Throwing Caution to the Wind

Chapter 1

****I just wanted to say, that anyone who's reading this, consider going to AO3 to read it as I tend do the bulk of the editing on there. The version on AO3 doesn't have any bonus content, just the content on there is better. It's under the same name under the username violet_sunflowers. But thank you for reading this regardless of where you read it***

He'd been spider man for a few months. The city wasn't sure what to think of him yet, he understood that. But like, come on, 4 cops surrounding him with there guns pointed right at his chest was a little excessive right. So he figured a more diplomatic approach would be appropriate.

"Alright, here's the deal," he started. "I'll give you guys a hand in my free time, I promise to to minimal to no damage to the city yada yada yada. I'm good guy. Promise."

But the cops weren't having it

"Sorry man, we've got our orders from the chief."

Frustrated, he decided that maybe reminding the cops that he was a find guy would be a find follow up.

"Ask the the chief how his daughter is feeling why don't ya"

He remembered that one. After an attempted mugging, the victim asked him if he could walk her a a few blocks down to her building. He agreed of course, not knowing at the time that she was the chiefs daughter .

The officers looked at eachother, at one in particular, that's when Peter realized who it was. Chief McConnell. Oops, maybe that wasn't the best idea. He stood there nervously, he could get away, easy. The problem was he didn't particularly want to be pegged as a criminal who needed to be brought in. Mostly so he could keep patrolling without interferences, but also because a *secret* identity wasn't normally given to people who could easily keep tabs on him.

Finally after a discussion between the officers spoken in harried glances and odd looks Peter could never understand they had a verict. The chief stepped forward.

He was nervous, he'd never actually thought about what he'd do in a situation like this. He figured the cops would leave him alone. At least that's what their plan had been. Peter had had Ned hack into the database, he was mentioned. But he had been labeled as a non threatening potential threat, but was to be left alone. The cops voice pulled him out of his daydreams.

"Spiderman, we've kept close tabs on you these past few weeks, and on average you spend a total of 30 hours a week in the city, you occasionally damage city property but those are generally for bank robberies or things just in the precipice of what you might consider "petty crimes". You stop the same amount of crimes as 8 cops in one night. We've decided that your a good guy, heck, we've even decided to let you keep your identity secret. But be warned, one slip up and you'll have all of New York's finest on your tail."

Relief, that was the only thing that could describe what Peter felt. More accurate would be a dam bursting, but to sum it up was relief.

He gave them a quick salute using it as an easy transition into a shot with his webshooters onto a nearby building.

"Thanks guys, I won't let you down, more importantly, I won't let the city down." He promised as he swung into the skyline.

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He stood on top of a building that's faced the west. It was his favorite time of day, sunset. Watching the colours war with eachother until they finally settled into fierce oranges and yellows. The city seemed to stop. The distant horns and screeching of tires ceases to exist, if only for a moment. Unfortunately the seconds, which always seemed to stretch into infinity at this time, ended.

"Spiderman, the rumours are true it seems." Said a voice behind him.

He turned around to see an old man in blue overalls making his way towards him.

"Which ones, the city can get pretty creative" he said easily.

The man chuckled.

"That they can indeed," he paused "but this particular rumour is that you like to hang out on this roof."

"They're not wrong" Peter answered, still a little wary. Especially after his little run in with the cops earlier.

The man peered at him, clearly deciding on what he should say next. Finally he seemed to find the right words.

"I just wanted to thank you. You've saved both my daughter's, and friends of mine. The city's debating about whether or not your a good guy, but I can tell you are. The police said when they confronted you, that you took a very non violent approach."

"It was on the news" he added seeing Peter's confused look.

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That night when Peter swung into his room, he, for the first time since he started. Felt like he was truly making a difference. So when he went to sleep that night, he didn't worry about the people he couldn't save, but rather all the people he would save.

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A/N idk if anyone's actually gonna read this so for now consider this a teaser trailer. Im not really sure of how this universe is. If anyone reads this then I'll add an authors note in the beginning of this chapter to explain this particular AU

Any wanderers that found this, hasta la vista