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Oh- uh, no, sorry. [Immediately apologetic.] It's just kind of like that-? A lot of times, but not everything is bad. I mean. Norse gods are real, and kind of cute. At least Thor is?

[Very helpful save.]

Oh, I heard about Thor. Something about people trying to lift his hammer?

Were they-? [Unfortunately for April, Peter was not at the party this took place at.] ...Did Mr. Stark tell you that? He knows Thor. I really don't. I've seen him on TV before though.

[That's okay, at this point in the timeline she didn't expect you to be.]

Apparently he tried lifting it with his power armour and everything. Cheating! But yeah, he told me Loki was here, so we talked about Thor a bit.

Thor seems really cool, my only beef with him is how he changed physics classes with his hammer. [He feels like if anyone is going to get the pain of high school suffering, its April.]

The whole physics class I was in had to get rewritten like four times to account for his hammer, and how it works. I had to re-do assignments, it was terrible.

[Oh wow. So much sympathy, Peter.]

The guy's literally a Norse God, right? Do physics even apply to him?

It's enough that he's leveled buildings and made storm fronts move in with his hammer. [Peter says with a long suffering sigh.]

I call bullshit. No way normal non-God scientists could get a bead on how stuff like that would work. Like, isn't his hammer unliftable unless someone's worthy? How does that get judged, scientifically?

It counted enough, so much of the class had to be re-tooled. It stopped be like fun after I realized it was going to keep changing.

It's even worse, since Thor and Loki are technically sort of aliens? They live in a completely different planet. They have their own planet that doesn't even adhere to earth's standards.

[Interesting question for the philosophy majors: are gods just aliens we don't understand yet? Probably, makes as much sense as anything else.]

Then that's really dumb. Man, get a prof from the alien planet to come down and teach, that way he's at least teaching you in the right ballpark.

[Because that's totally logical. But it's more logical than trying to teach physics around something that says fuck your physics, what even.]

Like that will ever happen, Asgard is like- way out there. [Peter is absolutely unaware asgard probably blew up at some point. MCU too much of a tangled web.]

That's not including we had to like- retake an entire semester after I came back from the snap. I did finals already and passed! Yet, they made me retake it! [Time for some normal-ish teen problems.]

[Normal-ish teen problems yes, but you just mentioned something that's gonna make her drive this ship right into landmine territory again, woo!]

What's the snap? [Like a cold snap, right? Right?]

[He done did this to both of them this time.]

Lost five years of my life, as did half the universe. Its a whole thing, I have no idea if you even want to get into that.

[He is giving April an out.]

...uh.

[Sorry, Peter, her reaction is very much a blue-screen. A whole universe? She is, for once, struck speechless.

For a few seconds.]

...supervillain...thing? [It's all she's got.]

[What April is learning from this attempted shovel talk with Peter;

This boy's world has PROBLEMS.

Peter at least seems apologetic for dropping that on her.]

Yeah, supervillain thing. The guy was a jerk.

[The shovel was abandoned long ago! She gives a long whistle.]

Damn, son. Yeah, I think coming back to our New York is just the sane option at this point, even if you weren't...uh. [YOU KNOW.]

[His drama derailed shovel talk, thanks, MCU!

Peter gives a slight laugh at that, just shrugging a little bit. He stays leaned against the kitchen island's countertop edge.]

Yeah, I- I know your version of New York has its own stuff happening, but marginally less destruction? Mildly feels like the best way to describe it.

Yeah. We've had our close calls. [It wasn't so long ago they nearly lost Leo for good. She wonders if Peter knows that story.]

But you know, we make a good team. I kinda hope that counts for something in keeping us all safe.

I feel like, anytime someone has to step up and save the world, it leads to a pretty close call. [Peter offers simply back, but doesn't expand on the thought.]

I'm going to probably foolishly hope things are calmer when we all get back. It won't last, but the thought is nice, right?

[Yeah that sounds like he's had at least some story thrown at him, and her smile is a kind of yeah, I get you, buddy kind.]

Well, the bonus is that no matter how dramatic it gets, we've always got time for pizza and roasting the family member of choice.

[It's usually Leo.]

That sounds, nice honestly. I'm not used to a big- family. Every time Rue throws a party, I kind of hang back and try to not get in the way. So it'll take time for me to adjust.

[Unfortunately, Leo will get roasted and bolstered right back up by a local spider.]

[And thus the circle of healthy roasting is complete.]

Oh, don't worry. There's not a lot of partying going on, we mostly just hangout on rooftops together or skateboard or fight crime. You know, the usual. I'm not one for huge gatherings either. You shoulda seen my awkward ass at the prom.

Okay, that is a relief- I know Rue will want to keep doing parties, but low stakes stuff is nice too. [5give him owlbear mother, he isn't a party boy.

Mention of prom does make Peter wince slightly.]

I'm not sure if I'm going to miss school, or be happy I don't have to go to dances anymore. Last time I went to homecoming it was a disaster.

Homecoming is always a disaster. If it's not the local cool clique making you feel three inches high, it's a hippopotamus throwing a magical tantrum and trying to make your whole school disappear.

[The description makes Peter laugh a little, unintentionally. He actively believes what April is saying without a drop of hesitation.] Why... why is it weird super villains have the weirdest tantrums?

Homecoming- at least that year I went was a huge disaster. Some buses got crushed in the parking lot, Spider-Man apparently stole a car...

[He shakes his head a little.]

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