Answers to questions or statements by reviewers:
Sithlord King: Their marriage will be something that's going to be difficult for them to maintain like incredibly so, as the conflict drags on and they will be questioned by others on why they bother to keep it going when both are on opposite sides
cabrera1234: Can't confirm or deny without risking spoilers
Disclaimer: I don't own any Marvel or DC characters seen, mentioned, or used in this story
Year One…
It was late in the afternoon of the next day that Peter and Diana were outside the door of his brother/clone's apartment located in Queens New York. Peter was dressed in a simple blue hoodie, black jeans and white sneakers while Diana was dressed in a red blouse that seemed a bit tight on her because of her well-endowed chest, black pants and wedges that made her a bit taller than Peter. She also had her hair in a ponytail and a pair of glasses that slightly altered her eye color to help better maintain a low profile
Diana caught Peter looking at her intently and she gave him a confused smile "What?"
"Even dressed in plane boring clothes your beyond beautiful" Peter said as he admired her with love and adoration in his eyes
Diana blushed a bit "Your exaggerating Peter…"
"When it comes to you, I never do so" Peter said as he knocked on the door and waited a moment "Ah, if only Flash and the rest of his goons were here today. They'd be questioning reality itself if they saw someone like you married to a guy like me"
"You aren't that bad Peter" Diana said with a nudge "A bit over dramatic at times and careless to your own well-being but a good man"
"Clearly I have yet to show you what I used to look like before I got bit by a spider in high school" Peter smirked as they heard someone approach the door
After a few seconds a red headed woman who was seven months pregnant and wearing a loose purple shirt and white sweatpants opened the door and smiled at the sight of the two "Peter, Diana! I'm so happy you could make it!"
"Hello MJ" Peter nodded to his former girlfriend/fiancé and now wife of his clone/brother while Diana gave the woman a warm hug
"Mary Jane" Diana said breaking the hug and bending down to her belly "And hello to you too May and April"
Mary Jane's face contorted for a second as she rubbed her swollen stomach "Oop, they always kick when they hear your voice."
"I would too if I heard an angel's voice speaking to me" Peter said with a smile
Mary Jane gave Peter an amused grin "Peter always the charmer…"
"Can't deny the charm" Diana said as she and Peter were welcomed into the small but comfortable apartment. Diana looked around a bit "Where's Ben?"
"In here!" came a voice from the kitchen
"Why are you in the kitchen! Don't you want to say hi?" Peter spoke up as he wrapped an arm around Diana's shoulders
"Not if it means seeing your ugly mug" Ben Reilly said as he exited the kitchen. Aside from the man having blonde hair and being slightly thinner than Peter he was an exact carbon copy of the man.
The cover story was that they were twins that were separated at birth because Peter's parents could only afford to look after one child so they gave one up for adoption. Made them sound like total douches in a sense but to be honest Peter think's his mother Mary would have come up with something even more ridiculous and his father Richard would just go along with it.
Ben was dressed in a white shirt, blue jeans and white sneakers as he walked over to Peter and gave him a fist bump and a hug to Diana
"Ugly mug eh?" Peter said with a raised brow "You are aware that you got your looks from me right?"
"Yeah the only good ones, thankfully Jackal made sure you kept the ugly when he made me" Ben joked while Mary Jane lightly smacked his arm
"Behave!" MJ said with a small smile
"Yeah Ben, behave" Peter snickered
"You as well Peter" Diana said with an amused grin at her husband's antics with his only other living family
"Yes ma'am" Peter said with a sheepish smile
"Hey uh Peter, I actually need to talk to you real quick" Ben said as he made his way to his room
Peter raised a brow at the man "What, like right now?"
"No next year during my twins first birthday party and we're both trying to salvage what masculinity we have left" Ben said in a sarcastic tone
Peter growled at the man before giving his wife a kiss on the cheek "I'll be back in a sec"
"Take your time, I was hoping to catch up with MJ" Diana said as she followed her sister-in-law to the kitchen
…
Peter entered the room and closed the door slightly before turning to see Ben going through a trunk he pulled out of the closet "Okay… so what do you want to talk about?"
Ben took a deep breath before turning to Peter "What the hell happened out there?"
"Long story or short?" Peter sighed as he rubbed his head
"Quick so they don't wonder what's up. We can do the extended version over a bottle of tequila later. Hopefully Kaine's there for that part" Ben said as he kept going through the trunk that held some of his old things from when he used to be the Scarlet Spider
"Otto and Joker team up, steal kryptonite and fear toxin, trick Superman into killing someone he loves who had a heart monitor linked to a nuke. Afterwards, Superman flew to Gotham brushed me and Batman aside like literally brushed us aside and killed the Joker all 'Kali maaa' style" Peter said in a hushed tone
"Christ… glad I got out of the life when I did" Ben said as he shook his head in disbelief
"It gets better" Peter said with a roll of his eyes
"Jameson blaming you and the Bats for not killing the crazies?" Ben guessed "I heard and I have to admit that's low even for him"
"Actually no… that isn't it really" Peter said as he sat down on the bed "…Diana in a way sort of agrees with Jonah"
It was at that ben stopped what he was doing and turned to Peter with wide eyes "…She said that she agreed with him? Jonah, the guy with a Hitler mustache on his face and screams louder than a heavy metal band? She agreed with him!"
"No not like that" Peter said to better clarify "Just that maybe I should have taken Otto out when I had the chance or at least let him die in the past…"
Ben sighed "Peter that isn't the man you are even when you were at your worst! You parents, Uncle Ben and Aunt May raised you better than that!"
"I know but… I can't help but sometimes think that if maybe I took Osborn down for good when he first showed up… or Let Cassidy die in that fire all those years ago… then maybe the Green Goblin wouldn't have killed Gwen or Carnage wouldn't have given Aunt May her heart attack when he transformed right in front of her when he first appeared" Peter said as he rubbed his temples while resting his elbows on his knees
"Yeah and maybe I should have killed Kaine when I got the chance, but I didn't! I chose to spare him because despite the things he did to us and Mary Jane, I still believed he could do good… because in a way he was still our brother in the end… clone or not" Ben said as he stood up and made his way over to Peter and sat beside him "And in the end I still don't regret my decision because he proved me right… after a while at least"
Peter smiled a bit at that before looking at Ben "Yeah after he spent another month kicking our asses up and down the east coast… Have you seen or heard from him recently?"
"Not since Christmas, but considering what just happened I think we can expect to hear from him soon. Same with our 'loving' Godfather" Ben said as the two sat there in silence and wondered how the world will move past this calamity
"Ben… something's coming. I don't know what it is but…" Peter said
"I know… I can feel it to man…" Ben said as they both stared at the exposed mask of Ben's Scarlet Spider mask hanging out of the chest
…
"So Diana, can my babies expect any cousins in the not too distant future?" MJ questioned as the duo entered the kitchen
Diana chuckled "No, but it is something we've been thinking about every once in a while"
"I'm surprised there aren't any already. From what I've heard from Peter and my own experiences with the man, you two are like rabbits in heat" MJ giggled at the blush growing on Diana's face
"Yes well" Diana coughed "It's not that easy for us… despite our frequent… sessions"
"Ain't that the truth, you want to have a kid and find it nearly impossible but when you don't want one, boom! You find yourself throwing up in the morning and get the sudden urge to kill half your co-workers because they question your tastes in chocolate" MJ said with a shrug as she moved around the kitchen steadily
"Pregnancy sounds wonderful" Diana said with a slight eye roll
"Yeah it can be… So, how's things going outside the bedroom?" Mary Jane asked as she poured something to drink for Diana and herself into a few glasses that she pulled out
Diana was leaning against the counter and looking out into the city "Fine… baring what's happened"
Mary Jane looked at the immortal Amazon with a sad look "I'm sorry… I really am"
"I know" Diana said with a sigh as she pulled her glasses off and placed them on the counter "Peter isn't taking it well either even if he acts normal. The man still has habit of bottling things up instead of sitting down and talking about them"
"Ben's the same way but he's gotten better since he quit the whole hero thing. Still can't blame Peter for it when half the news is starting to actually blame him and Batman for the actions of that clown and damn squid lover" Mary Jane made a face at that as she took a drink of her glass as she picked up a tablet that had a recent story on it and held it up for Diana to see
'Irish mob found slain in 'Luck of the Brothers' pub, Punisher suspected'
"You'd figure that the Red Hood and the Punisher would be enough for those people but no! They want more lethal heroes running one like a bunch of Judge Dredd rejects" Mary Jane said in annoyance as memories of her few meetings with the skull symbolled gun wielding anti-hero flashed through her mind
Diana kept quite at that part. Even though Mary Jane no longer holds the same feelings for Peter that she used to when they were dating and even engaged, she was still very protective of the man. Diana almost cracked a smile at the memory of when they first met
…
Three and a half years ago…
Peter and Ben had just swung off to stop Shocker and the enforcers from stealing from another bank again when Mary Jane pulled out a pocket knife and held it up to Diana's surprised face
"Hurt Peter and I swear to Zeus, Buddha or whoever the hell you worship I'll gut you like a fish at the market!" Mary Jane said with a dark glare on her face
Diana's brows shot up at the fierce look in the usually friendly red head and couldn't help but feel a bit intimidated by the vastly weaker woman "I won't…"
Mary Jane eyed her for a moment before nodding as she put the knife away "Good… because I really don't want to explain to your Super Friends why you were found dead in a dumpster on forty second street"
…
'She'd make a fine Amazon' Diana thought as she watched Mary Jane reach for a pot that was just out of her reach. Diana immediately stepped forward
"Here, let me get that" Diana said as she reached up and grabbed the pot and placed it on the stove
"Ugh I hate being so short!" Mary Jane said as she gestured to the fact that the top of her head barely reached Diana's chin
"You're not that short MJ" Diana chuckled at the red head "Your more like… fun size"
"Oh god" Mary jane covered her face "Your adopting Ben and Peter's sense of humor"
At this Diana's eyes widened comically as she gasped "What? Oh no! MJ help me!"
Both women than began to laughed as Peter and Ben finally entered the kitchen with blank gazes on their faces
"Oh hardy har har" Peter deadpanned
"Least we know it wasn't our Robin Williams level jokes that won you two over" Ben said with a sigh as he made his way to the fridge "I need a beer…"
"Make that two" Peter said as Diana walked up to him and gave him a hug
"You know I tease, I happen to enjoy your jokes" Diana said fondly as she began to stroke his hair, a habit she's taken to doing ever since they started dating
Ben closed the fridge with his foot while he carried two beers "MJ why can't you love my jokes? If Wonder Woman of all people can love Peter's, whose are worse than mine I might add, than why can't you?"
"Because I've known you and Peter longer sadly, trust me Diana after a while they start to get stale and make you want to pull your hair out" Mary jane said with a roll of her eyes as she sat down in one the chairs and rubbed her belly affectionately
"Well I better enjoy them now why they last" Diana joked as she took Peter's beer that was just handed to him by Ben and took a large gulp from it before handing it back to him
"Oh no by all means help yourself" Peter deadpanned before he gave Diana a kiss on the cheek and whispered into her ear "I'll get you back for this later tonight…"
"I look forward to it honey" Diana whispered back with lustful eyes and a eager smile
"Eww… no flirting or promise of sex in the kitchen" Ben made a face at the two's interaction
"Says the man that bent me over this exact table and filled me with the two little bundles in my womb currently" Mary Jane grinned causing everyone to laugh as they continued to laugh and tease each other well into the night as they exchanged stories and enjoyed a nice peaceful dinner together
…
And done.