Chapter 3
Peter lands in the alley way and roots through his duffel bag to change quickly. He walks out of the dingy alley way and heads home, humming a small tune as he opens his door and walks in. His eyes immediately landing on the head sitting atop his counter. It has eyes now, but no eyelids. Peter smiles at it and drops his duffel bag, walking over. He takes the cloth off and wets it again. Peter notes the eyes are red and dry, probably because of the lack of eyelids. Also his ears still forming, and that his lips have started forming. Peter hums quietly as the eyes follow his hands as he dabs some of the dry areas. Peter smiles reassuringly as he drapes the cloth over the head, but folds it so it's not touching the eyes.
"The cloth probably isn't to comfortable on top of the eyes," Peter begins, "And I know your eyes must burn without eyelids too keep them properly hydrated." Peter goes into his bathroom, opening a closet to get some eyedrops. He comes back in. "These are some eyedrops I made a while ago. Should help with the eyelid problem. I'm not sure how to solve the cloth touching problem." Peter bit his lip thoughtfully.
Peter left and rummaged around in his stuff for a bit until he found some goggles. Peter walked over to wade curiously, and showed them to Wade.
"I think, if you are okay with it, I can sew the fabric around these so your eyes aren't touched by them. The fabric's pretty strong, so I don't think it'll have to be strapped to your face. Look up if you're okay with that." Peter shows the goggles again and Wade hesitantly looks up. Peter smiles and he takes the fabric from Wade, pulling a chair out in front of the head and bringing some materials closer. He begins working on it, occasionally using scraps of the cloth to make sure Wade's head doesn't dry out entirely. He begins to speak, if only to destroy the half silence and constant flow of music in the background.
"My names Peter, by the way," He says, "I'm not really sure how to help with this whole regeneration thing, but, I figured it would be awful of me to just leave you in the dumpster. That's where they tossed you, the guys that did this to you. I hope you aren't hurting to bad. When you get vocal chords you can tell me whatever you want or need to get more comfortable. I figure I should lay you on your side soon, so that way growing your neck is easier. Once that's done laying on your back will definitely help. I'm a scientist, by the way. Well, sorta, I intern over at Stark Industries. I've actually just been semi-promoted to go work with Stark and Dr. Banner in their lab!
"That's seriously awesome, because they are like, some of the smartest people in the world. Complete geniuses! I cannot believe I'm working with them. And because I made an adhesive, to. I made it out of spider silk, it was actually pretty fun. And easy, and it was totally organic and child friendly. Plus if you sprayed this stuff on it, it dissolved really quickly.
"Actually it's kind of a cool coincidence that that happened today. If it hadnt, I would've never made this type of fabric. Then your head would either still be really dry or I'd be using a different material to keep it damp. I hope these goggles work for you. And that you like the music. Do you like the music? Look up if you like it. You do? That's great.
"Your Deadpool, right? Look up if- okay, yeah, I was just making sure. Does this happen often? Really? Do you usually have some who'll like, help you through the regen? Is that a no? Okay, from now on let's clarify looking down is no, looking up is yes, and looking at either side is an in-between answer. Understand? Great. I mean, you might not understand since you looking up could mean something else if you don't understand, but for right now I'll choose to believe that you understand.
"I'm sorry I'm rambling on. I can stop if you want. Was that a no don't stop talking? No? You want me to stop talking? No? You don't want me to stop talking? Okay, that's kind of nice of you. I'm sorry I ramble so much. I'm still really excited about working with flipping Tony fucking Stark and Bruce fucking Banner. Dr. Banner has seven PhD's! Seven! And Stark owns a company and makes billion based on inventions he made because he's a genius! And they're Avengers! That's like, the icing on the cake.
"Did you just roll your eyes at me? I feel somewhat offended. Is my inner geek annoying you? Of course I love the Avengers! Have you seen Captain America's ass? Yes? It's good isn't it? Mmhhhmmm! Of course, he's way to patriotic to be in an actual relationship with. And old as fuck. But he's like, Captain America and he's got the ass of wonders so I think I'm okay with oggling. Or at least justified. Was that yes in agreement with everything? Coolio.
"Did you just roll your eyes at me for saying coolio? Thats so mean. It is not that lame to say! I bet you Captain America uses even older old-timey speak. Oh, and Black fucking Widow. Like, her thighs could kill. Litteraly. And she's hot, but like, way to intimidating. I'm honestly terrified of her. Plus she kind of feels like an aunt in a weird way. But you know what, I still would like, kill to slap Captain America's ass. Not even because it's good ass. I'd do it because it's Captain America's ass.
"I'm sorry this got off topic. I'm still way excited about working with Tony Stark and Bruce Banner. Anyway, I'm done with this. Wanna see it? Yeah? I figured so." He shows Wade with a smile. Wade's mouth and ears are fully formed. But Wade doesn't have vocal chords, though, so he can't verbalize his thanks. Peter makes sure the cloth is still decently damp before he slips it onto Wade's head. Wade likes the way it feels and Peter smiles kindly before fixing himself a dinner (sandwhich) and then he cleans up the kitchen a little bit, before taking Wade'so head to the couch so he can watch movies again. Peter actually has some awful insomnia, so he doesn't really sleep.
Wade likes Peter. Sort of. His memories are still flickering, so his mentality changes a lot. One second, he likes Peter. The next second, he is distrustful. Wade thinks Peter, if Peter is actually doing this from the kindness of his heart, is one of the more nicer human beings. However, he doesn't trust the strange adult (He looks young as fuck, but Wade could be wrong.) But it was nice to hear him talk. He knows Peter is an intern at Tin Can's place, and the he is a serious nerd. (Peter said geek, which applies, but nerd fits better.)
The boxes are strangely silent as they watch the movie. Peter seems to enjoy Princess Bride, judging by the fact that he seems to have a majority of the lines memorized. Wade doesn't mind, he likes it to. Wade can feel his neck bone starting to grow, and Peter looks over at him. Peter quietly lays Wade on his side, so he can still watch the movie. The angle is weird but Wade appreciates the gesture.
Wade misses when growing pain were just something he went through puberty. He's still glad Peter found him. Wade ends up falling asleep on the couch.
Peter does not wake up the next morning because he never fell asleep. Peter doesn't mind to much as he glances over at Wade's head. He has a neck bone now, and it appears to be growing and outer layer of muscle and tissue. Peter makes sure Wade is comfortable and no mentally notes to make more of that fabric when he gets to work. Peter figures he can make it to the daily bugle before work if he hurries, so he runs to get the clothes and contacts and various other things in order. He leaves a note where Wade can see it before leaving.
Peter arrives at the daily bugle and is rather glad of the fact that it has more coffee machines than any other appliance. He does not care that the coffee tastes awful, because it's coffee and he hasn't slept. He hasn't eaten much either, at least not enough to keep his accerlated metabolism afloat. He smiles over at Betty as she let's him into Triple J's office. He begins his usual rant about how awful Peter is, but pays him a moderate amount for his photos. He offers Peter a job, but Peter declines because he's not that self-deprecating.
Peter then rides to work where he does his usual thing. He parks the bike in the usual place and steps into the elevator. He notes it takes longer than usual to get to the lab, but figures JARVIS must be occupied with something else. The elevator dings and he wonders why the lab looks so different. It hits him that he actually gets to work with Tony Stark and Bruce Banner now, so his excitement rises.
"Geez, kid, do you always bring a duffel bag to work?" Stark greets from his place in the lab. Bruce waves but is too involved in his work to greet properly.
Peter stumbles for an answer.
[He's butterin us up,] Yellow grumbles
[I bet he wants to cook us in a stew] White supplies, beginning to list off the ingredient they would be cooked with. Wade doesn't have the resolve to tell them to shut up. He's to busy trying to go back to sleep.