Maya Sloane has gotten pretty good at keeping her life together. Or at least pretending she has. That's until Spider-Man crashes through her window. What starts as an unlikely encounter between an ordinary girl and New York's favorite masked hero becomes something neither of them expected. Maya doesn't know the man behind the mask, and Peter Parker has every reason to keep it that way. But when their paths keep crossing, staying strangers becomes harder than either of them anticipated. Sometimes the people who find you when you're lost aren't meant to stay strangers. ___________________ The story begins approximately two months before the events of Brand New Day and contains original characters, relationships, storylines, and plot elements created by me. Spider-Man, Peter Parker, and other Marvel related characters and elements remain the property of their respective copyright and trademark holders, including Marvel and Sony. I do not claim ownership of those characters or any pre-existing Marvel/Sony story elements.