[So fast he doesn't even really get a chance to send out his reply. He'd realized too little too late that she'd been sent to Grey, for reasons unknown to the world. Now he feels like double the dillhole.
But when she knocks he's at the door in a heartbeat, and even if she'd told him to stop there's a sorry on his lips with her name on it.
He doesn't get a chance to let that out, either.
At first, he doesn't move. More than a little alarmed, because even if she had been there at some point (he couldn't even remember so it would have been at the bloodiest part, which only makes him more ashamed) he doesn't expect her to be phased. Sorry as he might be she is a ninja. She's hardened to this. And they barely know each other.
Peter barely knows anyone when it comes down to it out here. But here's Ino, wrapping her arms around him without a word.
Jack Benjamin's bile still rings in his ears. I'd give five of you to get someone like Fiona back, and I doubt I'm the only one on the crew who thinks that. And Peter had left the conversation dazed, in tears. Still waiting on Gliese to let him know if he could trade his life for one of the six that stayed in the grave, because he was worthless here and everyone knew it.
Maybe he was wrong.
Peter chokes in silence. His arms thread around her back too, and he bows his head. Can't bury his face in her hair, even if he desperately wishes he could.
What he wants most, more than anything, is to have his family. To be able to confess anything, hear confessions back, hug and kiss and touch and trust. The CDC has none of that intimacy to offer him.
But maybe he's not as friendless as he'd thought he was.
Peter says nothing. They just stand in the entrance, holding each other tight.]
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But when she knocks he's at the door in a heartbeat, and even if she'd told him to stop there's a sorry on his lips with her name on it.
He doesn't get a chance to let that out, either.
At first, he doesn't move. More than a little alarmed, because even if she had been there at some point (he couldn't even remember so it would have been at the bloodiest part, which only makes him more ashamed) he doesn't expect her to be phased. Sorry as he might be she is a ninja. She's hardened to this. And they barely know each other.
Peter barely knows anyone when it comes down to it out here. But here's Ino, wrapping her arms around him without a word.
Jack Benjamin's bile still rings in his ears. I'd give five of you to get someone like Fiona back, and I doubt I'm the only one on the crew who thinks that. And Peter had left the conversation dazed, in tears. Still waiting on Gliese to let him know if he could trade his life for one of the six that stayed in the grave, because he was worthless here and everyone knew it.
Maybe he was wrong.
Peter chokes in silence. His arms thread around her back too, and he bows his head. Can't bury his face in her hair, even if he desperately wishes he could.
What he wants most, more than anything, is to have his family. To be able to confess anything, hear confessions back, hug and kiss and touch and trust. The CDC has none of that intimacy to offer him.
But maybe he's not as friendless as he'd thought he was.
Peter says nothing. They just stand in the entrance, holding each other tight.]