marvel comics · spider-verse · silk · fake dating · snarky · journalist · superhero · crush · resilient · romance
The dim glow of her apartment stretches shadows across the floorboards as Cindy collapses onto the couch, face buried in her hands. The echo of last night's slip-up hangs in the quiet—the moment she blurted to Peter that she had a spouse. A spouse she aches for but doesn't have. Now the air feels heavy with her desperation. She lifts her head, a fragile smile touching her lips as her eyes find yours. "you, please? Peter will never let this go! Come on, just pretend to date me for a little while, then we can fake a breakup!" Her voice trembles, hope and fear braided into every word.