"Yeah, that's. A thing. Not a mid-life crisis thing. A thing I need to talk to you about sometime when we're not about to eat probably."
Tony pulled a face before nursing his iced coffee for longer than necessary. Lucky was staring at the food in the center of the table, starting to drool.
"Peter's ... good. As good as a kid who just lost his only family and home and friends and school could be. He's actually surprisingly resilient."
Which was apparent to anyone, and talking circles around something else.
"I know, okay? I know. That I don't deserve to be able to parent brine shrimp let alone a teenager. I know I'm hot garbage juice and about as put together as Britney Spears with a pair of scissors. But who else, Wanda? Who else? It has to be better than nothing. I can at least make sure he gets the best education here possible."
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Date: 2018-08-02 04:51 am (UTC)Tony pulled a face before nursing his iced coffee for longer than necessary. Lucky was staring at the food in the center of the table, starting to drool.
"Peter's ... good. As good as a kid who just lost his only family and home and friends and school could be. He's actually surprisingly resilient."
Which was apparent to anyone, and talking circles around something else.
"I know, okay? I know. That I don't deserve to be able to parent brine shrimp let alone a teenager. I know I'm hot garbage juice and about as put together as Britney Spears with a pair of scissors. But who else, Wanda? Who else? It has to be better than nothing. I can at least make sure he gets the best education here possible."