[Western Crossover] When Dreams Come True

The entire novel is complete and currently being revised (major revisions in progress).

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Fanxi never imagined her relationship with Peter would become more than a casual acquaintance.

It all began one afternoon.

That nightmare.

Zombies, escape, death, a repeating cycle.

Again and again.

Later,

Fanxi was willing to give that nightmare the label of a beautiful dream.

"If you had to describe Fanxi in one sentence?" Peter awkwardly ran a hand through his hair, blushing. "S-she's really wonderful."

"No, no, I'm not just saying that." Peter hurriedly waved his hands. "...I just don't think there's any word good enough for her..." He covered his face, embarrassed. "D-don't ask me anymore..."

"Huh? Peter?" Fanxi tilted her head, poking the dimple in her cheek. "He's a good person!"

"Huh? I'm not giving him a 'you're a nice guy' rejection!" Fanxi hurriedly waved her hands, beads of sweat appearing on the tip of her nose. "He's really a good person! Really!"

When you're with her/him, even the scariest things become... Well, okay, they're still pretty scary.

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Peter had a secret: he had a crush on his classmate, Fanxi.

Peter propped his chin on his hand and secretly glanced toward the front corner of the room. The gentle sunlight by the window fell across Fanxi's golden hair, shining like the sun and leaving him momentarily dazed.

A sudden force hit him. Peter was thrown off balance with his chair and landed on the floor. The impact of his backside against the hard ground brought him back to his senses. He looked around in confusion. Everyone was staring at him: some with mockery, some with indifference, some with confusion... and some with concern?

When he saw Fanxi looking at him, Peter hurriedly lowered his head. He wished he could crawl into a hole in the ground.

"Peter Parker!!! If you space out again, get out of my class!!!" A piece of chalk hit Peter squarely on the head. As it bounced away, the whole class burst into laughter.

Peter's face turned bright red. He kept apologizing, too ashamed to look up. He quickly picked up his chair and set it in place, then shrank back into his seat amid the laughter.

Class continued. No one paid any more attention to a clueless bookworm like him. Peter raised his eyes slightly, glancing toward the girl in front of him. She was taking notes, focused on her work, her brow furrowed, perhaps because of some incomprehensible formula.

Her golden hair still left him dazed, so dazed that he couldn't ignore the inferiority swelling within him.

The distance between them was about two and a half desks.

Always, two and a half desks.

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Good news: In the tenth year of his crush on Fanxi, Peter finally became her friend.

Bad (?) news: They solved a villain's case together. Then they caught their classmate together. Then they caught their teacher together. Then they caught the father of Fanxi's best friend together. And then, again and again, they caught...

Does he still have a chance to take things further?

#Why Spider-Man's villains are always people close to him.

Theme: Fate is all thanks to dreams!