SUMMARY: Mary Jane finds out Peter is Spider-Man for the first time.

In the original comics MJ found out about Peter's powers very early on. And it wasn't revealed to us readers about this information until Peter and MJ started to get more serious in their relationship. But I'm not going to reference the comics since my stories mostly revolve on the ps4 game universe.

This is my own version of how Mary Jane found out that Peter was Spider-Man.

Requested by: Superfan44

At Mick's Diner...

"Come on, you guys!" MJ scolded her two best friends, Peter and Harry, for goofing around instead of focusing on finishing their project. "Neither of you are gonna finish that science project if you keep pretending to be walruses with french fries."

"Sorry, MJ." Harry says, as he takes out the fries from his gums. "It was all Pete's idea."

Peter glared at him, "Excuse me?"

"Just stating facts, bro."

"Oh yeah, wise guy?"

Peter quickly slings his arm around his neck and locks Harry in a chokehold. MJ rolls her eyes and continued to work on her term paper. She knew it was a bad idea to do their schoolwork in a restaurant, because she knew they will only eat and mess with each other. But since it was 2-against-1 when they came down to voting whether it was the library or Mick's, she didn't have a choice.

Fortunately for them, they were good friends with the owner, Mick, and he always allowed them to stick around even right before closing time. After a few hours, Mick approached their table.

"Hey, kids. I'm closing in five. You should all head home now." The elderly man told them.

That's when MJ just noticed the time. It was already 7:30pm. She looked in front of her, seeing the boys sleeping on the job despite barely doing anything the whole afternoon.

"What am I going to do with these two." She thought and shakes her head. MJ took some cash from her wallet and handed it over to the man in charge. "Thanks for letting us stay here again, Mick."

Mick politely declined, "No, it's alright, darling. Keep your money. The food's on the house."

MJ smiled and thanked him. She woke up Peter and Harry so they could leave. They said goodbye to Mick and headed out.

"How are you getting home?" Peter asked Harry.

Harry hesitated. "My driver's picking me up." He grumbles. As soon as he said that, a black limousine pulled up infront of them. A guy in a black suit stepped out and went to assist Harry with his bag.

He held up his hand to stop him. "Uhh... don't worry about this, Manfred. I can manage."

"Are you sure, sir?" The chauffeur asked. Harry nodded, then blushed when he heard his best friend snickering behind him.

Peter couldn't hold his giggles. "I totally forgot that Prince Harry still has a babysitter."

"Perks of being a part of a rich family," MJ teased. "Not like us normal folks, who have to stick to walking."

"Ha ha ... very funny." Harry says.

Peter claps his friend on the shoulder. "We're just messing with you, bud." While MJ gives him a quick hug, "See you tomorrow, Harry."

Harry smiles and says farewell to his friends, then they finally parted ways. Peter accompanied MJ on the trip back home since they live in the same neighborhood. Her house was just across the street from his.

It was the middle of October in Queens and the air was colder than usual. Peter glanced at MJ and saw her shaking a little. Since she was just wearing a sweater over a t-shirt she was probably freezing in this weather. To make things worse, he felt a drop of water hit his cheek. Peter looked up and it started to drizzle slightly.

MJ was quick to react, she pulled a handheld umbrella from her bag and opened it above their heads. Peter said thanks and they continued walking. But as they went farther, the rain started to pour down stronger. MJ was starting to get wet since the umbrella wasn't big enough for the both of them. Quickly reacting, Peter wrapped an arm around her shoulder and pulled her close to his side. He also took hold of the umbrella for the both of them, that way they won't get drenched as much, and MJ would atleast gather some warmth from him.

She didn't seem offended that he pulled her to his side without her permission, so Peter was relieved. He was just being helpful to his best friend, it's not like he was taking advantage of the situation.

In fact, he felt her hold on to him a little tighter. She also mumbled a, "Thank you," whilst still walking through the downpour.

After a while, Peter felt his spider sense tingle. Like someone was following them. He glanced behind him and saw two guys in wearing black jackets with their face covered. He started walking faster. His arms that around MJ, held her tighter in protective intent. He heard the footsteps behind him pick up their pace as well.

MJ noticed him walking in longer, faster strides. "Peter, why are we moving so fast?"

They arrived at a dark abandoned street, Peter glanced back again and saw the black hooded guys now jogging to catch up with them, and its seems like they called for back up because there were five of them now. "Uhm... just want to get you home as soon as possible." He lied.

"Well, we'll slip if we continue walking at this speed. Maybe we should slow down."

"I-uhh... w-we can't."

"Why not?"

Peter didn't get a chance to explain, she steered her towards an empty alleyway, hoping they could lose those thugs.

"Peter what is going on?" MJ started to protest when a man suddenly appeared in front of them and got in their way, making the two of them stop in their tracks. They looked back and the hooded guys chasing them earlier was already surrounding them.

"End of the line, kids." The man who was in front of them said. "Now kindly give us all your things and we'll be on our way."

The bad guys backed them up against a wall. Peter shoved Mary Jane behind him to protect her. They pulled shivs and pocket knives out of of their pockets and advanced towards them. Peter's instinct was fast, he grabbed the first guy's hand twisted it, immediately disarming him, then he pushed him against another thug knocking them both down. Most of them went to attack Peter, trying to subdue him, but surprisingly he was able to defend himself just fine. The hooded guys tried stabbing, kicking, and punching him but Peter was too fast. He was able evade and block their attacks with his bare hands.

While he was distracted, some of the other men tried to assault MJ. She closed her umbrella and used it to smack one of them on the head, but unlike Peter, she wasn't able to handle herself against multiple attackers. The leader caught her off guard when she was busy trying to hit another guy with her makeshift baseball bat. He grabbed her from behind, locking an arm around her neck and bringing a knife to her throat.

Peter was still fending off the goons when the leader hollered. "That's enough, boy!" Peter looked up to see MJ trapped against him, a knife threatening to cut her neck. "Let go of her!" He said.

"Hand over your stuff and I will." The gang leader ordered.

Peter didn't have a choice. He threw his backpack on the floor and raised his hands in surrender. But the leader wasn't done, he signaled one of his men. One guy nodded and stabbed Peter on the side.

"PETER!" He heard Mary Jane scream as he fell down to his knees.

"Take his bag!" He commanded then pointed to two other men. "Kill the boy and dispose of the body. Then meet us back at the hideout."

"You got it, boss." They obeyed. Then, Peter looked up to see the leader and his men take his stuff and Mary Jane away.

The two ruffians left circled him tauntingly. They picked up their knives from the ground and approached him. "Sorry, it has to end like this for you, kid." One of them said sadistically. "But that's life for you I guess."

His spidey sense kicked in again as he sensed the blade about to pierce the back of his neck. Peter immediately jumped back, catching the two foes off guard. Then he used his webshooters and webbed them together to disable their movement. After that, he webbed their mouth shut so they couldn't call for help.

The rain was still pouring hard. He was drenched and freezing but he still had to save his friend. He ran towards the direction where the group of thugs went, while unbuttoning his shirt and revealing the costume inside.

...

"Let me go!" MJ tried to pry herself away, but the hold on her neck was tight. She could barely breathe.

"Oh don't worry, sweetheart," said the man holding her. "We'll let you go, soon. After we have fun with you that is." He hinted maliciously.

In retaliation for his crude comment, MJ elbowed the man on the stomach. He lets go of her arm when he doubled over and she saw this as opportunity. She quickly ran back to where her friend was. Unfortunately for her, it was still raining, and on her way there so she slipped and landed on the floor. Before she could stand up, she felt someone grab her again and pull her up. with all her strength, she tried to break free once more, but this time two of the men held her by the arms to restrain her. Since she was struggling, the two goons got irritated.

One complained. "This is a feisty one, boss."

"Yeah, maybe we should just kill her too," said the other one.

"Fine," the boss says. "Let's just get this over w—aaggghhhh!" Suddenly he was yanked into the sky by an unknown source. MJ looked up and saw the silhouette of someone, standing on the rooftop railing. A flash of lightning came across him and she saw the familiar red and blue suit.

"It's Spider-Man!" The one on her left announced, she saw him bring out his gun, immediately unhanding her. But before he could shoot, the masked hero leaped onto him and pummeled him in a single swoop.

Three other thugs surrounded him. Then Spider-Man did a roundhouse kick and sent one flying into a glass window He was about to punch the next guy in the face when another grabbed him from behind. That didn't seem to make him struggle because he easily threw the guy over his shoulder and hurled him towards an open dumpster, which was coincidentally next to Mary Jane.

Spider-Man didn't notice, but the thug was holding on to his mask, so it came off as soon as he was flipped over. Mary Jane's eye widened as she saw him without his mask for the first time. Unfortunately, it was still dark and raining so she could barely make out his face.

"YAAAHHH," the last criminal charged at Spider-Man. He easily beat him with a punch to the face and the man dropped to the ground.

It suddenly felt quiet as the two stood standing while the hooded guys were all on the floor, unconscious. MJ slowly picked up the mask from the man holding it earlier just as Spider-Man turned to face her. She heard him gasp, and she figured he had just realized that he'd been unmask during the brawl. Mary still couldn't see his face, however. The lamp post was behind him so she can only see the color of his drenched hair, which was brown.

Before she could say anything, he ran away from her. "Wait." MJ went after him and caught him trying to climb a wall of a dead end. "Hey," she called out again and held the mask infront of her, "Isn't this yours?"

Mary Jane saw his head turn to look at her and she saw a little bit of the outline of his face. "You should go back and call the cops, miss. They'll make sure you're taken care of." She could tell that he changed the pitch in his voice because he sounded like he was trying hard to sound different.

"Okay," MJ replied, "but don't you want your mask back?"

"No no no, it's alright. You can keep it. I can always make another one back home and—" Peter yelped when he felt the pain in his stab wound from earlier. He probably lost a lot of blood and because of this he felt weaker. To add to that, the wall was really slippery since it was still raining. He tried to climb up faster but his fingers slipped and he landed on the ground, back first.

"Owww," he groaned in pain.

"Ohmygod," MJ rushed forward but he huddled in the corner and covered his face with his hands.

"I'm fine. I'm fine. Don't worry about me."

"Are you sure?"

"Yes. Thank you."

MJ noticed blood mix in with the rain water on the floor. "You're bleeding." In an instinct, she knelt next to him tried to look for the wound.

"Seriously it's fine, miss," Peter insisted. She was so close to finding him out, and he didn't think he could escape this for him, Mary Jane was persistent as well. "I need to help you. You saved my life and I want to do the same."

The rain had finally let up so MJ could see better, but Spider-Man was still covering his face with his arms so she still couldn't see who he was. A part of her wants to respect his identity's peace and leave him be, but on the other hand he'll bleed out before the ambulance can get here. That nagging feeling told her that it was necessary for her to know who saved her life. Then she saw it. . . the wound. It was just below his ribs, just like...

The revelation hit her like she'd been struck with lightning.

"I can't believe it." She thought but it all made perfect sense. The absences, excuses, why he always had bruises and cuts on his face which he blamed was from judo practice, why he always go home late, and why he's tired all the time.

"Pete?" she asked gently. She saw him froze at the name.

Under the cover of his hands, Peter heaved a sigh. She had figured it out, of course she has. She's like the smartest person he knows.

There was no turning back now. Slowly and hesitantly, he removed his hand from his face, allowing the girl infront of him to finally know his secret identity. MJ stood there with her eyes wide as she saw the face of her best friend, giving her the same silly grin she's known since childhood.

Peter grins weakly. "Hi, MJ."

AUTHOR'S NOTE:

My take on how PS4 MJ found out about Peter's secret identity is similar to the rain scene from the Spider-Man 2002 film (except there is no upside down kiss hehe). So the scene here is also dark, gloomy, and raining like that one if you have a hard time imagining it just watch the clip from YouTube.

I just thought it was such a great way for MJ to find out Peter is Spider-Man when he saves her from danger. It really makes the revelation all the more fulfilling because it would make sense to her the most.

Let me know what you guys think. Thanks for reading!

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