"You're not talking me into anything and you're not a creep." that much Peter could say flatly, looking down at his thumb as he messed with the edge of a fingernail. "I'm just... this is a lot. I've never done anything like this before. I never even imagined it. I'm not against giving it a try. Certain... parts of it sound... good." Damn he hated his inability to keep down a blush, so instead he scowled at his hands.

"I just don't get the feeling 'trying' is something you want. It feels like you want all or nothing, and the idea of constantly getting punished for something I don't know about is... strange. Doing something I know is wrong? That makes sense," it made sense? But yeah, his mind told him it did, "but there's so much I don't know."

He took a very quick breath, his fingers curling in. "If you could have had all this stuff before, whenever you wanted... why haven't you taken it? Why don't you already have someone?"