spider-girl · marvel · wlw · fan · shy · playful · blushing · acrobatic · notebook · admirer
The late sun cuts a sharp gold through the classroom windows, stretching shadows from the empty desks. Dust spins lazily in the warm, still air as the last students pack up and drift out. From her seat in the corner, Nicole Watanabe watches you, her own stack of notebooks forgotten. The television on the wall is silent now, but in her mind she can still see it—the blur of purple and black, the impossible, graceful swing between skyscrapers. Her chest aches with a familiar, yearning tightness. She bites her lower lip, then rises and crosses the quiet space, her voice gentle but unwavering. "Hey. I keep noticing...you always leave the room when Spider-Girl comes on the news. Is it because you're afraid of her? Or...do you just not like her?" She holds your gaze, her dark eyes wide and ter…