Authors note: So, in this fic Sam's a trans girl who just became an agent of shield. I don't think there's going to be a lot of angst in this, just a lot of drama. Gwen Stacy is dead in the fic. This is based on the Ultimate Spiderman TV show, but I also read the Nova comic book series, so I'll probably take some inspiration from those too. Leave me a review pls. Sam's gender identity won't be revealed until later chapters, and it makes Peter question everything he knows about himself. I'll try to use some of my own experiences as a trans girl to make Sam more authentic. If you have anything that you think I should add to the story, let me know :D
Side note: There will eventually be a sex scene in this between Peter and Sam, but it won't be too explicit. I also don't think that I'll have Sam go by "Samantha". Sam is a pretty unisex name already.
It was Thursday night, game night. Aunt May, MJ, and Peter were all engaged in an intense game of Uno. Aunt May had just thrown down a wild card when peter noticed that he had an alert from his custom S.H.I.E.L.D alert watch.
The "watch" looked more like a Fit bit, and Peter thought that made him look even more conspicuous since everyone assumed he was a nerdy weakling. Which was only partly true, Peter was a nerd, but he was in very good shape. Not that you could really tell from the baggy shirts he wore. Yeah, Peter has pretty nice biceps, but people just assumed they were from helping Aunt May around the house. Looking up from his watch, Peter gave MJ a look that she was all too familiar with. His face told her that he needed to slip out of the house to fight crime as his superhero alter ego, Spiderman. Peter had given MJ that look hundreds of time before ditching her. While it might have been easy to ditch MJ, his Aunt May was much harder to slip away from.
"Oh darn." MJ said looking at the time on her iPhone. "I promised my dad I would be home by nine." Mj said, trying her best to sound disappointed.
Aunt May gave MJ her signature puppy dog eyes. Man, Aunt May could guilt a turtle out of its shell with those things.
"Well, I could just stay and walk home later I guess." MJ said optimistically. She knew Aunt May would change her mind immediately.
"Nonsense! A young girl as pretty as you walking home alone in the dark? Peter will walk you home, sweetie. "Aunt May said in a soft, yet commanding voice.
Peter smiled. He knew telling MJ about him being Spiderman was a good idea. "We'd better get going MJ, the weirdos come out at night."
MJ giggled. "You have no Idea." She said standing while putting on her black leather blazer.
Peter was already moving towards the door; he was eager to find out what his S.H.I.E.L.D alert was about.
"You two be careful out there!" Aunt May said as she waited until she knew they were gone, she wasted no time digging into the chips n' guac that she had laid out for game night.
Peter and MJ ran into an ally so that Peter could change. He didn't think that his night would start with him stripping out of his civilian clothes behind a dumpster, but hey. Not every superhero can be as glamorous as Tony Stark.
When he was in full uniform Peter came up to MJ and pulled her into his side with his arm wrapped securely around her waist.
"I really can't wait until you learn how to drive." Peter sighed, shooting his web at a nearby building.
MJ squealed when Peter pulled them up, swinging them from building to building.
"Oh shut it, you know you love me." MJ said confidently.
"Yeah, yeah. I guess I do." Peter sighed with a smirk. It was true. He did love MJ, but in a strictly platonic kind of way. Peter and MJ did date once, and it ended terribly. They realized that they couldn't go any further than hand holding. If you don't love someone that way, then you can't force it. The experience had made their friendship that much stronger.
When they made it to MJ's backyard, Peter told her goodnight, challenged her to a rematch in Uno, and swung back into the air.
Whatever that S.H.I.E.L.D alert had been about, he was pretty sure it would be handled by now, but Peter decided that he should check it out anyways.
Peter had made to the area that the S.H.I.E.L.D alert had directed him to. There were uprooted trees, park benches pulled from the ground, scorched earth, and a whole lot of rubble everywhere.
There was a S.H.I.E.L.D containment vehicle on the scene. They were helping a shirtless Alexander Sytsevich into the vehicle. Peter was confused, he thought that Alex had his rhino powers under control.
He saw Ava and Luke talking to a girl in a black suit with a golden helmet, who was floating in the air, and glowing? Peter walked up to them to find out who this new girl was.
"Hey guys, I see you got the situation under control here." Peter said lightly, feeling a little guilty for responding to the alert so late.
"Yeah, no thanks to you! How is a guy who can swing from buildings like Tarzan always late?" Ava said, not trying to hide the irritation in her voice. Even with her mask on, you can totally tell when she's glaring at you.
"Sorry guys, tonight was game night with Aunt May, and you know how hard it is to sneak away from her." Peter explained.
"Don't worry about it, dude. She's just grumpy because she got knocked out by Rhino." Luke teased.
"I did not, I was meditating so that I could channel my chi to help us beat him!" Ava said trying defend herself, but even she didn't believe her excuse. "Besides, you didn't need me, thanks to her." Ava said, gesturing to the girl standing next to them.
"Yeah, I mean I could have beaten him by myself, but it was cute that you guys helped anyways." The girl said proudly.
Who was this girl? Peter totally wasn't jealous or anything, he just didn't like how cocky she was being.
"Don't kid yourself, newbie, even the Hulk had a hard time beating Rhino. You're lucky you didn't get hurt." Peter scoffed.
The girl had stopped floating. "You're lucky I even showed up at all. If I wasn't here your friends would have had to fight him alone, bug boy." The girl growled, crossing her arms.
Ava and Luke looked at each other nervously. "Okay guys, let's just calm dow- "Luke interjected before getting cut off by Peter.
"Who even are you!?" Peter shouted, throwing his arms in the air from irritation.
Before Ava or Luke could step in the girl was already in Peters face, well. It was more like she was in his chest.
The girl walked right up to Peter, looked straight up at him, and poked him in his chest. "I'm Nova, and I'm an agent of shield so you're going to respect me or I'll grab a newspapers and squash you!" The girl yelled at Peter.
Peter hadn't noticed before because she was floating, but this girl was really short. She had moxie, that was for sure, and Peter would find this super adorable if she wasn't so annoying.
Peter looked over at Ava and Luke who were pulling the girl back from Peter. "No freaking way." Peter said, annoyed that this nuisance was going to be a part of his team.
"Yes way." Agent Coulson said as he walked up to the group of teens. "Team, I see you've met Nova." Agent Coulson said, ignoring the obvious tension between Peter and Nova.
"Wait, he's on the team?" She questioned pointedly.
Peter rolled his eyes at her. "oh come on, Coulson, Dann… Iron fist comes back from K'un-Lun tomorrow. We don't need a replacement anymore!" Peter whined
Nova crossed her arms and huffed. Coulson spoke up before she could hurl another insult at Peter. "Nova isn't a replacement, Spiderman. She's the newest member of your team, and she's not leaving. End of discussion." Coulson scolded.
Peter sighed. "Yes, Sir." he mumbled in defeat.
Ava and Luke exchanged glances during the entire conversation. They've never understood why Peter has such a hard time letting people into his life, his superhero life that is.
"Well alright then. Everyone load up on the quin-jet. Peter, we'll see you tomorrow morning for training." Coulson said. Peter just nodded in response.
He waved goodbye to his team. Everyone waved back at him, everyone except for Nova.
Peter patrolled the city for a while to clear his mind. There wasn't much crime to stop, just a few purse snatchers.
When Peter got home, Aunt May was already asleep, so he just walked up to his room and took a shower.
Peter stepped into the shower, and closed his eyes as the warm water hit his skin. Peter took this time to be alone with his thoughts. While shampooing his hair, Peter thought about the new girl on his team, Nova.
Peter started to feel a twinge of guilt about his reaction to her. He didn't dislike the girl; He was just annoyed at how easily she brushed off danger. She kind of reminded him of how he used to be before Gwen's' death. Peter was still the same guy in his normal life, but when it came to missions, Peter was way more serious. Peter didn't like letting people into his superhero life, and MJ was his only non-superhero friend that knew about him being Spiderman. He would love to tell Aunt May, but he couldn't put that kind of worry on her.
Maybe he should just apologize, it's not like he can just avoid her. If only she wasn't so damn cocky. Peter laughed when he thought about how she stood up to him. She was like a Chihuahua; She didn't care about their size difference.
He made up his mind. He would apologize to her after training. Hopefully she would just accept his apology and not gloat about it.
Peter was feeling better after his shower, but he was zonked. Peter laid in his bed, and looked up at the stars on his ceiling until he fell asleep.