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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. ]

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[reconstitution]

sounds tiresome keeping up with so many. some of those names are high maintenance.

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[mucked]

Go on, then. Take a stab at guessing who might be the fussiest of the whole lot.

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Of the ones I know? Stark. Probably Barton.

That James Barnes fella is kind of iffy.

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It's the arm, isn't it. I'll bet he spends most of his free time polishing it.

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[reconstitution]

Like a really antisocial magpie.

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High maintenance, indeed. [ a pause, then: ] But not the worst of the group, I don't think.

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It's Steve, isn't it. He's the worst one.

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[ he can't see it, but she smiles. hell, maybe her smile is just so wide simply because she knows it can't be seen. ]

Completely incorrigible. Oh, I could tell you stories. [ ... ] Hell, you could tell some as well.

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Like an octopus with more muscle, I bet.

Does he try to mother hen you, too? I'd throw him out the airlock if he were anyone else.

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I think he knows better than to try. [ not, at least, since she'd been recovering from her scuffle with the winter soldier. the mother-henning had been strong then.

but perhaps it would do her some good to blow off a little steam in a safe, comfortable conversation. peggy considers the risk and reward before locking the conversation to only the two of them. ]

He doesn't let me get out of bed in the mornings. Throws my whole routine out of whack.

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[reconstitution]

Sounds like someone's got their hooks in him. It's nice to see, even if it's a little annoying for you.

Sounds like he needs to get his own routine.

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[mucked]

Oh, he's got one. 0630, sharp, he starts offensive maneuvers to try and keep me from getting about my damned day. Never was so much muscle put to such a wasteful use.

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[reconstitution]

Have you tried the cold toes routine yet? Everyone hates that.

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Oh, I've tried. You'd swear the bugger enjoyed it.

[ so much love, just hidden under a heap of sharp disdain. ]

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[reconstitution]

I'd try to save you, but I doubt that would go well for either of us.

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Heavens, no. There's no reason to start more rumours.

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Lots of those going around recently.

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Did you get hit with any? It's only fair to share.

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Not that I've seen.

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There is no justice in the world. [ dot dot dot. ] Want to know what they said about Steve?

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I'd love to.

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One rumour said he was, in fact, Canadian. But another swears he's from New Jersey.

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[ That makes him laugh out loud, even though she can't exactly hear it. Oh, that will get him through the day for sure. ]

Jersey.. That's perfect. I needed a laugh.

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I think he was more offended about his than I was over mine -- or at least he did a good job of feigning so. Bless.

[ his playful indignation managed to distract her, at least. ]

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He should be offended. New Jersey is the worst.