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Four tears like chandeliers, dripping
diamonds and light. The freckles bounce
in between and laugh. You're too pretty
for eyesight, And yet not loud enough.

Marianna, Callie Kirra

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Part I: curly haired boy tugged blonde girl's pigtail. blonde girl threw a marker while curly haired boy dodged with laughter.

their third grade teacher made them do friendship exercises, which only made blonde girl's red cheeks puff out more. she would not be sharing her carrots with curly haired boy at lunch today.

         Part II: two things began in the seventh grade. first, curly haired boy beat blonde haired girl at the science fair. second, boys started passing blonde haired girl love notes. her red faces now came more often in the form of blushes rather than frustration.

         but curly haired boy had loved her frustration. he was absolutely in love with the way she expressed herself. her words, while brutal, painted the atmosphere with hot, untouchable stars as she spoke. when she was mad, she was mad. but when she was happy, she was happy and the entire world felt it.

         Part III: by the time high school rolled around the two had developed an enigmatic relationship. the term "friends" was not in the pair's vocabulary when referring to each other, nor would it ever be. an academic rivalry had placed a solid wall between the possibility of them getting to know each other in the personal sense.

         blonde haired girl was just gwen and curly haired boy was just peter. they began to hate each other, or so they thought. the storm of raging emotions peter antagonized out of gwen turned out to be such a lovely vessel and the only time she really felt like her reactions were wanted (even if it was for the most frustrating reasons). but peter was just a boy, and she had real things to worry about.

         Part IV: gwen figured out soon that life liked to hit hard. new york city at least pretended to like her most of the time, but now people were getting doped up on this mystery drug and destroying everything. this used to be a thing that she could roll her eyes at and walk away, but queen's very own masked spider-boy came looking for her help, so what's a girl to do?

lila moss as gwen stacy !
libra. 7teen. corpse ballerina. scientist.
mascara streaks. rainstorm kisses. lover.

jack champion as peter parker !
virgo. 7teen. web slinger. star wars.
lipstick stains. academic weapon. 1989.

jenna ortega, margot jett !
black cat. eyeliner. secret smiles.

abraham d. juste, miles morales !
skater boy. air jordans. lovestruck.

sadie sink, betty grant !
train wreck. baking therapy. just fine.

📷 !  Author's Note     i don't think you guys understand how fun it is to wright this. this is basically me taking as many spider-man related characters and shoving them into teenage drama series but obviously including the superhero aspect. i don't even know how many marvel canons i'm breaking with this fic but that's okay cause it's an AU for a reason.

📷 !   Disclaimers    i do not own spider-man, or any characters created by stan lee mentioned in this fic. however, aside from the spider-man origin story, i own the characters' plot and interactions in this fic :)

📷 !   Trigger Warning     violence, guns, blood, death, drugs, overdoses, smoking, drinking, sexual themes, anxiety, etc.