There were so many more things James wanted to say to her. First and foremost, 'Stop fucking around and screw him already, you'll regret every wasted moment later'. The problem was finding a way to do it that wouldn't warn her of Steve's 'death'.
She might be willing to let him 'die', but Steve? He wasn't sure she could resist preventing Steve from dying. And if she did find a way, the world would be lost to, of all things, aliens, because Steve wouldn't be fresh from the ice and still and full fighting strength to stop them.
Or to stop Insight, or... yeah, there was no way to get around the need for Steve Rogers to sleep for seventy years. Much as Steve might resent it when he found out James could have changed things for him.
"Don't waste time, Peggy," he finally settled on. "There's never enough of it. The things you put off for 'later' turn into 'too late' way too fucking fast. Whether you've got one year left or a hundred, that's always true."
After a brief moment's pause, he asked, "What gave me away, anyhow? I thought I played it pretty well. What'd I miss?"
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Date: 2016-06-02 05:58 am (UTC)She might be willing to let him 'die', but Steve? He wasn't sure she could resist preventing Steve from dying. And if she did find a way, the world would be lost to, of all things, aliens, because Steve wouldn't be fresh from the ice and still and full fighting strength to stop them.
Or to stop Insight, or... yeah, there was no way to get around the need for Steve Rogers to sleep for seventy years. Much as Steve might resent it when he found out James could have changed things for him.
"Don't waste time, Peggy," he finally settled on. "There's never enough of it. The things you put off for 'later' turn into 'too late' way too fucking fast. Whether you've got one year left or a hundred, that's always true."
After a brief moment's pause, he asked, "What gave me away, anyhow? I thought I played it pretty well. What'd I miss?"