[ He visibly relaxes at that, offering a small, quick smile. ]
Good. I'm glad.
[ He ducks his head for a second, fidgeting a little, messing with the sleeves of his shirt. The offering of the olive branch is out of the way, which mostly leaves the awkward part. The difficult part. And maybe he could just leave it as it is now, could just let the gift stand for itself to show that, hey, they're cool again! Pretend none of the early stuff happened! But—
That's not really fair to Mantis.
So Peter takes a deep breath, lets it out between his lips.
Then, slowly, ]
Listen. About what happened the other day.
[ No point specifying which "day" he means. He suspects they've both been thinking about it. ]
I, um. Wanted to... talk about it. If that's okay.
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Good. I'm glad.
[ He ducks his head for a second, fidgeting a little, messing with the sleeves of his shirt. The offering of the olive branch is out of the way, which mostly leaves the awkward part. The difficult part. And maybe he could just leave it as it is now, could just let the gift stand for itself to show that, hey, they're cool again! Pretend none of the early stuff happened! But—
That's not really fair to Mantis.
So Peter takes a deep breath, lets it out between his lips.
Then, slowly, ]
Listen. About what happened the other day.
[ No point specifying which "day" he means. He suspects they've both been thinking about it. ]
I, um. Wanted to... talk about it. If that's okay.