#may have waited until i was slight delirious from exhaustion to post this because otherwise i never would

[hmsharmony]

MJ (and Ned), searching for answers in a post-NWH world. Rated T. 5 chapters. Complete.

A boy walks into the donut shop the next day.

The interaction lasts all of three minutes. And when the door closes behind Peter Parker—when Michelle feels the return of that sharp ache and constant confusion she’s lived with since November—it’s only then that she realizes.

She mentions the encounter to Ned, because she’s always sharing customer service stories and this is certainly one of the stranger ones. But she keeps her realization to herself—she’s not sure how to tell him, not when she barely understands it herself.

Because a stranger walked into the donut shop, and for three minutes, her life had made sense.