The Next Avengers: The Legend(MCU)

Drifting Off...

A ship floats along in the never-ending sea of space.

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Peter and Nebula sat at a table with him teaching her how to play paper football.

Peter held the ball with a finger with one hand, held his finger back with the other.

Flick.

The ball flew up and across the table when suddenly, Nebula jumped up from her seat and tried to grab it, but missed. The swift action made Peter flinch back a little.

"I missed!" Nebula growled to herself.

Peter, not wanting to make her any angrier, picked up the ball and explained it to her.

"Don't worry, it's alright! Actually, you don't have to do that. 'Cause you're just holding your position right here like this. See?"

Peter showed her how to hold her fingers together. She slowly calmed down and watched him as he demonstrated the action to her. Then she copied and held that position.

"Ok, we're gonna try again, alright?" Peter set the ball and readied himself. "Ready?"

Nebula nodded and eyed the paper ball.

Flick.

The ball flew towards Nebula. She resisted the urge of her reflexes to catch it and let it fall on the inside of her hands/goal.

"And that's all you gotta do to score a point. So that's one point for me." Peter stated. "Your turn."

So Nebula, having a somewhat general idea of what to do, took the ball, stood it up underneath her finger and focused her aim.

Flick.

The ball flew right over Peter's fingers, giving her a point. "Hey, nice job! That's was close, you're getting there!"

Hearing this made Nebula feel a sense of pride. She was getting better at this. And the good news was, when she did something wrong, Peter wasn't abusive. Not that that would've mattered much. He was small enough for her to disable and kill easily. But still, he treated her kindly and didn't even yell.

"I would like to try again." Nebula stated.

"You got it!" Peter agreed happily.

They played another round which included Peter scoring but then Nebula did. Then she scored again. And again! Each time, getting better at her game. A small smile as Peter congratulated her. He held out a fist for a fist-pump, but Nebula jumped back and held up her fists in defense.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa! What's wrong?" Peter asked with his hands up and a little confused.

"You we're about to punch me!" Nebula hissed.

That confused Peter even more. But then he understood. "Oh no, it's not a punch. It's a fist-pump. It's something friends on Earth do. Like this, watch."

She watched as he showed her with the motion of making two fists and pumping them together. "See? No hurting. Now, you try."

Peter put out a fist again. Nebula looked at it, then to Peter and back to his fist. Her body began to ease up as slowly sat back down. Then she hesitantly mimicked the action and pumped her fist against his.

A smile came to Peters face. "Boom! Nice! Ok, let's go again."

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