[ Silence comes easily for Gamora. Unlike others, she doesn't feel the need to fill every space around her with idle chatter, and she can simply exist in the comfortable quiet. However, this quiet is anything but comfortable, if only because she realizes all too keenly how much of a roiling mess Peter is right now, and she feels— at a loss. What does one do to truly comfort someone? How does she reach out? What would even be welcome? She knows that hugging Nebula hadn't necessarily been a welcome gesture, but... it was something that they'd both needed. With Peter, she doesn't know if it would alarm him or help or—
It's all unsteady ground. She doesn't want to take the wrong step, but that's true of this entire dance of theirs. She hasn't wanted to miss the beat or accidentally stomp on his toes or, at worse, end the dance entirely.
But going with him to the gardens, that, at least, she can do. She's content to let him even have the quiet, if that's all he needs to clear his head (perhaps a break from the nattering he so often falls back on), and she only glances properly over at him when he speaks as they wander through the beautiful, alien blooms near the path. ]
I don't see why you are apologizing to me.
[ An honest statement, rather than an attempt to make him feel less guilty. Maybe a better context would have been preferred, but if this is what he needs? Who is she to be put out by it? It's always a give-and-take with them, and Gamora isn't the only one given allowances between them. ]
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It's all unsteady ground. She doesn't want to take the wrong step, but that's true of this entire dance of theirs. She hasn't wanted to miss the beat or accidentally stomp on his toes or, at worse, end the dance entirely.
But going with him to the gardens, that, at least, she can do. She's content to let him even have the quiet, if that's all he needs to clear his head (perhaps a break from the nattering he so often falls back on), and she only glances properly over at him when he speaks as they wander through the beautiful, alien blooms near the path. ]
I don't see why you are apologizing to me.
[ An honest statement, rather than an attempt to make him feel less guilty. Maybe a better context would have been preferred, but if this is what he needs? Who is she to be put out by it? It's always a give-and-take with them, and Gamora isn't the only one given allowances between them. ]