Taking a break from the PS4 game because I just saw Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. That was such a good movie! I recommend to those who haven't watch it to watch it now or even if you have, go see it still because the movie is so fun to watch. So this one-shot revolves around the Spider-Verse universe so totally different situations and scenarios of the characters in here and in the PS4 game.
Summary: Miles helps someone gain closure from his hero's passing.
WARNING! This fic has spoilers so don't read it unless you have watched the movie.
Four months after the events of the movie...
The cemetery was dark and quiet as usual. The snow covered all the grass, cement, and gravestones. The grave of Peter Parker stood in the middle. With still tons of gifts, cards and offerings surrounding it, given by his supporters. Since it has been months since the unfortunate incident, there had been less and less people visiting his grave. Most had already moved on and accepted the new Spider-Man in their lives, except for the boy himself. Miles Morales, the new masked hero, still visits Peter's grave at times when he's not busy fending off villains and criminals trying to destroy New York.
He had gotten used to his powers by now, thanks to the help Peter B. Parker, Gwen, and his other spider friends from the other dimensions. But he still felt sad that the Peter Parker in his universe had to die so early in life. He walked towards the grave in his spidersuit while holding a bouquet of flowers in his hand. As he stood above his predecessor's grave, he pulled up his mask up to his forehead before talking.
"Hey, Mr. Parker." Miles rubbed his arm. "It's been a while since we've talked but I just wanted to say that I'm still doing my best to protect the city, just like you did. The job keeps getting harder when you gain new enemies everyday. But I've learned that you can rely on others from time to time. Especially on the ones you love, because they give you the strength you need to finish the job."
The grave said nothing.
Miles sighed and placed the flowers atop his gravestone like he always does. "Well, that's all. I hope you're proud of me... where ever you are."
His spider-sense tingled because he sensed someone behind him. He quickly pulled down his mask before tuning around.
"Who's there?" He called out.
Suddenly, someone slowly stepped out from the shadows. The person was covered in a big black coat with the hood covering their face.
Miles narrowed his eyes warily, "Who are you?"
The person pulled down the cover revealing Peter's wife, Mary Jane Parker.
"Oh, Mrs. Parker." Miles immediately back down from his fighting stance. "I'm sorry for that, I didn't know it was you."
"It's fine, Spider-Man." She said calmly.
It felt weird for Miles hearing her say that, "Y-you called me Spider-Man."
"Well that's who you are, right?"
"Y-yeah of course." He cleared his throat, "I j-just mean that— w-well y-you know. Your husband is Spider-Man. I'm just his— I mean I'm more like a Spider... boy." Miles mentally slapped himself for sounding stupid.
Mary Jane laughed quietly, although without much mirth. Her eyes looked so sad and it hurt him because he knew exactly why.
"Can I join you?" She asked politely.
"Uhh, sure." The young Spider-Man nodded. She walked towards her husbands grave and dropped to her knees. She placed her hand on the stone which her husband's name was carved in. After a few seconds, Miles heard her sniffling.
"I know it's been months and this may sound pathetic, but I still miss him so much." She sobbed.
"No, it's not pathetic at all." Miles got down his knees and placed his hand on her shoulder to console her. "It's really hard when you lose someone this close to you. It feels like a part of yourself died too." He says, remembering how he felt when his Uncle Aaron died.
He thought it was better to let her cry some more. So she can get all the frustration out of her system.
She turned back to him after a while, "Aunt May said that you were with Peter right before he died. Would you tell me what happen exactly?"
So he told her, everything that happened after him being bitten by that spider, and with the Collider and how Peter tried to stop Kingpin from opening other dimensions, only to be killed by him later on after the collider overloaded and collapsed.
"Then he gave me this flash drive to destroy that collider and told me to get out of there." Miles finished, recalling that incident made him feel more guilty now that he was telling it to Peter's wife. He couldn't even look her in the eye when apologized.
"I am so sorry I couldn't save him. It's my fault he's gone." Then he felt a hand on his shoulder making him look up, Mary Jane was smiling at him.
"It's not your fault." She said. "You were just learning about your powers. You didn't know how to use them."
"But still, I could have done something. Maybe he would still be alive if I helped."
"Peter knew how dangerous his job was, but he put aside his fears so he can save the city and protect the people he loves."
"That's what Aunt May said."
"That's because he said it all the time," Mary Jane says while looking into the distance. "He would always say that it's not about being a hero, but it's more of doing what needs to be done."
"Your husband was a hero, Mrs. Parker. He saved my life." Miles said sincerely.
She smiles and nods. "Saving people is what he does best." She exhaled a shaky sigh, "I just wish I could see him again, even just once."
Miles' eyes widened at what she just said. An idea immediately popped in his but his conscience was telling him it wasn't a good plan. He was conflicted right now but he couldn't help but feel sorry for Mary Jane. He wasn't able to save her husband back then so he figured he atleast owed her this chance.
"You know what? Maybe you can."
He didn't use the device very often because Gwen said it would only upset the reality of their dimensions. He took the wristwatch-like device from his drawer, that can be used to jump through dimensions. A more advanced tech than the Collider that was created by Peni Parker so they could all visit each other sometimes.
She didn't say anything about using this for an emergency like "helping a woman see her dead husband from another dimension" or anything like that but it's for a good cause right? Miles fought against his better judgement. He didn't even know if this was going to work but if this will help her find closure, so be it.
He met up again with Mary Jane in his spideysuit at an abandoned warehouse in Brooklyn.
"I still don't get what we're doing." She said worriedly.
Miles punched in a series of codes in his watch. "Don't worry about it, Mrs. Parker." But in his mind he was scolding himself, "Stupid! Miles this is a stupid and dangerous idea!"
A portal opened infront of them, shocking MJ a little bit. Miles stepped forward and held his hand out to her. "Just trust me." Mary Jane reluctantly grab hold of his hand and they both stepped into the portal.
Earth-616...
Peter B. Parker was sitting atop the eagle head of the Empire State building, enjoying the beautiful sunset view after a long day's work of stopping crime and evil, when his phone rang. He eagerly answered after seeing the picture of the one calling.
"Hey, kiddo! Back so soon?" He chuckled lazily. "Miss me much?"
"Uhmm, not exactly the reason why I called." Miles sheepishly says on the other line.
"Is something wrong?" Peter picked up on his tone. "You sound tense."
"Could you meet me at the abandoned warehouse near the Brooklyn harbor?"
"Why there? Wouldn't you want to hang out? You know you are just in time because that burger diner reopened and it's a buy one take one special if you have a buddy with you."
"Ahhh, can that wait? This is really important." Miles pleaded.
"Okay, okay. Whatever you say. I'm heading there now." Peter drops the call and proceeded to the harbor.
10 minutes later...
Peter arrives at the meet up place and removes his mask. "Ugghh, smells like fish in here." He remarks in disgust as he looked around the abandoned building. "Helloooo? Miles? Where are ya, kid?"
He heard a thump behind him, making him turn around. He saw Miles in his Spidey costume looking like he'd just done something bad.
"You know, I never got the chance to say this, but your costume looks pretty cool." Peter says with a smile but then remembers why he was called in the first place, "So, what's this super important thing that you wanted to show me?"
"Uhmm, it's not actually a thing. More like a her." Miles said while scratching his head.
"What?!" Peter slaps his hand to his forehead, "Miles, you know how dangerous it is to bring people from other dimensions. It's bad enough that we're warping ourselves across different dimensions—"
"I know, I know..." Miles stops him. "But you have to understand, this person needs to see you."
"Is this like a superfan or something because I don't think the Peter in your universe and I have the same signatures for an autograph."
Miles cringes but then slowly points behind him, "She's right there."
Peter turns back and his eyes widened when he saw who was in front of him.
"Peter?" Mary Jane gasps as she saw the face of her husband who is alive but somehow looked different than her Peter. At the same time, Peter looked shocked to see his wife who looked the same as his MJ albeit a little younger.
"MJ..." He says in almost a whisper.
She slowly walked up to him and placed her hand on his chest. Her mouth opened in awe as she recognized the same features of the man she fell inlove with, and she lovingly touched the side of his face. "It's really you."
"Uhhh," Peter slowly grabbed both of her hands, "I'm sorry. I'm not your Peter."
"But you look just like him."
"I know. Except that he's blonde and I'm not. And I'm like ten years older so yeah, really weird." Peter tried to joke it off.
MJ was still staring at him, "You even have his sense humor."
"I hope that's a compliment." Peter grins making her laugh. And for the first time it sounded genuinely happy in Miles' ears.
"Oh, Peter." She gave him a hug which he awkwardly returned. "I missed you." Peter sighs and rubbed her back like he always does with his MJ to soothe her.
Once they broke apart Peter resentfully said, "Look, Mary Jane. I'm not the Peter you're looking for. You and I... we live in different dimensions. You belong in your world and I belong here."
MJ nods in understanding but it did not make the squeezing feeling in his chest stop. He felt guilty for pushing her away. "The kid knows this," Peter glared back at the young Spider-Man behind him. "And I was pretty sure I taught him better than to make reckless decisions like these."
"Hehe..." Miles shrugged and laughed through clenched teeth.
"Don't be mad at him." Mary Jane explains and Peter looks back at her. "He just wanted to help me. And that's what..." She trailed off like the thought hurt her, "That's what Spider-Man does. He helps people no matter how dangerous the job is."
Peter sensed how miserable she sounded and felt sorry for her. "I'm so sorry but as much as I want to help, this is the best I can do for you." He cupped her face and brushed his thumb across her cheek. It was hard not to be affectionate to her when she looks exactly like his wife, but he knew this was wrong and it killed him to say it but it had to end.
"You have to go back. Being in this dimension is not good for you."
"Yeah." MJ nodded sadly, "I know about the whole 'disintegrate into thin air' thing."
He glared back again at Miles, "Why couldn't have phrased it differently?!"
Spider-Boy raised his hands, "Hey! I was just being honest. How would you say it?"
Peter sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose. When he turned back to face her again, he saw the sorrow come back in her eyes. Both felt crestfallen, but for different reasons. One felt guilty because he felt like he was hurting her even more and one felt forlorn because she had to be separated again from the man she loves. Before Peter can say anything further, MJ beat him to it.
"It's okay." She forced a smile then gazed at the boy behind him, "I told him that I wanted to see you one last time and he kept his promise. It's really great to see you again, Peter."
Peter smiled fondly at her, "It's great to see you too, MJ."
They finally let go of each others' hands. Miles punched in the numbers on his watch and a portal opened again for them. MJ backed away from Peter and was about to step in when she stopped in her tracks.
"One last thing," MJ went back to Peter and whispered something in his ear. Miles saw Peter's eyes light up as finished what she shared with him.
"Wow! Oh My God! That's amazing!" He was suddenly talking like he was breathless. "Congratulations! I'm so happy for you."
"Thank you, Peter." She smiles and tear fell from her eye, "Goodbye." And with that final sentiment she finally entered the portal.
Miles furrowed his brows at his friend, "What did she say?"
Peter shook his head with his hand instead, "Nevermind that, kid. It's not for you to know right now."
"Aight, aight. Keep your secrets." Miles chuckled under the mask. "Oh by the way, have you been working out? 'Cuz you're looking a lot thinner now old man."
"Glad you noticed." He smugly grins at the compliment, "Now get out of here, kid. And promise me you wouldn't do something like this again without telling me first, kapish?"
The younger Spider-Man salutes in reply, "Roger that." Before heading back into his own dimension.
They got back into their world inside the same abandoned warehouse. Miles glanced around and saw Mary Jane Parker still beside him. The portal closed behind them, making the place darker and more quiet.
Her back was facing him so he couldn't tell what she was thinking.
"Ummm... Mrs. Parker?" He gently called her.
When she faced him, her eyes were glistening with tears. But the smile on her face was genuine and happy. "Thank you, Spider-Man." She said.
He rubbed the back of his head sheepishly, "Always happy to help, Mrs. Parker."
"Please," She extended her hand for him to shake, "Call me MJ."
"Oh! Okay then." Miles shook her hand. "Well you can call me Miles."
She smiles gratefully, "Thank you, Miles."
"It has my pleasure being of service Ms. MJ," he bowed and she giggled. Her tone was lighter, like she was finally relieved of the stress and tension she's been shouldering for months.
His spider-sense alerted him and he picked up on the blaring sirens from the distance. "Sorry, I got to go now. Duty calls."
"Go get 'em, Tiger." MJ says.
He nods in respect then leaps into action. Ready to tackle another day as Spider-Man, protector of New York.
Author's Note: Again this is a non-canon fic. The characters I used were from the Spider-Verse universe. I wanted to see MJ's reaction to seeing Peter B. Parker in film but since that didn't happen, I just wrote how I imagined the scenario will be.
Let me know what you guys want more of these Spider-Verse one-shots, with different characters and scenarios. (Has not been proofread so may possibly have a bunch of errors and wrong grammars.)