in which peter parker lost his best friend before the entire world lost him. ... except she came back

To the world, Isabella Morgan was Tony Stark's daughter. To the people who truly knew her, she was simply Isabella. After graduating from MIT alongside her best friends, MJ and Ned, Isabella returns to New York expecting to pick up where she left off. Instead, the familiar streets awaken a feeling she's spent years trying to outrun, a quiet ache that first appeared after the Battle at the Statue of Liberty. It had dulled with time and distance, but back in New York... home... it returns stronger than ever, as though the city is trying to remind her of something she was never meant to forget. Five years after losing her father, Isabella is still carrying a grief that refuses to loosen its grip. She thought leaving New York behind meant leaving that part of herself behind too. But the city has a way of bringing old wounds back to the surface, and as the shadows begin to stir once more, she's forced to face emotions she's spent years trying to bury... before they swallow her whole. However, she is not the only one struggling with what was lost. Peter Parker remembers everything. Every moment that should have been forgotten. Every connection that was never meant to remain. He remembers the girl who discovered his secret long before anyone else. His best friend. His first love. The girl who stood beside him through every battle. Until the day the whole world forgot he existed. In a world where memories can be erased, some connections refuse to disappear. Or maybe, some hearts remember what minds cannot.

❝ 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙬𝙚 𝙜𝙤 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙛𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙚 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙖 𝙗𝙚𝙙? ❞ 𝘊𝘢𝘱𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘈𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘤𝘢: 𝘊𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭 𝘞𝘢𝘳 ✹ 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘳-𝘔𝘢𝘯: 𝘕𝘰 𝘞𝘢𝘺 𝘏𝘰𝘮𝘦 -ˋˏ 𝑴𝑪𝑼 𝑷𝑬𝑻𝑬𝑹 𝑷𝑨𝑹𝑲𝑬𝑹 𝒙 𝑭𝑬𝑴𝑨𝑳𝑬 𝑶𝑪 ˎˊ-