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Can We Talk?

Summary:

While at a Halloween Party, Miles ends up catching the eyes of quite a few different women, who’ll be the one he spends the night with?

Notes:

Wassup wassup, I'm back! This time with a bit of a different idea, and it's far from an average one-shot like my last one and is closer to a branching path story. This chapter is the setup for what happens next, and I don't wanna spoil too much so I'll explain more in the end note. With that being said, you know the drill, Miles and all the other girls are at least 21 years old, Miles looks like his Dark Ages counterpart, the works. Hope you enjoy it!

(See the end of the work for more notes.)

Chapter 1: Ready or Not

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“You should throw a Halloween party, Miles! It’ll be fun Miles! Tch, fun my ass…” Miles Morales agonized, stressing out about a big decision he had to make soon.

“Man, what am I gonna do?” he asked himself before burying his face in his hands.

Now what exactly is he so distressed over? Well, to answer that, let’s go back to the beginning.

Going back to the week before Halloween, he had just finished having a huge battle with quite possibly the deadliest foe he’s had the misfortune of tangling with, the maniacal Cletus Kasady and his symbiote Carnage! He had recently returned from the dead and came back with a massive power boost and a vengeance, intending to wipe out all life in New York and eventually the whole world. And as the hours between his return and his defeat passed, it seemed more and more likely.

Miles and Carnage had clashed multiple times in the meantime, almost all of them ending with Miles suffering from grievous wounds. Thankfully, he wasn’t alone and had backup from other heroes and close allies like The Champions, Venom, Peter Parker, The Prowler(Hobie Brown), The Avengers, Gust, and even some of his and Peter’s villains like Hightail, Zip Zephyr, Scorpion, Electro and Rhino came to help out.

The battle was hard fought, but eventually, it was won, with Miles stabbing Cletus with his Venom Saber and separating him from his symbiote, which was quickly destroyed by Venom and Iron Man. And they were going to throw Cletus back in jail, but that was also before Scorpion slit his throat and killed him, “Just taking out the trash” was how Mac described it. This of course set Peter off, who nearly started fighting him right then and there before Miles and the others broke it up, instead turning their focus to cleaning up the city and helping any civilians that were caught in the middle of all that.

“Well, now that that situation’s over, how’re you feeling kid?” Tony asked Miles later after finishing up their block.

“Honestly, it went way better than it could have, though I guess that’s from the great company I had watching my back, it’s still far from how I wanted to spend the week before Halloween, but hey what can I do?” Miles said in response.

“Well…what would you have preferred to do?” Tony asked him, ready to help salvage this as best he could.

“Honestly, I probably was just gonna find some horror movies that me and the homies could binge or something, maybe go out to a party if I get invited,” He said bashfully, not putting much thought into it.

“Seriously? Come on, kids your age should be living it up, not just waiting for invites! Matter of fact, why don’t you just throw your own party for once?” Stark suggested to Miles.

“Ok, first of all, I’m 21 now so you don’t gotta call me kid. Second of all, everyone else probably has their plans already set by now I’m sure, plus I don’t know where I’d even host a whole party!” Miles explained to him.

“Oh please cut that out kid, if I’ve learned anything about you by now, it’s that people love being around you, they’d definitely come out if you asked. And as for the location, do you know who you’re talking to? I have about a dozen empty penthouses to spare if you need to.”

“H-hey now, I can’t just mess up one of your places with a party, what would happen if we completely trashed the place, it’d take forever to cl-”

“Don’t worry about that kid, after everything we’ve been through, this one’s on the house! Besides, you can just go ask the people who helped us fight Carnage and that’s already a helluva guest list to me! Y’know, I’m positive they’d love to spend time with you if you just asked,” Tony cheerfully told Miles.

“Especially the ladies that came out to help,” he added with a cheeky grin.

“W-wait, what’s that supposed to mean?!” Miles nearly shouted in response.

“You know what I mean kid,” he said with a wink and a head tilt, causing Miles to turn and look at the ladies he was talking about.

The first one he saw was Starling, or as he knew her, Tiana Toomes. Despite her relation to Adrian Toomes, the Vulture, she has a knack for being a hero, and frequently teams up with Miles. Plus, she’s also drop-dead gorgeous, actually shares his interest in art and music, and has a kind yet defiant personality that Miles can’t help but be enamored by every time he’s around her. She also recently started working at FEAST, not even realizing that Miles worked there as well, which is when they truly started to connect and see parts of each other’s personalities they wouldn’t have otherwise. And while they had not officially started dating, the tension between them was almost palpable whenever they were together, heck Tiana even gave him a full-on kiss when he first revealed his secret identity to her, so he had to be in there by now right?

The next one he looked at was Lana Baumgartner, also known as Bombshell. Now she used to be a criminal as a teenager, working alongside her mother, who was also Bombshell. However, Miles saw the good in her and was able to bring her over to the side of good. They then grew very close over the rest of their teenage years, with Miles being a shoulder she could lean on whenever times got tough, and Lana being a stalwart presence in his life who always opened him up to different perspectives and refused to let Miles handle hard times on his own. They are still close now and hang out regularly, and Miles will always love and admire her strength, and he can tell she feels the same about him. Despite all that, and the fact that Miles always thought she was breathtakingly gorgeous, they were just friends and he would hate to put that at risk, there’s no way she likes him like that right? Right??

And finally, he saw Kamala Khan, who he also knows as Ms. Marvel and his first real crush. They go way back, being the first other superhero he could consider a real friend, and he can still remember the way his heart skipped a beat when he first met her both in and out of her suit. His crush only got worse after they started getting closer, as their personalities perfectly meshed together, and Miles fell even harder for her after seeing firsthand how much of a natural-born leader she was, always using her voice to help uplift both her teammates and the citizens they vowed to protect. They’ve been through a lot over the years, from being on the same team on The Avengers to forming their own team in The Champions, but he could that she had her problems, and didn’t wanna add his feelings onto the pile, so he buried them down and made peace with just being her best friend, which honestly was far from a bad thing all things considered.

The only other ones Miles saw that made sense were two of his former villains Gust (Jade Jackson), a cute black girl with a powerful wind-controlling suit, and Hightail (Sandra Santos), a very hot Dominican speedster with an attitude. And sure Gust became an ally very quickly after getting away from her boss Agent Gao’s crazy ass and was extremely cute in a Kobeni kinda way, but he didn’t know if they were that close already. And Hightail was still a frenemy that he always messed with, teasing that she liked him way more than she’d let on, surely she wouldn’t wanna spend more time around him than necessary right?

“I still don’t follow Tony,” Miles said after turning back toward Tony.

“Oh trust me, by the end of the night you’ll know,” was all Tony responded with, leaving Miles even more lost and confused.

But anyway, Tony had his mind set and started asking the other heroes and ‘allies’ if they wanted to come, and to Mies’ surprise, everyone there except Zip Zephyr, Hightail, and Scorpion agreed very quickly, hell even Rhino and Venom said yes! It was a pleasant surprise though, and after sending some invites to other heroes and friends who weren’t there, it truly brought Miles’ spirits back up as he began wondering what to wear.

And on Halloween night, the party went even better than he had planned! He showed up dressed as Future Trunks from DBZ. He was also happy to see that just about everyone else he invited showed up, from Margo Kess, Blade with his daughter Brielle, and Spider-Gwen to some of the X-Men like Cyclops, Sunspot, and Jubilee. There were even some surprise guests that came, like the Young Avengers, Gwenpool(who he spent like 5 minutes trying to get away from), his ex Barbara Rodriguez(who he did not remember inviting by the way), and even Hightail in a full Flash costume, who he just had to go and mess with for a second.

“I know that ain’t who I think it is. Sandra, what happened to you saying there’s no way in hell you’d come out here?” He said with a cheeky grin, fully intending to get on her nerves.

“Tch shut the hell up Arano, I only came out here to see if you actually knew how to throw a party, not because I wanted to be here or anything,” she shot back, trying her best to act nonchalant, even though she strangely was trying her best not to make eye contact.

“Reallyyy? Because from my point of view, your heart was yearning for me, and you just couldn’t ignore its calls anymore! Which I must say is just so flattering,” Miles said, dramatically placing his hands over his heart like a stage play actor.

“Oh my God, do you have nobody else you can fuck with right now?!” she shouted, her frustrations playing right into his hands, as he smirked and said, “Maybe, but what if I don’t wanna bother them right now? What if I just wanna be your problem for now?” Finishing it off by taking her hand in his.

Now this was far from the first time that they’ve play-flirted like this before, and while she had become far more receptive towards it after Miles became an adult, even Miles could recognize almost instantly how different Sandra took it this time, as her eyes widened and she had an almost…flustered look on her face now, which made Miles drop the act.

“Sandra? You feeling alr-” his question was cut short, as Sandra used her powers to take both his phone and hers and started typing something in them.

“W-woah woah now, what the hell is this ab-” he once again was cut off as Sandra shoved his phone back in his hands before taking off.

And before Miles could question what the hell just happened, he felt his phone vibrate and looked down, and saw that not only did she just give him her number, but she already was texting him!

‘Meet me on the rooftop later’ was all it said, before his phone pinged again and another message popped up, this one saying ‘U better not flake on me Arano💋’.

To say this was the last thing he expected would be giving Miles too much credit because he NEVER would've seen this coming. He just figured it was another one of their little rounds of banter, but to think she'd not only give him her number outta nowhere but then ask for a potential booty call that quickly?! It was a lot to process, to say the least, so for now, he decided to put it off until later, that's what she asked to do anyway right?

So, he decided to go mingle with the others in the meantime and had a good time regardless of that being on his mind. Not many other times could he see Sam try and fail miserably at outdrinking Robbie Reyes and Magik after all. He even had some fun karaoke sessions, from going bar for bar with Hobie when Family Ties by Baby Keem came on, to having a massive sing-along to Mutt by Leon Thomas.

Eventually, Miles went to get some snacks out of the kitchen, however right as he was reaching down to grab some cookies, another hand came down on top of his and interlocked their fingers.

This hand belonged to someone he knew all too well at this point. He looked up and saw Tiana Toomes staring back at him, dressed as Isabela from Dragon Age 2. Let's just say it took all of Miles’ willpower to stay focused when he noticed that, just like Isabela, Tiana had a low-cut shirt exposing a decent amount of cleavage. And if that wasn't enough, she had no pants on and a hefty amount of thigh showing.

She looked up at him with a sultry gaze, almost like a huntress staring at her prey before saying, “Well well well, if it isn’t my favorite party host, gotta say I wouldn’t have guessed that you had vocals like that,” running her hands across his chest and arms while talking.

Trying desperately to keep his cool and ignore how nice her soft hands felt on him, Miles just shrugged and casually said, “What can I say? It’s another one of my hidden talents.”

“Oh really? Hmm, between being Spider-Man, being a good singer, being a helluva artist, having great music taste, and being absolute eye candy, you seem to have a lotta hidden talents…I wonder what else you’ve been holding out on showing me..” she said, alluding to her real goal.

“Heh, well unfortunately I don’t kiss and tell,” Miles said in response.

“Aww seriously?” She said back before deciding enough is enough, cutting straight to the point and leaning in to whisper in his ear, “I wonder if you’d rather fuck and tell...”

“W-w-wWHAA-” Miles’s shocked yells were muffled as she brought him in for a hug, smothering his face in her boobs to silence him and not alert the whole building.

“I was getting ready to call it a night, but I don’t wanna sleep alone, and let’s be honest, we’ve basically been dating for the last couple months already, so why don’t we get to the fun part already soccer bod?” she explained before letting Miles go and starting to walk away before stopping to say one last thing.

“I’ll text you when I get back to my room, and I hope you show up cutie,” she said with a wink before fully walking off.

Miles at this point was so stunned that he just stood in place for the next three minutes, thankful that everyone else was busy somewhere else in the penthouse to notice. He only moved when he felt his phone vibrate again, before pulling it out and seeing what she sent him, and what he saw nearly made him drop his phone.

He saw two pictures, one of room 223, her room. The next one however was Tiana sitting on the bed, lifting the bottom of her costume’s shirt, exposing that she went commando and had nothing covering her pussy (which already looked wet). It was all punctuated by a single message at the bottom that said, “Enjoy your party, but you’d better cum find me before the end of the night soccer bod!😘 😘”

So that’s the second woman now that’s basically told Miles that they wanna fuck, and Miles felt like his head was spinning already. How was he supposed to enjoy the party without thinking of that now?

“God if I drank, this would be the perfect time to get one…” he muttered to himself before walking out to the balcony for some fresh air to clear his head.

He sat and contemplated for a little bit before he heard the door open behind him and someone say his name. At this point he was slightly frustrated and was turning to tell this newcomer that he needed to space, before realizing that it wasn’t just anybody, it was Lana! Decked out in full Pink Ranger costume too.

“Lana! Man, I’m glad to see you…” he said before trailing off, feeling his eyes drawn to how she looked in her costume, because for some reason it felt like she filled it out even better than her normal costume, and the colors and the moonlight only made her already beautiful face stand out even more…he felt like he was in a trance looking at her!

Lana didn’t notice his ogling at first, and responded, “Me too, I noticed you walkin’ out here like you were upset or somethin’, I hope you know you can always talk..to..me…” trailing off after noticing how he was looking at her before a slight blush came over her face.

‘He’s staring so intensely, almost like he wants…no get it together Lana, he doesn’t like us like that even if I want nothing more than that,’ she rationalized to herself

“Hey Miles, you ok up there? C’mon, you can tell me what’s been on your mind lately?” she asked, already preparing herself for whatever he had to say, or so she thought.

“You.” Was all Miles said, staring directly into Lana’s eyes.

“W-what?” she responded, refusing to believe that he meant it like that, no matter how much she wanted him to.

“You’ve been on my mind Lana, and I don’t wanna just see you in my head…” he said before putting his hand under her chin and tilting her face to look at his and said, “I wanna see all of you, with my own two eyes.”

Saying that seemed to snap Miles out of his self-induced trance, and he quickly backed up to try and explain himself, but by then it was already too late.

‘OH MY FUCKING GOD I KNEW HE LOVED ME!!!!’ Lana internally screamed, with a bright blush on her face and the biggest, goofiest smile she’s ever had in her life.

She then put Miles in a bear hug, telling him, “You don’t have to explain anything else to me, babe.”

Then she looked up at him with an all too familiar lustful gaze, before telling Miles, “Room 240, You said you wanna see all of me right? Well, I intend to show you everything you want,” before taking off back inside with a noticeable skip to her step.

Miles at this point had enough and rushed inside to find his room, not bothering to stop for anyone else, before he ended up saddling himself with another booty call. Luckily he did it, even if he felt the worried gazes from Brielle, Margo, Jade, and Kamala, he just had to ignore them for now so he could get some alone time.

Once he made it inside and took a deep breath before thinking of all that happened, bringing us back to the present.

“God, this is exactly why Peter said to never entertain more than one girl at a time…” he mused before thinking over what he was gonna do.

Of course, it wasn’t gonna be that simple, however, as his phone went off with worried messages from all the girls he ran past, trying to see if he was alright. Margo and Kamala’s messages seemed the most distressed at first, which almost made him answer them immediately before he caught himself and went back to thinking.

“God, this sucks so much…” he said before burying his hands in his face once again, contemplating just what the hell he was gonna do.

And well, regardless of what happens next, one thing is certain: Miles has a very long, eventful night ahead of him...