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sᴛᴇᴠᴇ ʀᴏɢᴇʀs ✮ ᴄᴀᴘᴛᴀɪɴ ᴀᴍᴇʀɪᴄᴀ ([personal profile] uprightness) wrote in [community profile] driftfleet2017-05-09 09:27 pm

( open ) may-mingling for those struck by stars

Who: starstruck crew & visitors
Broadcast: N/A
Action: on board the SS Starstruck
When: Throughout May

[ There's a fancy ball coming up so better get those dresses, tuxedos and guns ready. also there's still a ton of pumpkin-themed food all over the place, enjoy alla that. ]
mucked: (☂ measured in coffee spoons)

[personal profile] mucked 2017-05-09 07:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[ mid-afternoon, and peggy's in a rare moment of repose. although she, too, has been put on alert due to the invitation, she wears it well. and today sees her cradling a mug of tea (what else?) while leaning by the shuttle bay doors. you see, gentle readers, she knows when steve takes his treadmill sessions.

and she's not shy about playing the spectator.

indeed, despite the ball on the horizon and a conked-out jarvis in a coma, peggy's been in unusually decent spirits. perhaps her birthday actually cheered her up this year. or, maybe, she's not yet been able to shake the afterglow from about mid-april, last month. so she watches him from across the room, eyes up and just above the rim of her teacup. ]


Don't you ever sweat? [ she launches a salvo of colour commentary from the sidelines. ] It's not fair.

[ and maybe, just maybe, her attention drifts to his shoulders. broad, again, and notably unbruised. ]
Edited 2017-05-09 19:26 (UTC)
mucked: (☂ etherized upon a table)

[personal profile] mucked 2017-05-09 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't you dare. [ but her protest isn't so vehement that she so much as abandons the way she leans against the wall. indifferent, almost, except in how her gaze stays sharp and pinned to him. ] Muck with what's here, and I might find myself left in the dust of a gym that's outpaced me. I get that enough from you, thank you very much.

[ not that she's complaining. but she'd just enjoyed two weeks of being able to best him just about every physical way. adjusting, afterward, hasn't been easy. but it has been fun. ]
mucked: (☂ if heaven and hell decide)

[personal profile] mucked 2017-05-09 07:50 pm (UTC)(link)
If it's all the same to you, I still won't be challenging you to a footrace. [ a playful grimace, if such a thing ever existed. ] I know how to pick my challenges, and that won't be one of them.
mucked: (☂ you got a fast car)

[personal profile] mucked 2017-05-09 07:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Just about. [ she takes a sip. peggy knows this next part is going to be a hard sell, so she needs to scrounge up what charm she has remaining to her. direct her energies into convincing him of her plan. ] All that's left to accomplish, I'm afraid, requires your help. If you'll give it.

[ she allows herself to sound as though she's pleading -- hoping, wanting, wishing. a dangerous trap. she toys with what she knows will be his most gallant desire to see the mission through. ]
mucked: (☂ we tried to dig a decent grave)

[personal profile] mucked 2017-05-09 08:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[ she goes in with the soft lob: ] I need your opinion on a dress for this weekend. I'm down to two options -- but I find myself at an impasse. Can't decide. Fresh eyes might help.

[ surely he won't refuse the most simple task of sitting back and letting her model an outfit or two. and then, once that door's been wedged open, she'll hit him with the lion's share of her demands. ]
mucked: (☂ for years and years i roamed)

[personal profile] mucked 2017-05-09 08:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[ now, just now, she approaches the treadmill. cup in hand, but still keeping a reasonable distance between herself and the machine. ]

There's swell and then there's party-appropriate. I trust you recall the difference.

[ maybe she's putting too much faith in him. who knows. either way, she suspects today will be entertaining.

for her, at least. ]
mucked: (☂ we haven't slept in years)

[personal profile] mucked 2017-05-09 08:24 pm (UTC)(link)
Wonderful. Excellent. [ she leans her shoulder against the treadmill's front bar, not even bothering to hide a glimmer of victory behind her brown eyes. but she's not a heartless woman, and so: ] I'll need a spare hand to help with the zippers, regardless.
mucked: (☂ it's only natural dear)

[personal profile] mucked 2017-05-09 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
Good.

[ -- oh, she's far too pleased with herself. quite aside from her goal for the afternoon, peggy takes a distinct pleasure in watching him worm his way around the realization. he may be taller than her once again, and barrels stronger, but peggy will so rarely cede her carefully cultivated upper-hand. moments like this one prove it time and time again.

she reaches out, catching him by his wrist. then leans in to catch a kiss on his cheek -- warm, a bit damp, but hardly sweaty. ]


Happy anniversary, darling.
mucked: (☂ in that detective motion picture)

[personal profile] mucked 2017-05-09 09:17 pm (UTC)(link)
[ quite apart from her bit of mischief, she's got nothing planned. they'd had nearly a month of miniature celebrations as they ticked items off steve's list; surely, a day just to themselves is grandiose enough. or so she hopes. her fingers curl a moment against his arm, but the exchange of kisses is done almost as quickly as it begins.

truthfully, simply saying the words feels like fuss enough. it's been a long hard road to acknowledging it so easily and so warmly. ]


See? [ oh she can't help herself. ] We don't need any big dramatic announcements. The day'll perfect as is. You have my word.
mucked: (☂ i laughed and shook his hand)

[personal profile] mucked 2017-05-09 09:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't you so much as joke about it, Steve Rogers. [ she claps back with a clear and present ferocity. if she doesn't snag on these awful ideas of his early on, they're bound to take root. ] Not unless It's the No. 32 Squadron. Saw them over Wembley when I was little girl -- they were in Sopwith Snipes, and I'll never forget it.

[ -- with that tall order made, she collects her mug and heads for the doorway. ]
mucked: (☂ but it's still no way to behave)

[personal profile] mucked 2017-05-09 09:37 pm (UTC)(link)
Not that I care to entertain this madness much further, [ she disclaims while they prowl the halls together, ] but what would you have had the poor man write?

[ -- be still her loving and curious heart. ]
mucked: (☂ who made me jealous of her coat)

[personal profile] mucked 2017-05-09 10:00 pm (UTC)(link)
[ oh, heaven help peggy keep her stride straight and her balance impeccable. always a challenge when he dares to get close and ply a whisper near her ear. she glances to her left, eyeing him with equal parts warmth and dismay. ]

I suppose that's not so bad. [ so long as it remains hypothetical. ]

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