[ peter almost doesn't hear the knock. at first, he thinks it's coming from somewhere else — next door, maybe, or the room across the hall, but then he catches sight of the flickering light beneath the door.
christmas isn't quite the same without family and he's been trying to ignore the fact that he'd have missed it back home by a couple of months anyway. he's been trying not to think about the fact that may might have celebrated with mj, or at feast, or—.
(nope.)
he'd given out a few presents — nothing much, but there was only so much they could do here. the closest to a sense of normality and familiarity and community; and when he opens the door whilst he's not surprised to see eleven, not really, he is a little bemused— ]
Shouldn't you be with Steve and Nancy? [ are the first words out of his mouth, punctuated by an almost immediate wine because he didn't mean it how he's sure that sounded. a breath and a quick addition: ] Merry Christmas, El.
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christmas isn't quite the same without family and he's been trying to ignore the fact that he'd have missed it back home by a couple of months anyway. he's been trying not to think about the fact that may might have celebrated with mj, or at feast, or—.
(nope.)
he'd given out a few presents — nothing much, but there was only so much they could do here. the closest to a sense of normality and familiarity and community; and when he opens the door whilst he's not surprised to see eleven, not really, he is a little bemused— ]
Shouldn't you be with Steve and Nancy? [ are the first words out of his mouth, punctuated by an almost immediate wine because he didn't mean it how he's sure that sounded. a breath and a quick addition: ] Merry Christmas, El.