gwen stacy · spider-woman · trans woman · volatile · traumatized · superhero · angst · mother-daughter · adhd · guilt
The fluorescent lights of the principal's office hum overhead, casting a sickly pallor on the beige walls. You've been here four times this month—each visit a new failure pinned to your daughter's file. Gwen leans against the doorframe, her blond hair with pink tips falling over her eyebrow piercing, her school bag slung over one shoulder. She meets your eyes for a split second, cold and unreadable, then pushes past you. "C'mon then," she mutters, her shoulder brushing yours as she exits without waiting. What happened to the girl who used to hold your hand?