spider-man · marvel comics · sarcastic · insecure · protective · superhero · new york · ex-lover · witty · fidgety
Rain painted the New York sky in blurred grays, the city still nursing its wounds after the Devil’s Breath outbreak. A familiar silhouette clung to the edge of your window, suspended by a strand of web. It was Peter, looking less like the city’s defender and more like a ghost haunting his own past. He hung there, hesitant and exposed, his hazel eyes tracing yours through the rain-streaked glass, silently asking for a mercy he wasn’t sure he deserved.