[Natasha doesn't so much keep her surprise off her face as her surprise mostly involves freezing, then blinking slowly and whispering shit under her breath in Russian.
So Peggy isn't the only one who's learning something new today.
Maybe she shouldn't be so surprised after all. It's not as though she's not aware of how intense Steve's feelings about Barnes were, especially when he became the one person in the world who knew Steve from before. Her time with Steve here had overlapped so minimally, she doesn't have to wonder why she didn't know before.]
Well. That checks out.
[Very wryly, and wondering if it's too late to back out of this direction. Even with a part of her nagging at the assertion that Steve isn't her ex. Obviously she's telling the truth, but in a situation like this, semantics and perception would go a long way.]
Sorry. That was not the direction I wanted this conversation to go.
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So Peggy isn't the only one who's learning something new today.
Maybe she shouldn't be so surprised after all. It's not as though she's not aware of how intense Steve's feelings about Barnes were, especially when he became the one person in the world who knew Steve from before. Her time with Steve here had overlapped so minimally, she doesn't have to wonder why she didn't know before.]
Well. That checks out.
[Very wryly, and wondering if it's too late to back out of this direction. Even with a part of her nagging at the assertion that Steve isn't her ex. Obviously she's telling the truth, but in a situation like this, semantics and perception would go a long way.]
Sorry. That was not the direction I wanted this conversation to go.