you're my favorite explosion

Kate stretched out on the couch that her and Peter were sitting on, putting her feet on his lap. They were watching a movie, some stupid RomCom that was suggested on Netflix. It was about some girl who got cheated on, nothing too special. It did, however, make Kate a little uncomfortable. She didn't want to say she was a bad person, but she wasn't going to say she was a good one either. She'd been with someone, Jake, for four years. Then she met Peter. Now she was with Peter, but she was still with Jake. As far as Jake knew, she wasn't with Peter. As far as Peter knew, she wasn't with Jake. Jake just thought she was off doing whatever, he never was too observant. Peter always got some halfassed explanation as to why she didn't want to tell people they were together. Kate sighed, running a hand through her hair. Since she'd met Peter, any attraction she'd had to Jake pretty much faded away. She still loved him, but not like that anymore. She was kind of stuck where she was, and it was a very shitty time. "Whoever did the costume designing for this movie is awful," Kate commented, trying to keep her mind off of her less that stunning morals. "They've got about as much fashion sense as you."

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"Honey, get down off the back of the couch," Bucky insisted, putting his hand on his hip as he looked at his niece. "How many times do I have to tell you not to climb up there. This isn't a jungle gym." His three year old Niece, Samantha, looked at him with a set of puppy dog eyes that would make even the toughest of generals break down and let her do what she wanted to. Bucky sighed and gave his head a shake. "Do you want to go to the park? You can climb there all you want to." This earned him a big smile and a flying leap off the couch. Bucky extended his arms and caught her with a laugh. He placed her on the ground and patted her head, "if you get your shoes on quick, maybe we can see if Elliott'll come with us." The toddler ran off to grab a pair of shoes, and Bucky followed behind her with his hands in his pockets. He hoped Elliott, their neighbor, was home to go with them. It was a better time for both of them.

Maybe Peter was more easily entertained but he was loving the RomCom personally, having to stifle his laughter more often than not by the awfully cheesy antics of the actresses. He couldn't very well tell if Kate liked it just as much as he did but he was pushing through it so he figured it isn't that bad of a film. Peter snorted as he placed a hand around on of her ankles, gently squeezing,"I'm pretty sure you got it wrong sweetheart, my fashion sense is sick and I would personally wear all of those costume designs." Peter shot back, cheeky with a grin because he wasn't going to sit there and let Kate insult his wonderful fashion sense that consisted of grease stained white shirts and straight blue jeans ninety percent of the time. He could dress fancy, if he so pleased, but he was all about the comfortable, casual and worn two times already. "Jealousy ins't a cute look on you babe" he teases."I'm sure I could give you a few pointers"

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Elliott groaned as he carried two handfuls of groceries, the weight mostly consisting of energy drinks for the all nighters he tends to pull when he had essays. Nothing pissed him more off than the damn elevator always being broken, it was like he lived in the damn building of 'The Big Bang Theory' except thank god, he didn't have an annoying roommate - though right about now he would love a roommate to help him carry these damn bags. Reaching the top of the steps Elliot groaned as he readjusted the bags in his hands and fumbled to get the keys out of his pocket. Once he succeeded Elliott walked over to his door on the left side of the hall and fumbled around trying to get the keys into the damn hole but his hands were a little shaky from the weight of drinks.

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Kate laughed, shaking her head. "I don't think I want to be taking pointers from Peter Quill, Master of the Blue Jeans, but thanks for the offer." Kate waved her hand through her air as she gave him that loving title, then dropped it back down to her lap. She glanced at him with a smile before looking back to the TV. Every time this stupid character would mention how shitty she felt about what was happening to her, Kate felt guilty. She knew that she was doing that shit to Jake and Peter. She just didn't know how to end things with Jake, or tell Peter what was happening. Things had been going on like this for a while, and she hadn't gotten any closer to figuring out how to manage things.

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Once Samantha's shoes where on, Bucky grabbed his keys off the table by the door and shoved them into his pocket. He quickly tied his hair back into a bun, necessary when chasing around a three year old at a park, and pulled open the door. Samantha ran out in front of him, and Bucky followed her before locking the door and returning the keys to his pocket. He turned back around in time to hear Samantha exclaim "Ehwiott!", and to see Elliott struggling with his door. Bucky walked quickly across the hall and grabbed the keys from the other man, unlocking his door for him. "Good timing, Samantha," Bucky said, pushing the door open for Elliott. "Now we can ask Elliott to go to the park with us because we helped with the door."

Peter faked a loud huff, pretending that her words stung him right at the heart. To play into it he even laid his hand over his chest, right about his beating heart as he gave her a withering look,"How dare you speak to the Master of the Blue Jeans like that, see now who washes your hair for you in the tub," Pretending to sniffle Peter brought a hand up to his face and faked wiping a tear. Nothing felt better than hassling and joking around with Kate, it made him face grounded and sane, just being with her made him happy all the time. Turning back to the TV Peter tapped his fingers against her ankle, sighing at something the main actress says,"I don't get how people could actually cheat on someone? Like on a test yeah, whatever, but like to be with someone and marry them and then cheat? I feel so bad for her, how shitty could that be" Peter groans, frowning sadly as he turns to Kate and pouted in a ridiculously exaggerated way. "Thank goodness I've got a princess like you right babe,"

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Elliot fwlt like he was so close to opening his door but when Samantha came running at him with her chubby little legs he had been startled and scared that she was going to run into his leg and hit her head on one of his bags. " Hey Queen, hows it going?" He asks, grinning down at her as he walked into his apartment with a rushed thanks to Bucky. He dropped his bags onto the counter in his kitchen, right by the front door and sighed, opening and closing his hands to get some feeling back in them." The park? How could I saw no when you two came to my rescue? Let me just put this all away and we could go yeah?" He offered, picking up Samantha and giving her a kiss on the cheek before placing her back down. Smiling he looked back up at Bucky and gave him a wink," Knight in shinning armor" he jokes, opening the fridge and freezer door so he could quickly store the food.

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Kate faked what she hoped to be a convincing laugh, and nodded. She kept her eyes on the TV, not wanting to look at Peter. "Yeah, you gotta be a real trash bag to cheat on someone who you say you love." If she was ever going to be like ha yeah listen, babe, this would probably be a good time, because the topic was brought up. But Kate didn't want to do it. She didn't want to fuck up what she had with Peter, and she knew it would fuck up everything if she said hey, listen. I have a boyfriend that's not you. Its okay though, technically I'm cheating on him, not you! It wouldn't go over well at all. "It must be fear for most people, at least on some level. Scared to end up alone. Hurt people."

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"I don't know about shining armor, but I do have a shining arm, so I guess I kind of fit the bill," Bucky said with a small laugh. Bucky had been in a bit of an accident, he fell out of a train and ended up having to get his arm replaced. It was a bit of a conversation starter, at the very least. It didn't bother him anymore, though he used to have nightmares about it. "She was climbing all over the couch, so we had to get out of the house, right, Sammy?" Bucky said, leaning on the counter in Elliot's kitchen. "Gotta get that energy out somehow... Speaking of, do you think you have enough energy drinks here? I think you could use a couple more." Bucky had turned and glanced into one of the bags on the counter behind him. The stack of energy drink cans was rather impressive.

"It's really disgusting, it's one thing if the person you're with is horrible and you can't get away but it's another if yuo're cheating just to be with someone else, to have multiple partners" Peter shakes his head, not being able to let that process because he couldn't wrap his mind around cheating on someone. Peter couldn't even think of cheating on Kate, god, that made him feel sick to his stomach. She was way too special to him and he didn't want to risk what they had-even if it was kind of kept low between just them. Peter wasn't sure how to respond to that, he wasn't sure what someone who was cheating could feel,"I guess, maybe for some" he agrees, watching the actress smile at her new love interest. "Christ this movie is good, how have you not laughed in the past hour?" Peter asked, probing Kate in the side with his fingers.

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Elliot bit down on his lip and shook his head lightly, glancing down at Bucky's metal fingers before smiling to himself and turning back to stacking the ice cream in his freezer. The first thing Elliot had noticed about Bucky had been his metal arm, and right after it had been the frosting on his face because the little angel Sam had been throwing cake around. It had been an eventful first meeting that was for sure, helping Bucky calm down Sam who was having a little fit in the hallway and coincidentally right in front of Elliot's door. "I'm not sure, I think I should have bought more you know, hanging out with you really sucks the energy out of me" he jokes, going into the last few bags and storing all of the energy drinks and frozen fruits. 'Alright that done, we could go now"

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Kate twitched away from Peter slightly when he poked her in the side. "I dunno. Weird mood, I guess," she replied, grabbing his hand, just to make sure he wouldn't poke her again. She sat like that for a minute or two before standing up. "I'm gonna go grab some water, I'll be right back." She ran a hand through her shoulder length hair as she walked around the back of the couch and into the kitchen. If she didn't want to tell Peter before, she really didn't want to tell him now. He'd think she was disgusting and awful, and he'd probably tell her to fuck off and never talk to him again. Maybe not that harshly, but he'd do it. She felt bad lying to him, though. She stood in the kitchen for a few minutes, just taking deep breaths. She had to tell him, even if she didn't want to. She grabbed a cup out of the cabinet and filled it up with water, taking a small sip from it. She closed her eyes, taking another deep breath. This was going to majorly suck.

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"Oh har har, you're so funny," Bucky said with a small smile. He turned to look for Sam, and scooped her up into his arms once he spotted her. "Alright, time to go." Bucy bounced his niece a few times as he walked before opening Elliott's door and heading out into the hallway. His niece squirmed a bit, so Bucky put her down, and she started down the stairs at a very slow pace. She was old enough to be doing it, but she hadn't quit mastered the whole stairs thing. "Don't forget your keys," Bucky reminded Elliott, glancing through the door before starting down the stairs behind Samantha at the same slow pace. "I put them on the counter."

Peter stopped poking her and frowned, a soft grove between his eyebrows as he watched her get up and go. he wasn't sure what was going on with her but he could tell it was more troubling that she was even letting on because he's seen her in weird moods before, but this isn't one of them. He waited just a minute before he got up and ventured into the kitchen with a big goofy smile on his face,"What if I tipped that cup over?" Peter asks mischievously, cornering her against the counter as he set both his hands beside of her, trapping her in front of him. He knew the best way to get Kate out of a funk was to meddle with her till she was laughing loudly and gleefully, the full body laugh she does something where Peter swears she's about to cry and his heart sort of swells up in his chest with love."It would be .... such a shame...."

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"I think I'm quite funny" Elliott clipped, pretending to be pretentious and turning his nose up at the other. He made a quick, funny face at Sam when she was up in Bucky's arms before he closed the fridge doors and tucked all the plastic bags into a drawer, snatching his keys as he followed behind them, wishing he could take an energy drink with him but knew that it would fuck up his night and sleep schedule. "Oi! I know Buck" Ellior calls out as he closes and locks his front door, not that he thought anyone would try to break in, he had nothing of value inside beside his text books and too many figurines. Quickly catching up with the other two Elliott grinned as he watched Sammy walk down the steps, one leg at a time,"She's getting so big don't you think, soon enough she'll be taller than the both of us" Elliott sighs, gently nudging Bucky with his arm.

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Kate opened her eyes when Peter spoke. "Don't you dare, Peter Quill," Kate replied, the grip she had on her cup tightening. She knew she wasn't gonna get away from him. He definitely was stronger than her and if she tried to duck out of his arms she'd either spill the water or he'd grab her and spill it anyways. "Water is for drinking, not pouring on your girlfriend." She held the cup to her chest, trying not to smile so she looked at least semi serious as she looked up to him. She was in a bad mood, but it was hard not to smile when he was being the goofball that he was. Maybe she'd just... tell him tomorrow.

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Bucky chuckled, looking at Elliott as he nudged his arm, then returned his gaze back to Samantha. "Yeah, she's growing up way too fast. I wish she'd slow it down a bit. She's getting hard to handle." When Bucky spoke, he got a little glare from the three year old in front of him. "I'm only kidding, Sammy. You know you're my favourite thing." Sam turned around again and nodded, a big smile on her lips. "But really," Bucky continued, quieter, "I do wish she'd stop. It's not fair that I get to see her grow up but her mom can't right now." Bucky hated to admit it, but her mom wasn't going to see her grow up ever. She was very sick, and chances she'd get better were less than ten percent. Best case sinero, she'd be around to see Samantha turn four.

Peter couldn't hold back his laugh, he could see Kate tensing up and the grip on her cup becoming tighter. He honestly saw no other outcome in this than him spilling that cup of water all over her and probably himself while he's at it. "Why so tense love? You need to relax a bit," he coaxed, bringing one hand onto her upper arm and gently rubbing her skin, trying to ease her nerves up before he used his other hand to hit the cup from the bottom and having the water splash against her chin and onto their clothes, soaking through. Peter laughed historically, stepping back from her before he took a few more precautions steps in case she was gearing up for a fight.
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Sam had such character for a little three year old that Elliot felt like she was already sixteen and ready to take on the world. "You're my favorite too," Elliott quips in before she could give him a look, she was far too smart and knowing for a three year old. Elliot frowned suddenly because he knew what Bucky was talking about and his hurt his heart. He didn't know what to even say, he's never been in a situation like the one Bucky is in and he doesn't want to say something so easily brushed off like 'it'll get okay' because it probably won't. Instead he places his hand on Bucks back and gently rubs, "We could take her to visit tomorrow or some day soon, I'm sure your sister misses her baby"

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Once the water was out of the cup and onto her clothes, Kate didn't move. She kept her eyes on Peter, shaking her head at him as he laughed. She couldn't help herself from letting a small laugh escape too. She turned around and filled the cup up again, "you're a dead man, Pete. A dead man." Kate turned back around with the now full cup in her hand. As soon as she was facing him, she flung the water out of the cup and into Peter's face. Once she'd done it, she dropped the cup into the sink and took off out of the kitchen, laughing.

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"Yeah that'll be good," Bucky agreed, nodding. He hadn't been the best brother, he didn't get Samantha down to see his sister as much as he should. "Do you wanna go see mommy tomorrow?" Bucky asked Samantha as they neared the bottom of the stairs. Samantha jumped onto the ground at the end and turned around, nodding excitedly. Bucky smiled and nodded towards the door, where Samantha ran to and tried to push it open. Bucky got there a few moments later and held it open for her, and then for Elliot.

Peter knew that the moment she filled the cup with more water he was screwed. Using the bottom of his shirt he wiped his face and sent a glare in her direction, "Kate McDavid you are dead, absolutely dead!" he calls out after as he quickly moves out of the kitchen to chase after her, catching site of her Peter was fast on his feet as he chased after her, wrapping his arms around her waist and trapping her arms into a awful tight hug, trying to squeeze the very life out of her or till Kate admitted she was the loser in this. "You're so lucky that I love you, I should throw you out a window Kate"
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Elliot could see how much Sammy missed her mother. She was too smart for this, she rarely cried too, especially when she was visiting her mom at the hospital. She was all smiles and wishes and giggling. "Thanks" Elliot mused as he walked out the door, the sun bubbling hot against the exposed skin of his arms. "Did you out any sun screen on her?" Elliot asked, worried for her even though she was of a rather tan complexion, she most likely wouldn't burn but Elliot was always a worrier. He felt like she was his baby girl, little sister, or the amount of fretting he did over her he could be her dad.

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"Hey, you started it!" Kate laughed, trying to pry him off of her. "This is all on you, buddy." She continued to squirm, trying to get him to let her go, but it was of no real use. He was a lot stronger than her, no way she could get away from him without him actually letting her go, or her accidentally kicking him in the balls, which she wasn't going to do. She wasn't going to admit defeat tho. She kept trying to get out of his grip, scrunching her face up as she laughed. "Pete let me go."

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"No I did not," Bucky said honestly. "We wont be out here for long. She'll get hungry before she gets a burn." Sammy practically skipped down the sidewalk in front of Elliott and Bucky, very happy to be going to the park. Bucky, while he wished he didn't have to take care of her, loved having her around. She was the light of his life. He didn't love anything more than he loved her. He just wished it was her mom raising her, not her pseudo-father Uncle Bucky. "Do anything exciting today, or did you just get up and go to get groceries?" Bucky asked, glancing at Elliott as he put his hands into his pockets.

Peter kept her in the tight embrace still, not wanting to let go till she admitted defeat because he knew that she could be just as devoted as he was in winning and losing. Laughing at the ridiculous faces she was pulling Peter puckered his lips and made kissy noises at her,"Not till you say you lost, and gimme a little kiss" he offered, making a loud smacking sort of sound with his lips and generally making a fool out of himself in front of her. He felt like he could definitely be himself with her and she'd still love him for all of his personality flaws and goofiness. "And while you're at it you should give me a message, and wash my hair for me in the tub, and make me some dinner" he jests, only kidding with her because he knows better than to boss her around.

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For a man who wasn't the one to actually plan to have a child Bucky sure did take care of Sammy as if she was his own, Elliott wasn't sure how Bucky did it but it was amazing. Running a hand through the front of his hair Elliott snorted, rolling his eyes fond of the other,"No, I had to finish an essay on the basic codes of web design and then make four fucking example websites" Elliot groaned, he had been awake since four am doing the work since it was due by the end of the week and with work he wouldn't have time to just do little pieces of it through the day. "I wouldn't call that exciting though, hey at the market I watched this kid climb to the top shelf and he started kicking cereal boxes, I took video of him" Elliot said with a laugh.

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"Over my dead body," Kate laughed, putting a hand on his face to try to push him back that way. It wasn't going to work, and she knew it. She was playing a dangerous game putting a hand on his face. He was liable to lick her. "Counter offer, you let me go and I won't massage you, or wash your hair, or make you dinner. Hows that sound?" Kate continued to try to get away from him, giggling the whole time. This was why she loved him. He was goofy and good-hearted, and really cared. Not that Jake didn't really care, because he did. Peter just cared more. She fit a lot better with Peter. He was her Prince Charming, and honestly, he deserved better than split attention and lies.

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"You're a bit of a dork," Bucky teased, smirking at Elliott. "You'll have to show me the video though." That was definitely something that you'd see on Facebook with a stupid click-bait title to get you watching. Bucky was a sucker for that kind of shit. It was a bit of a guilty pleasure. It didn't take long for them to reach the park, it was only a block down the street from their apartment building. Samantha took off across the grass and climbed up on the jungle gym, immediately talking to another kid who was there. Bucky smiled at her and sat himself down on a bench, putting his arm across the back of it. "Thanks for coming, by the way," Bucky said, looking at Elliott. "Keeps me sane when you tag along."

"Dead body you say?" Peter asks, a dark look coming over his face as he opens his mouth and licks her entire hand, it's a classic move and he is never afraid to lick or bite her, no matter the area of skin. He once tried to bite her foot when he got into bed the wrong way and she nearly kicked him by accident. "What about a kiss then?" Peter asks, loosening his arms around her because he knew he could sometimes play too roughly and he wasn't trying to bruise her. "Would you be willing to give me loads of kisses? Like a thousand and two of them?" Peter questions, pressing her up against the wall by his bookshelf and smirking far too handsomely for a man who licks to lick and start water fights.

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"I'm not a dork," Elliot huffs, not taking any offense because he knows Bucky means it in a light way. He follows after the other and takes a seat by him, taking his phone out of his pocket and snickering as he scoots over till their thighs are pressed against one another,"This kid was throwing the biggest tantrum Buck, you won't even believe it" Elliot murmured as he leaned back and brought up the video, it started off with the kid smacking boxes of food down so he could climb each of the shelves, a little boy with a bright orange top making his way to the top while his mother tapped her foot and screamed for him to get down though she didn't make any efforts of bringing him down herself,"Absolutely wild" he mumbled, his laughter coming through the speakers of his phone.

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"Can I spread that over some time?" Kate asked, wiping her hand that Peter had licked on his sleeve. "Because I guess I can agree to those terms. You're lucky you're cute." She smiled up at him before pressing her lips to his. He really was a loveable goofball, and he always knew how to make her feel better when she was upset. It wasn't going to last long, though. The sweeter and more loveable he got, the more guilty she felt about lying to him. He really did deserve so much better.

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"God," Bucky said, smirking as he watched the video on the phone. He count himself blessed that Samantha wasn't that kind of kid. "I'm kind of upset I missed it. I'll have to come to the grocery store next time, hopefully I get to see the travelling circus for free too." He laughed giving his head a little shake. He couldn't believe people sometimes. Who would let their kid act like that? "You should really put that online, though. You'll get internet famous and end up on Ellen or something."

Peter smiled into the kiss, chasing after her lips when he felt like she was trying to pull back,"Nope, you have to give me" he stopped, pressed three repeated kisses after one another,"All consecutively or I'll" Five more quick kisses,"Have to hold onto you forever" Another five kisses before he goes in and instead of kissing her he licks her cheek as obnoxiously as he possibly can just to make her squirm. "So do we have a deal?" he asks, leaning down so he could press his forehead against hers, looking into her but in the most non-romantic way, exaggerating by making his eyes big and pouting.

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"Yeah, you definitely do, maybe we'll find someone walking down the aisle in that creepy grudge way" Elliot urged, the video cutting off when the kid grabbed a cereal box and threw it at someones head, causing Elliot to laugh uncontrollably and then ending the video. That kid had been absolutely wild, Elliot's never seen a kid that intense and he's worked at a pre-k program for a year as a past job his freshman year in college. "I don't want to expose this kid or embarrass his mom any further, it'll be out little secret" Elliot tells the other, placing his phone on his thigh,"Rather just end up here with you than wherever her shows located at"

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"You're ridiculous," Kate laughed. She pressed her lips to Peter's again, briefly, before putting her hands on his chest and giving him a little shove. "Okay, now let me go. I need to go change." She wiggled sideways, out of his grip, and looked down at herself. Practically the entire front of her shirt was wet. She gave her head a little shake, looking back at Peter. He was in the same boat as her. She gave a little sigh and pulled her shirt up and over her head. "Gimme yours, I'll stick them in the dryer." She balled her shirt up in one hand, and held the other one out expectantly.

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"You're a better person than I am," Bucky said with a small laugh. He'd definitely put it online. Or at least send it to everyone he knew, and someone would put it online. "I'd rather be on Ellen than here with you. She's rich." Buckky glanced at Elliott and gave him a wink, obviously joking. Bucky really didn't want to go on Ellen, or any tv show for that matter. He was content without any fame attached to his name, even though he did think it would be cool to be admired by that many people.