[Peter-Nathan, Heroesverse canon OOM.]

[morelikeasponge]

Peter touches the tip of the glass lightly -- carefully -- and says, without turning his head, "What do you do with something that killed you?"

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[waylostandfound]

Nathan dryly replied, "You could put it underneath your pillow."

Remembering the loss he felt, however briefly. It was painful, like part of him nearly died too.

He admitted in a more reflective tone, "I don't know what I would have done."

[morelikeasponge]

Peter glances over his shoulder, frowning. "Don't think about it."

He turns away from the window, and moves around the desk toward Nathan, still holding the glass. "I didn't die."

[waylostandfound]

But Nathan insistingly cutting him off with "Yeah, but if you had..."

He leaned against the desk still, head still angled downward, and his arms crossed in front of him.

He admitted, "I don't know who I am without you." Peter had always been a counterweight to Nathan, someone who helped to balance him.

[morelikeasponge]

He stops to Nathan's right, studying the fragment of glass for a moment longer between he sets it on the polished wood. They'll have to do something about it -- it's a hazard, something that sharp with blood all over it.

They'll have to do something about a lot of things. "'Course you do: you're Nathan Petrelli," he says, and looks at Nathan. "Top of his class, valedictorian, Most Likely To." His tone is mild, but his careful enunciation verges on sarcasm; he softens when Nathan meets his eyes. "Look --"

"You're that guy with me or without me."