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PEGGY CARTER | MCU | DRIFT FLEET ( action ) or ( text ) or ( video )

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[mucked]

I supposed we could relax. At the same time. Two birds, one stone.

[uprightness]

See?

[ just one word that seems to betray how truly pleased he is. ]

We can do all of those in a month, easy.

[mucked]

Where do you intend to start?

[uprightness]

Dunno

How about the movie?

[mucked]

And the ice cream.

[ because that's the important part of this particular combination, steve. ]

[uprightness]

And the ice cream, yes ma'am.

[ it's an endearment, by now. ]

[mucked]

Do you expect you'll be able to source some for as early as this evening?

[uprightness]

I expect that I shall.

[ the fancy tone is entirely on purpose. ]

[mucked]

Then you have yourself a date, Captain Rogers.

[uprightness]

you'll have to choose the next one, you know.

[mucked]

Will I? [ a pause. ] Fortunate, then, that I have some time to think on it. Considering the choices on offer.

[uprightness]

Whatever happened to your own list? That I'd like to see considering you're insulting mine.

[ the very nerve. ]

[mucked]

My list? Why, it would include all the things yours forgot. Dancing, drinking, camping.

[ camping. ]

[uprightness]

Mine didn't forget, it just included things we haven't done yet.

I guess they complete each other.

[mucked]

Put it like that and you make it sound downright sentimental.

[ complete each other. good lord. and all she'd wanted to do was try and fluster him a little. ]

[uprightness]

Nothing wrong with a bit of downright sentimental.

[mucked]

You know -- dinner might be nice. [ sure, his list includes cooking and a picnic. but she's talking about a proper dinner out. ] Once Mister Jarvis is himself again, I'm certain he'd whip us up something appropriate over at the Space Bar. Him, or Stefan.

[uprightness]

Would that be on your list, then?

[mucked]

I don't see why not. Also, a puzzle. I'll get you doing a cipher if I have to walk you through it myself.

[uprightness]

A puzzle, huh?

alright, then. I think it's about time I'll learn.

[mucked]

It's not so difficult. And I've recently learned that it comes with quite an impressive pedigree. Apparently what took place at Bletchley Park's since been declassified. Winn was telling me about it.

[uprightness]

Did he ask for your autograph yet?

[ THE DAY CAN'T BE FAR.]

[mucked]

No. Thank God. I have all the admiration in the world for you, Steve, but I would not want to share that particular burden with you.

[ public life. autographs. fans. ]

Mostly, he wanted to ask about one of the lead minds on the project.

[uprightness]

someone you've worked with?

[mucked]

Worked under, more like. Apparently he goes on to be quite the big muckity-muck in the field of whatever it is Winn does. Computation. Information technology. All that fuss. Professor Alan Turing. You know -- the chap who worked on breaking Enigma.

[ although steve lives a modern life now, she suspects these little touchstones of accomplishment from the war will be what best jogs his memory. ]