I had something different in mind for Electro in this.
Also, get ready for so many feels: heartache, comfort, fluff, and romantic gushiness!
I own nothing from Marvel, Spider-Man, or any other franchise mentioned in this chapter
Chapter 10: First Valentine
~A Month Later~
Valentine's Day was just around the corner, and MJ actually found herself looking forward to it. It was the first time during the holiday that she was in a relationship, and she loved Peter, but...so far, he hadn't mentioned it.
She spotted him by his locker and went over, "Hey dork."
"Hey," Peter smiled in response, then looked around in confusion. "Can you tell me what's up with all the heart decorations?"
MJ squinted her eyes at her boyfriend, "You do remember what holiday is in February, right Parker?"
Peter scratched his chin in thought, "Hmm; Groundhog Day, President's Day..."
"Valentine's Day," she mentioned.
"Oh, I don't celebrate," he dismissed the subject. "You know, I've never had a girlfriend on-"
Peter's eyes widened and he looked at MJ, who arched her eyebrow, "OH, I have a girlfriend on Valentine's Day!"
"Mhm," she hummed in confirmation.
But then he laughed, "I'm kidding, I didn't forget about Valentine's Day."
"Keep that up, and you won't remember anything when I'm done with you," MJ warned in a playful manner.
Peter chuckled and kissed her in response, "You love me too much to really hurt me."
"Everybody has limits, Parker," MJ responded.
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At Oscorp, Max Dillon was heading to the General Mix Lab to fix an electric flow problem. He and his sister, Sarah had been partners since they were kids, both being geniuses when it came to electricity. Being hired by Oscorp was a big opportunity, if only they realized the rumors of Norman Osborn being crooked were true.
Mas and Sarah designed the specs for the power grid for the city, but Osborn took credit for it. Naturally, Mas and Sarah weren't going to take this lying down. They just needed a good lawyer, but going up against Oscorp legally would be next to impossible. Still, it wasn't gonna stop them from trying.
Max got to the lab, where some modified electric eels swam in some tanks, providing one of the sources of power for the building. He went up to where the shortage was and got out his radio.
"Hey Sarah, I'm here," he said. "Shut down power to...Section 32."
"Got it," Sarah responded, then the power went off in the area Max was in, so he could fix it without getting hurt.
He got onto the railing and stretched his leg to balance on a metal bar just below the shortage, but he slipped! He grabbed one of the loose cables as he fell...into one of the tanks! The eels, feeling threated by the intrusion, began to attack Max, biting into him! His skin started to light up golden yellow, and lightning started to stream around him, then the tank exploded! Max's body twitched for a bit before going limp.
"Max?! Max, what happened?!" Sarah's voice called frantically from the radio. "MAX?!"
There was no answer.
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With this being their Senior Year, Peter and his friends also had to think about college.
Peter himself had already decided on Columbia University, since it allowed him to stay in New York, and the city needed Spider-Man. Plus, he could still be close to MJ, as well, since she'd also chosen Columbia University.
Ned hadn't told his friends yet, but he'd received an acceptance letter from MIT, as well as Columbia University. He didn't know which one to choose.
He and Peter had known each other since kindergarten, and to suddenly be away from each other...
Plus, he was "The Guy in the Chair". But lately, Peter had been showing he could do stuff on his own. Of course, he and Aaron had helped him a few times, and Aaron had been giving him lessons on more expert hacking and decrypting. Still, it was a lot to think about.
Currently, the trio of friends were in Times Square for some leisure time, at a Dunkin' Donuts.
"Mmm, I miss those donut balls they used to make," Peter said as he munched on his treat.
"They actually called them 'donut holes', which sounds wrong," MJ mentioned.
"Yeah, tell me about it," Ned agreed.
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Sarah ran down the sidewalk, trying to find her brother.
Max should've died from being electrocuted and attacked by those eels, but somehow he survived. But his body emitted some kind of electric field, making it almost impossible for paramedics to help him. Just as they got him to the entrance, Max woke up, frantically crawling away from everyone! Sarah tried to calm him down, but almost got zapped. Max, not knowing what was happing to him and fearing he would hurt his sister, ran out of the entrance to who knows where.
But Sarah knew she had to find him. Whatever was happening to Max, it could be dangerous.
As for Max himself; after getting some discarded clothes from a garbage can, he began stumbling down the sidewalk. He didn't know if he was seeing things, but in his vision, anything that ran on electricity was glowing. Cars, street lights, he could even see the wires beneath the street.
But the brightest glow came from Times Square, which was just ahead.
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"Hey, what was that project Harry wanted you to look at?" MJ asked.
"He wants to put some research substations around the city, to look at anything to help the environment," Peter answered.
"Like looking for better fuel and stuff?" asked MJ.
"That, not using as much electricity, dissolving high levels of algae, and more," Peter explained. "He wants to be an environmental lawyer, like his Mom."
"Well, all the better then," said Ned.
Peter felt that familiar buzz in the back of his head, and saw the hair on his arm stick up. He looked out the window to the crowds of people, but didn't see anything.
"What's wrong?" MJ asked, worried. She noticed him go into "Alert Mode".
"I don't know, but something's wrong."
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Max stumbled past some people, feeling exhausted. He didn't why he was so tired, but something in his body was telling him to feed...feed off electricity.
His new sense of vision led him to some cables under a sewer grate. He pulled the grate off, revealing the cables underneath...and without warning, he grabbed onto them, causing electricity to surge through his body. However, he was also drawing the attention of the crowd around him and causing the jumbotron screens to go haywire!
One cop who happened to be in the area reported on his shoulder radio, "Listen, I need a 10-85. Send out additional units to the corner of Duffy Square."
He then got the people to clear away from Max, "Sir? Get your hands away from the cables! Let me see your hands!"
Max looked up, his face coursing with golden lightning and his eyes were yellow.
Alarmed at his strange appearance, the officer drew his gun, "You stay right where you are! Do not move! Get down, on the ground!"
That's when a truck came down the road, and Max, startled by its sudden appearance, threw his hands out, but in doing so, he sent out a current of electricity, using it to lift the truck over his head before throwing it down on the ground, causing the crowd to break out in a panic and run away in a frenzy!
Some police cars drove in, and Lieutenant Watanabe was in one of them.
"Sir, get down on the ground!" She ordered.
"Stop, please!" Max begged as he got on his knees. "It's not my fault! I don't know what's wrong with me!"
Yuri was about to have someone move in, but then Sarah finally arrived.
"STOP, PLEASE!" She ran over, only to be held back by two officers. "That's my brother! He had an accident! Please, let me help him!"
"Let her go!" Yuri told the two officers.
The officers released Sarah and she slowly approached her brother.
"Max, I'm here."
"Sarah, please stay back!" he pleaded.
"No, it's okay!" Sarah replied as she carefully approached him. "It's not your fault!"
Max clutched his head in pain. Along with the constant TV static he was hearing, he'd also been hearing voices in his head. One was even louder than the others, and felt it was trying to pull him in! The agony became too much and he accidently released a burst of electricity, blowing Sarah, Yuri and the cops back, along with the police cars!
Thankfully, no one was hurt too bad or killed.
MJ and Ned flinched a bit at the scene, then some of the cops that were further away started shooting.
Max covered his head, and the electricity generated from his hands disintegrated the bullets before they hit him!
Spider-Man finally swung in and checked on Yuri, "Yuri, you okay?"
"I'll live," she grunted a bit.
"Spider-Man!" Sarah exclaimed. "I don't know if you remember me, but you saved my brother a few months ago!"
Karen confirmed her identity, then he said, "I remember you."
"That's my brother, he had an electrical accident and now he's a human generator," Sarah explained. "Please, he doesn't mean any harm, but he's scared!"
"I'm gonna help, don't worry," Spidey reassured.
Yuri grabbed her radio, "All team members, hold your fire! Wait for my call! I repeat, hold your fire!"
The cops stopped shooting.
"Hey!" Spidey called. "It's Max, right?"
Max calmed down a bit, "Spider-Man? Please, you gotta help me! I don't want to hurt anybody!"
"Of course," Spidey assured him. "Look, I know the Avengers. They have top, trustworthy scientists that can figure out what's happened to you, and hopefully help you, okay?"
Max breathed a sigh of relief, "Okay, okay..." But then clutched his head in pain again.
"Max?!" Sarah cried with worry.
"Hey Max, are you alright?" Spidey asked.
Max calmed down and looked up, but his eyes had changed. They were now all black with glowing yellow irises. Not just that, but the expression in them had changed. There wasn't fear anymore, now, there was anger.
"You think I need help?!" he yelled. "I already have what I need!" He generated electricity in his hands.
"Oh, great, now he's turning psycho," Spidey quipped. "Listen...this isn't you! You're Max, Sarah's sister!"
"Not anymore," Max replied. "I am...ELECTRO!"
He slammed his hands into the ground, sending a wave of electricity at Spidey, who backflipped over a police car and threw it to try to block the wave!
Then, Peter saw the situation behind him...
The metal railings had become electrified, and several people, in their panic, were about to touch them!
First, he set his webs to spray to create a net to block the car from rolling into the people! Then, he backflipped again, and fired a webline left and right, grabbing the wrists of the civilians about to touch the railing, and pulled!
This prevented the people from touching the railing as it got electrified, and Spidey landed at the top of the red steps! The people smiled in gratitude before running off the steps to safety. The gathered crowd applauded, along with MJ and Ned.
"Karen, what's happened to Max?" Spidey asked his AI. "Why is he acting homicidal?"
"I'm detecting some sort of abnormal activity in his brain, similar to a person with Dissociative Identity Disorder," Karen answered. "Otherwise known as-"
"Multiple Personality Disorder," Spidey finished. "Okay, step one; stop Electro. Step two; get him to the Avengers Compound. Step three; find a way to get Max back."
"Talking to yourself now?" Electro mocked, charging his hands. "I think you need shock therapy!"
He shot several bolts of electricity at Spidey, who managed to dodge them before he used his webs to pull a fire hydrant from the ground and swing it around his head like a flail, but just as he was about to swing it at Electro, he was hit by another bolt of electricity, sending him crashing into a bus stop! However, Electro ended up getting hit by the fire hydrant and crashed into the jumbotron!
MJ and Ned watched with concern as Electro recovered.
He grabbed two broken wires that were still sparking and plugged them into his chest! His skin started to turn yellow and glowed as he yelled with euphoria at the energy boost.
Then, all of Times Square went dark...before a large pulse of yellow electricity burst from the jumbotron! Everyone screamed and ran away as fast as they could as all the screens fell from the buildings! The police were doing everything they could to make sure that no one got hurt in the panic!
And Electro... he was fueled by so much electricity that he began to float!
"I think we should move further away," Ned suggested.
"Uh-huh," MJ responded, then they both moved away with the crowd.
Electro then started firing bolts into the square, not hitting anyone, but still scaring them! He continued this, until he was hit by a torrent of water from a fire hose! This caused his electric field to go haywire and he became immobilized.
Spidey had actually fired the hose with the Fire Department, "Alright, that's enough. Thanks guys."
Sarah ran over to check on Max, but Yuri held her back.
"I don't think you should get near him."
"That wasn't my brother that attacked everyone, that was someone else!" Sarah pleaded.
Spidey came over, "Does Max have Multiple Personality Disorder?"
Sarah shook her head, "No. But it might be a side effect of his new powers."
"Okay..." he thought for a minute. "Look, I meant what I said; I can take him to the Avengers Compound so Dr. Banner can look at him, and hopefully help him."
"Thank you so much," Sarah said.
Spidey tapped the side of his mask, dialing the Compound's number, "Dr. Banner, it's Spider-Man. I need your help. Could you send a Quinjet to Times Square and have the lab prepped?"
"Sure, but what for?" Dr. Banner's voice asked.
"I'll explain on the way, but know that you have to put the individual I'm bringing in a heavily insulated environment. Absolutely no metals," Spidey elaborated.
"Alright, Dr. Cho and I will get to work on it. The Quinjet should arrive in two minutes, tops," Banner told him.
"Okay, thanks," Spidey hung up, then began wrapping Max in a cocoon of webbing. "This should keep his electric field from causing any damage to the ship."
"Are you sure everything is under control?" Yuri asked.
"Scout's honor!" Spidey saluted.
Yuri chuckled, "Alright."
A couple minutes later, a Quinjet arrived and Spidey carried Max onboard, and Sarah followed after him.
As they strapped in, Sarah said, "Despite the situation, I didn't expect to be going to the Avengers' Headquarters."
Spidey shrugged, "It's almost a dream come true, I guess."
After a couple minutes, the Quinjet arrived at the Compound, and Dr. Helen Cho had a stretcher take Max to the lab they'd prepared for him. Sarah went into detail about the accident and the incident at Times Square, where some new personality took over him.
Knowing the situation was being handled; Spidey said he had to get back to the city, and Sarah thanked him again for helping her brother.
Once he got home, Peter was enveloped in a group hug from Ned, MJ and May.
"We were so worried!" said May.
"Well, MJ and I knew you were alright, because we were there," Ned countered. "But, yeah."
"How is that guy?" MJ asked.
"Dr. Cho and Dr. Banner are gonna do whatever they can to help him," Peter answered, taking off his costume.
Someone sitting on the couch applauded, "Excellent work, Pete! Your first encounter with Electro, but it has a more hopeful ending."
"Aaron, what are you doing here?" Peter asked.
"He just decided to stop by," May said.
Soon, everyone got settled in and Peter told Aaron about his encounter with Electro.
"Sounds like how my first encounter went," The older hero said. "Except with me, he was full-on villain at that point."
"Thank God that didn't happen with me," Peter responded.
Some home-ordered Chinese food arrived and everyone dug in. Aaron even suggested watching a movie, "Red", starring Bruce Willis, Mary-Louise Parker, Helen Mirren, John Malkovich, Morgan Freeman, Karl Urban and more.
As usual, MJ was sitting next to Peter, who had his arm around her.
"What gets me in this opening scene is why didn't all that gunfire wake-up the rest of the neighborhood?!" Aaron questioned.
"That's an excellent point!" Ned agreed.
"I know, that's weird to me!" Peter added.
When John Malkovich's character came in, MJ agreed with some of his craziness.
"He has a point about not trusting the system. Satellites, cell phones, the web-"
"But you use all those things," Peter countered.
"Yeah, but that doesn't mean there isn't a conspiracy behind it," MJ responded. "But I don't get the dentist thing."
"Yeah, that's weird," said Peter.
Later in the movie, when Bruce, Mary and John's characters were driving in a van...
"She likes you," John told Bruce as Mary slept in the backseat.
"How can you tell?" Bruce asked.
"Well, you notice how she sticks around? Cause, if women don't like you, they don't stick around."
"That's why I stick around," MJ whispered to Peter.
Peter chuckled and kissed her forehead, gratefully.
After the movie was over...
"That was pretty damn funny!" Ned laughed.
"I didn't expect Brian Cox to be in it!" May added.
Ned went home after that, Aaron helped May clean up, while Peter and MJ went to his room.
The next day, and the day after that...in fact, for the rest of the week, MJ didn't show up at school!
Peter called her to find out why she didn't come, but she never answered. She only texted him that she was sick.
But he wasn't so sure.
Something was very wrong; he knew that much. MJ would never skip school.
On Sunday, Peter and May got one of the biggest shocks of their life. Someone pounded frantically at their door, and when they answered, they saw it was MJ and her brother, Caleb! Except, they looked like victims of child abuse!
"MJ!" Peter cried as he and May brought her and Caleb inside!
"What in the world happened?!" May asked as she looked at all their bruises and scrapes.
"Just- just take care of my brother, okay?" MJ responded, sounding choked up. "I'll be fine..."
Her eyes were red and glassy, like she was about to cry, but she was holding it together. Peter knew she was tough, but everyone had their breaking point. Aaron, who also happened to be there, grabbed a First Aid Kit once May told him where it was, handed it to her, then went over to Peter.
"We'll take care of Caleb, why don't you take MJ to your room?"
Peter nodded before he gently took MJ into his arms and took her to his room, where they sat down on the bed together.
He took her jacket off and put it on his desk chair, then sat back with her.
"Michelle," he whispered gently. "I know you're a tough girl, but it's okay to let it out."
A pause...before MJ practically threw her arms around Peter and broke down sobbing. All Peter did was hold her, letting her know silently that he was there for her. He didn't mind that his shirt was getting a little wet.
He wasn't sure how long he sat with her, hugging her. It wasn't like she would have protested if he pulled away, but he could tell that their contact, knowing that there was someone out there who cared for her, was keeping her together. Her sobs eventually faded to short little hiccups and when she felt ready, Peter waited for her to pull back and straighten up, not the other way around.
After taking a few more moments, MJ sat up and wiped her eyes.
"Feel better, now?" Peter asked, and she nodded her head.
"I'm sorry," she whispered in a still crying voice. "Normally, I don't get that-"
"It's okay," he interrupted. "You're safe here."
MJ sniffed again, but then looked up and smiled at Peter.
"...Do you feel like you wanna talk?" he asked.
Just as she opened her mouth, someone pounded on the apartment door again, but this person seemed angry.
"PARKERS?!" An older male voice shouted, making MJ tense up and her eyes widened in fear; and I mean pure terror!
"What's wrong?!" Peter asked her, grasping her shoulders. "Michelle, who is that?!"
"My...my Dad...!" she managed to whimper.
Caleb came into Peter's room, immediately going to his sister, who held him close.
"Don't make a noise, we'll handle him," Peter whispered to them before going out to the living room, closing his bedroom door.
Aaron partially opened the door, since the chain-lock was on, "Can we help you, Mr. Cranky?"
"Who the hell are you?" The man questioned.
"Peter's cousin," Aaron responded. "Who're you?"
"Craig Watson, Michelle and Caleb's father."
Aaron already didn't like the guy, especially from MJ and Caleb's reactions when he arrived, "Well, they're not here, so piss off."
Before he closed the door, Craig stopped him, "I need Peter to answer some questions. I already asked Michelle, but she refused to answer."
"And just what do you want to ask my nephew?" May questioned as she came to the door, as well.
"It has to do with this," Craig held a black notebook, with MJ's handwriting on it.
Aaron unlatched the chain, opened the door, grabbed Craig and pushed him into the back of the couch!
"You violated your daughter's privacy by reading her diary?!"
May snatched the book from the man's grasp, "How dare you?! You had no right reading-"
"Well maybe Peter can explain about why she wrote that she almost died in London," Craig interrupted, getting off the floor.
Peter clenched his fists so hard; he was sure his knuckles were white.
"She wrote, and I quote "I almost died today. Oh, my God, I almost died. If Peter hadn't made it in time, that drone would've shot Ned, Betty, Flash, that guy in the suit and I. Would anyone had found our bodies in that London vault?" So, Peter, what happened? It's very vague and cryptic, but something happened that almost killed my daughter and I want to know what!"
Peter only scowled at the man, really holding the urge to punch his teeth out. Then, Aaron actually started laughing. It wasn't a hysterical laugh to something funny, but rather a laugh of mockery, like there was some sick joke.
"What the hell is so fucking funny?!" Craig questioned angrily. "Do you find it funny that my daughter almost died?!"
"No, that's not even remotely funny," Aaron responded. "What's funny right now is you. I know for a fact that you don't care about your daughter. Michelle told Peter, who told us that your family hasn't seen you for years, and now you just show up acting like a concerned parent after you violated her privacy! I don't buy it. We know you cheated on your wife, and that you're abusive. I see right through you; bad things keep happening or the decisions you've made have made your life miserable. And instead of doing anything about it, like a mature person would, you want everyone around you to be as sad and pathetic as you are! Michelle is happy being with Peter, and you're using what you read in her diary, which again you had no right reading it, as an excuse to split them up!"
Craig shook with unbridled rage, then lunged toward Aaron, but he maneuvered around him and used his momentum to flip him onto his back, pinning him!
Then, Desirée arrived with some police officers.
"That's him!"
Aaron got off Craig, then one of the officers yanked him to his feet and cuffed his hands behind his back, "Craig Watson, you're under arrest for Domestic and Child Abuse."
MJ and Caleb peaked out Peter's door as the cops took their father away, reading him his Miranda Rights. As they watched him being taken away, they felt this overwhelming sense of relief.
Still, MJ wasn't feeling good emotionally. She went to the bathroom and closed the door, then everyone heard the bath water turn on.
Desirée sighed heavily, hugged her son, then turned to May, "Thank you."
"Always," she replied.
Desirée allowed MJ to spend the night and took Caleb home, but said she'd bring over some clothes for MJ.
Needless to say, everyone was tired after that. Aaron left for the night, and May told Peter to check on MJ.
He knocked on the bathroom door, "MJ?"
"It's unlocked," she answered, kind of emotionless. "And don't worry, you're not gonna see anything."
Peter slowly opened the door and peaked in. MJ was balled up, curled into herself inside the tub, which was filled with water. Her head was down in her arms, and her hair was wet. And...she was completely naked. But since she was curled up, Peter didn't see any of her...lady parts.
Though she was quiet, he could see by the way she was shaking that she was crying again. Peter slowly approached her and sat on the edge of the tub, then gently rubbed her shoulder, which was also wet. He didn't urge her to get out. He just let her sit there...but he also let her know that he was there for her.
Getting an idea, Peter pulled out his phone and turned-on Beyoncé's "Halo", and turned up the volume so they could both hear it.
He thought the lyrics were appropriate, and hoped it would cheer her up, since she loved Beyoncé. She raised her head to look at him. Her eyes were red, glassy and watering, but she managed to give him a watery smile.
Peter smiled before he wrapped her up in a towel to dry her off, then lovingly kissed her forehead.
"...Thank you, Peter...!" MJ whispered.
"I love you, MJ," Peter whispered. "No matter what...I'll always be here for you."
She hugged him, tightly, "I love you too..."
He hugged her back, feeling a little awkward since she was only wearing a towel, but didn't let that bother him.
Desirée returned and gave MJ a bag with some clothes, toiletries and other stuff.
"Are you feeling okay?" she asked.
"I'm not sure," MJ answered.
"...I understand, honey," Desirée said as she hugged her daughter.
May promised that she'd be taken care of, and Desirée left.
MJ went to May's room to change, while Peter went to his room and put on his night clothes.
MJ came back, wearing sheer white sleeveless tank, no bra, and cotton white underwear. If the fact that she wasn't wearing any pants not awkward enough, Peter could also see...her hard nipples poking into her top.
Peter swallowed the lump in his throat...feeling a sudden tightness in his pants. MJ noticed and chuckled quietly.
"I'll uh...you can have my bed," he offered. "I'll take the couch."
As he was about to ease past her, she grabbed his wrist, making him look at her.
She had this sad, but longing look in her eyes, "Stay with me..."
"...Of course I will," he answered.
She got in the bed first, then he laid above the covers, so there was still a barrier of privacy between them. She rested her head against his shoulder, moaning in content. He kissed her forehead once more, and soon enough, they both fell asleep.
The next morning, Peter woke up first, and was surprised that it was so bright out.
He checked his digital clock, 10:34; they were late for school! But then, he saw a note on the table by his bed.
It said, "Desirée said it's okay for MJ to miss school today, she still needs time to recover, and she needs you. So, you're excused as well. Breakfast is in the fridge, make sure to eat.
And...I know it will be hard, but try to get her to talk about what happened."
-May
"Thanks, May," Peter smiled before he looked over at MJ. He gently tapped her cheek, making her smile in her sleep.
Deciding to let her sleep some more, Peter went to go and eat. Bacon, eggs and some toast. Just as he was finishing, MJ woke up.
"Hey," she greeted, still a little groggy.
"Hey, did I wake you?" he asked.
"The smell woke me," she replied.
"There's plenty for you, too," he told her.
"Wait...what time is it?" she asked.
"Late, but that's okay," he answered. "Your mom says it's okay if you skip school today."
She just shrugged, "Got any waffles?"
"In the freezer," Peter gestured to the fridge. MJ went over and pulled out a box of Eggo Waffles.
After waiting a while, she started eating them.
"Did you sleep okay?"
"Yeah, I think so."
"I'm glad. And listen, if you...ever wanna talk about what happened, I'm here for you."
MJ was quiet for a moment. She honestly didn't really want to talk about what happened...but at the same time, she felt like she had to tell somebody. But she could worry about that later. She finished eating, then he took their dishes to the sink and rinsed them.
MJ slowly walked over to the couch, and she could feel Peter's eyes on her, watching her cute little butt shake with her walk.
Peter cleared his throat before he finished his orange juice. Deciding to mess with him, she twerked at him for a few seconds, causing him to almost spit!
Which then caused her to laugh hysterically, "You are still so easy to mess with when it comes to sex!"
"You know one of these days, I'm gonna pounce on you and I won't be sorry about it," Peter warned her.
MJ got a challenging look, "Is that a fact?"
Peter gently tackled her over the top of the couch, then they fell on it! She squealed and giggled at her boyfriend's boldness.
"I told you I wasn't gonna be sorry," Peter smirked.
MJ playfully pouted, "Oh, and what are you gonna do to me?"
He grabbed hold of her and kissed her hungrily, furiously, lustfully. His lips didn't leave hers even as he hovered over her on the couch, somehow deepening the kiss even further. MJ was highly responsive, hands raking through his hair, over his abs, down his back and to his ass. His hands ran down her sides and then back up to the buttons of her shirt, which he proceeded to lift up.
He pulled it off and tossed it to the floor, revealing her bare upper body and her luscious cans.
Her breasts were round and pert, not too big, but enough to cup a hand around. She had slightly dark brown areolas and her nipples were erect. Peter felt himself getting harder.
"They're kinda small," MJ commented, breaking Peter out of his daze.
He tore his eyes away and looked up into her eyes. He could see how self-conscious she was feeling - something he completely understood, he felt just as self-conscious.
"They're perfect," he pronounced.
Their lips met in another kiss, as his hands gently ran up her taut stomach, cupped her breasts, and gently squeezed.
"Ahh...!" MJ moaned softly. "Peter...!"
"Michelle..." Peter whispered, softly as he kissed her neck.
He then trailed along her chin, down her neck, her shoulders and finally reached the swell of her breasts. Her breaths became shallow as Peter's suckling became more insistent, moving down to tease her nipples with his teeth.
"Ahh...ahhh...!" MJ gasped out as she arched her back. "Peter...!"
Then, Peter began to swirl his tongue around her nipple, causing her to mewl with pleasure. She gently pulled his head back up to hers, where her lips captured his furiously. She then guided his hand down to the inside of her panties, feeling how wet she was.
"Do you feel that?" she moaned between kisses. "That's what you do to me. You make me so fucking wet."
"You're damn right I do," he breath out as he began to play with her clit.
She shook with pleasure, grunting and moaning.
"Take...take them off!" she begged.
"You got it," he said as he began to take off her panties, revealing her wet womanhood to the world.
It was her first time being completely naked in front of a boy, but since it was Peter, she didn't mind.
He took off his shirt and started licking her clit, almost making her scream! She bit her lip, trying to keep herself from being too loud.
"Lick my pussy, faster!"
He followed her request, even sticking his tongue inside her folds, then going to her clitoris. MJ had to cover her mouth since she couldn't stop herself from screaming anymore, and Peter's face got drenched by her fluids.
Soon, she fell back on the couch, panting heavily. Peter used his discarded shirt to clean his face, and after MJ recovered, she reached for his boxers.
She pulled them down, revealing his hardened cock. Peter blushed heavily, since this was the first time a girl was seeing his...privates.
MJ took hold of it, making him gasp, "Wow, you're bigger than I thought."
Peter chuckled awkwardly before she put the tip in her mouth.
Then, she began to suck on it, slowly. Peter moaned with pleasure and gripped the couch cushion. MJ rolled her tongue around his length, then moved a little faster, making a slurping noise.
"Ngh...aah...MJ...!" Peter moaned out.
She then licked all over and sucked on his balls, before attempting deepthroat. She couldn't even get it all the way down her throat before she gagged.
"You okay?" Peter asked. "Do you wanna stop?"
MJ gave him a short glare before she really sped up, and even rolled her tongue around the head. This nearly drove Peter up the wall, and he felt like he was close!
"Ngh! Ah, dammit, MJ!" he cried out.
She then stroked his dick, hard, until he finally climaxed on her face!
She spluttered in surprise about it before she pulled away, then used her shirt to wipe her face. Whatever was around her mouth, she licked it.
"I'm sorry!" Peter apologized. "I didn't mean-"
MJ giggled, "It's fine, dork."
"May has a shower connected to her room if you wanna use it," he told her.
MJ nodded, grabbed her clothes and went over. Peter breathed a sigh of relief, and decided he also needed a shower...maybe a cold one.
After a while, the two were cleaned, dressed, and sitting on the couch again.
Except, MJ put on a similar outfit; a light grey button-up shirt with short black sleeves, and black lace panties. The shirt was dipped a little low, revealing a bit of cleavage.
"Are you trying to tempt me?" Peter asked her incredulously.
MJ shrugged, "Maybe. I mean...have you thought about...us...fucking?"
Peter stood up dramatically, "Jesus, you just have no filter!"
MJ laid down on the couch, laughing, "Oh, grow up, loser. Couples have sex, we're a couple, we're both 17, and there's obviously sexual tension between us-"
"And teenage hormones doesn't make it any easier," Peter added, then looked at her upside-down. "It's actually hard for me not to have sex with you, right now."
"So, what's stopping you?" she asked.
"I want it to be right," he answered. "You know; special, romantic...no offense, but doing it now just feels like you want it to forget about...what happened last night..."
MJ paused for a moment.
"Am I wrong?" Peter asked.
She turned her body to lay on her side, facing away from him.
Peter kneeled down by the armrest, where her head was, "Michelle, I know it hurts, but if you don't talk about it, it'll only hurt more. I told you about what I felt from Tony's death, and Uncle Ben. Besides, isn't this part of having a relationship; leaning on each other emotionally?"
MJ looked at him, and he added, "Michelle, whatever you've been through; it's never gonna change the fact that I love you."
MJ glanced over at him as he gave her a reassuring smile... then she sat up... and rested her forehead against his.
"...Promise me you won't judge," she said.
"I'll never judge you," Peter replied.
She laid down on her back and he sat on one of the chairs.
"To be honest, my Dad wasn't always like that; sad, pathetic, trying to bring everyone else down with him. He was a great man, once."
"What made him turn that bad corner?" Peter asked.
"Just when I got to 7th grade, Dad's brother, Victor died," MJ muttered. "He and my Dad were really close, so he took it pretty hard, but we were there for him. Still, it didn't seem to help...then he turned to what most people do when they grieve and can't deal with it..."
"Alcoholism..." Peter guessed.
"Yeah," MJ replied. "Next thing we knew...he was angry all the time...he'd start yelling and...and then..."
She started crying again, making Peter grasp her had, "You don't have to continue if you don't want to."
"No, I need to," she sniffled. "Mom started working more, which was great, but she wasn't around as much for Dad. He felt abandoned, and...one night he lost it and they started arguing. I made Caleb stay in his room while I tried to diffuse the situation, but...my Dad yelled at me to shut up...that was the first time he hit me..."
"...Oh, god, MJ..." Peter whispered, sadly.
"It really hurt..." MJ replied as she put her hand on her face. "He said he was sorry and...I thought, at first, that was gonna be the last time...but the next thing I knew, it just kept happening...and it wasn't long before he started hitting Caleb, too...! That really seemed to wake him up, cause then he ran out the door, and we didn't see him again for a year. When he came back, he was better and Mom gave him another chance. But then he lost his job, and it started again...but the worst was when he cheated on Mom. After that, she kicked him out, and we haven't seen him for years..."
"Until a few days ago..." Peter muttered.
MJ whimpered and nodded her head.
"To be honest, I barely remember what happened the last few days...I just remember a lot of yelling, screaming, crying, and then Caleb and I getting hit. But then, last night...I took Caleb to the library, just to get away from Dad, but when we got back...he had my journal and he asked about what I wrote about London, and I yelled at him for violating my privacy...and he full on punched me...Caleb tried to protect me, and then he got hurt. Mom held him back and told us to run..."
"And that's when you came here," Peter surmised.
MJ nodded and started crying again.
"I'm so sorry, MJ," Peter whispered as he hugged her tightly. "I'm so, so sorry...!"
"I want to remember him the way he used to be," she sobbed. "Not the person he became!"
Peter just hugged her, letting her cry.
After a minute, she started to calm down,
"God, I'm a mess...I can't remember the last time I cried so much..."
"Must have been a long time," said Peter as he had his hand on her back.
"Thanks...thank you, for everything..." she muttered, looking at him with so much emotion. "Peter Benjamin Parker, I love you with all my heart..."
"I love you too, Michelle Resheida Jones, with all my heart," Peter responded, then they kissed again.
Once they separated, MJ playfully punched his shoulder, "Don't expect me to be that sappy all the time."
Peter chuckled, "Wouldn't dream of it."
"So, what now?" MJ asked.
"Want to watch a movie?" Peter asked.
MJ shrugged, "Sure, as long as it's something I'd like."
Peter smiled, "I have a few ideas, and with all the streaming programs out there, there are so many ways to watch stuff. Let's see...any of the Harry Potters, Space Jam, Greatest Showman-"
"Space Jam," MJ picked.
"Space Jam it is," Peter replied as he selected it from the menu.
A little bit into the movie...
"Michael Jordan playing baseball doesn't fit," MJ commented.
"I know, right? Just so not for him," Peter agreed.
Much later in the film, when the little aliens became the Monstars...
"This actually scared me when I was little," Peter confessed.
"Wuss," MJ teased. "I thought the looks on the Looney Tunes' faces said "Yeah, we're fucked"."
Peter couldn't help but laugh. "Okay, you got me on that one."
When Lola showed up...
"There she is!" MJ exclaimed happily.
"Strong female Looney Tune, and it only took 57 years before we got one," Peter commented.
"I know, right?" MJ asked. "They butchered her in the new cartoon, really."
"It's like they had her take all the drugs that screws with your head," Peter added.
MJ laughed at that.
Later, when Lola kissed Bugs for the first time; MJ grabbed Peter's face and kissed him.
"...You know...I wouldn't stop you if you did that again," Peter said with a smirk.
She playfully smacked his chest, smirking back.
When the movie was over, they let the credits roll since they loved the songs. Then, the couple surprised each other by showing that they could sing. MJ sang along to "I Believe I Can Fly" and Peter sang along to "Space Jam".
"You never told me you can sing," MJ sorta questioned him.
"Neither did you," he retorted. "In fact, you have a beautiful singing voice."
MJ shrugged, "Eh, it's no big deal. It's not like I wanna be the next Beyoncé, even though I love her."
Peter just stared at her; every now and then, she'd reveal another part of herself that made him love her even more.
The next song, "For You I Will" by Monica, MJ really got into. She didn't even notice Peter gazing at her.
Her voice was like an angel's...so mesmerizing.
The next song, "I Found My Smile Again" by D'Angelo, she didn't sing but she jammed to it. Which was understandable; it was a great Smooth-Soul, Funk song.
"Hey, I just remembered," Peter mentioned. "Caleb told me you played basketball in Middle and Junior High school."
MJ froze, blushing and looking sheepish.
"H-he told you that?" she asked.
"Over winter break, he showed me photos," Peter responded, scratching the back of his head. "I also saw some videos that someone took of your games; you're really good."
MJ smiled a little, "Thanks."
After they ate lunch, they went back to their conversation about...having their first time...
Needless to say, Peter was a bit flustered about that.
"Why bring this up?" Peter asked.
"Because we WERE discussing it, before you brought up what happened with my Dad," she replied. "Which, I admit, I was trying avoid. But...after the blowjob I gave you, and you eating me out; I feel like it's something we should talk about."
"I see," Peter said, still blushing a bit.
"Look...I'm not saying we have to do it, now," MJ said.
"Yeah... Like I said, I want it to feel special-"
"Okay, stop with the clichés," MJ teased. "I get what you mean, but that sounds so corny!"
"It'd be even more cliché and corny if we did it on Valentine's Day," Peter remarked. "Which I don't plan to, by the way."
MJ could only snicker, and Peter laughed, too. At that moment, they heard a car pull up. MJ's eyes widened and she ran to her bag to grab some pants, but not before teasing Peter one more time by twerking her cute little ass.
Peter groaned a bit at her teasing, and she slipped on some sweatpants.
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At the Avengers facility, Bruce Banner and Helen Cho looked at any possible theory to help rid Max of his powers. They even consulted with Princess Shuri of Wakanda, given her genius. Bruce also asked Doctor Strange for assistance, wondering if there was a spell for taking Max's powers away. Turns out, there was, but the amount of stored energy that would've been released would destroy the Facility. Luckily though, there were some energy containment reactors left behind by Tony.
Shuri also used a device that amplified a person's bio-energy on Max to help him. The spell and extraction of Max's electric powers worked! But...before they got the energy into containment, it developed a mind of its own! The electrons escaped the wires and began forming a humanoid shape above them!
"I'm free..." Electro exclaimed with a wicked grin. "Free!"
"Impossible!" Strange gasped.
Max and Sarah just watched in horror. Before anyone could try anything, Electro turned into electrons and went into one of the lightbulbs!
Sarah grabbed a tablet and checked a scanner for peculiar electric signals. She found a blinking blue dot moving fast.
"He's heading for the city!"
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May had been the one who showed up before, just to check on Peter and MJ.
"Is everything okay?"
"Yeah, we just hung out, watched a movie..." Peter answered.
"Peter and I were in good company," MJ added.
May looked between them, "I hope there wasn't any hanky-panky."
"MAY!" Peter exclaimed in embarrassment, covering his face.
MJ laughed hysterically, "No, but we did talk about it. Trust me, we'll practice safe-sex."
"That's what I like to hear," May said. "I only stopped by to check on you two, nothing else."
Peter's phone rang, "Hello? Dr. Banner, what's wrong? ...Wait, what?!"
Then, the power went out!
"...That's not good," Peter said, worriedly.
MJ looked out the window, "Whoa, the whole city is losing power!"
"It's Electro," Peter said. "Dr. Cho, Dr. Banner and Doctor Strange managed to take away Max's powers-"
"But somehow, that evil persona that came with the powers gained a mind of his own?" MJ guessed.
Peter nodded, then slipped on his spare mask, "Karen, where's the origin point of the blackout?"
"The source of this power outage is coming from the power grid to the city," she answered. "Electro cut the power to the entire city."
"Thanks Karen," said Peter. He then took the mask off, grabbed the chest symbol for his suit and activated it. "Is there a blackout plan for the city?"
May got off the phone, "There should be an emergency reset at the power plant. But, if this Electro cuts the transmission lines, they're never gonna get the power back up."
Peter sighed in exasperation, "Great, as long as there's no pressure!"
MJ gently pushed him toward the window, "Complain about it later, now go!"
With that, Spidey swung out into the city. Thanks to his Spidey-Sense, not to mention special night-vision that was modified into his suit, he could find his way through the darkened streets with ease.
His scanner picked up a lot of energy coming from one building in the city, and he could see large blue bolts of electricity sparking in the distance. The bolts gathered at the same building, causing the lights at the windows to flash blue. Spidey swung to a water tower just across from the building as Electro's face appeared in a blue pattern along the windows! He even turned to look at the wall-crawler.
"MAX CAN'T GET IN THE WAY THIS TIME!" Electro's voice echoed.
"You auditioning for Blue Man Group?" Spidey asked.
"LET'S SEE IF YOU CAN PLAY KEEP UP!" Electro turned into streams of blue electrons and zipped away from the building! Spidey gave chase by web-swinging, but every time he seemed to get close, Electro would stream away. Thankfully, Spidey never lost sight of him.
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At NYU Langone Hospital, Desirée told one of the security guard to get a hold of engineering. Then, she stepped away to pull out her phone. She needed to make sure her kids were okay.
"Please pick up, baby girl...!" Desirée whispered as she held the phone to her ear. "Please, please, PLEASE pick up...!"
After a few tense seconds of hearing the phone ring...
"Mom?" MJ asked, causing Desirée to sigh.
"Michelle, where are you right now?"
"I'm still at Peter's," she answered. "And I already called Caleb; he's at home with some friends. David's mom is with them, so they're not alone."
"Okay, good," Desirée said. "So what are you gonna do?"
"What do you mean?" MJ asked. "I'm gonna stay here with Peter, where it's safe."
"Good," Desirée said. "Be safe, Michelle...I love you and your brother, both."
"I love you too, Mom," MJ hung up, took a deep breath. "May, can I borrow your car?"
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Spidey swung to the top of a clock tower next to the power plant, and there was Electro, floating in the center of the plant, drawing electricity into himself. He also had a new suit; an all-black, leather jumpsuit with no gloves. It's collar cut before his face and went down his chest a little in the shape of a lightning bolt. And, like the lightning he was creating; he was blue, bald, and had black eyes with glowing blue irises.
"Oh, that hits the spot! Yeah baby, like that! Right there!" Electro exclaimed in what sounded like...pleasure? *shudder*
"Uh, EW!" Spidey yelled. "Do you and your generator need some time alone?!"
"I'll give Max and his sis some credit; this power grid is a thing of beauty!" Electro praised. "But now it's mine! All the energy of Manhattan at my fingertips! I'll be a God to these pathetic humans!"
"A god who looks like Dr. Manhattan?" Spidey questioned, then jumped away to avoid getting zapped!
Then, he landed on a giant water main and used his strength to unhook it from the system, sending a huge torrent of water at Electro, who countered it with a bolt of electricity!
"Not this time!" His lightning was so powerful it pushed the torrent of water back until it imploded, but Spidey was gone.
Electro looked around, until he was kicked in the face by the web-head, who maneuvered around the towers to avoid getting hit. Electro streamed after him and zapped one of the towers, but Spidey grabbed a piece of it with his webs, spun in midair and threw it back at him! While it did manage to hit him, Electro wasn't down for the count just yet. Using his webs as a slingshot, Spidey flung himself toward Electro, tackling him in midair and sending the two tumbling across the ground, but Electro soon had Spidey pinned down, his hands around his throat.
"Ugh...you ready to give up?!" Spidey asked, only for Electro to roar in his face, sending electric currents through his mask, but Spidey kicked him away!
He then shot two web-lines at his chest, only for Electro to send a current of electricity through them. Luckily, the electricity didn't fry his web-shooters!
"I came prepared!" Spidey then pulled Electro to the ground, releasing a small shockwave of lightning when he hit! The blast knocked Spidey back, but didn't kill him.
However, it did knock the wind out of him, "Ugh, shake it off... it's just your bones, muscles, and your organs..."
As he looked up, he saw Electro's power lighting several towers up...and he knew, instantly, that wasn't a good sign.
"Oh, boy," Spidey muttered in dread before Electro zipped from tower to tower, making electronic beats, then punched him! Electro continued to zip through the towers, continuing the beat, which Spidey realized was "Itsy Bitsy Spider" before he got tackled!
"I hate this song!" he complained.
Electro continued playing the beat on the towers, and on the line of "Washed the spider out", he continuously hit Spidey! He then knocked him into the air with an electric wave, and trapped his arms and legs with lightning! Spidey tried to aim at him, but the electricity was too strong!
"I'm gonna fry you from the inside out!" Electro began to turn up the heat, but then a car drove through the fenced gate and ran into him, knocking him to the ground and freeing Spidey from the trap. And the one driving the car was MJ!
"Am I late?" she quipped as she got out of the car.
"Thanks for the save, but you shouldn't be here," he responded.
"Hey, you are my superhero boyfriend, but I'm not the damsel-in-distress type!" she snapped.
"I never implied that you were, that's the last thing I'd ever think about you," he defended himself.
"It's okay to have backup, Pete," Aaron told him from comms. "When I fought Electro the first time, he had me in that same binding, and someone saved me. That's how I met Iron Man."
"Huh, cool," Peter muttered.
"Any ideas on how to stop him?" MJ asked. "Cause I don't think a vacuum cleaner is gonna work this time."
"Electro's energy output is ten thousand volts per minute," Karen analyzed. "His maximum storage capacity is roughly ten million volts."
"Wow, that's a lot!" MJ commented.
Peter then got an idea, "Wait, storage capacity...so he's like a generator AND a battery. You ever see what happens if you overcharge a battery?"
"No, why? Does it explode?" she asked skeptically.
"Yes, actually."
"Damn, I was just joking, but... Oh, use his power against him, perfect!"
"Okay, I think I can reconnect the power lines with my webs," Peter said. "But, I need you to reset the system. When I tell you to flip the switch, do it no matter what."
MJ nodded, "Got it."
Electro woke up, growling in fury.
"Go, go!" Spidey urged as Electro got back up while MJ turned and ran for the system console. As he turned around, he barely managed to dodge Electro lunging for his throat! He jumped off one of the towers and maneuvered to another with his webs, while Electro kept streaming after him, trying to zap him! But Spidey's amazing agility and reflexes helped him dodge every attack! He maneuvered through more towers as they fell over from being damaged!
MJ got inside the control room, where she saw all the workers fried to a crisp. She found the protective covering for the "Master Reset", but it was locked. Thankfully, she immediately found the key in the hands of one of the dead workers.
"I'm sorry about this," she whispered as she took the key and unlocked the cover.
Meanwhile, Spidey was dodging Electro's attacks, swinging around the generator towers, several of which got destroyed.
Electro growled in frustration, "Dammit, stay still!"
"Do I look like an idiot?!" Spidey responded. "Don't answer that!"
He swung around until he got to the center, then threw a web-grenade at Electro, tangling him in a net of webbing once it exploded. Spidey shot a bunch of weblines into the busted power-lines, and started to pull them to the center to wrap them together. Electro broke free of the webs and zapped him and didn't let up! He wouldn't stop until this annoying pest was dead!
Spidey fought through the pain and connected the weblines, "NOW MJ! DO IT NOW!"
MJ pulled the switch, causing the electricity to surge through the webs and back at Electro, but also knocking Spidey to the ground!
The power started to turn back on all around the city as the bolt of electricity bombarded Electro with energy! His blue glow started to go haywire, then yellow cracks began to appear all over his body until he eventually exploded in a surge of electricity!
Peter struggled to get up, groaning a bit. MJ exited the control room and ran over to him.
"You okay?" she then held up two fingers. "How many fingers do you see?"
"...Six?" Peter groaned.
"Yeah, you're okay," MJ joked.
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A few days later, it was finally Valentine's Day!
The whole school was decorated with heart-shaped streamers, and people were going around, putting Valentine's Day cards in other students' lockers. Mostly for their significant others or potential crushes.
MJ saw a card in one of the slots on her locker. She took it and saw the card was tan with a small sparkling silver heart, with the phrase "I Love That You're As Weird As Me".
She chuckled at Peter's cheekiness, but his surprise wasn't over. When she opened her locker, there was a miniature Bluetooth speaker on one of the shelves, and it started playing "Sunflower" by Post Malone.
MJ chuckled and shook her head. She should have known Peter would have picked her favorite song.
When she met up with him later, he gave her a skeptical look with a smile.
"Really?" he asked as he showed her the card she left for him. It was Spider-Man-based.
"Yeah, unoriginal, I know," MJ quipped.
"It feels more like an inside joke," Peter responded. "But this phrase inside, I feel like I should be saying that to you."
The front of the card said, "You're Pretty Amazing", while the inside said "This Valentine's Day, I just wanted to say... THANKS for sticking with me".
MJ shrugged.
After school, Peter took MJ to a local restaurant, just keeping things simple, which she preferred. Then, they went back to Peter's to watch a movie.
"So, I looked through some... what are you wearing?" Peter started until he saw MJ's shirt.
She had worn a light jacket on the whole day, zipped up so no one saw the shirt she was wearing underneath it. It was all black, with Spider-Man's mask on the chest in a heart shape.
"Oh, nothing," MJ replied. "Just showing my support for Spider-Man."
Peter laughed again, "Okay, anyway... I looked up a list of movies people watch on Valentine's Day, and I know neither of us want any of the usual clichés."
"Ugh, damn right," MJ remarked in mild disgust.
"So, I chose "Grosse Point Blank"," Peter said.
"Action, romantic, comedy, rated R, John Cusack, Minnie Driver..." MJ listed things about the movie. "I'm in!"
After the movie was over, MJ suggested watching Ed, Edd n Eddy's Valentine's Special.
"Oh man, this one's hilarious!" said Peter.
At Ed's funny stint about things to keep girls away...
Peter laughed, "Ed is definitely my favorite!"
"He's actually kinda cute in a stupid way," MJ added.
When the cupids shot May and Double D...
"Oh God, they are so many levels of cringe," MJ groaned.
"Yeah, I don't know what was going on with that," Peter agreed.
After the special, Peter suggested one more movie; The Greatest Showman.
"One of my personal favorites," he said.
MJ surprised him with a big hug, "I love this movie! It always brings me to tears!"
"I wanted to surprise you," Peter smiled after he got over his initial surprise and hugged her back. And, they permitted each other to sing along.
As it started, they sang together,
"So tell me do you wanna go?
Where it's covered in all the colored lights
Where the runaways are running the night
Impossible comes true, it's taking over you
Oh, this is the greatest show
We light it up, we won't come down
And the sun can't stop us now
Watching it come true, it's taking over you
Oh, this is the greatest show~!"
Peter,
"It's everything you ever want~!"
MJ
"It's everything you ever need~!"
Both
"And it's here right in front of you
This is where you wanna be
It's everything you ever want
It's everything you ever need
And it's here right in front of you
This is where you wanna be~!"
As the song died down, Peter asked, "Has anyone ever told you that you look like Zendaya?"
"Actually no, they haven't," she replied sarcastically.
Peter could only laugh. "That's okay. People tell me I look like Tom Holland."
"You do," she agreed.
Later in the movie, they got to the song that always brought MJ to tears,
"I'm not a stranger to the dark
Hide away, they say
Cause we don't want your broken parts
I've learned to be ashamed of all my scars
Run away, they say
No one will love you as you are
But I won't let them break me down to dust
I know that there's a place for us
For we are glorious
When the sharpest words wanna cut me down
I'm gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out
I am brave, I am bruised
I am who I'm meant to be, this is me
Look out cause here I come
And I'm marching on to the beat I drum
I'm not scared to be seen
I make no apologies, this is me~!"
MJ sniffed, wiping her eyes with tissues.
Peter pulled her close as he shed a few tears himself.
The performers walked out to the main hall, where all the rich people were shocked to see them.
"Another round of bullets hits my skin
Well, fire away cause today, I won't let the shame sink in
We are bursting through the barricades
And reach above the sun (we are warriors)
Yeah, that's what we've become~!"
The performers got outside, where the mob of prejudice racists screamed at them, but they kept singing,
"But I won't let them break me down to dust
I know that there's a place for us
For we are glorious
When the sharpest words wanna cut me down
Gonna send a flood, gonna drown them out
I am brave, I am bruised
I am who I'm meant to be, (The scene changed to them performing at the circus) this is me
Look out cause here I come
And I'm marching on to the beat I drum
I'm not scared to be seen
I make no apologies, this is me~!"
Peter got a silent text on his phone after the song was over.
It was from Aaron, "Everything is ready!"
Peter smiled, then paused the movie, "I'm sorry to pause it, but I have another surprise for you."
MJ semi-glared at him, "This better be good, cause this is right before my favorite song."
Peter stood up and held out his hand to her, "Trust me, it will be."
MJ allowed him to take her hand and lead her away.
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He took her to Aaron's warehouse, who let them in, and showed that most of his workspace had been cleared to create a whole different set. It looked just like the auditorium from The Greatest Showman, with some safety mats on the floor, and trapeze ropes. Thankfully, the ceiling was high enough.
MJ was amazed at the recreation of the set, but didn't understand the reason. Then she looked at Peter, who held his hand to her again.
"How about we rewrite the stars, together?" he asked.
MJ gasped happily as it set in; Peter wanted to recreate the scene with her~!
"I...I can't...I can't even...!" she stammered, absolutely speechless.
She really wanted to kiss her boyfriend, but decided to save that till afterwards. And thankfully, she'd taken some gymnastics in junior high, so she knew how to move.
Aaron came over and presented them both with a pile of clothes, "Your costumes, just like from the movie."
Peter showed MJ that there was a privacy screen for her to change behind.
"Thank you," she said as she went to go change.
A minute later, Peter had changed into a white dress shirt and black dress pants. MJ now wore a white, thin-strap top with purple lining at her bust. The shirt showed a little bit of her naval. She also wore red short shorts, pink wristbands and golden bandages around her feet.
"You look great," Peter told her.
MJ smiled, her face flushing a tint of light pink. "You do, too."
"So," Peter said as he held his hand out to her. "Shall we?"
She nodded, then Aaron closed the shutters on the windows, making the inside of the warehouse dark except for some dim lights around the room, and a big bright light in the center.
Peter,
"You know I want you
It's not a secret I try to hide
I know you want me~"
MJ's back was to him as she adjusted some rope.
Peter,
"So don't keep sayin' our hands are tied
You claim it's not in the cards
And fate is pullin' you miles away
And out of reach from me~"
MJ walked away, but he kept after her,
"But you're here in my heart
So who can stop me if I decide
That you're my destiny?
What if we rewrite the stars?
Say you were made to be mine~?"
By now, Peter stood in front of her, causing her to look at him.
He moved closer, making her back up, then walk away,
"Nothing could keep us apart
You'd be the one I was meant to find~"
Peter went after her, and turned her to face him, then they circled each other,
"It's up to you, and it's up to me
No one could say what we get to be~"
She tried to walk away again, but her pulled her back, twirled her around and caressed her face, making her smile,
"So why don't we rewrite the stars?
And maybe the world could be ours, tonight~"
The rope she was holding pulled her up and away, leaving him perplexed. He looked around for her, but couldn't find her...but then, he heard her singing.
"You think it's easy?
You think I don't want to run to you~?"
He looked up and saw MJ rappelling down from a hoop trapeze.
"But there are mountains
And there are doors that we can't walk through~"
She got to the floor and their hands danced together, then she spun the hoop around his back,
"I know you're wondering why
Because we're able to be just you and me within these walls~"
She balanced her body on the hoop as it moved around him,
"But when we go outside
You're gonna wake up and see that it was hopeless after all~"
She hung upside-down on the hoop as it started rising up, with Peter holding onto it.
He went up with her a bit, but then he dropped down to the floor and looked around for her.
She balanced on one of the second-floor railings, then swung around Peter on one of the ropes,
"No one can rewrite the stars
How can you say you'll be mine~?"
She swung back to him, collided with him and they rolled on the ground until she was on top of him,
"Everything keeps us apart
And I'm not the one you were meant to find~"
MJ then pulled on the rope, sending herself flying upward.
"It's not up to you,
It's not up to me~"
Peter grabbed onto the rope to keep her from going up further and tried to pull her back down.
"When everyone tells us what we can be~"
MJ then curled the rope around herself before she came spinning down, into Peter's arms.
"How can we rewrite the stars?
Say that the world can be ours, tonight~?"
He twirled her, then pulled her back and held her as the rope lifted them up.
Both,
"All I want is to fly with you
All I want is to fall with you~"
He almost dropped her, but caught her with his hand, then she pulled him down as she got to the floor,
"So just give me all of you~"
Soon, they were both swinging from ropes, twirling around each other in a dance.
MJ,
"It feels impossible~!"
Peter,
"It's not impossible~!"
MJ,
"It is it impossible~?"
Both,
"Say that it's possible~!"
They touched the ground, then he sent her swinging all around him, but their eyes never left each other.
Both,
"How do we rewrite the stars?
Say you were made to be mine
And nothing can keep us apart~"
Peter decided to throw in his own twist as Aaron tossed him one of his web-shooters, then he made a webline to swing opposite of MJ, making her smile brightly as they kept singing!
"Cause you are the one I was meant to find
It's up to you, and it's up to me
No one could say what we get to be~"
They eventually swung to each other and held on,
"And why don't we rewrite the stars?
Changing the world to be ours~"
Soon, they swung down to the ground, their foreheads gently touching each other...before MJ kept singing.
"You know I want you
It's not a secret I try to hide~"
She then swallowed, like she was getting choked up.
"But I can't have you
We're bound to break and our hands are tied~"
She removed his hand from her waist and walked away.
Aaron slowly eased the rest of the lights back on, as his computer made an applause sound effect.
MJ ran back to Peter and hugged him tightly.
"That was amazing!" she exclaimed.
He hugged her back, "I knew you'd like it."
She pelted his face with kisses before giving him the most loving, passionate kiss on the lips they've ever had
"Whoa...!" Peter whispered as they momentarily pulled away, only for him to pull her back and kiss her again.
"Okay guys, if you're gonna continue, go back home first!" Aaron exclaimed.
Both Peter and MJ had to laugh at that one.
Still, they went back to Peter's apartment and finished the movie. They then spent some more time together, then went to bed.
So, how'd everybody like this change to Electro?
I couldn't resist making the fights like the ones in "Amazing Spider-Man 2"! I loved that version of Electro! And if you think about it; the reason he turned bad was because of those dumbass cops. Thankfully, we had Yuri.
The plot for MJ's dad took some inspiration from Ultimate Comics Mary Jane's father.
Sorry, not sorry; I couldn't resist putting "The Greatest Showman" in here for Valentine's Day, especially "Rewrite The Stars"! That'll be Peter & MJ's song, unless someone has any other suggestions.
Read and review, please!