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    "Peter did not want to be at this party.

    That was not unusual, exactly. He didn’t want to do a lot of things until he was already there, and then occasionally, it turned out ok. Sometimes his brain would do this thing where it treated being asked to participate in normal, high school social life like he was being asked to walk in traffic. Then, once he actually got somewhere, he would remember that people were not always terrible, music was sometimes ok, and sometimes there were snacks. Sometimes, he could even relax and have a good enough time.

    This, however, was not one of those times."

    ~~~

    After a party leaves Peter with memories he cannot name and a body he no longer feels safe inside, he begins to disappear in ways no one around him understands.

    Tony knows something is wrong. May knows Peter is slipping. They can see the signs of an imminent collapse Peter refuses to explain. But Peter insists he’s fine, even as his demons pull him further under, threatening to drown him.

    By the time Peter can admit what happened, the people who love him are not just trying to uncover the truth. They are trying to keep him alive long enough to survive it.

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