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[menaced]

So this is...actually happening? No take-backs? Even if it is better for your state of mind?

Yes? Well...since you're going to be putting up with me from now on, I guess I'll just say right now that this isn't going to be easy, and I'm not going to apologize for any hurt feelings between us should I do something monumentally horrendous.

I'll definitely go for some treatment for the Osborn Serum, even if it means I won't like the process. So...put me somewhere I can try to figure out what to do.

Just keep Norman Osborn away from me, and I'll do whatever.

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i'd apologize, but i'm having too much fun threading

[bedeviledspider]

Hey! He and I have had our... disagreements in the past, but Osborn isn't that bad.

that's really sweet of you to say. thank you!

[menaced]

[She thinks back to their conversations.] Norman Osborn the first.

you're welcome!

[bedeviledspider]

[ Snaps his fingers. ] Bingo! I mean, it's true of both of them, but I'm assuming your Normie is a little too young to be giving you any trouble yet.

[menaced]

You think Norman Osborn the first was an okay guy?

[Lily's arms are starting to shake.]

[bedeviledspider]

[ He's right there with you, Lily. On the inside. Unfortunately, on the outside, he's shaking his head. ]

Let me guess. You believe all those rumors about him?

[menaced]

[Lily can't believe this.]

Rumors? He locked me in a cell!

[bedeviledspider]

Locked you in a cell?! Oh, boo hoo, he--

[ "Killed my father." Every inch of him wants to say it. But all he can utter is a sound of disgust. ]

He could have done something worse.

[menaced]

He used to beat me. While I was pregnant. Just for disobeying him!

[bedeviledspider]

While you were...

[ He looks away from her. Even under Norman's control, he can feel his stomach churning. ]

That is going a little far.

[menaced]

[Lily holds herself, shoulders shaking.] He turned me into...his little walking stooge. It was the only way I could keep Harry's child safe...but it didn't help. The Serum just continued to warp me and I let it. I hurt Harry...

[bedeviledspider]

Oh, god. Please, don't... [ He's never been good with comfort and he definitely can't handle it now. ]

Look, I-- I understand keeping your child safe. Sort of. And being at the mercy of things beyond your control. Honestly, I understand that a little too well. [ A wry smile. IF ONLY HE KNEW. ]

But you're working on it. That counts for something, right?

[menaced]

[Oh lord. The tears. She wipes at her eyes, ruining her mascara, sniffling.]

R-right. A-a-and I got Stanley to his daddy. That's--that's what matters most.

[bedeviledspider]

[ Oh god oh god oh god he'd offer a kleenex but his costume doesn't exactly come with a pouch or anything. ]

Y- yeah. Look on the bright side. Not every mother's so lucky.

[ Sounds like experience talking there. ]

Are you going to be all right?

[menaced]

[Right now? Lily's still coping. She's still dealing with knowing that she's a horrible person who did horrible things, and for this, she does not deserve to be the love of Harry's life. She does not deserve to be a mother to Stanley, the most beautiful creature she'd laid her eyes upon.]

Just let me get in some swings at a Green Goblin punching bag, and I'l be fine.

[She wipes at her eyes with the bit of the fabric from the sleeve of her shirt.]

[bedeviledspider]

[ He'll do his best to not let her see him breathe a sigh of relief. With a smile... ]

I'll see what I can do. I may have made my peace with the man, but I can understand the urge.

[menaced]

[A chuckle, still wet from tears.] You've more bravery than me.

[bedeviledspider]

I think most people would go with "reckless" or "stupid", but hey, a compliment's a compliment. I'll take it.