(A/N: I have never seen The Americans and am probably grossly under-qualified to write this.)
Peggy left the house quietly, and alone. Stan was still asleep, sprawled across the bed. They had no appointments today, and he’d had too much to drink. She let him be.
She drove to the waterfront and parked the car. It had rained earlier that morning and would probably rain again in the afternoon, but for now the air was clear, if still cold and damp. She got out and looked up at the overcast sky, the low-hanging, dark clouds. And then she set off.
Her running shoes were new and they felt springy as they bounced against the pavement. The wind whipped through her hair, across her face, her cheeks and lips. Her skin would be red and dry by the time she got back to the house.
She shivered in spite of her pumping legs and heart, she wanted -
(- to go back home, and climb in bed with Stan, tucked against his warm back. To wake him up with her mouth against his neck, and have him call her Margosha, Margosha, as she took him apart
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RE: adreadfulideafalseeeyelashesJanuary 15 2015, 16:40:01 UTC
Oh my gosh, even though you've never watched The Americans you got the dynamic down PERFECTLY. I love this so, so, SO much. I've always thought this would be the most fun AU in the world (Peggy all business! Stan super ok with buying wholesale into the suburban American roles they're supposed to play!) and you absolutely, achingly, and beautifully delivered on everything I adore about the premise. I now whole-heartedly want/need a spy!Mad Men post-series spin-off starring Stan and Peggy! haha.
(- to go back home, and climb in bed with Stan, tucked against his warm back. To wake him up with her mouth against his neck, and have him call her Margosha, Margosha, as she took him apart.)
I basically want to live inside this passage for the rest of my life. Thank you so much for writing this!
OH MY GODDDDDD. This fills me with such joy! And ALL I WANT IS THE HBO DEAL. I want seasons and seasons of this to obsessively watch! Do us a solid, HBO!
RPF, Sam Rockwell/Keira Knightley + ROMANTIC COMEDY TROPES!!! I watched Laggies the other night and honestly need like one million words devoted to a story about them as weirdo accidental roommates. CUE GIFS:
All I ever want to do now is think about the insane legal thriller-comedy AU that exists in my head with Hot Lawyer Dad Sam Rockwell and his penchant for watered-down boxed wine and Keira as the underpaid my-life-is-a-disaster journalist who covers the courthouse beat, and Ed Norton's his cocky terrifyingly intense partner and Emma Stone is the new investigator who works at their firm AND I'M OBSESSED WITH IT, IT'S ALL I EVER WANTED, HOLLYWOOD MAKE THIS MOVIE FOR ME PLEASE.
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Peggy left the house quietly, and alone. Stan was still asleep, sprawled across the bed. They had no appointments today, and he’d had too much to drink. She let him be.
She drove to the waterfront and parked the car. It had rained earlier that morning and would probably rain again in the afternoon, but for now the air was clear, if still cold and damp. She got out and looked up at the overcast sky, the low-hanging, dark clouds. And then she set off.
Her running shoes were new and they felt springy as they bounced against the pavement. The wind whipped through her hair, across her face, her cheeks and lips. Her skin would be red and dry by the time she got back to the house.
She shivered in spite of her pumping legs and heart, she wanted -
(- to go back home, and climb in bed with Stan, tucked against his warm back. To wake him up with her mouth against his neck, and have him call her Margosha, Margosha, as she took him apart ( ... )
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(- to go back home, and climb in bed with Stan, tucked against his warm back. To wake him up with her mouth against his neck, and have him call her Margosha, Margosha, as she took him apart.)
I basically want to live inside this passage for the rest of my life. Thank you so much for writing this!
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All I ever want to do now is think about the insane legal thriller-comedy AU that exists in my head with Hot Lawyer Dad Sam Rockwell and his penchant for watered-down boxed wine and Keira as the underpaid my-life-is-a-disaster journalist who covers the courthouse beat, and Ed Norton's his cocky terrifyingly intense partner and Emma Stone is the new investigator who works at their firm AND I'M OBSESSED WITH IT, IT'S ALL I EVER WANTED, HOLLYWOOD MAKE THIS MOVIE FOR ME PLEASE.
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