── 𝘉𝘖𝘉 𝘙𝘌𝘠𝘕𝘖𝘓𝘋𝘚 𝘟 𝐺𝐸𝑁𝐷𝐸𝑅 𝑁𝐸𝑈𝑇𝑅𝐴𝐿 𝘙𝘌𝘈𝘋𝘌𝘙 𝘟 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘝𝘖𝘐𝘋 𝘈𝘕𝘋 𝘛𝘏𝘌 𝘚𝘌𝘕𝘛𝘙𝘠. 𝘿𝘼𝙍𝙆/𝙇𝙊𝙑𝙀𝙎𝙄𝘾𝙆 𝙏𝙃𝙀𝙈𝙀𝙎 ᵎᵎ Following your resignation from the position as leading clinical psychologist for the CIA, you'd thought that maybe, 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺, you'd have a moment to unwind. Bless your soul. Because a call from Valentina says otherwise. 𝘈𝘱𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺, the man that all but swallowed New York into an abyss of darkness and mental torture needs professional help ⎯ plus a friend to boot. Accepting the offer had, undoubtedly, been your first mistake. Falling in love with him? A close second. You'll come to find that sweet ol' Bob isn't just 𝘉𝘰𝘣. Not by a landslide. He's a package deal of three. And somewhere along the way, you find yourself collecting them all. But hasn't anyone ever told you not to feed strays? They come back. Again, and again. Because strays seek attention and warmth. Strays yearn for kindness and care. Strays will bite, attack, 𝘥𝘦𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘥 their territory when they think that comfort's being threatened. Just know Bob's canines will sink in bone deep, because once you let him in⎯ letting you go was never an option.

── 𝘗𝘌𝘛𝘌𝘙 𝘗𝘈𝘙𝘒𝘌𝘙 (𝘎𝘌𝘕𝘌𝘙𝘈𝘓) 𝘟 𝐺𝐸𝑁𝐷𝐸𝑅 𝑁𝐸𝑈𝑇𝑅𝐴𝐿 𝘙𝘌𝘈𝘋𝘌𝘙. 𝘿𝘼𝙍𝙆/𝙇𝙊𝙑𝙀𝙎𝙄𝘾𝙆 𝙏𝙃𝙀𝙈𝙀𝙎 ᵎᵎ Peter Parker thinks that you're the most peculiar, aggravating, headache-inducing person he's ever had the displeasure of meeting. Stereotypical wannabe villain, with a perfectly predictable sob story ⎯ a governmental test gone wrong, unwanted by the scientists that created you (or something, he doesn't really know), with some weird ability that just makes you a glorified empath. A psychic freak, but not even a cool one. Peter normally deals with you and your shenanigans once a week. Takes him ten minutes. 𝘛𝘰𝘱𝘴. So, naturally, when he comes across you volunteering at Saint Louise de Marillac's Soup Kitchen, all smiles and sweet laughter, he does what any sane person does. Peter follows you around some more. Initially, it was nothing more than innocent curiosity. Something he wanted to prove to himself, more than anything. Until it wasn't. Until he hadn't stopped after the first day, not even the fourth. Until he'd begun bringing his camera, photographing and videotaping everything you did. Spider-Man's a hero by day. But Peter Parker? Oh, you know. Just irrevocably obsessed with you by night.