he doesn't touch that reply because — where to start? it's not that peter doesn't have a habit of putting his foot in his mouth (he does), nor is it that he doesn't have a habit of digging peter parker shaped holes (he does that a lot, too), but that doesn't mean he necessarily thinks he's wrong in his assessment.
which means that whilst he doesn't reply, that doesn't mean he doesn't think about it. doesn't mean he doesn't take five-to-ten minutes to sit and think about how to respond before ultimately deciding that no, it's fine, he's going to the library to see quentin anyway.
what it does mean, as well, is that peter takes longer than his originally estimated twenty minutes. it means he wanders into the library, bag slung across one shoulder, opal wrapped in cloth somewhere at the bottom.
he pauses, just for a second, when he spots quentin, then— ] Hey, uh, sorry. [ is the greeting and the introduction, all in one, as one hand dives into the bag to fish out the stone.
(sex having books. and to think he thought he'd seen everything.) ]
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he doesn't touch that reply because — where to start? it's not that peter doesn't have a habit of putting his foot in his mouth (he does), nor is it that he doesn't have a habit of digging peter parker shaped holes (he does that a lot, too), but that doesn't mean he necessarily thinks he's wrong in his assessment.
which means that whilst he doesn't reply, that doesn't mean he doesn't think about it. doesn't mean he doesn't take five-to-ten minutes to sit and think about how to respond before ultimately deciding that no, it's fine, he's going to the library to see quentin anyway.
what it does mean, as well, is that peter takes longer than his originally estimated twenty minutes. it means he wanders into the library, bag slung across one shoulder, opal wrapped in cloth somewhere at the bottom.
he pauses, just for a second, when he spots quentin, then— ] Hey, uh, sorry. [ is the greeting and the introduction, all in one, as one hand dives into the bag to fish out the stone.
(sex having books. and to think he thought he'd seen everything.) ]