* @yonblu got peter a birthday present ! : Throws a footloose VHS at him. It's not wrapped. He got it from a dump. Happy late birthday! He completely forgot.
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YONDU WAS NEVER SUBTLE , NOR WAS HE PUNCTUAL . it didn’t surprise peter that the old man had forgotten his birthday. peter had grown accustomed to the years of sitting in his bedroom, blowing out a candle while listening to his mother’s mix - tapes. it was nothing he ever expected anyone to pity him for; he never minded spending the day, just him and his mom, a routine he had continued starting the year he had been whisked away from earth, moments after she’d passed.
the surprise came when the object was thrown at peter with LITTLE warning. peter’s reflexes were subpar at best ( really --- how he had survived all these years in space was a miracle ), and the vhs hit him straight in the chest, bounced off, and hit the floor. ❛ hey what the hell man ? ❜ brow furrowed in frustration, he knelt, his ire slipping away as he saw the name written across the tape. FOOTLOOSE. a moment of silence passed as peter stared at the tape. it looked rough, like it might not even play --- but memories resurfaced, memories of that same tape playing and his mother and him singing loudly to the music. a tear slipped down peter’s cheek, and he forced his grasp to loosen. he didn't want to break the damn thing.
❛ hey --- no way man ! you can’t just throw this at me, late, I might add, and then just walk off !! now we gotta find a way to watch it like a gazillion times. I ain’t takin’ no for an answer so don’t even try ! ❜