with a reassuring smile, repeating her words from earlier, and Peggy chuckled, remembering that before sighing heavily, and looked up to look straight at Steve.
"Earlier, when you told me to turn around, and not look when you were occupied, I didn't look at first, but when I heard you calling for me absentmindedly,
I looked up, and I saw you in the reflections of the planes...I watched you... it made me want to touch myself all as
I wished to be in the place of the tarp you were using...", Peggy whispered firmly yet almost quietly.
Steve went really red-faced hearing all that, "Oh...".
His whole brain was still trying to catch up with the wave of shocking information he had just been told.
"I'm sorry, Steve... I just... my emotions got the better of me there, my whole body was practically...",
Peggy bit her lip as she stopped, certainly not wanting to say 'aching'. It was already embarrassing enough.
Steve exhaled, speechless, his brain trying to find the right words, and Peggy looked away, "I've already made a mess with the whole machine thing, and I've made it worse...I'm so sorry...
You probably hate me...I'm a bimbo, a shrew...", tears swelling in her eyes as she started to walk away, not wanting to make herself an embarrassment more than she is, going for the latrine.
"Peggy.", Steve grabbed her hand, not letting her get away from him. "Don't...",
Peggy looked at him before he gave a small smile.
"You're not a bimbo or a shrew or whatever horrible words you want to describe yourself. You're a woman that is as human as any other.
Our bodies now... they, they've acted on instinct today for the most part, but that doesn't make you or me bad in any way.".
Peggy looked at him in surprise and saw the love and sincerity in his eyes, and sighed heavily,
"I know...But what if it happens again, especially on the battleground? I...I care so deeply for you, Steve...", still not ready to say those fateful three words yet.
Steve touched her cheek with his other hand, gently moving her to face him, "I don't care if people judge us.
They won't physically force us apart, literally. We're 50 ft tall. If anyone dares hurt you,
I'll hurt them, with words or my hand. We're together for the long haul, Peggy.", giving her a warm, gentle peck on the lips.