There were times when Pietro wished he was as bad a person as they thought he was. He wished he really was heartless and unfeeling. He could be cruel, he thought bitterly, if he wanted to be, if he thought it would serve a purpose. There was no reason for him to do good deeds or to feel any sort of morality. Certainly not for the humanity that scorned him so often and so well.
Of course, Pietro was none of the things they said he was. He was not a perfect man – nobody was. And perhaps he was not even a good man.
But he was not a bad one, either. He never had been.
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Even after a storm ended, there were still traces of it seen the next morning. The trees dripped with icy rain. There was still a chill in the air. On the horizon, storm clouds lingered as though waiting for the chance to return to the main stage. The grass was wet, the stems of flowers were bent, and the scent of lightning and thunder still lingered. It took time for a storm to fade. It took time for its aftermath to dissipate into a new day.
Pietro’s mind turned the idea over and over in his head as he tugged his hood more securely over his head. He could have escaped the deluge of the storm with ease, of course, and reached his destination in less than a second. But something about the brutality of that night’s storm made him want to linger. It made him want to… slow down.
There were not many who understood what it was like to have a mutation such as the one Pietro had. They did not understand what it was like to live life at the speed of sound like he did. They did not understand the value in taking one’s time when it was possible, of savouring a moment or two, just for the sake of it.
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Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Marvel, Marvel 616, Marvel (Comics)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Erik Lehnsherr & Pietro Maximoff, Luna Maximoff & Pietro Maximoff, Erik Lehnsherr/Magda (X-Men)
Characters: Pietro Maximoff, Erik Lehnsherr, Luna Maximoff
Additional Tags: magda is mentioned, The rest of the family is also mentioned
Summary:
Wanda invites her family over for Thanksgiving.
Erik hears Pietro laugh for the first time.
Day one: Family for the @magnetfamily Quicksilver Week event!
Do we all agree it's crazy Sara Pichelli only drew Pietro Maximoff for one issue and that she needs to come back and draw Quicksilver again or is it just me?
For @magnetfamily‘s quicksilverweek day 1: family :)
Relationships: Erik Lehnsherr & Pietro Maximoff, Erik Lehnsherr & Wanda Maximoff, Erik Lehnsherr & Luna Maximoff
Characters: Pietro Maximoff, Erik Lehnsherr, Wanda Maximoff
Summary:
“Pass her to me,” Erik urges. He holds his hands out, and Pietro takes a step back. “If she wakes up, I’ll watch her. You will be of no use if you get no rest.”
Pietro holds a protective arm around her, as if by hiding her face from Erik, Erik could not harm her.
“If I had wanted to kill your daughter, Pietro, I would not be making such a spectacle,” Erik says, more firmly.
“Do you ever—do you ever hear yourself,” Pietro mumbles, shaking his head.