Gwen's Stronghold

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A/N- sorry I have yet to update my other stories chapters for them are being typed and revised currently. This story was created on a whim, inspired by the lack of Will/ Gwen stories I've seen.

Chapter 1- The Changing of Will

'Oh God,' he thought as he opened his door. 'She is amazing.' Collapsing onto his bed, he stared at the ceiling, captivated by the beauty that had ensnared his heart. Certainly she was only using him, for what he couldn't tell. At this, he sat up, realizing that there was a possibility she had just kissed him to persuade him to do what she wanted. Then it hit him; she had kissed him. True, she had kissed him, albeit a tad quickly but passion, it had no lack thereof. Again he was startled by the idea that maybe she had used him for some plan of hers. Why else would she kiss him? Smiling more widely and wildly than he had all night, he remembered. She wanted to go to homecoming, with him. But why would she, the senior class president even consider going with him, a freshmen. Then again, she hadn't considered it as if he had asked her, she had asked him.

He laid back on his bed, closing his eyes and taking in what was left of her wonderful fragrance. Smiling, he felt strangely angry, but those feelings were soon tossed aside and he realized before slipping asleep that if she was indeed using him for her own personal gain, he was hardly a little if any upset by the fact that he was unsure of her plans for him. He knew he had to keep an eye open and yet he had the strange feeling that even if he tried his hardest, some part of him would sabotage his defenses. He had trouble assuring himself that he would not bend to her will. He was more shocked at the fact that he doubted he would even want to resist her.

The next day was a nightmare. Not only had he managed to break his "previous engagement," with Layla, he had the joy of announcing he was going to homecoming with Gwen destroyed, learning that Layla and Warren Peace would also be in attendance, as a couple. As if being aware of the new couple that would grace him with their presence wasn't enough, seeing them together all day was unbearable. Anger was an emotion he understood, feeling it meant he was worried for his friend, but the jealousy he was feeling was something new.

Sighing when Gwen took his hand and led him away, he was glad he had her. How could he not be with the most amazing and beautiful goddess leading him with her fingers intertwined with his, telling him she wouldn't rest until he could assemble ray guns with anything less than a blindfold on, occasionally turning her head and flashing him that gorgeous smile?

When the day ended he was certain he was becoming a different person. Things he once held dear and viewed as important began to become minute and seemingly insignificant. What was the hurry to grow up and become a hero, save the world? To follow in the shadows of his parents was certainly a dream but why did he have to be forced into it? Why should he be enslaved in the chains of bondage, ensuring that others had the right to remain free, while he, the one who granted this right became nothing more than slave to the public?

When they, he and Gwen, reached his house he was quite glad to find his parents away and was immediately in higher spirits when he found out they would not be back for quite some time. Making their way to his room, he nearly tripped going up the stairs. Pointing out this slightly funny happening to Gwen he was relieved when she laughed beautifully.

Sitting down on his bed, he patted the spot next to him, indicating her to sit down. She sat and smiled at him, reaching into her purse she pulled out a black blindfold. Staring at it in awe he allowed his mind to briefly wander the possibilities of what it was for, until he was snapped back to reality as she dumped several mechanical pieces out of the purse as well.

"Shrink ray." She said allowing him a brief time to look over a schematic, before pulling it from his grasp. "What are these?" She asked with a smile holding up two identical pieces of shiny lightly glowing green metal coils.

For a moment he had a name attempting to rise to vocalization but lost it and after a brief period of trying to retrieve he gave up shrugging his shoulders and apologized.

"Don't apologize to me." She spoke briskly. "You're the one who needs to know it to pass class. Not me." As he nodded and dropped his head, disappointed and sure he would never learn how to properly construct a ray or beam, Gwen lifted his face up to hers with one finger and pulled him into a brief, yet adoring kiss. After a brief silence and moment of smiling at each other from inches away she pulled away, a serious and stern look on her face. "Try to remember who the Technopath is, Stronghold."

"I will." He spoke distantly, as though he were somewhere else. Trying to concentrate was nearly impossible and if this was her idea of punishment for wrong answers he prayed that all knowledge be wiped from the slate that was his mind. Finally coming to reality and blushing because he could see that she was aware his mind had been wandering. "Okay… serious, right… let's do this."

"So?" She asked waving her hands gesturing him to continue.

"So, what?" He asked confused as to what she meant.

"SO, what are these?" she asked once again indicating the glowing green things resembling springs.

After nearly a minute or so he was still drawing a blank. Titanium valve springs? No, that surely wasn't the answer. Conduction coils? No. When he finally looked back up to her he could see the light reflecting in her eyes. Her eyes were the most beautiful shade he had ever seen and he feared he was going to become lost in another realm. He could not shake the feeling that nothing would ever once again be as it was. It was as if things were backwards. The sun should rise from the west, birth should be called death and vice versa. Protein would create fat, sugar would create muscle and in an exciting rush hit him.

Smiling at her he laughed at the perplexed look that had set in on her visage.

"What?" she asked. Pushing him back on the bed and straddling his hips, she began to kiss his neck which caused his laughs to cease. As she slowly whispered the words "What is so funny?" into his ear she pulled back holding him down with her hands on his shoulders.

Looking up at her he almost forgot what he was going to say. Finally after a mental rewind for a few seconds he recalled his revelation.

"You." He stated plainly, smiling at the once again perplexed look on her face. "Trying to trick me like that wasn't nice. Telling me it's a shrink ray and then trying to have me identify pieces exclusive to heat rays." He said smug with the look on her face, she was still looking at him as if he had grown some strange addition to his body. However his satisfaction was short-lived as she quickly adopted a smile and leant in to kiss him again.

'Oh God,' he thought as they embraced each other. 'I hope this is the punishment for being correct.'

They managed to get halfway through studying before they were interrupted by Gwen's cell phone annoyingly ringing as Will was in the middle of reaping the rewards for his fifteenth correct answer. Pulling back she reached into her purse and answered the phone while still lying on top of Will.

"Penny slow down, you know I can't understand you when you're all speaking at once." She waited for her friend to apparently calm down before muttering a "Better, go ahead."

Seeing his golden opportunity for revenge, Will managed to flip the two of then so he was now looking down on Gwen, who was looked absolutely amazing with her hair laid on his pillow.

"Alright," she spoke and Will found his smile vanish from his face as he saw the look of defeat on hers. "Alright… alright Penny. Yeah. Bye."

Pushing him off her, or rather attempting to and becoming frustrated when he failed to move she gave him a look that told him to move.

"What's wrong?" he asked as she made her way next to him sitting up. When she didn't answer he cocked and lowered his head to meet her eyes. "Gwen?" he asked again thoroughly concerned.

"Will, it's the homecoming committee. Something's come up and I have to go." Upon seeing his disappointment, she added, "And I was having such a great time here with you." She snuck a quick peck on the lips in on him and turned to leave. Reaching the door she spun on her heel and began playing with her hair. "Maybe they could come here. Then we could spend all night together."

Thinking her proposal over, he weighed his options. If he got caught with anyone other than Layla, his friends from hero support or Gwen in the house, he was sure that his parents would ground him as well as be severely unpleased. He was quite sure that one of the things the Commander and Jetstream disliked was arriving home to houseful of strangers that went to school with their son.

"Yeah," he spoke after a little while, "What's the worse that could happen?" He concluded, a smile on his face as Gwen threw herself into his arms, after calling Penny and informing her of the address and time to arrive.

After the first fifteen people arrived and more kept pouring in, Will was in utter shock and had stopped worrying about what his parents were going to say. Words didn't exactly seem to be a logical punishment on his parents list tonight, of that he was sure. After all, why should they need words to tear him apart?

The only good thing that Will could see had come out of this was that he a Gwen did indeed have more time to spend together, and when the party became too much to bear a great deal of that time was spent in the Secret Sanctum.

After a long time and what felt like a tornado around him briefly, he had made up his mind that the party was over. He was glad to find that Gwen had no objections to this, as he severely doubted his ability to say refuse her.

"Alright." He spoke loudly so everyone in the vicinity could hear him clearly. "Party's over. Go home."

In that instant he saw his life flash before his eyes, in the eyes of Gwen. Looking through him, she had a look of sheer terror cut across her face and he was deathly sure of what was behind him. Hesitating to turn around, he hoped would take care of the problem.

"Oh, don't stop on our account." He heard his father speak and with that he watched the party goers vanish. Gaining a brief glance back from Gwen, he felt sorely cheated as if he at least deserved one final kiss before death.

They came down on him hard as he had expected them to and yet they had reasoned amongst themselves, that since he was good student and good son that he was allowed a mistake every once in a while. Any thoughts he had of a partial victory on his part were diminished and destroyed with the promise that any thing else and he would not be attending any homecomings or dances anytime soon.

Lying in his bed he was smiling, having escaped the jaws of despair with a grounding and a minor talking to. The thing that kept him awake with joy was the amazed realization that he was still allowed to attend the homecoming festivities. He assured himself that among other things, the fact that those mere hours ago Gwen Grayson had been on this bed with him was well worth a week in solitary.

I weep for the sun and the moon as they go about their daily chores, Because I know that no time soon shall their beauty compare to yours.