So, I'm going to apologize for the way this is posted right now. I wrote this part later once I'd finished the original (which I really did think was going to be the ending) and decided it might be a good idea to give a little more insight into the interworkings of thier friendship (or at least the beginning of it).

This story will more or less be the teenage equivelant of "The Stark Household: Childhood Misadventures", but with Spiderman thrown in for good measure. There will be a third multi-chapter piece in the series that catalogs the college level adventures, but that is no where near begun. I don't know when I'm going to post it either, given I've found I have a tendency to write things as they come to me and thus everything ends up out of order. Thus, please be patient. If you want to see stuff as it comes out, look at my AO3 account (Illusinia) otherwise please just be patient with me. I'm trying to figure out what goes where still.

Enjoy everyone and I'll try to have more of this out soon.

Illusinia

"So, what do you do for fun besides shoot webs?" asked Darcy mildly as she pulled up more data on her holographic computer screen and started adding notes with a remote keyboard.

Spider-man shrugged. "Go to school, hang out with friends, blow things up. The usual."

The grin Darcy gave him when he mentioned the 'blow things up' bit was a bit worrying. Especially when she looked ready to start bouncing on the balls of her feet. "Seriously? What subject?"

"Chemistry," replied Spider-man. "What other subject encourages you to make things explode?"

"Engineering," pointed out Darcy, who was still grinning. "But that's more of the 'oh shit I shouldn't have let that spark that way' kind of exploding. Well, that and the 'huh, so that's why you don't weld those two materials together' way."

Spider-man nodded sagely. "So fellow seeker of epic explosions, what do you do in your spare time?"

Darcy shrugged casually, ticking activities off on one hand. "Invent, blow things up, listen to music too loud, watch movies, party." She shrugged a little. "The usual."

"Stark-style invent or Tesla-style invent?" asked Spider-man curiously, head canting slightly to one side.

"A little of column A, a little of column B, and a whole lot of column C," replied Darcy with the same grin she'd offered him before.

Beneath his mask, she could just make out Spider-man's eyebrow rising. "What's in column C?"

She couldn't restrain the slightly evil chuckle that escaped her at his question. "C stands for chaos."

"And carbon," pointed out Spider-man. "Can't forget carbon."

"Very nice," nodded Darcy in approval. "Spoken like a true chemist. You will make a fine partner in my epic quest for explosions and insane inventions."

Spider-man couldn't help but grin as he offered her his hand. "I have a feeling this is the start of an amazing and possibly world-destroying friendship."

"Possibly world-destroying? I'm pretty sure we're going to destroy something and if it isn't the world, it'll be someone's mind," corrected Darcy. "You're playing with the big girls and boys now, Spidy. Get ready for chaos and explosions like you've never seen before."

Spider-man quickly became a regular visitor to Darcy's workshop late at night. Especially after she took a look at his web-shooter and started talking about all the crazy upgrades she could make to it. From there, things just kinda happened. Her workshop became a sanctuary to him, complete with random, crazy semi-best friend who blew things up in her spare time. What more could a super-hero ask for?