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    “If you did play chess," Ross said, "you’d remember that a pawn can become a queen. The most powerful piece on the board, Parker, remember that? But—” Ross smiled— “only if it obeys.”

    He adjusted his tie, stood, and looked down at Peter. “I’ll ask you again,” he said. “Eventually. You may feel differently after you’ve been living in a six-by-six cube without sunlight or fresh air for a few years.”

    “What pawns do,” Peter said, voice shaking slightly, “is sacrifice themselves for the greater good. I have no regrets.”

    He had a lot of regrets.

    Like, a lot. A crapton. A shitload. An overloaded dumpsterful.

    “When I visit you on the Raft,” Ross said, “you’ll be old enough to grow a beard.” The cell door clicked shut behind him.

    [Rated mature for graphic violence.]

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    Held captive for five years in an eleven-by-eleven foot shed, Peter and Morgan finally break free.
    Peter is thrown back into the life that he was torn from and struggles to find his place in the world.
    Morgan was a baby when they were taken, so she experiences everything and everyone, for the first time.

    Tony struggles to take his eyes off them.
    May wants to hold them in her arms, for the rest of time.
    Pepper can't stop counting the days they've lost.

    It's difficult - Peter is a changed person, and Morgan has no memory of them.

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    28 Apr 2026

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    “I don’t want to intrude.”

    “You’re not intruding at all.” MJ unlocks her door and steps inside, gesturing with her head for him to follow. “Besides, I’m just repaying you for the flowers.”

    “You don’t have to,” Peter insists. “I was just being nice.”

    “Then I’m being nice too. Come on. I have too much food and only myself for company.” 

    She holds up the plastic bag in her hand, where Peter can see two boxes of takeout inside.

    “Okay,” Peter agrees, his hunger winning against his common sense. “Thank you for having me.” 

     


     

    Peter has done a good job avoiding Ned and MJ for the past four years. Until they both moved in across the hall and began inviting him for meals and giving him leftovers (suspiciously looking freshly cooked). He really shouldn’t get involved in their lives anymore, but Peter Parker is broke, hungry, and can’t resist the temptation of delicious food and the chance to talk to his friends again.

    Or: Healing and loving through awkward leftovers, impromptu lunch hangouts, and maybe admitting Peter’s not quite satisfied with his life as he thought he was.

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    13 Apr 2026

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    “I’m late, I’m sorry. I know she’s–” he says in a rush, hair looking windswept and his clothes rumpled– looking at him like she’s been sent back in time.

    It’s not possible, she thinks as Gwen gestures between them.

    “Peter, meet Michelle. Michelle, this is Peter,” Gwen says, an exasperated smile on her face that quickly falls as the two of them stare at each other– an instant recognition that Michelle can’t believe as she lets out a sharp laugh.

    “Peter Parker?”

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    20 Mar 2026

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    There’s all this love, though.

    In the palm of her hands. Following her to the bus stop. Nipping at her heels. Torn from her like a limb and now wandering aimless, desperate, lost. There’s so much of it, spilling out from between her fingers. She hadn’t known she could hold so much. She doesn't know where to put it.

    It belongs somewhere. She had given it to someone.

    They had given it back.

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