“What makes you say that? I have been sleeping just fine!” Of course, that was a lie but why would he outwardly confess to being so sleep deprived from having nightmares almost every day due to Titan
Carlos wasn’t really convinced. He wasn’t a stranger to insomnia, even if his own was brought on by working too much.
“You, uh… seem unsteady, Spidey,” Carlos admitted. “The way you landed a minute ago… it just seemed strange. I might be the only one who noticed, but… I’m sorry, if I”m sounding like a dad or something. I’m just a little concerned…”
“You… you uh saw that?” He asked a handing coming to rest behind his head as he sighs heavily. “No… no, you’re fine, and you’re right I haven’t been getting much sleep.” Peter nods with the wave of his hand.
Sitting with his legs dangling over the roof, Peter pats the space beside him so Carlos could join him. “Truthfully I’ve been having troubles sleeping yuh know? Seventeen years old and I’m already losing sleep over traumas. You know sometimes… sometimes this whole Spider Man thing isn’t all that fun.”
Carlos was a little surprised when the spot was offered to him, but he reasoned that if Spidey thought he was in danger he could handle Carlos with no trouble. He sat down, though not facing the same way as Spidey (Spider-man had webs to catch him if he suddenly peeled over, but Carlos didn’t) and instead with his back to the city.
He perked up in attention however at what Spidey said. “You’re seventeen?“ he asked. “You’re so young… I’d assumed you were at least twenty.”
Peter gave a small laugh at that a bit surprised but thankful none the less that someone had thought he was older than seventeen. Tony always treated him like a kid, he was nearly an adult now. “Yeah, no just your regular seventeen year old with superpowers. Thanks for thinking I was older than that, maybe I should just start telling people I’m older no ones really terrified of someone who’s seventeen.” he laughs.
“So what are you doing out this late anyway? I mean you’re probably older than I am, but you do know it’s dangerous out at night yeah? That venom guy is running around yuh know?”
Carlos frowned. “Well, uh, this is my apartment building,” Carlos said. “The International Space Station is supposed to pass over New York tonight and I was hoping my telescope could pick it up. But, uh… it’s been difficult, for obvious reasons. I have a job interview tomorrow though so I’m not able to leave the city to try and do some proper stargazing.”
He looked at Spider-man. “Do you think he’d get up here? Venom, I mean? This is a pretty seedy neighborhood, admittedly, but there’s nothing really of importance over here. No banks or anything…”
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