❛ i’m sorry i can’t make it. ❜ an excuse, of course. it was what he was good at, making excuses. that seems to be all he ever did anymore. despite how badly he didn’t want to flake out, as usual, it just became a habit peter couldn’t break. ❛ i have um——the internship, you know? ❜ and there it was. a pang of remorse followed his own words.

❛ maybe take a raincheck? ❜ his voice carried every source of remorse, arms coming up to hold himself as he wanted to simply fold in on himself. ❛ seriously, i’m really sorry. i just … can’t. ❜

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