard for me to swallow.

"Alright then... goodnight" he looks down at me a bit worriedly "If you need anything, please let me know."

"Yes, I will" (I won't) "Thanks again, really." I smile a little.

"Hasta mañana" he says softly, and pats my shoulder awkwardly before getting in the elevator.

I realize I have no idea how to get to my dorm.

"Um... Lyla?"