(August 10, 1986)

Panic is the brother of disaster and son of chaos.

When my parents named me 'Peter Parker' I thought it was just a coincidence. When I realized my father's name was 'Richard', again I thought it was a coincidence.

But when my Uncle and Aunt, namely Ben and May Parker came to see me, I realized I'm fucked.

MARVEL FUCKING UNIVERSE, and I didn't even know where I landed. I mean there were gods and titans who could make the planet go boom with just a snap, and here I was, a tiny little spider in a city of giants.

"Aww look at him Ben, he's so cute!", May whispered gushingly.

Hearing that, Mary preened, but the exhaustion was clearly visible on her face.

As I was being put in a cradle I heard everybody going out so my mother could finally rest. Due to the dimmed lights, I too fell asleep.

-x-x-x-x-

(August 11, 1986)

The next time I opened my eyes, I could see the rays of sunshine coming in through the windows. It was clearly an early morning as I could already feel my diaper getting wet. As if the embarrassment wasn't enough, there wasn't even a nurse to help me out of my predicament.

So, I cried. I cried till my new 'mom' woke up and started gushing. She was clearly in no position to move around so she called for a nurse.

After the whole fiasco of changing the diaper and being fed milk directly from the lactating source, I was once again subjected to my mother's cooing affecting and finally placed in the cradle to rest.

From the calendar I could make out that it was August of 1986, so I was born almost 15 years prior to cannon. But now the reality of being in a 'Marvel Universe' started to sink in, and I desperately hoped that it was the MCU.

Although anyone else would surely be freaked out of their mind, but I was not anybody, I am Alex Summers! Compared to the monotonous existence that I was bestowed upon in my previous life, this one seemed way more thrilling.

So, I started planning.

-x-x-x-x-

The first couple of years in my new life were filled with boredom. I shat, I cried and I slept, at least for the first six months. But then I started taking matters in my own hands and I'm proud to say that I was able to walk properly by the meager age of 10 months and talk fluently in English by 18 months of age.

And then I started absorbing knowledge. Although my parents started leaving me at Uncle Ben's place for longer time-spans after I reached the age of one, whenever I was with them, I was constantly showing my intelligence.

By the time I was 3 years old, the entire family knew I was a prodigy. To keep up the show I was already doing middle-school syllabus, with a particular interest in sciences.

Richard and Mary had both realized I craved knowledge, so they would always cater to my curiosity and try to explain stuff way beyond high-school syllabus. Although I understood it perfectly, I lied about trying to keep up the appearances.

But then, everything changed when I was 4 years old.

-x-x-x-x-

(POV: Richard)

"Richard we just can't abandon him! You know we will be asked to disappear after this meeting", Mary shouted furiously.

They had been called by the head of their department for the final meeting regarding their current project.

"Mary I know what you are feeling, but this meeting could probably be our last one! We cant just put Peter on risk", Richard whispered consolingly.

"Leaving him with Ben is the only ideal option we have, if we don't make it back I have already prepared his inheritance in our hideout."

Mary started pacing around the room, the tension was palpable.

"But didn't Norman guarantee our safety? Also, throughout our journey SHIELD agents will accompany us, our safety is guaranteed. Plus, if we do bring Peter along with us, we can technically take him with us when we go off the radar.", Mary exclaimed.

"Alright, I will see what I can do. This will truly be the best option, I don't want to abandon my son when we could finally have a chance at normal life."

-x-x-x-x-

When I heard I would accompany my parents on their next trip, I was thrilled. I never even though about what this trip would actually entail in reality.

A/N: Sorry for the rather long delay, life happened. But now I have my muse back and would be updating frequently. Kudos!