Yeah I've never played the TASM video game, I just liked the link, I'll probably keep the entire game as canon as it'll be nice to give Kingpin comparisons when it gets to Hawkeye, but it won't be often referenced. As for other characters, not bringing anyone else from Raimi, Webb or any other universe other than MCU. I mean, I don't read the comics and as for the films, Black Cat is only in one of 8 live actions films, and in that she isn't as Black Cat and her entire personality is basically "Aloof and smart assistant". Not exactly someone to build on, and I don't want to just rip off other fanfics portrayals of her. I am torn though, I did say I'd add Peter-1 after NWH, but now I'm considering adding him for part 2 of NWH. Thoughts on that?
"So, what's next then?" Bruce asked.
"Some more of my life sadly, it's close to my graduation, so I imagine we'll see that." Peter-2 supplied.
"Oh God, Peter won't ever graduate now will he?" Sam realised as everyone else looked stricken.
"I'll figure out a way to get him back into Midtown." Ned promised, as MJ, Betty and Flash nodded. They wouldn't leave their classmate out, even if they had no records he ever was their classmate.
Peter headed home and hugged May, who waited up for him, before the scene cut to Quest Aerospace and their test of the new exoskeleton. Before they could fully try the test, a figure on the stolen Oscorp glider appeared and attacked, killing the pilot and destroying the bunker, killing the general inside as well.
"How sweet." Cindy beamed.
"Well, she's the best, all versions of her." Peter-2 said, smiling at May who grinned back at him.
"Aren't these the guys competing with Oscorp?" Abe asked.
"Yeah, I get a bad feeling about this." Clint said as they watched the scene pan out.
"Isn't that Osborn with the glider?" Kate questioned.
"He just killed them all!" Happy said, stunned and horrified by what he was seeing.
At Peter's graduation, Norman congratulated Harry on his success before speaking with Peter, Harry wandered off to see Mary Jane break up with Flash, as Norman told Peter that he was family, and if he ever needed anything, just to call him.
"Well, I guess that's nice of him, even if we know he's secretly insane." Sam drily remarked.
"I see Miss Watson is back on the market?" Tony teased as Peter-2 smiled sadly.
"Still a while to go before you see our happy ever after."
"That sounds like what he said to our Peter." Betty remarked. "About how he'd help him."
Peter and May returned home, as Peter went up to his room and cried, saying how he missed Ben and his last talk with him was him insulting Ben. May said he would have known, and that Peter wouldn't disappoint Ben, he was meant for great things.
"Peter. Listen to me. It's alright to miss Ben, I know I miss him every day, and I know your May will as well, but you can't blame yourself for what happened with him, you weren't to know, and I knew Ben, I think I can tell you how he would have thought in your universe too, he wouldn't have blamed you for that argument, his last moments, he would have just been happy to see you there, and grateful he wasn't alone." May insisted before Peter-2 could say anything.
"I know." Peter-2 nodded after a few moments, wiping his eyes. "He was always right though."
"Well, he was a Parker." May winked at him as the two of them grinned at each other, Peter-3 laughing besides them.
Peter then thought back to Ben's last words to him, as a montage showed him setting himself up as Spider-Man in New York, stopping crime, making waves, until it showed a man reading the Daily Bugle, talking about how Spider-Man was a criminal and a menace. Lowering the paper revealed J Jonah Jameson, editor of the Daily Bugle.
"It's just skipping ahead of you learning to be Spider-Man?" Natasha asked.
"I guess it didn't feel it was too important, just seeing me stop drug dealers and muggers." Peter-2 shrugged.
"So the Bugle is an actual newspaper in your world?" Rhodes turned to Peter-2.
"Yeah, been going nearly forty years now." Peter-2 smiled.
"Aren't variants usually different looking?" Ikaris asked, having seen different ones in the three Peters.
"Yeah, I'm not sure why Jonah looks the exact same." Peter-2 shrugged.
Jameson wanted to know why Spider-Man didn't unmask and called him a criminal that he didn't want in his newspaper until he learnt they sold four printings fully out. He then demanded Spider-Man be page one again the next day with a better picture, his assistant said they had tried for ages but Eddie couldn't get a good photo.
"He sure changes his tune pretty quick." MJ raised an eyebrow.
"He's a good man, at least in my world. Though he cares about the bottom dollar after all." Peter-2 laughed.
"Do they mean me?" Eddie asked, as he heard a reference to an Eddie.
"I don't know. Maybe?" Peter-2 stated. "I did meet you from my universe, but not for a few years after all of this."
"That'll be weird to see." Eddie noted. He wondered what another version of him looked like, how the guy acted.
Peter walked through the streets and saw Mary Jane exiting a diner, they caught up as he found out she worked in the diner, she begged him not to tell Harry, he asked why he would, she said they were dating and if he and Harry lived together now, didn't Harry tell him? Peter said he'd catch up with her sometime, as she told him again not to tell Harry, before they parted ways.
"Wow, Harry moved in fast on her, didn't he?" Sam remarked.
"That'd be like if I dated MJ, which is so gross." Ned shuddered as MJ gave him a mock glare.
"Well you're mine so." Betty said, kissing Ned's cheek.
"I guess you didn't bring it up with Harry?" Peter-3 asked.
"No, I figured it wasn't my business, which it wasn't." Peter-2 stated.
Back at his place, Peter found Norman was there on the phone, Peter told Harry that he was late for work and Doctor Connors fired him from his job helping him. Harry asked where did Peter keep going off too if he's always late to work. Norman then asked Peter to tell him who Harry was dating, Peter glared at Harry as he said Harry hadn't mentioned anyone. Harry then tried to divert to Peter getting a job from Norman, Peter refused, saying he wanted to be a self-made man, Norman said he could respect that.
"Doctor Connors?" Peter-3 asked, whipping his head about.
"Yep, think we may have a common theme there, but mine never became a lizard." Peter-2 explained. "At least, not that I ever knew."
"I see you're a bit annoyed at not knowing about Harry and MJ." May teased her nephew who gave her a wry smile.
"I guess I was a bit immature about it all, yeah." Peter-2 admitted.
"I can get him respecting making it yourself." Tony nodded, he hated the Goblin, but it seemed Norman Osborn at least did seem to genuinely care for others.
"Yeah, I was always taught the values of working hard." Peter-2 agreed.
Norman asked what Peter had skills wise, Peter saw the Daily Bugle ad for Spider-Man pictures and said he was considering photography. The scene changed to a truck being robbed at night and a camera, webbed up on a nearby lamp to capture the scene, as Spider-Man stopped the crime and had some candids shot.
"I guess that's a decent profession to go into, it plays to your interests." Bruce told him.
"It's pretty useful for getting me to places where Spider-Man would draw unwanted attention." Peter-2 said.
"I'm a photographer too, I've found it helps alot too." Peter-3 supplied.
"Such a poser." Yelena remarked as they saw the candid shots that Peter was taking with the camera.
"Well I needed something that would stand out!" Peter-2 protested.
"Are all superheroes such posers?" Yelena asked the wider room.
"Yes." Natasha simply stated.
Peter took the photos to JJJ, who tried to rip him off, as Peter went to leave with them, he told him he'd offer $300 for them, and said to run the story "Spider-Man: Hero or Menace?" as Peter tried to defend Spidey, JJJ said he'd make the headlines up. Peter then got rejected for a full time job, been offered freelance work only, before being sent out to get the cheque from Betty Brant for his work.
"So he's going to try short sell you every time?" Ned asked.
"He does pay me a fair rate eventually, I even get a full time job with him after a few years, when he realises how valuable an asset I've been to the Bugle." Peter-2 smiled.
"Wait, is his assistant who I think it is?" Cindy asked.
"Yep, that's my Betty Brant." Peter-2 grinned at the shocked look on Betty's face at that revelation.