Agent Carter: Memory Lapse

Title: Memory Lapse
Characters: Peggy Carter, Howard Stark, Maria Carrera, Edwin Jarvis
Rating: PG
Warnings/Triggers: someone dealing with short-term memory problems, hints of Howard Stark being Howard Stark
Spoilers: None
Pairings: Howard/Maria, references to Jarvis/Anna
Word Count 6,181 words
Summary: An accident at S.H.I.E.L.D leaves Peggy with a concussed, confused Howard, and introduces her to a young woman who may well be an anomaly in his life.
Author's notes: This happened because I was reading about anterograde amnesia post-head trauma and I was really, really interested in how the brain resets itself until it can form memories and what it prioritizes as the important things. For some reason, I could see Peggy trying to deal with Howard when he was like that, and then early-in-their-relationship Maria got involved, and I decided it was a good time for her and Peggy to meet, and here we are.

1965. Howard, Peggy and Jarvis are mid-forties, Maria is late-twenties. Mostly fluff and silliness, but may have a few moments of bittersweet here and there.

( No, no, she couldn't punch him in the throat. )