Welcome to the Fringe fandom! We really need more guys writing here :)
This is very, very well-written and I love how you extend the 'Ten above' rule to how Peter operates with everything in his life pre-series.
My fav line:
"He knows he has intelligence. It just doesn't seem worth applying to anything in particular yet." Brilliant!

brilliant. a really good snapshot of peter before the series and even in the early days of it.

It was great!:)

I love this characterization of Peter. This perfectly reflects my ideas about Peter too but adds so much more, like him trying to reconcile his memories with reality as it has been told to him. It is excellent, wonderfully thought out and written. I cannot even pick a favorite line. But the concept of ten above sums everything up perfectly. Great job!