"It's not easy coming back from having someone else in your head," he remarks, keeping his voice carefully neutral while not shying away from eye contact.
It's a prompt, in a way. They've made headway tonight, and he wouldn't push her to say more than she already has, but when there's still so much about her he doesn't understand it's natural to wonder, before they go back into an unfamiliar territory, how much she'll let him in. "He's lucky to have you. I think we all needed some rest after New York."
Not that all of them did, but that's another story altogether.
"You should probably know -- Stark's on that boat," he says, lips twitching. "And a guy I think I'm supposed to meet. He knows us. From here."
He hesitates, something unreadable flickering through his eyes. "And Peggy Carter."
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"It's not easy coming back from having someone else in your head," he remarks, keeping his voice carefully neutral while not shying away from eye contact.
It's a prompt, in a way. They've made headway tonight, and he wouldn't push her to say more than she already has, but when there's still so much about her he doesn't understand it's natural to wonder, before they go back into an unfamiliar territory, how much she'll let him in. "He's lucky to have you. I think we all needed some rest after New York."
Not that all of them did, but that's another story altogether.
"You should probably know -- Stark's on that boat," he says, lips twitching. "And a guy I think I'm supposed to meet. He knows us. From here."
He hesitates, something unreadable flickering through his eyes. "And Peggy Carter."