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[ ooc: from here. ]

oh

that's like

way simpler than i expected it to be

that was grade-A adulting

[ ooc: from here ]

oh man oh man

thanks mr rhodey sir

you're the best

i guess it'd be a bad time to ask about his childhood wouldn't it?

[ ooc: from here ]

huh

that's a good point

i guess it's kind of a 50/50 chance that i'll be guessing correct at any time

[ ooc: from here ]

3.14 like pi? i can get behind that number if only for the promise of pie

and maybe the promise of secrecy

that part's important too

like really important actually

[ ooc: from here ]

oh yeah?

you're on mj

[ Is it weird that he's looking forward to a next time? ]

[ ooc: from here ]

with my aunt

[ ooc: from here ]

okay yeah it was probably a bad joke

also?? it doesn't matter

just like

pretend you never saw this text

peter

[ guess whaaaat it's 3am and they were just patrolling but nothing happened and she can't sleep so.

facetime.

dooo eee dee dee dee dee dee dee ]

[ let it be known that gwen stacy is fully aware that there is no legitimate reason why she should be taking the bus home from midtown school of science and tech

1) she doesn't even go to this school
2) she actually has to travel further away from home to get to said school
3) she also has to leave school about fifteen minutes early to get there before the last bell of the day rings
4) if the bus driver actually did his job he'd realize she didn't belong on that bus and she could get kicked off at any moment
5) it's a school bus. why ride the school bus at all when she could webswing and nobody would be the wiser?

well, she does all this because of peter parker.

because as much as she tries to play it Cool, there's a soft spot for him that goes way, way deeper than just a friendship. and she doesn't really get it yet, she can't pin point a name on it. because it's not really a crush, right, she's had those and she knows what it's like to go all gooey-brained over a boy or a girl. she's been there. done that. this isn't that. this is sprinting across rooftops to get from her shady school on the other side of town to make sure she can catch her breath before peter finds her outside of midtown tech. this is putting up with the loud, smelly bus because she knows peter likes to ride it instead of catching the train back to queens sometimes. this is feeling her heart rate bump up a tiny bit when he sits down next to her and their shoulders or their knees are touching and he looks at her with that smile that lets her know he has spider stuff to talk to her about but knows they need to wait until they're off the bus to get into it.

and today this is, for some insane reason she can't rationalize, the sudden, undeniable desire to hold his hand.

which isn't a thing they do, it's just not. sometimes he'll hug her and sometimes she'll push him but they're not the kind of friends that are all touchy-feely. they're both a little guarded even though they've known each other for years. like they're not used to that kind of affection being readily available, or someone might try and take it away if they do get it. so she's not sure why she suddenly wants to.

it's just a hand.

but normally she's fidgeting a bit, drumming on her knees or the back of the seat in front of her, and today she's not. today she's kind of just thumbing at a hole in her jeans, eyes out the window before they're looking at the space between them. rather, where they're kind of crunched close together in this little seat. because his hand's right there and she could, she could do that. she could just take his hand and see how that goes. they're both quiet today, and it's absolutely because again, spider stuff has to wait, but they're also sharing her headphones, listening to a new LP she discovered late last night. just a few tracks. nothing crazy loud, but it's enough to block out the rest of the bus, which is nice.

either way, he's right there. and so is his hand.

she does slide hers back from her knee to a little further up her thigh, so that it's next to where his is resting on his leg.

she drums her thumb to the music they're listening to, but only a bit. it's more of a fidget, really.

she sneaks a peek at him through her hair and maybe it's just good timing or the worst timing but he's kind of looking her way too and she ends up huffing and smiling down at her lap.

god.

okay! okay. they fight bad guys on the regular but she can't get up the nerve to try and hold his hand? really.

no. screw that.

she doesn't watch what she's doing because that's mortifying, but she does, finally, reach over to slip her hand under his where it's resting palm down on his thigh. it's a pretty smooth move, all things considered. she just goes for it. fingers lacing up between his and then curling up, just a little bit.

she doesn't look at him, doesn't acknowledge it, nothing. just. does it.

so that's a thing. it's happening. and now she waits for him to either laugh at her or maybe flip out because she gave him no warning. either one. rejection, sort of. she's prepared for it in whatever form he decides to show it. prepared and horrified, yes. oh, it's fine. at least she'll know for sure and won't ever do it again. that's good, right???? ]

[ guess who just saw jameson's breaking news report??? it was hard to miss considering the whole.. broadcasted all over midtown thing ]

peter where are you are you okay holy shit??

She was chasing the cat around the house hitting it with a cardboard sword yelling "there can be only one!"

So I hid the cat and now I'm at the park.

If you could blip any type of person off the planet and be able to bring them back, at will, who would you pick? Insanely unethical, I know, but I'm curious. I would blip school bullies, I think. Or the current president, if we're getting deep. But right now? School bullies.

hey do all the avengebros have a group chat and if so can you tell the green dude i know a lady from harlem and she says hi

[ brigit does not, this is a lie ]

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oh

oh yeah

but that stuff's easy, we can do it in like half an hour

which means the rest of our study time can be spent doing other much more fun stuff

[ Like the kissing she's threatening to cut off. ]

[ from here ]

[ To be honest, it does confirm what she'd meant, and that makes him a little bashful before he feels a pang in his chest. ]

no no no it's cool

sorry sorry

i mean i do have someone

or did

i just

she doesn't know who i am anymore

which is fine, it had to be done, but

[ He'd worked up the courage to get to know most of the Avengers again, but MJ? Ned? It's taken him a little longer to get around to. He isn't even sure why, maybe it's a little to do with that whole 'responsibility' thing ...

And yeah. It sucks. ]

right now i think it's a big enough thing to have friends

Edited 2022-03-27 05:40 (UTC)

[ from here ]

yeah

i remember when i first learned space aliens from a totally different universe existed

and then i learned how many different universes there were

and now there are multiple peter parkers

it helped having other people to talk about it with though

so you know you can like always talk to me

if you want

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ok uh whatever i did i'm sorry

but also?

i'm pretty sure this isn't on me gwen

😣

you wanna tell me what happened?

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facetime;;

the thing with the hands and maybe a kiss

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