[ it's not every day that tony stark is genuinely surprised by something. he'd like to think he's smart enough to know what's coming in most given conversations. and yet. he crosses over to the table, picks a small compact and peers at it. ]
[ -- she doesn't know whether it remains terribly gauche in the 21st century to go to a wedding alone, but what she does know is that howard stark could always be counted upon to play her plus one when the occasion required and he was in town. not that peggy ever asked much of him beyond that initial arrival. after that, he was free to go and charm as many bridesmaids as he'd like. ]
Sarah Weller and Ray Palmer. [ a beat. ] So now you at least know their names, which is only marginally less than I know about them.
[ well, that's a lie. but it's one she'd like to keep fostering. ]
[ he might have heard of ray palmer and forgot. he sniffs at her powder, poking a finger and looking at the stuff with an arched eyebrow. he'll never understand some things about women. ]
I don't have a gift for them and I'm pretty convinced we've never met.
[ he warns; he should have liked to bring something but - ]
though I guess buying things here is besides the point since we don't have any value for money. Carl Marks would have something to say about this.
[ she pulls another pin free, adding it to the first already sitting abandoned on her desk-turned-vanity. marx gets a snort of derision -- but then again, her decade certainly does inform her doesn't it? the red scare is already spilling over the horizon back home. ]
They're not expecting gifts. I don't think. [ just as well, or else they'd be sorely disappointed with peggy. ] So you're off the hook on that count.
[ she doesn't want to outright tell him she's minus a plus one -- because then that lets him know he's doing her a favour. ]
-- Do refrain from sticking your fingers in my powders, however.
[ ...is he genuinely asking her to explain cosmetics? with only a few curls released, she leans forward and claims the pot of powder. rolling her eyes as she does so. ]
It's generally not the done thing to turn up to these things alone. [ which peggy most assuredly will be if tony doesn't deign to agree. besides, nearly everyone peggy actually knows with any kind of confidence is involved in the ceremony itself. ] Wear a suit, show up, eat dinner at the same table. And then you're welcome to duck out.
Ok, just so you know, tons of people go to these things alone in my time. it's a dating thing. singles go out, walk out drunk and possibly pregnant.
[ but that's not the point. ]
you're being seriously kind, giving me a bit of freedom after all of these demands. is this how you ask someone to go with you in the 40s? I know it's not an English thing.
[ oh for heaven's sake. her nose crinkles -- not with the implication, exactly. but with a dozen other problems. peggy won't push it if he wants to refuse.
nor is she keen to explain herself. so! instead: ]
Look. Are you in or are you out? [ she'd like this to be a simple transaction. yes, no, or perhaps she'd be just as relieved to be told to bugger off. but after that last event -- after deciding that if tony is as good as family then it's a connection she wants to cultivate -- she wants to at least try and spend time with him outside of his boisterous visits. ]
You're a very weird person. I just feel this great need to let you know. Very weird. and I'm eighty-nine percent sure there's something about this whole thing that you're not telling me.
[ -- she turns her nose up at his lounging once again. why shouldn't she? it's obnoxious. she conceded and put chairs in here and he still insists upon sitting on her bed. wanker.
peggy pulls the next three pins out in quick succession. ]
Only if you'd like to. [ match, that is. ] You'd be going as a friend. A plus one. Obviously.
[ they aren't dates at a bloody high school prom, for heaven's sake. ]
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[ it's not every day that tony stark is genuinely surprised by something. he'd like to think he's smart enough to know what's coming in most given conversations. and yet. he crosses over to the table, picks a small compact and peers at it. ]
I don't even know anyone who's getting married.
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Sarah Weller and Ray Palmer. [ a beat. ] So now you at least know their names, which is only marginally less than I know about them.
[ well, that's a lie. but it's one she'd like to keep fostering. ]
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[ he might have heard of ray palmer and forgot. he sniffs at her powder, poking a finger and looking at the stuff with an arched eyebrow. he'll never understand some things about women. ]
I don't have a gift for them and I'm pretty convinced we've never met.
[ he warns; he should have liked to bring something but - ]
though I guess buying things here is besides the point since we don't have any value for money. Carl Marks would have something to say about this.
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They're not expecting gifts. I don't think. [ just as well, or else they'd be sorely disappointed with peggy. ] So you're off the hook on that count.
[ she doesn't want to outright tell him she's minus a plus one -- because then that lets him know he's doing her a favour. ]
-- Do refrain from sticking your fingers in my powders, however.
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[ that's so weird, he taps his finger against his palm and frowns. this is all very, very weird. ]
So is this your distant, English way of asking me to come with you? is that you asking for my company?
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It's generally not the done thing to turn up to these things alone. [ which peggy most assuredly will be if tony doesn't deign to agree. besides, nearly everyone peggy actually knows with any kind of confidence is involved in the ceremony itself. ] Wear a suit, show up, eat dinner at the same table. And then you're welcome to duck out.
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[ but that's not the point. ]
you're being seriously kind, giving me a bit of freedom after all of these demands. is this how you ask someone to go with you in the 40s? I know it's not an English thing.
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nor is she keen to explain herself. so! instead: ]
Look. Are you in or are you out? [ she'd like this to be a simple transaction. yes, no, or perhaps she'd be just as relieved to be told to bugger off. but after that last event -- after deciding that if tony is as good as family then it's a connection she wants to cultivate -- she wants to at least try and spend time with him outside of his boisterous visits. ]
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[ but! ]
I'll be there.
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What could I possibly not be telling you? It's only a wedding.
[ -- nevermind that the very nature of that question is suspect. if he knew, then he wouldn't need to be told. ]
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[ can he lounge back on the bed now? he flops down and eyes her dress. ]
I'll need to match this, you know.
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peggy pulls the next three pins out in quick succession. ]
Only if you'd like to. [ match, that is. ] You'd be going as a friend. A plus one. Obviously.
[ they aren't dates at a bloody high school prom, for heaven's sake. ]