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    "Like with drugs?"

"No, Tiffany...!
I mean...intimately..."

    "...Oh wow..."

"Yeah..."

    "You find weird stuff on his phone or somethin'?"

"No, I don't go through his things."

    "The way he's been acting lately, maybe you should."

"Mm.
No, I just don't think that's right."

    "So why you think he's gay?"

"HAHhah I didn't say gay, I said experimenting."

    "Yeah, to know if he's gay!"

"Shh, not so loud...!
And it could be a number of things."

    "Semantics, girl."

"Okay.
Well last night his friend Ned came over.
He and Peter were gonna build one of their little lego things together, and I didn't even know Peter was home.
So I let Ned in, and he just went and hung out in Peter's room for a little while.
And I was trying to make that gross meatloaf--"

    "The turkey one?"

"Yes..."

    "Eugh, I learned a long time ago to stop taking recipes from Cheryl."

"Yeah, I think I'm done, too.
Anyway, I must've been just...SUPER distracted with it, because somehow Peter came home and snuck right past me!
Like a little ninja, these days.
So I messed up the meatloaf, and -- I didn't think to knock or anything, because I figured it was just Ned in there, so I open the door and there's Peter.
Him and Ned were just standing there, and he was in his underwear...!"

    "Ned??"

"No, Peter."

    "Ohh..."

"Mm-hm.
They looked kind of...horrified?
Maybe mortified is the better word, I don't know, but I didn't say anything; I just kinda...looked at them for a minute."

    "Oh my god..."

"I know.
Since I ruined dinner, I asked if they wanted Thai food, and Peter randomly made up this vague little excuse for Ned to go home.
I didn't even question it, I just let him go and me and Peter went out for dinner."

    "Uh-huh...
So...
Your nephew and his little buddy were sneakin' around in the bedroom, you walk in on em and Peter's in his underwear, he makes his friend go home...
Did you say anything at all?"

"Nope, not a word."

    "Maybelle!"

"What?"

    "Obviously he needs to talk!"

"No, he doesn't!
I mean -- maybe he does, but...
He's going through a lot right now, you know?
Besides, he's a teenager, this sort of thing is...kinda normal, so I don't wanna embarrass him.
He knows I'm here for him."

    "Hm...
Nah, I'd be talkin' to my kids if that was me."

"I think most people would, but I...
Honestly, I barely have half a clue what I'm doing.
Ever since Ben died, he's gotten harder and harder to talk to.
I'm afraid everything I say is just...pushing him away."

    "Aw, now, you can't give up on him, though."

"I'm not.
I'm just...concerned.
He's stressing about school, he's still putting up with that awful boy, Flash, the internship has him all in his head, he still hasn't grieved over Ben, he won't go to therapy; he's only fifteen..."

    "Throw puberty in on top of all of this and you have yourself one unhappy kid, I guess."

"Yeah, and I don't want to make it worse.
If he's...curious about himself, then I think it's best if I just give him his space."

    "To be fair, Peter ain't as dumb as my kids, so he'll probably be smart about it."

"I hope so...
Hm, you know it's kind of sweet.
That he was with Ned, I mean."

    "Why?"

"Oh, I don't know, I guess because...
Well...
I know Peter doesn't have any other friends -- that I'm aware of -- but Ned is...
I mean he's cute, don't get me wrong, and a very nice boy!
But he's..."

    "Fat?"

"Tiffany."

    "What?
He's hefty!
Ain't nothin' wrong with it."

"Well and that's my point!
If him and Peter really were fooling around, I just think it's sweet that that obviously didn't bother Peter...!
Just...tells me a little about his character."

    "...Aww, you're right about that.
Ya gotta love a man who doesn't see weight."

"Amen...
Okay, just had to tell you that.
Otherwise, I genuinely don't want to think about this part of his livelihood anymore...!"

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May, working at a homeless shelter, confides in her friend (OC), Tiffany.

Just bs'd some stuff because i really wanted a reason to talk about this scene in the movie.
(Tom Holland is sex on legs, we all know this; i thirst for him, not Peter at 15, though.)
I mean...kids DO THIS STUFF sometimes and it's totally normal and i can't help but think this is the first thing May might have thought of when she saw Peter...like this.
Alone.
With Ned...
I find it very endearing and have a massive boner for older people accepting and respecting boundaries while also being super progressive ^u^

Hope this wasn't creepy, i meant it all in good nature and innocence

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