[ she fact he's not flustered leaves a half-moment of misstep. of something being different than what she expected, a reminder that her feet don't fall in the same way anymore.
and then he kisses the back of her hand, and jemma is the flustered one, feeling the sudden warmth push out across her cheeks to her ears.
( not because she doesn't know he loves her. not because she's not aware he's had these feelings. they were going to dinner, after all. it's just the suddenness of the movement, the ease that he does it at all, and jemma is feeling out of place all over again. )
she swallows it back, though. smiles as she nods, her eyes fall back to the ground as she expects to start walking again, but before she even takes that first step she is pulled to a stop. ] Peggy?
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and then he kisses the back of her hand, and jemma is the flustered one, feeling the sudden warmth push out across her cheeks to her ears.
( not because she doesn't know he loves her. not because she's not aware he's had these feelings. they were going to dinner, after all. it's just the suddenness of the movement, the ease that he does it at all, and jemma is feeling out of place all over again. )
she swallows it back, though. smiles as she nods, her eyes fall back to the ground as she expects to start walking again, but before she even takes that first step she is pulled to a stop. ] Peggy?