[ you know what? she's been TERRIBLY supportive. almost to the point of feeling worried about her own sentimentality breaking through. but there's only so much that peggy carter can stomach before she can't help herself: ]

That's bollocks.

[ so eloquent! so charming! ]

Self-flagellation on that level really requires you to have had a dash of agency in being here. And unless you're hiding a much more interesting secret, Fitz, I can't imagine you've had any more choice in the matter than I have.