City Never Sleeps

[womanofvalue]

It's been some time since the actual engagement, but Peggy's needed it to sink in.

Perhaps it's because it's not her first time being engaged that she's so hesitant to begin plans. The first time with Fred had been such a flood of planning and a hurricane of activity she'd hardly wanted to take place in (she'd wanted to work on the codebreaking), but this time, with Daniel, she knows it's going to be different. It's why she eventually remembers that while she doesn't have to go to the same lengths to plan, she still needs to take some steps.

The first and most important is making sure that she has the critical people at her side when she's standing there saying her vows, witnessed by the people she cares for. It's why she's sent out a few texts and is sitting at her favourite coffeeshop with a magazine filled with dresses, sipping her tea as she makes notes in the margins. While she's not expecting trouble, she still wants to be sure that if there is, she's well-equipped for it, which means any dress she buys is going to be one that at least allows for a thigh holster.

After all, you can't be underprepared for one of the most important days of your life, now can you?

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[womanofvalue]

"In that case, you're the absolutely perfect person to plan this party," Peggy insists with a sharp smile that says that she knows a thing or two about placing people in their areas of strength, and this means that she can enjoy herself because Dutch will be able to make sure nothing goes awry.

"We'll certainly have to do that, then. Maybe at a nice restaurant and it can serve as both engagement party and other celebrations," she says, eyeing a way to do this efficiently.

[red17]

"Thank you for asking me to do this," Dutch says shyly. "I don't think it would have ever happened in Westerley. Marriages, they just aren't really a common thing. If you get too attached, then you put someone else in danger. So, I'm glad I get to see his through."

[womanofvalue]

"For a long time, I didn't think I'd ever be getting married," Peggy admits, which is hard to say out loud, but there it is. "After everything that happened with Fred and then Steve, I thought that I could simply swear off feeling like that for anyone, but it turns out that you can't simply turn it off."

You can go and fall in love with someone incredible, who's been standing right beside you. "Daniel doesn't mind the danger," she shares, with a proud smile. "The same as I don't, either."

[red17]

Dutch had gotten married. She'd gotten married to someone she really and truly loved and watched him die. After that, she's vowed to never let it happen again. But, this isn't her time and she's never said that to anyone here anyway.

Maybe one day.

"You're both very lucky," she says and means it. "I'm so happy for the both of you. I really am."

[womanofvalue]

"Thank you, Dutch," Peggy replies, sincerely and feeling as though she's been lucky to have this, despite not feeling like she really knew how to make the sort of friends that other people did. "Honestly, I'm glad to have you here with me for this."

"I can only hope that I won't drive you completely mad over the next few months. I promise to try and keep texting to a minimum."