Are We All We Are?

Chapter 11 (Final Chapter)

A/n: Please don't hate me for this highly upsetting twist.

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2021

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Shoving as many clothes as she could fit in the dusty luggage bag, Dottie tried her best to hold back sobs as endless streams of tears were rolling down her pale cheeks. Now more than ever she wished she could turn back the clock and never give her heart to Peggy Carter. She wished she never let her walls come tumbling down for the girl who showed her what true love felt like, only to tear her to pieces.

She sniffed and allowed herself to let out a heavy sob as she wiped her tears with the soft sleeves of her navy blue shirt. As hard as she tried to focus on packing her stuff, memories of the past few weeks came flooding into her mind and she started feeling a bit dizzy.

It happened as follows:

Peggy had been acting strange for the past couple weeks and Dottie couldn't put her finger on it. She was starting to question Peggy's feelings towards her, trying to think of things she had done or said to upset her. Was Peggy trying to find a way out? Was Dottie not good enough for her? She didn't know but she promised herself she'd find out and make it up to Peggy.

It all began when Peggy started paying little to almost no attention at all to Dottie. She was always on her phone, her fingers tapping fast as a few quiet chuckles would escape her mouth every now and then. Dottie tried to ignore the thoughts in her head, choosing to trust her wife. She loved Peggy and she knew that Peggy loved her back.

One day the two were hanging out at the beach house with the most of the cavalry. They were all sitting on the floor, playing some games, gossiping, having a good time.

"Peggy!" Howard said louder for the third time, this time waving his hand in front of Peggy's eyes. Her eyes had been glued to her phone's screen for the past fifteen minutes and Angie had to nudge her everytime someone was addressing her. "Can you even hear us?"

She shook her head slightly and locked her phone relatively immediately, placing it on the floor face down. She looked around to notice everyone was sort of staring at her and she understood it was her turn to pick truth or dare.

"I apologise, I'm just not a big fan of truth or dare." She excused herself and shrugged. Ana gestured a 'don't worry' to her before daring her to drink a cola can in one go, which she did, although she almost choked halfway through.

Dottie watched Peggy from where she was sitting on the floor. She had a beer can in her hand and she would take a little and slow sip every now and then. She didn't even like beer, if she were honest.

Once the dare was done Peggy wiped her mouth with the back of her hand and threw the empty can at Jack who took satisfaction in squeezing the cans then aiming for the bin in the dark corner of the room. She then looked up at Dottie who had a tired expression and realised she hadn't said anything in a very long time. Leaving her phone were it was, Peggy crawled towards her wife and sat on her knees when she reached Dottie.

"You're very quiet tonight." She whispered so the others wouldn't stick their nose into their business. "Everything okay?"

Her silvery voice rang in Dottie's right ear as her index finger traced the outline of her sharp jaw before gently making Dottie look her in the eyes.

Dottie nodded softly and took another sip, this time a bigger one so she'd finally empty the can that she carefully placed on the floor between her legs.

"Yeah, don't worry about it." She assured Peggy and closed her eyes for a second, letting out a deep breath. "I'm just tired I guess."

Peggy nodded back, not wanting to push Dottie's buttons. She cupped her wife's face and pressed their lips together. Peggy's lips tasted like coke while Dottie's tasted like beer and the two combined left both of them wincing at the terrible flavour.