[ his hand goes to his chest, a loud slap as he feels his heart completely disintegrate in his chest. his mouth drops open and peter purposefully ensures he's wearing a look of utter devastation on his face right now. ]
[ he knows it won't work with gamora. she's too strong, too resilient, to falter underneath the belief that she has broken him. but he hopes to play on the unspoken thing between them, and the fact he totally knows, deep down, she'd nurse him back to health if groot did kick his ass. the idea of seeing if she would makes this tempting enough to actually follow through with. ]
[ then he sings, ] Shot through the heart and you're to blame!
[ he rubs his hand against his chest, purposefully wincing. ] Ow, everything inside of me hurts at your lack of belief in me! I could kick ass. I could kick Groot's ass as a tiny Peter! [ mocking groot, his voice goes high, attempting to sound nasally like the little tree he adores: ] I am Peter!
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[ he knows it won't work with gamora. she's too strong, too resilient, to falter underneath the belief that she has broken him. but he hopes to play on the unspoken thing between them, and the fact he totally knows, deep down, she'd nurse him back to health if groot did kick his ass. the idea of seeing if she would makes this tempting enough to actually follow through with. ]
[ then he sings, ] Shot through the heart and you're to blame!
[ he rubs his hand against his chest, purposefully wincing. ] Ow, everything inside of me hurts at your lack of belief in me! I could kick ass. I could kick Groot's ass as a tiny Peter! [ mocking groot, his voice goes high, attempting to sound nasally like the little tree he adores: ] I am Peter!