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1. Can't I Just Love You? by That_One_Dwarf

   Fandoms: Spider-Man - All Media Types, Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), X-Men - All Media Types, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel  

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

   13 Oct 2026

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • Jean Grey/Peter Parker
   • Jean Grey & Peter Parker
   • Jean Grey
   • Peter Parker
   • Yelena Belova (Marvel)
   • The Void | Dark Sentry (Marvel)
   • Scott Summers
   • Emma Frost
   • Kitty Pryde
   • Bobby Drake
   • Karen Page
   • Frank Castle
   • Romance
   • High School
   • Childhood Friends
   • Miscommunication
   • Misunderstandings
   • Growing Up
   • Coming of Age
   • young adult novel - Freeform
   • Falling In Love
   • Angst
   • Slow Burn
   • Inspired by Taylor Swift
   • Drama
   • Alternate Universe - High School
   • Alternate Universe - No Powers
   • Inspired by The Perks of Being a Wallflower
   • The Perks of Being a Wallflower References
   • There's a ton of angst here btw
   • More than I am used to writing
   • so prepare for that
   • Teen Romance
   • Teenagers
   • Teen Angst
   • Mostly Teenagers being Teenagers

   Summary

   To harbor love for a best friend is a quiet, exquisite ruin, a tragedy written in the softest voices.

   Yet the deepest cruelty is not the fall itself, but the long, silent drift before you notice the ground missing beneath your feet. It takes years to recognize that the comfort you relied on was always a fire in disguise, and that you have spent half a lifetime unknowingly falling into the one place you cannot safely land.

   Series

   • Part 14 of SpiderPhoenix - A Web of Flames

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   6,566

   Chapters:

   3/?

   Comments:

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   Kudos:

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