Letter: o
Word: oops
Author's Notes: I'm running out of good word ideas, guys!
There were a lot of accidents within Peter and Gwen's relationship. Forgotten dates and anniversaries. Their second child. Little things like that.
In the grand scheme of things, none of that really mattered. The dates were rescheduled, anniversaries are an annual occurrence, they loved their little boy anyway. But sometimes, the grand scheme wasn't on their minds. Sometimes, "oops" didn't cover it.
There were plenty of times when it had. Like, when Gwen burnt dinner, when Peter was out later than intended playing hero, when Gwen accidentally made a chemical fire in the kitchen after taking some work home, Peter forgetting to perforate the chestnuts on Thanksgiving and turning his Aunt's kitchen into a warzone.
But when it involved the children, "oops" simply never cut it. Not where their mother was concerned! For this purpose, we'll use the time Peter missed his eldest daughter's kindergarten graduation.
He had to apologize at least seven times before Gwen considered forgiving him, even though their little girl already had. After that, he had to make a joke, appear charming, make his final excuse and validate it, then apologize.
The oops in that one didn't come until years later.
They still forgave each other for those accidents, and sometimes, the most memorable moments in their life were caused by those accidents. The Parkers would not have had it any different.
Author's Notes: chestnuts explode when you don't perforate them. True story.