"Everyone has bad dreams, love," Peggy says gently, leaning down to kiss the top of her head once again, then hunching over to look her daughter in the eye. "Your father and I talk about ours quite often."

They're of a different caliber, but they do.

Sarah moves to whisper in her sister's ear, expecting no one can hear her, but it's still audible to both Steve and Peggy. "I promise you'll be okay, Rose. Mama and Papa will protect you, and I will, too."

Rosalie keeps her face and body pressed tightly against Peggy, but she takes a quiet, tentative look around at her parents and sister. Josephine starts to babble, but it's a little less exuberant than normal; she reaches over and lightly bops Rosalie on the head twice, then coos.