[Midtown High – Library]
Queens, New York City
May 23, (2015)
Friday, 1:23 p.m.
Peter was sitting at a corner table, buried in his science textbook, scribbling notes and muttering formulas to himself. He was deep in his nerdy zone, glasses slightly slipping down his nose.
Suddenly, a voice called out from across the aisle.
"Hey, you."
Peter looked up and saw Riley standing there, holding a thick book just out of her reach on the top shelf.
"Can you pick that book for me?" she asked with a small smile.
Peter blinked, caught off guard, but nodded quickly.
"Sure, sure."
He stood, stretched, and reached up to grab the book. When he handed it to her, their fingers brushed for a brief moment — and suddenly both froze, eyes locking for just a second. That awkward, cute silence where neither knew what to say.
"I.. Uhh.. Never saw you around.. uhmm.. which Grade?" Peter asked up nervously.
"Grade 9B," Riley finally replied, her cheeks slightly pink. "Thanks," She immediately looks down to the carpeted Library floor.
Peter: (clearing throat) "I've never noticed you in class.." he said in a cute and awkward manner.
Riley looks at peter again, clearly enjoying this awkward moment, she says after a Pause.
Riley: (after a long pause) "Me neither.."
pauses again and looks away she's dying shy at this point, her face redens more.
"I never noticed you in class too y'know,"
she was so shy at this point that her whole face was burning red, at this point, she just wanting to kill herself at her own shyness.
Peter: (voice cracking) "A–Uhh No problem."
She smiled softly and walked off. Peter watched her go, feeling something new stirring inside him. Like the world between them just stopped, butterflies in his stomach, shivers down his spine, his whole body was tensed and cold sweating.
Peter: (Hugging himself, breathing heavily) "BRRR... MAN I'M SHAKING" (whole body shivering) "Sss... hhaahh..! DUUDE? Alright calm down Parker your fine"
After a couple of minutes his shivers stop, and his body is feeling normal.
Peter: (frowning, complaining) " I should've asked her out or like exchange phone numbers... Damn itt,"
He smacked the library shelf and the books fell. As the librarian rushed towards him, Peter feels a hand on his shoulder.
Librarian: (Lashing out) "young man, Put those back" (her tone serious, a bit of annoyance).
Peter: (snaps out of his thoughts) "Ohh"
Peter: (embarrassed) "Ohhh.. I'm sorry Mrs librarian."
She sighs... as she puts her hand on her hip, looking at peter with a bit of annoyance.
Librarian: (clearly annoyed) "Just look out next time. Hurry up and wrap this up, and keep it low this is a library," (respectfully)
[Green Residence – Living Room]
Brooklyn, New York City
May 23, (2015)
Friday, 4:00 p.m.
Riley walked through the front door, tired but with a small smile still lingering. In the living room, her parents were cuddled up on the couch, and Evelyn was sitting on Emily's lap, eyes glued to the movie on TV.
Emily: (warmly) "Welcome back! How was school?"
Riley(Froze, mutters) "Y–yeah, yeah? It was nice."
Her parents smiled and invited her to join them, but Riley just shook her head.
Riley: (rushing upstairs) "Just gonna sleep, Goodnight Mom, Daad and also Evelyn," (closes her door) "Finallyyyy.."
She tossed her school bag aside and just jumped on her bed, laying on her belly, and after a while she just turned around, she drifted to sleep.
[Green Residence – Living Room]
Queens, New York City
May 23, (2015)
Friday, 7:42 p.m.
After her afternoon nap, she got up ate dinner downstairs, watching a movie with Evelyn for a while as she slept being tired, and saying her parents Goodnight, she went upstairs to her room.
Riley lies belly-down on her bed, legs swaying absentmindedly. Her face buried half in the pillow, the other half lit up by her phone screen. She groans softly.
Riley: (self–whispering) "Why am I like this... ughhh..."
She scrolls through Midtown High's student portal, biting her lip. After a few minutes of clicking through names, her thumb freezes.
Riley: (smiling softy) "There you are..."
She taps the image — and up pops the school ID. Her heart skips.
Beat...
Midtown School of Science & Technology
Student ID Card,,
Name: Peter Benjamin. Parker
Studen ID #: 005816SP
Grade: 9
Age: 14
Date of Birth: August 10, 2001
Enrollment year: 2015
Homeroom: 9B - Science Track
Advisor: Mr. Harrington
Adress: Queens, New York City
Emergency contact: May Parker
Photo: [Imagine a typical school photo of Peter: awkward smile, hoodie, slightly messy hair.]
Barcode:
Issue Date: September 4, 2015
Valid Thru: June 2026
Beat...
Riley: (Cheeks burning, heart racing, whispered) "P–Peter.. Peter Parker."
Riley just stares at the screen. Her thumb traces lightly over his picture. She smiles — wide, shy, stupidly happy.
She rolls onto her back, hugging the phone to her chest like it's some prized secret.
RILEY:(purely mutters) "I like you, Peter Parker... and I don't even know why."
Beat...
She stills smiles, she kisses the picture as well, putting her phone on her chest, putting an arm over her eyes covering them, she's burning red, feeling shivers especially her spine, butterflies in her stomach, heartbeart fastening, she fits her phone again seeing his Picture and kisses it again,
Riley: (smiling stupidly) "I–I..Idk, I just Love you..!" (Cringing) "I–I did not just say that.. Ugghhhh..! This is soo frustrating."
Her cheeks are totally flushed her heart beating like crazy, she doesn't know why, and her body is still shivering, she's smiling like crazy.
Riley: (whispering, covering face) "God, I sound like such a creep."
She laughs into the pillow and squeals softly. The room goes quiet, her mind racing. The butterflies refuse to calm down. She closes her eyes, whispering...
Riley: (pouting) "...please.. please please..! don't think I'm weird when you find out."
She hugs the pillow tighter. Riley: (hugging her pillow tighter) "Hhmmnn...haahh," (digging more into the pillow) "I–I wanna you again.., Peter." (chuckling stupidity)
She couldn't stop thinking about him. Her heart raced, and a smile spread across her face as she felt that unmistakable rush — the buzz of liking someone as they make her spine shiver and she felt like a total stupid girl.
Riley (Frustrated) "Aughhhh... this is not what I expected"(muttered against the pillow) "I hate this feeling" (pouting against it)
She smiles as she took in all this information, she jumps on the bed in excitement, eventually stops, feeling butterflies in her stomach. That night she couldn't sleep just thought about Peter and her interaction with him, Her thoughts filled with questions like, what should I wear, should I tell him.., What if he asked me how I got her name.., Will he feel the same. Her mind was filled with questions.
Riley: (covering her face) "I-I'm.. so dumb" (burning red) "What's he gonna think about me٫ A mad spy?.."
she laughed at herself. and sighs throwing her back onto the back, closing her eyes.
Riley: (looking at the ceiling) "I..I really want you here, Peter Parker," (muttered softly, and fell asleep)
MEANWHILE...
Peter just watching the avengers save the world in his room. He feels a chill down his spine and sneezes.
Peter: (pondering) "I think someone's remembering me... Hmmmn?." (pausing the video on his laptop) "Yeahh it's probably Ned."
He just brushes it off, unpauses the video, watching the avengers beat Ultron in sokovia, his eyes locked in, capturing every moment.
Peter: (wishing he was an Avenger too) "Iron Man's so cool Mann.."
He closes his laptop and places it to his side table, yawning
Peter: (Yawning) "Well Peter, time for bed"
he stretched his body, letting out a relieved sigh, and threw his back on the bed crossing both of his arms behind his head, looking at the ceiling. And for a Brief moment he remembers that library encounter and smiles. Then he moves to his right one hand beneath his cheek and closes his eyes, picturing that moment.
Peter: (sighed deeply, and whispers) "It was cute" falls asleep.
[D.O.D.C. Facility – Central Operations]
Staten Island, New York City
May 23, (2015)
Friday, 10:45 p.m.
Max Green stood in a sleek, sterile hallway, the hum of machines filling the air. Adrian Toomes appeared from a nearby door, his presence confident and commanding.
(extending hand) "Hi, I'm Adrian and your supposed to be... Dr. Max,"
Max: (shaking his hand) "Yes, I'm Dr.Max and you must be Mr Toomes am I right?" (asking calm and collectively)
He looks at Max with a proud look. They both make the handshake tighter more making it more affirming.
Adrian: (smiling) "Great to have you in the team, welcome to the team soldier."
Max shook his hand, a small smile playing on his lips.
Max: (smiling) "I'm here for more than just the money,"
Adrian: (nodded knowingly) "You want access to the real tech—the alien stuff Stark's hiding. With me, you'll get it all. Power, resources, and more."
Max felt a spark of excitement. Though he already had a good life as a Stark scientist, this was a chance to take things to the next level.
Max: (He looked Adrian in the eye) "Let's get to work."
Adrian:(grinwidened) "Good. Because this is just the beginning, this is bussiness baby"
[Vulture's Lair – Main Chamber]
Staten Island, New York City
May 23, (2015)
Friday, 11:43 p.m.
Adrian drives to the hideout {Vultures lair} around showing the place. Max's eyes hover over the alien tech they've created truly amazed. His thoughts full of his new cloning system formula he created working the past 2 days in secrecy. His family is clueless of this.
Adrian Introduces Phineas Mason {The tinkerer}, and shows him some alien teched weapons. Max knew he came just to the right place. His smile turns into a mischievous smirk.
Max: (grinning slightly) "This is it Adrian.. this is where Starks demise begins.. once the cloning machine is built by this alien tech who knows what will happen."
Adrian and Max both were driven with Stark's hatered, they both had the same mindset and got along pretty quickly.
Phineas interrupts their weapon testing session.
Phineas: (explaining breifly) "Max this machine could take 1-3 years depending on how less stark tech we have, and after that we have to contain the clone in a container. And also we need someone's DNA for the procedure."
Adrian looked at him, clearly annoyed by the interruption. Max also looking towards Phineas.
Both say:(staring at him) "We know that" .
Phineas: (brushing it off) "Yeah, okay just mentioning, y'know...hahah"
Totally overwhelmed by them.
Adrian places his hand on Max's shoulder
"Come on we got testing to do"
Max: (nodding) "Sure thing"
They tested out alien tech and weapons, Adrian explains his hatered for Tony Stark and they both have a moment together. Moment of Stark's hated, discussing about their plans.
After a long talk between the two.
Adrian puts his hand on Max's shoulder
Adrian (reassuring him) "Well make Stark pay for this."
Max: (nodding) "Hmm, yeah"
For a moment Max remembers his and Emily's emotional moment, her tears streaming down slowly, It's the sight that left him think for once STOP.. her screams played in his head STOP MAX.. But Max was driven by hatred for Stark, and the suffering caused him and his family.
Adrian snaps his finger, snapping him out of his thoughts.
Adrian: (casually) "You Alright?"
Max: (sighing) "Just family Problems y'know,"
Adrian: (pattinghisback) "Snap out of it, were doing this for our families, to feed them to defend them, to protect them," (smiles)
Max: (smiles slightly) "yeah, your right Adrian, this is all for my family and what Stark's actions caused us," (for a moment his eyes burned with Stark's hatred)
Adrian pats him again, letting out a laugh.
Adrian: (cheering up) "There you go, now come let's get to work"
They both enter the hideout again and he starts working with Phineas on the S.C.D {Superior Cloning Device}, blueprints scattered around the table, his last 2 days of reasearch, all the data, they both disscussed about it, Starting the building Precedure with Phineas. Adrian goes out with Jackson Brice {Shocker #1} to salvage more alien tech.
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