Subject: Peter Benjamin Parker
Location: Unknown
Date: Unknown
Peter was humming tunelessly in his cell when he had a rather startling realization. Against all odds, he, Peter Parker, had become somewhat content in this hellhole.
And that was… well, it was insane. Certifiably insane. It had the added benefit of being unfortunately true as well.
It had not always been this way. Peter had spent the first few days/weeks/months of his captivity raging against his captors, doing everything he could to thwart them and to be a general nuisance. Their punishment to him, in return, was very harsh as well as very painful (Stop!Stop!Stop!). Peter had expected that the only reason why the guards had not pulled him outside to kill him and to dump his body in an unmarked grave has to do with the fact that he was still considered useful to their cause. That, and management would have made their outrage well known (painfully and permanently).
But in the end, it still did not even matter. Whatever he did was simply brushed off, and they had continued in their tasks, undeterred. Peter had fought for so long and so hard- only to find out that it did not to matter in the long run.
And it was exhausting.
Utterly exhausting.
Without even realising it, Peter had given up. He stopped fighting, he stopped caring. He had fell into a comfortable state of numbness, watching the world happen around him but doing nothing to stop it, or to even change it.
(GoneGoneGone).
Peter Parker had become a passive observer in his own life.
And he stayed there for a very, very long long time.
Peter stared at his hands.
He was not even sure if he had even stopped.
A/N- Hello again. I might as well point out the obvious and say that I decided to change the title of the story. This has to do with the fact that I felt "Quoth the Raven Nevermore" didn't quite fit the story anymore. The new title is actually borrowed from T.S. Elliot's poem "Four Quartets 1: Burnt Norton." Hopefully you guys don't object to it too much.
That being said, thank you to everyone who had favourited/followed the story! And special thanks to Update2soon, Guest of honor, opukata, and Elanor20100 for their reviews!
Update2soon: I'm glad you're enjoying the story! To answer your question, yes, I plan to introduce the POV of other characters. I actually already have one chapter planned and it is in the perspective of someone from the Avengers- however, it won't be posted for some time but I do hope that you will enjoy it.
Guest of honor: Please don't be sad! I promise things will get better for Peter soon enough (though how it gets better probably isn't in the way you expected it to be)
Until next time!