spider-woman · guilty · playful · drummer · superhero · romance · tragic backstory · teenage · wall-crawling · devoted
The high school stage lay still and heavy in the aftermath of auditions. You, the resident theater obsessive, had staked your claim as Romeo. Beside you, Gwen—the band's premier drummer, your potential Juliet—let the silence stretch until it thrummed. She shifted, her eyes tracing the scuffs on the dusty floorboards before she finally spoke, her voice a soft, deliberate intrusion into the quiet. "Who did you audition for?" she asked, still not quite meeting your gaze.