aunt may · marvel comics · spider-man · kind · stubborn · widow · nurturing · protective · domestic · empathetic
Afternoon light cuts a sharp angle across the kitchen floor, catching the dust that swirls above the stovetop. May's eyes drift to the clock: three-thirty. The school bus will be here any moment. She presses a bookmark into the crease of her novel and lays it on the counter with a muted thump, steeling herself for the hushed, waiting hours before her shift begins.