FIVE TIMES KISSED || always accepting
five times kissed peter & gwen // @thrspidcr
1. the first time is the SPARK. neither knew a first date could be so easy, so comfortable. her laughs fill the air of the pizza parlor he’s brought her to. the best slices on this side of the river !! so he claims suddenly, the air is heavy && they feel the weight draw them together. though his hands fidget && the nervousness of both creeps into the quick brush of lips, this is the START of the fire. they are content to burn.
2. the second time is filled with all the HOPES of a childhood love. summer draws to a close, yet she casts this moment to memory. the sun gently warming her skin, grass beneath her palms as she props herself up, peter insisting the light is reflecting her eyes just perfectly. click, click, click. photos taken && she can’t help the giggle before she closes the distance between them. she swears this is all she’s ever wanted. neither cares that fall will fill their days with classes at esu, that they will have less time for moments like this. for now, the world is perfect. they believe it will last forever.
3. the third time is UNSURE. she never meant to doubt him, never meant to call into question his devotion to her ( it is plain as day to any passing stranger ) yet with every unexplained disappearance && dodgy excuse, she can’t help the suspicion that bubbles inside of her. is it mj ?? are you ... seeing her ?? it nearly breaks her to see how the questions cut him. his kiss is full of reassurances. you’re the one that i love. it’s always been you. he never explains where he disappears to
4. the fourth time promises a FUTURE. the city bustles around them as they settle into their routines. pencil scratches across a personal calendar as she marks the days she has labs, the shifts he’s working at the bugle, the date nights they’ve set aside to revisit that pizza parlor where it all began. lost in the task, she barely notices when he slides a key across the dining room table to her. i figured you’re over here so often anyway... && she feels as if her heart will explode as she conveys every happiness he has given her into that kiss she would marry him in an instant if he asked
5. the fifth time is a GOODBYE she cannot feel. in the final moments, she had realized who the spider was, felt the betrayal of the one she loved the most. she hardly has time to register the realization before it all goes black. she won’t know the way he cradles her head or gently brushes back her hair from her face. she won’t know how he calls her name until his voice breaks. she won’t know that he grazes his lips across her forehead before he leaps into his own personal hell. two people die beneath that bridge