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PEGGY CARTER | MCU | ENTRANCEWAY ( action, video, voice, or text )

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[revokes]

Sweet, funny, charismatic -

[ he counts and wiggles his eyebrows at her ]

Downright adorable. I heard you say all of that, you absolutely did, you just don't remember.

[mucked]

[ TONY, you're a menace. ]

Even if -- even if -- I ever deigned to say any of that? It doesn't justify replacing my bed linens with something fit for a five year old.

[ really! ]

I have been trying to have company over a little more often. But you make unlocking my door a lot like Russian roulette.

[revokes]

Oh come on, haven't I suffered enough in this life that I have to sit here and discuss your company with you. You realize you're just giving me reasons to keep doing that, right?

[ Head in hands ]

[mucked]

[ she looks confused -- for just a moment -- before going slack-jawed at the realization that tony had taken her implication down a rather unintended path. ]

I'm talking about friends! For Heaven's sake. Not -- company.

[ "company." italicized and with bunny rabbit ears. a wink and a nudge. ]

I have made some, you know. Friends.

[revokes]

[ Oh, hell, he is laughing. ]

You know, a true friend won't judge you if you happen to be a little in love with your Iron Man memorabilia. That's not the weirdest thing about you, they'll understand.

[mucked]

What on earth would be weirder?

[ weirder and accurate, at least. ]

[revokes]

Uh, let's see.

[ he's going to count ]

You have a nephew more than twice your age, you're a seemingly respectable woman who eats like a broke college student and what will they say when you tell them you're guarded by a drone?

[mucked]

-- Guarded by a drone?

[ oh tony don't you dare. ]

[revokes]

He'll obey your commands and everything, it'll be brilliant. He'll even leave you alone if you ask it of him which, you're welcome, none of the others have this function installed in him.

[ ahem ]

Wanna hear what I named it?

[mucked]

Tony, you can't.

[ and she leaves it at that. one hand raised; a shake of her head. its name doesn't matter -- she flat out refuses to acknowledge this 'gift' as a good idea. ]

[revokes]

You need something you can carry that's not shaped like a gun, aunt Peggy. I'm just saying.

[ makes sense ]

[mucked]

It's called a knife. And I keep one strapped next to my pistol, thank you very much.

[ not to mention she has her own fists. headstrong, maybe, but she doesn't like the thought of depending on a drone to feel secure. ]

[revokes]

All I'm saying is that one day, I would love it if you could come down and just take a look at it. Seriously, I've designed things for everyone I ever worked with. I should at least get to make something for the one person I actually like.

[ look at this serious puppy face ]

Don't deny my affections. You know you don't want them in their traditional form.

[mucked]

Well. I've already got a futuristic gun and a singing toaster. [ what more could a girl want? ] Do you think you could settle on a design that's a bit less overbearing than a nanny-drone?

[ she values her independence, tony! ]

Not to mention more stealthy.

[revokes]

I made it extremely stealthy - I'm telling you, you should see it. It can do all sorts of fun things. Besides, you don't visit me anymore, you should drop by.

[ he takes the ice cream ]

See the new toys.

[mucked]

[ a shrewd look. she gives up the ice cream without much of a fight. she's only just now starting to properly unravel tony's behaviour today... ]

Steve arriving won't change anything, you realize. I'll still visit just as often.

[revokes]

Well, you could always do both at one time. As luck would have it, he's seriously right across the hall. I don't know how my life got to this point.

[ ugh ]

[mucked]

Although good to know, [ really it is, ] I think I'll pass on that particular version of hitting two birds with one stone.

[revokes]

Too much fun, huh?

[ his smile is knowing ]

[mucked]

Something like that. [ ... ] Not even I have the fortitude to survive quite that much...fun.

[ if by fun they mean an emotional rollercoaster. ]

I plan to ambush him at the diner, later, to at least mark his birthday. But I don't plan to be knocking on his door proper anytime soon.

[revokes]

What.

[ hey! ]

I didn't get an ambush on my birthday.

[mucked]

Oi! I managed to have FRIDAY let me in and out and you were none the wiser until you found your gift. That's an ambush.

[revokes]

That's sneaking about, that's not an ambush.

[ you know what! ]

I demand a do-over.

[mucked]

[ good lord. she went on a scavenger hunt for rip hunter's birthday; is tony going to demand one of those next? ]

Trust me. [ ... ] Yours had a hell of a lot more drama to it than Steve's will. I'm only going to turn up and pass over a little inconsequential gift before leaving again. A terribly dull sort of ambush.

[revokes]

I guess it can't beat overriding the protocols I wrote for FRIDAY.

[ That actually pleases him. ]

Will you ever tell me how you did that?