[Maybe it was her voice, or that look in her eyes. Maybe it was the red of her lips. Something caught his eye and stopped his heart before he could even fully process any of her words. It had been months.
"Looking for a small town girl from District 10 with eyes as pretty as marble and a tongue sharp as a knife."
"And who punches like a brick? Good thing she's looking for a small town boy who knows how to pay a lady a compliment."]
Peg?
[In that split second, it wasn't the district 13 soldier who answered her, it was the district 10 boy, looking for his small-town girl.
But another second passed and her words caught up to him and he could feel that ridiculous shard of hope that had sprung up shatter. Stupid. He knew it was likely there'd be familiar faces, how many version of him had passed through Panem in the time the Offworlders had been there? Other Peggys weren't outside the realm of possibility. In fact, this could be the very Peggy from any of those other Bucky's worlds and yet he'd slipped and let himself hope anyway.
Because it was her.
He looked away to gather himself and When he looked back, that business-clipped expression was back.]
Ms. Carter. Sorry for the confusion, but I don't think I'm who you're thinking of. I find that's a common problem when people get taken from their homes by power-hungry entities.
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"Looking for a small town girl from District 10 with eyes as pretty as marble and a tongue sharp as a knife."
"And who punches like a brick? Good thing she's looking for a small town boy who knows how to pay a lady a compliment."]
Peg?
[In that split second, it wasn't the district 13 soldier who answered her, it was the district 10 boy, looking for his small-town girl.
But another second passed and her words caught up to him and he could feel that ridiculous shard of hope that had sprung up shatter. Stupid. He knew it was likely there'd be familiar faces, how many version of him had passed through Panem in the time the Offworlders had been there? Other Peggys weren't outside the realm of possibility. In fact, this could be the very Peggy from any of those other Bucky's worlds and yet he'd slipped and let himself hope anyway.
Because it was her.
He looked away to gather himself and When he looked back, that business-clipped expression was back.]
Ms. Carter. Sorry for the confusion, but I don't think I'm who you're thinking of. I find that's a common problem when people get taken from their homes by power-hungry entities.