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Tweak says, "screamed the speck of dust..."

Peter Petrelli (thegoodbrother) wrote in colligo_threads,
@ 2009-11-20 14:59:00

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WHO: Peter and Nathan Petrelli. Possibly Chris Halliwell later.
WHAT: Brotherly bonding and awkward conversations with hot chocolate.
WHEN: After this.
WHERE: Peter's apartment.
RATING: TBD.
STATUS: In progress.

It had been fun, like the old days. Like a decade ago when he'd been young and Nathan hadn't had so many responsibilities weighing him down. There had been no clear winner to the snowball fight, but they'd both had fun, and he didn't think either of them had laughed so hard in years. That was the important thing. Now, they were walking into his apartment, snow in their hair and faces flushed from cold and exertion and laughter in equal measure. Peter shrugged off his coat, scarf and gloves, heading to the kitchen to make hot chocolate and nodding for Nathan to sit down.

"Make yourself comfortable," he said, happy to have this time to reconnect with his brother. He still hadn't brought up Chris yet, but he was getting there. He just wanted to enjoy this a little before potentially ruining it.

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thegoodbrother
2009-11-28 04:59 am UTC (link)

Peter looked down at his hands at Nathan's comment. So, it had come to that point then? It was time to actually tell his brother about his relationship with Chris. Time to tell his brother that he was in love with another man. Easy, right? Not so much. He felt panic rising like bile in the back of his throat and he had to fight the urge to freeze time and run away. It wasn't that he was ashamed of Chris, far from it, but the idea of something causing Nathan to turn his back on him terrified Peter. He took a sip of his hot chocolate, followed by a deep breath to steady himself, and he spoke. "Chris is my roommate."

Which wasn't what he'd meant to say at all. He sighed. "More than that, actually," he said after a long moment. "He's actually sort of my guardian angel...literally. He's what you would call a Whitelighter. His dad was one and his mom was a witch, so he's half-and-half. I'm his charge, apparently, so he looks out for me. He's actually helped me through a few things while I've been here." He knew he could leave it at that and Nathan wouldn't question it too closely, the inability of such a avid republican to fathom the notion that his brother might not fit into a neat little box keeping him from pushing. But he wouldn't do that. "And he's my..." he closed his eyes, "Chris and I are together, Nathan. He's my boyfriend...my...I love him."

He opened his eyes after a moment and looked at his brother. "Say something," he said nervously, terrified of how his brother might react.

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