ship mingle: february is for starstruckers.

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Who: Crew of the Starstruck
Broadcast: N/A
Action: Y, aboard the ship
When: All month

[ welcome to february. y'all know the drill. ]

Comments

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My nerve? [ a short bark of laughter. ] Absolutely. It wasn't either of our finest hours.

[ because peggy has a temper and steve has a foot that so easily fits into his mouth.

she pauses. ] But my aim was perfect. All shield, no man.

[outstandingbalance]

[All right, Peggy, Natasha won't compliment you too much more. If you insist on shifting the subject, so be it.]

Oh, I've seen your aim.

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Exactly. So God knows why he was so indignant about the whole thing -- there was no risk of me actually hitting him.

[ she conveniently doesn't mention the part where the shield was still just a prototype. ]

[outstandingbalance]

I don't think he's indignant about it. I'm not sure Steve knows how to stay indignant that long.

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-- Oh, there was indignation. He and Howard shared a moment.

[ she knows it's long since cooled. but! at the time... ] It seems like such an asinine argument, now.

[outstandingbalance]

Not something you can both laugh about now?

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-- More like something we don't see fit to talk about. [ nevermind laughing. ] It's become unimportant in the grand scheme of things.

[outstandingbalance]

That sounds more like it. [An encouraging smile.] Maybe there's hope for my dreams of talking about Steve behind his back after all.

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Here's a hint for you: try talking to him about fondue. You won't be disappointed. Someone ought to get a laugh out of it.

[ because why not. ]

[outstandingbalance]

Now you have me curious, considering neither of you were around for the 70s.

[Missed the fondue parties. And the swingers parties. Unrelated, probably.]

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Why? [ she delays an explanation only because this here is a point of trivia. ] Does it gain some popular ground by then?

[outstandingbalance]

Something like that. Let's say it had a moment.

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Shame Steve missed it, then. [ a shake of her head. ] I'm still not convinced he actually knows what 'fondue' is -- not really.

[outstandingbalance]

I have to believe he's googled it by now.

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Oh, I hope not. [ a sigh and a chilly laugh. ] That would almost be sad -- if it's twenty-bloody-sixteen and he's still worried it's some sort of code.

[outstandingbalance]

Think of it as filling in gaps in his education. I know for a fact, he's spent a lot of time with Google since waking up.

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[ thank heavens she's already had the 'google' conversation ages ago, otherwise this conversation would be awfully odd.

still is, really. ]

It's a gap that ought to have been filled back when Howard first mentioned it.

[outstandingbalance]

[Natasha had faith that would have been covered already. Some things have become too normal and too important not to have them come up.]

Maybe it was. All I'm saying is that I'd be surprised if it hasn't been covered by now.

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-- I guarantee it'll still flummox him if you say it. Try it some time; it'll be worth the reaction.

[outstandingbalance]

Oh, believe me. I intend to.

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Wonderful.

[ and would you look at that? suddenly, the mugs are once again floating an inch or two in the air. ]

[outstandingbalance]

[Natasha is not even going to comment on that. She's just going to sip her tea before it can float away.]