A/N: Once again I am pleasantly surprised by the number of reviews I have received. I, for some reason, thought that this fandom did not get very many reviews. I figured that the slash must not be very popular if there is so little of it. Yet it seems I was wrong! And I'm glad!
Thank-you's: MENTA- I thank you for saying that it is original. I have been trying to do something a bit different and I'm glad you like it. I am going to do Harry/Peter, and not just because everyone seems to like the idea, but because I want to too. Thank you much! GOLD SILK- I'm glad that you like Alex and my fiction. Go Spider-Man slash! grins TENSHI- Well, I think that I would certainly consider that another vote fore Harry/Peter laughs And I intend on letting Alex reveal himself a bit more in each part. I like him quite a lot and do not intend to kill him off---not right away at least. Thank you for the tip though! Love ya! BSXJT- I'm glad that you like how it is going now, but I think I will add in Harry/Peter. Don't you worry though. Alex is not going anywhere anytime soon... UNKNOWN- I'm glad that you also enjoy the Harry/Peter idea. And I agree about the 'Poor poor Peter'...And you seem to know me very well about the Alex/Peter, but that is all I shall say now. The rest will reveal itself in time. grins LILLHELLSINGER- I believe that 75 'PLEASE!' mean that you would like this to be Harry/Peter then, no? laughs Well, I thank you for you enthusiasm, and I think you are right. They should be together. I just wonder what it will take for them to be that way...
I thank you all very much. And I always enjoy reading reviews. It always helps the author and it's really not hard either...So, thank you for doing your part in inspiring me to write more. I do not often update so quickly, as I'm sure Tenshi at least knows, so I thank you again.
Disclaimer: I do not own Spider-Man. I just own Alex, and he's all mine! grins
ADMIRER
By: MercilessTantalus
Chapter 3- A New Ploy
Before heading right over to the nervous boy on the other side of the street, Alex held back for a moment, observing him.
/It doesn't feel like I only spoke to him once. It feels like I know him so much better then that. I can not believe that it was only 21 days ago./ He glanced at his ever-useful watch, /Exactly 502 hours, 30,240 minutes since I first noticed him.../
FLASHBACK
"College. Where all your dreams come true." Alex muttered mockingly to himself. Not one single dream of his came true in all the time he wasted there. Sure, he'd had a few kicks, gotten plenty drunk, and slept with about half the student body, but he didn't learn anything at all.
/Oh, except how unattractive and bitchy girls are when they wake after a night of sex. No wonder I prefer men.../
Alex had just graduated from this college and was going in to have one last chat with his guidance counselor about his 'Career Plans'. He was planning on a long and annoying talk due to the fact he didn't really have any career plans...
He was just walking and minding his own business when he suddenly slammed into a student who was hurrying to class, making the boy drop all his books.
Alex kept walking. /Stupid freshmen.../ He glanced behind him again at the boy but instead found a very nice rear facing him.
He stopped walking abruptly and stared at it, already feeling arousal. /Well well, not too bad.
Especially for a freshman.../ He watched the boy pick up the rest of his things, caught a glance of beautiful blue eyes and sexy, pouty lips, before the boy was off and running.
Alex glanced back at the guidance building one more time before heading after the boy. /Screw it. A nice, quick, hot fuck is more important then some depressing talk any day.../
END FLASHBACK
Alex since then had watched the brilliant boy, who he knew now was Peter Parker. He kept coming back to the boy, long after the chances of a 'quick fuck' faded. He had taken up a job at the Bugle, where he knew Peter worked off and on.
Alex was a very good writer, as he was good and many things. /Math, sex, art, sex, writing, sex, cooking, wood shop...oh, and did I mention sex?/
Alex grinned and decided it was finally time to approach the boy on the other side. The boy who had been nervously waiting for many minutes, a dozen daisies clutched in his right hand.
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Peter looked in the direction of MJ's apartment, ill at ease. He had actually been early, yet she had not shown yet. He fidgeted nervously with one of the flowers.
/She isn't going to show. I just know it. I should have known better then to even ask her to give me another chance, I deserve no more chances after hurting her feelings so much. The least I could have done is ask to meet in front of her building. Why am I such a fool?!/
/This is all that damn spiders fault! If only it hadn't bit me. If only I didn't have to go out every night instead of doing homework, instead of watching her show...If only it wasn't MY burden.../
Lost in his sorrowful thoughts, Peter didn't even notice a leather-clad man approach until he was right in front of him.
"Oh man, you're Peter aren't you? From the other day...?"
Peter looked in front of him with a start to see that that man he had met in the park was in front of him. "Yes, I am Peter. And, Alex, wasn't it? Alex Porter?" He switched the daisies to his left hand and held out his right.
The man took it and shook, letting go a moment later then was normal..."Yeah, I'm flattered you remember." Alex said. "Nice flowers you got, but I prefer roses..." He grinned.
Peter forced a smile and shook his head, "Yeah well...We'll have to talk another time, if you don't mind, this is kind of a bad time. I'm meeting someone." He glanced around Alex just to make sure MJ was not coming from the other direction...
Peter could have swore he saw Alex's eyes flash with anger. But the next moment he was sure it was his imagination as Alex was looking at him with sorrow. "Oh." He said softly, "Well, uh, I'm really sorry that you were the same Peter that I came here to give a message to, but I have a bit of bad news..."
That got his full attention for the first time that day. "Why? What do you mean? What's wrong?" His heart was in his throat, hoping that MJ is safe.
"Well, I was here just minding my own business when a very pretty lady showed up. She waited for a long time, and she looked like she was getting madder and madder every second. Then, this fat guy with blonde hair ran up and told her something, and she looked briefly really happy, and then sad again. She then told me to tell a-" Here he paused a minute and sighed, "Well, she told me to tell a very sexy-looking guy named Peter that she was through waiting for him if he never even had the time to show up to her play, or to his own arranged meeting. And that if he ever even tried to talk to her again, she would call the police and have him arrested as a stalker." Here Alex threw in a half-smirk, "I thought the sexy guy was probably you, but considering the story, I hope not..."
Peter, however had not even heard the last comment. He could feel tears in his eyes. /How could MJ have said that? What went wrong?/
To say that he was crushed would be an understatement. To say that he was suicidal was an overstatement. He waved somewhere in between. Right next to despairing.
Alex was giving him a strange look. As though he felt guilty...? /But why should he feel guilty? It's all my fault...My fault./
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Alex watched Peter as he sagged, hit harder by the news then Alex had thought he would be. For a moment Alex felt almost guilty for what he had done.
Trying his best to brush those feelings aside, he put an arm around Peter, steering him away from the doomed meeting place. "Come on. I think that you could use a drink..."
"I...I can't." Peter tried to explain through his emotional pain.
"Shush, don't you worry about that..." Alex reassured him. "I know of a place that is perfect. You can order any drink you won't and they won't card you. They won't serve alcohol to anyone who looks like they're still in grade school, but anyone who looks old is good." He explained due to a worried glance from Peter.
/And Shela would know better then to try and stop me and my newest friend from entering. She is smarter then that./
With that, Alex let Peter to a run-down looking bar with dust all over the place. They took their seats near the back where Alex knew they wouldn't be bothered by the regulars.
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Harry Osborn didn't know what to do with all the time he had made for himself. His quest for Spider-Man seemed more and more futile with each passing day. The freak was gaining more and more supporters, even though Harry knew the truth. Spider-Man was nothing more then a murderer.
/He killed my father and no one even seems to care!/
He threw down the newspaper he had in his hands and sat back in his chair. Looking around at his desk there were many cutouts of headlines siting the last spotting of the freak. He shoved all these onto the floor in anger and reached for his bottle of whiskey.
/Empty. Figures./
He dropped the back on the floor and picked up a framed picture instead. Taken about two years ago, the picture showed his best friend sitting on the floor, reading.
/We were supposed to study together, but Pete was doing most of the studding while I goofed off. He was trying to help me, but it must have been hard.../ he thought with a small smile /I never would have passed without him.../
Instead of throwing this onto the floor with the other items formerly on his desk, he put this picture back. He had always loved that picture of Pete. He looked so sweet and innocent, sitting with one foot on the floor and the other tucked under him.
/Not so sure if we're best friends now though, are you?/ He asked himself.
He knew that he was not only hunting Spider-Man for what happened to his father, but also for Peter. /I would give Peter anything, any amount of money he needs, but instead he turns to that damn spider! I need to kill the freak, not only for my father and I, but for Pete and I.../
Still gazing at the picture of Pete, he sighed. /He never did it on purpose, but he took everything I need without asking. Without meaning to. And along with that he took my heart./
Harry shook his head with a laugh and stood. /Now I know I need a drink. Before I become any more poetic.../
Grabbing his keys, he headed out the door, deciding to go to an old dive near Pete's. At least that way he'd be near him...
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A/N: Sorry about the problem with the sneak peak, but I just realized that I forgot something, so I had to go back and add that. And now I need to change a few future things. The quote will still be there, but I just need to fix a few things. And, if I didn't do it this way, it might have been a long time from now that I'd be posting this instead of now, so I figured this was probably better...
And, anyone who enjoys Spider-Man slash is invited to the two new SMS communities! I hope to see you
Thank-you's: MENTA- I thank you for saying that it is original. I have been trying to do something a bit different and I'm glad you like it. I am going to do Harry/Peter, and not just because everyone seems to like the idea, but because I want to too. Thank you much! GOLD SILK- I'm glad that you like Alex and my fiction. Go Spider-Man slash! grins TENSHI- Well, I think that I would certainly consider that another vote fore Harry/Peter laughs And I intend on letting Alex reveal himself a bit more in each part. I like him quite a lot and do not intend to kill him off---not right away at least. Thank you for the tip though! Love ya! BSXJT- I'm glad that you like how it is going now, but I think I will add in Harry/Peter. Don't you worry though. Alex is not going anywhere anytime soon... UNKNOWN- I'm glad that you also enjoy the Harry/Peter idea. And I agree about the 'Poor poor Peter'...And you seem to know me very well about the Alex/Peter, but that is all I shall say now. The rest will reveal itself in time. grins LILLHELLSINGER- I believe that 75 'PLEASE!' mean that you would like this to be Harry/Peter then, no? laughs Well, I thank you for you enthusiasm, and I think you are right. They should be together. I just wonder what it will take for them to be that way...
I thank you all very much. And I always enjoy reading reviews. It always helps the author and it's really not hard either...So, thank you for doing your part in inspiring me to write more. I do not often update so quickly, as I'm sure Tenshi at least knows, so I thank you again.
Disclaimer: I do not own Spider-Man. I just own Alex, and he's all mine! grins
ADMIRER
By: MercilessTantalus
Chapter 3- A New Ploy
Before heading right over to the nervous boy on the other side of the street, Alex held back for a moment, observing him.
/It doesn't feel like I only spoke to him once. It feels like I know him so much better then that. I can not believe that it was only 21 days ago./ He glanced at his ever-useful watch, /Exactly 502 hours, 30,240 minutes since I first noticed him.../
FLASHBACK
"College. Where all your dreams come true." Alex muttered mockingly to himself. Not one single dream of his came true in all the time he wasted there. Sure, he'd had a few kicks, gotten plenty drunk, and slept with about half the student body, but he didn't learn anything at all.
/Oh, except how unattractive and bitchy girls are when they wake after a night of sex. No wonder I prefer men.../
Alex had just graduated from this college and was going in to have one last chat with his guidance counselor about his 'Career Plans'. He was planning on a long and annoying talk due to the fact he didn't really have any career plans...
He was just walking and minding his own business when he suddenly slammed into a student who was hurrying to class, making the boy drop all his books.
Alex kept walking. /Stupid freshmen.../ He glanced behind him again at the boy but instead found a very nice rear facing him.
He stopped walking abruptly and stared at it, already feeling arousal. /Well well, not too bad.
Especially for a freshman.../ He watched the boy pick up the rest of his things, caught a glance of beautiful blue eyes and sexy, pouty lips, before the boy was off and running.
Alex glanced back at the guidance building one more time before heading after the boy. /Screw it. A nice, quick, hot fuck is more important then some depressing talk any day.../
END FLASHBACK
Alex since then had watched the brilliant boy, who he knew now was Peter Parker. He kept coming back to the boy, long after the chances of a 'quick fuck' faded. He had taken up a job at the Bugle, where he knew Peter worked off and on.
Alex was a very good writer, as he was good and many things. /Math, sex, art, sex, writing, sex, cooking, wood shop...oh, and did I mention sex?/
Alex grinned and decided it was finally time to approach the boy on the other side. The boy who had been nervously waiting for many minutes, a dozen daisies clutched in his right hand.
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Peter looked in the direction of MJ's apartment, ill at ease. He had actually been early, yet she had not shown yet. He fidgeted nervously with one of the flowers.
/She isn't going to show. I just know it. I should have known better then to even ask her to give me another chance, I deserve no more chances after hurting her feelings so much. The least I could have done is ask to meet in front of her building. Why am I such a fool?!/
/This is all that damn spiders fault! If only it hadn't bit me. If only I didn't have to go out every night instead of doing homework, instead of watching her show...If only it wasn't MY burden.../
Lost in his sorrowful thoughts, Peter didn't even notice a leather-clad man approach until he was right in front of him.
"Oh man, you're Peter aren't you? From the other day...?"
Peter looked in front of him with a start to see that that man he had met in the park was in front of him. "Yes, I am Peter. And, Alex, wasn't it? Alex Porter?" He switched the daisies to his left hand and held out his right.
The man took it and shook, letting go a moment later then was normal..."Yeah, I'm flattered you remember." Alex said. "Nice flowers you got, but I prefer roses..." He grinned.
Peter forced a smile and shook his head, "Yeah well...We'll have to talk another time, if you don't mind, this is kind of a bad time. I'm meeting someone." He glanced around Alex just to make sure MJ was not coming from the other direction...
Peter could have swore he saw Alex's eyes flash with anger. But the next moment he was sure it was his imagination as Alex was looking at him with sorrow. "Oh." He said softly, "Well, uh, I'm really sorry that you were the same Peter that I came here to give a message to, but I have a bit of bad news..."
That got his full attention for the first time that day. "Why? What do you mean? What's wrong?" His heart was in his throat, hoping that MJ is safe.
"Well, I was here just minding my own business when a very pretty lady showed up. She waited for a long time, and she looked like she was getting madder and madder every second. Then, this fat guy with blonde hair ran up and told her something, and she looked briefly really happy, and then sad again. She then told me to tell a-" Here he paused a minute and sighed, "Well, she told me to tell a very sexy-looking guy named Peter that she was through waiting for him if he never even had the time to show up to her play, or to his own arranged meeting. And that if he ever even tried to talk to her again, she would call the police and have him arrested as a stalker." Here Alex threw in a half-smirk, "I thought the sexy guy was probably you, but considering the story, I hope not..."
Peter, however had not even heard the last comment. He could feel tears in his eyes. /How could MJ have said that? What went wrong?/
To say that he was crushed would be an understatement. To say that he was suicidal was an overstatement. He waved somewhere in between. Right next to despairing.
Alex was giving him a strange look. As though he felt guilty...? /But why should he feel guilty? It's all my fault...My fault./
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Alex watched Peter as he sagged, hit harder by the news then Alex had thought he would be. For a moment Alex felt almost guilty for what he had done.
Trying his best to brush those feelings aside, he put an arm around Peter, steering him away from the doomed meeting place. "Come on. I think that you could use a drink..."
"I...I can't." Peter tried to explain through his emotional pain.
"Shush, don't you worry about that..." Alex reassured him. "I know of a place that is perfect. You can order any drink you won't and they won't card you. They won't serve alcohol to anyone who looks like they're still in grade school, but anyone who looks old is good." He explained due to a worried glance from Peter.
/And Shela would know better then to try and stop me and my newest friend from entering. She is smarter then that./
With that, Alex let Peter to a run-down looking bar with dust all over the place. They took their seats near the back where Alex knew they wouldn't be bothered by the regulars.
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Harry Osborn didn't know what to do with all the time he had made for himself. His quest for Spider-Man seemed more and more futile with each passing day. The freak was gaining more and more supporters, even though Harry knew the truth. Spider-Man was nothing more then a murderer.
/He killed my father and no one even seems to care!/
He threw down the newspaper he had in his hands and sat back in his chair. Looking around at his desk there were many cutouts of headlines siting the last spotting of the freak. He shoved all these onto the floor in anger and reached for his bottle of whiskey.
/Empty. Figures./
He dropped the back on the floor and picked up a framed picture instead. Taken about two years ago, the picture showed his best friend sitting on the floor, reading.
/We were supposed to study together, but Pete was doing most of the studding while I goofed off. He was trying to help me, but it must have been hard.../ he thought with a small smile /I never would have passed without him.../
Instead of throwing this onto the floor with the other items formerly on his desk, he put this picture back. He had always loved that picture of Pete. He looked so sweet and innocent, sitting with one foot on the floor and the other tucked under him.
/Not so sure if we're best friends now though, are you?/ He asked himself.
He knew that he was not only hunting Spider-Man for what happened to his father, but also for Peter. /I would give Peter anything, any amount of money he needs, but instead he turns to that damn spider! I need to kill the freak, not only for my father and I, but for Pete and I.../
Still gazing at the picture of Pete, he sighed. /He never did it on purpose, but he took everything I need without asking. Without meaning to. And along with that he took my heart./
Harry shook his head with a laugh and stood. /Now I know I need a drink. Before I become any more poetic.../
Grabbing his keys, he headed out the door, deciding to go to an old dive near Pete's. At least that way he'd be near him...
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A/N: Sorry about the problem with the sneak peak, but I just realized that I forgot something, so I had to go back and add that. And now I need to change a few future things. The quote will still be there, but I just need to fix a few things. And, if I didn't do it this way, it might have been a long time from now that I'd be posting this instead of now, so I figured this was probably better...
And, anyone who enjoys Spider-Man slash is invited to the two new SMS communities! I hope to see you