#peterxgwen

[boomdafunk]

- Soulmate dry your eyes -

[ohifonlyx33]

DISCLAIMER: I haven't even seen NWH and don't plan to at least until it is released on DVD or streaming, so IDK how NWH ended exactly etc., but my idea is predicated on the [[[SPOILER]]] that APPARENTLY "everyone forgot him" and my own idea that Peter goes to college... or at least TRIES, Sam Raimi style. But i don't actually know the circumstances or if MJ still knows who Peter is, or if he can even GO to college....

IDEA: Peter is in ALL the accelerated college classes he can manage, but so is this girl... not that he's looking to date, he hasn't got the time or the emotional bandwidth... he's not ready for that.

But this girl consistently raises her hand before Peter and gets all the answers right--she corrected a Professor once and Peter is pretty sure they ALL fear her. She's top of her class in every class they share and she knows it. And he's trailing behind her for second place which means she's basically his rival.

And he's pretty sure she's noticed him as her rival too, because she corrected his answer once in class, and he swears he saw her wink at him. He might be crazy, but he catches her glancing at him occasionally with a smug grin on her face when she knows she "beat" him... it's kinda cute though. and he's like WHO IS THIS GIRL???

The more he sees her around, the more brilliant she becomes. She's offering her chips to a friend at lunch and laughing at a joke, picking up a piece of trash and throwing it away, offering to help a friend study, handing out flyers for a blood drive... and maybe one day she sits down at his table in the library one day and says "Hey, Parker."

And he looks up, startled and says "Hey, you're uh, you're in all my classes... Stacy, right?"

She introduces herself properly, offering a hand "Actually, it's Gwen. Gwen Stacy."

And just like that, MCU Gwen Stacy exists. (maybe played by willow shields, or caylee cowan... I was gonna say Kathryn Newton but apparently she plays cassie lang so i guess not)

And just like that Peter officially meets her. His handshake stops mid-greeting. An awkward beat passes and he lets go. "Sorry."

She says nothing, but she's smirking with her eyes, "So I was bored the other day, and I just got to thinking... you know, if you ever need help beating me in class, I could help you study..."

And just like that he gets it. He totally gets it. He understands how, in another lifetime in another world, he could fall in love with this girl. And how losing someone like her could destroy someone. And then he remembers she died in that Peter's world... because of him. And that freaks him out, thoroughly.

No, he's not gonna fall in love with her, probably... not in this universe... not any time soon. but still, he admires her a lot. She has his attention for sure.

"Actually, I don't really study. I mean, I don't have time to study. If I did, maybe' I'd be first. And, and, uh, as nice of it was for you to offer, I'm afraid I have to settle for second place. Besides, you deserve the spot. Anyway, I have to go."

He keeps an eye on her, but won't let himself get too close. Just in case. Not that he's in love with her. But the idea that he could be. And the idea that she could die...

anyway. yeah. that's it. that's the idea. Basically I just want more PeterGwen. And more Gwen. PLEASE.

TL;DR It's not a proper Peter/Gwen love story. It works even if you prefer MJ. It works if he's lonely and misses people, and it STILL works if MJ's right there next to him hitting him on the head with a cardboard tube. It works as a callback. As a small what-if plot, even on top of a story where he ends up with MJ. It can literally be cut down to a two scenes or it can be a focus of the movie. There are different outcomes a Gwen Stacy introduction could have, depending on what kind of direction the movie wants to take and the themes they want to use. It can go along with any love story story they wanted to tell... It doesn't matter because it's a meet cute and a callback that doesn't have to go anywhere, but it COULD... But Gwen there and she's alive and she's wonderful... but she's not necessarily for him... Unless??? no... i mean... maybe... do you... nah... UNLESS??

[queerloser17]

So that soulmate AU

That one with the clock on everyone’s wrist counting down to the time they meet their soulmate? I did a blurb. It’s based on the comics not the movies btw(universe 616)

...

Peter Parker had been waiting to meet his soulmate for a while. But his aunt took priority. So when he was going through school in a daze, he had never even noticed that his watch was missing.

It was only when his aunt was better that he even cared to look.

He panicked. How could he know who his soulmate was now? He had talked to plenty of people since the last time he’d checked. How would he ever find them?

Gwen Stacy had been checking her clock repeatedly ever since she’d gone to college. She was so terribly excited that there was no way for her to miss the unmistakable feeling of air on the stretch of her wrist that had never seen sunlight before. She gasped, and looked down at the ground. She had just met Peter Parker. He was her soulmate. She looked to meet his eyes happily-and found that he was already gone.

Her eyes caught on something on the ground. A clock. It read all 0s and it wasn’t hers-it was his.

She clutched it tightly, and considered going after him, but decided against it.

If he wanted to know her, he would have to come after her himself. He had to notice his clock was gone eventually. And if he didn’t-she wasn’t sure she wanted to meet him. But of course, she’d worry about all of those things later.

She noticed the boy she knew to be her soulmate looking frantic in the hallway. His left hand was wrapped tightly around his right, and he was turning in circles looking very confused.

Gwen smiled as she walked up and tapped him on the shoulder. He turned, looking very surprised at her existence.

“Gwen. Er, yes?” He acknowledged her, sounding dazed.

She pulled his clock out her bag and held it out to him. “You dropped this a while ago.” His eyes went wide and he gasped at her as she pulled another clock out her bag.

“I wondered when you’d notice.”

[ultimatesilk]

i'm constantly thinking of peter and gwen and i truthfully believe they deserved better, i can't stop crying

[buttercookieart]

[knock-knock-mr-criminal]

"You're my path and you're always gonna be my path..."

[buttercookieart]

Eating lunch sitting on the Daily Bugle roof.

[spndiaries]

Do you think Gwen in TASM2 could've been saved if Peter would've shot webs at gears to bring himself closer to her instead of staring at her as she fell