The meeting was short to Peter's relief. Training held the usual jabs and jeers though. His mouth felt slightly swollen from the bittersweet liquid. He blamed Sam for the bulk of the bittersweet fluid. The incredible flying flashlight was extra irritating. Peter wanted nothing more than to release his build up.

To be able to just let go when he needed it.

"Peter, are you alright?" the resident fortune cookie Danny Rand asked. Peter turned toward the blond monk giving only the slightest of smiles.

"I'm fine. Don't worry," was all he said before continuing on. Danny stared at the team's leader with worry.

"He who never looks back, never finds the answer," Danny stated to Peter's retreating form. Peter hesitated for a brief instant, before moving toward the exit of the airborn Helicarrier. Danny didn't go after him. He was not gifted in flight as Sam was. Thus, he made his way back to the meeting room, hopefully to see Fury or Coulson and alert them of Peter's recent odd behavior.

"C'mon! If Web Head didn't want us to go through his pockets he wouldn't have left his jacket here!" Sam's voice spilled out into the hall. Danny walked in quietly, easily overlooked by the team as if he had never left, "Besides, it's not like he has his diary in here."

Sam shoved his hands through empty pockets trying to find something funny, like a wallet with an embarrassing photo he just couldn't get rid of for one reason or another. Instead, his fingers brushed against something cool. Something glass. An impish grin came to his face pulling out whatever Peter had in his coat pocket.

Confusion over took him as he looked at what he pulled out. Ava, Luke and Danny all looked at the object with equal confusion.

"What is that?" Luke questioned staring at the liquid lazily sloshing inside. Ava seemed to be trying to analyze the substance by just staring at it. Sam popped the bottle open and took a sniff.

"Nova!" Ava reprimanded.

"What? Not like Web Head is going to carry anything dangerous," Sam stated. To prove his point, he downed the liquid in no time at all. He watched Ava walk over and hit him in the chest. His body didn't react.

"Spit it out Nova! Who knows what you just drank!"

"Spidey knows," he laughed with a lazy grin. He stared into space relishing at the relaxing feeling of... Well nothing. His muscles were relaxed and he felt like he could just fall asleep standing up. It wasn't until he felt liquid come out of his mouth, that he noticed Danny hitting his stomach to regurgitate the fluid.

"What was that for?" Sam questioned. He felt a warm sensation where Danny had hit him but that was it.

"Taking in knowledge of another without cause is to lead to certain defeat."

"But it's Parker. We know he's not into hurting himself. Is he?"

The room fell silent with Sam's words. Spiderman... Peter wouldn't hurt himself would he? He wouldn't take drugs. Would he? Ice settled in the team sans Sam's stomach over the enigma of the liquid.

"I'll take a sample to fury," Ava stated. No one commented on the quiver of her voice. She punched a code into the computer in the room and a vial was released. She carefully grabbed the glass and began gathering the mystery liquid.

She silently prayed Parker had a good excuse for carrying this.

Peter signed as he filled a small bottle with the swelling liquid. His eyes dropped with ecstasy as he closed the bottle. Half lidded brown eyes stared at the fire burning in a trash can near by. The tender of the flame had fallen asleep. Quietly, he crept over to the flame. He opened the bottle and poured the contents into the flame, alerting the red hues to a violent green. Another release. He stared at the flickering flame with a small hint of regret.

He was forgetting something. He could feel it in his gut. Odd considering he hadn't listened to a gut feeling in a long time. He ignored it and began to head home.

Upon arriving to the vacant house he casually slipped through his bedroom window. It was nights like this he enjoyed his Aunt May's sporty habits. His light blared in his eyes unexpectedly flickering on. He squinted his eyes adjusting to the light.

"Spiderman."

Peter groaned.

"What do you want Coulson?"

"Spiderman. Nova is in the medical ward."

"What did bucket head do?" Peter questioned. Granted they didn't see eye to eye but they were still friends. Sort of.

"That's why I'm here."

"Come again."

"Nova ingested a foreign liquid unidentified by SHEILD, bottled in your coat pocket. Nova drank the contents."

Peter's blood turned to ice. His body felt heavy with regret. His jacket with his... Fluids were left on the Helicarrier. He felt cold rage settle in his stomach at Nova for going through his pockets. The familiar taste of bittersweet dripped onto his tongue.

"Is he alright?" Peter asked with an oddly hollow voice.

"He is currently numb. And perhaps a little excessively happy."

"Is he alright?"

"Peter. What were you carrying?"

Peter opened his mouth, a web of lies wove from his mouth.

"Oscorp. Harry was showing me a product he was concerned about. He didn't know what it was so he asked me to check it out, since I am better in Chemistry than he is. I hadn't gotten around to seeing what it was yet."

The two stared one another in the eyes. Coulson sighed in recognition of Peter's implications.

"You should have come to SHEILD. We would have been able to study it."

"Sorry for not trusting you," Peter snapped, "Because it's clear how much you trust me."

Coulson said nothing as he left Peter alone in his room. His eyes flickered to the camera he knew was in his room. He darted out of his room and grabbed Coulson's arm. Coulson turned. A lone brow arched but no other indicator of emotion. Peter held out a small bottle.

"This is the only other sample I have. If you can use this... Then please take it."

"SHIELD is already working on an antidote. But this should help. We will keep you up to date Spiderman."

With that, Coulson left Peter to stew in his guilt and fear.

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