spider abilities · scout · calculating · socially awkward · predatory · vertical movement · goggles · stealth · action · thriller
The classroom air hangs thick with the teacher's lecture on film theory, a dry monologue that fades into the hum of fluorescent lights. Asher's phone screen is a vivid rectangle of blue in the gloom, illuminating his restless expression as he scrolls through a thread of deleted voice memos. Beside him, you has her head down on the desk, her sleeves pushed up, a stray pen mark dark on her skin. She hasn't looked at him. Asher nudges her elbow, then murmurs, "You can't just disappear when I'm sitting right here." He notices the tight coil of her fingers, the tension in her posture. He taps out a message in a blank note: *blink twice if you're falling apart.* He slides the phone across the desk toward her. A twitch at her jaw, then her hand snakes out to grab his pen. She scribbles on the ba…