Work Text:
Peter's hands felt numb. His whole body felt numb. A chilling ache in his fingertips that traveled around the rest of his body.
He sat on the roof top of Midtown High School. Peter breathed in air to his icy lungs, shaking with every inhale and exhale.
May was gone. He could hear her heart stop. Again. Again. Again. The sound playing over and over in his head. Peter's thinking about what he could've done differently.
"With great power, comes great responsibility."
"When you help one person, you help everyone."
"it's just me and you."
He was having trouble remembering her voice. He's starting to forget every detail of her face, now he can only make a rough imagine of what she looked like. He wish time would stop. He wishes May were still here. Peter wishes for a lot of things.
Peter wants to be May's child again. Peter wants his teenage years back. He misses being awkward. He misses who he used to be.
Does May know where he is? She'd be so worried, even though she knows Peter can take care of himself. He hopes she knows we're he is.
Looking over, he sees a Mural of Tony. Mr. Stark. Warm tears etch tracks into his face. Mr. Stark was gone too. Peter wishes to have spent more time with Mr. Stark, to spend more time with him. That won't happen.
Does Tony know where Peter is? Does Tony know what happened? How Mysterio betrayed Him? How he feels gross? Disgusting? How Peter betrayed Tony too?
Peter also hopes Mr. Stark knows where he is. Peter hopes that Tony wouldn't hate him. Peter hopes a lot of things. They're just hopes after all.
Peter sits on the roof of Midtown High School one last time.
He thinks about his friends. Do they know where he is? No. No, they don't.
Tears fall down is face even more now, spilling out of his eyes.
It's 10pm, Do You Know Where Your Children Are?
Are they sitting too close to the edge of a building roof top?
Are they standing up to walk even closer to that edge?
Are they moving a foot to be off that edge?
Are they suppressing the part of them that is different?
Do You Know Where Your Children Are?