Peter and Gamora

### Intimacy Level

Boyfriend and Girlfriend; Teammates and Former Allies/Best Friends; Like Family, often rescue each other; Peter is more of their romantic relationship than Gamora is; in love with each other; share a love of music and dance; protective of one another; engaged in a romantic relationship together.

### Portrayed by

Chris Pratt and Zoe Saldana

**Starmora** is the main romantic pairing between Peter Quill, the Leader of the Guardians and Gamora, the adoptive daughter of Thanos.

## Relationship Information

* Both met when they were outside the Broker's office on Xandar and, later, they attack each other.
* Gamora's always the one who ends up saving Peter. For one, she was the one who had to grab his hand when he was being ripped apart by the Power Stone and also had to save him from his father. However, Quill saves her from the vaccuum of space.
* Both of them are afraid of losing each other. Whenever Peter is in trouble, Gamora often shouts his name.
* Gamora could be afraid of forming a close bond with Quill because Thanos could try and hurt Gamora's loved ones.

## Moments in the series

Guardians of the Galaxy
First meetings
   Peter Quill and Gamora first meet when Quill is thrown out of a Xandarian collector’s establishment, yelling about a sour deal and looking betrayed. It is there he quickly becomes aware of Gamora’s presence as she leans against a wall to his right and eats something in her hands. Peter is slightly taken aback by her beauty and appears smitten. He also looks a bit embarrassed, so he gathers himself silently while glancing at the ground awkwardly. Gamora does not seem uncomfortable by Quill’s outbreak. Rather, she casually asks what went wrong. Peter talks about how he was mislead by a buyer and quickly introduces himself as Peter Quill, also saying that people call him Starlord. The legendary outlaw and the deadliest woman in the Galaxy then begin to flirt with each other. He is easily flattered and drawn in by another pretty face as he is a womanizer and likely plans another trist in his books, but Gamora proves herself lethal when she instantly attacks the human male. She snatches the orb from the hand he is cockily tossing it in, kicks him in his stomach, and runs away into a crowded square. Peter speedily recovers and catches Gamora in a rope like device he throws at her, and from there, the two continuously battle with each other. They aren’t interrupted in this back and forth until Rocket Raccoon and Groot make their appearance, both unified in kidnapping Peter for bounty promised by Peter’s adoptive father, Yondu. Still, both Gamora and Quill are able to toss some insults in this debacle. Gamora calls him a "fool" for not learning from her initial prowess, having him pinned to the ground with her knee. Peter quips back in saying that he doesn't learn before sending her off with a rocket on her back.

At the end of the altercation, Peter, Gmaora, Rocket and Groot are arrested by the Nova Corps.

Kyln Imprisonment
Peter saves Gamora
The group is eventually sent to the Kyln. Upon arrival, the lot is cuffed and following guards down a corridor. Peter provokes real conversation toward Gamora about the orb, explaining how it seems to him in earthly pop culture references — which none of the others catch onto. He asks her what the orb is, but she cuts back with another insult on how she won’t engage in conversation with "an honor-less thief."
Immediately, Rocket kicks her off her high horse when he remarks that she seems a bit self-righteous for someone under the charge of a murderous manic, bragging he along with the rest of the galaxy knows who she is. Peter goes along with Rocket’s charade of knowing who Gamora is, but he asks Groot about her in a whisper. Groot provides no explanation in terms that Peter can understand. Rocket’s jab unwinding her holier than thou attitude, Gamora confesses that she was betraying her employer, Ronan, to sell the orb to someone else.
When the group pauses their walk, Peter is distracted as he sees a guard mess with his beloved music player. He warns the guard that it’s his property and to put it down. The guard ignores him, so Peter intervenes, walking into the guard’s area. The guard abuses Star-Lord with his taser while Gamora and the others watch the guard work with no protest. They just observe in bored fascination. Finally prepped for the prison area, Peter, Gamora, Rocket, and Groot enter the Kyln cafe area. This is where several prisoners begin to throw things at the Guardians, mostly at Gamora. Rocket confirms his description of Gamora to Peter by showcasing the prisoners’ hate for Gamora, explaining how Ronan and his lackies have killed many loved ones of the prisoners.
Peter shows concern for the woman he hardly knows when he asks then asks Rocket if the guards will protect her, but Rocket voices his doubts of her ever surviving this crowd, especially with how corrupt the prison is. That night, Peter catches a group of prisoners leading Gamora with a knife and physical restraints passing his sleep area. He doesn’t hesitate to unburden himself from his sleep subconsciously clingy sleep mates and follow Gamora and the prisoners to the showers. He quietly watches from the hall while the prisoners sentence her to death for her "crimes against the galaxy." Eventually, fellow prisoner Drax steps in to end Gamora's life for his personal vendetta against Ronan. However, when Drax calls Gamora part of Ronan’s family, she snaps. Without another second, Gamora physically overpowers the prisoners holding her and digs acquired knives to each neck in her proximity. She explains she is not family to Ronan or even Thanos, but she’s the only way to end them. Drax the. uses his strength to push Gamora back to the wall and says her words mean nothing.
With Gamora in real danger, Peter intervenes. He is nervous and unable to connect his witty gestures well with literal Drax, but he makes a compelling argument to keep Gamora alive. Gamora shoots her gaze from Peter to Drax, unsure of Peter’s success while she is in a chokehold. Sealing the deal, however, Peter tells Drax to spare her in order to lure Ronan to him to enact his revenge. Drax accepts and removes his chokehold while Gamora gasps for breath. Peter states clearly to Gamora that he doesn’t care whether she lives or dies following her near-death experience. She then questions his motives. Peter explains this quickly — he just cares about the orb, and the money it costs. Gamora asks how they’re going to sell the orb if they’re trapped in prison, but Peter defers to Rocket for support. Rocket agrees that they’re getting out where he’ll sell Peter to Yondu for the bounty due him.
Peter turns to Gamora and asks how much the orb is worth to her buyer. She hesitates before spilling that it costs 4 billion units. Both Rocket and Peter are astounded, easily agreeing to split the profit in turn for help in a prison break from the Kyln.

Prison Escape
After escaping the main prison quarters of the Kyln through the collective efforts of the unofficial "Guardians" team, the group gathers their things in the item detainment area. Rocket and Drax rush out with their stuff while Peter rifles through his belongings, Gamora behind him, to ensure he still has the orb. When they see it’s there, Gamora tells Peter they need to go. Peter refuses to leave seeing his music player is missing from his bag. Not telling Gamora any specifics, he instructs her to get to the ship while handing her the bag with the orb. She begins to question how he’ll get there, but he brushes her off as he starts to leave. Peter merely tells her to keep the Milano, his ship, close by. Gamora is visually irritated by this, but she complies. On the ship, Rocket questions how Peter will get to the ship, but Gamora gives the frustrated answer that she didn’t know. Rocket then suggests they leave, asking if Gamora had the orb. She replies yes but doesn’t see it in the bag as she throw’s Peter’s things out of it. In the prison, Peter is seen using his gadgets and eventually the orb to reclaim his music player. He doesn’t trust that Gamora and his other allies will wait for him, therefore needing leverage. This lack of trust is likely because he too is a thief raised by thieves, so he understands the priorities of his new "friends". The scene returns to the ship where anxious and annoyed Gamora is silently waiting for Peter to get to the ship. Rocket complains about their mortal danger if they don’t leave now, but Gamora is viscously against the idea. She elaborates her priorities are with the orb. Suddenly, Drax spots Peter flying to the ship majestically, and he and Gamora each put an arm around one of Peter’s to pull him into the ship. Drax asks what he was retrieving, and Peter simply holds up his music player.

The Milano
Safely aboard the Milano, the team is becoming acclimated with one another. Gamora makes her entrance in the light argument between Peter and Rocket. She rejects Rocket’s idea of blowing up moons when he’s explaining the things he’s made from Peter’s ship. Peter turns the conversation to his map, asking for the buyer’s coordinates. Gamora remains secretive and reports they’re on the right track. Here, Peter uses this opportunity to break her warrior facade by saying he is an ally to her and deserves to be trusted. Despite his kind demeanor and nudging tone, Gamora reverses the scenario asking how much he trusts her. He recovers by saying he’d trust her much more if she told him what the orb really was. Gamora tells the crew she doesn’t know what it is, only that her buyer is willing to pay for it. Drax steps in and proposes to use it against Ronan if it’s a weapon. Gamora returns to her "fool" insults and says he’ll kill them all. Drax and Gamora proceed to have an argument about killing each other when Peter rebukes the both of them in explaining very clearly that no one will kill anyone in his ship. Drax stomps away, and Peter states his excitement for getting the money.
When he says they’re all partners, Gamora denies this, saying they only have an agreement, not a working relationship. She elaborates that she’d never partner with Peter stemming from her moral prejudices of lowlife thievery. Peter appears to have a mix of annoyance and disappointment from Gamora’s comment, but she takes no notice as she tells them she’s going to contact the buyer. Before she leaves, Gamora turns to Peter and tells him how disgusting his ship is. Peter watches her climb the stairs with a smirk on his face. He says after that she has no idea how bad it really is in a proud manner.

In between movies
Over time, Peter and Gamora grow closer. One night, Peter tells her a tale of how he used to go around and telling all the other children of how his father was David Hasslehoff. However, he was drunk when he told her this information. Gamora while still finding Peter insufferable, grows protective of him.

*Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2*

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## Things they have in common

* They were both fairly young when their mothers died (and Gamora lost her father as well).
* They were both adopted by someone outside of their species. Gamora was adopted by Thanos while Peter was adopted by Yondu.
* They grew up under their "fathers" rules and believing their fathers never loved them, however, Yondu and Thanos both love them as if they were their own children.