Tag: howard stark
howard + peggy | pre-tfai’m about to do something stupid. you’ll be my call.
aren’t i always?
“No, Rogers,” said Col. Phillips.
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Why is this so long and philosophical. NO ONE KNOWS. But here it is.
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“No, Rogers,” said Col. Phillips.
Peggy watched as Steve got that look on his face, that sulky little pugilist frown. She’d no idea what he’d asked for, but she was sure he’d get it; that was the problem with Steve: he always did. You could tell him no, and he’d accept the answer— very polite, Steve. But as soon as you left, he’d be off to obtain what he wanted, regardless of your opinion. It was a very American way of working— one which, she’d found, she could respect, but which required rather a lot of damage control. She sighed now and prepared herself to do it.
It was always the same conversation, with small variations: “Perhaps I might assist Captain Rogers…” “The general is quite right, but I wonder if…” “I’m sure Mr. Stark could devise a suitable option…” “Let me speak to Captain Rogers; we won’t take up your time.” No one could fault Steve’s intelligence, but for some reason he seemed to think that truth was the best option, always, and always so much of it.
*T H R A S H E S* Oh shit, I am slain. Go read this thing.