"So, are we about to meet Doctor Octavius?" Ned asked. From what he knew of the man, the man seemed decent enough, when not being a tentacle controlled villain.

"Yeah I think we are." Peter-2 smiled. "Otto was a good man, just remember that, all you've seen of him so far is his corruption by his machines, but Otto Octavius was a good man who wanted to help all of mankind. That's the Otto I remember, and the one I hope you'll all get to know if we're seeing this."

Harry took Peter to meet Otto Octavius, Harry said they'd all be rich and get a Nobel prize,

as Otto insisted it wasn't about prizes. Harry introduced them as Otto said he couldn't deal with any students right now, Harry cleared his throat and left as Otto decided to humour him and keep Peter around for now.

"It absolutely isn't about the prizes, it's about the betterment of mankind!" Bruce agreed with Otto.

"I mean, winning a Nobel Prize isn't something to reject either though." Tony joked.

"I mean, it sucks he needs to keep Harry happy to keep his funding, but it's nice that it allowed you to meet your hero and spend time with him." Betty stated.

"I appreciated it, truly. I didn't like that Harry was using nepotism to get what he wanted me to have, but I appreciated it, I still do, even now I've matured on the idea." Peter-2 explained. "He was just trying to make me happy, and I'm grateful for it."

Otto said he was told Peter was brilliant but lazy. Peter said he was trying to do better. Otto told him brilliance alone isn't enough, he needs to be dedicated too. Peter then spoke about Otto's fusion machine, getting his attention, and before they knew it, two hours had passed, they shared tea as Otto told his wife he loved Peter.

"That's all you can do, try to be better than you were before." Steve told Peter-2. "If you're better than you were the day before, that's all that matters."

"Yeah, you can't rely on just intelligence, got to work at it too, got to put in the effort every day." Bruce nodded. This Otto didn't seem like such a bad guy in this one at least. Maybe if he had a counterpart in their universe, or they ever met the cured him, Bruce could have a few discussions with the man.

"I think it's impossible for anyone to spend any time with a Peter Parker and not love being in their company." MJ smiled as the rest of the room agreed.

Otto and his wife discussed affairs of the heart with Peter, and suggested poetry is the way to do it, as Peter began to read poetry books to try and win Mary Jane whilst at the laundrette, where he put his Spider-Man costume in with his whites.

"Poetry is the way to win every woman, is it?" Flash asked, eyes wide as the women in the room giggled.

"Why are you putting your reds in with your whites?" Tony asked with a smirk.

"Just because I'm smart doesn't mean I'm not an idiot as well." Peter-2 defended himself.

Peter prepared for the theatre, buying carnations, getting into a suit, escaping Ditkovich and his rent demands, as he drove towards the theatre on his bike, a police chase caused him to lose the bike, doing a flip, he told some kids to eat their green vegetables to be able to do that as well. As the chase progressed, Peter decided to help the police stop it, as he did, he got to the play as it was in full swing.

"I see you're getting ready to impress, going to try win back MJ?" Wong asked.

"I've gotta stop just wallowing in my own self-doubt, if anything, all of this taught me that." Peter-2 beamed.

"It's nice you're encouraging kids to eat better and be healthy." Hope smiled.

"I see your time keeping is still impeccable with all of this." Peter-3 ribbed his alter.

"I'd like to see you do better." Peter-2 grinned.

Stopped at the door by the usher, Peter was made to do his shoelace, tie and his hair, before being denied entry as it "Helped maintain the illusion" and told he had to leave.

"I see Mysterio is back." Tony growled.

"This guy does realise he's been super obvious, right?" Bucky asked.

"I'm pretty sure that was half of the fun for him." Peter-2 shrugged.

Dejected, Peter waited outside for Mary Jane. Waiting outside, he heard someone singing a Spider-Man anthem, seeing Mary Jane leave, Peter headed towards her, until he saw her kiss a man who walked up to her. Peter then turned and left, following another car chase, before Mary Jane could see him.

"Poor Peter." Cindy frowned.

"I got over it." Peter-2 laughed.

"I do like the music, got your own theme song?" Peter-3 joked.

"Don't you?" Peter-2 winked.

"At least you're heading off to go save innocent lives rather than wallowing." Quill reasoned.

As Peter swung after it, his webs stopped working and he fell onto a rooftop, hitting his back hard. Asking what was happening, Peter kept trying his webs, and failing. As he looked down, a sense of anxiety hit him, and he used an elevator to get down to the ground again, standing next to a dog walker as he did who complimented his outfit.

"What happened? Your webs come out of you, don't they?" Rhodey asked.

"Yeah they do." Peter-2 said. "I explained it to Peter-1 and Peter-3 before, but I had a time I went through some existential crisis stuff. This was the beginning of that and during it, my powers shorted out a few times, I fell off walls, webs wouldn't come out of me, alot of things." He frowned. It wasn't a good time at all.

"Well I can't wait to see you get past it." Peter-3 smiled at him. He didn't like the idea of his alter self suffering at all, especially with how nice the man was.

"At least this guy compliments the outfit." Kate smirked. "I've got ideas for improvements though."

"Don't." Clint groaned. "The one you suggested for me is bad enough."

"This I've got to see." Natasha gave him a feral grin as Clint gulped.

For those who can't find my companion piece via Google, my username on AO3 is the same as it is on this site. Try search via that. Next update won't be until at least Monday, working over 30 hours between then and now.