A/N: This is my first time ever writing a story related to TASM. I know there are loads of stories similar to this already up, but I wanted to write my own. This will nearly all be about Peter/Gwen. Unfortunately there won't be any action or fights written because writing stories like this is all new to me. I hope you enjoy.
"Peter!"
Gwen could see it. The gears were about to break from the pressure of being blocked. If that bottom gear moved any further, it would snap the web that was holding her up. If she fell there was no way Peter was going to save her since Harry had him pinned down.
Peter didn't have time to even react to Gwen's shout. The moment he heard Gwen, one of the gears broke from the pressure causing them to move rapidly. His foot slipped from in between the gears. When the gear moved, Peter felt Harry being lifted off him by the force of the webs. It also snapped the web holding Gwen. Through all the loud noises from the gears and rubble falling, Peter didn't even hear the loud gasp that came from Gwen as she fell down the tower.
Harry was now out of Peter's sight. Peter looked down the tower and saw Gwen free-falling to the ground. He jumped down after her. He kept his eyes on Gwen as he flew down the tower. The fallen gears and rubble surrounded Gwen as she fell. He held out his right hand and shot a web between the falling debris and towards Gwen. He mentally pleaded with the web to reach Gwen faster. He knew the web was going as fast as it could but it just wasn't going fast enough. His nightmare of something happening to Gwen was quickly becoming his reality.
Gwen couldn't see anything around her. It was all happening so fast. Everything was falling around her, she couldn't see Peter. The first and only thought that went through her mind was that Peter was not going to catch her. Her hair and clothes madly flailed as she fell further. Her eyes filled with tears as the ground came closer. She closed her eyes and believing that this was how she was going to die. She felt something hit her stomach. She reacted by swinging her right arm forward and grabbing hold of what hit her stomach, not realising it was a web. The web stopped her fall just inches away from the ground. Her body was roughly pulled back up by the extended web. The tight grip she had of the web stopped her body from being forced backwards.
However it didn't stop her head from forcefully being pulled backwards.
Peter grabbed onto a metal bar to stop his own fall. He felt the web pull and slightly bounce back up which told him that the web had caught Gwen. His heart dropped when he noticed the silence in the tower. He was expecting to hear Gwen call for him or make some kind of sound. Peter hoped it was just because he was so far away from Gwen. He couldn't even see her at the end of the tower. He tied the web to the bar and jumped down, landing beside Gwen.
Peter tore off his mask, not knowing what to expect when he looked at Gwen. When he looked at her, he let out a sigh of relief when he saw that she was tightly holding onto the web with one hand. Gwen's eyes were franticly looking about the tower in a state of shock and confusion.
"Hey, you're okay." Peter said gently as he put his arm under her back and held onto her as he cut the web. He fell to his knees while holding onto Gwen. He tried to brush away any broken glass before gently lay Gwen down on the ground. He slipped his mask under her head to protect her from any glass that could still be there.
Peter noticed that Gwen was taking short, rapid breaths that were coming out in gasps. It was obvious by the way she held her hand to her chest that she was finding it hard to breathe. He wasn't sure whether or not this was a panic attack that was brought on by everything that just happened.
"Gwen! Look at me!" Peter said loud enough for Gwen to hear him. "Gwen!"
Gwen looked around hysterically. The severe dizziness she was feeling and the fact her eyes were clouded with tears made her vision awfully blurry. She began to panic because she couldn't tell where she was or what was happening to her. She found it very difficult to make out any of her surroundings, she felt as if everything was spinning around her. She couldn't hear anything over the loud ringing in her ears. Her chest felt so heavy, she couldn't even try to speak.
Peter continued calling Gwen's name to try and get her attention. Even though her eyes were moving from side to side, Gwen looked as if she was in a complete daze. Peter put his hand on Gwen's cheek; he leaned in closer to her and gently tried to comfort her. He gently caressed her cheek with his thumb.
Slowly Gwen's vision became clearer. It was becoming easier to make out everything surrounding her. She looked up and was able to make out Peter's face looking at her. Peter sighed in relief when Gwen's eyes finally met his. The look of panic on Gwen's face slowly faded when she saw Peter.
"Peter?" She managed to say through her heavy breathing.
"Breathe." He told her as he continued to stoke her hair. "Just breathe."
Gwen's breathing slowly became more steady and easier to control. Peter's eyes filled up tears as he looked at Gwen. He let out a relieved cry as he placed both his hands on Gwen's cheeks. "You're okay."
Gwen's bottom lip began to quiver as tears slipped out of the corners of her eyes. She let out a sob as her body began shaking. She moved her right hand up to cover her face. She wasn't sure whether she was crying out of shock or out of relief that she was alive and Peter had actually caught her.
"I'm going to pick you up." Peter told her before he moved his arm under Gwen's back and gently pulled her onto his lap. Gwen immediately wrapped her arm around Peter's neck and sobbed into this shoulder. Peter hugged her tightly as he tried to gain some control of the tears that were falling non-stop.
He spent several minutes just sitting there, holding Gwen. He was so grateful that she was alive; he had never felt so happy to see her big green eyes. Gwen's crying slowly calmed down as Peter softly rubbed circles on her back. He kissed the side of Gwen's head before wiping away the last tear that fell from his eye.
"Peter, my shoulder hurts." He heard her say.
"Let me see." Peter answered as he gently lay Gwen back down on the ground. He gently moved her coat to try and get a better look at her shoulder. He started to think of the possibility that when he had caught Gwen's hand to stop her fall, he may have dislocated her shoulder. He gently placed his hand on her shoulder to see if it felt out of place. He carefully moved Gwen's arm causing her to shriek from the pain.
"I know, Gwen. I'm sorry." Peter said as he cautiously set Gwen's left arm over her stomach. He couldn't tell whether or not it was dislocated and he didn't want to risk doing any more damage by moving it. "Are you okay?"
Peter just barely saw Gwen shake her head in the dull moonlight. "No, my head really hurts."
"Okay, I have to get you to a hospital." Peter told her. Gwen's eyes began to fill up with tears again. Peter knew that she didn't what to go, but he had no choice. She was hurt and the only thing he could do to help her was get her to the hospital.
Peter patted the pockets of Gwen's coat to see if she had her phone so he could call an ambulance. He silently cursed when he realised she didn't have it. He didn't have his phone with him either. He couldn't leave Gwen alone while he got help. It was way too dangerous to web-swing to the hospital with Gwen since he didn't know what type of hidden injuries she could have.
"This is what we'll do." Peter told her as he wiped the tears away from her face and held her still shaking hand. "That police car you drove here in, it isn't far away. I'm going to bring you there and drive you to the hospital, okay?"
Gwen nodded as she tried to calm herself down but the thoughts of going to the hospital make her cry even more. She wanted to go home and see her family. She wanted to hug her mom. She just wanted to go to her room and climb into her own bed. She knew the pain in her head and shoulder couldn't be ignored.
Peter put his mask back on as he moved around so Gwen could wrap her good arm around his neck. He put one arm under Gwen's shoulders and the other arm under her legs. He cautiously stood up with Gwen in his arms. He looked at the rubble around them; he saw the main door to the clock tower a few feet away from them. He could hear the crunching of broken glass as he walked to the doors. He held onto Gwen tightly as he kicked the door. The second time he kicked the door caused it to fly open.
Both Peter and Gwen shivered as the cold night air hit them. Peter walked out of the tower and tried to remember the way back to the car. As he looked around he noticed blue flashing lights in the distance. Peter told Gwen to hold on as he ran towards them.
"Thank god!" Peter said with a sigh of relief when he got closer and realised there were police officers there, looking around the area.
"What on earth happened to her?" One of the officers asked as he approached them. "We got a call about some strange activity here."
"She fell down the clock tower. I just barley caught her. She is complaining of pain in her head and her shoulder." Peter explained as he kneeled down on the ground. "It's Harry Osborn. He brought her up there. He is still in the tower."
"We need more officers and an ambulance." The officer shouted to his partner.
"Can I stay until the ambulance comes?" Peter asked the police officer. "She is really shaken up."
"Yeah, that's no problem." The officer told him as he kneeled down next to them. He introduced himself as Officer Burke. Peter spent several minutes explaining the events that happened at the clock tower. Eventually, Officer Burke realised that Gwen was Captain Stacy's daughter.
When the ambulance arrived, Officer Burke excused himself so he could greet them. Peter leaned in and kissed the top of Gwen's head through his mask. He could tell by the look in her eyes that she was scared.
"You'll be okay. When you get to the hospital just ask for my aunt." He whispered to her as he took her hand and gently squeezed it. "Get her to call me and I'll follow you to the hospital."
"Okay." She replied softly. Tears began to fall from her eyes when she saw the ambulance arrive. Peter could tell she was doing her best not to cry.
Peter continued to hold Gwen close as he watched Officer Burke and two paramedics approached them with a gurney.
"Gwen Stacy. She's nineteen years old. She fell though the clock tower and Spider-Man caught her." Officer Burke explained to the paramedics. "She is shaken up and suffering from dizziness, severe head pain and possibly a dislocated shoulder."
"I love you." Peter whispered to Gwen as he stood up and gently carried her to the gurney. Gwen grew more distressed as Peter gently lay her down. He stood back and watched as the paramedics quickly worked to comfort Gwen. Peter knew she was scared and didn't want to be alone. He watched as they wheeled the gurney to the ambulance. They loaded Gwen into the ambulance and started working on her. Peter could see the paramedics attach pads and leads to Gwen to check her pulse and heart-rate. His eyes filled with tears when he noticed one of the paramedics put a neck-brace on her. He stood there until they closed the ambulance doors and drove away.
"Don't worry about her, son." Officer Burke said as he approached Spider-Man and placed his hand on his shoulder. "She will be fine."
Peter snapped out of his thoughts and looked at the officer. He knew Gwen was in safe hands now but the guilt was not going away. He k=nearly lost Gwen tonight.
"We have some officers investigating the tower." Officer Burke informed him. "Do you think you could help them out?"
"Yeah, off course. Thank you for your help." Peter told him before webbing back towards the tower. The last thing Peter wanted to do was go back there, but he had to make sure Harry was taken away.
The tower was now flooded with police officers. There were a few officers searching the area outside the tower while others where inside looking around with flashlights. Peter landed next to the entrance of the tower. He made his way inside where he was greeted by at least five police officers.
"Spider-Man, we have a problem. It looks like that Harry Osborn escaped." One of the police officers told him. "There is no sign on him here."
"Actually last time I saw him he was up there." Peter said while pointing towards the top of the tower. He shot a web and began making his way back up the tower. The top of the tower was completely torn apart from the fight. Peter webbed up and landed on one of the gears that were still in place. He looked around and saw Harry lying on a ledge just below the gears. He was surrounded by rubble, he moved around as he slowly began to regain consciousness. Peter jumped down and landed beside Harry.
"Parker," Harry growled as he weakly looked up at Peter.
"Do you have any idea what you nearly did tonight?" Peter yelled as he grabbed Harry's shoulder and pinned him against the wall. "A widowed mother nearly had her only daughter taken away tonight! Three young boys nearly lost their sister! A nineteen year old girl who has her whole life ahead of her was nearly killed because of you!"
Harry tried to speak but Peter couldn't make out what he was saying, he wasn't even interested in hearing what he was going to say next.
Peter forcefully pulled Harry towards him so his mouth was next to Harry's ear. "Next time it's between me and you. You are never going near or sending anyone after Gwen or my loved ones again. Let's not talk about what happens if you do."
Peter grabbed Harry's arm before jumping down the tower with him. As they flew down, Peter shot a web towards one of the gears. He did this to slow down the fall as they reached the ground. Peter landed on his feet, he let go of Harry causing him to fall roughly to the ground.
"Get him away from here!" Peter said, bitterly. The police officers stared at Harry for a moment before surrounding him and picking him up of the ground.
Harry was aggressively muttering to Peter. Peter didn't understand what he was saying and he didn't even want to understand. Peter watched as they took Harry away. Peter felt his blood boil thinking about Harry taking Gwen. He nearly took away one of the most important people in Peter's life. He hated Harry for doing this. The last time Peter felt like this about someone was when his Uncle Ben had been shot.
Before anything could stop him, Peter shot his web and quickly got away from the clock tower. He couldn't stand being anywhere near that tower.
He wanted to be with Gwen.