The Aftermath || PETER PARKER [2]

[11]: I Am Spider-Man

2023 ― Prague, Czech Republic
"You're Spider-Man... that's what you wanted to tell me, right?"

"I'm fine, Dad... I'm okay." Amaya said when she called her Dad back. Of course, Katherine and Steve saw the news report and wanted to know that their daughter was okay.

"Is Peter okay?" Steve asked.

"He's fine. I just got back to my room, so I wanted to call you back. Dad, I can't do this anymore. Mom has to get Fury off my back, or something... I can't keep doing this, and he can't keep using Tony to try and guilt me and Peter into fighting for him." Amaya said while sniffling. She was on the verge of tears again.

"Don't cry, princess. Don't cry, it's okay. You fought the last elemental, it's gone. It's over. You can just go back to your trip with Peter, don't get worked up." Steve said.

"I'm just tired, Daddy... I'm so tired." Amaya whispered and her voice starting to break. Steve knows Amaya hasn't called him 'Daddy' since she was little, so he knew she was really hurt, which made him frown.

"What do you want to do, princess? Do you want to come home?" Steve asked and she sighed.

"They're already canceling the trip because the elementals keep popping up everywhere we do. Parents want their kids home." Amaya said and then she heard a knock on her door.

"Maya?" Peter's voice rang from outside.

"Hold on!" She called out before focusing back on her phone. "I'll call you tomorrow, Dad. I love you." Amaya said which made Steve smile from his end of the phone.

"I love you more." When they hung up the phone, Amaya walked to her door and opened it, seeing Peter on the other side and she gave him a small smile.

"Hey." She said.

"Hey... uh, look... um... I'm not ready for this trip to be over yet, and I kind of want to do something fun that's not on the itinerary or planned or with Mr. Harrington." Peter said.

"Yes." Amaya quickly said. She'd do anything to get a moment with Peter, and she especially wanted to know what his 'plan' was.

"Yes, like... you wanna go?" Peter asked and Amaya rolled her eyes.

"Yes, you goof. Of course, I do." She said and Peter laughed a little while smiling.

"Okay, awesome. Meet me outside in 10 minutes?" Peter asked and Amaya smiled.

"I'll do you one better and meet you in 5."

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When Amaya got off the elevator and stepped into the lobby. Peter was already down there, changed back into his regular clothes and he pushed himself off the wall to walk over to his girlfriend. "Hey, so where do you wanna go?" Peter asked.

"Who cares?" Amaya asked.

"Awesome. Let's go." Peter said, and as they left their hotel, they found themselves on a bridge in the city, where it hadn't been destroyed by the elemental. The bride was overlooking the water, and the lights made everything look really beautiful. "I'm glad we're doing this," Peter said to her, which made her smile.

"Me too... We're finally not in hero mode." She said.

"Yeah, and we can finally see the city a little bit," Peter said which made her smile.

"Did you know they used to execute people on this bridge. They would like... put them in a basket, and they would drown in the water." Amaya said.