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1. The Future We Chose by CygusLorman

   Fandoms: Spider-Man - All Media Types, Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thunderbolts (Movie 2025)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • F/M, Gen
   • Work in Progress

   30 Aug 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Jean Grey/Peter Parker
   • Peter Parker
   • Jean Grey
   • Ned Leeds
   • Michelle Jones (Marvel)
   • Stephen Strange
   • James "Bucky" Barnes
   • Yelena Belova
   • Robert "Bob" Reynolds (Marvel)
   • Valentina Allegra de Fontaine
   • John Walker (Marvel)
   • Alexei Shostakov
   • Ava Starr
   • Thor (Marvel)
   • Matt Murdock
   • Frank Castle
   • Michelle Jones's Boyfriend (Marvel)
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Post-Movie: Spider-Man: No Way Home (2021)
   • Movie: Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026)
   • Spoilers for Movie: Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026)
   • Canon Divergence - Movie: Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026)
   • Friends to Lovers
   • Found Family
   • New Avengers Team (Thunderbolts 2025)
   • Thunderbolts Team Members Live in the Watchtower | New Avengers Tower (Marvel)
   • Peter Parker Needs a Hug
   • Jean Grey Needs a Hug
   • Identity Issues
   • Grief/Mourning
   • Consent
   • Consent Issues
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Superhero Politics
   • Peter Parker Deserves Better
   • Developing Relationship
   • Romance
   • No X-Men
   • Slice of Life
   • Gen Z Language
   • Past Michelle Jones/Peter Parker
   • Fluff
   • Angst
   • Fluff and Angst

   Summary

   Peter Parker senses Frank Castle’s bullet just in time.

   Jean Grey makes it out of Damage Control with an unscathed Peter Parker.

   Neither of them is prepared for what comes next.

   Jean has spent years chasing the one thing she thought would give her life direction. Peter has spent years rebuilding a life the world forgot. Now, unsure of where to go from there, the two of them find themselves tangled up with each other, the New Avengers, and a future neither of them planned for.

   What starts as survival becomes something messier—friendship, trust, second chances, and, eventually, the increasingly unavoidable problem of falling in love.

   Neither of them can go back to the future they thought they were supposed to have, so they choose a different one.

   Together.

   Language:

   English

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   Chapters:

   4/?

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