[ In truth, Peggy is still reeling from the briefing.
For once, she'd thought that she was being brought in to actually be given a mission and to be set out into the world with purpose. Instead, she'd been sat down opposite a familiar man who wasn't familiar at all, told that he's Barnes, and that he's going to be filling in for Captain America because they need to keep the image going to keep the Russians in line after the war.
All that had been shock enough. What had been truly over the top for Peggy was when Dooley and the others had the gall to suggest that in order to keep the guise working and for everyone to believe it, she needed to be seen publicly and romantically linked with him.
"Everyone knows you and Cap had a thing," had been the unflattering way they had put it.
She wished that she could have said no, but unfortunately, her role with the SSR meant that she had to accept the missions she'd been given, even if this one felt utterly useless apart from her swooning in public. Romantic with a stranger. This was the best the SSR had to give her.
Standing at her desk, Peggy feels utterly aimless. She could call Howard and complain viciously to him, but she was sworn to secrecy. She knows that she ought to simply go and talk to Barnes, but she's trying to put it off for the moment. Leaning forward against the desk, she grips it and stares, steely, forward until Barnes is led out of the room as well.
Better to talk now, isn't it? Gesturing for him to come sit with her, she stays standing and wonders just what the hell she's going to lead with. This certainly had never been covered in any of her training. ]
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The Substitute Captain America Project
Date: 2018-12-20 02:01 am (UTC)For once, she'd thought that she was being brought in to actually be given a mission and to be set out into the world with purpose. Instead, she'd been sat down opposite a familiar man who wasn't familiar at all, told that he's Barnes, and that he's going to be filling in for Captain America because they need to keep the image going to keep the Russians in line after the war.
All that had been shock enough. What had been truly over the top for Peggy was when Dooley and the others had the gall to suggest that in order to keep the guise working and for everyone to believe it, she needed to be seen publicly and romantically linked with him.
"Everyone knows you and Cap had a thing," had been the unflattering way they had put it.
She wished that she could have said no, but unfortunately, her role with the SSR meant that she had to accept the missions she'd been given, even if this one felt utterly useless apart from her swooning in public. Romantic with a stranger. This was the best the SSR had to give her.
Standing at her desk, Peggy feels utterly aimless. She could call Howard and complain viciously to him, but she was sworn to secrecy. She knows that she ought to simply go and talk to Barnes, but she's trying to put it off for the moment. Leaning forward against the desk, she grips it and stares, steely, forward until Barnes is led out of the room as well.
Better to talk now, isn't it? Gesturing for him to come sit with her, she stays standing and wonders just what the hell she's going to lead with. This certainly had never been covered in any of her training. ]