Last Man on Earth

[means2bhuman]

Title: Last Man On Earth

Characters: Sylar and Peter

Rating: PG-13 (some swearing, kissing)

Setting: Inside the Wall/S4

A/N: Shamelessly inspired by Game_byrd’s Wall Short Series (a drabble), Walled In/Seeing Stars, The Touch of Your Lips and a few other of her pieces including MBU.

A/N 2: A prequel to game_byrd's " Things Unsaid". And first entry of the

Comments

[game_byrd]

Peter was just a big easy slut to begin with; and Sylar had yet to figure out how that was logical and non-hypocritical.

That's so true. I don't understand how it makes sense in my head, either. He's relaxed, he's comfortable with his sexuality, he knows what he wants, he's not ashamed to speak his heart, he's a big easy slut, and yet at the same time he's all about genuine emotions, deep and not-casual relationships ... I think it's that he wants to dive in deep every single time, and that he tries for that, giving every relationship his all, putting his heart out on the line time after time regardless of the risks. So yeah, he's a big easy slut, but he really means it.

It's part of what makes him so endearing!

[means2bhuman]

He's a GENUINE big, easy slut! I love it! "But he really means it...!" (I'm trying not to let my Sylar listen to that

[game_byrd]

Oh man, I've seen that link before and yes, whoever put it together did a fantastic job on the facial expressions

[dancingdragon3]

I completely agree with your take on Peter. That's always been my view, too. The kind of guy that girls sleep with because he's cute but then he gets too romantic on them and smothers them. He doesn't act like they expect him too - like a jerk. They don't appreciate him.

Besides the actual sex factor, to me, it's always seemed like Peter was looking for someone to love him, keep him, and lead him. Nathan, Simone, Claude, Adam, Caitlin, Emma. Even Mohinder I think, early in season one. Peter just gloms onto the nearest body and follows them blindly. It seems only natural that he would do that with Sylar, too.

Except that I see that quality in Sylar as well - wanting someone to follow. Chandra, Angela, Author, Elle, Danko, those carnies, Peter. he is looking for connection even though he would never admit it. So I suppose that't what makes them click for me.

[game_byrd]

I think Sylar could be something awesome for Peter that he's never had before - someone asking Peter to lead. Someone looking up to Peter, in a way that I doubt Peter has ever had anyone looking up to him before. He clearly responds to the ego-stroke. Check out how he responds to Claire telling him he's her hero! And all the other times that he says things like that, like when he tells Nathan it's his [Peter's] time to be someone. Peter is *trying* to step out of Nathan's shadow and into the light. The whole snarly mess between the start of season 2 and the Wall is a struggle for him of trying to walk his own path while being slapped around by fate. Other than Caitlin, no one has ever really had his back.

And Peter is the kind of person who really, really needs a partner in so many definitions of that word.

[means2bhuman]

An interesting question: So does Peter's clinging and being dumped behavior or happenstance create a cycle for him, emotionally-to-mentally

[game_byrd]

I think Peter thinks that he's doing the right thing, following his heart, and being honest. I don't think he beats himself up over getting dumped. He didn't seem to over Simone (though I'll wager he did over her getting shot). He vented his emotions immediately with Claude and then later on Isaac. I didn't get the impression that Peter blamed himself

[means2bhuman]

Yeah, talk about a bad case of performance anxiety (same goes for Sylar), two or three girls in a row being killed, used or left stranded if not threatened overall would likely do the trick. Realizing that he (Sylar or Peter) is the common denominator of death-dealing in the relationships...that just hurts

[game_byrd]

Caitlyn - I think Peter has some pretty strong feelings *about* Caitlyn. His feelings *for* her are confused, though. Here we're getting into things I've fabricated in my head for how he feels, because canon is so lacking. If I recall correctly, Adam taunts Peter that he has to allow the virus to be released in order to find her again, and after looking briefly torn up about it and very angry, Peter refuses. That's about it that we get to see on screen of Peter's feelings for her. It's a reasonable decision on Peter's part - sacrificing one person in order to save billions. Hell, I think he'd have let Nathan go for that math

[means2bhuman]

I agree. I especially like that part about him trying until he can't anymore and realizing its not working because I think he would and that they didn't show that (while partly understandable)...Ah, well. And him 'keeping his eyes open' for an opportunity to go back and fix it/see her/save her how insane that must make him, how taxing that must be. Poor guy has no idea what he'd be looking for, maybe a sign from Hiro or Rene or Angela or some serious reminder of Caitlyn to show him the way somehow. That just...sucks

[game_byrd]

If we're talking about MBU-ish background