Owl to Nathan

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(Needless to say, Peter's usual nurse-scrawl is nearly impossible to read, and anything crossed out has been done so heavily that it's ripped the parchment in a few places.)

Nathan,

Not that I care or anything but

Are you still here?

So. When are you leaving?

I really don't want you to leave this quick, I ...does being around me suck that much?

I just want my brother around, and you're talking about leaving. I don't

I'm sure New York must be falling to pieces without you there -Go on, just leave, see if I care

Can you at least give me notice? Maybe I'll arrange a farewell party. You like red and blue, right?

Your BROTHER
Peter

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There really was no use fighting this, was there? Peter knew Nathan loved him, but in the end, wife/kids/job had to win out over that. Nathan had responsibilities, he had to go help people in his own way. He really shouldn't be fighting that.

"I don't need to be watched," Peter replied mulishly. He wasn't a child. Nathan seemed to really take his 'My little brother is an absolute whackjob' opinion quite seriously sometimes.

The unspoken statement in that was, of course, 'Okay, you can leave.' Peter knew that Nathan always got a little annoyed talking about this kind of thing, and he probably didn't need to be getting annoyed. Besides, Peter was more than annoyed at the insinuation that he needed to look after him. He did not.