[ peter's learned over time that there are some things that aren't so black and white, some things that make a lot more sense in theory than they do in practice. promises, though? she's not wrong, although it's less a case of can't and more a case of shouldn't, and the ones that you do, you take responsibility for.
(he should know.) ]
Good. [ and he exhales. it's an audible breath, not exactly one he'd been holding, but it still manages to be a tangible release of tension. ] I promise too.
[ he pauses and all at once seems to relax, leaning backwards and resting his weight on his (good) arm outstretched behind him. ]
So, El— Eleven. You've got to be hungry, right? [ or, what he means by that, is he's hungry and this has been quite the conversation, and food is one of those things that helps to make everything a little more tolerable. the food in beacon isn't exactly good, and there are things that peter misses, intensely, like his aunt's wheatcakes; and there are things that he misses a little less intensely, but still manage to be intrinsically linked to home, like joe's or cucciniello's, or that one place that mj likes that does the bagels the size of her face.
no subject
(he should know.) ]
Good. [ and he exhales. it's an audible breath, not exactly one he'd been holding, but it still manages to be a tangible release of tension. ] I promise too.
[ he pauses and all at once seems to relax, leaning backwards and resting his weight on his (good) arm outstretched behind him. ]
So, El— Eleven. You've got to be hungry, right? [ or, what he means by that, is he's hungry and this has been quite the conversation, and food is one of those things that helps to make everything a little more tolerable. the food in beacon isn't exactly good, and there are things that peter misses, intensely, like his aunt's wheatcakes; and there are things that he misses a little less intensely, but still manage to be intrinsically linked to home, like joe's or cucciniello's, or that one place that mj likes that does the bagels the size of her face.
food, for peter, is kind of like home. ]