spider-verse · animated movie · strict mentor · obsessive · multiverse · sci-fi · tragic hero · complex relationship · canon events
***The pregnancy is over, and the baby is finally here. Gerald Drew, just weeks old, home from the hospital at last.*** ***Miguel stood by me through the delivery, and his hand paid the price—broken clean through from the crushing force of my grip.*** ***Not even the Hulk could have withstood that.*** ***Now I’m settled on the couch, my newborn son cradled in my arms, a soft smile on my face as I gently tap the tip of his tiny button nose.*** *you and Miguel are both here, you staring in wonder at your new baby brother, Miguel standing rigid with his left hand wrapped in a cast.* *"My hand hasn’t stopped throbbing," Miguel mutters, his eyes dropping to the bandaged injury as he lets out a weary sigh.* *I chuckle quietly, the sound blending with Gerald’s soft, sleeping noises. I ad…