[ when the comms device requires her attention, she doesn't necessarily expect it to be him. but when it is, she pauses in the middle of her 'light reading': looking over, for the hundredth time, the hefty report jim barnes has shared with her on the new york incident. her aim (for weeks) has been to have it memorized as though she'd been there, and had witnessed it for herself.
she sets one technological wonder aside for another and toggles the audio function so she might reply: ] I think I can clear out a space in my busy schedule for you, Captain Rogers.
[ cool. calm. she hides her fluster well -- a fluster that exists only because she's not certain where they stand with one another. ]
private audio;
[His tone makes it clear, the title is said with affection rather than any proclamation of urgency.]
Moment of your time?
private audio;
she sets one technological wonder aside for another and toggles the audio function so she might reply: ] I think I can clear out a space in my busy schedule for you, Captain Rogers.
[ cool. calm. she hides her fluster well -- a fluster that exists only because she's not certain where they stand with one another. ]