AN: A little bit off schedule, but at least I'm back with the next tag. This is a missing scene for The Girl's Night Out Job (s04e13). It's not great but it is what it is, and that's the reason I'm not planning on making myself write tags for every episode of season 5.
Next chapter will need some serious beta before I can publish, so when it's late it's not my fault for once but rather the access to time with my beta. I'll be around as soon as we manage.
Thanks a lot for all the response to my work in the last week. It's meant a lot and even got me writing a bit again, which is great.
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"Let go off me! You are not my friend, and you're not allowed to touch me." Peggy stabs a finger at Parker. Behind her she hears Mattingly putting pressure on the waiter but not even the threat of a bomb lessens the impact of Peggy's words.
Alice isn't Parker, no matter how her team tries to tell her otherwise, but Parker is Alice. It's an important distinction she's not sure the others understand. Alice is all the parts of Parker that can pass as normal, and it's been nice to have a friend for those parts. A place where Parker can pretend all the bad things in her life never happened and that she's just Alice.
"Peggy," Parker says, without letting her go. "I'm sorry, okay? But he was not who he said he was and I didn't want him to use or hurt you."
"How did you know that?" Peggy's eyes sharpen and she stops struggling momentarily to stare at Parker.
"I had someone run a background check, he had a record." Not until she says it does Parker realize it might not be something Alice would do. "You told me to check him out." Parker adds, preemptively on the defense.
To Parker's surprise Peggy starts to laugh. She has no idea what to make of that. "You had someone run a background check on my date?" Peggy repeats.
"Yes," Parker confirms, "and now there's a bomb so you need to get out of here. Right now." Peggy's eyes go big on that. Bombs probably hasn't figured a lot in her life.
"He says it's in one of the service carts," Mattingly provides. Parker relays the information to Sophie and Tara before turning back to Peggy.
"You. Out. Now." Parker says, making it clear it's an order. A small shove sets Peggy on her way, still half laughing and with that shocked expression on her face. There might have been a gentler way to do this, but Parker can't think of it and time is of an essence. They've got a bomb to find.