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

shootingstarlord:

_{“The kid is looking for his father, who got disappeared. We caught wind of it, tried to help him find his father. What was I supposed to do? Take one of the last vestments of father from him and tell him he couldn’t have it because ‘it’s not safe’? Do you know how hypocritical it would have been of me to do that? Not to mention, it’s one of the most infuriating trails that I’ve ever followed. And you know I’m good at tracking people down. I thought it screamed Badoon plot, but we never got any leads,” Peter sighed, he really should be putting more resources into that. Sam had called to mention The Watcher of all people had told him Jesse Alexander was still alive a few nights ago, but didn’t give any more information beyond that.}

_{Sighing again, Peter rubbed his arm and guiltily looked down at the floor. How was he supposed to explain that he hadn’t kept track of things that reminded him of Richard without sounding like a lovesick schoolkid? “I’m not sure about a lot of that. I- I kind of avoided things that reminded me of you after what happened…” and he wasn’t about to go into all his issues. Hell, he still had problems 3 years later, but that hell had happened only days ago for Richard.}

_{It’d be selfish.}

_{"Worldmind is still on Knowhere. I left Cosmo with very specific orders about it- her? Anyway, he’s been checking in with us occasionally to give us reports on the old homestead,” rubbing the back of his neck, he looked up at Richard, “Namortia- uh, Namortia mourned you, mourned us both actually, which was incredibly nice of her. I think— well I’ve heard rumors that there’s a thing between her and Andromeda Attumasen now. I wasn’t exactly in a hurry to go and see her when I had survived and thought you were dead.”}

_{His expression closed off and his eyes looked out the main viewport. He hadn’t really been in a hurry to do much of anything other than claw his way through reality to get Richard back, knowing he couldn’t and that Richard wouldn’t have wanted him to. The stupid noble idiot. And after all, that kinda thing didn’t work out for Phyla and Moondragon, why would it have worked for them?} 

_{“I have no idea what’s going on with the Nova Force, that’s your area of expertise Richie.”}

What Peter said held the truth, and Richard probably wouldn’t take that away from the kid, and in fact would have helped the kid with his search. His best friend would understand Sam more seeing as Peter’s father had been missing most of his life. Richard knew he would find this Nova kid and help him once he’d got back on his feet.

He hadn’t thought that Peter would be more shocked and would still be reeling from meeting Richard again. It had been three years, of waiting and mourning, for Peter. It had only been days maybe, for him. It wasn’t fair to Peter that Richard had dumped all those questions onto him. “I’m sorry Pete. It’s okay… Look, see, I’m here, with you.” He reached over with his hands and lifted Peter’s chin up. “I’m here.” Richard repeated as he slid his hands to his friend’s neck before letting Peter go.

“I guess we’ll have to go there to tell the old girl I’m still alive. And thank Cosmo with another bone.” Heh, Richard still remembered Cosmo’s favourite toy, and three years was high time to get him a new one. He’d missed the top dog after all. Besides, he didn’t really get to see Knowhere for himself, what with all the cosmic events that were going down. He figured he deserved some reprieve for saving the galaxy and dying because of it.

Oh. Well, Richard couldn’t blame her, three years was a long wait… And he had theoretically died. After all, he’d moved on after her death too, what with his whole relationship with Gamora. But with Andromeda? That was interesting. But it was going to have take some getting used to… He’d have to visit her after he’d done the same for his parents and hopefully his brother.

“We’ll have to ask Worldmind about it when we get to Knowhere, she’s the real expert. Hey…” Richard rest his hand on Peter’s shoulder, noticing that his best friend kept drifting off. He guessed that it was going to take some getting used to for Pete…