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“Is that so? Then you’ll have to forgive me for assuming things.”

She offers a smile of her own, sharp white teeth showing before lips move to cover them. She has to remind herself not to get too comfortable, especially around someone she hardly knows. Watching him curiously, she tilts her head, leaning her weight against a shelf carefully.

“What is your name? I only know you as Starlord, you must have something else I may call you, yes?” Unless, Pich realizes, that is actually what he prefers to go by. There’s no harm in asking though, so she waits for an answer, hands slowly fidgeting.

               “ – peter quill. “

from a time when it’d been a struggle to get others referring to him as ‘starlord’ to people only being familiar with the legend. hard to decide which one he prefers, but it puts a smile on his face all the same. resisting the urge to continue incessantly flirting with the incognito foreigner, quill picks up one of the little things off a shelf in the store, keeping himself distracted. 

“ but, you know, i’m fine with either one. gotta admit, though, it’s about time my reputation precedes me. been workin’ my ass off for that kind of recognition for years. you know my name, so what’s your’s? willing to bet it’ll be interesting. “