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Sufficiently Advanced Science by mildmile
Fandoms: Spider-Man - All Media Types, Deadpool - All Media Types, X-Men - All Media Types, The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
20 May 2026
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Peter Parker knows for a fact that smart kids always know they're smart. Another thing he knows: it fucking sucks to be a smart kid. It means being watched all the time, it means adults peering down their noses, it means tests and homework and boredom. It means fieldtrips to Oscorp and superpowers. It means watching Ben die, knowing exactly whose fault it is. It means an internship at Stark Industries, it means becoming an Avenger, it means getting dusted, coming back, watching another father figure die, watching him come back. It means holding May's hand while she babbles incoherently, inching towards death. It means magic spells and forgetting and seven years of lonely vigilanteism. It means making wrong choice after wrong choice after wrong choice.
One thing Peter Parker knows for sure? Smart kids grow up to be the dumbest adults.
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Twenty-five years old, forgotten by everyone, stoned out of his mind, Spider-Man has an unexpected run-in with Deadpool that might just change everything.