"Life doesn't discriminate between the sinners and the saints. it takes and it takes and it takes. and we keep living anyway, we rise and we fall and we break and we make our mistakes. and if there's a reason I'm still alive when so many have died, then i'm willing to wait for it."
“yes ma, i’m on my way home.” ned walked along the block on the way to his family’s apartment. the field trip had been cancelled, on account of the huge space donut spotted on the city skies that day. “i’m safe, i have my things, i have my hat..” he paused to yawn, eyes closing for what felt like an eternity as his mother’s voice started to fade away. he opened them to find himself in a field, with a mansion not too far in the distance. the only sound he could hear on his smartphone was static. “ma? hello? what – ?” he looked at his phone. the call had cut off. “w-where am i?” he clutched his backpack close and looked around, hoping someone was around. “hello? anybody here? i come in peace!” he exclaimed, raising his arms defensively.
“Ned??” he was quite possibly the last person may would expect to land in the chaos ‘73. she's torn between glad to see him and exhausted that there was another person that she’d have to try and protect. at least he could keep peter out of trouble when she and tony couldn't. maybe, she knew how well that ended last time. she wraps her arms around him quickly, “it’s good to see you honey,” she’s trying to figure out how to explain all of this to him or get him back home and out of the cross fire. “you’re uh-- you’re in new york. just in the past, like the seventies past.”
---- continued from this that still has me shooketh @aterribleprivilcge
It’s clear that she wasn’t expecting it, having to stop her jaw from dropping at his words. for once in her life, may parker doesn’t have a snarky comeback to give tony stark. instead she’s stumbling through five hundred different emotions and she seems to have forgotten how to speak. her mind is racing and she realizes how long it’s been since she’s told someone that wasn’t peter that she loved them. she’s fiddling with the ring thats still worn on her left hand when she finally looks up at him, “you love me??” her voice comes out a lot softer than she intends it to, as she still floating on shock. she takes a step closer to him, finally stopping her fidgeting with the old wedding band to bring her hand to his face carefully, “if this is some kind of joke, just to make me some other conquest...” she shakes her head softly, unable to continue the thought. she had to let it out now, who knows if she’d ever get the chance to tell him later, “because god damn it, you may make my life hell sometimes tony stark, but i love you too.”
“kinda suspicious if you ask me. nobodies thought of figuring out exactly who or what is causing this?” he questions, glancing over at the brunette once more. it was easy to notice the womans nerves, spiking somewhat curiosity in the falcon. he, out of all people, was the last person to be nervous around. “wait..wait everyone’s here? that’s impossible we we’re all just..” well, not everyone, but mostly everyone was back in wakanda only hours ago. “have others been here longer?”
May opens her mouth to start to speak, but realizes that she really didn’t know. “i’d honestly like to think that the fun theory is happening, like everyone is getting real panicked about government conspiracy theories and are hiding their alexas and iphones,” she gives a small smile, trying to lighten the dark situation, “or ya know, aliens.” she nods her head slowly at his question, “yeah. and some people come from like, different points in time. which could ruin all of space and time or something. i feel like back to the future should've prepared me more for this sort of thing,"
May is a little more than shocked when she finds herself standing underneath the plant with johnny. “peter wouldn’t approve,” her eyes flicker from the mistletoe to the man in front of her, weighing her options. despite her words, and her thoughts telling her she really shouldn’t, she steps forward and presses a soft kiss to his lips. “which is why he doesn’t need to know. besides, it’s only tradition.”
tony’s not sure why he’s exactly surprised to see may back in 1973 with him and peter; it’s not surprising that she would find a way to follow peter, wherever he was. and of course it must just be coincidental that all three of them happened to end up in the same time stream. that’s just the way his world seems to work. he’s not sure if he believes in fate, but it sure seems to believe in him. “may,” he responds in kind with a nod of acknowledgment. “it wasn’t really up to me but, yeah, sure, you’re welcome.” he folds his arms, leaning against a nearby surface. “i wasn’t really surprised that the kid ended up involved in this fight — displeased, but not surprised — but… what brings you here?”
May pulls herself up onto a counter top, legs danging inches from the floor as she gives him a once over. he’s being civil,kind of, so she should attempt to do the same. “glad we’re both on the same page about him being involved,” for once. but she doesn’t say that part out loud, not trying to push a fight in the midst of everything. “don’t think i can handle the fight, stark??” she’s teasing, a small smile playing on her lips for just a second, before she drops back into the serious exterior she normally puts on around the man. “honestly, i have no idea. i just kind of woke up here,” saying it the exhaustion in her voice became clear to her. previous to her arrival she hadn’t slept in-- who knows how long and now that she was here, she wasn’t sure if she ever wanted to sleep again. she’s been staring at her hands, intertwining her fingers together absentmindedly, but her eyes flicker up to meet his. “i thought i’d lost him too,” her voice wavers on the last word. here she is, on some random counter in 1973, about to cry in front of tony stark.
“so you’re telling me some random thing picked me up and pulled me back in time? along with everyone else in this place?” sam asks, disbelief clear on his features as he sinks further back into the couch. “unbelievable.” he’d only been here less than an hour and the situation was already giving him a headache. “this’ some new kinda crazy shit, i’ll tell you that much.”
“Some random force, i guess,” may shifts on the couch in front of the avenger almost nervously, not wanting to embarrass herself. “some people were placed with the choice to come here or not, while others just kind of disappeared slowly. i’m surprised modern day isn’t going insane without all of you,” she admits. it’s not like new york was missing much when may parker disappears, but almost all the avengers-- that was suspicious.
“Tony,” his name falls from her lips in a sigh, it’s somewhere between being relieved and completely annoyed with him being here. may should’ve known better than to think she had escaped the billionaire. at least she knew peter would be safe now, if she couldn’t be a helicopter parent on missions, she knew tony would be. nails click on the counter top as she debates speaking to him anymore, knowing that most conversations between the two of them drove her mad. despite her better judgement she turns to face him, “how nice of you to grace us with your presence,” a small smirk is playing on her lips as she looks up at him.
✕ — isn’t that may parker wandering the streets of new york? civilians know them as aunt may and see them as a civilian. as far as i know, the 42 year old stands with spiderman and are rumoured to be pretty motherly & scatterbrained. ( winona ryder / cisfemale / she/her )
hi it’s me the worst. but bc we have so much of the spideyfam now i decided to bring my mom back pls love her. idk if i’ve wrote an about for may before but i’m gonna re-do it because i can and i have somewhat of a well developed backstory for her
okay cool so may is one of three girls and her parents are hella broke, like the kind of broke where the girls ate ramen noodles for dinner every night
and may’s best friend was none other than benjamin parker himself, who lived within walking distance so when things would get too bad at her home she’d sneak over to the parker residence and spend the night with ben and richard watching bad horror movies and goofing off
and in high school ben and may were known for being inseparable until may got her first boyfriend johnny
johnny was a hot shot with a ton of money and basically bought may’s affection, considering she couldn’t ever rlly buy herself anything
and even tho ben constantly told her he didn’t trust johnny may didn’t listen because she thought she was so in love and almost stopped talking to ben completely when she and johnny got engaged
until johnny robbed a jewelry store and threatened to kill ben if he told and may doesn’t fuck around when it comes to her best fucking friend so she dropped johnny like the trash he is
and it wasn’t until later that night when she was full on sobbing while ben held her that she realized he was the love of her life
so thus may parker was born. may and ben never had any children bc in my hc may couldn’t have kids and was so beaten up about it, but when richard had peter she and ben would constantly babysit and spoil him like he was their own
and then he ended up being theirs. may was the most supportive she could be to ben when his brother died, it was like they had all lost a piece of themselves. so she was more than happy to take peter in as he own
loosing ben was the most traumatic event in may’s life. there was a good amount of time where she wanted to give up on everything but she knew peter needed her more than anything
would die for peter that is her son 100%, also loves the rest of the spideyfam like they’re her new adopted kids. she’s the mom friend that sits at the table and gossips with the kids but them makes them take their vitamins and “wear a jacket it’s chilly out there!!”
literally has a crush on every avenger and is super embarrassing for peter about it. always asks him when they’re coming over for dinner. she plays like she hates tony but she doesnt
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