Of all the heroes in all the universe, he had to get Nova. And not a smirking one either. A frowny face Nova. Peter swore that those were his two facial expressions. At least that he saw.
"Bucket head? What are you doing in my bedroom?" Peter questioned feeling somewhat violated. Granted, two of his teammates did just tie him down, another threatened to kidnap him and the last one had magically flown into his room. Actually, just this weekend in general made him feel violated.
Like he was in some bizarre television show.
"Hey! Leave the fourth wall jokes to me!"
"Ugh... Go away Deadpool. How did you get in my mindscape anyway?"
"Well duh! The author wrote me in here of course!"
"Author? You know what? Just go away."
"Make me!"
Spontaneous appearance of cattle stampede drive Deadpool away. Spiderman looks confused as Deadpool screams.
At least Peter knew Sam was in his room. If this was going to be another session of interrogation Danny and Ava style about apparent drug use he was leaving.
"Oh you know. Wanted to know if you wanted to hang out... Maybe see my old team..."
Now Peter was confused. The Guardians of the Galaxy's trigger happy fuzzy wuzzy came to mind attacking him in his own back yard. Not really what he thought Sam would talk about.
"Why?"
"Oh you know... You're a science geek, Rocket loves showing off his toys... You seem to get along with Groot."
Nova was rambling. His hand scratching the back of his head awkwardly. Peter narrowed his eyes.
"That's nice and all but why?"
"C'mon Webs. It'll be fun! Explosions, sparring, technology, venom swap-"
"Venom swap?" Peter asked breathlessly worried. Nova didn't seem worried.
"Yeah. Thought it would be good to compare to alien venom. Wasn't too bad."
"What are you talking about?"
"Your venom. Duh."
"How?" Peter growled. Nova shrugged his shoulders.
"Wasn't hard to figure out. Reminded me of when I had a drink with Rocket about two years ago. It was like what I drank. Just with more alcohol." Sam grinned thinking back to that day. It was fun. Not the hangover so much but it was fun. And Peter's didn't give him a hangover, just over concerned doctors.
"Excuse me?"
"Point being, I have drunken alien spider cow venom before and what I drink tasted like it came from an alien spider cow... Minus the alcohol."
"Alcoholic Alien Spider Cows?"
"Yeah, not the nicest creatures. Though I know they aren't allowed near Earth with their diet. So that left a genetically altered cow or spider. And since most cows don't even have the right genetic combination, that leaves spiders. And there would be a lot of them to get a sample or it would be a really big spider. And the biggest spider I know is you."
"I don't know if I should be impressed you have a plausible answer... Or horrified that there are alien spider cows and you compared me to them."
"Hey! I am smart enough to figure things out. And it's not just plausible. I know it's true."
"Sure Buckethead."
"One you already admitted it. I'm not going to forget that. And I may have taken a peek at Powerman's diary."
"Powerman has a diary?" Peter asked while he was imaging the big buff hero holding a pink glittery book with a heart lock and egotistically pictures of himself haphazardly plastered everywhere.
"Yeah. But that's not the point. You have something really valuable."
"How is my... Thing valuable?"
"Are you kidding? A numbing agent without the alcohol would be worth a lot. Actually, we may just want to keep it quiet. I'd rather not have to save your sorry behind from bounty hunters."
"Bounty Hunters."
"Yep. Not to mention if the Collector was interested in you... Uh boy. I don't think we'd be able to stop him if he really wanted you."
"What are you talking about?!"
"Your safety. Try and keep up Webs. I don't think Fury would be too keen letting you out in the field though."
Peter narrowed his eyes.
Sam just shrugged his shoulders.
"So another tick on the list of things Fury doesn't know list and we're good."
"Wait a minute, you have a list?"
"Oh yeah. Why do you think I kept disabling the security feed in your house when we lived here?"
"I thought that was to hide you and Aunt May doing yoga."
"Well... that's part of it. On the other hand, I had my privacy with the Guardians. We knew a lot about one another but that was either accidents or intentional. That's beside the point."
"And yet your fine looking over my files?"
"Just using what was given to me Webs. I'd like to know what I'm getting into before I work with a guy."
"And you didn't when we went to the island?"
"That was one time. And I was freezing. I blame the mind numbing cold."
"Okay... So you aren't going to say anything?" Peter questioned.
"Nope. I'd rather have an ace up my sleeve next time we fight a baddie."
"I am not using this against people."
"Course not. I meant for you after you get your butt handed to you."
"No thanks. I'd rather not get sick."
Nova blinked in confusion for a moment before sucking air between his teeth making a hissing noise.
"Right. You made it."
"What about me making it?"
"You need a lot more to go numb. Your body has a natural immunity to it. Extremely small amounts make you feel queasy. Larger makes you numb."
"How would you even know this?"
"Rocket. He explained how it worked with alien arachnid cows so yeah. Granted I thought the queasiness was from the alcohol but you proved me wrong. Thanks Web head."
"Your... Welcome?"
"Alright. Enough of this sap. Got any more?"
Peter's face flushed slightly. He did have build up from Danny and Ava's interrogation. And he had already shown Powerman exactly how it worked. But there was a different relationship between him and Nova. Powerman was almost like a big brother. Always watching your back and very accepting. Nova was more like, that kid your parents always had you on a playdate with and could never really get along with despite being close.
Though, was sharing how this worked well, intimate? It sort of felt like it in his bedroom. He kind of felt better about it in the dinner. It felt like more of a regular occurrence. Now it just felt weird. But if it helped keep Nova quiet...
He grabbed a small bottle similar to the one Nova drank from.
"One time. I stick this bottle behind my teeth..."
And that is Nova and Peter's time in his bedroom. Yeah. Okay. Please do review.