a leap of faith

“you ever get the feeling that the universe has a fucked up sense of humor?”

“At first I wanted to dispute the idea of the universe having any humor to it at all, but you’re right— the universe definitely laughs at us. Constantly.”

“Your eyes are doing that glazed over thing people get when they’re not paying attention. Don’t worry about it — it’s fine. I’d also forget to pretend to be interested.”

“Oh no, no I’m interested! Or, I’m trying to be. Really. You wanna repeat it? I promise I’ll pay attention this time, hit me with it.”

SPIDER-MAN: ACROSS THE SPIDER-VERSE (2023)

"yeah no, everything's great. sure," he says, through gritted teeth, spidey senses going utterly haywire.

"The way you scrinch your face up kinda gives it away, you know. My wife says I do the same thing. Did it make me stop doing it? No, no of course not. But I recognize it in other people now, which is fun I guess."

“No, really, keep going. I’m sure my face is screaming I’m interested in your problems.” 

“People get tired of the baby talk, I get it. Stressed-out-soon-to-be-dad syndrome is getting to me!” Peter let out an awkward laugh. “Do you uh— do you like kids?”

“I think this is the part where you order your coffee or get out of the doorway.” 

“—right, sorry!” Peter quickly slid to the side so the doorway was free again. “I was looking at the donuts. Do you have a favorite? I can’t make a decision to save my life this morning.”

“…And I’ll be needing that.”

“Bad day? Bad week? Or are we celebrating something?”

“Some food just hits differently in different realities.” 

“You’re damn right it does. You ever find a restaurant in another reality that closed down back home? Certain food is worth inter-dimensional travel.” Peter stuffed a few fries into his mouth with a happy sigh. “It’s good to see you again, kid.”

“I’m sorry, where did you get your knowledge of vampires from? Twilight?”

“Maybe. I would love to live in a world where vampires had glitter skin. Is that a crime?”

“See, we’re not all bad, are we?”

“Right, because that doesn’t sound suspicious or strange at all.”