He had known the second it left his lips that it was wrong, and Gamora's look seals it. It was just automatic, and he thinks about his grandfather... knowing there's no chance he's alive but suddenly wanting to know anyway. They're probably not even close to wherever he's buried and it doesn't matter, he knows it shouldn't. But after burying the last family member he had (or shooting him out an airlock heroically, okay) it feels significant. The way Steve nods gracefully lets him know that even if he gave something of himself away, at least it was appreciated.
They really should talk about Groot -- and Rocket. They're asking all these questions when they're the ones carrying the real liabilities here. Everyone on their team seems cohesive. They're a bunch of rejects. He loves his mismatched family for that, but it makes them less than desireable on paper. Little does he know it's the same thing people once said about the Avengers. They're in good company really.
Peter's eyes flick over at the question, afraid to look at Gamora this time. He wants to tell him. He wants to trust all of them, and practically lay himself at their feet. He's so tired. It's so hard being the adult -- he never thought it would be this hard. "Missouri," he confirms after a long pause, it feels so strange to say out loud. He still doesn't feel like he's really back, mostly because everything is so... the same. Things are the same everywhere, really, and he knows that. But seeing it when half of him expected Earth to stay in some perfect stasis until he returned is hard to take. "I haven't been back since I left. 1989." This guy's been alive a long time, that at least he knows will mean something to him.
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They really should talk about Groot -- and Rocket. They're asking all these questions when they're the ones carrying the real liabilities here. Everyone on their team seems cohesive. They're a bunch of rejects. He loves his mismatched family for that, but it makes them less than desireable on paper. Little does he know it's the same thing people once said about the Avengers. They're in good company really.
Peter's eyes flick over at the question, afraid to look at Gamora this time. He wants to tell him. He wants to trust all of them, and practically lay himself at their feet. He's so tired. It's so hard being the adult -- he never thought it would be this hard. "Missouri," he confirms after a long pause, it feels so strange to say out loud. He still doesn't feel like he's really back, mostly because everything is so... the same. Things are the same everywhere, really, and he knows that. But seeing it when half of him expected Earth to stay in some perfect stasis until he returned is hard to take. "I haven't been back since I left. 1989." This guy's been alive a long time, that at least he knows will mean something to him.