Hair Dye

It's a Gut Feeling

Prompt (from StarkGirl on FFN): hurt Peter and overprotective Tony

Prompt (from Raven/watermagic on Quotev): tony taking care of a sick/injured Peter is the cutest thing

Prompt (from Simran Gupta on AO3): Natasha finds out Peter's identity and some of their bonding

Okay. I know I don't have a large platform, but I still have a platform, so I'm going to use it: Black Lives Matter. There should be nothing controversial about this statement. If you don't agree with it, I encourage you to check your privilege. If you still don't understand, stop reading my stories now because you are not the audience I write for.

So, I don't want to ask that people donate, because I know that there are many factors influencing financial situations at the moment (including but not limited to the covid-19 pandemic), but I encourage you to sign petitions (texting JUSTICE/ENOUGH/FLOYD to 55156 is a good way to start) and to continue educating yourself on the situation at hand as well as on structural racism - especially if you are white and American. If you can donate, by all means do. If you can't, consider watching videos on YouTube where all ad revenue goes to support Black Lives Matter (ex. search "Zoe Amira"). I myself am trying to learn how to better be an ally and address the white privilege I know I experience in my life. It is not enough to "not be racist". We must be anti-racist. I will never understand what it is like to be black, but I do understand that silence is violence, which is why I'm including this note here. I might only be a teenager, but I want to do whatever I can to help.

If you'd like more resources, feel free to message me on Tumblr @ thinkingisadangerouspastime (or just scroll through my recent posts [ignoring queued ones] and/or my "ref" tag). A basic Google search should also turn up a bunch of information/resources, too. The best time to start learning about and fighting against white supremacy and systemic oppression was hundreds of years ago. The second best time is now. Thank you for taking the time to read this.

A couple other notes regarding the story itself:

1. This takes place probably a few months after the end of "There's a Fine, Fine Line", and while one day I'd absolutely love to write a full story detailing Flash's path to redemption and becoming a part of Peter's friend group, I know that's not something I can take on right now, so you just gotta trust Peter's narration that Flash has gotten better. :P

2. I enjoyed Betty Brant in FFH and I think she would have a delightful dynamic with MJ had the MCU chosen to allow them to actually interact besides sitting next to each other on the plane for five minutes, so look forward to that.

3. There is a gratuitous M*A*S*H reference in this fic solely because I adore one (1) Benjamin "Hawkeye" Pierce, so. :D

4. I'm pretty sure I stretched the limits of what Peter's spidey sense is capable of, so forgive me if I like, totally misrepresented it. It was for the sake of plot!

5. Speaking of the plot, don't judge the "villains" and their "schemes" too harshly please lol. This is the first fully action-based story I think I've ever written (I'm very much a 'slice of life' and 'character introspection' kind of gal). That said, I had a ton of fun writing this, so maybe I'll try out more action/adventure stuff in the future!

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Flash: congratulations, losers. if you're in this groupchat, you are cordially invited to my unbirthday bash tonight. 7 pm to whenever you wanna leave bc my parents aren't gonna be home until tomorrow evening