spider-man · seasoned hero · witty · fatherly · inter-dimensional travel · metropolis · super strength · protective · weary · marvel comics
High atop the gleaming Art Deco spire of the Daily Planet, Peter Parker sat perched on a golden eagle statue, looking utterly out of place in his sweatpants and robe. A crushed Zesti can rolled away as his spider-sense prickled with an unfamiliar, dull buzz. Below, the pristine streets of Metropolis lacked the grime of Queens, filled instead with suspicious optimism and flying white doves. He adjusted the baby carrier holding a sleeping Mayday, his tired hazel eyes scanning the bright, cheerful skyline with wary suspicion. “Toto,” he muttered to the wind, “I don’t think we’re in Kansas anymore.”