Allo! I can't wait to start posting my Nova backstory (currently at 22,000 words and climbing) so until then I've decided to do a series of drabbles. Unedited. Uncut. Just for fun. If anyone wants to take an idea an run with it just tell me so I can read it!

1. REFLECTIONS

They're yelling at each other again. The unfortunate agents currently wishing they weren't in the same room wonder how it is that this scrappy teen can get away with badmouthing their director as if he were the notorious Wolverine himself.

"You don't think before you act. You dive in head first-"

"You and your rules and lessons. Try teaching me something I don't already know!"

Fury's seen this type before. Can't let anyone get hurt. Can't let anyone get close. Can't let anyone think he is weak, or has weaknesses or can't do it. He's got a whole list of supers that fit that rap; this kid is just the latest in a long history. But Parker's got one thing going for him; he's still a kid. Just unsure enough, lacking just enough experience, to agree to Shield training. So maybe Nick can help this one out.

Believe it or not he doesn't like kidnapping loners like Wolverine or the Hulk when he needs their help. He doesn't like blackmailing them into doing something good for themselves. And believe it or not he doesn't think Spiderman actually needs the training Shield is providing. Sure it's improving his game faster than otherwise, but that's not the goal here. Training is just the bait. Nick's goal is teach the kid that he doesn't need to be a loner, that he can depend on others to be there for him and not hurt themselves. Nick's primary goal is to save Peter Parker… from himself.