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[Phil hums slightly. Working for SHIELD hadn't broken Clint's danger magnet abilities, Luceti probably won't either.] Maybe. Working for SHIELD probably didn't help in any case.

[Working for SHIELD makes anyone a danger magnet.

Coulson notices the bitter tone and frowns worriedly.]

That is true... [Phil taps his fingers on the table thoughtfully for a moment.]

Pepper... I won't ask about what happened, but I hope you'll tell me. When you're ready.

[Because whatever happened it obviously was hard. Painful. Scary.

He gives her a small, friendly but faintly worried smile.]

So, How has the gallery been doing?

[He gives her the out she needs. All she has to do is take it.]

((ooc; Not sure in the middle of Seventh Heaven is a place Pepper would feel comfortably talking about what happened. So, we can have them talk later at Pepper's or Coulson apartment. IDK it's your choice, just giving some more options.))

Well, SHIELD being what it is, I don’t really expect that it would.  [Global spy network not attracting trouble.  Somehow Pepper doesn’t see it.

She realizes how she sounds when Phil frowns, and when he asks her to talk when she’s ready.  And that’s the catch, because Pepper isn’t sure she’ll ever be ready to talk about it.  But that doesn’t mean she doesn’t need to, even if he’s kind enough to give her an out right then.]

You’ve heard about what happened on the draft.  [She glances around, then sighs quietly.  There’s no good place or time to talk about this.  But she’s decided to, so Pepper knows she just needs to say it.]

I got infected.

[Phil shrugs. If you work for SHIELD you were already a danger magnet before, working for SHIELD simply spreads the danger around more evenly.]

Yes... [This isn't going to be good.

At her revelation Phil pales, hands twitching in an aborted movement. Those are the only signs of shock that slip thorough his ridged control.

He lets out a long slow breath.]

What happened?

[Small tells are still tells, and it's the reaction she's come to expect besides. But that doesn't make it easier--watching Phil take it in, or being prompted to tell the story of how it happened again.

She stiffens, her gaze finally setting on a neutral spot in the center of the table. She tries to tell the story with as little emotion as possible, not wanting to get caught up in the horrible memories, but Pepper knows it's too much to hope for.]

Steve--Steve got infected too, and I went to see him. But he was already gone, and he got away from the people containing him. When Bucky stopped him, I was standing too close.

[Seeing Pepper stiffen up and not meet his eyes is painful but he gets it.

He had heard about Steve, and about Bucky but this. This was new.

Phil reaches across the table to take Pepper's hand. It's not like he can hug her in the middle of Seventh Heaven, but some physical reassurance is needed. For both of them at this point.]

And that's when you were infected. The blood must of been carrying the contagion.

[She manages a small smile when he takes her hand, squeezing his in return. The expression is short lived, however, and she nods.]

Yes. Any bodily fluid, according to the doctor, but--it was the blood.

[The splatter that she could still feel on her skin, in it, if she lets her mind linger on the thought too long.]

They gave me the proto-cure; it stopped the virus from deteriorating my mind, but not the other symptoms. So I wouldn't attack anyone.

[And it left her aware of everything that happened to her body.]

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