Flynn reaches out in return and takes it all in, Peter's pain and fear and desperation and his goodness and the kid that wants to protect small animals and his hatred and the unimaginable hurt of a thousand years. Everything connects, everything is shared and for a moment it's hard to say where his thoughts start and end, which memory is Peter's, which feeling is his.
--and Peter is changing, slowly slipping away from him and he tries and tries so much and he feels so guilty that he can't save Peter from himself--
--and he misses his friend, why can't he save him, he fails him and he's so sorry--
--and then the Retirement Home happens and the betrayal runs so deep and it hurts so much--
--but Peter comes back, the real Peter and the hope is breathtaking--
--and the trap springs and rips him away from him and he falls into the snow and Flynn's heart shatters into a million pieces--
--as does his mind, broken, destroyed and murder will always be murder and when Peter comes back the next time Flynn's hands squeeze the life out of him and Flynn won't ever forgive himself for it--
--and he'll do anything to get him out of here, he doesn't care if the other Peter keeps him staked on the tendril for a thousand years--
--this time he's going to save him no matter what--
--this time he will save him--
In the real world he gives the avatar a pained smile.]
Peter... Quill. Guardian of t-the... Galaxy.
My best... friend.
[And with all his mental strength he pulls Peter free and then grabs him, drawing him into a fierce hug.
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Flynn reaches out in return and takes it all in, Peter's pain and fear and desperation and his goodness and the kid that wants to protect small animals and his hatred and the unimaginable hurt of a thousand years. Everything connects, everything is shared and for a moment it's hard to say where his thoughts start and end, which memory is Peter's, which feeling is his.
--and Peter is changing, slowly slipping away from him and he tries and tries so much and he feels so guilty that he can't save Peter from himself--
--and he misses his friend, why can't he save him, he fails him and he's so sorry--
--and then the Retirement Home happens and the betrayal runs so deep and it hurts so much--
--but Peter comes back, the real Peter and the hope is breathtaking--
--and the trap springs and rips him away from him and he falls into the snow and Flynn's heart shatters into a million pieces--
--as does his mind, broken, destroyed and murder will always be murder and when Peter comes back the next time Flynn's hands squeeze the life out of him and Flynn won't ever forgive himself for it--
--and he'll do anything to get him out of here, he doesn't care if the other Peter keeps him staked on the tendril for a thousand years--
--this time he's going to save him no matter what--
--this time he will save him--
In the real world he gives the avatar a pained smile.]
Peter... Quill. Guardian of t-the... Galaxy.
My best... friend.
[And with all his mental strength he pulls Peter free and then grabs him, drawing him into a fierce hug.
I got you.]