This one is pretty fluffy and written a bit quickly. I wanted to get it out before the day was over here.. and here it is! Fluff with a bit of alluding to future events in there.
It had been a few days since Peggy found out what the serum had done to her, and to be honest she felt the same, of course she did break her 107 one armed push ups record which was a good notch on her belt. Other than the two scientists, Coulson, and Steve. No one knew. What Steve said about bringing SHIELD into the public hadn't been brought up again, but she was certainly thinking about it. But at the moment they had left the Avengers base and were in Stark Tower. Peggy had broken her phone a few days ago and that was unacceptable to Tony.
"You two coming to my party?" Tony asked around his workbench.
"What party?" Peggy watched as he tampered with her phone.
Tony looked up at Steve, almost offended. "You didn't tell her?"
"You didn't tell me either!" Steve was eating some of Tony's blueberries.
He shook his head, "You need to learn to read texts. Anyway- halloween party, Saturday."
"Aren't you a little old to be trick-or-treating?" Steve accused.
"Company party. Costumes and food mostly. It's a Stark thing."
Peggy nodded, "I'm aware. Howard always made me go. You're not going to make us dress up are you?"
"Of course I will. I'm making Pepper dress up." He picked up Peggys new and improved phone, "But you two have to come up with something if you're going to go… or you can just stay at home watching Benny Goodman and knitting."
"You listened to Benny Goodman." Peggy corrected, "But I can't go- I haven't gone public with… being alive."
Tony stole his pouch of blueberries back, "Then go public." he said it like it was simple.
Steve interjected, "It's not that simple."
"Then go in a costume. It's the whole point of the holiday is to be someone different." Tony put his tools away, "I put JARVIS on your phone so it'll be easier.. I made it super private so your information is safe."
Peggy didn't understand what could possibly be on the phone that would be top secret, but there was a lot she didn't understand. "We'll come to the party."
"We will?" Steve looked over.
"It will be fun. And I love costumes," she had an idea that was too good to pass up.
"If you say so, Peg."
Peggy walked with her arm linked with Steve's, "Is anyone going to know it's me?" she adjusted her wig with her free hand on the elevator.
"No, worst case scenario the tabloids are trying ask who the attractive redhead is on Captain America's arm, though people might know it's me either."
She laughed, "The fake goatee is very convincing."
The elevator opened to the large banquet room in Stark Tower. The lights were low and halloween decorations were everywhere. The whole seemed very expensive. "Oh I almost forgot." Steve reached into his shirt and flipped on the fake Arc reactor. The blue lights shone through his white dress shirt. Peggy was wearing a white business suit with her red wig in a high ponytail. For halloween they were the power couple of Tony and Pepper.
Through the party a few people stopped and noticed them, mostly because they weren't wearing revealing outfits with bunny ears. Steve bumped into a sleek looking cat and did a double take when he realized it was Natasha, "Nat?"
She looked between the two of them and almost keeled over laughing. "This is too funny! Its really good!" she shouted over the music.
"I don't skimp on disguises." Peggy had already shifted into an American accent.
"You need to find Tony." Natasha pointed over to where the bar was. She took the lead pushing through the crowd. To peggy, it seemed like a bit more than a company party.
Behind the bar, Peggy could see someone in a blue suit carefully mixing drinks. It took her a moment to figure out that it was Tony. His hair was swept to the side and he was wearing a dark blue suit that was surprisingly patriotic-
"Oh my god." Steve stopped in his tracks.
Peggy covered her laugh, "Minds think alike."
Tony finally looked over making eye contact with the two. He had a similar reaction to Natasha, making him forget about the drink he was icing for himself. He waved them over to a staircase that went up to what could be deducted as the VIP section. In the room there were some more familiar faces escaping the big crowds. Rhodey was dressed as a airforce pilot, Thor and Jane were dressed as some sort of Prince and princess couple - thor seemed more pleased than Jane about the whole thing. Tony walked over to Pepper who was sitting on her phone with a face on that meant she was reading business emails and didn't want room be disturbed, of course tony ignored that. "Pep! Look we showed up."
She turned to see Peggy and Steve and grinned, "I love it." She was wearing a dress straight off the posters of the USO tour.
Tony poked the arc reactor on Steve's chest, "Mines better."
Steve shrugged, "Well, I can't help that mines not real." He put an arm around Peggy, knowing they were safe from being found out. "This is a bit bigger than your average company party."
"It's because it is-"
"And louder, and more expensive." Pepper put her phone down and crossed her arms, "Eventually We'll have to do Halloween like normal people. Like the Bartons!"
Tony turned to calm Pepper down, "You're the one that said no to building you a farm."
"Because I hated living on Farms!" Pepper took a deep breath, "I'm not fighting tonight." She turned back at Peggy, "I think you look wonderful by the way."
Peggy smiled, "Not quite my taste, but I do feel like I could run a powerful company wearing this though."
"Thinking about updating your SHIELD business attire?" Pepper's interests perked.
Both Tony and Pepper interrupted at the same time. "No business!" Not that there was really anything for them to say to stop it. With Jane, Pepper and Peggy there. There was no way on earth the conversation wouldn't turn into business.
Near the end of the night, Steve was sitting in a chair in the VIP room, watching as people slowly trickled out. Halloween always made him nostalgic in a bad way. Peggy- dressed as Pepper with the wig removed- sat down next to him. "Modern candy is too sweet."
Steve nodded, "It's too artificial too. I found this candy story a few blocks west that Bucky and I always used to go to. Tastes exactly the same." he examined his hands trying not to bring his emotional state too close to the surface.
Peggy hooked her arm with his, "I was reading his file the other day.." She said quietly. "And your search for him…" She let the thought trickle off. "Sorry no business talk."
He shrugged, "It doesn't feel like business when it's about him. I need to find him Peg, It's like… I-"
"You don't need to explain that to me." She said kindly, "Once I get SHIELD a bit more settled, and myself out to the public, I'm going to find him, with you." Peggy leaned against his shoulder, "I've found people who're harder to find."
Steve rested his head on top of hers, "Bucky loved Halloween. Every year we'd go to the theater and watch the newest scary reel. Probably to keep me out of trouble."
"I never really did Halloween." Peggy sighed, "Not until I was spending time with Howard and he dragged me into it."
"You and Howard spent a lot of time together." Steve commented.
Peggy stayed quiet. "Can we not open that door please. Not yet anyway, not here… especially when you're dressed up like Tony."
Steve laughed, a good sign to Peggy that it wasn't an earth shattering confession. "I guess you're right."
"My friends, Tony is about to start a movie of horror. He wishes for you to partake." Thor walked over to them, still dressed in his costume.
"I've never been one for Scary movies." Peggy sat up.
"It can't be that bad can it?" Steve shrugged.
It could be… and it was that bad.
