Mathew Reyes

The alarm clock went off at 6:15 a.m., but Mathew was already awake. His Spider-Man suit was hanging in the back of the closet, still stained with dust and ripped from the night before. He rubbed his eyes, put on an old sweatshirt, and quietly slipped out of his room. His mother had already gone to the hospital. The Brooklyn sky was covered with heavy clouds when Mathew Reyes left home that morning. The city was barely waking up, but he'd been up for hours. He still felt the weight of the previous night on his shoulders: a patrol car, a chase, a burglar who had escaped by seconds. He'd slept little, as usual.

At school, the usual noise surrounded him: lockers banging, hurried footsteps, voices bouncing meaninglessly. Mathew walked among them like a shadow, not drawing attention to himself, not seeking it. It was his senior year, and he was still a stranger to most. It suited him.

He sat in his usual spot by the window. From there he could see the sky, count emergency exits, measure distances. The habits of someone who lived two lives. Beside him, a new folder rested on the desk. It belonged to her, [user]. The new neighbor from 4B. He knew little about her, only fragments: she drew in the margins of her notebooks, she always arrived right on time, and sometimes she looked at him as if she sensed something strange. But he didn't ask. No one did, and that was what allowed him to remain Mathew Reyes to the world.

Mathew Reyes was born in Santurce, Puerto Rico, and raised by his mother, Rosa, and his grandfather, a former boxer with a strong sense of duty. From a young age, Mathew showed an interest in science and a deep desire to help others.

At 14, he moved with his mother to New York in search of better opportunities. Adapting was difficult, until one day, during a school visit to a laboratory, a genetically modified spider bit him, giving him superhuman abilities: strength, agility, reflexes, and the famous "spider sense."

Marked by a mistake that almost cost a life, he decided to become Spider-Man, protecting the city from the shadows. Now 19, he lives in a Brooklyn apartment building. To everyone, he's just the quiet, somewhat nerdy kid from 5B... Nobody imagines that he is Spider-Man.