"Caught in the Web of the Spider."

"Is she going to be alright?" Sue asked from a loveseat near the back of the room. She was curled up with a good book dressed in a nice blue sweater that matched her eyes and yoga pants that cupped her ass.

I sighed, "no clue," I replied with few words. She nodded and returned to her book. Ever since….that kiss, she and I didn't know how to act with each other. So far no one has commented on it, but I suppose it's only a matter of time.

I looked around, "where's Johnny...with Liz?"

Ben scoffed, "yup."

"And what about you Ben? Doctor lady out of town?" I asked with a sly smile as I grabbed a cup and poured myself a cup of black coffee.

"Betty's out of state, visiting her mother," Ben grunted, "she'll be back by christmas."

"Nice, got her a present?"

"No...should I?"

"Oh yes," Sue spoke up with a smile, "get her….a book? I don't know."

"Oh I know!" I smirked, "rock climbing gear!"

"Peter!" Sue snapped.

"Ah! Good one kid," Ben chuckled, "I'm writing that one down!"

I smirked, "se Sue, no harm, unlike Johnny I'm funny," I walked to the lounge and stopped, I looked around. The other sofa was covered with books, and apparently Johnny decided to be a little fire bug because the rest of the sofa's all had freaking burn marks on it the shape of his ass!

I looked over, Sue noticed my plight and moved over. "Thanks," I told her stiffly as I sat down next to her, the love seat left very little room for us to move. I sipped my coffee as I looked at the book she was reading, "Mocking bird huh?" Ha, that's kind of funny. Considering I was talking with an agent who would one day be called just that.

Sue nodded, "yeah, finally got around to reading it."

I nodded, "hm, a book where a man is persecuted because he's different and one man stands up to defend him."

"Yeah," Sue sighed, "too bad he's also a racist."

I blinked, "what?"

Sue smiled, "yeah, Arcticus was a racist, but he was an even bigger believer in the law. So kind of a two way split."

"No shit," I grumbled sipping my coffee.

"So kid, any plans for the holidays?" Ben asked.

"Honestly? No," I sighed, "May and Ben are staying put. My dad as you know is with SHIELD trying to help them track down anyone he saw with Wyndham and well...I'm just here."

"No you're not, you have us," Sue said quickly before she realised it. We looked at each other, she blushed and spoke, "all of us. You can spend Christmas with us if you want."

I smiled, "thanks Sue. I appreciate it. And I just might take you up on that." She smiled and returned to her book.

I sat there so some time, I just thought. With Rosey in the hospital would Otto come after her? Would he come after his wife or would he go after Norman who ruined his life? What would he do?

I sighed, 'why am I even thinking about this? This isn't my business any more. Bobbi has this, she can sort it out.'

And then a small voice in my head asked me, 'do you really believe that? Moron.'

I sighed, 'even in my own head I'm an asshole.' But I didn't know what I was supposed to do. What? Just put on my mask and jacket the moment trouble rises? I'm not Peter, I don't feel as if every single thing in my fault, it's not my job, not any more.

I sighed and got up, walking away. Sue looked up from her book, "where are you going?"

"Lab, I need to do some work, ideal hands and all that," I called out behind me.

I entered my lab and locked the door behind me. Nearly everything that had been broken had been replaced. My terminal and computer were fine, but the machine I used had to go. Luckily I still had all my files saved and on record, so I didn't lose any work.

I turned everything on and immediately the blueprints for my latest project was up on display before me as a hologram. A gun, no bigger than a glock. Expect this one didn't fire bullets, this one was the next version of my emp gun.

I made a few modifications. It had two settings, one was EMP mode where it shot out a concentrated beam of magnetic energy that fired any circuits it touched and the other converted that magnetic energy into electrical energy, causing it to act like a stun gun.

And I had made it with Otto in mind. In case he ever went crazy. Why?...I don't have an answer.

I eyed the model before sighing, 'fuck it, might as well get this over with,' I went around the lab grabbed my tools, I had a weapon to build.

It was two hours later when I was done. I called it my Spider gun, real original right? I placed the newly made weapon on my table and eyed it.

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