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[mucked]

Who: Peggy Carter, some rumours, and you!
Broadcast: text, then video.
Action: y, aboard the starstruck.
When: today!

[ a message materializes on the network around midday: ]

Peggy Carter's got a veritable guy-pile of suitors: Edwin Jarvis, Max Rockatansky, Jason Wilkes, Jack Thompson, Howard Stark, Stefan Salvatore, Steve Rogers, Sam Winchester, James Barnes, Clint Barton, Daniel Sousa, and counting! How many more can you name?

[ and not long after (in a state of utter pique and dismay), that same network registers a rather heartfelt reaction -- but this time with accompanying wide-eyed video. ] Jack -- Jack Thompson? Un-bloody-likely. The only thing he's ever got his eyes on is the next greasy rung on the ladder. [ peggy scoffs, disgusted. ] As pranks go, this one's been truly shambolic. The first of April was days ago.

[ in a few hours, she'll enjoy her meltdown all over again when she finds a box of sponsor gifts in the cargo bay filled with stickers, each with a different so-called suitor's name scribbled into the blank space. all of them are filled in except for an ominous pile with an attached note: in case there's so many you start to forget their names. blanks included for any others that we might have missed. ]

Comments

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[outstandingbalance]

A very good friend.

[Natasha gives Peggy a faux innocent look.]

But I can't see why it would be a bad idea for him to learn the ropes from a mature woman.

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[mucked]

-- And let's hope some things don't make it to the history books.

[ like who she's seeing and when. good lord, future, get your nose out of her business. ]

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[outstandingbalance]

I promise not to ask him about it if he shows up.

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[mucked]

How utterly charitable of you.

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[outstandingbalance]

Oh, I try to stay out of other people's secrets. When it's not business, at least.

[Plus, she sympathizes.]

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[mucked]

[ peggy doesn't have that kind of self-control. not often, at least. and yet! ]

Luckily, these secrets aren't much in the way of true. Apart from the obvious.

[ steve was listed, after all. ]

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[outstandingbalance]

What? You mean to tell me Barnes isn't trying to steal you away from his best friend? I'm so disappointed.

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[mucked]

He did ask me to dance the night we first met -- Barnes and I.

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[outstandingbalance]

Well. He is a man with taste.

[Leaving aside if she means here or in WWII. Not that it matters which.]

I know how seriously you and Steve take your dancing.

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[mucked]

Yes, well. No one danced on that night. I'd only popped 'round the pub to to pass on orders.

[ and yet went so well-dressed. ]

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[outstandingbalance]

[For some mysterious reason?]

No time to relax?

[Which describes most of the time, doesn't it?]

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[mucked]

And no reason to start any rumours.

Re: video

[outstandingbalance]

Someone else always has that covered. Obviously.

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[mucked]

Always. [ she agrees. ] Though being accused of having a 'guypile' is almost charming when compared to the sorts of rumours that tend to fly.

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[outstandingbalance]

I could almost be jealous. As long as I didn't think about it too hard, at least, because frankly having all of them after you sounds exhausting.

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[mucked]

That's the beauty about lists, darling. They can often be divided up equitably.

[ except in this case she'll just take steve and perhaps wilkes or sousa and natasha can have the rest. ]

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[outstandingbalance]

What, I'm not sure Max would let me take him off your hands.

[To pick the example in Drift Fleet who seems least likely to be pursuing anyone.]

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[mucked]

Max mightn't have a say in the matter -- bugger shot me with a foam dart. He deserves all the upheaval he gets.

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[outstandingbalance]

To think, he does have a sense of humor in there.

[No, that's not true. Natasha already knew that. But she's not telling Peggy how Max talks about her and Steve.]

Maybe there's hope after all.

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[mucked]

[ just as well -- she hardly needs to. max talks about them in similar terms to her face. wanker. ]

It didn't feel humourous.

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[outstandingbalance]

Yeah? Where'd he hit you?

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[mucked]

From behind. [ extrapolate as you will, dear romanoff. ] Not the bravest tactic.

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[outstandingbalance]

I don't know. All things considered, I call that exceptionally brave.

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[mucked]

Well! Be careful, Natasha, when you walk into the Starstruck's cargo bay -- you may find he'll try to get 'brave' with you as well.

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[outstandingbalance]

Only one way to find out. I don't think he likes me as much as he likes you, though.