[ semi-closed ]

[revlon]

Who: Peggy Carter (revlon) & Various
What: Overflow for the winter gala and general catch-all for January
When: mid-Dec and all of Jan
Where: South Outpost, more to follow
Warning(s): N/A

[ captcha is the devil so the party is moving on. also: the mysterious jan plot will likely go in here. ]

Comments

[revlon]

[ She shoots a look at him, as if she can't be sure he's teasing her or not but finds the observation amusing all the same. (It's true, of course, but even so.) ]

No, am I? I thought the whispering was terribly obvious to anyone with eyes and ears.

[shashka]

[ a laugh. ]

Plenty of people will willingly ignore what's right in front of their eyes to keep their illusions alive.

But, then again, I already knew you were a realist.

[ to be in a war... any war, one almost had to be. ]

[revlon]

[ She shrugs as much as the dance hold allows her. ]

If you can't count on the English to be terribly pragmatic, then what else is there?

[shashka]

Stiff upper lip and everything.

[ same as the englishman he'd known once. ]

Just the same as counting on Russians to be utterly miserable.

omg so sorry this vanished in my inbox

[revlon]

I wouldn't say that.

[ Well, she would. She lived next door to a Russian assassin. But she ought to be diplomatic here. ]

You seem to be having a rather nice time.

it's cool this happens to me all the time

[shashka]

Only because you're too polite to.

[ though he can't help but laugh. she does bring up a good point. ]

What can I say? It's a lot nicer than I was used to back home. Have you ever been to a Soviet Gala?

[ not that he thinks she has. but still... he gives her a look that could be interpreted as "knowing", even if he really knows absolutely nothing. fake it until you make it, and all that. ]

[revlon]

[ Touché. Far too polite when the situation calls for it (and sometimes not even then, but that's neither here nor there). ]

No, I can't say that I have. I think the nicest thing I've ever attended before this was a garden party hosted by my mother — or maybe the dance hall on a Saturday night.

[ She raises her brows at him. ]

Have you?

[shashka]

No victory parties after the war?

[ a laugh. while Ocelot is a secretive person by nature, he does genuinely like Peggy.

truthfully, hadn't they been "dancing" around each other since the day they met? ]

Of course. I wouldn't be a very good patriot if I hadn't been, now would I?