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[uprightness]

Who: peggy carter, steve rogers and all of you guys

Broadcast:  amazingly, yes

Action: on the starstruck, if you're so inclined
When: current.

[ New Year’s Eve has come and gone without anything exploding or going awfully wrong and so today is just safe enough for something else. Steve Rogers doesn’t address the network for no reason, after all. Only today he keeps looking back and eventually, calls: ]

Are you really going to stay there throughout the whole thing?

[ There’s a flicker to Steve’s left: dark curls and a flash of a silk blouse as Peggy leans into view. ] Perhaps. After all, of the two of us, you’re the one with experience in addressing the public.

[ But! Fine! Here she is, framed beside him onscreen, and refraining from making any more jokes about the old USO show. ]

Very funny.

[ but he is smiling, small but amused. For all of his experience, he seems as if he’s been practicing his lines for this one broadcast. ]

I know some of you will say this is long overdue, but after months of asking, mostly on her part, I’ve said yes and we’ve decided to get married.

[ -- and that’s when Peggy slaps the back of her hand against Steve’s shoulder, hissing something (something for him alone) about twisting the truth and tarnishing her well-earned cred. ]

I mean, after a careful observation of mutual interests, we’ve decided to get married. What this is really about is a simple matter of proving me right. I’d like you all to tell her three weeks is a perfectly reasonable duration for a honeymoon.

[ She reaches for the device, tugging its focus onto herself. ] -- For God’s sake, don’t encourage him. We’ve only just got engaged; it’s far far too early to start discussing the rest. [ Aside, to Steve: ] I warned you when I agreed to this ridiculous message. Let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

[ But she’s laughing. ]

It's not getting too ahead of ourselves. Call it careful consideration of facts.

[ he'll reach out and close the device for the sake of this banter. ]

Comments

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[mucked]

[ oh dear god. hold your tongue, peggy carter, this is a polite(ish) occasion. ]

More palm real estate left over for soft serve, then.

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[takingkarabusiness]

I'm a big fan.

What sort of sweets do you like?

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[mucked]

Biscuits will do. Anything worth dunking in tea -- Stefan used to come 'round and deliver us these lovely little shortbreads.

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[takingkarabusiness]

That's very good information, thank you.

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[mucked]

[ oh no... ]

Miss Danvers--?

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[takingkarabusiness]

Please call me Kara. I think we're the same age, adjusting for comas.

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[mucked]

-- It's not really an age thing, actually, but [ more important! ] exactly how is this going to be useful information for you?

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[takingkarabusiness]

Well, you've made it very clear that you don't want a production, but I got some new baking supplies for the holiday and I'm looking for excuses to use them.

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[mucked]

[ is this a good or a bad thing? peggy remains cautiously optimistic. ]

Do you bake often?

[ does mister jarvis actually let anyone else touch the kitchen on the tourist?! ]

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[takingkarabusiness]

I'm trying to get back into it. I enjoy it, certainly. I especially enjoy eating the results.

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[mucked]

I confess I prefer the eating to the making.

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[takingkarabusiness]

Well, I would like to make you some. And I promise to be discreet. Weddings are just exciting, but I know firsthand the embarrassment of someone broadcasting your relationship to the whole fleet.

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[mucked]

At the very least this broadcast was discussed and agreed upon. [ actually, she can recall the when...others have had their relationships shared publicly on the network -- steve always had a kind of envy in his eyes when that happened.

however uncomfortable this got, peggy's still glad he gets to experience it for himself. ]

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[takingkarabusiness]

That is a very good first step.

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[mucked]

Indeed. Super soldier serum or none, he would not have survived long in the aftermath had he made any announcement without my blessing.

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[takingkarabusiness]

Maybe he can give Mon-El some pointers...

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[mucked]

I don't believe that's such a great idea...

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[takingkarabusiness]

They couldn't possibly make each other worse, could they?

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[mucked]

[ she could explain steve's distasteful little tendency for overprotectiveness.

or she could give another excuse that once upon a time was valid but not so much any longer. ]

It's doubtful Steve has got any pointers to give. He's always been rubbish at that sort of thing.

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[takingkarabusiness]

Asking your permission before telling everyone about your relationship?

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[mucked]

It's possible I may have made my wishes known well before it ever occurred to him to ask.

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[takingkarabusiness]

A lofty goal, to be sure.

I really am happy for you both.

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[mucked]

It's certainly been a long time coming.

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[takingkarabusiness]

No time like the present.

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[mucked]

[ -- and as things descend into platitudes and small talk, peggy sees fit to tie the conversation's loose ends. she doesn't do well with this light polite chatter. steve, she thinks, might actually be better at it.

certainly, he means it more earnestly. ]

Precisely. And to that end I do believe I'll make the most of it and put the device aside for a little while. Thank you again, Mi-- Kara.