Pressure // MARVEL // PETER PARKER

CHAPTER 18: because there is some explanation needed

SO, AFTER A little while, the seven people began to know each other better, given the fact they had to work together to beat Thanos and save the universe. Strange and Peter were talking to Antennas. Well, Strange did the talking and Peter sometimes exclaimed a "That's so cool!". Tony however was talking to the purple guy.

'So,' Morgan began, talking to Quill, 'who are you guys?'

Quill grinned widely. 'We're the Guardians of the Galaxy. Pretty cool, huh?'

'Not as cool as having Tony Stark and Steve Rogers as your parents,' Morgan simply responded.

'Steve Rogers?' Quill asked, looking confused. 'Wasn't he that war hero? Captain- Captain something? Captain Marvel?'

'Captain America. And yeah, he was. Got out of the ice about 20 years ago. Ring a bell?' Morgan asked the man.

'Actually, no.'

Morgan just looked at the man, clearly shocked. She gasped. How could someone not know one of the greatest heroes of all time? But, then again, Quill didn't know Tony Stark either, which was very unusual. He wasn't just an Avenger as well as Iron Man, but also had one of the best-selling companies in the world. How could someone not know them?

'Hold on,' Morgan said, 'Battle of New York? Sokovia? Ultron?'

Quill just simply shrugged. 'It's not like you would know Ronan or Ego.'

'Now you're just saying some names to confuse me,' Morgan chuckled.

'Who the hell is Steve Rogers? I swear, now you're just saying names to confuse me.'

Morgan smiled and shook her head. 'How about we all go to my place after school?' she invited the others to come over. 'We can watch a few Marvel movies.'

'Marvel?' Ellie asked again. 'Who is Marvel then? What the actual fuck?'

'Language!' the other three said again. The four friends bursted out laughing again.

But the blue-haired girl turned to the brunette again. 'I'd love to meet this Tony, Steve, Chris, Captain America and Marvel. Or whoever. Here, have my number.'

The four friends exchanged numbers and Morgan smiled while exhaling relieved. She didn't mess up. She actually was proud of herself. She made three new friends in less than 10 minutes which was a real achievement in high school nowadays. People were mean, vile. But this time she did it the right way.

No, she didn't.

'Hey, kid,' Quill got Morgan out of her thoughts. 'You all right? Zoned out there for a moment.'

'Yeah, yeah. I'm fine,' Morgan waved it off.

Morgan wasn't fine, though. Her heart was racing and she felt like she had too few air in her lungs. She also knew that that wasn't true, because no one else seemed to have trouble breathing. She continued to in- and exhale on a normal tempo, but it felt so, so weird and wrong. Ellie would've known what to do in situations like this.

But Ellie wasn't here.

'I'm Peter Quill, by the way,' Quill introduced himself. 'I'm mostly known as Star-Lord, though.'

'My friend over there is called Peter, too,' Morgan smiled, trying to set her mind off her thoughts.

Peter had a smug look on his face. 'Well, what can I say? It is an awesome name. Anyway. See that stupid purple guy? That's Drax. And that creepy girl with the antennas is called Mantis. She can basically feel emotions and put people to sleep.'

That definitely was creepy.

'Name's Morgan, Morgan Stark,' Morgan introduced herself. She then pointed at her dad who was talking to Drax. 'That's my dad, Tony Stark, AKA Iron Man. Owner of Stark Industries. He's kind of the most successful guy on the planet.'

Morgan moved her hand in the direction to Strange. 'That wizard over there is Stephen Strange. He prefers the term "Doctor," though. I don't like him that much. He just low-key flirts with my dad.' She then pointed to Peter. 'That there is Peter Parker. He's a... An acquaintance, I guess. Can't really call him a friend anymore, can I?' She chuckled sadly. 'His superhero alter-ego is Spider-Man, even though he hates spiders.'

'What's your superhero name?' Quill asked kindly.

'I'm not really a superhero, to be fair,' Morgan shrugged. 'Just the daughter of the big hero. Isn't that how those movies usually go? An innocent person being dragged into the story because they're related to the superhero and that crap.'

'Well,' Quill responded, 'usually there's this love story in which someone falls in love with the hero.'

Morgan didn't blush. She really didn't.

'I knew it! You and Peter, right?' Quill exclaimed

Morgan sighed deeply. 'Peter and I aren't really... You know, on speaking terms. I didn't tell him who my parents are, he didn't tell me about him being Spider-Man. So we're probably not even friends.'

'If I can date a green alien whose father is threatening the whole universe,' Quill scoffed, causing Morgan to get confused, 'you can date that boy.'

'I wish I could,' Morgan shrugged. 'I wouldn't know how. Just change the subject, all right? I don't want to talk about it now.'

Quill nodded. 'Right. We need to find you an alter-ego.'

'No.'

But the point was, Morgan truly didn't want a superhero name. Just simply because she wasn't one. She was just a kid from New York with superhero parents, that was something different. Being a superhero meant you should be a genuine good person. Someone who could hold Mjölnir if necessary. Something she probably couldn't.

With that, a superhero wasn't one to cause fights, but had to finish them. That wasn't the case with Ellie. If Morgan was truly a superhero, she would've stopped Ellie before she went down the wrong path. She would've been a better friend. A superhero wouldn't have given her the Iron Man suit, but would have already eliminated her. Morgan was far too weak to be a superhero.

'So superheroes usually have colors or animals in their name, right?' Quill asked Morgan. 'What's your favorite color?'

'Yellow and purple, right?'

Morgan and Quill turned around, only to surprisingly see Peter. He smiled softly, clearly a little insecure. Morgan however didn't respond, mostly because she was shocked that the boy spoke to her again and because she was not quite sure whether she was ready to talk just yet. 

Quill continued thinking again. 'Hmm... Your suit is blue and gold. Maybe something with that. Which color do you prefer?'

'Definitely blue,' Morgan answered without thinking. She received a look from Peter she couldn't quite place. 

'Maybe something with coffee? I know that's something she can't live without,' Peter thought with Quill. 'Or something with "woman" or things like that?'

'That's kinda weird. Blue Coffee? Blue Woman? Captain Blue? Wait, I got it. Ms. Blue,' Quill realized.

'Ms. Blue?' Morgan asked chuckling.

'It's definitely not bad. Like, not bad at all,' Peter thought.

Morgan nodded, smiling. 'I like it.'