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Alpha Peter (pbandparker) wrote in snapthread,
@ 2019-04-11 21:01:00

Entry tags:

clint barton (616), peter b parker (sv)

Who: Peter Parker (sv) and Clint Barton (616)
What: Commiserating and charging
Where: Town
When: Thursday afternoon

Peter gathered up a few things after making plans with Clint, it was a far cry from his shed back home, even further from the lair that perfect Peter Parker had when he'd dropped into Miles' universe. But you know he had enough to be able to work with what he had available to him, scavenged from here and there. It wouldn't be enough to create a new power source for Clint all at once, that was a little beyond Peter's ability at the moment, but he could get there with a little bit of time and resources.

Glad for the excuse to get out, even though the walk wasn't long. Peter had started keeping himself busy getting things prepared for the bar, tracking down things like chairs and tables, bit by bit - it was going to be a piecemeal operation but what about this place wasn't? And it could be kind of charming.

So you know that was a thing, and now here he was getting ready to see what he could do for Clint and his buzzing ears, because no one needed to deal with that kind of thing if they could fix it.

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pbandparker
2019-04-20 10:08 pm UTC (link)

Peter definitely didn't want to shame Clint, but he definitely knew what it was to feel like your problems were small and your own only and you had to take care of them on your own rather than bring them to a larger group that could likely help you very easily. And well after he'd spent some time with the Spider-gang and now being here - well even he could admit things were better when you asked for help.

"Yeah," He huffed with a laugh, Clint's thought seeming to mirror his own. "That's a lesson I just learned recently, actually, right before I wound up here. It's one thing to kind of you know, be a friendly neighborhood spider, but sometimes you actually have to trust people." It was awkward, you know, laying out things he probably should have learned when he was a lot younger than this, but he'd spent so long trying to protect the people around them that he'd stopped going to them for help and look where it had gotten him. On a mattress on the floor entirely alone in the world.

"It's something I'm still working on," As with most good advice it was much easier to tell other people to folow it than try and do it yourself, so you know, that's where Peter was with that.

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today_sucks
2019-04-20 11:48 pm UTC (link)

"I just signed on to be a part time mentor of the West Coast Avengers," Clint admitted with a wry smile. It was funny because he was pretty sure no one should have trusted him with barely adults. Even if he had lead a group or two and even the Avenger's in the past. Sometimes he was up for it. Other times, not so much. His entire life for the last few years had been sort of Not So Much. "Someone adopted a baby land shark."

It was a distraction from the truth of matter though -- Peter was right. Sometimes you just had to trust other people. And if there was anyone he could trust, it'd be the people of this weird little group. Cap, Tony, Bucky and Peter here. It was a good group.

"Work in progress," he agreed with a huff that was probably meant to be a laugh.

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pbandparker
2019-04-21 01:20 am UTC (link)

"Yeah?" Peter asked grinning when Clint admitted that he'd just joined up with the West Coast Avengers, they hadn't been around a while where Peter was from, but maybe that meant they were something that would be coming back in his world too. But it was good hearing that Clint was going to do something like that, after his most recent adventure in mentoring Peter knew how much good could come out of something like that.

Of course then there was the mention of a land shark and Peter could only raise an eyebrow at the idea of that. "I didn't think land sharks were adoptable." That was a nice safe response to that, because Peter was pretty sure that thing was going to grow up and eat an Avenger.

Peter nodded, yeah, that's all any of them were really a work in progress. "There we go," Peter said handing back the first of Clint's hearing aids, "That'll be a temporary fix, I'll get together a couple of things and we can make sure they don't ever start doing the ringing thing again." He told him.

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today_sucks
2019-04-21 10:30 pm UTC (link)

"Land sharks aren't adoptable," Clint said, nodding. Yeah. He was doing that. Or had been doing that. He liked to think maybe he could be a good influence on some of the younger ones, and that he could help Kate be the leader she already was - but better. But sometimes he just wasn't sure. And now he wasn't even there so... maybe it was a moot point? "His name is Jeff." They were all going to die someday.

Clint took the hearing aid back with a look of something close to relief. He tucked it in and around his ear and fidgeted with the volume control for a moment, his expression carefully blank before his shoulders relaxed somewhat. "Wow," he said, voice at a reasonable volume again, thank you. "That's-- way better. You saved the day. My skin is clear. My crops are flourishing."

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pbandparker
2019-04-21 10:52 pm UTC (link)

"Jeff the unadoptable land shark." Peter said trying to wrap his head around that, "Well maybe it'll help to have some you know.... good people around him?" He suggested unhelpfully. "Keep him on the straight and narrow." Could land sharks be on the straight and narrow? He wasn't sure that was how it worked, sharks probably gonna eat people regardless of their upbringing.

Peter sat back and watched as Clint took the hearing aid back again waiting to make sure that it was good to go before he grinned. "Well you know I'm really good with skincare and house plants so I'm not surprised." Peter huffed lowly, "I'm glad I can help get this fixed for you." It was a small thing really, the sort of thing he'd have done for any of them, but it felt good too - to be of use, and making things better even just a little bit for someone.

"Okay I'll get this one fixed up too and then we can worry about keeping that charge a constant thing." It was good seeing Clint more relaxed like that.

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