-- You were managing it before I came along. Maybe not for long and not soundly. But you were asleep.
[ she applies just a smidgen more pressure. not much in the way of argument, it's more like carefully offered support. he says he's not sure he can; peggy suggests she can be sure for him. it's inconvenient to feel such ease of friendship with anyone, but oh it quite sneaked up on her with rip hunter. knitted purl by purl and row by row with wednesday nights and a few uncomfortable events.
(what was it tony stark had said about shared trauma? at the memory, peggy's nose crinkles.)
peggy takes no offense. ]
I've got nowhere else to be. [ true enough! and if he won't agree to sleep, then she relents and asks for something else: ] Do you mind if I stay? We might yet manage to sit in silence.
[ and maybe just maybe he'll fall asleep whether he thinks he can manage it or not. it's a slim wager, and one she doesn't much mind losing if it comes to it. ]
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[ she applies just a smidgen more pressure. not much in the way of argument, it's more like carefully offered support. he says he's not sure he can; peggy suggests she can be sure for him. it's inconvenient to feel such ease of friendship with anyone, but oh it quite sneaked up on her with rip hunter. knitted purl by purl and row by row with wednesday nights and a few uncomfortable events.
(what was it tony stark had said about shared trauma? at the memory, peggy's nose crinkles.)
peggy takes no offense. ]
I've got nowhere else to be. [ true enough! and if he won't agree to sleep, then she relents and asks for something else: ] Do you mind if I stay? We might yet manage to sit in silence.
[ and maybe just maybe he'll fall asleep whether he thinks he can manage it or not. it's a slim wager, and one she doesn't much mind losing if it comes to it. ]