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Months after finally letting Michelle Jones-Watson go, Peter Parker begins settling into something he hasn’t had in years: an ordinary life. Between college, Spider-Man, and the quiet routines of New York City, he starts noticing the same woman every morning at his neighborhood coffee shop. They never speak. They simply keep passing one another until one awkward conversation changes everything. Arden Kelleher has spent years building a quiet life of her own after surviving a childhood forever tied to Frank Castle’s past. Independent by choice and guarded by habit, she’s learned that relying on people only makes it harder when they leave. Frank remains the one constant she’s ever had, and that’s exactly how she intends to keep it. As friendship slowly grows into something neither of them expected, Peter finds himself caught between the life he’s finally rebuilding and the secret he’s sworn to protect. The longer he waits to tell Arden the truth, the more impossible it becomes. When one quiet evening exposes every hidden connection between Peter, Spider-Man, Frank, and Arden at once, they’re forced to confront the question they’ve all spent years avoiding. Sometimes the hardest part isn’t finding the right person. It’s choosing to stop letting them pass by.