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Jean Grey’s telekinetic, life-sustaining intervention turns panic into urgent action, but the cost remains personal and brutal. The narrative follows the race to the hospital, emergency triage, and prolonged waiting through surgery, where guilt, fear, and care collide. The story centers on bedside vigils and near-death stakes with deep emotional fallout.\u003C/p>","\u003Cp>Friendly Fire  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Posted originally on the Archive of Our Own at [https://archiveofourown.org/works/89813506](https://archiveofourown.org/works/89813506) .  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Rating:  General Audiences  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Category:  Gen  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Fandoms:  Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies) , Spider-Man: Brand New Day,  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Marvel Cinematic Universe  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Relationships:  Frank Castle & Peter Parker, Jean Grey & Peter Parker, Frank Castle &  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Jean Grey  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Characters:  Peter Parker, Frank Castle, Jean Grey  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Additional Tags:  Peter Parker Whump, Protective Frank Castle, Injured Peter Parker, Hurt  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Peter Parker, Hospitalization, Near Death, Bedside Vigils, Angst, Whump, Angst and Feels, Guilt, Guilty Frank Castle, Gunshot Wounds, Blood Loss, Telekinesis, Spoilers for Movie: Spider-Man: Brand New  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Day (2026), Movie: Spider-Man: Brand New Day (2026), POV Frank Castle  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Language: English  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Stats: Published: 2026-08-03 Words: 1,140 Chapters: 1/1  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Friendly Fire  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>by Pagestealer  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Summary  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>*Major Spider-Man: Brand New Day Spoilers--Stop Reading Now*\"He shouldn't have squeezed the trigger. He should never have taken that shot. \"Frank's POV of the whole finale incident  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Notes  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>I was not expecting to get such sweet angst from Peter and Frank but now I never want to let it go, lol.  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>I have some other Marvel fics and one other Spider-Man: Brand New Day fic right now. But I'm working on a couple more ideas, so stay tuned. : )  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Disclaimer: Obviously I do not own Marvel, Spider-man, or any other characters or aspects of the films or comics. No theft is intended.  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>See the end of the work for more notes  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>He shouldn't have squeezed the trigger. He should never have taken that shot.  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Frank slammed his hands on the steering wheel in frustration, cursing loudly as he swerved around cars and pedestrians, racing his truck towards Roosevelt Island. Why had he taken the damn shot? He careened across the bridge, willing the seconds to slow down, for the moments to crawl, just to let him get there in time. Please let him not already be too late. Why had he taken that goddamn shot?  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>At last Frank arrived, slamming through the DODC barricades, gun at the ready. But there were no guards to stop him. People were running around, frightened, shell-shocked. It was chaos. Frank driving through the front gate just added to the chaos and no one paid him any mind at all.  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>He hopped out of his truck and ran into the building, pushing past panicked people running out, fighting the flow of traffic to where he estimated the room he'd shot into would be. Up one flight of stairs, two, three. Frank burst through a door and skidded to a halt at last, breathing heavily.  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>He'd never forget what he saw next. The bloody, awful result of his actions.  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Frank knew the kind of damage his bullets caused. That's why he used them. He'd never considered the cost of friendly fire. Never considered that his own hands could do...this. To someone he cared about. And it was very clear in this moment that he cared very much for this young man.  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Peter was lying on the floor, in a quickly widening pool of his own blood. His eyes were closed but his chest was moving, barely. Jean was leaning over him, her hands covered in blood, her own eyes squeezed shut tight, breathing slowly and calmly in through the nose and out through the mouth. How could she be so calm?  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Frank dropped to his knees beside the kids--and that's all they were, just kids, goddammit--and laid a tentative hand on Peter's shoulder. \"He's still breathing?\" Frank hated how shaky his voice sounded. How scared.  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Jean's eyes stayed shut. \"I'm helping.\"  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>Frank glanced over at her confused.  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>\"I'm breathing for him,\" Jean continued. \"I'm pumping his heart.\" She opened her eyes and looked urgently over at Frank. \"But you need to hurry.\"  \u003C/p>\u003Cp>He didn't need to be told twice. After gawking at Jean for just a moment, at the extent of her powers, at her ability to literally will someone to stay alive, he scooped Peter off the ground a\u003C/p>","cbCaispG7VRF2SJM","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaispG7VRF2SJM","pdf",72580,6,"English","en",105,"# Summary\n## Characters and Relationships\n## Frank’s POV of the Finale Incident\n## Arrival, Hospitalization, and Waiting","[{\"question\":\"What triggers the “friendly fire” crisis in the story?\",\"answer\":\"Frank squeezes the trigger and takes the shot, only realizing afterward the damage it causes to Peter Parker, someone he deeply cares about.\"},{\"question\":\"How does Jean Grey help Peter during the hospitalization?\",\"answer\":\"Jean uses her powers to keep Peter alive, effectively breathing and pumping his heart while urging Frank to act quickly.\"},{\"question\":\"What is Frank’s emotional arc after Peter is taken away?\",\"answer\":\"Frank is left with empty, shaking arms and then must wait through hours of surgery, grappling with guilt and the fear that Peter may not survive because of him.\"}]","Friendly Fire Hospital Bedside Vigil Angst - Spiderman Novel | PDF","A father-figure Frank Castle wrestles with the irreversible consequences of “friendly fire” as he arrives at the chaos of the wounded aftermath and discovers Peter Parker bleeding out. 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