"...Okay, fair, but you have to agree that asking someone to stick to them is weird no matter what the context is, right?" Because it is, it's totally bonkers. And also teenage uncertainty is absolutely making things more bonkers than they need to be, it's true. He unsticks from her hand and stuffs his hands into his pockets, giving her a shrug.

"But uh, no, this isn't normal at all. I'm kind of a special case? See, I got bit by this radioactive spider, but instead of something horrible happening, I like, mutated. Like- like turbo puberty, only with superpowers. I can do this sticky thing, I'm really strong, I've got like, a sixth sense now, which took some getting used to."