Love From Another Universe

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a/n: hey just to clarify, older peter (tobey) other peter (andrew) this world/universe peter (tom). Hope that helps!!

We reach a rooftop of a school. I look over the edge and see a sign that says Midtown High School. Must be their school.

Mj and Ned run over to a teenage boy and hug him. This must be their Peter Parker. "...I'm sorry." Mj whispers to him while pulling out of the hug. "Peter, there's... there's some people here." This world Peter suddenly gets up, "What?" he senses us.

The three of us appear from our shadow on the school tower. This world Peter takes a defensive stance, holding his arm guarding Mj and Ned. "Hey, wait, wait- whoa!" he says as we realizes that the other two Peters are him. I look at them for their reaction, they give him a look saying that they are him.

"Sorry... about May." Older Peter says. "Yeah, sorry. I've got some understanding of what it-" other Peter is interrupted by this worlds Peter, "No. No, no... please don't tell 'em that you know what I'm going through." he says angrily. I understand his anger. The other Peter nods, he looks sad. "She's gone. And it's all my fault. She died for nothing." I understand this feeling.

"I want to do what I should have done in the first place." This world Peter says with a fire in his eyes. He reaches for the box that smh is holding. "Peter-" older Peter says. "Please don't! You don't belong here here, none of you. Those other guys are from your worlds, right." The two other Peter nod at this world Peter.

This universe Peter continues, "So you deal with it. And if they die, if you kill them.. that's on you. It's not my problem. I don't care anymore. I'm done." His tone turns into sincereness, "I'm really sorry that I dragged you into this. But you ha r yo yo home now. Good luck." He continues to reach for the box but Mj pulls it back, not letting him get it. He gives him a look to hear us out.

Older Peter starts first, "My uncle Ben was killed it was my fault." "I lost.." the other Peter starts his story, his voice cracks, "I lost Gwen. My, um... she was my Mj, I couldn't save her. I'm never going to be able to forgive myself for that. But I carried on, tried to, um... try to keep going, try to keep being the uh... that 'Friendly Neighborhood Spiderman,' 'cause I knew that's what she would have wanted. But at some point, I just- I stopped pulling my punches. I got rageful. I got bitter. I just don't want you to end up like.. like me." he finishes.

I know where I saw him now. On the web Miguel showed me, he was the one with the women, Gwen, in the aqua coat. There was a moment of silence, I guess it's my turn.

"Well first I should tell you my name because clearly I'm not a Peter Parker." I say with a chuckle to lighten the mood a little, doesn't work, "y/n my name is y/n. And I lost my universe. I was apart of the Avengers and when we fought Thanos, we lost. Instead of snapping half the universe like yours. H-He snapped the whole universe." I say, tears forming and falling down my face. "I don't know why I survived and maybe I'll never find out, but I-I shut down after that. I continued to do hero stuff but I never tried to create another family like relationship I had with my team because I didn't want to get close to someone just to have them die. I was awk to finally realize it wasn't my fault even though for years that's how it felt." I look over at the other Spidermans, landing at the other one (andrews). Tears in his eyes as well as mine. I finished my story by stepping back to wipe my tears away.

"The night Ben died, I hunted down the man who I though did it, I wanted him dead. I got what I wanted. It didn't make it better. It took me a long time to learn to get through that darkness." Older Peter says to finish our stories.

This world Peter is starting to realize what we are saying. It's not his fault, number one, and two, killing him isn't going to help.