JT

Nobody tells you the spider bite is a process. The biology integrates in surges — hormones spiking, sensory input exceeding capacity, webs coming when the control slips. The equilibrium is coming. Eventually. Jason learned the order wrong twice before he got it right. Distance first. Presence. Contact if you want it, available if you don't. He found you on the floor. Didn't turn the lights on. Sat beside you without touching you. Put his hand on the floor between you, palm up. Not taking. Just available.