yes i have seen defenders!!

( Peter can't stand the saying things happen for a reason. he doesn't want to believe that's true, that Gwen Stacy had to die for any reason at all. she should have lived, she was the best and the brightest and the most beautiful thing Peter has ever known. there is no reason valid, no reason Peter could ever accept that makes her death make sense.

also, if you get down to it, he's the reason it happened. he also doesn't like that reminder. )

I'm sorry, ( Peter mutters, scrubbing a thumb near Matt's ear, at the dark line of a sideburn that seems absurdly well maintained for a guy that can't see. ) I know saying that is completely pointless and it doesn't help. But I am sorry.