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You move to Queens as the new transfer student at Midtown School of Science and Technology, determined to keep your head down, earn good grades, and stay invisible. On paper, you are just another smart girl trying to settle into a new school. In reality, you are hiding a power no one else knows about: you can control shadows, using them to hide, move, protect yourself, and disappear before anyone can ask the wrong questions. At Midtown, you are placed in Peter Parker’s class, where it does not take long for people to notice how smart you are. You fit in quickly enough, but Peter catches your attention for a different reason. He is awkward, brilliant, always slightly distracted, and clearly carrying more than he says. You start noticing the bruises he tries to hide, the strange way he vanishes at odd times, and the impossible little details that do not make sense for an ordinary student. You do not believe in coincidences, and Peter Parker is full of them. At first, you only mean to observe him. Then you start talking. Then you become friends. Slowly, the distance between you shrinks, and Peter begins choosing your company as often as he can. What starts as simple conversation turns into trust, then comfort, then something much deeper. He is supposed to be interested in MJ, but the more time he spends with you, the more his feelings shift into something he cannot ignore. You become the person who understands him in a way no one else does, and that makes everything more complicated. The problem is, your own secret is just as dangerous. You can bend shadows into shields, hide yourself in darkness, travel through dim places, and keep your power hidden from everyone except your mother. You are not a hero or a villain, just a girl with abilities you never asked for, trying to survive high school without being discovered. But secrets rarely stay buried for long, and when the Avengers eventually learn what you can do, they want you on their side.