Text her, at least. Just say- "I'm okay, will explain, talk soon", so she doesn't think you're MIA. Then call her when you're ready to. Happy can wait.
[ she's not usually this friend, the kind of bossy-advice-giver-friend, but she knows what it's like to have the rug ripped out from under you in a situation like this, how hard it is to get your thoughts in order, so she's trying to give him objectives. something.
peter leans against her and gwen leans back, turning her face to rest on his shoulder as her fingers fuss to lace up properly with his. normally she'd be overthinking this kind of closeness, but there's no room for that now, too much worry about bigger things than seeming too clingy ]
Spider-Man is going to be okay. Do you think- Are you going to lean into it? Y'know, unmask? Or- Or you could try and protect your secret identity. Maybe you could find a way to get your side out there, as Spider-Man. Let the world know Beck was deranged and throwing out names he heard- Maybe around Stark Industries. He knows Peter Parker as Tony Stark's last intern. You could use that?
Maybe. [ He isn't exactly sure what he's answering here, whether he'll lean into the unmasking, or whether he'll make something up, the way he's always made something up. It seems more dangerous, somehow, to lie - especially when all eyes, especially The Bugle's, will be on him - but ... unmasking and coming clean about it just seems so ... scary.
He looks down at their joined hands but it doesn't occur to him to be weird about the gesture either. Time and a place, it seems. Also, it's just nice to be like this. ]
Hey, Gwen ... when you did it, when you unmasked, how - how did it go? How'd you figure it out? How'd you move forward after that?
[ remember how I said I studied abroad for a full school year while you were blipped? I was actually locked up in the RAFT.
no, maybe not that. we're not going to tell peter about her time in juvenile max security prison, not just yet. not now. because- this is different! gwen confessed to her crimes, because there were actual crimes to confess. venom- really did a number on, uh, her whole life. but she had a lot she had to come to peace with, and make amends for, so
anyway, we're going to focus on the time after that. ]
I kind of knew it was going to be a mess. Just- the timing of it could have been better. But I got sick of hiding, I guess. But, um. There's people who support me, and people who don't. Weirdly enough, school is the toughest part. People either know somebody I helped put in jail, which is- not a great time, or they're trying to take selfies of me over their shoulder which is just weird. But life hasn't really changed otherwise. It's kind of nice, though, not being at the mercy of how fast I can pull my suit on when I need to do Spider-Woman stuff. And I don't have to make excuses for running out anymore. It has its perks.
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[ she's not usually this friend, the kind of bossy-advice-giver-friend, but she knows what it's like to have the rug ripped out from under you in a situation like this, how hard it is to get your thoughts in order, so she's trying to give him objectives. something.
peter leans against her and gwen leans back, turning her face to rest on his shoulder as her fingers fuss to lace up properly with his. normally she'd be overthinking this kind of closeness, but there's no room for that now, too much worry about bigger things than seeming too clingy ]
Spider-Man is going to be okay. Do you think- Are you going to lean into it? Y'know, unmask? Or- Or you could try and protect your secret identity. Maybe you could find a way to get your side out there, as Spider-Man. Let the world know Beck was deranged and throwing out names he heard- Maybe around Stark Industries. He knows Peter Parker as Tony Stark's last intern. You could use that?
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He looks down at their joined hands but it doesn't occur to him to be weird about the gesture either. Time and a place, it seems. Also, it's just nice to be like this. ]
Hey, Gwen ... when you did it, when you unmasked, how - how did it go? How'd you figure it out? How'd you move forward after that?
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[ remember how I said I studied abroad for a full school year while you were blipped? I was actually locked up in the RAFT.
no, maybe not that. we're not going to tell peter about her time in juvenile max security prison, not just yet. not now. because- this is different! gwen confessed to her crimes, because there were actual crimes to confess. venom- really did a number on, uh, her whole life. but she had a lot she had to come to peace with, and make amends for, so
anyway, we're going to focus on the time after that. ]
I kind of knew it was going to be a mess. Just- the timing of it could have been better. But I got sick of hiding, I guess. But, um. There's people who support me, and people who don't. Weirdly enough, school is the toughest part. People either know somebody I helped put in jail, which is- not a great time, or they're trying to take selfies of me over their shoulder which is just weird. But life hasn't really changed otherwise. It's kind of nice, though, not being at the mercy of how fast I can pull my suit on when I need to do Spider-Woman stuff. And I don't have to make excuses for running out anymore. It has its perks.