Peggy Carter (hisbestgal) wrote in valarlogs, @ 2016-09-12 17:06:00 |
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Entry tags: | !complete, natasha romanoff (black widow), peggy carter |
Who: Peggy and Natasha
What: Peggy makes an announcement to Natasha
Where: The Agency
When: This afternoon
Rating: G
Status: Complete
Peggy walked towards Natasha’s office with a purpose and she was going to drop a bit of a bombshell on her friend. She had let Steve convince her it would be okay to announce the pregnancy to a few people before doing a more general announcement later. Natasha was on her list since she was her second in command and one of her closest friends here. How Natasha would take the information was a mystery to her, but she didn’t think it would go badly. Once she approached the office she raised a hand to knock on the door and poked her head inside to make sure that she wasn’t occupied.
It depended on the news. Natasha could roll with just about anything though. She looked up from her computer. “Director. What’s up? Personal visit or professional? I need to know if I should put my shoes back on or not.”
“Personal, keep your shoes off. If I could walk around without shoes I probably would,” Peggy quipped with a smile as she walked over to the desk and took a seat across from Natasha, “How are things going today? I wanted to chat with you about something, but I didn’t want to interrupt you if something important was going on.”
“No shoe day, I’ll put that on the calendar,” Nat offered. She rested her elbows on the table. “Nothing that can’t wait. I could probably use a break for eye strain.”
“Perfect, we can send a memo about it. Participation is strictly voluntary, but no perverts,” Peggy grinned at the last comment, which would hopefully not be included in the memo, but who knew what would happen. Natasha did whatever she wanted and Peggy admired that, “And perfect. I have some important news to share with you and it’s going to affect this place, so I wanted to make sure you knew before most people.”
“They’ll accuse us of foot fetishes. Not the worse thing I’ve ever been accused of.” Grinning, Natasha started to mentally type up the memo. She was going to do this now, no takesy-backsies.
But her mental memo ground to a halt and she raised both of her eyebrows. “News? What kind of news?”
The spy didn’t already know? That was a first.
Oooo, she managed to get one over on Natasha. Peggy took a brief moment to savor this and then smiled, “I’m pregnant. Steve and I are having a baby together.” Plain and simple was probably the best way to do this and she knew that Natasha was most likely going to tease the two of them. Once the announcement was over she kept her eyes trained on Natasha to see how she took it.
Natasha blinked, then broke into a big smile. “Congrats!” Really, she didn’t quite know what she was feeling. Her emotions with regards to Steve and Peggy were complicated, but as long as they were happy, she would be happy for them. Still, she wondered what the super soldier serum could do to a baby. “Honestly that’s kind of a shock. Is it a happy one?”
Peggy knew that Natasha and Steve didn’t have the kind of relationship they did in their dreams, but she was hoping that would come eventually. Steve’s dreams were taking too long and she had so much to explain to him once he finally got to a certain part of them and she wanted to make sure the people who knew him as part of the Avengers got that chance to know him here.
“Thank you. And it’s a shock for me to. It’s becoming a happy shock though. If you had asked me after I found out I would have told you otherwise, but I’ve come around,” Peggy admitted to her friend with a smile, “But I wanted to give you fair warning especially since a maternity leave will come up and I’ll be out of field work for a little while.”
“Thank you for the warning. She’s going to be named Natalia right?” Natasha batted her eyelashes at Peggy. “A proper name is very important. I’m glad it’s a good shock. Have you told Steve yet?”
“Possibly, I’ll make sure to add that to the list when we start making one,” Peggy grinned at the idea of naming their kid after Natasha, it would be pretty amusing. She honestly hadn’t started thinking about possible names, “I don’t even know what gender the baby is yet, too soon. And does Steve know I’m pregnant? He does - he’s over the moon about it. I’ve never seen someone so excited over an accident.”
“Honestly I can see it.” Especially here in this world, without the responsibility - and the guilt - that was ever present under his skin. Natasha herself could never have a kid, even if she’d wanted one. But she’d always suspected that a child had been something Steve had wanted. “You both deserve this chance.”
“That’s really sweet of you. It feels like we’ve been given a second chance in this place. This wasn’t something that was possible in the Dream world, but we can live our lives differently here,” Peggy had to agree with Natasha about that. It was nice of her to say that and a small blush appeared on her cheeks. Not living up to the expectations of the world in the Dreams was a weight off their shoulders, “But that’s all I wanted to tell you - we’re keeping it mum to everyone else until I hit my second trimester, but you’re important to me.”
“Second chances are never something to sneeze at.” Had Natasha blown her own? Or never gotten that second chance to begin with. She supposed there was a good reason she hadn’t ended things with Stahma before they’d gotten serious. Parts of her wondered if she still should.
“Alright, I don’t want to take up much more of our time,” Peggy flashed a smile to her friend. Natasha had things to get done and so did Peggy, but at least she got this part of it accomplished and it would require more meetings between them, “I’ll make sure to show you ultrasound photos in the future.”
“I can’t wait to see them.” Even though she wasn’t particularly interested in seeing ultrasounds, Natasha could humor Peggy. She’d earned that much, and Nat would at least enjoy the bonding time with her boss and friend. And hero.
Not that she’d ever tell Peggy that last part.
Peggy knew that Natasha wouldn’t want to see the ultrasounds, but she would totally do it just as friendly torture, “Brilliant. Let me know if you need anything, love.” Peggy gave her a little wave as she left the office and smiled to herself. Steve would be so proud of her for getting these announcements under her belt.