﹒⌗ ┊ Peter Parker is used to being overlooked. Elias Carter is used to everyone noticing him. On paper, they shouldn't have much in common. Peter is awkward, overworked, and carrying the impossible weight of being New York's friendly neighborhood Spider-Man. Elias is Midtown's star athlete: endlessly kind, effortlessly popular, and known for treating everyone with the same warmth, whether they're captain of a team or sitting alone at lunch. When a simple friendship begins over shared lunches, homework help, and late afternoons in the school library, Peter discovers there's far more to Elias than his easy smile. Beneath his confident exterior is someone quietly navigating his own questions about love, identity, and the expectations everyone has placed on him. Elias, in turn, begins to see through Peter's endless excuses and mysterious disappearances—not with suspicion, but with patience and trust. Their bond grows slowly, built on countless ordinary moments that become extraordinary because they're shared together. But Peter's two lives can't stay separate forever. As villains become more dangerous and Spider-Man's battles leave deeper scars, keeping his secret means pushing away the one person who makes him feel safest. Meanwhile, Elias finds himself falling for someone who always seems to be running toward danger, even when no one else notices. A story about first love, hidden identities, quiet acts of kindness, and two boys discovering that the strongest relationships aren't built on grand gestures, but on choosing each other, day after day—even when the truth threatens to change everything. ‧₊˚