After the world forgets Peter Parker, he starts over alone: college classes, overdue bills, late-night patrols, and absolutely no intention of letting anyone get close enough to lose again. Then Spider-Man nearly bleeds out on Y/N’s fire escape. She patches him up without asking for his identity, and Peter makes the mistake of coming back. Again. And again. Soon, midnight emergencies turn into study sessions, relentless flirting, stolen touches, and Peter’s homemade suit AI, E.V.I.E., loudly announcing every elevated heartbeat Y/N causes. But while Peter is busy falling hopelessly in love, Spider-Man is hunting Silas Vale, a human weapons dealer building an empire from stolen Stark, Chitauri, Damage Control, and Mysterio technology. And when Silas begins studying Spider-Man instead of simply fighting him, he discovers the one thing Peter has tried desperately not to give anyone: Someone to use against him. Peter Parker already sacrificed everyone he loved to save the world once. This time, he has to learn that loving someone doesn’t make him weak. Sometimes, it just gives him somewhere to come home to.
