DISCLAIMER: I own nothing and no one from Spiderman. I am just a poor college student who also happens to be a Spiderman fan. I make NO money from this. Please don't sue.

Just a quick note: I am trying a few different things with Aleksei's accent thanks to some very helpful advice from my first wonderful reviewer Cannibalisticaaa. Now I will be the first one to admit I DO NOT SPEAK RUSSIAN so if anyone wants to give me some hints/help I would love it. Also I've been thinking of dropping the accented spellings and just adding the odd Russian word or two to Aleksei's speech. Any thoughts? Second I will be re-editing the first couple chapters sometime soon. I do not know how long it will take since my current chapter/updates I consider to be top priority, but I just felt like it would be something good to know.

Chapter 3: Terror

Darkness lay all around Peter. Thick like molasses. Unnatural. Everything was so impossibly black. He couldn't see a thing. Peter whirled in a circle, his heart pounding as he tried to find a way out of the oppressive darkness, but there was no light. Not even a glimmer. It was wrong. So wrong. Peter panted, spinning around again, trying to find some way out, but there was none and somehow it looked like the darkness was coming... closer. Panic bubbled up inside Peter. His spider senses were screaming at him. It was like pins and needles all over his skin. His eyes darted around looking for some kind of physical enemy, something he could deal with, but everywhere he looked there was just the gooey darkness and his senses shrieking: danger, danger, DANGER. Peter felt someone tap his shoulder and whirled to face them… but no one was there. Another tap from behind, turning, no one. Another tap… Peter squeaked in fear at the touch. Every tap sent a new warning screaming through his nerves. This time he didn't turn to see no one there. Since he couldn't seem to face whoever it was, he ran away from them instead. Peter raced blindly through the darkness. His lungs burned and his side had a stitch in it, but still he ran as he had never run before. But he couldn't see anything. It felt like he had been running for miles, but he might as well have been running in place for all he knew. Until he hit something in the darkness. It knocked him back on his butt with a little cry and he looked up. Peter gasped, eyes widening as a cold, fearful sweat broke out across his body. He could see something up there, so so far up there, but he wished he couldn't. Venom. A huge Venom. And he was so small and helpless. The toothy, two-story face leered down at him from above, it's tongue flicking out to lick an eye. With a breathless cry of utter terror, Peter scrambled to his feet, trying to run away. Dark hands shot out from the ground and grabbed his arms and legs, hauling him back to the ground. Peter struggled, but couldn't get away. Claws sunk into his flesh as the darkness made him lay spread eagle on the cold, slimy ground. He gasped, staring down his body, suddenly realizing he had been naked all this time. Peter's panicked gaze flicked back to the over-sized Venom and he gasped again, his heart jumping up into his throat as he saw the face had plunged down from above and was hovering just a few feet in front of him. He flinched as that huge, disfigured tongue darted out from between those sharp teeth to lick up his nude body in one long, slow stroke. Venom seemed to grin wider, teeth as big as stalactites gleamed just above Peter's body. "You are broken little ssspider," the symbiot hissed gleefully. "You are no longer fit to carry usssss, but your body is ssstill ssstrong." It licked him again, the warm, wet touched lingering on his genitals. "Vital. We will breeeeed you ssspider." Peter stared in horror as the thing purred, moving closer to crouch over him. "Sssoon you will carry our brood." Millions of dark hands sprang up from the ground and started touching Peter, caressing, poking, prodding. Peter closed his eyes, his body jerking as he frantically tried to struggle and screamed, but the sound was eaten by the darkness. The symbiot laughed and licked his face. "Ourssss," it jeered at him in triumph. "Oursss."

…

Peter woke screaming. He sat bolt upright, gasping for air as his heart pounded painfully hard in his chest. Dream… Just a dream but…

Felicia and Aleksei crashed out from the kitchen into the room hearing Peter scream. They had been trying to give the boy a little privacy (and not wake him if another argument broke out), but obviously that hadn't worked so well.

"Spidy?"

"Malchik! Are you vell?"

Peter's eyes locked on Rhino and in the next second he had leapt out of the bed and across the room to cling to the big man's collar. "Did Venom take me?" the boy demanded in a voice hoarse from screaming.

Aleksei blinked startled to suddenly have the wide-eyed, terrified kid hanging off of him. "Vhat?"

"You know what I mean!" Peter all, but yelled, his hands tightening on the cloth of the man's collar. "Did Venom take me? Am I pregnant?"

"Vhat?" Rhino's brow furrowed and he started to worry the kid might be delirious or something. "Malchik, you know man cannot get pregnant, Da?"

"I KNOW! Just…" Peter sagged against Aleksei, exhastion tinting his voice. "Just tell me… did Venom take me?"

"Nyet. Zhat zhing vould not know how."

"Thank god." Peter sank to his knees letting go of the man.

Rhino crouched down to the boy, his brow furrowing deeper in concern. "Malchik vhat eez happening?"

Peter shook his head, his face in a hand. "Just a dream. Just a horrible, horrible dream. " Then he realized his robes were wet. He stared at the yellow stain for a moment horrified, then glanced over to the bed, a hand covering his mouth. "Oh god… Oh god I think I peed the bed."

Felicia knelt down and wrapped an arm around the boy's shoulders. "Honey it's okay."

"No. No it's not," he shook his head, crying softly into his hands.

"Shhh honey," Felicia hugged Peter, rocking the boy gently her arms. "It's okay. It's okay. Here why don't you go get yourself cleaned up while we call someone to change the sheets?"

Peter looked up at her, tears streaming down his face. "I swear... I swear I haven't done this since… since I was a kid."

"I know honey," she said softly wiping the tears off the boy's cheek. "I know. It's okay. Go to the bathroom. We'll deal with this here."

Felicia's heart sunk as she watched the sniffling Peter shuffle off to the bathroom. This was definitely not good. Would she ever be able to help the boy get back on his feet?

"Malchik eez having crazy nightmares."

"You!" Felicia whirled on Rhino with a snarl, her eyes narrowing in anger. "I really, really hate you right now. Go for a walk before I strangle you."

Aleksei opened his mouth to argue, but then sighed remembering the kid. The boy didn't need him around as a reminder right not. He closed his mouth and lowered his head. "Da."

…

Felicia waited until Rhino had shut the door behind him before going in search of Peter. The bathroom door was shut so she knocked first out of courtesy. "Peter? Are you okay honey?" It was a stupid question, but she didn't know what else to say. She waited for a moment, but there was no answer so she pushed the door open and poked her head inside. The shower was going, but all she could see was the dirty robe lying discarded on the floor. "Peter?" There still was no answer. "I'm coming in. Peter?"

She found him sprawled in the shower, leaning against the wall, his eyes vacant, the tears streaming down his face mixing with the water that flowed over his body. "Oh Peter." Felicia grabbed a towel and dropped it over him trying to give him a little privacy, but not willing to leave him alone in this state. Peter started as the cloth fell about his hips and look up at her.

"Felicia?" He blinked and his eyes widened. "Oh god you saw me naked."

"Honey…" She crouched down to him not caring if she got wet, but he flinched away, covering himself with his arms and folding his legs up against his chest. "No! Don't look at me."

"Peter." She reached out stroking one of his cheeks as the water continued to cascade down over both of them. Her clothes were soaked, but she didn't care. She just wanted to help him.

"No," he sobbed, shaking his head violently. "I'm d-dirty."

"Peter stop that! You are not dirty," she grabbed his face in her hands making him look at her. "Listen to me you're not dirty Peter."

The boy's eyes filled with tears and she let him lean against her and cry. She could feel his body shaking as he sobbed and she settled in beside him with and arm wrapped around his shoulder and leaning her head against his. "It's okay Peter. You'll be okay," she said softly, willing the words to be true.

"Why d-did they have ta do t-that to me?" he hiccupped past his sobs.

"I don't know baby," she petted his head, letting him cry. "I don't know."

…

Aleksei didn't know what else to do so he wandered down to the gas station at the end of the street, bought a few things before walking back to the motel. All told the trip took around twenty minutes. The man figured that was enough time for Cat to get the kid calmed down, but he still knocked tentatively on the door and waited until the woman called him in before entering the room.

Aleksei walked in to find Peter curled up in a blanket on the recliner while Cat sat on one of the two wooden chairs that matched the little table in the room, facing the boy. It seemed like they had been talking, but had stopped as Rhino walked in. Aleksei saw the boy shift nervously in the blanket as the man put the bag of stuff he bought on the table. Aleksei was pretty sure the kid was naked under there. He grabbed the paper cup that held the hot drink he had bought for the boy and casually passed it to the kid. "Take."

"What?" Peter started, fumbling as he took the drink the big man practically shoved at him.

"Comfort food, malchik… sort of," the man shrugged, sitting in the one remaining chair in the room, which also matched the table, and started to unpack the rest of the things he had bought.

Peter sniffed the drink not quite sure what it was then his eyes widen as he took a sip. "How?" He glanced up at Aleksei surprised.

Rhino's lips twitched in a slight smile. "Vho does not like hot chocolate, malchik?"

Peter nodded accepting the drink. He took another sip then a gulp of the hot chocolaty liquid and closed his eyes savoring the taste and effect the drink had on him. The hot chocolate spread warmth through his body as it went down, chasing his shivers and fears away. It made him feel so wonderfully peaceful. "Thank you," he said softly to Aleksei, his eyes still closed.

"Zhere eez some food too," the man said. "You like muffin? Got chips too."

"Blueberry muffin?" the boy inquired over the rim of his cup.

"Catch." Rhino tossed Peter one of the oversized muffins he had bought at gas stations.

The teens reflexes kicked in and he caught the baked good without even spilling a drop of his precious hot coco. He looked at the muffin for a moment debating whether or not he felt like eating before unwrapping it and breaking off a piece to nibble on.

"For you Cat?" Aleksei asked, giving the woman a side glance as he popped open a bag of barbecue chips for himself. He was relieved to find she was smiling, seeing Peter eating something.

"Whatever's fine," Felicia said not taking her eyes off Peter.

"Chip, muffin?" Rhino asked holding up each.

"Oh to hell with calories," the woman turned her eyes and grinned at him. "Gimme a muffin."

He tossed her a poppy-seed then asked, "vater?"

"Sure," she answered, easily catching the muffin and holding out a hand for the bottle of water which he also tossed to her. "Thanks big guy."

Aleksei nodded and reached into the open bag of chips to grab one to crunch on as he turned his eyes to Peter.

The boy was smiling tiredly at the show and had eaten half of his muffin so far and didn't look like he was going to stop. Rhino was relieved. It was about time the kid stated eating again. Really Peter hadn't realized how hungry he was until food was presented to him. Aleksei watched quietly, munching on a chip now and then, as the boy finished the muffin then looked shyly up at him, folding the wrapper up in his lap. "Um… I don't suppose you have another?" Peter said, blushing slightly.

"Not blueberry but… Let me see. Chocolate chip, um, banana nut, apple cinnamon… I zhink pumpkin?"

"Chocolate would be nice."

"Ready?"

Peter nodded with a light smile and Rhino tossed him the chocolate muffin.

The group ate in silence for the rest of the time, but the atmosphere that had always been awkward and tense before lightened a bit.

Felicia was the first to speak as Peter crunched the wrapped of the eaten chocolate muffin in his hand and drank the last bit of hot coco. The boy had to admit he was feeling better now then he had in awhile.

"Hey honey what was your dream about?"

Peter stiffened, frowning. He put the two muffin wrappers in the empty paper cup and snapped the lid back on, not wanting to look at the other two people in the room. He felt more then saw Felicia come up to stand beside him, but still he refused to look up.

"Spidy," she said softly, wrapping her arms around his neck gently. "You obviously need to talk about this. If you keep it all bottled inside you're going to keep having nightmares like that."

"Since when did you become a shrink," Peter snapped, still shaken by the dream.

The woman sighed, resting her cheek on his soft, slightly damp, brown hair. "You know I'm right honey."

"Yah," Peter sighed, laying his head on the recliner's armrest, making the woman lift hers from his hair. "It's just so wrong," he said pulling the blankets tighter around him. Felicia could hear the tears in his voice.

"Honey," she said rubbing his shoulder, trying to comfort. "You're safe here. It's okay."

Peter let out a shuttering breath and swallowed his tears, controlling himself. "Venom," he whispered. "I dreamt of Venom." He swallowed hard again, closing his eyes. "That is the thing of my nightmares. The other guys might be scary, might hurt me, but Venom is the one who terrifies me. It's impossible to explain," he shook his head. "When we're one… It can make me stronger, faster, invincible. It's so tempting. Like a high." The words came easier and easier the more Peter said and he let them flow. He needed to tell someone this. He didn't care who. Just someone before he exploded. "All it would cost is my body, my mind, my identity, my soul. All it costs is giving up who I am, everything I am. And it wants me so badly, but I don't want to give myself up. I don't!" His hands clenched into fists. "I don't want to become something else. And still it hunts me. Wants to join with me. It scares me. I don't want to loose myself. You… you can't understand what it's like but… Even… even with everything I still want to be me. My life isn't great, but it's mine. And yet when Venom comes around hurting people I still have to go to it, to fight it. Because that's who I am and…" Peter opened his eyes and looked at Felicia, desperate for her to understand. "And it's so tempting to just to give up and tell it to take me because…. Because then I wouldn't have to be scared anymore. I wouldn't have to dread the next time it came around." He looked away tears clouding his eyes. "It's pathetic I know."

"No honey. I…" Felicia shook her head. She honestly didn't know what to say. She smiled kindly down at Peter's pleading eyes and brushed a stand of hair off his forehead. "Why don't you go take a nice long shower or maybe even a bath? It might help you relax and take your mind off things."

He looked away and nodded. "Yah." The boy got up still huddled in the blankets. He felt lighter, but somehow also sa empty now that he had bared his soul. Felicia caught his arm before he could walk too far and he stopped, but didn't turn back. Still her voice came to him.

"Honey just remember they're your dreams. You can guide them, change them if you want. It just takes a little practice."

He smiled tiredly, patting her hand. "Yah."

…

Aleksei watched silently as Peter disappeared into the bathroom and shut the man didn't know what to think. Neither he nor Felicia spoke until they heard they heard the sound of water running in the other room. "Govno!" Rhino cursed, shaking his head. "I did not know malchik dealt vith zhat."

Felicia patted the big man's shoulder as she passed him and fell back into her chair again feeling so impossibly tired. "You did good Aleksei. Thank you."

The man sighed, not feeling all that great about himself at the moment. "Vish I done better." He looked over at the woman. "Get some sleep Cat. I vill vatch zhis night."

Felicia gave him a strained smiled. "I need to grab something from the car then I'll take you up on that."

…

Peter shut off the faucet and dipped a hand into the steaming tub checking the temperature of the water. It was a little hot, but good enough. The boy quickly slipped out of the blamked, folding it and setting it near the sink before lowering himself into the hot water. He let himself adjust for a moment before lying back, closing his eyes with a sigh as the hot water washed over his body. Peter was trying very hard just to keep his mind blank. The hot water felt ever so good against his skin. He just wanted to soak for a bit. Slowly, he concentrated on methodically relaxing each and every muscle until every bit of tension was eased from his body. He sighed, relaxing back. It felt so good to just lay here. It was almost like he was floating…

"Honey are you okay in there?"

Peter started awake, splashing water out of the tub. He butt slipped down a bit and he ended up accidentally dunking himself in the water. He came up sputtering and shaking water out of his eyes. He blinked through his wet hair confused for a moment then realized he must have fallen asleep.

"Honey?" Felicia's concerned voice came again.

"Uh yah fine…" Peter said in a rush, running a hand through his wet hair and sitting up straighter to look for a nearby towel. "Sorry. I just dozed off for a bit. I'll be out in a second."

"No that's fine. Take your time honey. There's no rush. I'm just going to toss in a new robe for you okay?" Peter could hear the smile in her voice then the door opened a crack and the robe was set right inside the door for him.

He smiled at it. "Thanks," he called back.

"Anytime honey," he heard her reply then her footsteps walking away. Peter sighed leaning back in the now lukewarm water. Well I guess I could at least start a shower.

…

The hot shower was bliss. Peter sighed leaning into the strong stream of water pounding against his skin. Oh god this felt sooo good. It felt like if he could just stay here forever all his troubles would simply wash away and swirl down the drain. Would that just be great?

Peter sighed longingly and reached down for a bottle of shampoo and… his arm brushed something that wasn't supposed to be there. Peter started and glanced down. Oh shit he was hard. When? Why? Freaking how was that possible? He hadn't even been thinking of anything like that. Obviously getting raped did not kill your sexdrive. Stupid teenage hormones…

Down, down, down you damn thing. Peter whimpered. He didn't want to deal with this right now. It just wasn't fair… Why was it his body never listened to him?

Peter felt like he could just cry, but that wouldn't help anything so he tried to ignore it. He washed his hair hoping it would just go away. It didn't.

Dammit I can't go out there like this. Falicia is being so cuddly she'd immediately know I have a hard-on. The thought of Black Cat immediately sent another hot pulse through him. Dammit , Peter hit the wall halfheartedly. Why can't I catch a stupid break?

Well there was one sure way to get rid of this sort of thing. Peter turned the water all the way down to freezing cold. He stood there shivering in the cold spray, praying this would work. Come on, he danced from foot to foot, his body trying to stay warm. Go away, go away, go away. Oooooooooooooooohhhhh shit that's cold. Peter jumped out of the shower, unable to take it any longer. He was shivering violently and rubbing his arms trying to warm himself. Damn that's cold. The boy shut off the water, wrapped a towel around himself and looked down. Peter let out a sigh, relieved to see everything was back to normal. Okay, okay good. Now stay dow- No, no, NO! DOWN! Aw shit.

Peter shook his head, rubbing his eyes. Damn teenage hormones, he mentally cussed. Damn teenage hormones. Okay, okay maybe if I can take my mind off it, it'll go away so there is um testosterone and estradiol and melatonin, serotonin, epinephrine of course. , Um calcitonin, renin, and… and oh DAMN you go away! Peter glared at his penis, trying to mentally menace it into softening again. That didn't work.

Dammit I don't want to deal with you right now! Peter stamped his foot, tears coming to his eyes, but he blinked them away. Okay calm down. Peter took a deep breath and started to think of unsexy things again. Okay oh uh broccoli, broccoli, broccoli um tree, leaf, trunk, veins, xylum, phloum, stoma oh would you just fucking go away?

Peter sighed suddenly tired. This wasn't working. As much as he didn't want to he'd just have to rub one out. First things first he locked the door.

Peter turned, sighing again and, after quickly drying off, laid the towel on the floor in front of the toilet. He really didn't want to deal with this right now, but his body demanded and he had to obey. He knelt on the towel so he could lean an arm against the toilet cover for support while rubbing himself. He bit his hand, trying to be quiet as his body grew more excited, but it is always hard to tell how loud you are being when you have blood pounding in your ears.

…

Aleksei lifted his head and looked towards the bathroom door, his brow furrowed in slight confusion. Was that a moan? Nyet… He looked back to his card game of solitaire on the table, resting his head on a hand. Felicia was sleeping so things were pretty boring at the moment. Must have been my imaginatio- Rhino's head jerked up. There it was again. What the…? A muffled yelp got Aleksei out of his chair and rushing over to the bathroom. Was the boy in trouble? Had something happened? He yanked opened the door before thinking any further and… "Malchik are you vell…?" Govno!

Aleksei stared at the kid. Peter was kneeling on the floor with his head thrown back and his eyes closed as he finished. Rhino could see the boy had his hand in his mouth and was trying not to cry out, but it just was so hard for the boy. Small sounds still fell from his lips. Peter's climax ended and he leaned heavily against the toilet, panting, his cheeks flushed with pleasure.

Rhino's cheeks blushed as well and he swallowed hard. He tried to slip through the door again, but he stumbled. Peter's eyes snapped open and his head jerked up at the sound. His eyes widened as he saw the man and he stared in shock.

"Prastee," Aleksei glanced down, trying not to look at the naked boy as desire coursed hot through his blood at the sight of Peter in such a state. "I heard… zhought you vere… I vill go malchik."

"No. It's not what you think. I didn't what to…" Peter floundered for an answer, mortified at being caught. "I-I was in the shower and it just happened. It wouldn't go away so–so I… I..." The kid looked down blushing hotter. Then he realized he was completely naked and scrambled for the towel on the floor with a little squeak. Gods this was embarrassing.

Rhino glanced over his shoulder and shut the door not wanting to wake Felicia. "Malchik it eez not wrong of you. It ees natural at your age. Just quiet so you do not vake Cat." The man turned to leave, but Peter's voice stopped him.

"Yes but… I…" Peter took a deep breath and looked up at the man. "I need to ask you something… I'm so confused now… Am... am I gay?"

Rhino sighed and sat down on the floor. He leaned back against the door so the boy would know he had no intention of doing anything more then talk. "First malchik I vill not touch you. Do not vorry about zhat," Aleksei clarified vocally to make himself feel better more than anything else. His hand brushed something soft as he settled on the floor and he picked it up. "Cover up vith zhis," Aleksei tossed the boy the robe. The kid caught it and turned around, quickly slipping the piece of clothing on before sitting down again with the dirty towel at his side. The boy looked beseechingly up at Rhino, begging the man with his eyes to make everything make sense again. Aleksei looked away, not able to meet those pleading eyes. "Second zhere eez simple answer to question, but you must answer me one zhing first. Vhich do you zhink eez hotter malchik: man or voman?"

Peter frowned. "I–"

Aleksei held up his hand. "Zhink for moment, zhen tell."

Peter's brow furrowed as he thought. "Woman I think," he finally said.

Rhino nodded. He had expected that answer even if the boy seemed confused about his orientation at the moment. "Zhink of Cat. Nice breasts, da?"

Peter gasped and looked down, blushing hotly. "Rhino I don't think–"

"It eez example malchik," Rhino waved a hand dismissively. "Now imagine how full zhose breasts vould be in hand. How prefect. Imagine voman takes off shirt. Her skin eez varm. Her cheek eez blushed vith zha pleasures. Her boobs bounce when she frees zhem from her lacy black bra. She leans forvard vanting your touch. Her pink nipples are hard and begs you suck zhem. You reach forward and caress zhose perfect mounds. Her skin ees so soft. She lean forvard more until your cock eez rubbing between her tits…"

Peter swallowed hard, enthralled by the narrative as his imagination made it seem so real.

"Feel so good," Rhino continued softly. "She press breasts together around your cock and starts stroking you vith her varm soft flesh. Up and down. Up and down. Her boobs jiggle around your hot meat. You vatch as her tongue…" Aleksei had to pause to think of what he wanted to say in the foreign English. "Snakes out and tastes your tip. You feel zhat varm wet tease your cock. She starts sucking you. Her hot mouth slides–"

Peter flinched as his penis throbbed under his robe. "Hah!" he pressed his hands down on his lap, his face scarlet. "Don't do that."

Aleksei gave the boy a sideways smile. "You excited, da?"

Peter nodded, panting. "Shit. You should be a romance novelist."

Rhino blinked, surprised by the suggesting. "I vill keep zhat in my mind. Now malchik, you see man, I do not know vho… Zhat Brad Pitt or someone you zhink handsome, da?"

Unfortunately, Flash Thompson popped into Peters head because all the girls mooned over the guy at school. Peter immediately frowned. He didn't like Flash to begin with. This wasn't going to go well.

"Zha man eez on knee before you," Rhino said, continuing the narrative. "He eez sucking your cock and it feel good. You can see he eez excited too. You vatch and his cock hardens. Vhat you vould not give and touch zhat hot piece of meat. Suck it and lick it too."

Peter's frown deepened, and he mentally flinched at the thought.

"Zha man, flat chest eez heaving in excitement. Precum leaks from his tip. It vould taste so good on your tongue."

Peter's nose wrinkled. Aleksei saw it but continued, waiting until the boy told him to stop.

"He turns and…" Rhino stopped for a moment considering his words. "Presents his butt, inviting you to take him. You kneel behind him and see his heavy balls dangle under his sweet ass. You vant and take zhose balls in hand and play with zhem; suck zhem and lick zhem until he cums. And–"

"Okay, okay enough," Peter muttered, shifting uncomfortably and wrapping his arms around his chest. "I get it. I'm definitely not gay."

Aleksei smiled slightly. He already figured that would be the boy's answer. "Da. Glad I could help malchik."

Peter sighed, resting his head on his knees. He had already gone this far talking with the man, what did a little more matter. "I just hate being a teenager you know? I get horny for absolutely no reason. I don't even have to be thinking of anything special and suddenly I'm up. It sucks."

Rhino stared at the boy for a moment, surprised the kid had suddenly opened up. The words flowed from the teen so freely. It was almost like the boy didn't have someone to talk to about this kind of thing. Aleksei really wasn't sure he was the best candidate for the job.

"It ees being a boy, malchik " he said to the kid quietly, careful to keep his voice down so as not to wake the woman in the other room.

"Yah well it sucks," Peter huffed, irritably.

Aleksei considered the teenager for a moment. "How did you try and get rid of it, malchik?" he finally asked, choosing his words carefully.

Peter rubbed his nose, blushing a bit. "I did the cold shower, but the damn thing came back then I thought of other, very unsexy things, but that didn't help either."

"Pinching zha head vorks sometimes."

Peter's head jerked up and he winced. "Um ow."

Rhino nodded more or less in agreement. "Da, but vorks…. Most of time. I have heard flicking zha balls vill do same thing, but never tried."

"Ow again."

Aleksei actually found himself chuckling at the boy's words. "Holding breath I have also heard, but I do not understand zhat one. Somezhing about concentration… " Rhino shook his head. "As said I do not understand."

"Huh," Peter leaned back against the wall. "Well okay I guess," he said with a shrug, then he looked at Rhino and seemed to consider the man as he leaned his elbow against the toilet cover and rested his cheek in his hand. "You know I could have sworn I locked the door."

Aleksei blinked and looked up at the door. "Oh um…" he frowned seeing the broken lock. "Govno! I zhink you did too." He sighed rubbing his neck. "Prastee… sometime I forget zhat zhing."

Rhino was shocked when he looked up and found the boy smiling. "Yah I have trouble with that too sometimes." The kid chuckled to himself. "You wouldn't believe how many pop cans I've accidentally crushed trying to open."

Rhino smiled sheepishly back. "Da… I get zhat one malchik."

"Oh or those stupid plastic tabs that cover everything now. Pull too hard and I've got yogurt everywhere," Peter said grinning, his eyes dancing with good humor as he let his worries go for just a second.

Rhino stared, amazed by the way the boy shined when he was truly smiling. "How…?" Aleksei shook his head. "Nevermind. You okay now, malchik?"

"Yah," Peter answered, looking down his smile fading. "Hey." The boy's brow furrowed. "Why do you keep calling me that? Mal… Mal-whatever."

Rhino raised an eyebrow. "I do not have your name. I do not vant it. I call you vhat I can. Malchik ees boy. Zhat ees vhat you are. I call you zhat."

"Oh. I see." Peter said accepting that answer. It really was simple when you thought about it.

Rhino nodded to the boy and got up, opening the door. "I vill let you finish… and I soon vill find you real clothes."

The boy smiled up at the man, his eyes softening. "Thanks… Aleksei."

…

Peter stifled a yawn when he finally stumbled out of the bathroom. He saw Felicia was sleeping curled up in the recliner (much like that cat who's name she claimed) and Rhino sitting at the table playing cards with himself. Peter blushed slightly seeing the man and looked down bashfully, shifting from foot to foot.

Rhino could see the kid was spent from where he sat. "Get some sleep malchik," the man said softly. "You look like you need it."

The kid nodded and threw himself into bed and was asleep in seconds. The robe rolled up as he moved, exposing most of his thigh and a bit of cheek. Aleksei tried to ignore it but…

Rhino cursed under his breath and pulled the blankets over the kid. No sense in leaving temptation out in the open like that. The big man sat back in his chair and tried to let the boy and woman sleep in peace but…

Govno! Come on man. You have more control over this then a teenage boy. Aleksei sighed and pushed himself away from the table. I need a cold shower.

TBC…

I must say this fanfic has really made me do research on some weird things. For Aleksei's accent I spent a night looking up Russian swearwords and I still have no idea if half of them are right so if anyone out there knows a little Russian (which I don't) feels free to pitch in, please! Also I would love a few reviews… pretty, pretty please?

Okay now I NEED YOUR IMPUT. In the next chapter I have room for Aleksei to have a sexy dream about Peter. I know I said I wouldn't write many more smut scenes (the almost one in this chapter just kind of developed on its own as a way for Peter and Aleksei to have a talk), but I thought since I had the opportunity I would put it out there for you guys to decide. If you want the dream shoot me a review. If no one says anything I will assume people do not want it and will not bother to write it. Thank you for your time.

Aleksei work key:

Malchik – boy

Nyet - no

Da - yes

Govno - shit

Prastee - sorry

Eez – is

Cannibalisticaaa: Thank you, thank you, thank you! This was just what I needed. The first chapter was really, really long for me so every time I tried to edit it was like my eyes started leaking out of my head. I was so excited to try and get something up I think I may have jumped the gun a bit… well a lot. Thank you so much for your review. I'm am currently trying to re-edit chapter one so your review was just what I needed. I've even found places in the chapter where I completely forgot a word or forgot to add a plural 's' etc. so an edit is definitely needed. Yah Rhino's accent… the way I figure it is he's lived in America long enough to be pretty good at English and even pick up a few slang words, but still has his accent. I've not read many spidy comics that had Rhino as a main character so I'm not quite sure what they do. I find the hard part is making the accent easy enough to decipher while also trying to convey it through words… I don't think it will ever be perfect. Actually I know it won't, but I try… Thank you so much for the link. It really helped. I tried the youtube search and... I've learned how people speak it, but writing it is a bit more diffcult. Same with looking up words since true Russian looks nothing like english and so on. Anyway thank you so much for the review. I really treasure all your advice, criticism and help. Thank you once more and have a nice day :)