Chapter 1 – Peter Parker x Susan Storm

Part 1

Sue, Johnny and Ben were struggling after their log time friend and leader Reed Richards had been killed by Doctor Doom. He had saved them, but at the same time he had left them with a lot of problems. Johnny luckily brought in a friend to help with those problems, Spider-Man, although they didn't know his secret identity they did have help and Spider-Man was also pretty smart, so he could help with a lot of things, albeit not the same level of intelligence that Reed had, but it still helped.

He had been helping them for months, mostly Johnny, but he helped Sue as well. She was a mess after Reed was killed and it was only thanks to him that she was recovered.

"How's it going sis?" Johnny entered the room. He had flown so as he landed the flames faded from his limbs and his blue suit was visible from underneath. She was working on the 34th floor and was checking the computer banks to make sure that they were all functioning properly.

"Pretty well… you know, considering all the problems we still have" she was working on something, but Johnny didn't understand any of it, so he stayed a distance from the computer banks.

"Can't you just ask the kids? They're both geniuses." Johnny suggested.

"They're out with Ben." She told him. "Usually I can handle this, but I have no idea what's wrong."

"I could call Spidey, he might see something that you're missing" he offered. She was hesitant, which he was confused by, but she gave him the go ahead. They waited for Spider-Man to arrive, which meant they weren't waiting for long.

"What you need help with Johnny?" Spider-Man clung to the ceiling.

"She wants your help. Not me" Johnny clarified, pointing to his sister, Spider-Man dropped from the ceiling and followed the duo as they took him inside.

Spider-Man was able to fix the problem. It was a simple one, but she had missed it thanks to her stressed out state, Johnny left while they were working, leaving the two alone. "Are you okay?" he asked her when they were finished. They were in the kitchen having a cup of coffee.

She sighed heavily and took a sip of her coffee. "I'm just tired, for the past few months everything has been nonstop." She placed the mug of coffee down on the counter as she placed her hand on her head, she was very obviously tired. "Everything since Reed has been chaotic, trying to keep the team together, remaining as heroes while looking after two kids. Even after the Future Foundation collapsed it was still too much… is still too much."

Spider-Man put his arms around her, after quickly putting his own mug down, one hand was gentle on the back if her head, the fingers gently stroking her head while his other was on her back. She felt safe around him, her normal worried mood faded away into his embrace.

"I told you before. If you ever need anything I'll be there for you, no matter what." He wasn't sure what was happening to him exactly, but he couldn't help but feel something whenever she was upset or frustrated, he wasn't entirely sure yet. "Sue" he shifted so that his hand was resting on the side of her face and their eyes were fixed on one another, well her eyes and his mask, which was pulled halfway up his face.

He couldn't feel it, but her heart was racing, she feared that it would break free from her chest. It was something that she had been feeling for a while, she didn't know what it meant but for now she didn't need to.

"Mum!" the door burst open. Franklin and Valeria Richards rushed inside the room, they stopped briefly when they saw Spider-Man and their mum awkwardly part from each other. They both smiled but kept those grins hidden before hugging their mum

"Good to see you guys" Sue smiled and hugged them both.

Ben then entered, everything shaking as the giant entered. "Hey Spidey" he waved.

"Good to see you Ben" Spider-Man replied.

"What are you doing here? Actually, don't answer that, you were helping with something no doubt" Ben laughed before placing a box, which was in his hand, on the counter near to the two mugs. "I got the groceries."

Spider-Man opened the box and moved the contents quickly to their proper places before Sue could even move to try and do it herself, earning a slight smile from Ben and the kids, who knew more than the two of them about how they felt toward each other.

"Hey Spider" Ben spoke up.

"Yeah, what's up Ben?" Spider-Man asked as he was putting the things away. Sue and the kids took seats, stools, that surrounded the kitchen island. They were on one side of the island that was on the opposite side that Spider-Man and Ben were on.

Ben was leaning against a counter while he watched the spider work. "Are you dating anyone at the moment?" he asked, shocking everyone. "Just that I heard you and some cat girl were getting close on the news." Sue's heart suddenly felt a twinge of pain when the idea that he might be with someone came up.

"You mean Black Cat? No." Spider-Man answered.

"Really, didn't want to go there? She looked like she was hot enough." Ben continued, Sue and the kids very interested in their conversation.

"Believe me, I know how hot she is."

"Wait a minute, did you already date her?" Ben was a little surprised. Spider-Man didn't answer right away, but that was enough for Ben to know the answer. "Wow, you do well for yourself, unless of course you have some kind of model face under there."

"I'm actually pretty average. But as far as the doing well for myself, you're wrong."

"Why you say that?"

"Pretty much every relationship I've been in has failed. Usually because the whole Spidey thing not mixing well with them or me not having told them and the secrets destroying it."

"What is your type? I heard Johnny talk about you dating a model once, he seemed very pissed, so I bet she was hot too."

"I don't really have a type, but so far other than Cat everyone I've dated is… well normal. Maybe that's the problem."

"What? Them not having powers?" Ben was a little confused.

"Maybe. I mean I've never dated a hero before, it would solve the whole conflict with that part of my life." Spider-Man responded.

"Like anyone at the moment?" Ben asked. Then Johnny entered the room. Ben, Sue and the kids were frustrated as they were going to find out who he liked.

"Sup Spider!" he tossed him the last item from the box and Spider-Man put it away. "What you guys talking about?" he asks. Ben caught him up on the conversation so far, during the recap the kids got bored, so they rushed off to do their own thing, but Sue stayed, acting as though she wasn't nearly as interested in the conversation as she actually was.

"Not going back to Felicia?" Johnny asked.

"Who is Felicia?" Sue asked, trying to be more active in the conversation without giving an indication as to why.

"Felicia Hardy, the Black Cat that appeared on the news yesterday with him." Johnny answered.

"How do you know her name?" Ben asked.

"Because I went around his when one time and she was the one that answered the door, it was super awkward." Johnny told them. "At first, I thought she was robbing him, so I tried to stop her until he got back and put me through a wall."

"Hey, that wasn't entirely my fault, you left out the part where you set my apartment on fire. If I didn't stop you the fire was going to spread, then we'd have a much bigger problem then you fighting my girlfriend."

"I… I didn't believe her" he explained. "But it's cool now right? You don't wanna get back with her?" Johnny asked.

"Nope, been there done that and it really didn't work out. Besides I'm into someone else." They all wanted to know more but then there was a vibrating sound coming from him, Spider-Man took out a phone and placed it on his ear. "This is Doctor Phil what can I do for you?" he joked.

"Yeah… uh-huh… sure… got it, I'll be there as soon as I can." He spoke with someone on the other end of the phone. He then put the phone back where he pulled it from and let out a sigh.

"What's up?" Johnny asked.

"I have to go to work. Not sure how long it will take but if it isn't too late I'll stop by." He told them while he answered Johnny's question.

"Spider-Man, even if it's late come by, I have something I need to tell you… it's… important." Sue told him, he gave a nod of recognition before leaving, and swinging to whatever job he had to do.

Spider-Man landed on the side of a building, his building actually, which had almost completed construction and was functional. There were a lot of people in the inside worker, but he ignored them and crawled up the side of the building and to his office.

Once he was inside he removed the suit and changed into a suit so that he looked the part of the CEO. Then he pressed a button that was on his phone console. "You can let them in" he told someone on the other end.

The door to his office then opened and someone he recognised walked in. "Elizabeth Allan, been a long time" he said as the blonde walked in.

"Peter, I missed you." They hugged one another.

"So, what can I do for you?" he asked.

"Well. Alchemax wants to join a project of yours that we heard about." She was the CEO of Alchemax so if she came in person it was either to see him, which he doubted, or it was because what she was going to say was important, the more likely of the two.

"And what would that be?" he asked.

"Your new prison, a facility to rehabilitate criminals. I want to help" she said.

"Liz, how did you find out about that?" he asked. There was no way that she would go into business just because it was the right thing to do. She was very strong when it came to running her business, if she was offering help it was because she would also gain something out of it.

"I investigated your company a little, just checking out the competition. I know how smart you are so when you made your own business there was a chance you might take our business, luckily that isn't the case."

"So, what was your take on the idea? And what do you want to help with exactly?"

"I'm sure you know, but we recently acquired Horizon Labs as one of our subsidiaries" they finally moved from the doorway and walked over to the desk, he gestured for her to sit, which she did, and he sat at his desk chair.

"I am aware of that." He confirmed that he knew.

"Well in doing so we have the technology that was developed to combat several of the villains, such as Vampires, Zombie, Ghost and Werewolf if we used that in your prison then we could better contain them. Considering you used to work there I'm guessing that you know better than I do what we have that could assist you. If we collaborated, then we could increase the efficiency of the facility."

"Like the Spider-Slayers?"

"Exactly."

They began to talk through more of the specifics, it was a good idea, but her company had been used in the past by villains and he knew that it was pretty easy to sneak into, after all he had snuck into it several times in the past.

But they managed to agree on terms, although it take a while and lots of coffee. She was okay with leaving it, but Peter wanted to finish everything as quickly as possible, they were already behind schedule on the production of the project, so he was against the clock or his primary investors might pull from the project.

Before she left she gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. When she had gone he changed into his Spider-Man costume and left the building. Swinging to the Baxter Building, where he was supposed to meet Sue for her to tell him something that was important.

"Sue" he said quietly, calling out to her. He didn't won't to wake the kids that were obviously asleep considering it was 1:00am. He found her in her room, he knocked on the door gently, just loud enough so that she would hear, but not loud enough that it would wake her if she was asleep.

"Come in" came her voice from the inside. He opened the door and walked in, closing the door behind him. "Spider-Man." She gestured for him to come over, which he did, sitting at the foot of her bed.

There was a moment of silence, neither of them talking. He was waiting for her to talk and she was trying to find the courage to say what she had been feeling for a while. "Listen. I need to tell you something" she paused but he waited. "I-I think I've fallen in love with you" she said bluntly, she said it like she was trying to get it all out before she lost her nerve after the initial hesitation.

He was stunned, but he was happy about it. He gripped the top of his mask and pulled it off, she was seeing his brown hair and eyes for the first time, but she didn't dwell on it. She was trying to get some inkling of what she was feeling from his eyes or his expression or both, but all she was getting was that he was surprised.

She was anxious for an answer, but she did wait for him to process everything. "Sue… I… I feel the same way." She felt surprised when he gave his answer, she wasn't sure what she expected, but from the conversation earlier she didn't expect that answer. "But… if we are going to do this then I can't start this on a lie. My name… my real name is Peter Parker." He told her.

Author's Note: I am starting this series, well reposting and having changed some bits of the first chapter. If you have a story that you want to post here then you can send it, just give me the name you want on to top.

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