i'll never make it alone (sorry i accidentally posted this to the arena)

[pursuitofcappiness]

WHO | Peggy & Steve
WHAT | He owes her a date!
WHEN | June
WARNINGS | Rots your teeth

There isn't much around here they really like, and Steve hasn't figured his finances out. So he's pulled together some food from his floor, grabbed some pillows to put on the ground of a conference room, and a blanket to drape over the television screen so they don't have to watch anyone die tonight.

It's... simple, but it's a chance to be alone (no one uses these rooms at night.) And that's more than Steve could ask for. He tapes up a paper on the door that says "in use," and then walks out to go find Peggy. It's... okay, it's a late surprise, but he's only ever punctual for the things that don't count, apparently.

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[pursuitofcappiness]

He knows he shouldn't in this place, but he can't stop smiling, a soft and almost shy smile, as he turns in her arms and presses a kiss to her brow. He takes her wrists in his hands and then laces their fingers together, leaning in to kiss her like he's been waiting for a long time. In a way, he has, he's waited awhile to kiss her with such fearlessness and lack of worry.

[onthedot]

He's kissing her in a way that make her toes curl. Peggy sways forward, body brushing against his as she tips her head back and meets the kiss with equal fervor. She adored him. It didn't matter who here knew it. If they hadn't already realized it, seen it, then they would know now. They would know exactly the best way to destroy her and she frankly couldn't bring herself to care.

There weren't a million eyes on them watching. There wasn't even a soul in sight. It was just them. Finally. Only them.

[pursuitofcappiness]

He knows it's bad. He knows this is putting them both in danger because they could root for them or they could just as easily want to split them up. And then he just buries his face in her hair and stays there, pecks a kiss to her temple, and stands still.

"We've got a little time," he says, after a pause.

[onthedot]

"Come on then." She squeezes his hands and draws him into the room toward the nest he'd built them. She wanted to see it. He'd done it for them. For her. That was more than enough reason to want to see more.

[pursuitofcappiness]

It's... okay, it's not the most impressive, but he's arranged everything in a way that's just very detailed, carved out a space for them that's airy and intimate at the same time, dimmed the lights just so, stolen away plates not of the sticky sweet things and heavy savory things, but light plates. Fruit, cheeses, nuts, natural things they would've died to have instead of rations. He gestures towards the pillows for her to take a seat.