Open: July Starstruck mingle log

[wingedman]

Who: Crew of the Starstruck and visitors
Broadcast: n/a
Action: Starstruck
When: July, post-calibrations

[July on the Starstruck is so bright, you gotta wear shades. Good thing everyone has a pair now! In other news, the first mate is in a coma, the captain is hella cranky, and the tunes now feature Lady Gaga and Queen.]

Comments

[mucked]

[ peggy doesn't want the opening. she sees nothing to address; the images stood for themselves, especially when knitted into all else she knows. perhaps once upon a time it might have bothered her more, but steve's trust in the woman means a great deal all on its own.

still: ]

I can't speak to good. [ and she tilts her head. ] Cards on the table, Natasha, we struggle to be friendly.

[ somehow, she doesn't mean it cruelly. it's not criticism either. it's just an honest appraisal of how their ingrained professional sensibilities interfere with their attempts to be friendly. ]

[outstandingbalance]

[Natasha let's out a slow breath at that. She is aware, at this point, that they're barely speaking the same language on this but awareness doesn't provide her the tools to correct the situation and all her attempts so far have only made it worse.

Her words don't have to be cruel to sting. Peggy isn't the first person to see the ugly and the vulnerable parts of Natasha and prefer look away than acknowledge them.

Natasha sets her coffee cup aside.]

I think I should go.

[mucked]

By all means -- [ she answers with a wave of her hand.

maybe next time will be different. certainly, she's not in her best place to even be rational about these conversations. and, certainly, natasha isn't the only person she's chased off this month. ]

[outstandingbalance]

[Whatever it is, the next time won't be soon.]