Re: Hallway: Hels & Gwen
I withheld the truth from Harry for three years. I ended up needing to tell him in the end anyway. I'm not sure I actually accomplished anything by my deception. I delayed the inevitable, but I think the time element made confession worse than it would've been at the outset. [Which, basically, meant she was sorry she hadn't just forced Harry to listen in high school, when she tried to tell him that she was pregnant. But there was no currently functional time machine in existence, and she couldn't alter the past, however much she wanted to.]
How do you prioritize when there are multiple sources? [She asked the question genuinely. Her mom and dad had a bunch of kids, but Gwen didn't ever recall feeling like any of the boys was prioritized above or below her. She sat back against the wall as she considered, container coming to rest beside her knee.] I don't remember thinking my dad paid more attention to my mom than to us, either. [She looked over at the other girl, searching for answers. Sociology had never been her area of study, despite the heavy focus on it in practical genetics.
She looked at Helena with sympathy when she explained the dynamics with her not-dad. Gwen knew this wasn't anything she could fix. She could potentially broach it with Jason, but Jason was a touchy subject right now. He was spending time with Mary Jane, flirting with her, and Gwen had kissed Peter. It was all messy, and Gwen looked back at the space that should develop into a door when Helena asked about the fight.]
We had Harry locked up in the Estate panic room. He ingested some serum that made him way invincible and violent; we think he probably killed Mary Jane, or was in someway responsible. He put me in the hospital, and Peter caught him, and we locked him up so that I could work on an antiserum. It was bad, Helena. He had a terrible reaction to sedation, and now he's locked up in Stark Tower, and he hates all of us. He called the new Mary Jane a cunt, and he won't let me see him, and he hates Peter. I don't have the slightest idea how to fix his physical condition, and I'm not sure he'll ever forgive me for Emily. He said terrible things to everyone, but I know he's still Harry underneath it all. [She looked over at her.] But what if we can't ever get him back? He can't stay locked away for the remainder of his life.