[A lot had really happened quickly. Gwen hadn't really pushed Jim for many answers until now, but it was partially because of how uncomfortable she felt around him. A part of her felt silly, since she knew whatever infected him had been in control, it was the infection saying and doing those things, but it was hard to erase that feral image of him out of her head, hard to forget the awful things he had said to her, trying to rattle her. It did rattle her, and she was still rattled, even if she didn't want to admit it.
And right now, she had to trust him. She had to get his help to lure out Spock so they could save Peter, even if she wanted to get as far away as possible from him-- at least until she could actually sleep and isolate until she was ready to get past all this.
But Peter took priority to everything. She wasn't going to rest until he was okay.
So she followed Jim, trying to keep her unease under wraps. At least her spider-sense wasn't going off too badly, but with a city wide plague, it wasn't going to stop entirely. She nodded as he explained more about Spock's telepathy, and this...bond, they supposedly had between them. How long had they had this? That was...intimate. And completely unsurprising, given what she'd witnessed of the two of them interacting. If Peter was here, he'd be giving them so much shit about how they're such a married couple, and she smiles to herself at the thought, but that only makes her feel worse. She can't even bring herself to joke about it either. Not to mention the tension she feels when she sees his hand more towards her. He doesn't actually try to touch her, thank god, and it just brings her to avoid his gaze again.]
We upgraded our webbing, by the way. After you two escaped. It doesn't last as long as the other kind, but it should be enough to hold him if I can get a good shot. Then I can heal him too. [He wouldn't have noticed, because she didn't exactly get a chance to use the webbing on him. It's a good thing they had thought ahead and made a few extra webshooters, so she was able to replace what Jim destroyed during their fight.]
I shouldn't have let Peter try to distract him. I thought, with the Iron Spider suit, he would stand a better chance-- it's my fault Spock got him in the first place. [Even with how strong Spock was, they were stronger. They just had the disadvantage of not wanting to hurt their friends going against them. It's the same reason she struggled to subdue Jim. They both knew too much about Peter and Gwen and their powers, even if they didn't know everything, and were too crafty. Strength and webbing didn't matter.
Still, she shouldn't have let Peter go off alone. They should've taken them as a team, they should have stayed together. Infected Jim might've been onto something with the Collateral Damage Hall of Fame.]
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And right now, she had to trust him. She had to get his help to lure out Spock so they could save Peter, even if she wanted to get as far away as possible from him-- at least until she could actually sleep and isolate until she was ready to get past all this.
But Peter took priority to everything. She wasn't going to rest until he was okay.
So she followed Jim, trying to keep her unease under wraps. At least her spider-sense wasn't going off too badly, but with a city wide plague, it wasn't going to stop entirely. She nodded as he explained more about Spock's telepathy, and this...bond, they supposedly had between them. How long had they had this? That was...intimate. And completely unsurprising, given what she'd witnessed of the two of them interacting. If Peter was here, he'd be giving them so much shit about how they're such a married couple, and she smiles to herself at the thought, but that only makes her feel worse. She can't even bring herself to joke about it either. Not to mention the tension she feels when she sees his hand more towards her. He doesn't actually try to touch her, thank god, and it just brings her to avoid his gaze again.]
We upgraded our webbing, by the way. After you two escaped. It doesn't last as long as the other kind, but it should be enough to hold him if I can get a good shot. Then I can heal him too. [He wouldn't have noticed, because she didn't exactly get a chance to use the webbing on him. It's a good thing they had thought ahead and made a few extra webshooters, so she was able to replace what Jim destroyed during their fight.]
I shouldn't have let Peter try to distract him. I thought, with the Iron Spider suit, he would stand a better chance-- it's my fault Spock got him in the first place. [Even with how strong Spock was, they were stronger. They just had the disadvantage of not wanting to hurt their friends going against them. It's the same reason she struggled to subdue Jim. They both knew too much about Peter and Gwen and their powers, even if they didn't know everything, and were too crafty. Strength and webbing didn't matter.
Still, she shouldn't have let Peter go off alone. They should've taken them as a team, they should have stayed together. Infected Jim might've been onto something with the Collateral Damage Hall of Fame.]