A/N: So this chapter took longer then intended. No excuses just lazy.
Anyways, I have a few things to say first.
1. Thanks to everyone that reads, reviews, and favorites this fic, I wasn't sure if their interaction would be entertaining at first but your comments give me confidence.
2. To all Spider-man x X-23 fans, ASM A Second Chance, is another fic about the two. It's only one chapter so far but it definitely looks promising. It takes place after the whole Superior Spider-man thing. It's not in the crossover section so just look up the name. And thank you lankydaydreamer for writing another Spider-man x X-23 fic, not enough of these two.
3. Like I said before, this won't be exactly canon like the comics. I might use some canon arcs or scenes but I'm writing whatever is convenient for me.
Oh yeah, does anyone like the picture for this fic. No, I didn't draw it but I'm glad I found it.
"PETER BENJAMIN PARKER!"
The very essence of fear itself ran through Peter's being at that moment.
"Duuude, she just full named you. That's never good. What'd you do to piss her off?"
"I don't freaking know!" Spider-man, minus the mask, replied as he frantically looked around.
He had been having a good time with his best friend, Johnny Storm, just hanging out in the Fantastic Four's base of operations, the Baxter Building, before Laura's very pissed off roar ended that good time.
'What do I do?! What do I do?! Should I run? No, she can hunt me down with that damn nose of hers and that'll just piss her off even more!'
"SHOW YOURSELF RIGHT NOW!"
'If that's possible.'
"Seriously, bro, what the hell did do?"
Johnny wasn't sure if he should laughing at his friend or mourning for him because, damn was Laura pissed. She was already a scary ass woman (hot ass hell too, how Peter picked her up Johnny would never know) but this was on a whole other level.
Very discreetly, which for him meant obvious as hell, Johnny backed away from Peter and towards the other side of the living room. Hopefully he would be safe there. There was no way in hell he was going to miss the defeat of the Amazing Spider-man.
Damn, he needed some popcorn.
"Hahahahahaha! You think that'll stop her? You're so screwed! Hahahaha!"
"I know that!" Peter snapped at his friend. "But I gotta do something my spider sense is going insane! It's worse than when I deal with Carnage!" they both winced at the name of the psycho.
Bad memories.
"There you are!" coming around the corner, Laura set her eyes on her target before halting her advance. "Really? You think this can stop me?" raising an eyebrow, Laura questioned the trembling unmasked hero, who shrugged nervously as a response.
(Snikt)
It took less than a few seconds for Laura to cut through the web Peter made to block her advancement into the living room.
"What do you have to say for yourself?" stepping into the room, Laura crossed her arms and glared at the terrified hero.
" . . . . Happy bir- . . . Anniver- . . . Valenti-" judging how the look on Laura's face hadn't changed, he didn't make the classic mistakes most men made in their relationships by forgetting a special day.
Not like Laura would get that mad over such a thing anyway.
So that left the question: What the hell did he do?
Why was she wearing that crazy killer look she hadn't worn in a long time?
"Really?" Laura tilted her head to the side, making her look even crazier.
He wasn't sure how that was even possible.
"Nothing? You don't realize why I'm here? Why your spider sense is buzzing right now?" and it was buzzing, like fucking crazy.
Like Laura crazy.
" . . . . . . . . No." every time he opened his mouth to say something his spider sense would buzz even more, so he kept his words to the absolute minimum.
"Then let me enlighten you." as she walked past him and towards the remote on the couch, Laura did a fake lunge at Peter causing him to flinch away from her. "That's right." Laura glared as she continued passed him.
He should be scared of her.
"Hahahahah! She's made you her bitch!"
"Shut up, Johnny!"
"Yes, ma'am."
"Ha!"
"You too, Peter!"
"Yes, dear."
Silence fell upon them as Laura glared at the silent men.
More like scolded boys really.
The silence ended as Laura turned on the television and changed the channel to the news.
What showed was footage of a fight that happened a week prior.
It was a fight between the Juggernaut and Spider-man.
Peter cringed as recalled the beating he took from that fight.
Flashback
"Whoa! Flying cars! It's the future!" said car was only flying because the mutant known as the Juggernaut chucked it at Spider-man.
Luckily for himself, he was able to flip over it and shoot two web lines at the top of the car as he was halfway through his flip. With all the strength he could muster, Spider-man continued the rest of the flip, slamming the car on top of the Juggernaut's head, causing it to explode on impact.
'Did that work?'
"You think that could stop me?! I'm the Juggernaut, bitch!"
Nope, didn't work.
"Well, good thing I had another reason for throwing that car at him." with the smoke and flames from the explosion still alive, it made a perfect cover for Spider-man to get close enough to unlatch the last buckle on the Juggernaut's helmet.
Which he immediately went for.
Shooting two webs on two buildings on the opposite sides of the street, Spider-man launched himself in the air before falling on the rampaging mutant's shoulders. He quickly undid the latch, ripped off the helmet, and threw it as far away as he could.
His spider sense tingled.
Spider-man just barely had enough time to back flip off his shoulders before a massive hand could grab him and more than likely squish him.
With the helmet off, the Juggernaut was now vulnerable to mental attacks.
'Which works out great for me since I totally have psychic powers.'
Spider-man was really wishing Jean or Professor Xavier popped up around now.
The Juggernaut was their villain after all.
But he doubted they were coming, seeing as Laura herself was called off for a mission with the X-Men.
Or was it the X-Force?
It was definitely x-something.
'So in short, I'm screwed.' Spider-man thought as ran then slid between the giant's legs before punching the back of one of his knees with all his strength, actually bringing the mutant down to a knee. 'But, maybe if I'm lucky some other heroes will stop by and give me a hand.' New York was basically the super hero capital of the world.
What were the odds of all the heroes being busy?
Flashback End
"How could they all have been busy?! What are the odds?!"
"You're the dork, webs, you tell us." Johnny shrugged at his friend before he noticed Laura, arms crossed, eyes glaring, and foot tapping impatiently. "But, uh, I think Ms. Parker has something to say."
Johnny was one of a few people who knew that they were married.
The others were all people, mostly close hero friends, who knew Spider-man was Peter Parker.
The rest of the world didn't even know Laura, or better known as Talon, was married.
It wouldn't do for someone to know Laura was married and see her with Peter and then put two and two together.
"Sooooo," Peter started, not really wanting to see what Laura had to say, "what does my fight with the Juggernaut have to do with anything?"
"What it has to do with," Laura started as she stalked up to Peter, causing him to step back nervously and fall on his ass due to the couch behind him, "is the fact that I seem to remember explicitly forbidding you from fighting an Omega Class threat."
"But I couldn't let him continue what he was doing." Peter replied. "Look, I know Omega Class is way out of my league but I can't sit back and do nothing while people get hurt."
"Yes, you said that before and that's why I made you promise me that if you did fight an Omega Class that you wouldn't do it alone."
Well, that was true.
"It's not like I wanted to fight the guy by myself, I would've loved for the Avengers to have tagged along if they were available. Anyone really would've been good." Peter ended his last sentence with a glare at Johnny.
"Sorry, webs, was in another dimension, you know, the same Ole' Fantastic Four deal."
"Yeah yeah." Peter rolled his eyes before setting them back on his wife. He could see the underlined emotion hiding under her anger.
His eyes softened at that.
"Listen, Laura, I know you don't want me going against powerhouses like the Juggernaut but, with great power comes great responsibility." Laura opened her mouth to respond but found herself unable.
What could she say to that?
She knew where that saying came from, the guilt that was the driving force behind Spider-man.
She also knew that it was a damn good saying for a hero, or anyone really, to live by.
She herself lived by that saying thanks to Peter.
He was her mentor in being a better person and a true hero, and despite how many times she may have called him an idiot she always took what he said to heart.
Laura knew it would be impossible for Peter to sit back while someone was in danger, but nonetheless...
"Peter," Laura started, her voice far softer then it was since she arrived, "I know you won't- Johnny get the hell out of here."
"Getting the hell out of here." Laura may have calmed down but he knew she could easily flare back up and he didn't want her craziness directed at him.
So he left, leaving Laura and Peter to have the heart to heart he knew they were gonna have.
As Laura watched her husband's best friend, who was also an idiot, disappear around the corner, her gaze turned back to the still sitting Peter.
". . . Peter, I know you. I know you won't do nothing when there's someone in danger. I just . . . ." as Peter watched Laura trail off, he reached out and grabbed her arm before pulling her down onto his lap.
She didn't fight him and, instead, simply curled up onto his lap as she rested her head right above his heart.
His beating heart.
" . . I just don't want to lose you."
That was her greatest fear, losing the people who somehow managed to work their way into her heart. Sure, she didn't need to worry about Logan as much as he was nearly indestructible, but Peter was a different story.
Peter could die.
He could go out on patrol one day and never come back to her.
That was always on her mind when he was Spider-man. In fact, that was the reason she was so adamant about going with him on his patrols so much when they were younger. She wanted to be out there watching his back, but over the years she had learned to curb that fear. That being said that fear was still there, enough so that she still had nightmares to the present day.
"You won't." Peter quietly reassured with a whisper in her ear. "I don't plan on going anywhere anytime soon."
Laura didn't respond, instead, she simply stared off into space, her eyes losing their shine.
"Hey." Peter nudged her shoulder causing Laura's eyes to lazily drift up to him. "I'm serious. I'm not leaving you. Promise."
Peter's outstretched pinky slowly caught her attention.
Tentatively, Laura looked from the pinky and into Peter's eyes.
" . . . You can be such an idiot." Laura muttered as she curled her own pinky around Peter's. "But I'll hold you to that promise."
"That's the idea." a chuckle escaped his lips. "Now cheer up. We should enjoy our time together."
"I guess you're right." with a smile on her face, Laura curled into Peter more and simply relished in his warmth, his presence, and his life.
Yes, Peter was right.
She should enjoy her time with him.
Just being with him was more than she could ask for.
But even if that was so...
"You're still in trouble, you know that right?"
"Damn."
A/N: Honestly, I could've done better with that flashback. I'll probably go into more detail of the fight in a chapter in the future. That also includes Laura's reaction when she first hears that Peter had fought the Juggernaut by himself.
Also about the Juggernaut I got the whole vulnerable from psychic attacks from X-men evolution, so I have no idea if that's canon.
Thanks for all the ideas for future chapters, they really help.
Peace.
