( Peter feels a little guilty to even ask. it's a heavy enough secret for him to carry, and it's his secret. putting that burden on someone else feels bad, especially when he can painfully recollect what happened to the last person he told. there aren't supervillains here, maybe, but it hasn't even been a year since Harry threw Gwen to her death. technically one could argue what happened with Harry had been because of the secrets, but... it's also easy to argue what happened with Harry happened because of his secret identity and a willingness to hurt others to hurt him. two sides of the same ugly coin.
how to explain why he kept a secret vigilante identity to a 12 year old? Peter sighs, head dropping and hands splaying across the back of his neck as he takes a steadying breath. )
Maybe some of them would. But not everybody. And those were the ones I was worried about. ( the people that would lash out at his loved ones. the people that would see what he could do as an opportunity to hurt others instead of help them. ) It keeps people safer when they don't know who I am. Back home I wore a mask when I... ( what word to even use??? superheroed sounds so pretentious. vigilanted sounds way scarier than it actually was. ) When I used my powers.
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( Peter feels a little guilty to even ask. it's a heavy enough secret for him to carry, and it's his secret. putting that burden on someone else feels bad, especially when he can painfully recollect what happened to the last person he told. there aren't supervillains here, maybe, but it hasn't even been a year since Harry threw Gwen to her death. technically one could argue what happened with Harry had been because of the secrets, but... it's also easy to argue what happened with Harry happened because of his secret identity and a willingness to hurt others to hurt him. two sides of the same ugly coin.
how to explain why he kept a secret vigilante identity to a 12 year old? Peter sighs, head dropping and hands splaying across the back of his neck as he takes a steadying breath. )
Maybe some of them would. But not everybody. And those were the ones I was worried about. ( the people that would lash out at his loved ones. the people that would see what he could do as an opportunity to hurt others instead of help them. ) It keeps people safer when they don't know who I am. Back home I wore a mask when I... ( what word to even use??? superheroed sounds so pretentious. vigilanted sounds way scarier than it actually was. ) When I used my powers.