[At this point, she's honestly just tired, so she doesn't resist when Peter takes her hand and leads her back to their couch.]
-- What?
[Did she hear him right? Did he really just-- oh my god, he did, didn't he? Even if she thought it, even if she felt it, putting something like that into words is big. Really big. Big and very, very scary.
It honestly makes it a lot harder to hear everything else he says, but she forces herself to listen. She opened up to him, so it's only fair she listens when he opens up to her.]
I...know. And I know I probably don't make it easy with all my baggage. [They're just kids, for fucks sake. No matter how responsible or mature they were, no matter how much relied on their powers, they were just kids. They still had to grow and learn how to deal with the hands they'd been dealt in life, including the superhero stuff.]
I was, at first. But I know its power is wonky on a good day. Even if you had charged it more, who's to say it wouldn't have still failed? I don't blame you for that, or for liking it so much. It's the last piece of home you have. [A home she knows he might not get to go back to, at that.]
I know I give you a hard time about it. It's mostly just jokes. I'm sorry if I went too far and made you think I hated it. I don't. It's honestly cool as hell.
[She pauses, looking down at his hand and squeezing it gently.]
We both know this isn't forever. It can't be, with our different dimensions. But we also can't let the ifs or whats hold us back. I don't know how long that means I get you for, but I'm happy for every second that I do. I... I love you too, Peter.
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-- What?
[Did she hear him right? Did he really just-- oh my god, he did, didn't he? Even if she thought it, even if she felt it, putting something like that into words is big. Really big. Big and very, very scary.
It honestly makes it a lot harder to hear everything else he says, but she forces herself to listen. She opened up to him, so it's only fair she listens when he opens up to her.]
I...know. And I know I probably don't make it easy with all my baggage. [They're just kids, for fucks sake. No matter how responsible or mature they were, no matter how much relied on their powers, they were just kids. They still had to grow and learn how to deal with the hands they'd been dealt in life, including the superhero stuff.]
I was, at first. But I know its power is wonky on a good day. Even if you had charged it more, who's to say it wouldn't have still failed? I don't blame you for that, or for liking it so much. It's the last piece of home you have. [A home she knows he might not get to go back to, at that.]
I know I give you a hard time about it. It's mostly just jokes. I'm sorry if I went too far and made you think I hated it. I don't. It's honestly cool as hell.
[She pauses, looking down at his hand and squeezing it gently.]
We both know this isn't forever. It can't be, with our different dimensions. But we also can't let the ifs or whats hold us back. I don't know how long that means I get you for, but I'm happy for every second that I do. I... I love you too, Peter.