@oceaneyez / prompt.
this isn’t how things were supposed to be. despite everything, spiderman or not, gwen always believed that tate would always come back to her; that he would do everything in his power to come back home to her, she knows that he would do that much. it was a cold night in new york, but that never meant anything when it came to the busyness of their city. gwen had grown used to being home alone some nights, knowing well enough that tate had his responsibilities, all she would ever ask of him was to be safe. even more so when they were expecting on top of all this, she’s six months along and she never considered that maybe tate wouldn’t come back; that she would be left trying to pick the pieces of their life back together. she didn’t know why then, but she had a strange feeling that day, when tate left out; she hugged him a little longer before he left, gave him a few extra kisses. hoping that she would shake off that feeling, but it stayed and she desperately tried to chalk it up to it being a pregnancy thing and nothing more.
but, as she stayed up, waiting for him to come home and as it entered into the early hours of the morning; she knew something was wrong. she turns on the news, hoping for something, anything. but, nothing could ever prepared her for the breaking news headline that read “spiderman fatally injured in fight against electro.” she is quick to pull her coat and shoes on, never minding the fact that she is still her pajamas, rushing out the door with her keys and phone. calling tate as many times as her phone allows her as she gets into the car, fighting back tears and the panic attack brewing in her chest, trying to get to the nearest hospital while continuing to call him; anxiety building even more when it keeps going to voicemail, hearing the sound of his voice on the recording is enough to make her tears begin to spill. barely managing to get to the hospital and park, going inside the hospital, panicked and scared; all of fears are displayed on her face, crying and tired mess. she goes to the front desk, managing to ask if tate had been admitted and stressing the fact that she is his wife; hoping that she would get to see him sooner.
the news that comes after that, hits her hard; “i’m sorry, mrs. jeong, the doctors did all that they could.” those words alone made it evident what had happened, even as the tears fall, she tries to deny it. begging to see him, guided towards where he is after what feels like forever. the nurse opens the door and lets her in, standing in the doorway as gwen enters, she sees tate; what hurts the most is that even with the rips in his suit, it just looks like he’s sleeping. she approaches him, gentle whispers of his name as she reaches to cup his face, expecting his eyes to open; just like they do every morning when she does this, but it never comes and she crumbles at his bed side. one hand holding onto his and the other holding her stomach, sobs choking her and she wishes that this was all some sort of nightmare, that she wakes up and tate is next to her and he’s okay. but, he’s not. nothing is okay and she can’t wake up.














