I have an issue, I can't stop coming up with new stories. Anyone have any advice?
Anywho:
Xeroderma PigmentosumDefinition: A rare hereditary defect of the enzyme system that repairs DNA after damage from ultraviolet rays, resulting in extreme sensitivity to sunlight and a tendency to develop skin cancer.
There's this dream that I have almost every night.
I'm a little kid sitting between my parents in a convertible. We're all smiling at each other and laughing as we drive down the road with the sun rising over the ocean next to us. I feel the wind blow through my hair, the warm sun against my skin and the loving arms of my parents around me.
I'm happy because I feel safe and I want that moment to last forever.
But that would be impossible.
Impossible because my parents have been dead since I was really little and I can't go into the sun, at all.
I have a really rare condition that comes with a severe sensitivity to sunlight. It's called Xeroderma Pigmentosum, or XP. If I do go into the sun then I could get skin cancer, my brain will begin to fail.
And I could die.
But I'm not complaining... much. Other kids my age would think that sleeping during the day and staying up all night would be a dream come true but after fifteen years, it gets a little bit boring.
I don't or actually can't go to school so I don't have many friends. I take online classes, fun right?
And like I said, my parents are gone so I live with my Uncle Ben and Aunt May. Only, the best Aunt and Uncle a kid could ask for.
Which was lucky for me because growing up, people could be what you'd expect.
Only a few people know about me, through May and Ben of course but I don't know how others found out about my condition.
Like this one kid who calls himself Flash, I see him rarely on the nights I'm allowed out and he calls me the same things everytime, Vampire Boy.
Yeah, ouch.
But not everyone was mean to me, like this kid Ned Leeds. He's my best and only friend. He likes Star Wars, he's really smart and he understands my condition. Plus his mom let's him out at night so we can hang out.
Another lucky thing for me.
Because a few months back, Ben was murdered right in front of the apartment. I saw it all happen but I couldn't do anything because the sun was out.
Yeah, things were pretty bad. Don't worry, me and May alright now, I mean we miss him everyday but Ben wouldn't have wanted us to grieve forever.
All things considered, I have a pretty good life.
Monthly doctor appointments, online classes, spending time with Aunt May when she's not at work, sleeping during the day and staying up all night (which I'm pretty sure is what normal teens do anyway) Hanging out with Ned, and studying constellations.
Yup, that's the normal life of Peter Parker.
Well, mostly.
I have this insane secret. Well, not exactly a secret because May knows but anyway...
I'm Spider-Man.
