A SPIDER DANGLED from its web in front of the open apartment window, which gave a perfect view of the One World Trade Center on the city skyline. The morning sunlight beamed into the room, enveloping the somewhat dim abode.
Beside the window was a small bookshelf, and on top of it were three picture frames. One was of Y/N's mother, Aubrey, and his father, Michael, with a five-year-old Y/N. The other was of the school science fair in 2016, where Y/N, Peter, Gwen, Ned, and MJ posed with the boys' certificates. The last photo was of Y/N, MJ, and Harry on the ESU campus lawn, smiling for a self-portrait taken by Y/N.
Passing by a wall containing the up-to-date October 2029 calendar and photos of the Brooklyn Bridge and Empire State Building, there was another shelf containing comics, DVDs, and a withering plant. Beside it was another framed picture of Y/N with May Parker and his half-sister, Anya L/N, at F.E.A.S.T, which had been taken a few months ago.
A small table beside it was scattered with scraps of paper, pens, tape, and other various instruments. An open notebook displayed sketches of potential new gadgets and improvements to current ones. A half-eaten carton of chow mein from the local Chinese take-out spot was by the map, along with a Forbes magazine with NYC Mayor Norman Osborn on the cover.
On the desk touching the table were a couple of jars labeled VACATION $$$and NEW LAPTOP $$$ that had barely anything in them. Small tools, snack wrappers, and paper scraps were scattered across the desk. Beneath a magnifying glass by the edge, an inside-out Spider-Man mask was connected to a working laptop, which was currently running a program.
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The wall above the bed beside the desk contained several Daily Bugle newspaper clippings, with varying headlines involving Mac Gargan as Scorpion, Max Dillon as Electro, Adrian Toomes as Vulture, Aleksei Sytsevich as Rhino, and Wilson Fisk, who was recently outed for criminal activity as the Kingpin. There were also a few other clippings dealing with smaller-scale events, such as a drug lab bust in Harlem and a rescue during a fire in Two Bridges.
There were a few more clippings on the next wall beside it. One headlined a takedown of a criminal group called The Wrecking Crew by the Young Avengers in California. Another was a magazine article about Randy Robertson, who had gotten an Oscar nomination for his recent acting role.
The last one was an article from five months ago about Matt Murdock and the revelation of his alter-ego as Daredevil thanks to Kingpin outing him. Matt had been in hiding since then while Foggy Nelson ran their law firm.
By the bedside dresser, a bunch of Post-it notes were stuck to it along with the wall above. They contained old and new reminders, mainly dealing with work deadlines and his rent. There was another picture frame by the lamp and charging cell phone, which was of Y/N, Michael, May, Anya, and Peter outside Madison Square Garden.
The phone suddenly vibrated. It quickly woke the sleeping Y/N, who flailed his arm and reached for the device. He groaned and picked it up, opening his eyes to see what the alert was about.
