Peter can't lie and tell Gwen that there wasn't - isn't - the tiniest part of him that might believe that too. That maybe Harry and Gwen are from his timeline, but earlier than him, and if he did this, it might change everything for him.
But the hope's too great and it's too dangerous. He'd grieved over them once; he's not sure he has it in him to do it again if it turns out that they're all wrong and Peter returns to a New York where he doesn't get to see Gwen and Harry every day if he wants to. That Gwen will be gone forever, and Harry, in whatever mutated form he'd taken since the spider-venom, might as well be gone too. ]
Hey. It's not about me this time. [ Is the weak response he goes for. ] It's about saving the girl I love, okay?
[ Because at the very least, she has to understand that that will never change, no matter what timeline exists. ]
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Peter can't lie and tell Gwen that there wasn't - isn't - the tiniest part of him that might believe that too. That maybe Harry and Gwen are from his timeline, but earlier than him, and if he did this, it might change everything for him.
But the hope's too great and it's too dangerous. He'd grieved over them once; he's not sure he has it in him to do it again if it turns out that they're all wrong and Peter returns to a New York where he doesn't get to see Gwen and Harry every day if he wants to. That Gwen will be gone forever, and Harry, in whatever mutated form he'd taken since the spider-venom, might as well be gone too. ]
Hey. It's not about me this time. [ Is the weak response he goes for. ] It's about saving the girl I love, okay?
[ Because at the very least, she has to understand that that will never change, no matter what timeline exists. ]