[ It's kind of a weird reason why Peter likes the end of the school day the best. Most of the other kids like it because it means the end of classes, and it means after-school sports, after-school hangouts at the coffee shop, or after-school parties. It means ditching homework and maybe a part-time job. It means freedom and no more responsibility, and yeah sure, Peter can kind of get on board with the whole 'end of classes' bit because it means he gets to spider-up and save some people in the neighbourhood.
But for Peter Parker, the reason he likes the end of the school day so much is for the bus ride home. He used to take the train a lot more often, just because it was faster and sometimes he'd luck out and get the newer trains with the air-conditioning. But then Gwen started to take the bus too, which didn't really make a whole lot of sense on account of the fact that she didn't go to Midtown and it was kind of out of the way. But he never questioned it and she didn't either, and it meant they could listen to music together and talk about dumb stuff like who the best dog was on Dogs With Jobs last night. It was kind of like their low-key, no-pressure time alone together; neither of them had to say all that much if they didn't want to, and they could go spidering right after.
A few times Peter would find Gwen already on board, saving him a seat. He'd settle in next to her and she'd pass him one of her earbuds and they'd just spend the ride back to Queens just listening to whatever playlist she had on her iPod.
Today they're doing exactly that and Peter is totally enjoying the music. It's the kind of sound that would be great in a movie soundtrack where the story was deep and introspective. When she glances over at him, he turns back to her too, offering her a smile like, yeah, this is awesome, I'm really enjoying this --
And then suddenly he feels Gwen's hand under his, weaving her fingers through his, and it's like - whoa, okay.
Um.
He doesn't really freak out or anything. More like ... he'd always kind of figured they were just friends (even if he might have had like, the biggest crush on her for a while, which is so embarrassing, but whatever, it's fine) so it was never a thing he wanted to act on in the event that it ruined their friendship. But then she's holding his hand - she's holding his hand - so.
So! The right thing to do, the obvious thing to do of course, is to let his fingers tighten around hers ever-so-slightly, curling around hers, making it known that whatever this is, yeah, he likes this a lot, but also what is happening right now. ]
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But for Peter Parker, the reason he likes the end of the school day so much is for the bus ride home. He used to take the train a lot more often, just because it was faster and sometimes he'd luck out and get the newer trains with the air-conditioning. But then Gwen started to take the bus too, which didn't really make a whole lot of sense on account of the fact that she didn't go to Midtown and it was kind of out of the way. But he never questioned it and she didn't either, and it meant they could listen to music together and talk about dumb stuff like who the best dog was on Dogs With Jobs last night. It was kind of like their low-key, no-pressure time alone together; neither of them had to say all that much if they didn't want to, and they could go spidering right after.
A few times Peter would find Gwen already on board, saving him a seat. He'd settle in next to her and she'd pass him one of her earbuds and they'd just spend the ride back to Queens just listening to whatever playlist she had on her iPod.
Today they're doing exactly that and Peter is totally enjoying the music. It's the kind of sound that would be great in a movie soundtrack where the story was deep and introspective. When she glances over at him, he turns back to her too, offering her a smile like, yeah, this is awesome, I'm really enjoying this --
And then suddenly he feels Gwen's hand under his, weaving her fingers through his, and it's like - whoa, okay.
Um.
He doesn't really freak out or anything. More like ... he'd always kind of figured they were just friends (even if he might have had like, the biggest crush on her for a while, which is so embarrassing, but whatever, it's fine) so it was never a thing he wanted to act on in the event that it ruined their friendship. But then she's holding his hand - she's holding his hand - so.
So! The right thing to do, the obvious thing to do of course, is to let his fingers tighten around hers ever-so-slightly, curling around hers, making it known that whatever this is, yeah, he likes this a lot, but also what is happening right now. ]