Aunt May is working a double shift. The fridge is empty. The landlord taped a third eviction notice to the door. Peter doesn't have the strength to peel it off.
"Mr. Delgado," Peter says, his voice cracking. "It’s 2 AM. Is everything okay?" Tu amigo y vecino Spider-Man Temporada 1 Dual 1...
Peter stares at the bag. His lower lip trembles. For a moment, the superhero facade dissolves. He is just a kid. A kid who is so tired of being strong. Aunt May is working a double shift
His spider-sense doesn't fire. It’s not a threat. It’s Mr. Delgado, the retired sanitation worker in 2B, dragging his oxygen tank across the linoleum floor at 2 AM. The old man has COPD. He lives alone. His wife died last spring. His son, a marine, was killed in an ambush in the Badghis province three years ago. Peter knows this because Mr. Delgado is the only neighbor who still leaves a light on for him. Peter doesn't have the strength to peel it off
He swings home not because he wants to, but because his body is on autopilot. He rips off his mask. The fabric is stiff with dried sweat and a thin crust of someone else's blood. He looks at his reflection in the dark window of his bedroom. He’s seventeen. He has the eyes of a fifty-year-old war veteran.