#acescaped

the cafeteria seems especially crowded today.     which means the table where james would usually sit alone has been taken by a group of loudmouthed, laddish boys.    he’ll steer clear.  instead he takes the closest empty seat he can find.  near a girl he has seen before but never really paid attention to.  not that he pays attention to a lot of people.   “ .. m’gonna sit here. that alright? ”  

he didn’t enjoy lunchtime at school. when gilbert had arrived at this new school, he had assumed two things could happen: he would be WILDLY UNPOPULAR due to the fact that no one knew him, or that he would be WILDLY POPULAR because everyone wanted to know him. the latter was true. though it didn’t seem like it, he had always been quite RECULSIVE and had hoped that his entrance to the school would have gone unnoticed, but he was being bothered by people just as much as he had been before in avonlea. lunchtime was when everyone SNATCHED at him, and today he had properly planned his escape. directly after class, gilbert RUSHED himself to the library, secluding himself to the farther corner from the entrance to eat in peace. he sat down, heaving a heavy sigh as he put his bag down on the table. a book, warm tea, and soup from his aunt. he was pleased to finally have some SILENCE. however, his eye caught someone that he hadn’t noticed on his b-line to the table. without attempting it, he caught the eye of the girl from his biology class. “ ah, uh, hey, “ he chuckled nervously, putting up a hand to wave sheepishly. could he have said nothing ? it felt RUDE not to. “ you’re rain, right ? sorry if i was loud coming in. didn’t mean to disturb you or anything. “

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@acescaped​ asked: ‘ you just – caught me! i was falling so far and then you just –! ’ for peter :0

“I-- Yeah-- !!” He can’t help but find the sheer disbelief in her voice just a little bit funny, unsure as to whether it stems from the fact that Spider-Man has caught her midair or that ANYONE had caught her at all. (Peter has a feeling that it’s a little bit of both, but maybe a slight bit more of Option 2. She IS a vigilante herself, after all, so a guy that swings probably isn’t the weirdest thing she’s seen.)

One arm wrapped tightly around her, the other maneuvering with his web shooter, Peter manages to get the two onto a nearby rooftop, finally on some solid ‘ground.’ He’s a little hesitant to let go of her-- the fall combined with swinging across the city could very well mean she’d be dizzy on touch-down, and he really doesn’t want her hurting herself.

JESSICA:   hey.   hey,   don't  cry   [   an  unease  has  settled  over  jessica's  shoulders,   a  strange  comfort   :     IT  IS  NICE  TO  FEEL  ANYTHING  AT  ALL  THESE  DAYS   ]   it's  okay.   you're  gonna  be  okay. JESSICA:   sit  on  the  bed.   you  need  a   ---   blanket  or  something?

said: “oh, it’s just so hard to explain.”

          “Woah -- hey!” Carter hastened his strides to catch up with her. She was just gonna dip? After that? It wasn’t like he thought she owed him an explanation -- if anything, he owed her for saving his ass, but whatever she just did -- however she did it -- that was some crazy shit. And Carter has dealt with crazy shit before. So, like, maybe he was searching for some solidarity there? It was totally presumptuous of him to assume she didn’t have anyone to spill her guts to, but this was definitely a low-profile sort of thing, right? So maybe it was something she was alone in. Or -- he didn’t know. Maybe he could at least get her to stick around long enough for him to give her a proper thank you.