[ she envies him for having fought his. peggy's begun to think that maybe she should have made the braver attempt -- because it is painful carrying on the wake of having some of her worst insecurities dredged up from the depths. it's a vulnerability she's unaccustomed to feeling, and one she hates to broadcast.
and it's one she was forced to share with another human being. ]
I know you care, Tony. Whether anyone else knows it shouldn't matter. [ which (she realizes too late) sounds as though she's scolding him in the pursuit of making peace. a misstep, and one she seeks to correct almost immediately. ] I'm glad you survived. I should have offered to stick with you -- but I was rattled and I was knocked down and I'm ashamed of both. Much like how I'm ashamed you got dragged into...this.
It won't happen again.
[ peggy just hasn't yet decided how she'll ensure a lack of a repeat performance -- either by severing something entirely, or else through some strongly worded warnings. ]
no subject
and it's one she was forced to share with another human being. ]
I know you care, Tony. Whether anyone else knows it shouldn't matter. [ which (she realizes too late) sounds as though she's scolding him in the pursuit of making peace. a misstep, and one she seeks to correct almost immediately. ] I'm glad you survived. I should have offered to stick with you -- but I was rattled and I was knocked down and I'm ashamed of both. Much like how I'm ashamed you got dragged into...this.
It won't happen again.
[ peggy just hasn't yet decided how she'll ensure a lack of a repeat performance -- either by severing something entirely, or else through some strongly worded warnings. ]