warnings: spiderman far from home spoilers!! swearing
description: headcanons about flash discovering that his classmate, peter parker, is actually, his idol, spiderman
note: i wrote this in one sitting, but the thing that took longest was the cursed image u will see later on
lets get one thing fucking straight, flash thompson is a spiderman stan, okay?
his blog is the main evidence of that, but he also talks about the hero every chance that he gets.
it’s all “spider-man” this, and “spider-man” that, and “spider-man actually has a really nice butt, you can tell he works out a lot”
even zach, (who’s his best friend and has accepted his obsession) gets a little bit annoyed sometimes
flash doesn’t care though, he admires the hero and isn’t afraid to let everyone know about it
until, one day, while he’s sitting in his room listening to music (trying to appreciate life after he almost died), he gets a google alert for spider-man
the headline shocks him, but the video made by the psycho who tried to kill him, shocks him even more.
peter parker is spider-man
peter. his peter. the poor peter, who he teases and ruffles his hair whenever they pass each other in the hallway
that peter, is spider-man
which, after the inital shock doesn’t seem that impossible to him. in his notebook where he collects all the information he knows about spider-man, he had concluded that the web-slinger was definitely young, male, and still in school.
it wasn’t that hard to figure out, most of the high schools in the city let out at 3:00 PM, and by 3:15, spider-man always made an appearance
spider-man was in washington, and in europe (under the guise of night monkey) and he saved flash and all of his friends at the end of their trip
so, it was looking a bit less like impossible and more like, really fucking obvious
first, came the embarrassment
if peter is actually who mysterio says he is, then that means that he had been teasing one of the only people he looks up to
spider-man, who he loves, and peter, who he does not love (and if you asked him, he’d furiously deny it) are the same fucking person
shit
so yeah, that hurts his heart a little bit. he freaks out, and debates on whether or not he should text his classmate, but decides against it
because then, came the realization
spider-man peter saved him even though flash was a dick to him. peter is,,, not as bad as he once thought
and spider-man is just greater than ever- a true hero that can put aside petty fights in order to do the right thing
which leads to, the plan.
now, flash has thousands of followers- not only on his personal account, but on his spider-man blog as well. and a lot of those followers have been blowing up his phone, asking him what he thinks about the ‘revealed identity of spider-man!!??”
he replies to one message only, and tells them that tomorrow he will be filming a youtube video with his thoughts on the situation
that night (which was probably one of the most eventful of his life, and he’s almost died, like four times) flash makes a long list of evidence for both spider-man, and peter
two days later, hundreds of thousands of people receive a notification for a youtube video titled, “Spider-Man is NOT Peter Parker (Mysterio video DEBUNKED with PROOF!)”
“look, i know peter parker personally, and there is no way that a kid as normal as him is spider-man!”
“first of all, mysterio is an crazy asshole who tried to kill me. why would anyone believe what he says? spider-man actually saved peter’s life, i think that might be why mysterio targeted him- to get back at spider-man! i’m making sense, people!”
“spider-man’s suit is clearly high tech and expensive, and peter doesn’t have a lot of money- believe me, i’ve been to his house- so how would he be able to afford a suit that looks as classy as spider-man’s?? he wouldn’t be! because he’s not spider-man!”
“here, we have a picture of spider-man without his mask on. i only managed to get a snap of the back of his neck before spider-man saw me, but there’s a clear mole on the back of his neck. here’s a picture of the back of peter’s neck- no mole!!”
“on my list of evidence, i have written that spider-man stands at 5′11, i got this information by being close to him during many life or death situations. but peter, is only 5′6- he’s a fellow short king, like myself. unless you’re ant-man, you can’t make yourself grow and shrink on command.”
“you guys can believe anything you want, but the evidence has been supplied for you to know the truth. do i think peter parker is spider-man?” flash laughs, “no way!”
relief spreads over him when he watches several people comment, ‘i knew this was fake’
he sends a link of the video to peter, along with a message saying, “your secret is safe with me”
if he could do anything to make up for his before, it was this.
a few minutes later, he gets a reply.
“thank you, flash. im serious, this means a lot.”
the brown skinned boy smiles, he wasn’t messing around when he said spider-man inspires him to be a better man. now, he can add someone else to that list.
