Peggy doesn't quite relax in tune with Steve, not even as they enter the house and she enters a familiar layout, because hidden among the books are, of course, guns -- though kept mostly out of reach of the girls. She leans over and kisses Sarah on the head and finally lets go of her hand just before she and Rosalie ask Clint their question.
He knows how to handle children, at least, and that much sets her nerves a little at ease. But she won't quite be satisfied until one thing.
She takes the few steps closer to him and slides her hands around Josephine, lifting and taking her from Clint without a word. The toddler lets out a shriek, half in amusement and half annoyed, one of the arrows coming with as her tiny hand grips it. She's pleased with her prize, and she begins to ramble about it expectantly to her mother. 'Feddur!' continues to be slipped in, each time louder and more exuberant than the last.
With Josephine in her arms, Peggy finally reaches an actual level of relaxed, even as the two-year-old flails about with bonus gesticulation to her story. "That's amazing, darling," she says softly, and Josephine lets out a shrill happy noise and claps her hands, dropping the arrow on the floor.
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He knows how to handle children, at least, and that much sets her nerves a little at ease. But she won't quite be satisfied until one thing.
She takes the few steps closer to him and slides her hands around Josephine, lifting and taking her from Clint without a word. The toddler lets out a shriek, half in amusement and half annoyed, one of the arrows coming with as her tiny hand grips it. She's pleased with her prize, and she begins to ramble about it expectantly to her mother. 'Feddur!' continues to be slipped in, each time louder and more exuberant than the last.
With Josephine in her arms, Peggy finally reaches an actual level of relaxed, even as the two-year-old flails about with bonus gesticulation to her story. "That's amazing, darling," she says softly, and Josephine lets out a shrill happy noise and claps her hands, dropping the arrow on the floor.