The Life of Peter Parker

The one with the sensory overload

“No“ Peter thought when he woke up. He heard Aunt May brathing while she was asleep in another room, which could only mean: Today is not going to be good.

Peter dragged his numb body out of the bed and tried not to focus on his massive headache. He went into his bathroom to shower but he quickly discovered that he not only had a headache but also that his body was hyper sensitve today. He carefully dried his body and brushed his teeth. The second he was in his room again, May barched in to check that he hasn't overslept again. Peter winced because in spite of May's calming voice, it felt like someone shouted in his ear. May noticed this and said an inaudible sorry but she knew that Peter heard it nevertheless.

After Peter had some waffles and a coffee he wanted to leave for school but May stopped him to give the permission slip for today's field trip. Man he had forgotten! Peter groaned because he knew that this wasn't going to be good. He didn't even know where he was going because his teacher thought it'd be more of a surprise if they didn't know where they were going. Apparently it was some very special place where not many tour groups are allowed.

They way to school was horrible. The train smelled like shit and people always breathed his way. Can you believe it? 'At least I'm not too late this time', he thought when he saw his teacher. “So great of you to be on time  mister Parker“, Mr Harrington said to him. He gave him a pad on his shoulder and Peter felt like he was about to throw up.

Ned immediately noticed that something was wrong with Peter. Mj did too. Both of them knew about his Spidey thing, so they thought he was just tired. That changed when they saw his pale face up close and after they realised Peter's wincing when they said hello they knew what was up. Peter carefully sat next to his girlfriend MJ and dug into his backpack. “No, no, no ,no ,NO!“ Peter panicked. He forgot his earplugs that Tony made for him. MJ saw his distressed face and searched for her normal earplugs but she realised that she also forgot them at home. Just when she wanted to gain Ned's attention, she saw him holding out his hand with his earplugs in them. MJ reached for them and carefully placed them in his ears. She saw a single teardrop on his cheek and carefully wiped it away. Peter gave her a weak smile but she knew he was just exhausted. She took of her jacket, placed it on her lap and pointed to it so Peter knew he could lay down and that's what he did.

After 1 hour of driving and Peter dozing on MJ's lap the teacher said something. “Ok students, listen up! I'm gonna tell you where we're going because we're gonna be there soon. Okay, uhm, I'm so excited to say that we have the privilege to go to the Avengers Tower. We are gonna visit some labs that are still there from when it was still Stark Industries and then we go to the Avengers training room, the strategy room and last but not least to the dining room where we may see some Avengers.“ The bus exploded with cheers and talking. That was when Peter woke up. MJ gave him a pity look, as did Ned. But Peter was confused as to why. MJ told him and if it was even possible he just got even paler. “It's gonna be so fun when we see Penis get exposed, maybe even directly in front of Tony Stark. Or even better in front of all the Avengers. He is so dead“, one annoying student, Eugene “Flash“ Thompson said. Peter sunk into his seat and prayed for his sensory overload to kill him.

15 minutes later the bus came to a halt and Peter groaned when he heard all the students nervously talking and STOMPING off the bus. He got up last and MJ gave him a soft kiss on the cheek to reassure him. It didn't really help but it did make hin feel better because he at least had his two best friends (Mj and Ned) on his side.

When they entered the tower everyone was amazed except Peter. Even MJ let her guard down for a second but she quickly pulled herself together. “Dude you're so blessed. You get to see that everyday“, Ned, bless his soul, whispered. Peter looked at him. His pale face, dark circles under his eyes and bloodshot eyes gave Ned a look and he said “Am i, dude, Am i?“ Ned gave him a sympathetic look and really carefully rubbed his back.