>>>> (Narrator POV) <<<<
After all the trouble with canons, Spot, murderous alternate versions of Miles, intrigue and failed romances, and a belated introduction of the second genre, finally the spiderverse was at peace. Miles, after a few months of processing everything that happened to him, he agreed to join Miguel's "fan club" (he growled at the young man when he heard those same words).
The only real reason Miles didn't throw in the towel in the days and weeks following all the trouble in the multiverse was because of his new friends. Forgiving Gwen and Peter was complicated beyond imagination. Gwen was his first crush, she was his friend. Peter was his mentor, he watched his transformation into Spider-Man.
Hobie was the one who helped in the process, he stayed by Miles almost the entire time. A week after Spot was defeated, Miles's father safe and sound (and in the process his parents learned his second identity), the town cleared, and his first heat finished, Miles emerged in the middle of Hobie's room with a wet face in tears and trembling. It was on that night that Miles realized that Hobie was actually an omega, the calming scent of the larger one was what stabilized his uncontrolled and sensitive senses.
Both didn't even notice when it became routine. When Miles' mind was still in shambles, he slept curled up against Hobie's chest, absorbing as much of his purring as possible, his calming smell, sometimes he woke up from a nightmare during the night, and at no time did Hobie judge him or pushed him away. When Miles' mind was strong again, he slept with Hobie in his arms, stroking the unruly but soft strands, his scent an answer to Hobie's purring.
Those who watched the two were shocked.
Hobie was the anarchy, the paradigm shift, against consistency, in everyone's view an "alpha class A" (nobody but Miguel, Gwen, Miles, Pavitr, Peter B and Issa knew he was an omega). But next to Miles he was different. Hobie sat next to the young man, any and every opportunity he was touching him, their patterns only varied between pink and their normal colors.
"- I brought what you like, love."
"- Here's your coat, you shouldn't go out in the cold without it, little sunflower."
They were two of the countless phrases that Hobie released near Miles leaving Pav, Gwen and Peter more than shocked: Hobie was watching over Miles!
Miles, on the other hand, was finding himself. He had his gender presented during his imprisonment with his evil version, after being free, Peter just injected two doses of inhibitors into his body and they left to fight. After all this passed, his nature came out with full force, it was 4 days feeling his body change. After that he ran to Hobie. He didn't understand the "why" he had done that, Miles just followed what his instinct was screaming for Hobie. He talked about it with his mother, after all she was his mother and nurse.
During snacks at the HQ, Miles sometimes fed Hobie, he knew the punk had some problems with food, it was Miles' discreet way of encouraging him to eat; during the meetings between the 4 friends in land 1610, Miles dressed Hobie with his blouses or big and warm coats, thus making the oldest smell like Miles;
The small incident during one of these encounters was ignored for the most part: They were in the park, Hobie sitting under a shade tree idly strumming his antique guitar, Gwen lying nearby, both of them laughing at Miles and Pavitr's sparring match on the swing. A couple (totally drunk at 3pm) appeared from behind the tree, the blond man practically snatched the guitar from Hobie's hands and threw it on the grass, while the red-haired woman sat on his lap and tried to kiss him. Gwen barely had time to react, in an instant Miles was holding the couple by the wrists and throwing them away on the grass, the growl in his chest made everyone shiver.
- Stay away from him!
Time seemed frozen: the couple on the ground disoriented, Gwen gaping still sitting on the grass without reaction and Pav torn between helping the drunks and watching Miles kneel next to Hobie, wrapping his arms around him and murmuring something in his ear, perhaps calming him down (Hobie on the other hand was shaking, something in his eyes said he wasn't getting this reaction from two drunk assholes, but something from the past).
Each day they could see their two friends getting closer, those days turned into weeks, which turned into months, and when least expected, 8 months had already passed since all the problems in the spiderverse. Gwen, Pav and Peter watched their two friends, it was obvious what the result of that would be, until something strange happened: Hobie and Miles disappeared for almost two weeks and returned without giving answers to anyone, even under pressure from Miguel. Again this was ignored, it would do no good to put pressure on them.
But what couldn't be ignored was Hobie's strange behavior a month later.
The first person to notice the change was Pavitr. It was Pav and Hobie's weekly get-together, they sat down, sometimes they did their hair and talked about their lives, most of the time they drank Pav's grandmother's medicinal tea. This time Hobie didn't look well, his face pale and his movements sluggish, the tea seemed to bring the relief the punk needed. Without any warning Pav felt his friend snuggle into his shoulder and he was asleep almost instantly. That afternoon Gwen received a barrage of messages and photos of Pav almost in a panic not understanding the punk's actions.
A week later the HQ was almost blown up.
The 5 (6 with Mayday) were at the cafeteria, each one had individual missions and finally time cooperated for everyone to meet. Laughter, lively words and food, the table was lively. All was going well until Pavitr placed a thermos on the table and opened it, and in the blink of an eye Hobie was throwing up in the nearest trash can... and then collapsed on the floor in a faint.
Miguel could see the huge commotion through the screens and a headache forming.
- Stop the scandal and take him to the infirmary soon!!
5 minutes later the commotion was transferred from the cafeteria to the ward: Hobie still unconscious on the stretcher being scanned, on the other side of the glass in the room Pavitr was being comforted by Gwen for thinking that his tea had "killed" his best friend and Peter trying to stop it the young alpha stressed from breaking into the exam room. It was the sound of Miguel clearing his throat that silenced everyone.
- Well... Lyla already know what happened? In all the time I've known Hobie he's never been sick.
Instantly the orange figure appeared with a shocked expression on its face.
- Well?
The AI's silence was maddening, Miles would repeat the question until she decided to speak.
- Hobie is... pregnant?
........
- Redo.
- Miguel-
- Retake the exam, now!!
10 seconds later.
- The result is the same, before you arrived I had already redone everything 5 times: Hobie is pregnant! A little more than 4 weeks (1 month) ... oh, he's waking up—
- Great, I'll talk to—
- You're not going in there!
The whole room froze looking at Miles.
- What?
The boy was serious, every posture showed that he was ready to fight and his scent showed his jealousy and anger.
- You won't go near Hobie! Do not you dare!
Anger was starting to bubble up in Miguel's chest until he realized—
- Who does the child's DNA match, Lyla?
- ...
- LYLA!
- ... Miles Morales.
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Hobie is... what? (Versão em inglês)
RomanceGwen, Pav and Peter watched their two friends, it was obvious what would be the result of the countless interactions between them, until something really strange happened: Hobie and Miles disappeared for almost two weeks and came back without giving...