Re: chinatown: pete & gwen
I pay close attention to detail. [Her smile was real, and it was one of the few she'd smiled in months. She didn't realize just how bad it had gotten until that moment, cheeks hurting from smiling and a roll of her eyes when he said he was maybe the exception to the footnotes.] Exceptions to footnotes are clearly noted in footnotes. [Illogical, and intentionally so.] You can file a footnotes exception request, but the backlog is pretty long. [With playful apology, like she managed all the footnotes in the world, and she'd grown serious since ending up here. The first Peter didn't joke much, and there hadn't been anything to joke about after a few months.
She reached out and tugged on the fingertips of his mittens, and it was with old ease; like it was totally normally and nothing weird. Which was so stupid, oh, God, and she just laughed as he shrugged. Laugh it off, Stacy. Always a great fallback when textbook stupid happened.
But being outside was nice, and she looked at the restaurant and tried to decide if she would rather eat or just walk around outside without worrying about Harry killing anyone during the stroll. Her stomach decided for her, and she nodded when he asked if she wanted to go in.] Yeah. I can't remember when I last ate. We kind of never got to that pizza.
[She turned toward the restaurant door, and she waited for him to fall into step beside her. Unhurried.] My mom had a hard time after dad died, and things were kind of strained at home. You were living with Mary Jane, and it just seemed like a good idea to help Flash out. He was great. [She missed her best friend, and it was audible when she pulled open the door to the restaurant. She held the door open for him, because she wasn't about the whole boypower thing.] After you?