"Yeah," Peter says, not in agreement because he needs to say something to acknowledge what Alec's saying and yeah seems as good enough a word to the affirmative as any. "I'll try and get this done quickly."

A beat.

"But not too quickly," Peter quickly reassures. "I'm not gonna rush through and mess up."

Still, Peter continues to work and before long, Alec's back is stitched up.

"You're not going to be able to sleep on your back," he says, bandaging it up. It looked bad. Peter couldn't help but feel guilty, even if he knew Alec was going to be fine. He didn't like people being hurt because of him.