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Chapter 1: "I thought you were dead!" "I got better..?"
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Chapter Text
Peter woke with a start on a cold, hard table. The air was cool and his body was stiff and cold. It took him a moment to process his surroundings, taking in the clean, sterile environment. It looked like some type of hospital room or something. Nevermind that thought, where the hell was he? Last he remembered, Dr.Stra- no, Stephen was completing his spell to make everyone forget Peter Parker, make them forget him. But… his memories after that were fuzzy, distorted.
Peter couldn’t recall what happened after that. It felt like the details were there, but out of reach. It only made his head throb with a dull ache. Shaking his head slightly, he sat up, and just now realized the other person in the room with him. They looked and smelled terrified beyond their wits as they stared at him wide-eyed. Taking a closer look at some of the equipment in the room, Peter felt his stomach sink. Wasn’t… wasn’t this stuff used to prepare dead bodies?
Shit. Was he dead? No, that couldn’t be right. He was awake, alive, and felt very much not dead. Still, judging by the toe tag on his foot and the person’s, who he figures is the mortician, horrified face, he was very much perceived as dead. Peter could only chuckle awkwardly, a hand raising to rub at the back of his neck.
“So, uh, the important thing is not to freak out…” He spoke to the person as he swung his legs off the table. The towel that had been draped over his hips for some sense of privacy falling away. Oh wow, he was very much naked.