( OPEN ) Peter Q

[aromantically]

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[aredreams]

Gamora nods as she continues to eat. She's not surprised by any of this. Of course the fence wouldn't take it. No one needs their skull crushed. Of course Peter isn't worried. Of course he's referencing childish games they played. "I remember." She barely suppresses a sigh. Gamora does trust he knows what he's doing in this regard. She'd be remiss if she didn't lecture him just a little. "Don't lose, Peter. Ronan is an extremist with a small army of followers. Every member of his that we face is going to come after us with everything they've got. We can't do any less than them."

[aromantically]

His gaze turns steely at her plea. He wants to tell he doesn't owe her promises now, but he knows it isn't for her and it would be pointless to pretend he won't do exactly as she says anyway. She knows these monsters better than anyone.

"I know what I'm doin'," he protests instead, leaning back in his rickety chair with a creak and shoveling more pasta into his mouth. His eyes flick back up after a second, crashing into hers insistently. "Don't you lose neither." He can't lose her all over again, and he knows on her side of things it would be all too easy to make the sacrifice play. Peter isn't about to let her take the easy way out.

[aredreams]

She opens her mouth to rebuff that before stopping herself. Gamora knows she trusts him. There's no sense in beating him to death with the stakes. He knows already. His eyes are on her in a flash. It's so intense that it borders on uncomfortable. She can see the accusation in his eyes. Gamora can't deny it. She would die to stop Ronan. His capacity for destruction is more of an immediate threat than her abductor's. She can't let it stand.

Instead she lets the mask of indifference hardens over her features. "I never lose." That doesn't mean they have to want to win the same way.