[ she intuits his anxiety as it dovetails with her own. he doesn't want to commit to the grander gesture, not because of some deep-seated unwillingness -- but because there's too much to be lost by getting lost in one another. it forces her to be satisfied with his chaste kiss, and to resist escalating things to a point of no return. it doesn't need to be said, but... ]
Bloody audience. [ she murmurs nearly against his neck, underlining precisely the problem that prevents them from saying little vital words or committing themselves more passionately to the moment. there's no question of if or should. peggy isn't prepared to turn their feelings for one another into some twisted uso performance. and it's easy for her to assume that he doesn't, either. his performing days are behind him. ]
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Date: 2016-05-16 02:03 am (UTC)Bloody audience. [ she murmurs nearly against his neck, underlining precisely the problem that prevents them from saying little vital words or committing themselves more passionately to the moment. there's no question of if or should. peggy isn't prepared to turn their feelings for one another into some twisted uso performance. and it's easy for her to assume that he doesn't, either. his performing days are behind him. ]