I—. [ he starts to reply before he's had chance to think about his answer. it's complicated isn't really an answer; it definitely isn't an answer anyone normally gives to questions like that (do they?). "we actually only met for the first time fairly recently, I don't know" is an answer, but that's just a longer version of 'it's complicated.' ] Yeah, I guess she is. [ a breath of a pause, and he's aware, quite suddenly, of the slight edge of evasiveness (nothing new for him), but— ]
She's followed in our parents' footsteps, [ he admits, after a moment. it's accompanied by a flash of hesitation, like he's about to leave it there, but then— past tense, allie had stuck with past tense for her sister. there's an honesty in that, and he doesn't miss the way that allie's expression tightens just a little bit. so— ]
We didn't know them. We didn't know each other until recently, but she's— [ a quirk of his lips; it's a warm smile, with genuine fondness. the way that he says that they didn't know them is just a statement of fact, like it was that long ago that it's stopped bothering him. for as much as he can, he's moved on from the hurt and the anger and the confusion — he'd had ben and may, and for whatever else, he'd also had a degree of closure. ] —she's really great, you know? And she's managed to avoid becoming a national disgrace, so there's that.
—I think I'm a pretty low bar, in all honesty.
[ but then allie mentions the yankees and peter pulls a face. ] —If we're sticking with the theory that this is purgatory, supporting the Yankees would definitely be the sin that'd get me sent here. I don't know if I could live with myself, let alone... My uncle would've been so disappointed. Disgusted, even. I think I'd've been disowned.
[ none of that. none of that would have actually happened, but that doesn't mean he's not going to pass up an opportunity to air his offence at the mere thought of being a yankees fan. at the thought of being called parker, though, he laughs. ]
Oh, man, all of my exes call me 'Parker' when they're annoyed with me, or when I'm spacing out and not really... [ 'listening' is what the look of sheepishness says. mj had gotten pretty good at recognising the difference between generic 'peter has his mind elsewhere' and the slightly more-frequent 'oh, great, that look of distraction is thanks to his spidey-sense'. one would be accompanied by his full name, the other just his surname. it'd taken him a while to cotton on to, and he's still not sure he always notices, because he's pretty sure there's occasionally a 'peter' thrown in for good measure.
maybe it'd mostly been when things had been difficult between them? ] I'd say you'd be in good company calling me that, but that sounds a little weird, so I'll go with: you'll be in frequently exasperated, but I totally get why company.
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She's followed in our parents' footsteps, [ he admits, after a moment. it's accompanied by a flash of hesitation, like he's about to leave it there, but then— past tense, allie had stuck with past tense for her sister. there's an honesty in that, and he doesn't miss the way that allie's expression tightens just a little bit. so— ]
We didn't know them. We didn't know each other until recently, but she's— [ a quirk of his lips; it's a warm smile, with genuine fondness. the way that he says that they didn't know them is just a statement of fact, like it was that long ago that it's stopped bothering him. for as much as he can, he's moved on from the hurt and the anger and the confusion — he'd had ben and may, and for whatever else, he'd also had a degree of closure. ] —she's really great, you know? And she's managed to avoid becoming a national disgrace, so there's that.
—I think I'm a pretty low bar, in all honesty.
[ but then allie mentions the yankees and peter pulls a face. ] —If we're sticking with the theory that this is purgatory, supporting the Yankees would definitely be the sin that'd get me sent here. I don't know if I could live with myself, let alone... My uncle would've been so disappointed. Disgusted, even. I think I'd've been disowned.
[ none of that. none of that would have actually happened, but that doesn't mean he's not going to pass up an opportunity to air his offence at the mere thought of being a yankees fan. at the thought of being called parker, though, he laughs. ]
Oh, man, all of my exes call me 'Parker' when they're annoyed with me, or when I'm spacing out and not really... [ 'listening' is what the look of sheepishness says. mj had gotten pretty good at recognising the difference between generic 'peter has his mind elsewhere' and the slightly more-frequent 'oh, great, that look of distraction is thanks to his spidey-sense'. one would be accompanied by his full name, the other just his surname. it'd taken him a while to cotton on to, and he's still not sure he always notices, because he's pretty sure there's occasionally a 'peter' thrown in for good measure.
maybe it'd mostly been when things had been difficult between them? ] I'd say you'd be in good company calling me that, but that sounds a little weird, so I'll go with: you'll be in frequently exasperated, but I totally get why company.