Piotr has been attempting to prepare for that issue while also not thinking about it. It's worked about as well as such attempts usually do.
"It never does," he says ruefully, and it's a little tired. A little more tired than he means to sound, because it's true; their lives never give them a rest.
And if anyone should have a rest, if anyone should have an easy life instead of an X-Man's, it's an innocent little child, but -- well.
But he half-smiles after, because he will almost always have a smile for Kate.
Especially after her second sentence. "I will," he promises her solemnly, and shifts to help her up.
(He might not completely let go of her after she's standing, either.)
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Date: 2011-11-21 03:14 am (UTC)"It never does," he says ruefully, and it's a little tired. A little more tired than he means to sound, because it's true; their lives never give them a rest.
And if anyone should have a rest, if anyone should have an easy life instead of an X-Man's, it's an innocent little child, but -- well.
But he half-smiles after, because he will almost always have a smile for Kate.
Especially after her second sentence. "I will," he promises her solemnly, and shifts to help her up.
(He might not completely let go of her after she's standing, either.)