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[mucked]

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

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[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?

[mucked]

Why, so you can fix her vulnerability and thereby lock me out of ever doing the same again? I think not. [ ... ] I'm glad I have my sly way inside. Perhaps it'll keep you on your toes.

[revokes]

I'm just saying, at this point, you should be looking into basic computer programming. You'll be a rockstar.

[ he passes her the ice cream, a piece offer, perhaps? ]

[mucked]

[ hurrah! ice cream. as peace offerings go, it probably works. at least partially. ]

I have been reading up on Turing's work.

[ because that's new! and relevant! right? ]

[revokes]

Get another book. Basic commmands, the whole nine yards. It's like picking up a language, you're good at that.

[ Spoken like a fact rather than an observation. ]

[mucked]

...I would need something to work on.

[ hint hint. she's learned enough, at least, to know one needs a computer for computer programming. ]

Can't imagine I'd get very far with pen and paper.

[revokes]

Give me forty-eight hours, I'll set something up.

[ helpful, amiable. ]

[mucked]

A full forty-eight?

[ she smiles. ]

You can do better. Unless badgering Steve is eating into your schedule.

[revokes]

It absolutely does. You know I have to get creative about that, it's a chore.

[ But being Tony Stark, he responds well to a challenge: ]

Seventeen. Only because it's you.

[mucked]

[ hm! she makes a real show of weighing her verdict. ]

Acceptable, I suppose.

[revokes]

Any kinder and you'd be giving Santa a run for his money.

[ Though he probably doesn't mind if to judge by how quickly he shifts to the next subject ]

So I have one last question you'd probably hate me for.

[mucked]

[ ... ]

Well, Tony, with a disclaimer like that...

[ get it over with. ]

[revokes]

Can't say I don't give you warnings.

[ Though one can debate if they make everything better or worse. ]

Just idle curiosity - have you made absolutely sure all of your company knows that I'm not your son?

[mucked]

Oh, for Heaven's sake, what makes you think he'd even consider that a possibility...?

[ except, of course, that rip had considered it. but peggy won't be admitting as much right now. ]

[revokes]

[ Ugh, he liked it better when they were talking about Rogers. ]

Nevermind, just making sure.

[ He'd be happy never to talk about any of it again. ]

[mucked]

[ and yet she clears her throat and takes a second (tentative) stab at it: ]

I've made it abundantly clear that I consider you my nephew, blooded or not.

[ although in this case 'abundantly clear' is a lot more like 'implied between words' and 'left to be inferred.' but rip is a clever sort, she knows, and there is no longer any confusion on that front.

thank god. considering how everything fell to pieces over steve's arrival, the last thing she needs is aforementioned company thinking that howard stark -- of all people -- would ever pass for her suitor. ]

[revokes]

[ he looks like he's about to say something else but in the end, he puffs his cheeks and reaches for that ice cream. ]

Okay. See? Like a band-aid and now we can never talk about it ever again.