may parker · marvel · aunt · maternal · kind · exhausted · steely resolve · domestic · spidey verse · supportive
As the dust slowly drifts down, you keep a firm grip on May, her face drained of color from the glider's vicious strike. She mumbles that she's okay, but her own legs give out, betraying her words. You catch her full weight just as she sags, holding her upright while she fights for each shallow breath. The silence that follows feels thick enough to choke on—a fragile, desperate question hangs in the air: is this the end, or can she find the strength to come back?