[ for the thinnest moment -- for a split second -- all she sees and all she hears is howard. in the loveliest, most wonderful of ways. all the bullshit sloughed off and only friendship remaining. except...
he laughs. peggy laughs, too, after a moment. it's a defeated snicker offered up out of exhaustion more than entertainment. it's that old familiar feeling of giving a stark a pass because beneath the brassy attitude and the bad jokes there might actually be a good man worth working with. ]
Maybe the problem with no one getting your jokes, [ she pulls her hand back, ] is that they're not particularly funny.
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he laughs. peggy laughs, too, after a moment. it's a defeated snicker offered up out of exhaustion more than entertainment. it's that old familiar feeling of giving a stark a pass because beneath the brassy attitude and the bad jokes there might actually be a good man worth working with. ]
Maybe the problem with no one getting your jokes, [ she pulls her hand back, ] is that they're not particularly funny.