“Yeah, after they’ve unmasked me and exposed who I am to the world so that my life is kinda ruined,” Peter said. He also didn’t trust that the police and the DA wouldn’t find something to charge him with. He was probably even guilty of a few things.
“Is he ‘lift a car’ surprisingly strong or ‘dodge a bullet’ fast? Wait if I fight him and win do I get to date you?”
“I guess you’re right,” Midge says, “but you’d think they’d want your help instead of seeing you as an enemy. You can really do all that?” Why wouldn’t the police or the FBI want to have someone who has those abilities working for them?
She laughs at the idea of Spider Man and Peter fighting over her, though the thought of two men fighting over her is delicious.
“You know, there’s something I find very attractive about you, but Peter’s such a swell guy. He’s very good to me.”
“All that and more. I am pretty amazing. Some would say spectacular even. Just like some people might say you’re marvelous. That’s me, I’m saying it,” Peter said with a nod. “The Spectacular Spider-Man and the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” had a good ring to it. Too bad that couldn’t go on the towel or something. But Peter did think she was marvelous and more.
“I’m sure he’s perfect acceptable,” he told her, sitting down in the chair before looking at her with chin hands. “Tell me more thought about how you think I’m very attractive?”
Midge laughs and shakes her head at his reaction. Somehow, he manages to make her flustered.
“He’s more than acceptable, I can promise you that.” If he thinks that’s an allusion to sex, he would be correct. “You’re obviously bold in a lot of ways. Very confident. I’m sure you know that confidence is sexy.”
Well, it was nice to hear that she said he was more than acceptable. He really did have the best girlfriend ever and to hear her brag on him him was a pretty big ego boost.
“Sexy confidence? I’ll take that. Plus women like a man in a suit, right? Speaking of confidence… how is yours? I wanted to offer to take you for a swing sometime.”
“Yeah, my webs. You know statistically public speaking is people’s greatest fear and since you do that, this should be no big deal,” he pointed out. Of course it might not be wise to let her cling close to him, Midge knew his body better than he did so hold him might feel very familiar.
“Just think about it. You can ask your slightly-more-than-adequate boyfriend, he’s photographed me carrying multiple people so it’s no problem.”
Speaking in front of a crowd is much less terrifying for her than heights, especially heights where she's not standing on something or strapped into something. It's not that she doesn't trust him. It's just that he's really high up sometimes.
“Of course. It’s the least I can do since you invited me to come watch you work,” he said. Midge MIGHT agree to swing with him once he let her know that it was him behind the mask but he didn’t think she would be too keen on it and he was very fine with that.
“Just tell your boyfriend and he can get word to me one of the times he snaps my picture.”
"Sure. He might be a little jealous of you if he knew you were in my dressing room right now." She smiles, thinking about Peter. "He's a confident guy, but he also can't believe that we're actually dating."
Why is she telling Spider Man this? Midge isn't sure, other than there's something about him that reminds her very much of Peter, and she's starting to put a few puzzle pieces together in her mind.
“Oh, I hope he gets more than a little jealous about it if you tell him,” Peter teased. Spider-Man was a bit of a rascal so he felt comfortable saying something like that to Midge. Plus despite all the flirting he didn’t think he was coming on too strong or pushy.
“Speaking of being in your room, I should probably go. Crime doesn’t wait for me shooting my shot at my crush.”
“You’re incorrigible,” she tells him. “Be nice to him out there, okay? He’s trying to make a living. I think you’d like him, actually. You both have the same taste in women.
“You have to run so soon?” Midge bats her eyelashes at him.
It’s so tempting to tease him, to flirt harder with him, but she really doesn’t want to hurt Peter’s feelings, especially if her hunch isn’t right. If her hunch IS right… she has a lot of questions for her boyfriend.
"Yes, yes I am. And you like it," Peter pointed out. "But I will, I promise. He never tries to take dishonest pictures of me to make me look bad. The Bugle just comes up with that words themselves."
At least that was the story he told people when they asked how he got such good photos of Spider-Man. Really it was all with remote cameras and things like that.
"Well, maybe crime can wait a little longer if you're going to look that cutely at me."
Midge is glad that he’s going to stay for a little while longer. That gives her more time to look for signs that Spider Man is actually Peter. The idea of it sets her heart racing for several reasons. Her boyfriend, a crime-fighting vigilante? He seems like a nerd, but that’s a good cover story. Plus, he seems very strong and she’s seen the muscles in his chest. Those aren’t the muscles of a nerdy scientist.
It also means that he has super human abilities. How he got those is unknown to her, though he did mention the industrial accident where Gwen died. Maybe something happened there to give him these abilities?
“Oh, am I cute?” Midge asks, looking at him very cutely. “I think I’m older than you. Do you like older women, Spider Man?”
She saunters up to him. Height-wise, he’s about the same as Peter is. This is the closest she’s been able to get to him, plus it’s easier to scrutinize him when she’s not terrified because she’s just been the victim of a crime.
“You are very cute and you know it,” Peter said, tapping her lightly on the nose. Midge was very, very good at using her feminine wiles when she wanted to or just crank up the sex appeal casually. Just the way that she’d walked up to him just now had been hot.
“But I doubt it. You’re what… 25 maybe?” he said, tapping his chin thoughtfully as he began to pace around the room. And by around the room he meant he started literally walking up the walls and up to the ceiling. Midge was getting a little close for secret-identity-comfort. “Also, are the kids you talk about in your act real? You do not have the figure of a woman who has had two kids. But I like… available woman. Young or old.”
She knows exactly how cute she is, especially when a man finds her attractive. It’s interesting to her when Spider Man starts to literally walk up the wall, both because it’s fascinating to watch and because she wonders why he’s seemingly avoiding her now.
“I’m 27 and my kids are real.” Midge puts her hands on her hips and looks up at him. “Are you trying to avoid me up there?”
Whoops, totally busted that he was trying to avoid her by being on the ceiling. This was a pretty terrible idea to be in such close proximity to Midge for such an extended period of time.
“No it’s just that I can’t look really cute what with the whole mask thing so I’m trying to be impressive in other ways. Also talking to people in the ceiling usually throws people off a bit. Like when you act extra cute when someone knows you’re attractive,” he said, moving so that his face was close to hers. Not so close that their faces were touching, but still close.
Their faces are close, but he’s upside down. Having a conversation like this is a first for her.
It occurs to Midge that if Spider Man really is Peter, then things will be very different.
“Oh, is that what I’m doing?” That’s exactly what she’s doing. “I’m not trying to tease you. I think you’re very impressive. The mystery of who you are is killing me. Is it for my protection that I don’t know?”
“Ummm, no, that’s for my protection. No matter how cute you are I don’t reveal my identity on a third meeting,” Peter pointed out. Which was the truth, that would be insane and he might as well not have a secret identity at all at that point. Everyone thought they were trustworthy but when it was a secret that could ruin your life if it got out? Yeah he kept that more under wraps.
“You know you wouldn’t sell my identity to the Bugle, and I’m pretty sure you wouldn’t. But I’m not… risk my entire life and freedom and the safety of everyone I know and love sure. And I wouldn’t do it just to satisfy someone’s curiosity. It would have to be something they deserved or needed to know.”
Not that that was the real issue with Midge. He had no doubt that she wouldn’t sell his identity out. But revealing his secret identity was a “I’m sure I want to spend my life with you” sort of secret. But he couldn’t tell her that as Spider-Man.
She nods, because what he’s saying is serious. “I get what you mean.”What he does is dangerous. People might think he’s a freak. The government might try to detain him. His loved ones might be used against him.
Midge isn’t used to not getting her way, especially when she’s cute, but she can be an adult about this.
“Is there someone you love? A partner? I guess there isn’t, if you want to fight my boyfriend in order to date me.”
“I wouldn’t be flirting with you so much if I was with someone,” he said, which was kind of a lie. He would only be flirting with her like this if they were already dating, but whatever. And Peter did joke around with people as Spider-Man but he never got flirty, not really. Besides, he wasn’t very good at it.
“And it doesn’t have to be a fight. A race? See who can lift the most? High jump maybe?”
Midge thinks he’s pretty darn good at flirting. Peter is too. Their styles are similar. That’s another part of what’s arousing her suspicions.
“So the odds are stacked in your favor?” she asks. “That doesn’t seem fair. I think it should be two parts. The first part can be physical, but the second part needs to test how smart you are. Peter is brilliant.”
“Ooh, rain check on a chess match or a spelling test. Hey, what about a cooking competition? That seems more fair. Being strong or smart doesn’t really help there, does it?” Peter asked, already getting an idea from that suggestion. Midge probably wouldn’t hate getting baked goods as an attempt to win her affection, right?
She puts her hands on her hips, eyebrows raised. "Well, well, well. Looks like I found what Spider Man is scared of. I definitely think chess should be a round, especially if you soundly defeat him in the physical contest." Midge doesn't know if Peter plays chess or not, but she presumes that he does. He probably at least plays enough of it to beat Spider Man.
"We can add a neutral third cooking round though. Wow, did I find the two men in this city that cook?" It's a minor miracle.
“I’m not afraid just less sure about my chances of winning and there’s a really good prize on the line,” Peter pointed out. He wasn’t an amazing cook but he was decent enough. He did have a few really good meals that he could pull out of necessary.
“Okay so let’s say… pull ups, chess, and cooking? Winner gets you?”
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“Is he ‘lift a car’ surprisingly strong or ‘dodge a bullet’ fast? Wait if I fight him and win do I get to date you?”
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She laughs at the idea of Spider Man and Peter fighting over her, though the thought of two men fighting over her is delicious.
“You know, there’s something I find very attractive about you, but Peter’s such a swell guy. He’s very good to me.”
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“I’m sure he’s perfect acceptable,” he told her, sitting down in the chair before looking at her with chin hands. “Tell me more thought about how you think I’m very attractive?”
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“He’s more than acceptable, I can promise you that.” If he thinks that’s an allusion to sex, he would be correct. “You’re obviously bold in a lot of ways. Very confident. I’m sure you know that confidence is sexy.”
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“Sexy confidence? I’ll take that. Plus women like a man in a suit, right? Speaking of confidence… how is yours? I wanted to offer to take you for a swing sometime.”
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That long string he hangs from? Where is it even attached to? Can it hold the weight of two people? Midge is… dubious.
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“Just think about it. You can ask your slightly-more-than-adequate boyfriend, he’s photographed me carrying multiple people so it’s no problem.”
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Speaking in front of a crowd is much less terrifying for her than heights, especially heights where she's not standing on something or strapped into something. It's not that she doesn't trust him. It's just that he's really high up sometimes.
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“Just tell your boyfriend and he can get word to me one of the times he snaps my picture.”
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Why is she telling Spider Man this? Midge isn't sure, other than there's something about him that reminds her very much of Peter, and she's starting to put a few puzzle pieces together in her mind.
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“Speaking of being in your room, I should probably go. Crime doesn’t wait for me shooting my shot at my crush.”
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“You have to run so soon?” Midge bats her eyelashes at him.
It’s so tempting to tease him, to flirt harder with him, but she really doesn’t want to hurt Peter’s feelings, especially if her hunch isn’t right. If her hunch IS right… she has a lot of questions for her boyfriend.
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At least that was the story he told people when they asked how he got such good photos of Spider-Man. Really it was all with remote cameras and things like that.
"Well, maybe crime can wait a little longer if you're going to look that cutely at me."
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Midge is glad that he’s going to stay for a little while longer. That gives her more time to look for signs that Spider Man is actually Peter. The idea of it sets her heart racing for several reasons. Her boyfriend, a crime-fighting vigilante? He seems like a nerd, but that’s a good cover story. Plus, he seems very strong and she’s seen the muscles in his chest. Those aren’t the muscles of a nerdy scientist.
It also means that he has super human abilities. How he got those is unknown to her, though he did mention the industrial accident where Gwen died. Maybe something happened there to give him these abilities?
“Oh, am I cute?” Midge asks, looking at him very cutely. “I think I’m older than you. Do you like older women, Spider Man?”
She saunters up to him. Height-wise, he’s about the same as Peter is. This is the closest she’s been able to get to him, plus it’s easier to scrutinize him when she’s not terrified because she’s just been the victim of a crime.
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“But I doubt it. You’re what… 25 maybe?” he said, tapping his chin thoughtfully as he began to pace around the room. And by around the room he meant he started literally walking up the walls and up to the ceiling. Midge was getting a little close for secret-identity-comfort. “Also, are the kids you talk about in your act real? You do not have the figure of a woman who has had two kids. But I like… available woman. Young or old.”
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“I’m 27 and my kids are real.” Midge puts her hands on her hips and looks up at him. “Are you trying to avoid me up there?”
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“No it’s just that I can’t look really cute what with the whole mask thing so I’m trying to be impressive in other ways. Also talking to people in the ceiling usually throws people off a bit. Like when you act extra cute when someone knows you’re attractive,” he said, moving so that his face was close to hers. Not so close that their faces were touching, but still close.
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It occurs to Midge that if Spider Man really is Peter, then things will be very different.
“Oh, is that what I’m doing?” That’s exactly what she’s doing. “I’m not trying to tease you. I think you’re very impressive. The mystery of who you are is killing me. Is it for my protection that I don’t know?”
If it’s Peter, will he ever tell her?
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“You know you wouldn’t sell my identity to the Bugle, and I’m pretty sure you wouldn’t. But I’m not… risk my entire life and freedom and the safety of everyone I know and love sure. And I wouldn’t do it just to satisfy someone’s curiosity. It would have to be something they deserved or needed to know.”
Not that that was the real issue with Midge. He had no doubt that she wouldn’t sell his identity out. But revealing his secret identity was a “I’m sure I want to spend my life with you” sort of secret. But he couldn’t tell her that as Spider-Man.
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Midge isn’t used to not getting her way, especially when she’s cute, but she can be an adult about this.
“Is there someone you love? A partner? I guess there isn’t, if you want to fight my boyfriend in order to date me.”
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“And it doesn’t have to be a fight. A race? See who can lift the most? High jump maybe?”
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“So the odds are stacked in your favor?” she asks. “That doesn’t seem fair. I think it should be two parts. The first part can be physical, but the second part needs to test how smart you are. Peter is brilliant.”
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"We can add a neutral third cooking round though. Wow, did I find the two men in this city that cook?" It's a minor miracle.
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“Okay so let’s say… pull ups, chess, and cooking? Winner gets you?”
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