There was a small moment between her lips pressing against Peter’s and Peter leaning into the kiss that Lexi feared he would pull back from everything out of depression. If he couldn’t get passed this now, he would never get passed it. But after feeling his hands on her hips and his lips pressing more firmly against his, she relaxed knowing that everything would be okay.

Pulling back from the kiss, she gave him a gentle smile in response to his comments. Her hands played gently with his hair. “Good.” She said with a nod. After a moment of looking gently into Peter’s eyes she stepped back and took his hand. “Come on, now that that’s over with. It’s probably a good idea that we join Matt and Aunt May downstairs. He made it clear to me on the way over that the topic involved both of you.” 

Matt was sitting across from May and looked as though he had just finished speaking. Leaning back in the chair he was playing with his cane as he heard the footsteps coming down the stairs. Something that was rather light weight which was surprising and a heavier footed young man. Both hearts were raising, stress was relieved and replaced by a sense of urgency. “Good of you two to join us.”

“Peter…” May said looking up at her nephew with disbelief in her eyes before looking back at Matt.

“Please sit down,” Matt said gesturing towards the couch before beginning to speak, “I’ll keep this brief. In the law world, there is a rule to not get involved in cases you have a personal connection with. So that being said, I have come to help with a case that involves you and your lovely aunt here… The cookies were great by the way… It’s speaking in regards to the man killed Ben. He’s been caught.” Matt tossed his cane up gently and caught it. “This guy’s a real character and has killed more than just Ben. But the problem with this guy is he always seems to be able to get away with it. But this time, now that he was caught… and the fact that I’m here, he won’t get away with it this time. But it will require help from both of you…” With that he caught his cane a final time and leaned forward, his hands wrapped along the top and his empty eyes staring in the direction of the throbbing heart of Peter Parker. “Tell me Peter, are you up for the challenge?”