Look, look, idk where this idea came from but the idea of Peter Quill becoming platonic soulmates with Scott Lang fills me with joy.
Like, Peter just shows up to earth one day and says heās gonna stay for a bit as a vacation. Unfortunately he knows very little about earth anymore and SOMEONE has to look after this full grown idiot.
So the heroes throw him into Scott Langās corner since Scott is living alone and not handling post-blip as well as he could be. Captain Sam Wilson insists it might be a good idea to give Scott company outside of his bestie Luis and his ?kinda? girlfriend Hope, both who are busy with their own lifeās post-blip (Luis found a pretty waitress down the street and they move fast). Cassie visits but sheās so used to being without Scott that she finds it hard to incorporate him back into it now thatās sheās grown up. Scott understands, even if it hurts. A lot of his friends and family moved on without him to cope and survive the travesty.
So Peter ends up being Scottās new roomie. And Scottās glad to have the company, really, but heās tired. He missed so much after being stuck in the quantum realm. Heās, to put it bluntly, stuck in a big old heaping shit pile of depression. His episode is hitting hard now that thereās nothing impending to fix. He feels alone.
And Peterās not all that good with pep talks. Heās a blunt guy verging into asshole territory most days. So he figures if Scott wonāt get up and seize the day himself, heāll make him. Peter makes him breakfast in the mornings and forces him to shower and drags him along to a bunch of tourist sites and complains and marvels about all the changes that have happened since he left.
And Scott actually does start to feel better. He starts to feel fond of Peter after a bit too. Peter has that spark of child-like energy and wonder that reminds Scott of Cassie as a kid, but still holds up a decent adult conversation with Scott. Heās like a mix of all the good people in his life who were left behind for five years after he disappeared and Scott just latches onto Peter.
And Peter? Peter is living the dream. Heās drinking in the attention and this new friendship heās created. He feels accomplished after getting Scott to open back up. Plus, the guy has good taste in ānostalgia musicā with him only being a bit older than Peter. He gets a guide for his new earth he once called home and gets a constant figure in his life who isnāt all that bad in the long run.
They trade secrets dead in the night like star crossed lovers, they create inside jokes like best friends, and they pick at each other like siblings. Scott hugs him like a son and Peter tucks his head under his chin like heās a young boy again.
They become practically soulmates, even if they donāt light a flame inside each other like Hope does to Scott or Gamora (and half the galaxy lets be honest) did to Peter.
And eventually Peter has to leave earth. They both cry a little (read: a lot) when they say goodbye, and Peter leaves Scott something to contact him with while heās gone. Peter is noticeably bummed when he leaves earth with his crew, and Rocket might tease him for being sentimental, but heās not cruel about it. And when Peter gets the first message from Scott after only 24 hours, his mood shifts into that of a content, almost happy one.
They send messages back and forth over the course a year before Peter returns to earth for a short visit. And Scott is the first to run up to him and welcome āPeter, my boy, my man!ā back, with a crushing hug.
Peter gets teased plenty by his crew mates about it and Cassie is there too, all suited up like her father, and cracking a few jokes of her own.
Scott and Peter arenāt too bothered about it, not really, even if they make a show of being so. After all, nothings better than having your soulmate in reach and safe.
