*INFINITY WAR SPOILERS. ( starter call )

heartbeat picks up — doubles, perhaps even triples, in speed. quill has faced death many times before; truth be told, were he human, he would have died ages ago. this, whatever’s happening, is something different. something he has no CONTROL over. disappearing bit by bit from the bottom up. forced to watch himself fade from existence. he’s reaching out for tony, unable to take a step, and all he can think is how this isn’t what was supposed to happen. he was never supposed to DIE, let alone in front of tony.
“tony.” peter’s attempt to keep the fear out of his voice fails, a small crack betraying him. “i love—”
silence falls as peter quill seemingly ceases to exist. peter parker and doctor strange follow suit, leaving only tony and nebula on the planet. minutes pass before the reanimation process begins, before peter’s celestial dna TEARS him from the peace of death and brings him back into the world screaming. once his screams end, loud and quick breaths replace the sound, eyes wide as he searches for tony. a sense of calm accompanies the knowledge that the great IRON MAN still lives, though it’s unknown for how long.
all peter wants is to say something to reassure tony that everything will be fine, but he remains where he stands. CONFUSED. scared. all that follows is one question, asked in barely more than a whisper.
“—what the FUCK?” / @starkreactorr


