[ it's with dramatic hand gestures peter declares loudly, for all of wonderland to hear: ] I'm going to find the SHRINK ME drink and I'm going to drink all of it! And then you'll see me kick that tiny weed's ass!

[ once he's done, his hands come down to his sides. does peter know gamora's trying to rile him up? a little. peter likes to think he's self-aware enough to know when he's being played. after all, he grew up with yondu, and while he hadn't quite figured out yondu telling him they'd eat him was his way of saying he loved him, he thinks he's got gamora figured out. ]

[ she's a galaxy-class killer, but she hasn't killed him yet and he annoys the fuck out of her. it's fucking love. ]

[ he looks at her, and says quietly: ] Don't tell him I called him a weed. I didn't mean it. He's beautiful, the most handsomest of baby tree roots.