p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Rocket sat against the wall of the Benatar's main room, watching as Peter glared at Thor from across the room as Thor laughed with Drax. An amused smile spreading across Rocket's face, Groot sat next to him, busy playing on his gamepad. It had been a hell of a week, but they did it, they managed to bring everyone back and kill Thanos. While Rocket still grieved from losing Gamora, his Gamora, he was thankful that he still had the rest of his family. /span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Quill," Rocket spoke up, causing Peter to look over at him, "We need to stop someplace, I gotta pick somethin' up."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Rocket got off his chair and headed to the control panel, Peter hot on his trail./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Sure thing bud, where we going?"/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Back to New York," he responded as he typed in the coordinates./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Peter cocked his brow, "And you couldn't have picked it up earlier because...?"/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Because we were busy," he snapped, "What with Starks funeral and picking up fat boy over there," he said as he gestured to Thor./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Right, right," Peter nodded, "So uh, you think I could take Thor?"/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""No way in hell."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""What, why?!"/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Rocket scoffed, "Why do you think, stupid, he's a God."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""I'm a celestial," Peter quickly replied./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""/spanem style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Were/span/emspan style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true" a celestial, now with Ego dead you're just a regular humie," with that Rocket returned to Groot's side./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Groot looked up from his gamepad to smile at him./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""I am Groot?"/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""We're just going to pick up a friend, buddy, nothin' to worry about."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"-/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""We couldn't have parked closer?" Peter sighed as they walked the trail./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""No, I ain't ruining the ship just because you're too lazy to walk," Rocket replied as he led the way./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Why would you want to land closer, Quall, do you not love the smell of nature and the chirping of birds?" Thor questioned before taking a deep breath./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""It's Quill," he grumbled, "And yes I do, I just would rather not walk several miles."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""I am Groot?"/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""We're almost there bud, just around this bend," Rocket replied./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""What are you picking up anyways, you couldn't have gotten it before retrieving the stones?" Peter asked./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""No I couldn't," he snapped, "In fact, I had to leave her in order to save your sorry ass."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Her?" Peter questioned, "What do you mean by her?"/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""You'll see," Rocket responded. /span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Suddenly, his ears perked up as he heard barking in the distance. Rocket ran around the bend, Peter and the others following, stopping dead in their tracks when they came across the cabin. Rocket's heart skipped a beat and he smiled as he saw Max in the front yard, playing with a yellow lab. He couldn't help but stare at her, it felt like years since he had last seen her. Her curls were pulled into a loose ponytail, her arms covered by a cream knitted jacket, and her black jeans had dirt on them from playing with the dog in front of her, she looked as beautiful as the day he left./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"When Max finally felt their gazes on her she turned to look, her eyes widened and a large smile forming on her face as she saw Rocket./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Rocket!" She cried as she ran over to him./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"She knelt onto the ground and pulled him into a tight hug, squeezing him tightly as if he'd vanish. Rocket hugged her back, enjoying the feeling of her warmth surrounding him. She pulled away and held him by his cheeks, staring into his red eyes before kissing him. He held onto her hands and kissed back, feeling so happy to be home./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""I am Groot?"/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"They broke the kiss and stared at the two men and tree behind them. Groot and Thor mainly look surprised as Peter had a vague look of disgust on his face. /span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Rocket cleared his throat, "Oh right, uh, Quill, Thor, Groot, this is my wife, Max."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Your wife!" Peter cried./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Ah, well, it's certainly nice to meet a woman the dear rabbit has deemed worthy enough to be his bride, I am Thor, the god of thunder," Thor smiled as he offered Max his hand./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"She smiled as she shook his hand, "Thank you, Thor, I've heard a lot about you, you uh, look a lot different in your pictures."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Thor laughed, "Well, five years of drinking mead and playing Fortnite will do that to you."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""I am Groot," Groot stepped forward and held out his hand./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Groot, it's an honor to meet you, Rocket you never stop talking about you."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""I am Groot?" he grinned at Rocket./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Yeah, yeah, yeah, don't let it go to your head," Rocket rolled his eyes before looking over at Peter, he still wore his shocked expression, "Quill, stop standin' around like an idiot and say hello."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Peter snapped out of his haze, "Oh, right, right, sorry," he moved over to her and whispered, "Hey, I'm sorry about this, I just never expected to see a human get together with someone like, you know, Rocket."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Rocket growled as Max just smiled, "Oh no, I understand, it's definitely an odd pairing," she laughed, "Can't wait to hear what my dad will say."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"As if on cue, the door to the cabin opened with a creak and out came an older man with a graying beard./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Maxine, dinners ready," the older man said as he came out onto the porch, his face contorted in confusion as he looked at the visitors, "Who are you're friends?"/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"When Max introduced all of them to her father he was very surprised to see Thor and two aliens at his door, he was even more surprised when he found out one of those aliens married his daughter. His reaction was the same as Quills, but he quickly recovered and invited them in to eat. They sat together around the table, Max holding onto Rocket's hand tightly under the table, fearing that the action might make Peter and her father uncomfortable. /span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Rocket, would you mind sharing a beer with me outside, maybe have Max get more acquainted with your friends?" Her father said after he cleaned his mouth with his napkin./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Oh, uh, yeah, of course," Rocket said as he jumped off the chair./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Max's father grabbed two beers from the fridge and went outside with Rocket, their yellow lab following close behind. Max watched as they left, worried about what her father would say to Rocket./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""So," he said as he sat on one of the porch chairs, "Max told me how the two of you met."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Oh?" Rocket questioned./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Yeah, can't say I'm too shocked, of course, someone like you would attract a lot of attention. Especially after what happened."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Rocket nodded slowly, unsure of what to say./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"He turned to Rocket, studying him for a moment, "Do you love my daughter, Rocket?"/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Rocket gave him an odd look, "Well, yeah, of course I do, why would I marry her if I didn't?"/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"He shrugged before taking a sip of his beer, "You never know. Are you still in love with her?"/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Um, yeah, I'm sorry but why are you asking me this?"/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Because I don't want Max to go through the same shit her mother and I went through," he snapped, "But from Max has told me you seem like you have your head screwed on right, for now at least."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"They both sat in silence for a few minutes, watching the river as it slowly went by. Rocket had missed the river, there so many days he and Max would go fishing in it. Rocket always trying out new ways to catch fish, most of the time he did it with explosives much to Max's dismay. At the beginning of their relationship, the action even led to a few arguments. It would always end either in two ways, after a few hours of cooling off Rocket would either go and apologize to Max or she would go and apologize to Rocket. Some of their arguments would lead to makeup sex, most of the time it would be gentle and loving, but other times it'd be rough and almost animalistic. As much as Rocket loved to make love to Max, he did really enjoy it when he got to fully dominate her. /span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""So, what're your plans now?" /span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Rocket looked up at the older man, "I don't know, I was thinking that Max and I would go with the Guardians. She always wanted to explore the galaxy, I'd love to show it to her. But we also want to start a family so I don't know if exploring the galaxy would be the best idea for that."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"He nodded, "Personally, I say you should go explore. It'll make the two of you closer and that's always been her dream, kids will only slow you down when it comes to that. Besides, your both still young, well, she is at least."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Rocket laughed, "I'm definitely older then I used to be."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"His father-in-law chuckled, "Yeah I know how that is," he paused for a moment, his expression becoming serious, "I want to thank you for taking care of my daughter, I know she probably could've survived on her own but because of you she was able to live comfortably."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Rocket nodded, the guns that he had made to earn some money sold ended up selling at a high price. Max would take the guns to town and sell them to the hunters that came through, soon the entire town had guns made by Rocket. /span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Yeah, of course," he replied./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""You know," the older man started, "When I first saw you I thought my daughter was absolutely insane for marrying you, I'm sorry I thought that way. You seem like you really care about her."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Rocket nodded, "I do sir."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"The man laughed, "Please, call me Jack."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"-/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Jack grabbed two beers from the fridge and went outside with Rocket, their yellow lab following close behind. Max watched as they left, worried about what her father would say to Rocket./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""So... Rocket, huh?"/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Max was snapped from her thoughts as Peter spoke to her, she turned to him and smiled, "Yup, Rocket."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""How did you come across our sweet rabbit?" Thor questioned before taking a bite of his pulled pork./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""We met about a year after the snap, while I was fishing I saw him washed up on the river bank, he was unconscious and had a bullet wound. He had made some enemies with some of the local hunters and they had been chasing him which led him to me."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Peter sighed, "Yup, that sounds like Rocket."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""I am Groot?"/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Max looked at Groot and then to the others with a confused look./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""The tree is asking where the hunters are now," Thor answered./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"She shrugged, "I don't know, Rocket shot one of them and ever since they've left us alone."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""So uh, question," Peter said before clearing his throat, "The whole raccoon thing doesn't bother you, like, at all?"/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Max shook her head, "No, I understand why people would see me as crazy or a freak, but they have to understand that Rocket is more than a raccoon. If they knew all the shit he had to go through and how much he truly cares about people, they'd be more open about it, hopefully," she responded before taking a sip of her drink, "I mean, you know how sensitive Rocket can be."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Groot nodded as Peter shrugged, "I don't know, I haven't really seen too much of his sensitive side."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""I am Groot?"/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""The tree is asking what you are planning to do now," Thor translated with a mouthful of meat./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Max shrugged, "I don't know, I was hoping to explore the galaxy with Rocket, but we've been talking about starting a family so I don't know if that would be the best idea."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Well, if you chose to, you can always tag along with us, I'm sure the others won't mind having another member of the family," Peter said with a smile./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"She smiled back at him, "Thank you, Peter."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Peter gave her a nod as the door opened to reveal Rocket and Jack, Rocket went over to Max and held her hand, "Maxie, we have to talk."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Oh boy," she joked./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"He laughed, "Don't worry, it ain't bad."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"The group watched silently as Rocket and Max made their way to Max's old room. Once inside, Rocket closed the door shut before sitting on the bed next to Max./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Maxie, now that everything is fixed, what do you want to do?" He questioned as he laid his hand on hers./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"She shrugged, "Whatever you want, Rocket."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"He laughed, "Maxie please, I know you want to go up and explore space."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Max grinned, "Then why ask?"/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Because I wanted to make sure that's what you want."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"She pulled him close so he was flushed against her chest, "No matter where we go, as long as I'm with you I'm happy."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Rocket blushed, "Oh Jesus, Max, do you gotta be so damn cheesy?"/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"She merely laughed, "Only when it comes to you, Rocket."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Quill," Rocket spoke up, causing Peter to look over at him, "We need to stop someplace, I gotta pick somethin' up."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Rocket got off his chair and headed to the control panel, Peter hot on his trail./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Sure thing bud, where we going?"/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Back to New York," he responded as he typed in the coordinates./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Peter cocked his brow, "And you couldn't have picked it up earlier because...?"/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Because we were busy," he snapped, "What with Starks funeral and picking up fat boy over there," he said as he gestured to Thor./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Right, right," Peter nodded, "So uh, you think I could take Thor?"/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""No way in hell."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""What, why?!"/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Rocket scoffed, "Why do you think, stupid, he's a God."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""I'm a celestial," Peter quickly replied./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""/spanem style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Were/span/emspan style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true" a celestial, now with Ego dead you're just a regular humie," with that Rocket returned to Groot's side./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Groot looked up from his gamepad to smile at him./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""I am Groot?"/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""We're just going to pick up a friend, buddy, nothin' to worry about."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"-/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""We couldn't have parked closer?" Peter sighed as they walked the trail./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""No, I ain't ruining the ship just because you're too lazy to walk," Rocket replied as he led the way./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Why would you want to land closer, Quall, do you not love the smell of nature and the chirping of birds?" Thor questioned before taking a deep breath./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""It's Quill," he grumbled, "And yes I do, I just would rather not walk several miles."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""I am Groot?"/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""We're almost there bud, just around this bend," Rocket replied./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""What are you picking up anyways, you couldn't have gotten it before retrieving the stones?" Peter asked./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""No I couldn't," he snapped, "In fact, I had to leave her in order to save your sorry ass."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Her?" Peter questioned, "What do you mean by her?"/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""You'll see," Rocket responded. /span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Suddenly, his ears perked up as he heard barking in the distance. Rocket ran around the bend, Peter and the others following, stopping dead in their tracks when they came across the cabin. Rocket's heart skipped a beat and he smiled as he saw Max in the front yard, playing with a yellow lab. He couldn't help but stare at her, it felt like years since he had last seen her. Her curls were pulled into a loose ponytail, her arms covered by a cream knitted jacket, and her black jeans had dirt on them from playing with the dog in front of her, she looked as beautiful as the day he left./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"When Max finally felt their gazes on her she turned to look, her eyes widened and a large smile forming on her face as she saw Rocket./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Rocket!" She cried as she ran over to him./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"She knelt onto the ground and pulled him into a tight hug, squeezing him tightly as if he'd vanish. Rocket hugged her back, enjoying the feeling of her warmth surrounding him. She pulled away and held him by his cheeks, staring into his red eyes before kissing him. He held onto her hands and kissed back, feeling so happy to be home./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""I am Groot?"/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"They broke the kiss and stared at the two men and tree behind them. Groot and Thor mainly look surprised as Peter had a vague look of disgust on his face. /span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Rocket cleared his throat, "Oh right, uh, Quill, Thor, Groot, this is my wife, Max."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Your wife!" Peter cried./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Ah, well, it's certainly nice to meet a woman the dear rabbit has deemed worthy enough to be his bride, I am Thor, the god of thunder," Thor smiled as he offered Max his hand./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"She smiled as she shook his hand, "Thank you, Thor, I've heard a lot about you, you uh, look a lot different in your pictures."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Thor laughed, "Well, five years of drinking mead and playing Fortnite will do that to you."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""I am Groot," Groot stepped forward and held out his hand./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Groot, it's an honor to meet you, Rocket you never stop talking about you."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""I am Groot?" he grinned at Rocket./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Yeah, yeah, yeah, don't let it go to your head," Rocket rolled his eyes before looking over at Peter, he still wore his shocked expression, "Quill, stop standin' around like an idiot and say hello."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Peter snapped out of his haze, "Oh, right, right, sorry," he moved over to her and whispered, "Hey, I'm sorry about this, I just never expected to see a human get together with someone like, you know, Rocket."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Rocket growled as Max just smiled, "Oh no, I understand, it's definitely an odd pairing," she laughed, "Can't wait to hear what my dad will say."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"As if on cue, the door to the cabin opened with a creak and out came an older man with a graying beard./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Maxine, dinners ready," the older man said as he came out onto the porch, his face contorted in confusion as he looked at the visitors, "Who are you're friends?"/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"When Max introduced all of them to her father he was very surprised to see Thor and two aliens at his door, he was even more surprised when he found out one of those aliens married his daughter. His reaction was the same as Quills, but he quickly recovered and invited them in to eat. They sat together around the table, Max holding onto Rocket's hand tightly under the table, fearing that the action might make Peter and her father uncomfortable. /span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Rocket, would you mind sharing a beer with me outside, maybe have Max get more acquainted with your friends?" Her father said after he cleaned his mouth with his napkin./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Oh, uh, yeah, of course," Rocket said as he jumped off the chair./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Max's father grabbed two beers from the fridge and went outside with Rocket, their yellow lab following close behind. Max watched as they left, worried about what her father would say to Rocket./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""So," he said as he sat on one of the porch chairs, "Max told me how the two of you met."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Oh?" Rocket questioned./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Yeah, can't say I'm too shocked, of course, someone like you would attract a lot of attention. Especially after what happened."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Rocket nodded slowly, unsure of what to say./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"He turned to Rocket, studying him for a moment, "Do you love my daughter, Rocket?"/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Rocket gave him an odd look, "Well, yeah, of course I do, why would I marry her if I didn't?"/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"He shrugged before taking a sip of his beer, "You never know. Are you still in love with her?"/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Um, yeah, I'm sorry but why are you asking me this?"/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Because I don't want Max to go through the same shit her mother and I went through," he snapped, "But from Max has told me you seem like you have your head screwed on right, for now at least."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"They both sat in silence for a few minutes, watching the river as it slowly went by. Rocket had missed the river, there so many days he and Max would go fishing in it. Rocket always trying out new ways to catch fish, most of the time he did it with explosives much to Max's dismay. At the beginning of their relationship, the action even led to a few arguments. It would always end either in two ways, after a few hours of cooling off Rocket would either go and apologize to Max or she would go and apologize to Rocket. Some of their arguments would lead to makeup sex, most of the time it would be gentle and loving, but other times it'd be rough and almost animalistic. As much as Rocket loved to make love to Max, he did really enjoy it when he got to fully dominate her. /span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""So, what're your plans now?" /span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Rocket looked up at the older man, "I don't know, I was thinking that Max and I would go with the Guardians. She always wanted to explore the galaxy, I'd love to show it to her. But we also want to start a family so I don't know if exploring the galaxy would be the best idea for that."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"He nodded, "Personally, I say you should go explore. It'll make the two of you closer and that's always been her dream, kids will only slow you down when it comes to that. Besides, your both still young, well, she is at least."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Rocket laughed, "I'm definitely older then I used to be."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"His father-in-law chuckled, "Yeah I know how that is," he paused for a moment, his expression becoming serious, "I want to thank you for taking care of my daughter, I know she probably could've survived on her own but because of you she was able to live comfortably."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Rocket nodded, the guns that he had made to earn some money sold ended up selling at a high price. Max would take the guns to town and sell them to the hunters that came through, soon the entire town had guns made by Rocket. /span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Yeah, of course," he replied./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""You know," the older man started, "When I first saw you I thought my daughter was absolutely insane for marrying you, I'm sorry I thought that way. You seem like you really care about her."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Rocket nodded, "I do sir."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"The man laughed, "Please, call me Jack."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"-/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Jack grabbed two beers from the fridge and went outside with Rocket, their yellow lab following close behind. Max watched as they left, worried about what her father would say to Rocket./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""So... Rocket, huh?"/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Max was snapped from her thoughts as Peter spoke to her, she turned to him and smiled, "Yup, Rocket."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""How did you come across our sweet rabbit?" Thor questioned before taking a bite of his pulled pork./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""We met about a year after the snap, while I was fishing I saw him washed up on the river bank, he was unconscious and had a bullet wound. He had made some enemies with some of the local hunters and they had been chasing him which led him to me."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Peter sighed, "Yup, that sounds like Rocket."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""I am Groot?"/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Max looked at Groot and then to the others with a confused look./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""The tree is asking where the hunters are now," Thor answered./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"She shrugged, "I don't know, Rocket shot one of them and ever since they've left us alone."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""So uh, question," Peter said before clearing his throat, "The whole raccoon thing doesn't bother you, like, at all?"/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Max shook her head, "No, I understand why people would see me as crazy or a freak, but they have to understand that Rocket is more than a raccoon. If they knew all the shit he had to go through and how much he truly cares about people, they'd be more open about it, hopefully," she responded before taking a sip of her drink, "I mean, you know how sensitive Rocket can be."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Groot nodded as Peter shrugged, "I don't know, I haven't really seen too much of his sensitive side."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""I am Groot?"/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""The tree is asking what you are planning to do now," Thor translated with a mouthful of meat./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Max shrugged, "I don't know, I was hoping to explore the galaxy with Rocket, but we've been talking about starting a family so I don't know if that would be the best idea."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Well, if you chose to, you can always tag along with us, I'm sure the others won't mind having another member of the family," Peter said with a smile./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"She smiled back at him, "Thank you, Peter."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Peter gave her a nod as the door opened to reveal Rocket and Jack, Rocket went over to Max and held her hand, "Maxie, we have to talk."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Oh boy," she joked./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"He laughed, "Don't worry, it ain't bad."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"The group watched silently as Rocket and Max made their way to Max's old room. Once inside, Rocket closed the door shut before sitting on the bed next to Max./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Maxie, now that everything is fixed, what do you want to do?" He questioned as he laid his hand on hers./span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"She shrugged, "Whatever you want, Rocket."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"He laughed, "Maxie please, I know you want to go up and explore space."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Max grinned, "Then why ask?"/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true""Because I wanted to make sure that's what you want."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"She pulled him close so he was flushed against her chest, "No matter where we go, as long as I'm with you I'm happy."/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"Rocket blushed, "Oh Jesus, Max, do you gotta be so damn cheesy?"/span/p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" /p
p style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;"span style="color: #1c1e29; background: transparent; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;" data-preserver-spaces="true"She merely laughed, "Only when it comes to you, Rocket."/span/p