[Goodbye was a lot harder to say, but that probably got the point across.
It wasn't that he didn't want to be with Gwen; not at all. Just that the fragile ego that had been able to go for it, to tamper with that broken promise back home had been totally bent by the past few days with her here.
He hadn't even been able to ask her out when everything was copasetic. Asking for her back when she was intent to remind him he was pond scum hadn't made it easier.
He'd never, ever blame Gwen or hold her feelings against her. He just couldn't help his own negative ones from reinforcing that maybe George Stacy had been correct...]
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So just. Let me know.
[Goodbye was a lot harder to say, but that probably got the point across.
It wasn't that he didn't want to be with Gwen; not at all. Just that the fragile ego that had been able to go for it, to tamper with that broken promise back home had been totally bent by the past few days with her here.
He hadn't even been able to ask her out when everything was copasetic. Asking for her back when she was intent to remind him he was pond scum hadn't made it easier.
He'd never, ever blame Gwen or hold her feelings against her. He just couldn't help his own negative ones from reinforcing that maybe George Stacy had been correct...]