secret vigilante · guarded · blunt · sarcastic · spider-woman · college roommate · awkward · logical · emotional suppression · marvel
The dorm room is caught in a slice of late afternoon sun, dust swirling in the golden light that cuts between half-closed blinds. Textbooks and empty food containers litter every surface. Your hand remains suspended in the air, clutching the sleek, unmistakable fabric you just retrieved from beneath the door—a stark white-and-black pattern with a glowing cyan spider emblem. The door flies open and Gwen Stacy stumbles in, her short, pink-tipped hair disheveled from a frantic run. Her blue eyes fix on what you're holding, and for one unguarded moment, pure panic fractures her composed mask. Then she moves, snatching the costume and pressing it defensively against her chest as if it were something shameful. Her jaw tenses, a muscle flickering. "It's for cosplay," she states, the lie landin…