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CHARACTERS: Peggy Carter and YOU
LOCATION: The Oxygen Garden
WARNINGS: None.
SUMMARY: Peggy is exploring the ship and comes across the oxygen garden.
NOTES: Basically an open post for new and old CR. Gimme it~

It wasn't her intention to go to the oxygen garden but somehow, Peggy had ended up in the area and she was fascinated by it. The room reminded her of botanical gardens she had been to when she was a young girl back home, except this was much more technologically advanced. She knew the function of the area by reading a guide but in a way, she still wanted to see it for herself. It made her think about the future; not that she would be around of course but even so. Is that what the people of the future would construct? Peggy could only speculate.

As she walked around the room, her thoughts drifted to Steve and how his arrival seemed to have change things for her. Peggy thought that he was dead and seeing him was such a shock, then a relief. Perhaps it was selfish of her to want to have him here, especially considering how dangerous the ship could be, but a part of her was glad because she got to see Steve again.

Anyone who comes across Peggy now will find her deep in thought.

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There were a few people here who were from the same universe as her but only one who was from the same year. Even if she did go home, she wouldn't be able to see that person again because of what happened to them before she came on board the ship. A part of her didn't wish to return home because it meant that she could spend time with someone she cared about very deeply.

"You're not wrong on that. People would go to the extremes to achieve a goal and not stop until they have achieved it. The war was still going on when I came here."

If they were to broach the topic of going home, Jack would have a similar opinion of going back himself, without Ianto, without everything that he'd built for himself and then watched tumble to the rocks, well. It wasn't ideal, but he'd take staying on the ship over going back to a world of emptiness, as melodramatic and selfish as that was.

"I hope I'm not spoiling anything for you to say that it does end, eventually," he said, with a small smile.

Peggy shook her head at his words, offering him a smile in return. "No, you're not. It's actually a relief to know that it does end. Just don't tell me how long it lasts for. I think there's only so much I'm allowed to know about the future."

Although, Peggy was told she could forget all about her experiences on board if she left here. She wasn't sure if that was true though.

"I'm lucky enough to have someone on board whom I'm close to from back home. I lost him there," Peggy added after a few moments, sounding a little saddened.

Edited 2012-06-15 21:40 (UTC)

"Oh yeah?" Jack said, rocking on his feet as he did. "Who might that be then?" he asked.

He edged towards the bench, nodding to silently ask if she'd care to join him for a chat for a little while.

Was that a faint blush on her cheeks? Probably.

Peggy smiled a little, her sadness forgotten. "Captain Steven Rogers." At his gesture, she moved to sit down on the bench, folding her hands in her lap. Then she continued.

"We worked together back home and he's one of the best men I know."

Jack nodded, moving to take a seat on the bench with her. He'd have to keep an ear open for if he ever encounters this Captain Steve Rogers, so he's got a face to the name.

"And by 'lost him' do you mean...?" he asked, trailing off because he didn't want to touch on it too firmly if it was a sensitive topic for her. He knew all too well what it was like to believe that someone was dead only to have them show up here on the ship, after all.

She nodded. "He died heroically. Sacrificing himself to save many lives." It wasn't exactly the easiest thing for Peggy to talk about but he did ask and she could at least answer his question without going into too much detail.

"As you can imagine, I couldn't believe that he was on board the first time I saw him. I thought I was dreaming." Peggy fell silent after that, remembering how she felt when Steve appeared over the network.

Jack nodded in response to her silence, knowing all too well how it must have felt to have the man appearing on the network. Ianto had appeared after the jump for him, after all, and he'd known better than to assume he was dreaming. For a moment, he'd even questioned whether he was dead or not.

"I've got someone on board that I lost back home," he said, which was a huge step for him to admit to, even if it didn't seem like it. "So I can kinda understand how you feel, yeah."

"It's a good thing that you have them here. Despite how dangerous this place can be." A part of her felt like she was being selfish for wanting Steve on the ship but he made things so much easier for Peggy in the long term.

She gave Jack a smile. "I should introduce you to him at some point. I think you'd like him."

Jack chuckled slightly, nodding at her. "I probably would. Especially if you know him from work. What can I say?" he asks with a shrug and a shake of his head. "I've always been a sucker for a man in uniform."

In retrospect, maybe he should have perhaps tested the waters before going all open sexuality on her. Then again, he'd always pushed the boundaries, regardless of what era he was in.

"Oh." A brief flicker of surprise crossed her features at his words because she didn't expect that. Then Peggy relaxed again. "Well. He certainly does look good in his uniform. I can vouch for that."

She had never met anyone who was so open and frank about things (well, except maybe Howard Stark). Simply because it wasn't really done in the time that she came from; or it was just kept better hidden.

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