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[auntlarb]

‘i wasn’t ready to say goodbye.’

soft angst // accepting // @spldertm

May looked down at her lap as she sat beside Peter, having come home from the funeral just a few hours ago. She was glad it was over - they could grieve in peace now - but the sense of sadness hung heavy in the air. “I don’t think anyone is ever really ready to say goodbye. Even if a death is expected, it still hurts.” But what had happened to Ben had been the total opposite of expected. It was sudden, someone else’s fault, far too premature. “But you did really well today, Pete. You’re so much stronger than you know.” 

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@spldertm / 🕸

A SIGH OF DISCONTENT RANG OUT, and yet even with the kind words, the reassurance —— he felt guilty. it was all preventable if he’d just been ON TIME. only a few minutes sooner, no lives would’ve been lost in the wreck. ❛ but it is my fault, ❜ a sniffle or two found their way out, and peter’s composure fell as did his head. ❛ i failed AGAIN. ❜

           🕸  A HAND ROSE TO COMFORT YET FELL SLIGHT AS HE WASN’T   SURE   IF IT WAS OKAY TO DO SO.  miles bit his lower lip as he glanced off to the side for a moment, hand finding itself on  his own  arm, rubbing the sleeve in a nervous manner. he looked up however at the mention of   FAILURE   ----   frown coming to his lips.  

❝      hey man your not a failure.  --  you did your best and   SOMETIMES   that’s the best we can do. listen ;  there’ll be people we just  . .  just can’t help. you tried   plus  there was no way you coulda known that this was happenin’      ❞ he murmured, attempting to assist as his hand   finally   rested slight on his shoulder. 

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@spldertm cont’d

          It was Friday who notified him about Peter’s SHOUTING from the Peter’s Spider Central. Tony rushed to find the kid in panicked with his eyes CLOSED. He knew all too well what that meant. “You were screaming, I could hear you from the other side of the building, kid.” A hand was still on the kids shoulder, even after he’d been awake. Judging by the look on the kids face, there was something more going on, that the Peter wasn’t wanting to let on. After what happened on Titan, with Thanos, and LOSING the kid in his arms, he’d be DAMMED if he was going to let Peter go on, without offering a hand. “You sure?” he said, giving him a very PARENTAL look, he’d picked up from all the times he’d spent with him and May. “Because I know what that looks like, and it didn’t look you’re good.”