[ for a moment, peter feels very, very dumb. for a moment, he's not sure if she's saying he's family or if she misses hers and—
he decides it doesn't really matter, not with the way her shoe toes the floor, or the way she studies her foot and the floor. not for the first time either, he thinks about how cruel it is for children to be here, whatever the truth of here may be. he wonders if it would have been better to ignore the holidays entirely — they weren't on earth, they weren't even all human, let alone—.
(but then, eleven had wanted secret santa, hadn't she?)
he glances back towards his room, then back at eleven, and he props the door open with a foot as he squats and takes the present. he squeezes it once, tentatively, eyebrows pulling together into a puzzled, questioning frown. ]
Friends and family. [ he half-admits, half-answers; can't help himself and thinks of the christmases spent with reed and sue and johnny and the kids. family, if not family. ] Not sure if the rest of it's important, [ he adds with a quirk of a smile and he gives the present a slight jiggle. ] It alright if I open this now?
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he decides it doesn't really matter, not with the way her shoe toes the floor, or the way she studies her foot and the floor. not for the first time either, he thinks about how cruel it is for children to be here, whatever the truth of here may be. he wonders if it would have been better to ignore the holidays entirely — they weren't on earth, they weren't even all human, let alone—.
(but then, eleven had wanted secret santa, hadn't she?)
he glances back towards his room, then back at eleven, and he props the door open with a foot as he squats and takes the present. he squeezes it once, tentatively, eyebrows pulling together into a puzzled, questioning frown. ]
Friends and family. [ he half-admits, half-answers; can't help himself and thinks of the christmases spent with reed and sue and johnny and the kids. family, if not family. ] Not sure if the rest of it's important, [ he adds with a quirk of a smile and he gives the present a slight jiggle. ] It alright if I open this now?