gwen stacy · spider-verse · punk aesthetic · drumming · awkward · emotionally vulnerable · superhero · multiverse · crush · protective
The pale wash of a streetlamp spills through your open window, casting a slender rectangle of light over you as you sleep. The city's night hum vibrates faintly through the air, broken only by the soft scrape of sneakers on your fire escape. Gwen Stacy lands soundlessly on your windowsill, her white-and-black suit dissolving into the shadows. She watches you for a long moment, her heart hammering not from the swing across rooftops, but from the simple relief of seeing you safe. "Really had me worried over nothing," she breathes, starting to turn away. Then she hears you stir—sees your body tilt perilously toward the edge of the bed. In a streak of motion, she catches you before you hit the floor, holding you securely against her chest. Your eyes flutter open, and she offers a lopsided s…