[ He lets the kid catch him. Seems only fair, considering Pete keeps extending all these little favors. Misplaced guilt, Peter knows. All those messages from the kid had flooded his comm a day late. And maybe the kid would have told them, if the portal hadn’t opened that day, if they weren’t told they needed to get there right at that moment while it was stable enough to send them back. Maybe the kid would’ve spilled the beans, if only they had stayed one day longer.
Regret and remorse, for not being faster, for not being smarter, for not pulling the trigger when he needed to.
Peter knows more than a few things about that.
He doesn’t look at the kid immediately, but after a few, long breaths, he turns, glancing over his shoulder at him. ]
What, I’m gone for a week, and you don’t wanna be Big Pete and Little Pete anymore?
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Regret and remorse, for not being faster, for not being smarter, for not pulling the trigger when he needed to.
Peter knows more than a few things about that.
He doesn’t look at the kid immediately, but after a few, long breaths, he turns, glancing over his shoulder at him. ]
What, I’m gone for a week, and you don’t wanna be Big Pete and Little Pete anymore?