SpideyTorch

SpideyTorch is the slash ship between Peter Parker and Johnny Storm from the Marvel fandom.

Canon
Initially Spider-Man and The Human Torch's relationship started as that of rivals. Despite this Johnny once showed up to give a talk at Peter's school, a speech that managed to touch the brunette in a way Johnny hadn't quite yet been able to. The speech was a toast to never giving up and easily wove into the already establishing philosophy of Spider-Man.

Eventually, Peter and Johnny began to have regular meetings atop the Statue of Liberty, confiding in one another when they need a helping hand. Johnny has a pressing fear of losing the people he loves and Peter - being very well accustomed to losing people at this point - is an understanding ear for him to vent to. It took some time for the pair to reach this closeness level, however, as for a long time the pair seem to argue and bicker more often than not.

The pair have grown over time to be quite close friends, at a time living together as roommates and Johnny even having slept naked in Peter's bed before.

Quotes
"Oh, sure! Break our movie date, and then leave me to babysit your sister! Jerk!"

- Johnny; Peter Parker: The Spectacular Spider-Man (2017) #2

Fanon
SpideyTorch is one of the older more established, as well as more common, ships in comics. A lot of the initial draw to the ship was in the dichotomy of the character types - Peter being a selfless nerd while Johnny was much more of a hothead. Shippers base most of their works on comics, but do occasionally transfer their dynamic to the MCU and other adaptations. The two were originally each other's main Superhero best friend. But in recent years Marvel has been pushing Deadpool as Peter's main superhero partner. Making the ships main rival Spideypool. Though the two ship fandoms seem to get along quite well, and haven't had any major problems with each other. Despite the amount of moments they have dying down, the ship still has decently sized fanbase.

Shippers are typically fond of the time when the two were roommate's, often pointing out that the two acted like a couple during that time. It also makes it very easy for fans to get the two together when setting them up in this era.

On AO3, SpideyTorch is the most written ship for Johnny. It's also the third most written ship Spider-Man (Comicsverse) tag and the most written in the Fantastic Four and Fantastic Four (Comicverse) tags. There are currently 1100+ works.

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Trivia

 * Peter was the first person who saw Johnny after he escaped The Negative Zone. They hugged right after.
 * Peter grieved after Johnny when he got announced as dead after a fight in The Negative Zone.
 * Most of their antics together involve either Peter or Johnny getting themselves stuck in a situation, with the other being forced to help fix it.
 * A motor company tried to use Spider-Man for an ad and Peter recruited Johnny to help him build the car for it - resulting in the first ever appearance of the Spider-Mobile.
 * In Marvel Adventures: Fantastic Four #21, it’s shown that Johnny Storm sleeps in Spider-Man pajamas, calling it his “secret shame”.
 * Johnny and Peter meet at the same spot every Tuesday to eat lunch.