The Perks of Being a Wall-Crawler

by LittleEnglishLass

It's a few months since Mr Spider went and chowed down on Peter's hand, and he's still getting to grips with his newfound superhero-ismness. Good thing there's only the occasional few thugs to worry about...right? Wrong. Apparently evil is the new black this season, and a trendy few are catching up with the fashion.

1. Introduction

Why hello there! I hope you enjoy my first tiptoe into the Spiderman Fanfiction Fandom. I apologise for the silly title, but it was something that came to me when I saw the DVD of 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower' at a friend's house. I have no idea what that film is even about or if it fits well with this story…but whatever, I thought it was an entertaining pun. If I think of anything better then I'll change it so don't get too attached.

Anyhoo, here are some important facts you need to know before you get started with this story, because I'm not going to keep explaining shit over and over.

1. This is a Peter/MJ story, in case you couldn't tell. No, there won't be any Gwen/Peter, so please don't bother asking. I used to have nothing against the paring, but the newer films have soured me to Gwen's character to the point where I see her as nothing more than a Sexy-Lamp (basically a character you could replace with a pretty lamp and it would still have the exact same effect on the scene). MJ is no better in that aspect, but as I find I do actually prefer MJ ever so slightly more, I went with MJ.

2. It's an AU universe in the sense that Peter and MJ didn't know each other before the events of the plot, so there's no boring high school drama or anything, isn't that neat? Take notes Mr Bay! They're also a little bit older by a few years (because yey for emotionally mature adults), and I'm going to attempt to make sure MJ no longer suffers from what I call Obligatory Irritating Love Interest Syndrome, an arduous task I know.

3. Please be aware that I absolutely WILL be playing with Peter's powers a lot (including a complete 'biological webbing' power tree rather than the Web-Shooters thing because it's just more logical/cool this way) so if something doesn't seem right, just assume it's intentional because it probably is. Do feel free to give me some pointers on characterisation though, I welcome the advice!

ENJOY!