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{out of breath} Alright guys, I've got a full day of grading assignments ahead of me tomorrow, so I really need to sleep. Next Monday I'll be on hiatus for the end of classes. My class ends on 4/26, but my students have until 3/1 to ask questions, complain about their final grades, turn in assignment makeups, etc. It's always a fiasco, heh. So I won't be here next Mon. (4/29), but I will be back on 5/6. See you then! =)

#{ out of breath } ᵒᵒᶜ

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These whole grain oat flour pancakes are the perfect fluffy pancakes on their own or with your favorite mix-ins! Recipe by Hungry Hobby: https://hungryhobby.net/oat-flour-pancakes/

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Is this how you roll?

#{how to feed your speedster heh} #{ you didn’t smell that cooking? } ᶠᵒᵒᵈ #pancakes

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Carmelitas

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#{pietro likes XD} #{ you didn’t smell that cooking? } ᶠᵒᵒᵈ #carmelitas

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Pietro smiled at Sophie's sweet kindness. It was always nice to know that someone cared, that someone was looking out for him. Usually that person was Wanda, but lately he'd been learning just how much Sophie cared about his welfare and happiness too. "It will be lucky for me, because it came from you," he said. "You're right, I could always use extra lucky. Is something no one ever has too much of, I think."

"You sure? Well, the offer stands if you change your mind later. Thank you, though. I really appreciate it." Not just candy, but his favorites. This young woman was amazing! Pietro couldn't help but stare for a moment, his smile growing. Yeah, he was falling hard for her. "Yes, really. Is no fun eating alone, and I'd love to spend more time with you. If you'd like that too, of course."

Was he coming on too strong? He didn't think so, given that she was sending him some pretty strong signals right now. "What kind of food are you in the mood for?" he asked, rubbing his hands together. "I eat everything, so... yeah." He chuckled at himself.

“Happy birthday Pietro!” (From Sophie; @mxrvelouscreations

@mxrvelouscreations

"Thank you. Wow, I actually didn't think you knew about that," Pietro said a bit shyly. Apparently she'd been paying attention, which made him feel special. "You're very sweet. I feel so old, but I getting older is better than the alternative, right?"

#mxrvelouscreations #pietro x sophie

[fasterthanmydemons]

[ Speedster of the Galaxy ]

Mantis smiled at Pietro’s excitement, though her eyes widened when he called her antennae cute. “Do you really think so?” she asked, lifting her gaze in an attempt to look at them. Even though compliments made her uncomfortable and shy, Mantis couldn’t bring herself to reject a compliment about her antennae; if she ever found others like her, she would probably compliment their antennae as well. “Oh, that is so nice of you to say. Thank you so much,” she said, giving a small nod. “I suppose they can sometimes give away what I am feeling or thinking.”

“Units,” Mantis said when Pietro asked what the currency was in space, smiling as they reached the marketplace. “Many planets use them as the main form of intergalactic currency. Come on!” Mantis started looking for everything Pietro listed. They seemed to get lucky, though. As soon as she explained the incident with the Flerken in an attempt to make small talk, some of the vendors proceeded to apologize profusely and offer them the supplies for free to make up for it. “Thank you! Thank you!” Mantis said and waved at them.

Her cheerful expression quickly disappeared and she held up a palm, as if to tell Pietro to wait. “Oh my God.” Despite how crowded the market was, a familiar energy reached her. Didn’t Quill say Kraglin was in the planet as well? Following the energy to its source, Mantis ran until she reached an alley. “Oh my God, Kraglin!”

Since he was unfamiliar with space, Pietro would see that Kraglin, who was sitting on the ground, looked like a human. But looks could be deceiving; Kraglin had a wound on his left arm, but he wasn’t bleeding red. He was bleeding blue.

“Hey, Mant. How’s it going?”

“Kraglin!” Kneeling next to him, Mantis placed a gentle hand on his shoulder to comfort him. “What happened? Who did this to you?”

“Uh… me,” he admitted. “I still can’t control the Yaka arrow. T'was an accident.”

“You shot yourself with the Yaka arrow?!” Mantis cried out in disbelief.

“Yup. Wait ‘til Pete finds out. He’s gonna regret givin’ it to me. I failed him. I failed Yondu. I failed–” Kraglin cut himself off as he noticed Pietro. “Uh, hello. Uhh, Mantis, is he with you or am I seein’ things?”

“This is Pietro. He is now part of the team,” Mantis said as she helped Kraglin stand up. “Let’s get you to the ship, okay?” Since Kraglin was rather light, Mantis wanted to pick him up, but she paused and stopped before she could do so. People weren’t supposed to know she was half Celestial, and casually showing strength could give it away. “Pietro, help me, please.”

(I love the implication that if Pietro wasn’t there Mantis would absolutely carry Kraglin bridal style. And put him to sleep if he asks any questions. But since she’s a Celestial hybrid, her superhuman strength is limited - Kraglin just happens to be scrawny and easier to lift, but don’t worry Pietro, she won’t carry you… for now.)

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{ Hahahaha, the mental image of Mantis carrying anyone bridal style is just... too good. Also Pietro is like oh I dunno, being carried by Mantis might be kindof fun. He’s... weird, heh. In a good way, though. =) }

“I do, yeah!” Pietro said with a big, genuine grin. “They are very cute.” His smile only grew as Mantis tried to look up at her own antennae. It reminded him of babies or dogs going cross-eyed to see better when they got their noses booped. “You’re very welcome,” he then said, surprised that she took the compliment so well, since she hadn’t accepted some of his others that readily before. He wasn’t about to argue, though, because Mantis was a sweet person who deserved to be told all the kind, positive, and encouraging things in his opinion.

When she said her antennae sometimes indicated her emotions, Pietro nodded enthusiastically. “Yeah, it seems like they do sometimes. Like... they perk up when you’re happy or excited or curious, and then droop little bit when you’re sad.” He realized he was rambling and suddenly became shy for a moment. “Is just what I have noticed so far,” he clarified. “Is like you have two sets of expressions. One on your face and one with your cute little antennae.”

“Units, okay,” he said with a nod, making a mental note of that. However, it didn’t help him much with actually purchasing anything. “I don’t have any units. That might be a problem,” he said, his lips pressing together as his hands found his hips. He thought he was going to have to find a solution - and quickly - to how broke he was, but Pietro was pleasantly surprised when everyone in the market was so generous. “It really was not that much of trouble to return the cat,” Pietro said, still not fully understanding what a Flerken even was. “Cat-alien-creature-thing,” he said, trying in vain to correct him. “But is nice that they are so apologetic.”

His anxiety with regard to feeling like he wasn’t providing well enough for Mr. Dibbles began to lessen with each new supply they knocked off his mental list. They had acquired pretty much everything he could think of that the turtle would need in the near future by the time Mantis raised her hand, causing Pietro to stop mid-stride, almost dropping a couple of the supplies. “What is it?” he asked, but then fell silent when he realized she was trying to use her powers to find something... or someone. He followed her as she did so, and when they finally reached the alley, all he saw was what looked like a human being... except for the fact that he was bleeding blue blood.

Since he didn’t know this guy, or really what the relationship between him and Mantis might be, Pietro was quiet while they talked, not wanting to interrupt. He divided his attention between the conversation and looking up and down the alleyway, just to be aware of his surroundings. One never did know, after all, and they were on a strange planet. Well... strange to him. 

“Hey,” Pietro said in a friendly manner, lifting his hand by way of greeting Kraglin when Mantis introduced him. When she looked like she wanted to help him back to their ship, though, Pietro sprung into action, moving all their purchases to one arm and going to help Kraglin with the other. Before he actually touched him, though, Pietro hesitated. “Is okay if I help you? Yeah?” he asked him first. He didn’t always want to be touched because of... various things that had happened to him in recent years, so he always appreciated when people warned him or asked permission first before doing so, especially if he didn’t know them very well. Because of that, he extended that thoughtfulness to others. Maybe Mantis could touch this person if they were already friends, but this guy didn’t know Pietro from a hole in the ground, so he wanted to make sure first.

#{ speedster of the galaxy } #pietro rp

[fasterthanmydemons]

{out of paprikash} I could not motivate tonight, guys, I'm sorry. It suddenly got very hot today, and it honestly sucked the life out of me. That combined with seasonal allergy misery, Wanda and Pietro being pretty quiet, and a few problems with work taking most of the night to sort out, writing just didn't happen. It's already 5AM so I'm going to head to bed, but I'll make an effort next week to get more done.

#{ out of breath } ᵒᵒᶜ #{i did at least get the SotG reply done because i love that so much haha}

[fasterthanmydemons]

[ Speedster of the Galaxy ]

Mantis noticed that Pietro seemed… anxious. Was he worried that they would just leave without him? Mantis blinked, and her gaze fell pensively as she considered something.

“I do need to get some things,” she said when Pietro offered to get supplies for her. “But, um, do you mind if I go with you? I have never been on this planet before,” she added. She was doing it, of course, in order to put Pietro at ease. He didn’t know the Guardians, therefore he didn’t trust them, which was understandable. Maybe Pietro thought they would leave without him, but he knew they wouldn’t leave without Mantis.

She walked out of the Benatar as her antennae stood straight up, her eyes darting around. Mantis was alert in case they encountered another Flerken. Quill was right, the planet’s temperature was nice, and her natural curiosity would soon overcome her fear, approaching plants to watch them for a moment, though she did not to touch anything. In a planet where Flerkens were pets, everything could be potentially dangerous. However, Mantis was oblivious to the fact that plant life never hurt her.

A particularly large flower sneezed, releasing a thick cloud of pollen. “Oh!” Mantis cowered, before erupting in a fit of giggles. “Bless you! Take care of yourself,” she said with a friendly smile. “The marketplace, please?” At her question, the plant whipped out a slender leaf, pointing in a specific direction. “Thank you! You are very kind.” Mantis turned to Pietro. “Let’s get what Mr. Dibbles needs!”

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Pietro was surprised when Mantis said she did have things she needed to get. He thought for sure she would’ve just dismissed it and he’d be on his way. “You do?” Pietro asked, his mood suddenly perking up a bit, especially when she asked to go along with him. “Yeah, sure, I don’t mind at all,” he said with a big smile. It’d be nicer to explore a new planet with someone else, but also he knew the Guardians wouldn’t leave Mantis behind, which put him at ease. Besides... he’d probably stay a lot more out of trouble with Mantis with him than he might on his own. Not that he was planning to look for trouble, but... trouble had a habit of finding him.

“I’ve never been on any planet before, besides Earth, so... this should be fun!” he said as Mantis shared that she’d never been on this particular planet before. Pietro wasn’t only thinking about the positives right now, the exciting possibilities. The chance of encountering danger hadn’t even crossed his mind. If he needed to, he’d worry about how to deal with danger if and when something or someone dangerous actually arose. Pietro wasn’t one to catastrophize or worry about things that hadn’t happened yet. Right now, there was a brand new plant - out in space! - that was just waiting to be explored. Within reason, of course. He didn’t want to take to long getting back to the Benatar, after all.

As they left the ship, Pietro looked around before smiling at the way Mantis’ antennae straightened up. “I love that... the way they move,” he said shyly, pointing at them. “They’re very cute.” He wasn’t sure why, but there was something endearing about the way her antennae sometimes indicated mood, intention, interest, or any other number of things with her. He did hope he wasn’t insulting her or anything by calling them cute, though. For all he knew, that might be rude to say to her.

He followed her over to some plants, flinching a little in pure surprise when one of them... sneezed? Fanning the pollen away, Pietro smirked in amusement. “Is it sneezing, or is it trying to um... what is word... inoculate us?” he asked with a chuckle. That got him wondering about the control of things that might follow them onto their ship, like... viruses, bacteria... tiny little nasties that liked to cause disease. That was about as much as Pietro understood about them. Pollen wasn’t necessarily in that category, but... how sure were they that this pollen wasn’t? It was something he’d make a note of to ask Mantis about later, if there were any protocols to follow to make sure they didn’t bring back anything infectious. “Thank you,” he said to the plant, looking in the direction it had indicated for the market.

“Let’s see... Mr. Dibbles needs food, so he does not eat all of your plants until they’re gone. And... I have to get some things to build him a home in my room. A little tank maybe, so I can give him water to swim in? Some rocks to sit on? Something to help keep the water clean? And a light because there is no sun in space. Well, I know... the sun... is in space, but... is no sun inside the ship... You know what I mean?” he said, chuckling at how he was rambling. “I just want him to be healthy and happy, because he is a great turtle and he deserves nice things,” he said with a shrug.

When they reached the market, however, Pietro quickly realized that buying the things he needed was going to prove a bit difficult. He didn’t always understand what everyone was saying, for one thing. For another, what was he supposed to pay with? In all this discussion of buying things, he hadn’t realized that he didn’t actually have any money. Why was he always like this? Not thinking things through clearly before he just charges off to go do said things. “So... what is the currency in space? Because... I might... not actually have any,” he said, scratching his head as his face contorted with an expression of embarrassment and guilt.

#{ speedster of the galaxy } #pietro rp

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Sophie was so sweet to him, and Pietro couldn't help but smile around her. She had such a wonderful energy about her and was always taking the time to make him feel special. It only made him want to do the same for her even more. And the bracelet she'd gotten him was absolutely badass.

"Protection, huh? I am little careless from time to time, so... I probably need some," he admitted, turning the bracelet this way and that to look at the stone and the brightly polished silver. "Thank you for thinking about me and my safety, Sophie. I can't even really say how much it means to me." No, he was not going to cry.

"And of course I like the candy, who doesn't like candy?" he said, as if it was totally and completely obvious to the world. "Would you like some? I will gladly share. It's the least I can do, since you've been so sweet to me today. Or maybe you would like to go out to eat somewhere? My treat, as a thank you?" he offered, whipping out his most handsome grin for her.

“Happy birthday Pietro!” (From Sophie; @mxrvelouscreations

@mxrvelouscreations

"Thank you. Wow, I actually didn't think you knew about that," Pietro said a bit shyly. Apparently she'd been paying attention, which made him feel special. "You're very sweet. I feel so old, but I getting older is better than the alternative, right?"

#mxrvelouscreations #pietro x sophie

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"Is too," he whispered, still trying to have the last word on the subject. "Oh what? Who said that?" As he feigned looking around in confusion, he began to laugh. They were definitely always going to be joking around like this, no matter how old they got, and Pietro really would have it no other way. Nothing and no one could ever replace his sister in his life. "We'll just have to keep it interesting enough so they don't. They'll love it, trust me." Nah, the others would hate it, but honestly, Pietro didn't care one bit.

"Well... Pietro's law is the whole law of the land, so... is really the same thing. I'm telling you, is against the law not to have cake on your birthday." He shrugged. "Nothing I can do about it, is already established law." But when Wanda said she hadn't thought of cake until just now when he mentioned it, Pietro looked at her flatly. "Wanda. What do you mean you weren't thinking of cake? How are you not thinking of cake all the time? I know I am. Cake is life. And also candy. Cookies too." He was exaggerating a little... but not that much. Food was on his mind almost all the time, and sugar was right up there at the top.

"Okay, yeah, we're walking. Nobody wants you getting sick everywhere. And if it happens while I'm running and it gets all over the place, then I'll get blamed for it and have to clean it up, and-" Seeing her face, he started to laugh. "I'll stop now," he said, still chuckling. "Is fine to walk, though. I get to spend time with my little sis." With that, he hung his arm around her shoulders and they started on their way.

“Happy birthday brother!”

"Happy birthday little sis!" he said, tossing her a little grin. "So, what kinds of sugar-related activities are we going to engage in today?" Because of course birthdays were full of cake or cookies or candy or something, right?

#illbringthechaosmagic #pietro rp

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[ Speedster of the Galaxy ]

Mantis was glad to see Pietro eating some more after holding back, probably because Rocket had told him it was okay to do so. She smiled and shook her head when Rocket complained that she was forcing him to drink in order to shake off the affection she always gave him. When Pietro seemed to defend her actions, Mantis laughed.

“He has the right to feel that way,” she said. “But I cannot help it. He is so crabby, and soft, and adorable.”

“I can hear ya!” Rocket yelled from the kitchen.

Mantis puffed out her cheeks. “In any case…” She looked at Pietro and smiled warmly. “You said you are going to find supplies for Mr. Dibbles, right? We will wait for you here, and then we will fly the ship to this planet’s station so we can fuel it.” She softly scratched her chin. “The citizens of this planet have Flerkens. As pets! Something tells me our help is not required. If they can take creatures as deadly as Flerkens and turn them into pets, I imagine they can defend themselves against any threat.” Mantis searched for his gaze. “Be careful, okay?”

“Be careful, okay?” Rocket said from afar in a mocking voice. “We’re not careful here. Careful is not our style.”

Mantis blinked. “That is true,” she finally told Pietro.

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It didn’t take Pietro long to finish Breakfast Round 2™, and as he brought his plate over to the sink, he listened to Mantis and Rocket go back and forth with each other. A smile lingered on his face. For some reason, banter like that made him happy. Whether it was the comfort of noise breaking the silence around him or the fact that, despite how it sounded, Mantis and Rocket clearly cared about each other, he wasn’t sure, but it lifted his mood for sure. By the time Mantis was describing Rocket in her own way, Pietro was laughing.

“If Rocket has the right to say your hugs drive him to drink, then certainly you have the right to say he is crabby, soft, and adorable,” he said. “Everyone has freedom to express here, I am learning. And long as is respectful. So, respectfully, Rocket is pretty adorable, yeah. I see it.” He nodded for emphasis. “I don’t know about soft, I have not pet him yet. Probably never will. I don’t want to lose a finger or two.” Was he saying all of this because he knew Rocket was listening? Absolutely. He wanted in on the fun.

As the conversation turned to Mr. Dibbles, Pietro nodded excitedly. “I am, yes. There are several things I need to take proper care of him. And he deserves the best, of course, he is my turtle.” A rather boyish smile followed. Pietro never had a formal pet as a child, though he would feed neighborhood strays when he could. So this was definitely him getting to live out one of his childhood wishes. maybe he never expected to have a turtle, but he wasn’t complaining about it either. “Alright. I will try to be as quick as I can so you aren’t waiting too long.” They wouldn’t leave without him, right? Right?

Pietro smiled warmly as she asked him to be careful, but before he could respond, Rocket did it for him, and he was laughing again. “Careful is not my style either, but... because you asked me so nicely, I will do for you,” he said to Mantis. Did he really intend to be careful? Yes. Would he be? Well, that depended on any number of things. “Better get started. Do you need or want anything while I am out there?” he asked, trying to be as helpful as possible. “Besides me being careful, I know.” That was already going to be a big enough task.

#pietro rp #{ speedster of the galaxy }

[fasterthanmydemons]

Aaron Taylor-Johnson as Lieutenant Ford Brody ⤷ Godzilla | dir. Gareth Edwards

#fc #aaron taylor-johnson #godzilla

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PSA: Hiatus Extended until 4/2

{out of mutations} My surgery went well, but the surrounding hospital experience was unexpectedly anxiety-producing. More details here if anyone wants to know, but it was far longer and more harrowing than anticipated. The post-op pain is worse than they said it would be too, and I can't take anything for it but Tylenol, so I've just been sleeping and resting a lot. I've also got 240 forum posts to grade for work this week that unfortunately have to take precedence over writing here. I've been trying to work on it all day today, but I just don't have the focus.

In light of all this, I've decided to give myself one more week off my regular rp schedule (always available in my blogs' pinned posts, btw) to take a break and focus on recovery and work. So for this blog, that means I'll be back on 4/8. I'll still leave @tarnishedxknight open, but I honestly haven't even done much over there either because my creativity isn't flowing right now. After one more week, I should be well into recovery, in less pain, done with follow-up appts, and ready to focus back here on writing. I'm so close to being back here with good regularity again, folks, just bear with me, heh.

#{ out of breath } ᵒᵒᶜ #tw: surgery

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PSA: Hiatus until 3/26

{out of paprikash} So I love how I just updated everyone last night and then today all my plans change, lol. Such is life. Anyhoo… my surgery date was suddenly moved from 3/29 to 3/22, this Friday. SO… I will definitely not be here next week (3/25), as I’ll be recovering and I won’t know how I’ll feel physically and mentally. The majority of my muse is over at @tarnishedxknight, so I’ll just take a week off and write there on and off there as time and muse allows. But that means I will likely be here on 4/1. Right now, I’m going to say that I will take off from my regular schedule this week and up until 3/26. Then I’ll be back on track Weds 3/27 and onward. I will have to see how I feel post-op and all, but that’s my plan for right now. *sighs* Sorry for the drama, but I swear, these people have changes dates, times, and restrictions on me 87 times in the past week and it’s been a crazy mess, heh. So hmu on @tarnishedxknight if you want to, otherwise I’ll be back here 4/1 if I don’t say otherwise before then. <3

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{out of breath} Friendly reminder that I won't be here tomorrow (3/18) because I've got a really stressful day ahead and I know my anxiety is not going to be a team player as far as me having creativity and muse to write. I hope to be here on 3/25, but I'll have to see how my anxiety is doing, and I do have grading to do that week for work, so... we'll just have to play it by ear. I'll try my best to be here then because I'll need to skip 4/1 after my surgery on the 29th.

You all know my muse for Pietro has been a little stale for a while now. I want to rewatch Age of Ultron, which I think will give me a boost, but I want to wait until all the craziness with work and my surgery is done with. Then I may try to write some starters or oneshots or other assorted things to try to get the spark back for writing him again. If anyone has any meta topics for Pietro that you'd like me to do some in-depth analysis on, sometimes that sort of thing also helps to stoke the muse a bit. I may not get to them until things have calmed down, but that's my plan for Pietro because I definitely need some help in keep the muse fresh, heh.

Thanks for your patience during this crazy time, and I hope to be here next Monday! =)

#{ out of breath } ᵒᵒᶜ

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"Is too," Pietro immediately returned in true playfully obnoxious, brotherly fashion. He stuck out his tongue at her assessment that, while old, he fell short of the wise part. Chuckling, he shook his head. "We are going to be in our eighties and still joking around with each other like this, you know that, right?" And he wouldn't have it any other way.

"Nope, you definitely can't. I think it is written law somewhere that cake must be involved with all birthdays. We'd best not break the law, Wanda," he said, leaning in and widening his eyes for dramatic effect. "No, I had no idea! Nobody told me! You were withholding important bakery information all to yourself from your dear brother." He shook his head and sighed, as if he'd been mortally betrayed. "And I thought I was your best brother." With that, he curled his bottom lip, comically pouting.

It disappeared immediately, however, at her excellent suggestion of them going out in search of cake at this new bakery he now knew existed. "We absolutely must treat ourselves. Come on, let's go. Or do I have to pick you up and run with you to get you there faster? Because... you know I will if I have to..."

“Happy birthday brother!”

"Happy birthday little sis!" he said, tossing her a little grin. "So, what kinds of sugar-related activities are we going to engage in today?" Because of course birthdays were full of cake or cookies or candy or something, right?

#mxrvelouscreations #pietro rp

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"No it wouldn't. But it was definitely sweet of you to do it anyway," Pietro said, opening the present she'd given him. When he saw the bracelet and the candy, his eyes lit up. "Oh, cool!" he said first, looking the bracelet over, and then he grinned at the candy. "I love these!" he exclaimed. "Thank you, Sophie." She'd managed to make him feel very special, and he made a mental note to reciprocate when the time was right. "Yeah, that could be it. I would take a nap, but... now I have candy to eat. Priorities, you know?" he said, already unwrapping one and popping it into his mouth.

“Happy birthday Pietro!” (From Sophie; @mxrvelouscreations

@mxrvelouscreations

"Thank you. Wow, I actually didn't think you knew about that," Pietro said a bit shyly. Apparently she'd been paying attention, which made him feel special. "You're very sweet. I feel so old, but I getting older is better than the alternative, right?"

#mxrvelouscreations #pietro x sophie

[fasterthanmydemons]

"He is breathing. He's completely fine," Pietro said, but his tone was a gentle one. He could more than understand his sister's worries, and if it had been his own child, he knew he would have been far more worried than even she had been. Having a child was nerve-racking for so many reasons, and Pietro felt like his sister was far better equipped to deal with that kind of stress than he was. "No complications. Perfect score," he whispered, smiling at her. "Well done, sis."

Pietro chuckled at the reminiscence of their childhood. "It wasn't every day. Like... maybe every other day," he joked. "Boys will be boys? Yes?" he offered up as a fair excuse for is behavior, even though he knew it didn't hold water at all. "Somehow we made it through. I like to think it's because of what they taught us in addition to our own strength that got us this far. I'm sure you gave some of that Maximoff strength to Nugget here," he said, smiling at the baby. "Look, he's already power-napping because he knows all that strength needs a recharge after all this."

"Well, good. He should feel very loved by everybody around him. I want that for him," he said with sincere affection for the baby. "There is no better way to start your life than by being loved, yeah?" And he knew this baby would have love in great abundance. He couldn't really speak for Tony, but he knew his sister was going to love their baby around the clock.

For once in his life, Pietro had to admit that taking some things slower was better. "Yeah, you're right. This here... is not a moment to rush through." As they fell silent for a moment and just watched the baby as he stirred in his half-napping state, Pietro felt himself getting emotional once more. "Thank you for letting me hold him and have this time with you both, sis. It really means a lot to me."

He sighed as Wanda caught him in shirking his duties as an Avenger. "No you can't!" he insisted. "You and Nugget are always more important than boring meetings. The mission is done, the important stuff was handled. All the paperwork and other stuff can be done tomorrow. Nugget was just born now. Is vastly more important." And no one was ever going to change his mind on that. However... "Okay, maybe I should have let them know where I would be..." he did admit.

“Brother, I have a little nugget that would like to meet you…”

Pietro had tried to make it back to Wanda in time, but of course he'd been out on a mission when she went into labor. Not even he was fast enough to get back in time, especially when everybody else didn't seem to be in a hurry. Maybe it wasn't the most earthshattering thing to them, but this was his twin sister... and she was having a baby. There weren't many other things that were more important than that in life.

After wearing a groove into the floor of the waiting room, he was called to go in and see Wanda. The staff had peeked in to look at said groove every so often as Pietro paced back and forth, sometimes at faster-than-normal speed, but they hadn't said anything to him about it. When he was called, he zipped down the hall and into the room, bouncing excitedly on his heels. "Yeeeees! I want to meet the nugget!" he exclaimed in response to Wanda, a big grin on his face. This exchange earned him even more looks from the staff, but he didn't care. He was an uncle! This was the best thing ever!

#illbringthechaosmagic #pietro rp