“Peter,” Bobbi turned, smiling at her unexpected guest. “I’ve almost always got a minute for you. And sure, I don’t mind talking out something - even if it includes you picking my brain. Though a miel latte wouldn’t go amiss.”
“ full disclosure, i don’t even know what a miel latte is, but i’m all for coffee. c’mon, we can talk on the way. now i’m craving a frozen coffee. ”
asking for your help. well shit. how does peter already know that an almost sure-fire way to get leon to do something is to say something like that. letting out an overly dramatic, over the top sigh, leon puts the drone down on his bench so he can get a proper look at the mechanics. “better. so much so that i might even share.” leon takes a chip for himself, tosses one to wolf, and then holds them up to peter. “so, you need this to be a fully functional creeper again, or just need the footage?”
peter gives a quick smile and takes a couple of chips from the bag, crunching thoughtfully. “ well, i have a couple others, so i don’t actually need it functioning again. it’d probably be easier for me to make a new one than repair that one. so if you can get the footage, i’d be really thrilled. ”
“old man, huh??” he chuckles as his gaze shifts over to peter, a fondness in his eyes as hand reaches up to clasp at the other’s shoulder. “ya know, not sure if you’d be up for my art class. i hear it may even give you a run for your money. unless you’re up for that sort of challenge, that is.”
“ i’ll tell you what !! ” peter grins at steve -- “ i’ll come in for an art lesson, if you come in for one of my classes. i’m a master of the stick figure, though, just so you know. i don’t wanna show you up in front of all those starry-eyed kids. ”
“I cannot believe you just referred to yourself as a ‘hot commodity’,” Johnny groaned. And what was wrong with him, that that wasn’t even a little bit of a turn off. Ugh. Years of watching Sue fall madly in love with Reed’s dork ass could not have been good for him. “Seriously, you’d think some of my magnetic charm would’ve rubbed off on you by now, but nope. Still landing babes with those radioactive spider-persuasion powers you claim not to have.” Johnny wrinkles his nose a little at the memory. “More like the second one. Listen, this was back when the only thing I knew about you was that you were stealing my headlines.”
“ so -- let me get this straight. i don’t have any of your charm, but i still get to land babes ?? johnny, that’s the best of both worlds. ” peter thinks maybe johnny is overstating his spider-persuasion. mostly, it just seems like improbably beautiful, talented, good people fall into peter’s life and miraculously don’t disappear when he starts babbling. peter props his chin up on his fist and finds himself watching johnny with a dumb-ass smile for a few seconds. “ what’re you gonna do when you’re old, totally irrelevant, and some young and fiery whippersnapper is getting all the headlines ?? ”
june had a feeling something like this would happen, even in her own universe with all the brave faces her father put on, she could always sense that he was an anxious man. and in this universe, it somehow feels even more noticable in a way that has her heart aching for her own version of her dad and it makes her eyes water before she quickly brushes them away. “ yeah, you did. you always told me it was after my great aunt. but pops said you were just worried it was too on the nose to call me may. “ she laughs shakily at that. “ no, i, uh, never got any siblings. just the one. “
the change in june’s demeanor has peter tensing up a little. shoot, he’s said the wrong thing, hasn’t he ?? or, at least, he isn’t handling it with the right tone. shit. he reaches out to give her shoulder a gentle squeeze when he notices the watery sheen of her eyes. “ well, uh -- pops might have been on to something. think that probably had something to do with it. ” he tries for a smile now, something less tinged with anxiety. so um. i mean, tell me about you ?? if that’s not weird for you. ” the pops thing is raising a few questions for peter, but he decides asking about it is a little weird, right ?? hopefully it’ll come up organically.
“ hey, bobbi. you got a minute ?? ” peter asks. “ i was thinking we could have a quick chat about curriculum stuff ?? i’d be really interested to hear what you’re planning to do with the kids. well, and also -- truthfully, i’d like to pick your brain. some time for my own sake. but i figure i gotta buy you coffee or something before i go pushing my luck. ”
Johnny feels that little prickle of warmth he always does when he makes Peter laugh. “Oh I’m nasty, too,” he says with a wink. “Just, you know, nasty in the sexy, fun way. Nasty in the way Megan Thee Stallion is nasty.” Johnny pulls his hand back to survey the damage, and silently takes full credit for the fact that the bleeding appears to have stopped. “See?” he says, waving the bloody napkin in Peter’s face. “Gross! Anyway, thanks for the heads up on the competition. You know that guy spit in a shot and had it sent to me for gently trash talking Spiderman? He had such a crush.”
peter doesn’t want to agree, because it sounds icky coming from him. but yeah, nasty in a sexy and fun way ?? megan thee stallion is definitely those things -- jury’s still out on johnny storm’s relative nastiness. he eyes the napkin before snatching it from johnny’s hand. “ had. who says it’s in the past ?? this kind of nasty is a hot commodity, too. ” he contemplates the story for a second. “ so was it, like, a shot glass full of spit ?? or an otherwise normal shot with a loogie floating at the top ?? and, hey, while we’re at it, what’dya say about spider-man ??”
june smiles when he moves stuff, lightly perching on the seat as she glances around the office. “ you’re aware of all the universe collisions, correct? they happened a few months ago. “ the young woman took a deep breath, pausing for a moment before closing her eyes and spitting out the words. “ well. i’m your daughter. from another universe. “
peter nods -- yes, he’s aware. the next part draws him up short. truthfully, he’s been half-expecting this moment for a while. it makes sense, of course, that eventually some alternate universe child of his would show up. it’s happening to everyone else, so peter’s due for some earth-shaking news. he’s not sure he wants kids in this life, and it’s hard to wrap his head around any version of himself with his shit far enough together to consider it, but. hey. stranger things have happened, technically. he’s mulling over a silent freak out for a full twenty seconds before he responds. “ well, okay. ” he wipes suddenly sweating palms on the fabric of his pants. “ i mean -- very cool, cool name. i -- dad me -- picked that out, right ?? did you have any siblings ?? ” his voice has only pitched up about two and a half octaves, so he’s doing okay. relatively speaking.
“ so, old man. ” peter knocks his shoulder against cap’s considerably-larger one. “ what are you teaching around here, and how do i sign up ?? figure i probably still have a thing or two worth learning. ”
june hovers in the doorway for a moment, hesitant on whether she should even mention to peter the truth. but it had been a few months now, and living in this world alone was getting- hard; she wanted support, even if it wasn’t her actual dad, it was the closest thing she had at the moment. “ this never changes, does it? “ she says with a small smile, accepting the coffee. “ june. no, i’m not here to sign up. i wanted to speak with you about something. “
“ coffee ?? no, coffee rarely changes, ” peter agrees, not exactly sure what she’s talking about but more than happy to play along. “ sure, okay, i can talk. ” an anxious child turned anxious adult, i want to speak to you has him dialed up to a jittery eleven immediately. regardless, he clears a stack of books off a nearby chair, so june has a place to sit too. “ what can i do for you ?? ”
Most of the time Johnny thinks Peter’s busted up face is actually kind of cute, but there’s a marked difference in the aesthetic appeal of a cut across a cheekbone versus an allergy-induced bloody nose. “You’re nasty,” he says plainly, batting Peter’s hand away to hold a fresh crumpled up Starbucks napkin under his nose. “And a massive dork. But when you drown in your own nose blood, I promise to keep my striptease at your funeral to under five minutes.”
“ i’m nasty ?? ” peter repeats incredulously, and he rolls his eyes as a really convenient excuse to not look at johnny’s face while he holds the napkin. this if potentially the fifth dorkiest moment of his life, and shame on johnny for pointing that out. ass. “ yeah, keep it brief, alright ?? you’re not the only one who wants to get naked at my funeral -- isn’t that weird ?? but hey, you’re in good company. flash thompson has a really mournful set prepared, or so i’ve heard. ”
“oh you’re gonna be his… third favourite person, if you keep doing that. maybe second, if you bring a cheesesteak some time.” leon says with a laugh, not at all phased about wolf’s new snack. the drone takes him by surprise, and even though he masks it well leon can’t help but feel curious to get a closer look. “geez, what did you do with it? drop it off a building? toss it across the parking lot? honestly.” picking up the drone, leon holds it up so he can look over the mechanics. something is clearly damaged in there. but, he’s also fairly certain peter can handle this himself. he sure as hell could’ve back home - home for peter, at least. “you know i’m a busy guy, right? being your TA isn’t the only thing i’ve got going on.” okay, the sandwich is tempting, but not enough to distract him entirely. “the bribe is only gonna half-work. hot food next time. fried something-or-the-other. take notes. you couldn’t fix this thing yourself?”
peter opens and closes his hand in the universal symbol for blah-blah-blah. little twerpy brat. who does he remind peter of ?? oh yeah, like every dude with too much money and objective smarts. “ we’re all busy guys, leon. i’m asking for your help. ” peter gives a casual shrug, hands over a bag of chips too. “ those are technically fried, all yours. “ besides, this isn’t ta stuff. this is evil people stuff. ”
“ you know, ” peter begins, in a tone that suggests he’s gearing up for a complaint of epic proportions. he holds a wadded up ball of tissue under what’s left of a once-impressive nosebleed. “ i can jump off a building, no problem. but i stand up too fast during allergy season, and... ” as least the worst seems to have passed. extremely sexy of peter, really. “ can you imagine if that happened under the mask ?? johnny, i’d probably drown or something. ” a certain amount of dramatics is allowable in the life of a spider-man, right ?? right.
peter prides himself in having been in the game long enough to recognize a lot of people, in and out of costume. but this place is throwing him for a loop, with new faces cropping up every day. “ where’s -- ” peter doesn’t even bother to finish the questions. snoozers, losers. he offers the extra cup of coffee to his unexpected companion instead. “ hope you like cappuccinos. ” he extends his hand to shake. “ -- peter. you here to sign up for engineering, or ... ? ”
“he’s fine, he doesn’t bite. much. just don’t take that squeaky wrench toy, it’s his favourite and he will not take kindly to that.” leon says absently, referring to the dog. because of course he has a spot in their lab for his dog. how could he not? wolf goes everywhere with him, there’s no way he wouldn’t have a dedicated corner where leon spends most of his time. the eldest stark pushes his goggles up onto his forehead, shifting his attention away from his tinkering. “alright, let’s take a look.” nodding at the device in their hand, leon reaches out for it. “what did you do to it anyway? drop it? pull it apart? i mean i can fix it no problem, but i’d recommend not getting too hulk-y with your stuff next time.”
peter drops down on his haunches to the dog’s level and goes ahead and hands the magnificent beast a quarter of his sandwich. peter’s a lot of things, but he’s not the kind of monster who can eat in front of a dog without sharing. peter turns the small, pathetically-attempting-to-scuttle drone over in his hands a few times before putting it down on its back in front of leon. “ well, see, that’s the problem. i gotta try to repair it, so i can watch the footage && find out what happened. seemed way up your alley, partner. and, wait a second !! ” he fakes a gasp and takes out another parchment-wrapped sandwich out of his bag. “ what’s that? a delicious bribe? ”
Look, it’s [PETER PARKER] from earth-2327! I hear they go by [SPIDER-MAN] and they’re currently [AN ENGINEERING AND CHEMISTRY TEACHER]. I noticed they’re [RESILIENT], but also kinda [INDIVIDUALISTIC]. I can’t wait to see what they do next!
bro, i honestly don’t know what to put here. peter has such a rich and complicated history in the comics, that i could write for a year and never cover everything that might come up in playing him. we’ve all seen the fifteen adaptions of peter’s origin story.
i stick to 616 canon as much as possible, tho i may take a couple influences here and there from other mediums. that being said, i’ve ready a lot of peter stuff but no where near all of it. so i’m learning all the time and adjusting my characterization accordingly!
so, worth noting is that my peter has nothing to do w/ mcu peter. so the only thing i ask is that if you play an mcu character and you want to plot, you just talk to me first instead of assuming things about how our characters know each other. chances are, we can figure something out that works for both of our characterizations.
peter is vaguely associated w/ the avengers, but he prefers to work solo! in fact, he’s teamed up briefly w/ the avengers, the fantastic four, the new avengers, secret avengers, future foundation, the x-men. he’s done it all. he’s taught before at an incarnation of xavier’s school ( while it was going by the name of jean grey’s school ), so he’s pretty familiar w/ the job!
here at the academy, he teaches engineering. he’s pretty adept at chemistry, biology, and the practical application of all those things in medical fields. ya boy is pretty smart, but also 10000% a dumbass.
peter is stubborn and uncompromising and very much set in his ways, but he’s also the kind of person who’d give a total stranger the shirt off his back. but because he’s a pretty deliberate person, he truly believes that he’s in the right about 99.9% of the time, so getting a proper apology from him is an uphill battle.
typically speaking, i keep most major spider-man comic events/arcs canon, but there’s too many to list out, so ask if you have specific questions.