[ remarkably, there's something here that stays unspoken. perhaps that's victory enough -- that despite the broad bold truths dropping left and right like bombs, they've managed to talk a circle around whatever it is that elicits his grin.
whatever it is that makes him look a little less down-trodden compared to how she'd found him.
and that, in turn, raises peggy's spirits. she appreciates seeing an uptick in his composure (if not his mood) and it's enough to make her reach for his cup but instead of refilling it next to hers, she sets it aside.
ordinarily, she might like to play it off as though the nature of the event made her wonder indeed whether he felt any genuine gratitude to be expressed. but the truth wins, in the end, and peggy finds herself incapable even of dismissing his words with a coy think nothing of it. ]
You're quite welcome. [ she's pleased she came to the second floor, this morning. pleased it worked out well. pleased indeed that despite the uncomfortable reveals, she finds herself no less inclined to share her time with him.
and under the full gust of that realization, peggy lifts her cup and breathes in the scent of tea. as to why she never poured a new cup for him? ] You're also welcome to get yourself another quarter hour of sleep.
[ she'll carry the watch for the next little while -- should he allow it. ]
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whatever it is that makes him look a little less down-trodden compared to how she'd found him.
and that, in turn, raises peggy's spirits. she appreciates seeing an uptick in his composure (if not his mood) and it's enough to make her reach for his cup but instead of refilling it next to hers, she sets it aside.
ordinarily, she might like to play it off as though the nature of the event made her wonder indeed whether he felt any genuine gratitude to be expressed. but the truth wins, in the end, and peggy finds herself incapable even of dismissing his words with a coy think nothing of it. ]
You're quite welcome. [ she's pleased she came to the second floor, this morning. pleased it worked out well. pleased indeed that despite the uncomfortable reveals, she finds herself no less inclined to share her time with him.
and under the full gust of that realization, peggy lifts her cup and breathes in the scent of tea. as to why she never poured a new cup for him? ] You're also welcome to get yourself another quarter hour of sleep.
[ she'll carry the watch for the next little while -- should he allow it. ]