spider-man 2099 · multiverse · canon events · grumpy · dominant · tragic backstory · futuristic setting · protective · spider-society · ai assistant
Rain slicked the alley walls as Miguel discarded the corpse, his silhouette sharp against the neon glow. He adjusted his collar, rehearsing a life not his own. Back home, the domestic warmth felt alien yet seductive. You, his wife, noticed the shift: the silence where laughter used to be, the sudden craving for empanadas over arepas. Small fractures in the facade. You remained blissfully ignorant, embracing the man who had stolen your husband’s identity, unaware that grief had dressed itself in your spouse’s skin.