Spider-Man Male Reader x The Walking Dead Game

What We Become

{The Next Day}

Gabriel Garcia was at his new desk, celebrating with some coworkers at the Daily Bugle. His photo of Spider-Man robbing a bank in Chelsea got him the staff job. JJ used it in a headline for that morning's paper.

Spider-Man Shows His True Colors!

Gabe was putting up his framed photo on the wall next to his desk. He sees you behind him through the reflection of the glass frame.

Gabe: Oh, good morning. Beautiful day isn't it?

He turns around.

Gabe: What was it you said? That I wouldn't get that picture? Looks like I did.

You chuckle.

You: Heh, I never really thought he'd do that...rob a bank and all.

Gabe: See? You made a judgment call.

You: That's funny...because I got to say...that photo looks very...familiar.

Gabe: Uh, okay?

You take out a couple photos and notes. It's of one of your own pictures of Spider-Man. You deduced that Gabe photoshopped your own and faked the robbery one.

You: The pictures are fake.

Gabe looks at the notes, then back at you.

Gabe: Y/N, you're such a Boy Scout. Why can't you give a guy a break?

You put an arm against his chest and pin him to the wall, cracking the framed photo he had just put up. People at the Bugle begin to notice.

You: You want forgiveness? Get religion.

Tyreese walks over with Eleanor and another Bugle employee.

Tyreese: What's going on here?

Eleanor: You guys alright?

You don't answer, and continue staring at Gabe. He begins to whisper to you.

Gabe: Look, don't do this to me. I will lose everything. There's not a single paper in town that will hire me.

You: You should've thought of that earlier.

You let go of him, and grab your notes. You hand Tyreese the papers before walking away.

You: Show this to your editor. Tell him to check his sources next time.

Tyreese looks at the notes, and skims through them. You were right. Gabe's photos were fake.

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{Two Weeks Later}

Over the span of two weeks, life went well. For your standards at least.

The Daily Bugle printed a retraction and exposed Gabe for being a fraud. You began turning in photos of black-suited Spider-Man, which Tyreese was amazed by. He practically begged JJ to buy them.

Of course, JJ tried to give you the usual rate, but you basically demanded the staff job. For the first time, JJ didn't argue. He gave you the job.

You felt like you were on top of the world. You felt like nothing can bring you down. One day you even walked down the street listening to James Brown's Drive That Funky Soul, dancing to it as well.