Sokovian in italics

Peter looked at the Iron Spider suit and hesitated.

Did he deserve that? 

"Thanks, Mr. Stark, but...I'm good." He said shakily.

-Time Skip-

That was 3 months ago. Peter and Spiderman had dropped from the face of the earth. Tony never stopped looking for him, but he didn't search wide enough.

Peter had run to Sokovia, as he knew none of the Avengers wanted to go back there. He went by his middle name, Benjamin, or shortened, Benji

"Hello, Ms. Roma. How are you today?" He said kindly to the woman behind the market stand. She smiled.

"Well, Benji, how are you?" She said as he handed her a few coins, picking up a bag of fresh tomatoes. He smiled at her.

"I'm doing alright, Ms. Roma. How's your daughter?" He said gently. 

"She's alright." She whispered. Peter said his goodbyes and continued down the road, saying hello to people as he walked. He heard a scuffle going on down an alley and shouldered the bag, rushing towards it to help but was cut off by a whoosh of wind going past him paired with a streak of silver. He stopped as he saw a silver-haired young man appear at the end of the trail.

"You know, if you want to make friends, you should not steal from them." The man quipped. The mugger tensed and backed up.

"Quicksilver!" He yelled, then ran off. The man dashed forward and suddenly the mugger was on the ground, cuffed. He picked up the woman's bag and pressed it into her grasp.

"Are you alright?" He said worriedly. The woman nodded shakily and rushed away. Peter gulped and looked at the young man.

"Pietro Maximoff. I thought you were dead." Peter said shakily. Pietro spun and ran forward, suddenly having Peter pinned to the wall.

"Who are you?" He growled, glaring at the brunette teen he had trapped. 

"Peter Parker. I wasn't there during the fight with Ultron, but I know all about it... I know Wanda, Tony... Well, I used to." He said. Pietro stopped and pulled back.

"You knew Wanda? Is she ok?" He asked.

"I-I don't know. Last I heard she's still a criminal after the Civil War, but I haven't checked in... 3 months..." Peter said weakly. Pietro frowned.

"What- why?" He asked.

"The Accords... To help reign enhanced people and the like in... They were being discarded when I left since Ross turned out to be HYDRA, but that's the last I heard... I wouldn't be surprised if the teams back together by now." Peter fiddled with the webshooters around his wrists.

"Why aren't you there then?" Pietro asked carefully. Peter's face filled with insecurity and nervousness. 

"U-Uh..." He looked up at the young man, who couldn't be more than a couple years older, and sighed. "Mr. Stark invited me to be an Avenger. I-I'm not good enough..."

"What's your thing?" Pietro asked, leaning against the opposite wall and crossing his arms.

"I-I'm Spiderman, or was. I have super strength, healing, super senses, I can stick to any surface, expanded intelligence and emotions, natural webbing... a bit of super speed. But I could never be an Avenger." He whispered weakly, looking down. Pietro looked at him with an eyebrow raised.

"I get it. That's why I faked my death... They're better off without me. Stronger." He said quietly. He thought for a moment then pushed off the wall. "Come on. Let's go." 

"Wha- where?" Peter asked, but followed him anyway as Pietro walked through the streets. The speedster smiled at him as they walked up to a small house. "What is this place?"

"My house. Do you speak sokovian? It is much easier." He said. Peter nodded.

"I do. Why did you bring me here?" He asked as Pietro pulled him inside and shut the door.

"You are enhanced as I am. We stick together. I know we will both eventually have to go back, but for now, we can try to enjoy each others company." He explained. Peter stopped and looked at him hesitantly before nodding shakily.

-Time Skip-

Peter and Pietro had been living together for about 3 months and often went out together to stop crime, him under the alias Ricochet while Pietro continued to be Quicksilver. Peter had built a lab for himself in the basement and had built them each a suit. White and silver for Pietro, while Peter's was black and silver. The brunette had a belt of high tech weapons he'd invented along with a pistol strapped to each thigh, while Pietro had a very similar belt with twin blades instead of guns. Because of their similarities, they quickly became lovers. Pietro loved to take care of Peter and was fiercely protective of him, which just made their love for each other stronger. When fighting, it led them to be able to communicate without speaking and be able to read each other easily.

They were a force to be reckoned with.

That was how everything started falling apart for them.

Steve had been sent to Sokovia to check on the HYDRA presence there. He was confused when he heard people talking about someone named Ricochet. At least until he saw a woman being cornered behind a shop.

A voice came from above them. Sokovian, he recognized the man speaking. His eyes widened when he saw a web attach to one of the attacker's backs. The man screamed as he was pulled up. A silver streak ran in, two of the men going down with their hands cuffed. Steve saw the silver streak was a man in a white supersuit. The other figure jumped down and webbed the last two to the wall. He was in a similar suit. Steve couldn't hear much of what they said, but he caught two names.

Peter and Pietro. 

He rushed back to the jet for extraction and patched himself into the team's comms.

"Guys, I don't have anything on HYDRA, but I have some other news." He said quickly, not really believing it himself.