Speaking of fiery … I'm not prepared when she shoves me, both palms pressed flat against my chest. I stumble back and then grasp her wrists, walking forward until her back is against the wall. “Don’t call me that, Wolverine,” she says. “Don’t call you little? Or don’t call you Peter Parker?” Her old nickname for me—taken from X-Men’s Logan, aka Wolverine—inspired mine for her. Though I usually shortened it to Pete. Stupid, maybe. But it traces back to middle school. That’s when I started playing hockey with Brandon and spent most afternoons at his place. Parker was in elementary school then.
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