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Ever since arriving to Gotham just about a year ago, one Peter Grayson Parker had finally developed a new sense of normal. He had been able to become a new and improved Spider-man, he had a huge family who he adored more than anything in all the worlds. He had even been going to a fantastic school! The Parker Luck™️ hadn’t been cursing him for such a long time that he had started to wonder if maybe he’d been overthinking it. All this to say, life was good.
This was of course, until he walked into his first class of the day, only to be met with a permission slip for a field trip to Wayne Enterprises waiting for him on his desk.
Oh this was so Tim’s doing. Peter was going to have words with the boy later. Words that involved threatening his treasured energy drink stash.
The trip itself, was fine. It was the fact that Peter knew his family. He had survived enough prank wars with them to know that this was going to be anything but a simple field trip. Peter was suddenly regretting every life choice he had made that led him to this moment.
“Peter!” The Peter in question looked over to see Harry Osborn and Gwen Stacy, his two best friends waving the permission slip in his face.
Now, Peter adored his friends, he really, truly did. They were his people. The ones he could go to with any non-vigilante related problems. The ones who would drop whatever they were doing so they could all have a movie night if one of them had a bad day. He would do anything and everything for them. That being said, they were such assholes.
“Oh dude you are so screwed.” Harry laughed in his face. Yep, Peter thought, his friend were indeed assholes.
After voicing this opinion (fact) aloud and claiming that he’d just skip the trip, Gwen helpfully added on, “You do realize that you like… Have to go right?”
“Do not! it’s not mandatory or anything, and I’ll gladly do whatever extra work I have to do in order to get out of whatever sick and twisted trap my family planned for this to be. I’d rather keep my dignity intact, thank you.” Peter huffed and crossed his arms as he sat back in his seat. He did not care what repercussions he faced if he skipped this trip. If there’s one thing he can count on, it’s that field trips and Parker Luck, historically, do not go well together.
“I mean yeah sure you could do that, but Flash would never let you hear the end of it. He already thinks you’re faking being apart of the Wayne family.”
Ah shit. Harry had a point there. Apparently Eugene ‘Flash’ Thompson being his mortal enemy was simply a fact across all universes. Back in his original universe, the boy had never been convinced of Peter’s Stark Industries internship. This version of him was no different, and refused to believe that someone as weak and pathetic as Peter could ever have been apart of the Wayne Family. It unfortunately didn’t help matters that Bruce and Dick were dead-set against the media knowing about Peter’s existence. His dad hadn’t wanted him to deal with the stress of the paparazzi, and their uncanny resemblance would raise to many questions that could not easily be answered.
Peter didn’t even want anyone to know that he was part of the Waynes! His classmates only found out because one of them had seen him, Tim, and Duke hanging out and had promptly put the pieces of his last name and appearance together to figure out who his lineage was. Flash had heard these rumors and decided that Peter himself had made it up for attention, and held this supposed fact over his head constantly.
“You ask a wizard for a favor one time…” Peter mumbled into his hands. “Okay so then what bright ideas do you guys have?”
“Moving away and making a new identity can’t be too difficult. I hear that Metropolis is great this time of year!” Gwen patted him on his back reassuringly, it did not work.
“‘Sup Penis!” Flash yelled as he walked right in front of Peter’s desk, because apparently every version of Flash across universes had the same level of creativity with their name calling.
“I do not want to hear it Eugene.” Peter deadpanned as Gwen and Harry tried (and failed) to contain their laughter.
“Why? ‘Cos you know that all your lies will come out? That everyone will learn just how desperate for attention you are, Penis?” Flash sneered at him with the confidence of a boy who didn’t nickname himself Flash.
“Yep, sure that’s exactly why I changed my last name. Y’know for the attention? That also must be why I refused to confirm everyone’s suspicions for months!”
Before the two could go on, Ms. Wesley started the class with explaining the trip. It was to be taking place that coming Friday. The trip was granted to their class directly by the CEO. (gee, who woulda thought?) Ms. Wesley made sure they understood what a valuable opportunity this was and to take full advantage of it. Which would be why, the trip was mandatory.
Curse Peter for saying it wasn’t, he had completely jinxed himself. Parker Luck wasn’t even to blame, just his own stupidity and lack of wood to knock on.
Harry and Gwen spent the rest of class excitedly chatting about the trip, as Peter planned all the ways he could make the 18 year old CEO pay while simultaneously not destroying his dignity in the process.