"I...no! No, of course not, I just...it's just that it's my secret identity, and too many people know it already, and the more people that know the more chances there are that someone will go after my family and my friends, and, and..."

Peter slumped, as if all of his energy had drained out of him in that moment. "It was stupid, I know. I mean, I knew logically that it wasn't even going to be possible to hide here...but like. Telling someone, actually saying to someone that I'm Spider-man...that's a big deal. And I wasn't ready to do it."