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NOTE: I am forever backtag friendly and absolutely open to doing things from past events that won't really have an effect on things at any given time. For example, if you'd like to do something with Peter aged down or when he was his spider dream guide, etc.
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It's got its fucking tooth out
You're threatening me
[ Peter..... ]
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and that's just how his face looks
don't make fun of him
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Do you know him?
Like personally?
[ Fuck, if he insulted someone's hedgehog... ]
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[the next attachment is a photo of a very perturbed-looking will byers holding said hedgehog.]
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Why do you have a hedgehog?
Are you ok???
[ He's still in Paranoid Mode, what if Will's in danger or something....
(Why....would he be, Peter)
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he's one of my pets
him and the dog and the cat
why wouldn't i be okay??? he's a hedgehog not a scorpion
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I'm sorry
I keep getting weird texts from people and I don't get why
It feels like I'm going crazy
It's a relief this is you, though
He's cute, I just got scared of his tooth
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it's okay you're not crazy
that's happening to lots of us. i think it's just a weird town thing.
it's okay.
he doesn't bite
except bugs
his name's pippin
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Oh
Okay that's good
[ Honestly, it really is a relief, and the fact it's Will on the other end of things now makes that comfort even greater. ]
Is he a pet you had back home?Or new from this place?
I've never seen a hedgehog in person, now that I think about it....
Is he soft?
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kinda scary when you don't know what's going on, though, huh?
[this is him VALIDATING your fears while also reassuring them, peter.]
i got him here, yeah
for christmas
he's not really soft, but he isn't like a cactus or anything
kinda smooth unless he's all rolled up.
then he's poky.
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It freaks me out thinking about people I don't know contacting me
I know around here what's in our heads gets exposed a lot
But I like to... think I have some privacy left, you know?
[ As usual, Will coaxes feelings out of him. Makes him safe enough to be able to. Best smol dad. ]
He really is cute
I like his nose. It kind of reminds me of a dog
Oh speaking of, what kind of dog do you have?
[ This conversation went from PARANOIA!!! to Pets. A much nicer "P" topic... ]
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like when the dopplegangers were here
that was really scary
i can...always say who i am when i text you from now on? if that'll help?
[this is the best conversation change, because will loves!! his pets!!]
he's nice. you'd like him. he likes to hide in pockets.
frodo's a pomeranian, i think. i'll send you a picture, hold on
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cw: mention of animal death, thanks Hereditary (nondescriptive, though)
That'd be really nice though
I'll do that too
Thanks, Will
Ohhh no he's adorable
What a little fluff bucket
Dogs are the best. I have one back home, too
His name's Rex
[ ....Actually his dog was uhhhhh killed by the same cult that killed the rest of his entire family, but Peter doesn't explicitly know that. Maybe not-so-deep-down he figures, but it's not something he can think about too much. ]
I'll have to meet your little zoo sometime
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animals are the best.
i also know a deer named seymour
he has lots of eyes
do you wanna meet them now? i can come over. [william, some people have SCHOOL.]
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She's tiny but really scary
And makes all the rules
Can I just ask... Are all his eyes on his face
[ SOME people have school, but Peter is not one of them. Not currently, anyway. He's casually taking an....... entire month off, it's fine. ]
I'd absolutely be down for that
I'll make popcorn
[ ........Fancy, Peter. ]
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she sounds like my mom
what's her name?
no they're all over.
i think it helps him see. [will is very blase about this. also he supports your truancy!!]
like from scratch?
cool
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Oh, I see
Not as good as he does, but I still see
Where'd you meet this deer?
[ Check Peter just trying to casually find out if this many-eyed deer is a thing he needs to be worried about running into next time he has to get some groceries. ]
Oh I'm not that skilled
It's just Orville Redenbacher
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kinda weird that there's people here i haven't met yet
is she nice
at the park. he was eating bees [so yes, peter, the eldritch abomination deer are going to find you in the soup aisle]
oh that kind's way better
that's what my mom makes
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Definitely wears the pants in our house
[ As much as he teases her about being "mean", he can't honestly call her that to someone else. Henry's... helped him, taken care of him. She does what she has to, and he knows she hasn't had it easy.
She's strong. In ways Peter isn't. (On that note, he's making a mental reminder to avoid the park for... awhile. Maybe until winter when all the animals hopefully go away.) ]
Oh yeah?
What's your mom like?
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but that's good
it'd suck if you were alone.
she's
the best
she gets overwhelmed and frazzled and stuff, but she's really nice and she's brave and she never gives up and she doesn't listen to what anyone else says
you'd like her
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I literally owe her my life......
[ Is his way of expressing how grateful he is to Henry. And... for not being alone. Honestly, if he was in that house all on his own, he'd probably go nuts. And absolutely have died by now. Henry's kept him grounded and safe since he crawled up on the lawn in the fits of that first panic attack here, a broken mess with a broken face. She's watched out for him. She's a lot like Will that way — even if her particular touch is.. less soft.... ]
Oh man, she sounds awesome
Like a badass mom? A nice badass mom
Do you have any pictures of her here?
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yeah, one sec. [after a moment, he sends along a photo. wow, look at her deserving the world. amazing.]
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Though we're both pretty bad about eating like we're two dudes living in a college dorm
Someday... I'll learn how to cook
[ That photo draws a long pause, in which Peter's just gazing at it. Something stirs under his ribs — admittedly, an uncomfortable sensation at first. He patiently waits for it to dissipate into something else, and then he's giving a quiet little smile to himself, because wow, she: ]
She looks just like you
I bet you get that all the time, but
She really does
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i mean, really easy soup. in one of those big pot things.
i could show you, if you wanna.
i don't really know anything else, but soup's good.
[peter can't see it, of course, but will lights up, grinning so hard it's almost painful. he doesn't talk about his mom a lot, because it's one of the deepest, most painful losses that deerington's thrown at him, but hearing that is...it's good. it's nice.]
for real? you think so?
nobody really says that. at home.
they call me lonnie's boy, mostly.
i guess cause he was from hawkins and mom isn't, so
people think i'm his, not hers.
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I'd like that a lot. To learn. Maybe even I could handle making that
Just kind of put stuff in and let it cook, right?
[ It isn't easy, Talking About Moms, but it's...easier to listen. He wants to listen to Will, who means a lot to him. Even if it stings his heart in a highly uncomfortable way, because Peter misses his mom too, even if it had been complicated and they hadn't been... close. He can't imagine what it's like to miss your mom when you were as close as Will clearly was with his.
He's quiet for a bit, thinking about the "Lonnie's boy" bit. Ahhh. ]
You're definitely hers, I'd say
You really do look just like her
Especially the eyes. And the smile, I think
Yeah, there's a ton of her in you
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cw: familial death
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