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peter PARKER
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[ 19 · vii.iv × homme · bisexual × seattle, washington · student ]

PETER ISN'T AT ALL LIKE the comic book character most associate him with. He's not brave and courageous, or adorably awkward. He's painfully the awkward, the kind of awkward that leaves people uncomfortable if he's not careful. If not for the advice given to him by his siblings, he likely would have crashed and burned a while ago. For those who know him, this is nothing new. They've gotten used to it, and they could have gotten away with it if they didn't remark on it. Most people are disappointed to find that he's not as straight up a nerd as they would like to think. He understands that there are plenty of subjects to be interested in and he only really needs to focus on the ones he likes. Space is cool, but not his greatest passion. He likely won't be as caught up on the latest news and discoveries. Archeology and mathematics have his heart, though. He pretty muchh lives by it.

Chess used to be a big thing for Peter. He likes the logic behind it, how clear cut everything is. It's like dealing with people, and not really. It was the only way he could communicate with others without cringing or offending someone without meaning to. It was simple, it was easy. So easy, in fact, that he could have competed internationally if he wanted to. He still could, but his passion for the game isn't about the competition. It's connected with people he knows can understand the basics of the game and knowing that even if he loses ( which is rarely ), he's still having fun. The same could be said about his love for Archeology. This is what he nerds out for, what he practically breathes. He's all for learning about human history through civilizations. He's got pictures of himself beside relics that look like oversized rocks and little shards of clay pots. He's been to seminars and talks by some of the leading names in the fields. If there was any time he isn't awkward or unsure, it would be when he talks about archeology and the latest news.

For whatever reason, Peter is able to speak to people most of the time. He's still awkward; that doesn't change. But their view of him is different. First impressions are important, true, but he's found something of a loophole. Not so much a loophole as it is a set of algorithms that predict human behavior. Enough so that he can have an average conversation with a person. It works wonder, and that's exactly how he's been getting by. He still has his awkward moments; that all lies on him to pick up on social cues and such.

THERE ARE CERTAIN PERKS THAT come with being part of a family of geniuses and prodigies. For one, Peter never had to do deal with feeling left out about anything. Sure, his siblings could be older, but they could maintain a conversation on all the same things and he learned from it. He was glad to say that there were many of them in the Parker household and they functioned as more like a herd than anything else.

The Parker kids were never alone, and seemed to have no real opposition. They were the kids too smart to mingle with other students, but were either hated or envied. There would be a few instances in which one of them corrected a teacher and riled the whole class up, but the general opinion of them was mixed. Anyone who had the gall to attempt to bully them usually walked away mind blown or confused, which is pretty much every interaction with kids outside of the sibling group. Peter was no different, either. Aside from his painful awkwardness, he was right up there in confusing others around him.

The only problem with Peter was is awkwardness. He could be as cocksure as his siblings, well-versed and highly prepared for any intellectual discourse, but everything outside of that was uncharted territory. So he struggled to understand what it was tat contributed to that grating quality of his until blessedly his siblings stepped in. They decided to impart on him the knowledge that they used to get by, because human interaction was complicated when they weren't your family.

This was how Peter came into his own slightly less awkward self. It was a dream realized to be able to interact with people other than is siblings as he predicted behavior patterns with every word they let leave their mouth. The more they said, the better. But that meant he had to keep them talking, and it's already been established that he's pretty terrible at it. His siblings aided him on this front only to help him boost the signifying variables in te algorithm given to him.

And thus far, he can say people don't cringe when he opens his mouth anymore.

[ relations × f.: davis, mary; irene, hunter, leslie, andre, walker ]
[ belongings × iPhone 7; airbuds ; key chain; backpack ( empty ) ]

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