Webs of the Heart

chapter ten

I completely and totally lost track of what time the story was, so I'm making the current time February 2017, and Tom and Crystal have been together two months.

Tom POV

Crystal and I had been together for two months now, and during her break before she went to film her parts in Ragnarok, she often came and visited me on the Spider-Man set, sometimes bringing one of my brothers with her, always bringing Tessa.

It was February of 2017, and Spider-Man Homecoming was almost done being filmed.

One day, four weeks before the end of filming, Crystal came to visit me on set again, but this time there were big strips of cloth hanging down from their secure attachments on the ceiling.

Then Anthony Mackie, who was also visiting, challenged me to do the iconic Spider-Man kiss with Crystal.

"Go on Spider-dude, show us your moves." He said, crossing his arms challengingly, as Robert (Downey Junior) just watched and chuckled. I looked at Crystal, who was standing next to me with her hands laced behind her back, and I asked her.

"Do you want to?" She smiled and nodded.

"If you want to as well." She added, putting her hands in her jeans pockets. I grinned and agreed as well, then since I was already hooked up to the harness that helped me "fly", I jumped up and hung upside down like Spider-Man, facing Crystal. She laughed a little bit then gently put her hands on both sides of my face, kissing me, just like in the older Spider-Man movies.

I got down then said to Anthony,

"Crystal can do it more authentically than I can, though!" He raised an eyebrow at Crystal questioningly, and she laughed before asking the set people if the long cloths were secure and safe to use. They assured her they were, then my girlfriend ran towards them and climbed up them swiftly, then she wrapped two parts of cloth around her arms, hanging upside down gracefully in front of me, her long hair dangling all the way down to the floor. I looked at Anthony with a smug 'I told you so' look, then I kissed Crystal before she flipped over and landed lightly on her feet.

"You kids are gonna make me either vomit or die from your cuteness." Zendaya complained, leaning against the wall. Crystal laughed and leaned against me for a minute before going over to Zendaya, and sitting with her as I resumed work.

Crystal POV

I sat with Zendaya and watched, talking quietly.

"It's really interesting to see the differences in Tom from the starting of filming to now, he's changed a lot." She told me.

"Really? How so?" I asked.

"He's happier. I mean, he was happy at first, but now he's so annoying he's so happy." She winked at me to let me know she was joking, and I laughed.

"I'm glad he's happier. I love seeing him happy." I said softly.

"Hey, we should be best friends." Zendaya declared. I smiled widely.

"I'd like that, I've never had a best friend other than Tom."

"Ohh girl trust me, you need a female best friend. Some things you just can't get enough sympathy for from a guy, no matter how cool or British he is." I laughed.

"So, first of all, imma call you Bunny, because you're as cute and sweet as a little bunny but you still got some sass in you." I giggled and shrugged, thinking how much I liked that nickname.

"Can I call you Lemon Candy? Or just Candy for short?" Zendaya laughed.

"Sure, but why that one?" I smiled.

"Because you're sweet, but you can also be as sourly sarcastic as a lemon."

That made her crack up, and we leaned against each other as we laughed, making Tom look at us questioningly then get scolded for being distracted.

Zendaya POV

I had known Crystal for over 2 years now, and I hadn't ever seen her happier. We were close friends, and she had told me about her parents and sort of extremely rotten childhood, as well as her abusive ex boyfriends.

"Hey, my friend Joann is a photographer and she's coming to my house this weekend to do a photoshoot with me, help her get some recognition, y'know? Well, do you want to come too and get some pictures of you taken?" I asked, and Crystal looked enthusiastic at the idea, nodding as she pulled her long sleeves over her hands and rested her chin in her sweater paws. I laughed and told her, tapping the tip of her nose lightly,

"You're so cute." She giggled and scrunched her nose, closing her eyes as she laughed. I took my phone out quickly and took a picture, making her laugh some more. I started taking some more and she laughed, just doing what she normally did when she got flushed, but which turned out to be very photogenic. Like covering her face with her sweater paws, her hair falling over her hands, then sliding her hands down to see if I had stopped, and her beautiful purple eyes sparkled in the bright sunlight.

She had shown Tom her naturally purple eyes, then had stopped wearing her blue contacts, wearing clear contacts or her stylish black glasses. Tom was slowly making her proud of them, because he loved them and always told her they were gorgeous.

Tom came over after a while, when Crystal was finally letting me tell her how to pose, and picked Crystal up princess style, despite my protests while Crystal couldn't stop laughing.

"I'm taking my girlfriend back!" He shot back at me, making me laugh so much my stomach started hurting, but it didn't stop me from taking a fairly steady video of him carrying Crystal like she was a little child, and taking pictures.

Tom POV

I carried Crystal into the changing room where I set her down on the couch, and she couldn't stop laughing, even though her face was already turning red. Harrison and Harry took a video of her, while I only took a picture before going behind the curtain and changing.

When I came out, Harry was showing Crystal something on his camera, and Harrison was talking closely to Zendaya. I raised an eyebrow at the close proximity between Harrison and Zendaya but didn't mention it, clapping my hands and saying loudly to get everyone's attention,

"Let's go eat, people! I'm starving!" Crystal was the first to stand up, and she curtsied in front of me, speaking formally.

"Many apologies to have kept you waiting, milord." Everyone chuckled at her, and I played along, bowing to her.

"Your apologies are accepted, beautiful lady." I took her hand in mine and laced our fingers together as we went out, going to a diner nearby to eat our late dinner.