Everyone deserves a second chance. But can anyone be ready to take it?
This is the story of Roxanne Brooks. After seemingly leaving behind a life-altering tragedy, her world will turn upside down once again after a fateful encounter. The powers she...
AUTHOR'S NOTES: Thanks to Julienne for coming up with this chapter's title. I somehow forgot to mention this in the fanfic's description, but trigger warning for emotional and physical abuse in this chapter (and potentially several chapters moving forward). Thought I'd do the disclaimer. Brace yourself for ANGST, fellas! :)))
And reminder that full sentences written in italics indicate characters speaking in Spanish.
"Wow. This is...this is a lot to process, Roxy," Alejandro said under his breath.
His gaze shifted away from Roxanne, who was currently hanging upside down from his apartment's ceiling, wearing her Seda outfit minus the face mask. After having changed into the outfit in his bathroom, she had decided to ease his boyfriend into the big news by first sitting him down and telling him the story of how she came to obtain her powers, during which she tried to get the point across with as little rambling as she could. Once she finished, she proved the verity of her story by demonstrating her powers in front of him, which made his jaw drop to the floor as soon as he saw it.
"Yeah, I know it is," she agreed as she carefully descended to the ground and stood a few feet away from her boyfriend, sheepishly rubbing her arm. "It took me a while to come to grips with this, too."
Alejandro ran his hand through his dark hair and let out an uneasy laugh. "So, all this time, this weird spider lady that's been roaming through the city, has been you?"
Ro couldn't help but feel a bit self-conscious at the way he had said this, almost as if he had been mildly grossed out, though he had tried to hide it.
"Yup, that was me." She looked up at him and removed her yellow goggles, giving her boyfriend a pleading look. "Look, I know this whole thing is crazy and weird, but trust me. I'm still the same girl you fell in love with; I haven't changed. So, if you need time to take in the news, that's fine by me, but... I hope none of this changes the way you see me."
Ro and Alejandro looked at each other for a while, until he finally broke eye contact and looked away, deep in thought. He exhaled and sat on his couch, resting his elbows on his knees, looking down in meditation. The young woman decided to give him a few moments since that seemed only fair after the bomb she had just dropped.
After a few minutes of uncomfortable and incredibly tense silence passed, the man finally looked up at his girlfriend and locked eyes with her with a completely blank expression. Ro looked at him expectedly.
At last, his expression broke into a relaxed smile. He got up from his seat and walked towards Roxanne, grabbing her by the face and kissing her. It took the girl a second, but once she realized what this meant, she finally relaxed, kissing him back.
Alejandro broke up the kiss and looked down at Ro with a cool, almost smug, grin. "Of course this doesn't change the way I see you, preciosa. Nothing ever could. Not even you becoming, well, this could ever change my feelings. In fact, I don't think I've ever been happier in my life."
"Really?" she asked him gleefully. "Why is that?"
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