he needs to set up his apartment. that’s today’s mission. get enough furniture sorted out to make it his own - which, he hopes, no one is going to point out is a little more luxurious than he should be given he doesn’t actually have ongoing income here just yet, but that’s beyond the point. he makes his way down the street, following directions as best as he can to try and find a good furniture store he’ll be happy with.
the last thing he’s expecting is to run into anyone he knows.
there’s no knowing how many people have made it here. it’s not like harry was the first to arrive from their universe, odds are he won’t be the last. but so far he hasn’t hit anyone he knows just yet. not until he sees peter at the end of the block. “no way..” he gasps, eyes widening at the sight of his best friend.
he needs to be careful here, given - as far as peter knows - he’s supposed to have been in europe for the past year or so back home. he can’t let peter know what really happened, what he’s been through - his new powers. he can’t know about any of it. but, either way, harry’s incredibly glad to see him. “peter! hey - ‘scuse me -” he pushes past a few people on the sidewalk, trying to make his way over to peter, hoping he makes it before peter disappears off in another direction.
&. ― danny ramirez : he/him : cismale : marvel — a darkness is coming for us all . let’s hope harold osborn is ready for what is to come . to the eyes of the the world they are known as harry , whose allegiance is pledged to the spider-gang (begrudgingly) . rumor has it that harry is 23 and are known to be loyal , but let’s not forget they can be pretty hot headed . //
I will be taking most of his background/history from the ps4 Spider-Man game, with personality elements from other canons!
Background ;;
Harry was born to Norman and Emily Osborn and had a relatively happy childhood until his mother died. He absolutely adored her and stuck close to her as soon as he was old enough to do so, and losing her was not only incredibly hard for him but left him incredibly lonely
With Norman being such a busy distant, borderline abusive father, Harry largely grew alone until he began at school. Fortunately he became close friends with Peter Parker when he was younger and eventually the rest of the future Spidey Gang. They remained friends through their childhood and teen years
Both his friends and their families - namely Peter’s aunt - helped Harry feel that gap that had been left by his father’s negligence, giving him the love and care and support he needed
Unfortunately, Harry inherited the same genetic illness that took his mother’s life - Oshtoran Syndrome. The complications began in his teen years, but Harry did his best to hide them from his friends to save them from the pain he’d felt watching his mother be claimed by the same illness when he was a child
He used easy excuses like being busy with school, college, and eventually his Oscorp work, or claiming hangovers from partying to avoid suspicion when he was unwell
During his work with Oscorp he was determined to carry on his mother’s work, hoping to become an environmental attorney. He used his time, resources, and intelligence to try and better the city via Oscorp
Eventually his condition became critical and Harry couldn’t continue on without deteriorating rapidly as his mother had. Norman suggested they attempt an experimental treatment to which Harry agreed and, planting the cover story that Harry would be managing Oscorp’s European operations, he was put into a type of stasis to undergo the treatment. None of his friends knew at this point that he was sick, or where he was really going.
After deriving a treatment from Devil’s Breath failed, his treatment was to bond with a version of the Spider-Venom made specifically to fuse with his cells and DNA and - somehow, it worked. Harry now has spider powers!
He’s not sure how to feel about them or what he’s supposed to do with them. He’s been out of stasis for a while and has been back in the open for about a year now, so your character will have seen him around. Only a few people know he was sick and even fewer know about his abilities so please don’t assume it was common knowledge!
Interesting To Know ;;
Harry loves pizza and will choose pizza from some dingy corner place over some fancy dinner anytime. Seriously. Bribe him with pizza.
He is way more comfortable in a friend’s living room with his friend watching tv than at home in his big empty apartment alone - but that or his office is usually where you will find him
He’s a sucker for cheesy movies sue him
Harry adores his friends, he is extremely loyal to them and there’s nothing he wouldn’t do for them. But if anyone betrays that they will have a very hard time earning his trust again, and he has been known to lash out or snap when his trust is betrayed
He has a very strange and distorted opinion of his father. Norman’s treatment of him when he was young was less than ideal, and he’s grown up under extreme pressure to measure up to his father’s expectations of him as the Osborn Heir, and he knows Norman wasn’t a good man or a good father. But Norman also went to extreme lengths to try and save him and he has shown love for Harry, and did so for his mother, so Harry has trouble reconciling these two images of Norman in his head. I definitely imagine that when he was younger and his mother was still alive, some of Norman’s tactics to help cure them bordered on child experimentation and abuse, always under the guise of trying to save his mother, and then trying to save him. It’s a tricky thing to try and discuss with him as his confusion and struggle with the subject will probably make him lash out in anger and confusion, so tread carefully.
