VIRIDI INVIDIA | harry potter | avengers

20

20; i don't cry,
you can though

Is there anything more somber than seeing a cathedral packed with mourning people? Chastity doesn't know. But this is the saddest affair she's seen in a while, and she went to a 'The Notebook' screening with her Mom.

She sits in a pew, nearer to the front than she's entirely comfortable being. There are people dressed in black all around her. Those in her direct vicinity seem to be much sadder than most, but that could just be her void energy amplifying it.

She's wearing a black lace dress that flares out at the hips, her hair is swept up into a graceful bun and a strange hat she found at a local shop is pinned into the tresses. It's surprisingly appropriate for the occasion. She looks down at her shoes, they're plain, but better to look at than make eye contact with anyone.

The doors open with a loud groan and a choir begins to sing. She turns to the door, along with everyone else, and spies Steve, acting as a pallbearer. His eyes are glazed over and he had clearly been crying.

Chastity reaches out with her influence and looks to ease some pain, but as soon as she does shes met with a sharp disapproving look from her Uncle.

'I need to feel this.' She frowns in response but withdraws her power.

The coffin itself is beautiful, a deep mahogany wood with golden finishings, draped in the Union Jack.

Chastity never got the opportunity to meet Peggy Carter, but she knows she would have admired the woman.

Her gaze sweeps forward to the alter where a photograph of the great Margaret Carter stands proudly. A priest stands just behind it, ready to address the crowd as soon as the pallbearers take their seats.

"And now, I would like to invite Sharon Carter to come up and say a few words." Even from several rows behind him, Chastity can feel the shock rippling off of Steve. He knows this woman.

Sam, who sits with Steve up ahead, spares a glance back at Chastity, who returns his look with a raised eyebrow.

"Margaret Carter was known to most as a founder of SHIELD..." She pauses and scans the crowd. Gaze landing on the god in the fifth row. She swallows thickly, feeling intimidated already. "But I just knew her as Aunt Peggy."

Steve realizes in that moment, exactly who this woman is. He feels betrayed, and takes a sharp breath in. His gaze hardens and his grip on his pant leg tightens slightly. Sam notices.

"She had a photograph in her office, Aunt Peggy next to JFK. As a kid, that was pretty cool. But it was a lot to live up to. That's why I never told anyone we were related." Sharon looks pointedly to Steve, selfishly wanting this man she became fond of to know she had no ill intent.

Chastity isn't so sure about that.

"I asked her once how she managed to master diplomacy and espionage in a time when no one wanted to see a woman succeed as either." She looks to Chastity this time. "And she said compromise where you can, but where you can't don't." The daughter of Loki remains stone faced, staring intensely at the Carter woman, analyzing her but not breaching her mind just yet. "Even if everyone is telling you that something wrong is something right. Even if the whole world is telling you to move, it is your duty to plant yourself like a tree, look them in the eye and say 'no, you move'."