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Peter and Harriet were on their second date to the Stark Expo. Harriet saw that Peter was very excited for it, even though he tried not to show it. She laughed when she saw Peter with the Iron Man mask and gloves of his that could light up.

They didn't have to travel far since the event took place in the heart of Queens. All the VIPs had taken their spots in the front of the crowd, so Peter and Harriet had to stand at the back.

Compared to other Stark Expos, this one wasn't really exciting and there were a lot more adults than teens or young adults. Peter wondered why that was, but he'd gotten his answer from one look at the massive wide screen when words "Hammer Advanced Weapon Systems." flashed on the screen.

"Damn, I dressed up for nothing," he muttered to himself as he raised up the mask to settle it on top of his head.

Harriet heard and smiled at him, "I thought it was cute." Peter blushed at that comment. He was about to retort but was interrupted by the CEO of Hammer Industries.

"Maybe Tony Stark will show up soon," Harriet whispered to Peter.

Not a minute too soon, after the Hammer Industry-made drones appeared on the stage, Iron Man made a show of landing in front of Justin Hammer. Everyone was cheering at the spectacle.

However, Peter's spider senses were tingling.

"Uh, I'll be right back, Harry, I have to go to the washroom."

"What? — Peter!" Harriet's eyes narrowed slightly, then looked back to the stage again. Suddenly everything went to chaos as the drones started flying and bullets started firing.

Harriet mentally cursed as the screaming hoard began pushing her back and forth as people were trying desperately to flee from danger. Iron Man fired back at the drones with his advanced weapons attached to his metal suit, trying to protect people at the same time.

Getting out of the crowd was harder than one would expect. Harriet used a disillusionment charm to conceal herself from others and transformed her outfit into the Phoenix suit. Before anyone could comprehend, Harriet apparated between different people, shielding them from gunshots and blasting the drones with bombarda.

Spiderman had also appeared at the scene, webbing up the drones in his path. He looked extremely out of place with his underdeveloped hero costume — just a red hoodie with the spider logo in front and a pair of blue spandex.

In the midst of the chaos, Peter was trying to find where Harriet was and wanted to know if she was safe. Meanwhile, Harriet was just glad that Peter had disappeared into the bathroom and hadn't come back since.

"Watch out, LP!" Peter gasped as he hurried over to where Harriet was, who was casting a quick but a powerful stupefy at a drone. Another drone was at her back with a machine gun pointed at her.

Within a second, Peter had already caught Harriet in his arms and Harriet couldn't help but to wrap her arms around him. They landed safely on the ground, Harriet swiftly sent a consecutive stupefy at the incoming couple of drones.

Harriet's smirk was the only thing Peter could see from the way that the dark hood was covering half of her face. "Thanks, Spider-boy."

"It's Spider-man…!" Harriet was gone by the time he finished his sentence.

Peter blushed under the mask, staring down at his hands that touched Lady Phoenix.

Oh my god, I just touched LP! I freaking saved her life!

Peter was fangirling. Er, I mean, fanboying.

After ripping off his poor excuse of a costume and tucking them in his bag, Peter made his way out of the washroom. He needed a better suit than the piece of thrift-store junk he'd sewn together at 3 in the morning. Peter wished his costume could be cool like Iron Man's or Lady Phoenix's.

He went to the park where he'd previously seen Harriet after the whole fiasco back at the Expo. Peter spotted Harriet standing in front of the large water fountain. He then realized he hadn't checked his phone after noticing the way Harriet was apprehensively holding her phone.

Peter had three missed calls from Harriet and ten missed calls from his Aunt, assuming she'd seen the live news report.

"Peter!" Harriet launched herself at Peter, embracing him.

"Hey. You okay? I didn't see you anywhere at the Expo."

Harriet furrowed her brows at him, "you came back to the Expo? I didn't see you anywhere."

Peter scratched his head out of a nervous habit. "Oh, uh, maybe you were at the front of the crowd?"

Harriet looked to the side uncomfortably. She didn't particularly prefered lying to someone she liked. "Yeah. Yeah, that must be it."

Peter pulled Harriet into his arms and sighed, "I was so worried about you."

Harriet pulled back a little. They were so close, it seemed like the right moment to kiss. His lips was on hers in a matter of seconds. Peter was the one to lead, tilting her head back, kissing her gently and slowly at first. Gradually, the intensity grew and Peter had his hand on her back and the other hand pressed to her neck. It felt just right.

They eventually pulled back, a drowned look in Harriet's half-lidded eyes on his lips and then traveling up to meet his passionate gaze.

"I love you, Harry."

Harriet's lips curled into a smile. "I love you too, Pete."

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Captured a moment at the Expo

[Image: Spiderman holding Lady Phoenix in his arms]

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Doodleyboo: Omg shipping them so hard right now

— Imjusttoogay: just like a sinking ship…. titanic

— uhhnoimnotondrugs: Jack…?

— Therealsherlock: ^^^are you really not on drugs? Edit: check the username for those of you who have too much time to ask me what I'm asking about.

— bitchubetternot: draw me like one of your french girls

boobsunited: Looks like Spiderman's out of his league

— imjustbored: Looks like Spiderman has ketchup on his hoodie

idonthavealife420: there's Iron Man fighting in the background

— pikaChu360: lol he's not fighting. He's just staring at them

— idonthaveausername: he's totally checking LP out

— BootyMcTooty: no one can resist the mightiness of LP's booty

— Donthugmeimscared: Username checks out

— headshot101: Stark's just staring down at them like they totally got fighting wrong

— tonystarkboss: that's because he's the fucking boss

— DPforever: no, deadpool's the boss

Iwasbornthisway: Spiderman should really get a new costume

— imjustakid444: you should get a new costume

— truestorybro: bro don't even

— ProteinShake: bro do you even lift?

Peter had been all smiles the following day, going about his usual routine. Yesterday's kiss made a lasting impression on Peter even though this was only the second time he and Harriet kissed.

However, his good mood was fading when a stranger claiming to be an agent entered his apartment as soon as Aunt May was gone to work her shift at the local grocery store.

"Hello, Mr. Parker. My name is Phil Coulson. I'm an Agent at Strategic Homeland Intervention and Logistics Division, otherwise known as SHIELD, an international law-enforcement organization that works closely with governments."

"Uh… I don't follow..."

"Can I come inside?"

"… I guess…"

Peter sat down as did the Agent in the small living space. "I'd offer you something to drink, but all we have is tap water."

"It's fine," Coulson responded. He placed a file in front of Peter and motioned for him to pick it up and read it.

'Top Secret,' it said in front in bold red lettering. Peter flipped through to the first paper in the file. His eyebrow rose in curiosity. "What is this?" He glanced up at Phil, "the Avengers Initiative…?"

"Please keep reading."

Peter's eyes went back to the papers in hand. "The following profiles contain a collection of individuals who are most able to defend Earth from imminent global threats." He continued, skimming his eyes at his own profile, "alias: Spiderman. Assessment of Peter Parker: Another lovesick teenager," Peter sent a look at Coulson before continuing, "who acts like a puppy whenever Harriet Potter is around..." He didn't even try to deny it. "New to crime. Book-smart. Needs training in combat, combat comes purely from abilities, intuition and instinct. Weakness — Harriet Lily Potter."

"Agent Barton was having a field day when he was assigned to be handling you and another team member under the same location. He was posing as a Math teacher."

"Mr. Eastwood? … I'm not even in Math class."

"He's a spy for a reason, Mr. Parker. Please read further down."

"… Peter Benjamin Parker: Recommended…? I'm assuming I'm recommended for the Avengers…?"

Phil watched as Peter flip the pages over to see other candidates of the Avengers Initiative. He took to each profiles slowly, stopping more than necessary at Iron Man and Captain America.

Peter double checked what he was seeing. His eyes grew wide at the last profile with a picture depicting a young woman in a regular outfit, but she was trying to hide her identity by covering her face with the help of her hood of her large oversized hoodie by pulling the drawstrings tight into a bow tie, letting people see only her nose sticking out at the middle. It almost looked comical as she was casting out an almost blinding neon red light at a criminal in the wide picture. At the bottom of the picture, the date said: "September, 20XX"

"Alias: Lady Phoenix, Harriet Lily Potter. Wait, s-she's a witch…?" Peter whispered to himself in disbelief. He looked up in bewilderment, "this isn't some kind of a prank, is it?"

"I'm sure your girlfriend didn't want you to find out that way, but you both are candidates for the Avengers Initiative, we'd thought it'd be important for you to learn about the other members."

"So, wait, you're saying that my girlfriend is LP?" Well, that could explain the weird things that'd been going on whenever he was with Harriet, such as that time when Flash tripped for no reason at all on the flat surface, or when Mr. Potter's perfectly brand new front tires tore. Still, Peter would've liked it if she'd told him.

Phil didn't falter at the Internet dubbed nickname. "Yes, she is Lady Phoenix."

"Does she know that I'm Spiderman?"

"I was told she hadn't looked into the files more carefully. She did say she'd join the Avengers."

Peter smirked. It was time to get payback on his girlfriend, as Spiderman of course. "What do I get out of this?"

"A brand new suit made by Mr. Stark…?"

Peter widened his eyes. Inwards, he was fangirling. "Okay, I'm in."

'Well, that wasn't hard at all,' Phil thought to himself.

A/N:

Have everyone seen Infinity War? Did you guys like it? - I have a love and hate relationship with the Avengers series... cause I have to wait patiently for the next movie to come out.

I edited this one in a jiffy so that I could update faster, because the last chapter was a bit short.

Please leave a comment! I love reading long comments, whether feedbacks, questions, or if you just want to talk to me - that way, I know that there are people wanting to read on with the story.