spider-man / luke hemmings

epilogue

what we want, we know we can't believe,
we have all learned to kill our dreams
We Don't Believe What's On TV - Twenty One Pilots

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Two years later and Luke was finally free. He had completed his degree and had no idea what he was going to do with his life!!

He stood in the crowd of people who had graduated along with him, watching as they all rushed around greeting their friends.

He held tight onto his diploma as we edged his way through the sea of graduates, towering over everyone even more than usual by walking on his tiptoes to try and find his friends.

It obviously didn't take long with his abnormal vision and hearing, allowing him to track down Michael's hair and Ashton's loud laugh.

Once he had located them, he swung his arms over their shoulders in greeting.

"Well we survived these three years guys!" Calum cheered, causing the other boys to holler alongside him.

"PARTY!!!" Michael yelled. At this a large portion of the crowd turned to stare at him, it was barely eleven o'clock in the morning. "Okay, maybe later then." He said to the onlookers who then turned and went back to what they were doing.

Luke caught the eye of one onlooker in particular and winked at her, before detaching himself from Michael and Ashton.

"Hey!" He greeted happily, giving Tamsyn a very quick kiss on the cheek as she was stood with her parents who were watching their interaction.

"I can't believe it's all over." Tamsyn sighed. "But it was a great three years overall."

"It was." Luke agreed. "And I never would have gotten a first if it wasn't for you." He noted.

"Me too. It was a joint effort, we make a good team." Tamsyn replied, smiling widely. The two of them had worked tirelessly in order to get the degree they deserved, obviously allowing for a lot of fun and partying in between.

In the two years that had passed Luke and Tamsyn had developed a healthy relationship, they were not only boyfriend and girlfriend, but were best friends too. Although they both made sure not to ditch their other friends at the same time.

They still lived separately, Luke had been sharing a flat with Michael, Ashton and Calum - the girls of their friendship group had decided to get a flat together too, and they were still close friends.

Tamsyn, on the other hand, had chosen to move in with Rhine. Luckily for Luke they lived within walking distance and so they would frequently spend nights at each others flats.

"Are you ready for dinner, Luke?" Tamsyn asked. Her parents had invited Luke and his parents out for a meal to celebrate the two of them graduating.

"Yeah, sure, I'll go find my parents, they're back there somewhere. I'll be right back." Luke replied, gesturing in the direction he had come from previously.

Once Luke had located his Mum and Dad, the three of them joined Tamsyn and her family and they headed off to the restaurant they had booked after saying goodbye to their friends.

The group of six settled down to their meal, easily making conversation. Luke was glad that everyone got on so well.

"Did you read the headlines this morning?" Tamsyn's dad asked the group, "Apparently Spider-Man is back."

After the country was finally rid of the serial killers who had murdered Marie, Luke had slowly stopped being Spider-Man. It had been pretty much a full year since he had been out in this costume. Until now.