bitten and smitten; byler

one

It had only been two weeks since Will was bitten by that spider, he was still figuring out the cool things he could do each day.

At this current moment, he was sat at the edge of a tall building, staring at the city hidden by the fog and rain. The view was peaceful and beautiful, making everyone look tiny, like ants.

Suddenly, he heard shouting coming from the alley below. Will dropped down into the chaos, landing on the hard floor in front of a group of five people. It was a group of boys picking on a stick boy with pale skin and raven hair.

"What's going here?" Will spoke smoothly, trying to sound cool.

"Oh, who do we have here? Spider-boy," a tall fit boy yelled, looking like a bossy type student.

Will lifted his hand and stretched his fingers into a fist. "Wow. Funny." He punched the boy clean in the nose, flicking the blood from his nose off his hand.

Another stooge tried to attack him, and soon it became four against one. After knocking down the leader, Will thought they'd leave him alone.

He punched the last one in the gut, making him fall to the ground. That made them run. Will breathed out a heavy breath and turned to the boy, tilting his head slightly. The boy looked familiar, but some people do that. Will stepped closer, and then it hit him.

'Michael Wheeler!'

Will soon realized he was staring and spoke up. "Are you alright? You look pretty beat up." Will reached out to touch his face.

"Now I am, thank you," Mike spoke carefully, his voice barely there.

"Uhm- you're welco- How did you get into this situation.....?" Will paused for a name, pretending not to know the boy in front of him.

"Mike Wheeler. And uhh almost everyone hates me. I'm used to it. Do you have a name- a superhero name?" Mike spoke slowly, trying not to lose his voice completely.

"Superhero? A name?" Will was confused because a lot of people called him 'spider-boy,' and it didn't really flow well to him.

"Well, yeah! You saved me from those dickheads just then! You're my superhero!" Mike tried not to smile, he was very thankful for the short boy in front of him.

Will rolled his eyes. "I don't have one. This isn't a like full-time 'job' or something."

Both boys went silent for a moment before Mike spoke. "Spiderman! I mean- I assume you're not a boy anymore!" Mike joked with a smile.

"What? Yeah, I am a man, good fucking observation." Will sounded really annoyed, well- he was.

"I wouldn't have known, you're really short." Mike chuckled lightly.

Will rolled his eyes. "No, you're just tall."

Mike smirked. "I have to go, bye, Spiderman." He walked down the alleyway before turning around. "I hope too see you around!" He winked at Will before disappearing into the mist.

'Spiderman' Will thought as he spun slowly in a circle, analyzing his surroundings.

Will liked it. It had a ring to it. He smiled and flung himself into the air. He should be home soon. Max called him a few minutes after he got into the air. This caught Will by surprise as they hadn't spoken since Friday.

"Max? Hi, how are you?" Will asked, swung onto another building, nearly falling to his death.

"Great- where are you? It's very noisy," Max questioned, concern filling her voice.

Will paused mid-air, realizing the wind rushing past him made communication difficult. "Sorry about that, I'm just swinging around in the city."

'Shit! Why did I say that?' He thought, mentally slapping himself.