[Toos looked at the two and said, "Well! I'm your driver tonight, so let's get on the road and continue this fashion show!"]
[But Doris had other plans. "No, no, no! First, we need so pictures, baby! Oh! Here we go—perfect!"]
[She grabbed a cara from the table and gestured for the two of them to get closer. "Alright, Peter, co on! Get in here!"]
[Peter stood beside Liz, but he couldn't help glancing nervously at Toos, who stood beside them. Doris snapped several photos.]
[Toos noticed sothing strange in Peter's gaze—like the kid recognized him. There was sothing off about his eyes.]
[After the photos were taken, Peter was eager to make a quick exit. "Sir, you don't have to drive us!"]
[Toos waved him off. "No, no, no, it's no big deal. I'm heading out of town anyway—this is right on my way."]
[Doris rolled her eyes. "He's always coming and going." Then, leaning toward Liz, she whispered with a smile, "He's so cute!"]
[Toos overheard and, in an amused yet firm tone, said, "This is the last ti, I promise."]
[Saying goodbye to Doris, he turned to Peter, smirked, and called out, "Alright, let's go, Pedro!"]
Otto and the others burst into laughter at Toos' repeated misnaming of Peter.
"He clearly doesn't like his daughter having a boyfriend. He's deliberately getting the na wrong," first-gen Spider-Man comnted.
"At least Gwen's father could rember my na," he added, relieved.
Gwen, however, raised an eyebrow. "Peter, let's be real—no one ever rembers your na."
"Not necessarily! Look, Toos pretended to forget it!" Otto chuckled, nudging the two of them.
"NO! Otto, Toos did it on purpose. He absolutely rembers his na," Rose pointed out, smirking.
Otto sighed. "Rose, don't ruin my fun!"
anwhile, Hill studied Peter's face on the screen, frowning slightly. "He's terrible at hiding his emotions. Toos already senses sothing is off. Guys like him are very perceptive."
"He's still too young and untrained," Nick Fury comnted, setting his docunts aside. "That's why I had Natasha train the kid."
Coulson, however, ca to Peter's defense. "Honestly, if anyone found out their girlfriend's dad was their mortal enemy, they'd react sohow. You can't bla the kid for looking rattled."
"True," Hill agreed. "But his reaction is a little too obvious."
Coulson had no argunt for that.
[In the car, Liz used her phone's mirror to adjust her makeup while Peter sat stiffly, staring blankly out the window.]
[Toos, driving, suddenly asked, "So, Peter, what are your plans for the future?"]
[Peter, lost in thought, didn't imdiately register the question. "Huh?"]
[Toos repeated, "After graduation—what do you think you'll do?"]
["Oh, um… I don't know yet," Peter answered, shaking his head.]
[Liz groaned. "Dad, stop interrogating him!"]
[Toos shrugged. "Just making conversation. You know, most kids at your school have their whole futures mapped out already."]
[Peter responded with a distracted, "Yeah," before correcting himself. "Wait—no! I'm only a freshman!"]
[Liz chid in, "Peter was interning for Tony Stark, so I don't think he needs to worry!"]
[Toos raised an eyebrow, intrigued. "Really?"]
[Liz nodded in confirmation.]
[Toos glanced at Peter in the rearview mirror. "Stark, huh? Not bad! So, what do you do?"]
[Peter hesitated before replying, "Actually… I don't intern there anymore."]
[Liz turned in surprise. "Wait, really?"]
["Yeah," Peter forced a grin. "That job got kind of… boring."]
[Liz frowned slightly, finding that hard to believe. "Boring? You got to hang out with Spider-Man!"]
[Toos, gripping the steering wheel, narrowed his eyes. "Spider-Man, huh? What's he like?"]
[Peter hesitated, then answered carefully. "Uh… He's aweso! A great guy—really down-to-earth!"]
[Just then, Liz turned her phone toward Peter, showing him a picture. "Look! Isn't this adorable?"]
[Peter forced a smile but quickly reverted to his tense expression. Toos had been watching Peter closely through the rearview mirror.]
[After a mont, Toos mused, "I feel like I've seen you before, Peter. Sowhere…"]
[Peter stiffened. "We… we've t before?"]
["Sothing about your voice, too," Toos added, eyes narrowing slightly.]
[Liz interjected, "Dad, he was in the Academic Decathlon with . And he ca to my party!"]
[Toos nodded, though his mind was clearly elsewhere. Peter, trying to sound casual, said, "That party was great! Really great. Beautiful house! Lots of, um… windows."]
[Liz raised an eyebrow and smirked. "Peter, you were there for, like, two seconds."]
[Peter scrambled. "I was there longer than that!"]
[But Toos wasn't fooled—he was paying close attention to every word.]
["You left," Liz said teasingly.]
["No! No, I didn't disappear," Peter stamred, but Liz continued teasing him.]
["Co on, Peter! You always disappear! You vanished at the party, and you disappeared in Washington, D.C. too!"]
[Toos' fingers drumd lightly on the steering wheel as Liz's words sank in. His eyes flicked up to the rearview mirror, studying Peter's face even more closely.]
[A brief silence filled the car. Then, while waiting at a red light, Toos exhaled sharply and said, "That Washington, D.C. thing was pretty intense. You must've been scared."]
[Peter swallowed, licked his lips, and gave a small nod. He didn't trust his voice to sound normal.]
["I guess you were happy to see your old pal Spider-Man show up in the elevator, huh?" Toos said smoothly, his eyes locked on Peter's reflection in the mirror.]
[Peter glanced at Liz before forcing a weak chuckle. "Actually… I wasn't even up there! I saw everything from the ground!" He tried to sound convincing, but the lie made his tongue feel heavy, his words sluggish.]
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