Disappearing at Night

Posted originally on the Archive of Our Own at http://archiveofourown.org/works/36085093.

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Archive Warning: No Archive Warnings Apply
Category: F/F
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel, The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media
Types, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Agent Carter (TV), Agent Carter
(Marvel Short Film)
Relationship: Peggy Carter/Reader
Character: Peggy Carter, Howard Stark
Additional Tags: Secrets, Relationship Trouble, Siblings
Language: English
Stats: Published: 2021-12-31 Words: 788

Disappearing at Night
by marvelouslytrekking (aimarooney)

Summary

Peggy is keeping secrets and is sneaking off in the night, something you are not going to
tolerate. You stay up to see why she's been sneaking off.

You rolled over in your bed, ready to snuggle back up with your girlfriend but you found the bed
empty. You sighed before sitting up while rubbing your eyes. You left the bed and headed towards
your kitchen, there was a chance that she had just woken up and needed a drink or something.

You shouldn’t have been surprised, the last few weeks she had been sneaking out during the night.
At first you let it slide, you trusted her and knew that her job made it so she wasn’t allowed to tell
you many things, but this felt like too much.

You looked at the clock and noticed it was nearly 4am. You decided that you wouldn’t sleep
knowing she was out there doing god knows what, so you would just stay up and when she got
back you were going to question her. You needed to know.

Around an hour later you heard the door open quietly. You watched as Peggy moved through the
room as quietly as possible, not noticing you at first.

You cleared your throat, her head shot up to you, surprise written all over her face.

“What are you doing awake?” Peggy asked you.

“What am I doing awake?” You repeated her. Anger bubbling to the surface. “What the hell are
you doing sneaking off in the middle of the night?!”
“You know I can’t tell you.” Peggy sighed.

“Like hell you can’t!” You yelled. It was one thing not to know detail but with her sneaking
around, not even telling you goodbye, you couldn’t help but think the worst. “Tell me where you
have been sneaking off to!”

“I-” Peggy paused, you could tell she was going to try to avoid the question again.

“I want an answer, goddammit!” You yelled. “You have left in the middle of the night nearly 4
times now! I don’t understand, I know what your job is, if it was for work you could just tell me
you were leaving for work. This is something else. I know it. You either need to tell me what’s
happening, or you need to find a new place to stay.”

You hated the thought of Peggy leaving, but you just couldn’t continue to not know what was
happening.

“Okay.” Peggy sighed. She could tell you were serious and she hated to keep secrets and she
definitely didn’t want to lose you. “Let’s sit.”

You follow her to the table and start to fidget with your tea, suddenly finding the mug very
interesting.

“It’s nothing that you’re thinking it is.” She started. “I am just doing some work that is off of
SRR’s radar. I didn’t want you to know because I didn’t want to put you at risk.”

“What is the job?” You asked. You believed her, you had honestly figured it was something like
this. Peggy was not the person that would ever cheat. But sometimes your brain starts to go down
dark rabbit holes.

“I-” Peggy sighed, you knew she wanted to keep it a secret but also knew you deserved to know.
“I’m helping your brother. Trying to clear his name, figure out who stole his tech.”

“Oh of course it was fucking Howard.” You groaned, “I should have figured, he always loved to
steal women from me.”

Peggy snorted at that, “I promise he won’t be stealing me from you.”

“He better not, I’ll beat his ass.” You joked. While you did hate the idea that Peggy was probably
in even more dangerous situations at your brother’s expense, you were happy to finally know
where she was going. You also were happy to know that with Peggy on your brother’s side, his
name might actually be cleared.

“I can always help, you know.” You told her after a pause. You watched her frown.

“I want you to stay as far away from this as possible.” She told you. “It’s already bad enough that
you now know. Please just keep yourself on the low profile.”

“Okay,” You sighed, you never really could argue with her, and you understood if you were caught
doing anything it would just look worse. “Just promise to try to stay in bed a little longer?”

“I can’t make any promises, but I’ll try.” She gave you a tight smile.

“Good, and from now on, you tell me when you’re leaving at night.” You told her. “Just so I don’t
wake up worried.”
“That I can promise.” She agreed.

“Good, now let’s go to bed, I’m exhausted.”

“Agreed.”

You slept much better knowing what Peggy was up to, even if you knew it was dangerous. You
also were already plotting on ways to help even though you had said you wouldn’t.

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