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I Shall Not Want Honour In Heaven by copperbadge (PG-13)
Fandom: THE AVENGERS (MOVIEVERSE)
Pairing: Peggy Carter/Gabe Jones
Length: 12,625
Author on LJ:![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
copperbadge
Author Website: LJ or AO3
Why this must be read:
Because it's Peggy - after the war and still being awesome, and because it's full of little moments that give you the shivers and maybe some tears (good tears, nostalgic tears, not crushing ones). It's a simple little love story in not-so-simple surroundings, with equally simple moments that in turn are the ones that have the most profound impacts. The characters are spot-on here - their voices are right and you can see it play out in your mind. Copperbadge is one of those authors that makes you see, feel, and hear the story without hitting you over the head with it. And because it's the story of Peggy, and Gabe, and SHIELD as they are begun and as they grow.
Peggy didn't really expect Gabriel to write to her; those were the kinds of things people said they'd do but didn't always follow through on. She was surprised, then, to find a letter from him bundled in with her post when she returned from a diplomatic visit to Poland.
It was a cheery, funny letter, full of anecdotes about his experiences hunting for a flat and a job in Paris, and a few lines about what he was doing now that he'd found his feet. He talked about how the city had changed since the war, but I imagine you already knew that, and the bohemian American expats who lived across the hall.
Last night a French lady asked me to dance, he wrote. I think it's the first time since the war a white woman looked at me in a club and didn't think I was a waiter. Times are changing.
She copied Gabriel's address into her small red address book, under H for Howlers, and sifted through the rest of the post. There was also a letter from Howard, who Sat down to send you a few lines from Japan, but by the time I got to mail it I was in Egypt, so you get rice paper letter and Egyptian cotton envelope; don't I shower you with luxury? Dum Dum's with me, and sends his regards.
Peg, there are big things coming and I can't write about 'em here, but I want to see you next time I'm in London. I promise no party this time, just you and me and some words for your ears. For what I'm planning I need good people, and if I have to steal them from the Crown I will. It's not a job offer (not yet) but I want to put the idea in your head that there'd be a place for you in what Dum Dum and I are making.
She frowned, set the letter aside, and looked out her window, watching people pass on the busy London street. She'd worked hard to get where she was in the civil service, and starting over didn't necessarily appeal.
But then Howard knew how hard she worked, so perhaps she should consider whatever he had to say.
Beneath his letter was a telegram, also from Howard. LONDON NO GO STOP ARRIVING IN PARIS STAYING HOTEL CRILLON STOP COME PARIS NOV ELEVEN IF CONVENIENT STOP IF INCONVENIENT THEN PRIORITIES ALL WRONG STOP IF HAVE CLEVER DISCREET FRIENDS BRING TOO STOP WEAR BLUE DRESS I LOVE BLUE DRESS STOP WILL PAY HOTEL REGARDLESS OF DRESS STOP
She smiled. It was November eighth.
I Shall Not Want Honour in Heaven
Author's Summary: Peggy Carter's life after the war: Howard Stark, Gabriel Jones, SHIELD, and a little boy named Nicholas.
Pairing: Peggy Carter/Gabe Jones
Length: 12,625
Author on LJ:
copperbadgeAuthor Website: LJ or AO3
Why this must be read:
Because it's Peggy - after the war and still being awesome, and because it's full of little moments that give you the shivers and maybe some tears (good tears, nostalgic tears, not crushing ones). It's a simple little love story in not-so-simple surroundings, with equally simple moments that in turn are the ones that have the most profound impacts. The characters are spot-on here - their voices are right and you can see it play out in your mind. Copperbadge is one of those authors that makes you see, feel, and hear the story without hitting you over the head with it. And because it's the story of Peggy, and Gabe, and SHIELD as they are begun and as they grow.
Peggy didn't really expect Gabriel to write to her; those were the kinds of things people said they'd do but didn't always follow through on. She was surprised, then, to find a letter from him bundled in with her post when she returned from a diplomatic visit to Poland.
It was a cheery, funny letter, full of anecdotes about his experiences hunting for a flat and a job in Paris, and a few lines about what he was doing now that he'd found his feet. He talked about how the city had changed since the war, but I imagine you already knew that, and the bohemian American expats who lived across the hall.
Last night a French lady asked me to dance, he wrote. I think it's the first time since the war a white woman looked at me in a club and didn't think I was a waiter. Times are changing.
She copied Gabriel's address into her small red address book, under H for Howlers, and sifted through the rest of the post. There was also a letter from Howard, who Sat down to send you a few lines from Japan, but by the time I got to mail it I was in Egypt, so you get rice paper letter and Egyptian cotton envelope; don't I shower you with luxury? Dum Dum's with me, and sends his regards.
Peg, there are big things coming and I can't write about 'em here, but I want to see you next time I'm in London. I promise no party this time, just you and me and some words for your ears. For what I'm planning I need good people, and if I have to steal them from the Crown I will. It's not a job offer (not yet) but I want to put the idea in your head that there'd be a place for you in what Dum Dum and I are making.
She frowned, set the letter aside, and looked out her window, watching people pass on the busy London street. She'd worked hard to get where she was in the civil service, and starting over didn't necessarily appeal.
But then Howard knew how hard she worked, so perhaps she should consider whatever he had to say.
Beneath his letter was a telegram, also from Howard. LONDON NO GO STOP ARRIVING IN PARIS STAYING HOTEL CRILLON STOP COME PARIS NOV ELEVEN IF CONVENIENT STOP IF INCONVENIENT THEN PRIORITIES ALL WRONG STOP IF HAVE CLEVER DISCREET FRIENDS BRING TOO STOP WEAR BLUE DRESS I LOVE BLUE DRESS STOP WILL PAY HOTEL REGARDLESS OF DRESS STOP
She smiled. It was November eighth.
I Shall Not Want Honour in Heaven
Author's Summary: Peggy Carter's life after the war: Howard Stark, Gabriel Jones, SHIELD, and a little boy named Nicholas.