[ and see, tony stark has good intentions. he knows a serious moment when he sees one. he knows a problem that he can't yet solve. and maybe, he wants to make her smile and so - ]
[ and maybe she doesn't smile. but she does sputter her way through the next mouthful of tea, choking a moment on her own indignation. it would be a ridiculous sight even without the chunky iron man mug wobbling just under her lower lip. ]
Christ alive. [ she clears her throat, giving her head a disappointed little shake. as if the motion could somehow banish her nostalgia for another stark and his equally cheeky rejoinders. ] Is that really necessary? There's no call to be lewd.
[ but she's less upset about this, it seems, than so many other little annoyances. maybe she just likes playing the insulted party. ]
Tea has got nothing to do with manners. [ she smiles. ] Tea's just good.
[ a comfort, a security blanket, a reminder to catch one's breath. for peggy, it doesn't hold half the ceremony stereotype suggests it should. she'll drink it out of an army tin if she must.
[ and, oddly, that makes him smile, too. mainly because he could guess she'd say that, maybe because it's all familiar and not in a painful way. it's that familiarity that leads to a very rare occurrence, he lifts both his arms ( one of them trembles, still ) ]
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[ and see, tony stark has good intentions. he knows a serious moment when he sees one. he knows a problem that he can't yet solve. and maybe, he wants to make her smile and so - ]
guess I'm still a virgin.
[ he actually winks at her. ]
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Christ alive. [ she clears her throat, giving her head a disappointed little shake. as if the motion could somehow banish her nostalgia for another stark and his equally cheeky rejoinders. ] Is that really necessary? There's no call to be lewd.
[ but she's less upset about this, it seems, than so many other little annoyances. maybe she just likes playing the insulted party. ]
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[ absolutely not. ]
you lost scolding rights, I hate to say.
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That's entirely different. [ sort of. ] Besides, I was still at school! Young. Reckless. You're a helluva lot older; you ought to know better.
[ oh, gee, now she's all about deferring to her 'elders'. ]
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that never happens. anyone can tell you that.
[ tony stark never knows better. it's just a known fact by now. ]
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[ none at all. ]
We're never too old to learn some manners or some graces.
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[ and hold on - ]
I'm sitting here drinking tea, isn't that enough?
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[ a comfort, a security blanket, a reminder to catch one's breath. for peggy, it doesn't hold half the ceremony stereotype suggests it should. she'll drink it out of an army tin if she must.
just never with sugar. ]
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Okay, I give.
[ he gives her a win without any fuss. ]