For Verity

[close_to_the_ground]

Man, Peter is gonna get so grounded.

The question is what he's gonna get grounded for. He and Mr. Stark have never really talked about what the rules are when friends come over. It's not an issue yet, since he doesn't actually live at Panoptes. And he's not supposed to tell people about Spider-Man, kind of, but Mr. Stark said he could tell people he trusts and Verity works for Panoptes so Mr. Stark must trust her.

He waits to get a text from Verity and takes the private elevator down to the lobby, hoping Mr. Stark actually works late like he's supposed to.

He really, really likes Verity. He wishes he'd had a sister like her and he feels pretty good about her not being freaked out about the Spider-Man but it's never not a weird thing to have to tell someone.

Okay, deep breath.

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[notaskingpermission]

Verity texts Peter that she's almost there and bikes hard for the next couple blocks. It's one of Panoptes bikes, which are wildly convenient. She's also wearing large sunglasses and a Panoptes baseball hat. She bought one almost immediately after that morning she walked Tony home, just to tease him, but today it's part of her disguise. Her disguise as an ordinary Panoptes employee doing ordinary and not at all shady things.

The ten dollar knife set is in her backpack.

"Hey," she calls in greeting to Peter, parking the bike and walking over, hands on her backpack straps. "Ready for some espionage?"