[Perhaps they can only be their best selves on a Wednesday.
Rip knows he's hit a mark when Peggy closes the book with force, her eyes hot with whatever insult she finds in the comparison. Worse is the fact that he doesn't bother to temper his grin; why should he on this night when they've apparently decides to tear the lid off Pandora's box, let secrets fly out free into the open.
It's all so ridiculous, he knows. They get nowhere with such jabs, certainly no place of significance. And yet in the moment, he can't deny that it's all so immensely satisfying--
Especially when her counter opens such a tempting door.]
Oh, I should think not, Miss Carter. [Though Rip does indeed carry that similar brand of arrogance, and often. Certain of his choices, determined his judgement would find the right path, for whatever definition of right is being quantified at the time. She cannot know it, but he's even engaged in illicit drug use, though without the benefit of his memories to teach him better.
And certainly it isn't humility at all that guides his next remark, one delayed only as he takes another drink of the rum.]
After all--Irene Adler managed to outfox Sherlock Holmes in the end.
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Rip knows he's hit a mark when Peggy closes the book with force, her eyes hot with whatever insult she finds in the comparison. Worse is the fact that he doesn't bother to temper his grin; why should he on this night when they've apparently decides to tear the lid off Pandora's box, let secrets fly out free into the open.
It's all so ridiculous, he knows. They get nowhere with such jabs, certainly no place of significance. And yet in the moment, he can't deny that it's all so immensely satisfying--
Especially when her counter opens such a tempting door.]
Oh, I should think not, Miss Carter. [Though Rip does indeed carry that similar brand of arrogance, and often. Certain of his choices, determined his judgement would find the right path, for whatever definition of right is being quantified at the time. She cannot know it, but he's even engaged in illicit drug use, though without the benefit of his memories to teach him better.
And certainly it isn't humility at all that guides his next remark, one delayed only as he takes another drink of the rum.]
After all--Irene Adler managed to outfox Sherlock Holmes in the end.