Bad Reputation ━ peter parker [1]

𝐶ℎ𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑒𝑟 𝑒𝑖𝑔ℎ𝑡

CHAPTER EIGHT
Well That's New

Laying on her bed with her eyes closed, Eve felt a slightly comforting weight plop itself on top of her. "Well hello." She laughed.

"You look like you need a hug." Peter told her.

Eve scrunched up her nose and narrowed her eyes at him, pushing him off of her, then he brought her into an extremely tight hug.

"Hey, so how do you do the shadow portal things? Like do you do breathing or..."

"No, it just sort of happens and I mean I do breathe technically, otherwise I'd be dead." Eve told him.

"Oh, okay." He nodded his head. "Hey, can you come with me to talk to Dr. Connors?"

"Didn't you say he doesn't work on certain days..." Eve reminded. Her eyes went wide and she shook her head. "No, I am not going to a scientist's house just because you want me to—"

"Come on! Please." He pouted.

Eve glared and groaned but finally agreed. "If this goes south, I'm placing all the blame on you." Eve told him.

A grin appeared on Peter's face and he shrugged, not caring. The two took their skateboards to Connors' house and Peter anxiously rang the doorbell. It took a minute and Eve was starting to regret going.

Dr. Connors opened the door. "Dr. Connors. You don't remember me or know her, I uh..."

"You're the intern from the other day. I'm sure you're a very nice young man, but this is a home. I'll ask you to make an appointment with my office."

Before Connors could walk away completely, Peter added, "I'm Richard Parker's son."

Dr. Connors stopped and turned to look closely at Peter. "Peter?"

Peter nodded, "this is Eve. I made her come with me." He laughed nervously.

Dr. Connors nodded and said hello to Eve and invited them inside. Peter asked about his parents. But as Dr. Connors made a drink, he said, "I'm afraid I can't help you much, Peter. I don't know why they left or where they were going." He told Peter, accidentally knocking the cup over the counter. Fortunately, Peter managed to catch the cup before it could fall to the floor. "Good reflexes."

Eve put her hands in her pockets as Peter handed Connors his cup. Peter slid Eve her cup of coffee. "I read your book. It's something, you know. So you really think it's possible, cross-species genetics?"

"Yes, of course. But for years, your father and I were mocked for our theories. Not just in the community at large, but at Oscorp as well. They called us mad scientists. And then your father bred the spiders, and everything changed. The results were beyond encouraging. They were spectacular." Dr. Connors explained, waving the cup in his hand lightly. "We were gonna change the lives of millions. Including my own. Then it was over. He... he was gone."

Eve remembered when her mom told her about the Parkers passing away in the plane crash. May had explained all that she could to Lisa, including how herself and Ben would be taking care of Peter, and Lisa always offered to help. That's when Eve and Peter hung out a lot more, and shortly after they became attached to one another. Before then, they only talked when they were in elementary school classes and when they were both brought to the hospital because of Lisa & May (when she would take care of him once in a while).

"Took his research with him." Connors continued. "And I knew without him, I... I was angry. So I stayed away from you and your family. And for that, I'm truly sorry. You know, now that I think about it, Eve, I met your mother before... she had to 'scrub in' per se one day at Oscorp. I never met your father though." Dr. Conors carried on.

Peter looked conflicted, deep in thought. "Say... say it worked. Say you got it to work. How much would the foreign species take over? What could the side effects be?"

"It's hard to say, considering no subject survived. The problem was always—"

"The decay rate algorithm?" Peter guessed, making Eve look at him, confused. Connors looked shocked that Peter knew that, leading to Peter asking if he could use a pencil and paper. He started scribbling down formulas and signs, confusing the shit out of Eve.

Dr. Connors looked at it in surprise, "extraordinary. How did you come up with this?" He asked. A short laugh escaped Peter and he tapped the pencil to his temple. "Peter, how would you feel about coming to see me at the Tower, Eve you are more than welcome to join, one day after school." He offered.

Peter nodded eagerly whereas Eve refrained. The two teenagers left the house and got on their skateboards, going to the old shipyard.

"So, are you gonna go to the Tower?" Peter asked Eve eagerly.

Eve sighed, shaking her head. "That stuff is your thing." Eve told him.

They sat on the roof of one of the old buildings and Peter looked at Eve. His eyes kept darting from her lips to her eyes.

"I think my dad's name that he told me when I 'died' was an alias. I don't think his last name is Doyle and I don't think his first name is Reid."

"Well then, what's your dad's name?"

Eve grinned, grabbing her notepad, showing him the name. "Mom told me that he had brown hair, but he dyed it once before he died on a dare from my mom for it to be dirt blond. And apparently he was a soldier and managed to survive for decades."

"And his name is... Bucky Barnes?"

Eve nodded, "so I did some research and found out some cool stuff about him. He was in the Howling Commandos; his best friend, Steve Rogers, died in action in the war." She rambled. Eve finally looked at Peter and realised he was somewhat distracted. "Why are you looking at me like that?" Eve questioned.

For once, Peter didn't overthink something. He just softly kissed her. After a few seconds, he slowly pulled away from her. Then the realisation hit him and he went to apologise, but she kissed him before he could say anything.

"So..." Peter trailed off.

"Yeah." Eve nodded.

"Sure you don't wanna go to the Tower?" Peter asked again.

Eve scoffed, shaking her head with a smile. "Vigilante business." She answered.

Both teenagers looked back at the view ahead of them, staring into the cityscape.

Surprise!! Yes, I did an alternate version of Bucky (+ explanation for the fake name in the death thing in act one)

And they kissed!!!

Okay, bye!