"Life is a comedy for those who think and a tragedy for those who feel. Show me a hero, and I'll write you a tragedy." -F. Scott Fitzgerald
"If you can do the things I can, but you don't, and then the bad things happen? They happen because of you." -Peter Parker 'Captain America: Civil War'
"I never asked for any of this. I never asked to be Spider-Man; never asked for these powers! Never knew it'd mean a bashed-up hand, a hard, 9 PM, curfew, no job, and friends who all think I'm scum. It was all just a twist of fate, bad luck, a random bug-bite. Easiest decision I ever made.
"Except... except I saved him. Spider-Man's no magic wand, but thanks to the web-head, Curt's cured, and Billy gets his father back. So what if nobody threw a parade? Spidey stays because Spidey's needed." -Peter Parker, 'Spectacular Spider-Man'
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As Scott returns to New York, new villains rise, trying to destroy the Spider-Men. And as these new threats rise and are beaten down, and Scott has to deal with his own, personal demons, an old mentor-turned-villain plots in the background, eager for revenge. . .
(Started April, 2021)
(Part 1 finished September 18, 2021)
(book 1)
y/n stark is really not here for this european school vacation because in this post-endgame world, she's mourning the loss of her dad. but one (1) sticky boi peter parker is just trying to be the friend he once was while also trying not to flirt too much because if she rejects him (which she wouldn't, not that he knows that) while they're in venice holy hell he'll just pitch himself off the gondola right then and there. basically, y/n has been distancing herself & peter misses her & this school trip is a great way for him to coax her back into the real world & y/n really loves peter but is super sensitive and scared to lose him & also mysterio shows up at some point ugh @ nick fury leave ned leeds alone
*this story was written prior to avengers: infinity war & spider-man: far from home coming out. therefore, the canon in which these characters live in is different from the mcu. in this canon - tony stark, captain america, & thor have all died. black widow & vision have survived. the decimation, where half the population was snapped from existence was erased with time travel so those who were snapped came back within online minutes, leaving some residual trauma. in this canon, those who survived the decimation only lived six months without those who were snapped, but those six months have been erased - leaving only the avengers to fully remember what happened.