The Sun Came Crashing In || Richard (rchardriders) & Peter (shootingstarlord)

shootingstarlord:

_{Leading Richard back to the ship wasn’t difficult, but he still used it as an excuse to hold onto Rich’s arm. The area of space they were in didn’t have many debris so the path back to the main starboard airlock was a straight shot. He chuckled internally at himself for using navy terms, of all things. “Ship unlock: Recognize Captain Peter Jason Quill, Star-lord. Access code: StardustDippinDots.”}

     Recognized. Access granted; Welcome back Star-lord.

_{Rolling his eyes at the computer’s formality settings, he stepped back onto the ship. Realizing it was time to let go of Richard he made sure his friend was steady on his feet before doing so, the airlock sliding shut behind them.}

_{Where to start catching Rich up on all the things he had missed in 3 years? Taking off his helmet and carding his fingers through his hair he sighed. Well, he mentioned old teams right during his questions? Maybe it was best to start there, setting his helmet down on a table he motioned for Richard to follow him to the bridge.}

_{“Your parents are fine, as far as I know. I uh- I haven’t been to see them but Gamora told them we were dead- So, if you want to send them a message right away I completely understand,” he smiled. The lie slipped out before he could stop it. Time to switch topics away from parents.}

_{“Speaking of your teams, there are some new New Warriors. They’re still carting around Speedball and Justice, who are doing much better now,” he snorts, hopefully they were very happy together.}

_{Pulling up pictures on the navigation display he pointed to the different members of the team. “There’s a Spider kid with some issues with them now, and some Aztec godchild girl, an Atlantian- I think, a girl from Brooklyn with this awesome Sun theme. An inhuman kid, and- well, there’s kind of a new Nova running around. As far as I know, he’s the last one left. Sam Alexander, sweet kid, his dad was apparently in the Corps too. Did you know there was another human Nova? Anyway, the kid doesn’t have a clue in his head what he’s up against. Gamora and Rocket tried to teach him a bit, but we had an emergency and as far as I know they never went back to finish training him. I’m glad he has the Warriors looking out for him now. The kid tangled with the Phoenix force on his own and brought a warning back to earth on like his second week, who knows how much trouble he could get into alone.”}

_{Was that too much information at once? Turning back to Richard he gave him a questioning look.}  

Peter’s hand wasn’t a vice grip on his arm, but was still firm and grounding all the same. He didn’t question it, after all he would be holding on Peter too if he was given the chance. “Stardust drippin’ dots? Really Pete?” Richard chuckled, Peter always had a way with words. The sentiment was there, and he’d understood though. Peter needed some tie back to Earth, it was the same for him after all.

He’d pulled off his helmet when Peter had done so, and was finally greeted with Peter’s face in full. Richard held onto his helmet and made an offhanded comment about the fact that Peter had a new suit as he followed him to the bridge. “I’m really liking the new outfit, it’s really flashy.”

Gamora? That must have went well.

“Who are you?” His parents would have asked. What was she suppose to say? “Oh I used to sleep with him?” Not that Gamora would ever word it like that or even mention it to his parents for that matter.

He was glad Robbie was doing better, Vance probably had a large hand to play in that. He hated that the Civil War had turned Robbie into — It still hurt thinking about it. New New Warriors? Well, that sounded hopeful, and even if he wouldn’t ever have the chance to return to the New Warriors, he was glad they were reformed, and apparently without the cameras this time, as according to Pete’s information anyway. Richard nodded at the pictures of the new team members, not really knowing any of them, but one thing was true, they were in good hands.

“What’s a kid doing as a nova???” Richard felt anger and uncertainty rise within him. A kid as a nova… When he’d been a teenager and had gotten the Nova Force, he was so lost and reckless. He’d matured over the years but being a Nova changes people. And now, this Sam was running around doing the things that was his duty. He couldn’t let this kid lose a childhood because of some cosmic intervention. “I didn’t take all of the nova force then, when we faced Thanos? If there’s this kid…”

But if he had tangled with the Phoenix Force and survived means he wasn’t too bad. Was Worldmind guiding him now? Speaking about Worldmind, “What about Worldmind? Is she still at Knowhere? Oh, is my brother de-Nova-fied then, and with our parents? And where’s the rest of the ex-probationers?” He felt bad for abandoning all of them, powerless, but then again it was for the best. They’d probably returned to their old lives, if they had old lives. That, or tried to be Nova Corps without the Nova Force. He hoped Robbie was back on Earth though, selfish as that was. Richard just didn’t want his brother to have to suffer the same fate as he did, and he hoped his supposed death made Robbie realise that being a Nova was dangerous.

“And Namorita?” Richard had to ask, because when they finally found each other again, she’d been captured by the Revengers. He’d rescued her, but then they didn’t have much time together before they lost each other again because he sacrificed himself to defeat Thanos.