Peter got to her feet and pulled her into a hug, firm (but not too tight as he was very strong now and he didn’t want to hurt her) and reassuring. It helped also that his face was hidden in her neck when she mentioned Uncle Ben and his stomach clenched painfully at the reminder of the man who had raised him.
“I’m really careful not to get hurt, Aunt May,” he promised quietly, “Like, I mean it might happen sometimes but when I’m practising my limits I do it with someone else, who can catch me if I fall off the wall or something. I promise, I mean there’s not really precautions or anything that you can take for this sort of thing but I’m trying and I’m doing it scientifically, the slow approach, you know? Hypothesis and test.”