Dark Ages
Before the Convergence
Susan Storm smiled as she zipped up her suit, her lover asleep in bed. It was nearly ten and she was going to let him sleep in a bit more, he had been tiring himself out with running the team and spending time with her. He deserved a rest. Sue remembered after Reed died how Peter help her get through the grief, how he was there for her, how they became a couple, how he became leader of the Fantastic Four and how much she loves him.
"Sleep well Peter." She smiled kissing his forehead. She heard him mutter in his sleep, making the Invisible Woman smile before she left the room.
As Susan left the bedroom she saw her brother, Ben and his wife Alicia Grim in the kitchen "Hey sis. Morning." Johnny smiled
"Morning Sue!" Ben waved, cooking eggs with his wife.
"Is that a new uniform?" Alicia asked.
"Yes, yes it is..." Susan nodded.
Alicia passed her friend some pancakes as she looked at her new uniform.
It was blue and white suit with blue gloves and mid-shin high boots with a black 'four' inside a octagon on her chest with a Spider leg coming off each corner of the eight sided shape. (FF World's Greatest Heroes outfit but different Chest symbol.)
"How's Peter?" Ben asked.
"Still asleep." Susan nodded. It had been a year since she and Peter had gotten together and she loved it.
"He's really nice." Alicia spoke.
"Yeah...Webs is that sort of person." Ben answered "He's just lucky my sister likes him." Johnny muttered bitterly "What's up with you? You look as miserable as sin." Ben asked, "My best friend is dating my sister. How do you think I feel?" He huffed "...I don't know how to respond to that." Ben answered honestly.
"Exactly." He nodded "I think you are feeling the effects of sibling protection and boundaries; you are bound by a double-standard that says: you can date other girls but not my family." Alicia answered.
"Thank you for pointing out the obvious." He deadpanned.
"Well, if you aren't going to say it Johnny..." Alicia pouted.
"Look, let's just have breakfast. Webs is gonna be up soon and I think it's best if we clear the air." Ben suggested bringing more food over.
"Sure." Sue nodded.
"Johnny I know that Peter's your best friend, but can you understand that...I'm not alone anymore. I've...gotten out more, I'm not afraid and I'm happy." Sue explained.
"I know Sue. And I understand. But you're still my little sister, I am protective." Johnny sighed.
"Thank you Johnny. But I'm your BIG sister." Sue smiled swatting his arm.
"I know." He smiled rubbing it.
"You shouldn't mind Peter being with Sue. He's kind." Alicia added.
"Says the Spider-Man fangirl" Ben teased.
"Shut up Ben..." Alicia pouted.
"Huh?" Peter muttered as he walked in
"Morning Peter." Sue turned and kissed her lover.
"Morning." Peter smiled. He was wearing a suit that was basically the same as Sue's but the blue were instead red and it was clear that he had a mask that he wasn't wearing at the moment."Sleep well?" Sue asked.
"Like a log." Peter answered sitting next to her and digging into the food Alicia put in front of him. "Hi Johnny." he waved kindly. "Peter." He nodded. "Not to sound insulting but, why is there an atmosphere in here?" Peter asked worried.
"Family situation Peter, don't worry." Susan smiled. "Hmm." Peter nodded "How about we go out? All of us." Ben and Johnny both nodded their heads. "Sure." Susan smiled, kissing him.
Time Skip
Spider-Man grinned as he swung through New York, his mask on. His mask was red with orange like his chest piece color versions of his classic eyes that still had the classic black borders, the orange being a metalix and rounded implying he had a micro-computer inside his mask.
"Looks like things are quiet." He thought.
He and the others had lunch and be decided to go on a small patrol.
"Johnny anything on your end?" Peter asked.
"All good Webs." His friend replied.
"Ben, Sue? What about you?" Peter asked.
"It's fine Web-Head." Ben sighed.
"Nothing wrong here." Susan nodded.
That was when Spidey caught sight of the Jumbo-Tron: Jonah was on the screen, this wasn't going to be pretty. But he just sighed, getting ready for the incoming rant.
"As many of you know: Spider-Man has joined the Fantastic Four, while many support this saying that Spider-man is a decent replacement for the Late Mr Fantastic; THIS reporter argues that Spider-Man has NOT got the capabilities to support the team, let alone take the mantle of World's most intelligent person!" Jonah ranted.
"You don't know how smart I am Jonah." Peter glared.
"So I propose that Spider-Man faces THE GREATEST minds of our world, to prove himself worthy of leading The Fantastic Four!" Jonah continued his rant.
Peter frowned at that, curious.
"If you can hear me Spider-Man, this challenge is issued to EVERY great mind!" Jonah continued.
"What do you want me to do?!" He snarled
"Prove yourself a great mind or leave the Fantastic Four!" Jonah answered.
"Son of a-!" Peter shouted then heard his headset call, it was Sue.
"Don't do it." She said simply "Sue I-" Peter tried to speak with rage but he was interrupted.
"Peter, it's not worth it. You don't need to prove ANYTHING to ANYONE!" Sue answered followed by a ping.
"Webs this guy is nothing but hot air! He's crazy." It was Ben. "I think I'll pay him a visit."
"Come on Spidey. You're better than that." Johnny voice came through. Then Jameson said. "And perhaps if you win you could prove worthy of Mr. Fantastic wife, the Invisible Woman."
"Oh crap!" Said Peter. "Sue do you read me." But no answer except for Johnny saying. "I think you need to go save that a-hole from my sister." Peter immediately took off to the Daly Bulge. "Sue come in!" Peter tried again and then Sue appeared next to him. He landed on her force field pad and looked at her. "Sue…" But she pulled his mask over his nose and kissed him. "You prove your worth to me a thousand times over and that jackass one day is going to see what happens when mess with my man!" Peter was really trying hard not to feel extreme prime at that but couldn't help it. "Even if you took the challenge win or lose I would stay with you no matter what." Peter smiled as they flew towards home.
They arrived back at the Baxter Building.
"You know... I'm gonna file a full complaint at the guy. THAT'S the smart thing to do instead of trying to compete with Moongirl or Flash with their super speed brains."
Peter chuckled. "See you are smart." Susan smiled and kissing him softly. "Now... I'm going to write Jonah my strongly opposed letter." Peter spoke with a goofy grin.
"I know you will make it very... Colourful." She smirked "Colourful AND professional." Peter reassured her. "I bet." She teased
Time Skip
"And... finished." Peter sighed in relief finishing his letter. "That's good." Susan nodded, hugging him from behind "Now to send it off. I'll be back." Peter chuckled.
"Aw? You don't want to wait till the morning?" Susan pouted "Hmm...Yeah okay." Peter put the letter down by the kitchen.
"Good." Sue smiled as she pulled him into their bedroom. Snuggling up against him and getting comfortable as she turned the TV on. And it WASN'T Jonah.
"What's the show?" Peter asked holding the blonde to him.
"Romance film." Susan answered.
She gently put her head on his shoulder, smiling happily.
Outside
Johnny was looking at the two love-birds door. He was still a little protective.
But he sighed, knowing it was for the best
"Treat her right Peter." He thought.
In the bedroom, At the end of the film.
"That... Was beautiful." Susan said, sniffing overdramatically. The movie had actually been bad and cheesy as hell, but they laughed the hell at it.
"Not as beautiful as you." Peter answered with a line from the movie.
"Oh don't even START that." Susan giggled quoting the next line.
Then Peter kissed Susan softly.
Sue smiled, kissing back happily as she wrapped her arms around his neck. "Skip right to the kissing." Joked Sue. "Wanna watch another movie?" Asked Peter. But Sue climbed on top of him. "Let's make our own entertainment." Peter understood immediately a started removing his lover's shirt.
After the love making Peter asked a question into Sue's ear and immediately got her answer. "Yes." Then gave him another kiss before they fell into a peaceful sleep.
-
The next morning Sue woke up smiling against Peter's chest and as she laid there her mind went back to the letter he wrote to that jerk Jonah, "What are you thinking about?" She heard Peter asked, apparently awake now, "Just thinking about that a-hole, you know how about we personally deliver it to Jonah together." Peter raised an eyebrow "Sue…" "Don't worry I'll be on my best behavior." Sue replied with much convincing put into her voice, while doing the doe eyes at Peter who sighed heavily as he replied "Oh ok, we'll go." And Sue smiled as she kissed him.
-Later At The Daily Bugle-
"Um, Sir you have a visitor is here to talk with you about your Mind challenge." Betty Brant called through the door of J. Jonah Jameson office, "Who is it?!" Jonah asked and the door opened to reveal Spider-Man, Jonah sprang from his seat "YOU…!!" and Spider-Man held his hands up like to show he was unarm "Easy there JJ, I'm just here to talk and not cause a problem." It took a long moment before the red in Jonah's face died down and regained his composure as he straighten his tie and used a remote to active the camera that pointed away from the stand where he ranted to turn facing them, "Ah Spider-Man I was wondering if you would show up, though I was expecting you to come through my window."
"I decided to knock on Miss Lovely Brant's window and come into your office the normal way." Spider-Man said nodded thanks to Betty, who cheeks turned pink at him calling her lovely as she shut the door. "So Spider-Man…" Jonah said sitting back down in his chair, "You decided to stop being a coward and accept my challenge?" "Actually no, I came to give you this letter of complaint against I'm filing against you on the behest of the Fantastic Four for harassment." Spider-Man dropped the letter onto Jameson's desk, who looked shock, "Harassment?!" Spider-Man nodded "Yes, because though I have put up with it for years, my team will tolerate it no longer. Plus even if I wasn't here for the complaint, I'm also here to decline your challenge to proof my intelligence to a man who wouldn't accept me winning either way."
"If you did win, I…" Jonah started to say with the intention of yelling, when a calm female voice spoke seemingly from nowhere, "Would hate him even more for making you look like a fool." And out of thin appeared Sue standing next to Spider-Man, Jonah nearly jumped out of his skin, "Miss Storm! What a surprise, I didn't see you there." "A course you didn't, because I was invisible, hence the name Invisible Woman." Sue said with sarcasm in her voice and Jonah attempted to regain his composure, but Sue spoke before he could "Now Mister Jameson, as Spider-Man has said, the Fantastic Four are filling charges against you for the harassment of our teammate Spider-Man. Our evidence to support this is a course both your newspaper and your recorded video broadcast, you continuing call him a menace and falsely accused him of the actions of the villains that he risks his life to stop…"
Sue looked sternly at the mustache man, "I know that it's a free country and you are allow to speak your mind, but you J Jonah Jameson takes your hatred of Spider-Man too far and we will not let it continue. You says that he's a menace for things like wearing a mask, yet you can't seem to wrap your close minded head around why. He wears the mask because if he revealed his identity then all his villains would know to harm by going after those he love, those people who don't have the powers to protect themselves from things like a goblin bomb or a poison scorpion tail. The mask isn't for him, it to protect the people he cares for and also allow him to go back to a normal life when he doesn't wear it." Jonah's mind seemed to be stuck and Spider-Man was not sure if he was proceeding with the words being said to him.
"Also, you issued a challenge claiming that Spider-Man wasn't as smart as my late husband, the thing is, he is just as smart as Reed and I would say that if the challenge was against someone like Stark. Then it would be a even match, which is more than you could say if you went against Spider-Man in that challenge and whether or not he won, my fiancé would be worthy of me regardless because he was there when I lost Reed, he comforted me, respect me and showed me how to love again." Finally Jonah's brain started to work again as he registers what Susan had said, particularly two words, "Your Fiancé?!" He asked and Susan raised her left hand to show both Jameson and the watching world, the diamond ring on her finger "Yes, my fiancé." She said before pulling Spider-Man's mask up enough to kiss him for the world to see.
After pulling away from their kiss the two looked at Jonah, who's mouth looked ready to fall off in shock "Well will you look at that, he too happy for us to speak." Spider-Man said and Sue chuckled "Yeah, well we should go and give him time to both process it and get his lawyer ready for the lawsuit." The two said goodbye to the still shocked Jameson and left the office the same way they came and met Betty who congratulated them on their engagement along with the other members of the Daily Bugle as the soon to be Mr Spider-Man and Mrs Invisible Woman headed out of Betty's window.
