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Tweak says, "bananas are better"

stickyboi (stickyboi) wrote in snapthread,
@ 2020-02-07 15:05:00

Entry tags:

harry osborn (msm), peter parker (mcu)

WHO: Peter Parker & Harry Osborn
WHAT: Getting a handle on things.
WHERE: Harry's place
WHEN: Feb 7th, afternoon
RATING: T for teenage shenanigans

Peter lands lightly on Harry’s rooftop, bouncing on the balls of his feet. This webbing is a little more complicated to make than his usual formula, given a lack of certain supplies, but from what he’s managed to scavenge, it’s not performing half-bad. Sticking a little (the irony is not lost on Peter, don’t worry) on the first hit, but he’ll brainstorm solutions for the next batch. He’s...not entirely sure why he’s even bothering, if he’s being honest, aside from the fact that it gives him something to do with his time. He certainly doesn’t need the webs - there’s no danger here, and if he wants to building hop, he can just parkour - but there’s a little voice at the back of his head that encourages him to be paranoid. Either way, at least it gives him something to talk about.

Peter sticks a line of webbing to the edge of Harry’s roof and leans down, hanging upside down, to knock on the window. Harry’s easy to be around, Peter’s found, so an invitation to do just that is plenty welcome. Peter doesn’t make friends easily - blame it on the crippling awkwardness - and maybe Peter’s taking advantage of friendship he didn’t earn, that some other Peter worked for, but it’s just...easy. Harry’s never known this him, hasn’t been here as long as the others to see him come and go, and he doesn’t seem keen to press Peter on the difficult things. All admirable qualities, honestly.

Peter knocks on the window, hair hanging down and probably looking ridiculous, shit-eating grin firmly in place. As soon as it opens, he says, “Heard you needed a steady pair of hands on some sensitive tech.”

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goblinglider
2020-02-28 07:42 am UTC (link)

Harry hadn't expected to startle any sort of laugh from Peter. He's used to doing it on occasion with his own but, normally, Peter is the one that makes him laugh. He can't help but smile at the sound and feel proud that he's the one who managed to get this Peter to make it. "Somehow, Pete, I doubt you would've." He teases, looking the other over with a judgmental quirk of the eyebrow that he learned from Norman. He's quick to smile again. Quick to show Peter that it's just teasing.

He wants to roll his eyes but Peter's right. He's playfully flirting here. He's teasing Peter about being into him for his mind when his true motives for this get together were more about wanting to reach out. The teasing description isn't wrong. He appreciates intelligence. He's drawn to it. He doesn't dwell on this as Peter swats at his hand, earning a laugh as he pulls his hand back.

"In the begining we used to collaborate on school projects. My dad's really competetive. He was setting up some showcase to pit our schools against each other. We decided to design a few things together to show everyone collaboration was possible. That we didn't have to be rivals and could be stronger together." He says, smiling a little at the reminder. It hadn't worked out but they'd tried. "This teamp up thing is new. We went through some stuff." He's hesitant to talk about it just yet but eventually. Maybe if he can talk to this Peter about the ups and downs he's been through with his own he'll get a better sense of how to deal with his superheroing and his own Harry. "But we came back stronger for it. We decided it would be more fun to patrol together."

He actually had thought about locking the boots into the board during a few initial stages. "Mobility mostly." He says. "When a snowboarder is locked into their board that sort of becomes an issue. I wanted to be able to hop on and off with ease." He says. It had seemed like an important thing and Harry hadn't planned on getting knocked off his glider too much but he had planned on moving around.

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stickyboi
2020-03-01 01:51 am UTC (link)

"That's - too accurate, I don't like that you know that." Peter teased him right back, pointing an admonishing finger in Harry's direction. "Just for that, who knows. Next time I might show up in a tuxedo. Provided I can find one, but that'll just make it more impressive, right?"

"Yeah, your dad runs Oscorp, right?" He's trying to piece things together from his own universe, but he's never gotten anywhere near Norman Osborn. "That's really cool. Like a science fair with higher stakes. What did you guys design?"

"Ah, yeah." Peter offered a small, sympathetic smile. He understood how that went, boy did he understand how that went. He could tell Harry didn't want to talk about it, and that's, you know, totally fine. Peter has his own baggage. Maybe sometime in the future, but they still barely know each other. "That tends to happen. Some things don't change, I guess. I'm glad you were able to overcome it together, though."

"Could you come up with some sort of magnetism lock, maybe something you can toggle on and off?" Peter ran his thumb against the edge of the board. "Or some way of calling it back to you, you know, in case you do get knocked down."

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