[Of course his dorky dance just makes her face brighten with laughter. It's impossible to be sad or down for long around him. Everything he does is so silly and fun, but she loves it.
And his dramatics while pulling out her chair help nothing. She's covering her hand to hide her laughs once she's sitting, nudging him with her foot under the table.]
Peter.
[This place was fancy, they needed to behave! But it's them, so. That's going to be questionable. Either way, the grin hasn't left her face.]
[Pre-Spider-Woman, her dad was still on his "you can't date until you're married" nonsense. She was only fourteen, when she got bit. Funny, how she was old enough to become a superhero, but not old enough to date-- but the first thing was most definitely without her dad's permission.
And then after Peter died, she just...didn't want to risk getting close to anyone else. Until Miles anyway, and even then, while it was painfully obvious Miles had a crush on her, he was waaay younger than her, and in another dimension anyway, so it didn't matter. She knew she would never see him again. Just another friend, lost to her.]
Yeah. Yeah, it is. [It's impossible to stay too serious, though, and she's fighting back laughter again.] Sorry-- we're both so bad at this, aren't we?
(perhaps it's part of how they're all so damn weird - the fact they are so bad at these things, the reason why neither managed to go so far.
peter's always been too idealistic, too romantic. plan too much, think too much, these little things here, those little things there, and then spider-man happened. a divide between wanting to be normal, to date, go to parties, and his responsibilities to the city and to stark.
of course, both would understand that. that's why, while horribly awkward, he can't help the layer of comfort he finds.)
We're definitely really really really bad at this. Worse separately, I think.
[Without him, she wouldn't be trying to date, anyway. Even after meeting Miles, she had still been struggling to let anyone in. No one else understood people like them. The sacrifice, the danger, the stakes-- It just wasn't compatible with people not on the same level.
She could barely keep up with her band, how could she do the rest of being a teenager, while never being able to be fully herself?
But with Peter? It was different. He was different. Kind and courageous, and more than anything, he got it, in a way only another spider-person could. He never pushed her too hard, gave her space when she needed it, but was there when she needed him too. How could anything be better than this?]
It helps that we don't have to hide from each other. [No lies. No making up stories to explain being late for things. No covering up injuries. And they both know how bad they are when it comes to lying, so it's honestly a relief to get to be honest for once.]
(as someone who has seen another person before gwen, he can list a whole lot of difficulties in being spider-man and a normal person, but that's the point here. she knows them, a little too well. she too needs to break promises, to be a little isolated, and to trade a normal relationship for a disaster. it's what the job is, and it's a lonely, sad experience if someone looked at it too deeply.
with them, there's no need. they'd both go for the danger, they'd both sacrifice and come together after, and it's refreshing in ways he can't easily put into words.)
Thank God, I'm like, not that great at lying. Sure you've noticed.
[Gwen just grins as she speaks, trying to contain herself from full on laughter. They're in public, a nice restaurant at that. She can't just be cackling at all the stupid shit they say to each other.]
No, but seriously. I was trapped in Miles' dimension for like-- a week? Trying to make up excuses for that? Nightmare.
[She could not wait to be out of highschool and onto being an adult. Of course, she has plans for college, but at least she won't be under the direct, constant supervision of her dad. She hated lying to him, but there was no way he would take learning who she was well.]
So, I...might've stolen a school uniform and pretended to be a student at Miles' school? [IN HER DEFENSE, it technically was the same school she went to, just a different campus. But it says volumes about the school's security that she was able to sneak in and go through the motions so easily.]
It was just until the others got there. For some reason, I ended up there a whole week before everyone else? Weird, I know. After that, we stayed with May.
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And his dramatics while pulling out her chair help nothing. She's covering her hand to hide her laughs once she's sitting, nudging him with her foot under the table.]
Peter.
[This place was fancy, they needed to behave! But it's them, so. That's going to be questionable. Either way, the grin hasn't left her face.]
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(considering the fact that he dipped out of homecoming for spider-man reasons.
he does take a look around and then to gwen, with her little smile behind her hand, the nudge, the way she's looking at him...)
It's perfect.
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[Pre-Spider-Woman, her dad was still on his "you can't date until you're married" nonsense. She was only fourteen, when she got bit. Funny, how she was old enough to become a superhero, but not old enough to date-- but the first thing was most definitely without her dad's permission.
And then after Peter died, she just...didn't want to risk getting close to anyone else. Until Miles anyway, and even then, while it was painfully obvious Miles had a crush on her, he was waaay younger than her, and in another dimension anyway, so it didn't matter. She knew she would never see him again. Just another friend, lost to her.]
Yeah. Yeah, it is. [It's impossible to stay too serious, though, and she's fighting back laughter again.] Sorry-- we're both so bad at this, aren't we?
[But maybe that makes it even more perfect.]
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peter's always been too idealistic, too romantic. plan too much, think too much, these little things here, those little things there, and then spider-man happened. a divide between wanting to be normal, to date, go to parties, and his responsibilities to the city and to stark.
of course, both would understand that. that's why, while horribly awkward, he can't help the layer of comfort he finds.)
We're definitely really really really bad at this. Worse separately, I think.
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[Without him, she wouldn't be trying to date, anyway. Even after meeting Miles, she had still been struggling to let anyone in. No one else understood people like them. The sacrifice, the danger, the stakes-- It just wasn't compatible with people not on the same level.
She could barely keep up with her band, how could she do the rest of being a teenager, while never being able to be fully herself?
But with Peter? It was different. He was different. Kind and courageous, and more than anything, he got it, in a way only another spider-person could. He never pushed her too hard, gave her space when she needed it, but was there when she needed him too. How could anything be better than this?]
It helps that we don't have to hide from each other. [No lies. No making up stories to explain being late for things. No covering up injuries. And they both know how bad they are when it comes to lying, so it's honestly a relief to get to be honest for once.]
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with them, there's no need. they'd both go for the danger, they'd both sacrifice and come together after, and it's refreshing in ways he can't easily put into words.)
Thank God, I'm like, not that great at lying. Sure you've noticed.
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[Gwen just grins as she speaks, trying to contain herself from full on laughter. They're in public, a nice restaurant at that. She can't just be cackling at all the stupid shit they say to each other.]
No, but seriously. I was trapped in Miles' dimension for like-- a week? Trying to make up excuses for that? Nightmare.
[She could not wait to be out of highschool and onto being an adult. Of course, she has plans for college, but at least she won't be under the direct, constant supervision of her dad. She hated lying to him, but there was no way he would take learning who she was well.]
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(doesn't excuse the fact that he personally sucks at it, but hey, if they're not constantly dragging one another, well, then where's the fun of that?)
... Where were you sleeping?
(did she steal the place of the gwen who lived there...)
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[Is she, though? Really?]
So, I...might've stolen a school uniform and pretended to be a student at Miles' school? [IN HER DEFENSE, it technically was the same school she went to, just a different campus. But it says volumes about the school's security that she was able to sneak in and go through the motions so easily.]
It was just until the others got there. For some reason, I ended up there a whole week before everyone else? Weird, I know. After that, we stayed with May.