❧ Out ❧ Of ❧ Time

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[intotheblack]

Two new lives to get thrown out.

It was hard to keep up this steely facade, and unlike Haymitch, she loathed to use alcohol to help her cope. Still, she knew when they got on the train, she would need a drink to make it on the ride through.

When Peter spoke to her, she focused on him, remembering this moment for herself.

"You do. You'll get a few minutes with each person who come." She hesitated, glancing out over the crowd, wondering who out there he needed to say goodbye too. "Don't waste it. Don't regret it."

[peterparker]

"I only have one person." He gave, running his tongue over the inside of his teeth, somehow intrinsically not appreciating her advice. Don't waste it? Like he should have a speech planned for how to say goodbye to the woman who'd raised him, when he hadn't had anyone else? The woman he'd be abandoning now, after it was his fault, what happened with Uncle Ben. Should he give a really heartfelt 'I'm sorry', or a really strong-and-steady one? Sorry, Katniss, not everyone knows the best way to play to the cameras.

He didn't appreciate the 'don't waste it', either. It was all a waste.

Still, when he was allowed his time, he gave his Aunt May a hug, promised to be careful (they both knew it sounded bad, but what else did you say?), and told her to keep safe; to talk to the Stacys, if she needed anything.

After giving her cheek a kiss and putting on a smile he didn't quite feel, he went in to be briefed.

Or whatever.