Rooms

Who: Sharon Carter, some NPCs, TIGER
Where: Team Sharon's homebase
When: Night after this
What: Moving a few things around - lecturing Tiger - the usual
Warnings: Naaaaaah- But a valentine reveal!

( Don't you ever sleep? )

Who: Peggy Carter & Steve Rogers
What: a wish come true
Where: Marvel; Paley Park, NYC
When: the 14th
Warnings/Rating: probably toothachey sweetness

( He tugged back his sleeve to look at his watch. 8:01, and his breathing slowed. )

Who: Ronan X & Ben S
What: Obnoxious boyfriends/A magical Narnia date
Where: The former House of Strays ie. Ben's house
When: February 14
Warnings/Rating: Sex

( The warmth of the sun on their skin was there, beating down strong like they were both wearing thin cotton shirts instead of the suits and jackets. )

[Private to Muerte]

[After a couple blinks:] Do you know if Robin Hood was a real guy? Just a legend? Somewhere in between? There's some historical texts and theories, but nothing definitive on the subject. [Blink, blink.] And, yes. I see the humor of one fictional character asking about the existence of another. You know what I mean.

[Note left for Neil D]
( And subsequently abandoned when she gets too agitated and the nurse gives her something to calm down. The note is crumpled up and tossed in the kitchen trash, blood-dotted from where she's been itching at her arms. )

[Locked to Iris M]
[Later, and tucked back into bed. Slow and messy, and because this is easier than telling Shane.] I?

This place is nice, but they said I should go now.

Thanks for all the grapes, whoever you are. I'm not sure I even put a dent in them, but I sure tried.

[Max M]

Can I come see Gus and Lia?

[Barbara G]

Okay...How'd it go? The Valentine? I'm your Cupid. My name is Evie.

[Clementine M]

Jake talked to me for all of two minutes before he up and disappeared again. Should I just keep on waiting or go on and try something else?

[On 15 February a 5 star yelp review shows up from Yelp Elite Reviewer "NYHedgeFunGuy156" for Mayflowers.

"Yesterday was Valentine's Day. I remembered it was Valentine's Day the day before yesterday, yes, yes I know. This was a tragic mistake on my part. But - have no fear. 1-800-Flowers same day delivery to the rescue right?

WRONG. I couldn't have been more wrong. They came in a box.

With instructions on how to cut the stems.

With a squished teddy bear.

And a dusty vase.

My wife nearly left me. Nearly.

So this this morning I phoned the first flower shop Google provided me with. BIG MISTAKE (See 1 star yelp review left prior to this one.)

So. Instead. I picked the last place google provided me with. And that place was Mayflowers. I phoned them up.

I'm not going to lie, they sounded a little surprised to be speaking to someone on the telephone, I think they thought I might I have been prank calling them at first.

And while I wouldn't say I had a professional experience, I certainly felt comfortable explaining exactly what happened, handing over my credit card information. And whatever it was they sent over to my wife at her office before she was off work that day saved my marriage. Thank you also for the next 15 years of outlook invitations for Valentine's Day.

I will never use another florist again in this city, and neither should you. I can't wait to schlep out to the East Village and weep openly and in person rather than just over the phone."

Over the next several days more and more similar reviews from more and more users, some new, some old begin popping up as well. Clearly there is a place to go in this city when you need to cut through the bullshit and get your act together....]

[A thumb drive is delivered to Captain Rogers by a member of Team Sharon, dressed as nondescript as any food delivery dude would be -

The thumb drive is full of all the digital copies of basically all the information she has. Everything she's tracked down on HYDRA's operations within SHIELD, the work she's been doing for over a year, including projecting insight and the work that went into bringing that project down. Team Sharon, and her side missions, names, files, backgrounds on HYDRA operatives in high places that are currently no longer in those positions, others who still are and are on their way out. Others who are still under surveillance while they work on finding their way out. It's all there. Sharon's history and files, her team's history and files. There's a lot of reading materials.

Included is a hand written note.

Steve,

I'm happy to go over any of this, at any time that is convenient for you. I know it is a lot to digest, and you're likely to have more questions than all of this is to give you answers. But this is everything. The quintessential info-dump.

-Sharon

[secure phone number and secure email address]

[Locked to Mingmei S]

Did you get something for Valentine's Day? I made a wish for you!