dear_mun | Muse on a rampage

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Muse on a rampage

Ma'am, I have to say this isn't the best idea you've ever had. I know I don't speak for just myself, but all those in this... what do you call it? head...space? Hm. Very well then, headspace it is.

But do you really think it's for the good of everyone that you simply decide on a time during their lives (very rarely at a very pleasant time, might I add!) and send them to who knows where? Take me for a prime example. Not only is it not fair to myself for you to take me from right after Steve... the Captain, I mean... crashes so foolishly - no, no, I meant heroically, he saved us all! But you don't even plan to tell me anything? Anything at all?

You should treat others far better than you have been. We might cooperate more. Or blow your head off, whichever works most succinctly.

Yours (for the moment),
Peggy Carter

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Your captain sounds as stubbornly heroic as Yuy. He's pulled stunts like that in the past too.

Mr... Yuy? I'm afraid I've not heard of him. But that's beside the point. If he's at all like Captain America, I hope he has a good team. Sounds like he needs it just to keep going.

[A touch of amusement.]

We try to keep him in one piece.

Though I wouldn't mind knowing who came up with that name for the poor man.

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Oh, you're... part of his team. I see. Good.

[A small sound of amusement, then a delicate, proper cough.]

The name signifies his importance to the people and the war. He's...well. I'm rather surprised you haven't heard about him, but perhaps you've been rather distracted yourself.

[Raises an eyebrow at that. Hello Chinese man, not American. Silly woman.]

I wouldn't say we ever precisely had a team in our war.

Which, from the sounds of it, is a very different one than yours.

[And yet the Nazis knew Captain America, so what's the problem? Silly boy.]

Hm... I'm starting to get that impression as well. Who was your opponent?

The Alliance, OZ, the Romefeller Foundation, White Fang... It's been a list.

O-oh... Yes. Very different war. We fight against the Nazis and Hydra, though I have the feeling neither will be familiar to you.

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I wasn't hoping you'd think it was heroic. [Steve couldn't think of it as heroic when he'd been terrified the entire time and Peggy's voice had been one of the only things keeping him calm through it all.] But I was hoping you wouldn't think I was foolish. I did the best I could, Pegg - Agent Carter.

[Watch her freeze, then stalk up to him and aim a slap at his cheek.]

You never try to be heroic, it just happens. So I'm just Agent Carter now? Really.

[And now she's trying not to cry.]

[Steve doesn't try to block that slap or move away. He deserves whatever she wants to do to him for putting her through that. Murmuring a soft 'I'm sorry' he pulls her close to hug her.] You never told me I could call you Peggy.

[She grabs hold of his shirt to make sure he doesn't try to move away, biting a lip as she fights back a sob.]

You should be sorry. You stood me up. [But that's not why she's upset, she's just trying to distract herself.]

I... Yes. Of course. How stupid of me. Call me Peggy... Please?

[Holding her carefully to make sure that emotion doesn't get the better of his control, he rests his cheek against her hair. It's something he never would have dared before, but losing his entire world - losing her - had caused Steve to realize that he should have quit making excuses and taken a chance with her before.]

I tried to be there, Peggy. [His voice cracks slightly before it steadies.] You were the first thing I thought of when I woke up.

[She was just as much to blame for them not moving faster than they had, and she knew it. Even that little contact is a comfort though and Peggy takes a deep steadying breath.]

That's... neither here nor there, now, is it?

[Doesn't pull away, though she absently smooths his shirt, focusing on trying to pat out the wrinkles her tight grip had made.]

Well. When did you wake up? I think I should have heard about that sooner...

[The wrinkles in his shirt don't matter. Not when she's here, alive and safe and they have at least a few moments together.]

I - um - [He should have called her as soon as he'd found out she was alive, but after weeks of thinking she was gone, it'd been a shock that he'd had trouble getting over. And then everything with Loki...He'd been too busy saving the world to consider calling. But none of that makes it easier to tell her that almost seventy years passed. There's no way to lessen the blow so he doesn't try.] I woke up in 2012.

[No, not really, but it made her feel better to have something to focus on. That, and it helps keep her from feeling self-conscious about how close they are. Aaand those wrinkles are back as she's right back to clutching almost desperately at him.]

T-that's - How?

She's lovely <3

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Thank you! I'm having a blast. ^_^

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Do you have any plans for her?

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I have one place definitely in mind, but am open for a second.

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I've been thinking of putting him in a small game but no real plans. Where were you looking?

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Aah. She'll at least go to Citadel, which is getting a Steve already. ^^

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I was considering Citadel then they got the reserve. Is there somewhere else?

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Not at the moment. Any others sound interesting to you?

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What do you want to know, Peggy? [Steve steps up right behind this woman. A woman he had simply wanted to be his partner once upon a time. Before the ice took him away from her and the world and he woke up missing an entire lifetime worth of memories and love.] Is that rain-check still good?

[She's hallucinating. Clearly. That voice... Then the mention of that rain-check... Peggy spins, raising her hand to try and back-hand him.]

There's a lot I want to know. [Like she's trying not to break down completely. Good job.]

[Steve catches her hand in his, gentle yet firm, and tugs her closer, his free hand resting lightly against her lower back. His gaze was full of longing and heartache and warmth. His mind full of all the things he'd wanted to tell her before the impact and darkness took him.]

Bucky tried to teach me how to hold a woman when dancing and this is as far as we got before we started teasing and laughing too hard to finish the dance lesson.

[Peggy stifles a gasp as she's tugged close, not resisting, and looks up to stare at him. Wondering. Wary. Heartsick. The mention of Bucky earns a self-conscious scoff and look away, trying not to blush.]

Sargent Barnes. Well, I'm sure he did the best he could.

[Her free hand creeps up to settle on Steve's rather nicely muscled bicep, finishing the proper dance hold.]

It's all you now, Peggy. [Steve smirks, firming his hold on Peggy's waist and leaning closer to inhale slowly. Oh, how he missed her.] Teach me to dance.

[Focus, Carter, focus. Her heartbeat speeds up but she doesn't try to pull away. Rather, she obliges by guiding Steve through rather simple steps.]

This would be easier if we had music.

Close your eyes.

[Steve follows the steps, doing his best not to step on Peggy's feet.]

Imagine the music in your mind.

[She ducks her head and rests it against Steve's shoulder, watching his feet. She doesn't need to be stepped on anymore than Steve wants to step on her. Gradually she guides him through more complex steps, though never straying far from his arms.]

[Has a yukata on and a cookie in hand because he's being given time off and is enjoying it while he can.]

Muns usually don't listen to being scolded, miss. In fact, it sometimes makes them worse.

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