[ Peter just goes ahead and amps up the stubbornness; arms folded across his chest and an expression set practically into stone. Self-deprecation is something they're both excellent at steeping in but Peter's not altogether willing to put up with it. Not all the time, not when it's like this. ]

Stop acting like you have to protect me from things you don't know anything about. Not yet. What I deserve doesn't have anything to do with it. You're as much of a part of me- [ The silence is a momentary hiccup, Peter wondering why he even talks sometimes. ] I can't lose it either.

It's not about luck. It's about making things right.