A Man Mourning Tomorrow

Pressure from school started to build up, he gained a rivalry with a villain who wouldn't be defeated and grew more and more difficult to beat, and the ramblings of J. Jonah Jameson slowly chipped away at the people of New York's support for him. And while Peter would never admit it, being Spiderman slowly got a bit harder. Day by day, he grew just a bit more sloppy and unfocused. Until one day the chips turned into a crack, and Peter fell into it headfirst

An unfocused Peter dealt with by a severe head injury, and after nearly 2 and a half years of dealing with the spider, one of their closest fights to date results in an injured Doc Ock fleeing back to his lair, barely avoiding a proper defeat. Now, contrary to popular belief, Doctor Octopus wasn't always as cruel as he is today. So when a shaken and severely injured Spiderman stumbles onto his doorstep rambling about not remembering, and begging for help? When he learns that the man stopping his plans at every turn, that he was determined to slaughter, is merely a child in over his head? It's the first time in a long time that Otto Octavius returns to the playing field, and he's determined to do something good for once

Note: I originally started this fic at the end of 2021 and posted it on ao3 under my account with the same name there, but I've dug up my old plans and decided I'd share it here too while I continue working on it :)

Story is set sometime after civil war but before infinity war, the main change being rami!doc ock is brought over