mj approaches slowly , not finding the scenery or the situation odd nor unfamiliar . how many times has she been to the cemetery to bring peter home ? how many times have aunt may called just to say “he’s there again” ? and how many times have ned and her talked about whose turn is it to coax the guy to be away from his regret and a life he could’ve had that’s been buried six feet under ? too many , that’s how . but mj never relents . never complaints . no even once . she doesn’t think she can . being spiderman , being peter parker — a boy with his heart so full for the world and yet so many tragedies upon his life ... the least mj can do is stand by his side , make sure queens’ own avenger stays alive .
even if mj couldn’t remember the last time peter picks up his mask after gwen’s gone . and she’s been gone for months . ❝ hey , loser . ❞ she announces , despite knowing that peter has already spotted her from far away , and sighs . yes , mj is never tire of this sight . she can be may’s beck-and-call every time whenever the old woman needs help summoning peter home , but — that doesn’t mean mj likes what she sees . she doesn’t want peter to be sad ‘till he rots away , but... it doesn’t seem peter’s planning to do anything else . she directs her attention to the grave , coming closer to fix the flowers that must’ve been left by either peter or the stacys : ❝ 'sup , gwen . you been keeping him busy ? c’mon that ain’t too nice . ned’s been missing his boyfriend . they were gonna build more legos . ❞
and to think months ago , mj has the galls to be jealous of the blonde girl . if she’d known it would be this way ... — no. mj can’t think like that . nobody had known . and peter had tried . she knew this . she’s always known this . ❝ hey , i’m gonna , uh . i’m gonna have to take him home now , okay ? he needs to eat . been gettin’ a lil skinny lately , i’ve been mistaking him with a shrimp . so — see you around , stace . ❞ and mj gets back up to her feet again , finally faces peter . and on her face isn’t exactly a smile , but it isn’t a glare or a grimace either . it’s a face filled with a promise : that mj will probably always be there , no matter how pathetic or sad that is , because she’s signed up for this the moment they let her in on the spiderman secret — and it’s not in her nature to just back off . ❝ let’s go home , peter . ❞
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