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maximoffcarter · 2 years

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What if...?

Pairings: Natasha x Peggy

Summary: What if...Peggy figured out that after all, getting back to her universe was the best decision?

A/n: It's not my best work, and I'm not too proud of this but I tried my best. If you have any requests, please let me know! Halloween special it's coming tomorrow!

Peggy and Natasha walked out of the S.H.I.E.L.D quarters. Both of them getting in the car and driving away. Natasha kept looking at Peggy the whole ride, feeling bad for what she had said back in their mission, she really thought it could bring her up, that things would get much better, but she was wrong.

“Cap?” Natasha raised her brow.

“Yeah?”

“I’m sorry. I really thought there was someone inside. I thought-“

“It’d been impossible, Nat. As much as I wanted it, it would have been impossible.” Peggy shrugged as she offered a small smile. “It’s been years, they are all dead.” She sighed.

“I know, I just- I thought, maybe…” Natasha sighed. “I don’t know.”

“Hey, I have you. What else do I need?” Peggy grinned as she looked at Natasha for a moment before her eyes went back on the road.

Natasha smiled. “So…are you gonna tell me why the sudden hug after I saved your ass?”

Peggy laughed as she shook her head. “You wouldn’t believe me.”

“Maybe I would. I’m all you got, and you are all I got. So why wouldn’t I?” Natasha smirked.

“Well…” she sighed as she thought about it. Then she shook her head. “I guess I didn’t think you’d come to sabe me.” She looked back at her for a moment.

Natasha laughed. “I got your back, no matter what.”

“No matter what.” Peggy nodded and smiled as she focused again on the road.

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Peggy kept looking on the computer waiting for the location to be revealed and whatever thing they could find. Both of them kept looking around to check they were still clear. They didn’t know how they had suddenly gotten to this point, everything had been so quick to happen; S.H.I.E.L.D compromised, no one knowing how HYDRA had become part of it so quickly, how they didn’t really see it before.

“So…is this legal now?” Peggy smirked.

“It is.” Natasha grinned as she kept looking into the computer.

Peggy kept thinking in her head how she had gotten here, how there were more than one universe, she existed in another universes, Natasha existed in another universe. Even if she was listening, she still couldn’t stop thinking about it. Steve was Captain America in another universe, maybe in many more and she was the only Captain Carter that existed, but she now knew there was another Natasha, she had met her and fought with her. So maybe in another universe…they were really together. She came back to reality when Natasha pulled her and said the word ‘fiancée’, making her stop for a moment as she followed the game.

From one moment to another, they were walking out the store, hugging each other so no one would notice. She tried to keep her mind clear, trying to forget what happened and what she saw and what she went through, and then again, Natasha made her come back to reality.

“Kiss me.” Natasha looked up at her.

“W-W hat?”

“Kiss me.”

Peggy looked at the other stairs and noticed who was there, rapidly leaning down and kissing Natasha, feeling her pulling her closer. They literally just pressed their lips together, it wasn’t a big thing, but Peggy somehow felt butterflies in her stomach, somethin she had never felt before. Of course it wasn’t her first kiss, but it really felt like it, it felt like it was the first kiss that she had always wanted, as simple as it had been. They both pulled away and kept walking until they got to the parking and got to steal a car.

“Can I ask…was that your first kiss since 1945?” Natasha smirked.

“That bad, huh?” Peggy chuckled.

“No, no…it wasn’t bad. At all.” Natasha smiled.

Peggy chuckled. “It wasn’t my first kiss since 1945. I can assure you that.”

Natasha nodded. “Good to know.” She smiled. “So…where we going now?”

“You’ll see. It’s not far from here.”

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Things seemed to be a joke, it seemed like someone wanted to bring her back to the past. The Watcher hadn’t let her go back to that time, and now everything that was happening, HYDRA, Zola again, everything was happening way too fast. She coughed loudly as she opened her eyes and tried to figure where she was. With her shield she pushed everything that was on her way, looking beside her and noticing Natasha. She rapidly picked her up and got them both out, she tried to run as fast as she could to get away from S.H.I.E.L.D, or whoever was following them at this point. They finally got far away into the woods, Peggy put her down and placed both her hands on Natasha’s face.

“Nat, I need you to wake up. Please.” Peggy whispered softly as she looked down at her.

Natasha coughed as she opened her eyes, trying to adjust her eyes. “Wha-What happened?”

“It was a trap. But we are far from them, or at least I think we are.” Peggy sighed. “We need to find somewhere to hide. I don’t know who to trust anymore.”

“Do you trust me?” Natasha looked at her as she sat up.

Peggy grinned. “You the only one I trust.”

Natasha smiled. “Likewise.”

“C’mon then. There is a job we need to finish here.”

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“Look who’s awake.”

Peggy opened her eyes slowly, groaning at the sudden light that hit right in her face. She looked around to recognize where she exactly was, but nothing seemed familiar. She then turned to her right to see Natasha sitting right beside her, a small smile playing on her face.

“I thought super soldiers couldn’t get beaten up.”

“First time for everything.” Peggy groaned as she moved, looking back at Natasha. “What happened?”

“Pierce is dead. We got S.H.I.E.L.D back on track technically. You’re alive.” Natasha grinned as she stood up. “Those are the important details.”

“And-“

“We don’t know. That’s not important as long as we don’t hear anything from it.”

Peggy nodded. “Fair enough.”

“You gave us a big scare.” Natasha shrugged. “Gave me a big scare. We couldn’t find you.”

:I just decided to have a small walk on my own. Thought I’d have some time for me.” Peggy smirked.

“Of course you did.” Natasha chuckled. “Let me get the doctor so they can check on you.”

“Wait, Widow.” Peggy grabbed Natasha’s hand before she could leave. “Just…stay with me for a little longer?”

Natasha smiled. “Of course, cap.”

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“So wait…you’re telling me that…you met another…me?”

Peggy chuckled. “Exactly like that. Just…somehow different.”

“Oh so you thought about changing me?” Natasha grinned.

“Oh please, I would never do that.”

Natasha smiled. “So…that’s why the sudden hug when you came back?”

“Perhaps.”

“You’re a special case, Carter.” Natasha grinned. “I like that.”

Peggy shook her head. “Could you imagine that? Not being in this universe?”

“Sounds impossible, but I believe you.” Natasha looked down at her hands. “It’d be weird to not have you around.”

Peggy smiled. “I thought the same.”

Natasha smiled as she shook her head. “I’m not- I’m not good with this, Peggy. I really am not.” She looked back at her.

“Is anyone really good at this sort of thing?”

“I just feel like…I don’t deserve any of this.”

Peggy stood up from the couch and walked to where Natasha was sitting, sitting right beside her and grabbed her hand. “You deserve all the good in the world. We are not perfect. We don’t always do the right things, but we try.” She offered a smile.

Natasha smiled. “You might be right.”

“I don’t know any of this too. I just know that I’ve been trying to run from my past many times, and I try to act normal with all of this change. But…we could try this out.”

Natasha nodded. “What a softie you are.”

“Oh, shut-“

Natasha placed her hands on Peggy’s cheeks and pulled her in for a kiss, it was slow and sweet at first, until Peggy pulled her closer and everything else seemed to be forgotten, they could only feel their lips against each other’s and their hearts beating faster than ever. Peggy smiled against her lips, breaking the kiss, and Natasha placed her forehead against Peggy’s.

“I’m sure Fury is gonna love this.” Natasha teased.

“Oh, don’t bring him up right now.” Peggy laughed. “It’s the two of us right now. Nothing else.”

Natasha nodded as she pecked her lips. “As it should be.”

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innocent-chris-evans-slut · 4 years

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Bi(e)tter Life - Part Two

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Bi(e)tter Life - Chapter Two

Steve Rogers x enhanced!Reader

Word Count: 1,6k

Summary: Steve Rogers is determined to take down all the HYDRA agents still operating. Among them, he knows there is his childhood best friend, Bucky, but he still doesn’t know he isn’t the only person from his past coming back to life.

Warning(s): mention of death, blood

1945, 6th August - Hiroshima

What made you open your eyes was a terrible headache.

You tried to swipe some sweat from your forehead with your hand but when your fingers touched your temples, you screamed in pain. Something really hot left you burned. You sat up and stared at your hands, finding nothing strange on them. So, you touched your arm, but something burned you again.

What was happening to you?

You stopped looking at your hands when your entire body caught your attention. You were fully covered with terrain; it was in your arms, your torso, even on your legs. You got up and searched around you as you couldn’t understand where you were. There weren’t any trees, or any kind of plant life for what you could see. Your eyes searched for any referment, which could bring you back to your tent.

But there was anything that could help you.

All around you there was fire, trees had been burned, remains of dead animals were in your way and you almost threw up when you almost fell on a deer’s horns -risking life and limb.

“Is there anyone?” you asked for help, but nobody answered your question. You never stopped walking, you kept searching for any sign of life, yet you didn’t find anything.

You hoped someone could have helped you in the city, so you took out your compass from the pocket of your trousers and made your way through fire and death, heading to the town. You kept looking around yourself; where once there was life, now there was only death, and you didn’t see a single animal, or plant, breathing.

With the help of that little object, you quickly found the road which would have brought you to the city, yet the more you approached your destination, the more you realized that maybe the explosion could have arrived also there. It was so giant that you’d never seen anything like that -and you had been living in an internment camp for a very long time.

But it wasn’t the right time to think about it.

(Author’s note: in this Alternative Universe, Civil War happened, but Chris, Bucky and Tony managed to solve their problems – a pacific solution)

2016, May – New York

“Pal, are you sure I can come with you?” it was the third time Bucky asked that question to Steve, who was driving Sam and him to the Avengers compound, “I mean… Tony wasn’t very happy about me joining the team”.

“He’s a man of few words”, was the only comment Steve made, he kept his eyes on the road and he had his serious expression on, “Moreover he won’t be there every day, only every now and then. And he will help you reprogram your mind”.

Neither Sam, nor Bucky, said anything else after Steve’s statement. The soldier knew how grateful he should have been with his childhood friend and his fellows, for welcoming him in their house. As they arrived the compound, Bucky was left out of words by the complexity, yet the beauty of the building in front of his eyes. He couldn’t believe he would have lived there for the next months -maybe years- with his new fellows.

Once they got out of the car, Rogers was reached by Sharon Carter, who had been waiting for him for the previous two hours, “Sergeant Barnes, good to have you here”, the two shook their hands and let them go, very carefully.

It wasn’t the first time Sam saw pretty women around Steve Rogers, though he was surprised Bucky didn’t like her, “She’s a good woman. She helped us, remember? You shouldn’t look at her like that”, he was referring to the cold, dead glare he had on.

“I’m very cautious”, Bucky replied giving a look around himself, then looked into Sam’s eyes and added: “About everyone around me”.

After some seconds of silence from Sam, Natasha walked out the meeting room and welcomed the newcomer into the compound, and into his new house. She walked them around for a while, showing Bucky where was the dining room, the kitchen, the living room, and a lot of other rooms he would have lived every day.

“At the lowest floor there’s the gym”, Nat said pushing the button in the elevator, “You can use it whenever you want. And there’s also a pool”, as the door of the training room were opened, Sam, Bucky, and Natasha got in and looked around themselves.

Sam was now used to the place, Natasha more than him, instead Bucky was new to all of that and, surprisingly, it left him out of words -again. Sure, it was very different from the HYDRA basis in which he had been; at the compound there was no one controlling his mind, sending him to kill innocent people, but most of all there was his best friend.

“Your room is on the fifth floor, like all the others”, she pressed another button inside the elevator and the doors closed in front of them, “Each room has a code, so remember yours. We don’t use keys here”.

“Yeah, I got it. You aren’t old-style kind of people”, Bucky said in an amused, yet bothered, tone.

Sam gave Bucky time to tidy up his room. The soldier emptied his backpack on the bed and put his not many clothes inside the wardrobe which was given to him, together with his huge set of guns and rifles. A very few items went on the shelves above the desk: some books and photos.

“You didn’t have much, did you?” Steve’s voice came straight to Bucky’s ears, who turned around and found his best friend lying against the door frame, “How are you?”

Buck sat next to him, on the bed, and smiled, remembering when they were younger and their feet couldn’t touch the floor when sitting, “I’m trying to settle in”. He asked a couple of questions about the job he would have begun with Tony the following week.

“Are those…” the Captain said pointing at a metal box on the top of a shelf. He sat up and reached for it with his large hand, “…old photos of us?”

“Yeah, open it. I’d like to frame them and maybe hang them on the wall.”

As his friend gave him his permission, Steve opened the box and smiled, looking at all the photos and gadgets inside it. There were a lot of pic portraying them together -when they were children, Steve’s glow up (before and after the serum), and when they fought together, side by side, in Europe, against Hitler.

“She was really beautiful”, the Captain said, rubbing his thumb over the face of a young lady.

She was in the exact middle between him and Bucky, hugging both of them with her thin, pale arms, and smiling at the camera. The two boys -who weren’t more than twelve in that picture, weren’t looking at the camera, but at her, and they were showing their smiles too.

1940 - Brooklyn

“Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you. Happy birthday, Y/N, happy birthday to you.”

At your birthday party there were a very few people; after all you hadn’t a lot of friends. There was your family and your two best friends, Steve and James. As they sang you ‘happy birthday’, your mother put your birthday cake down in front of you.

You had a huge smile on, and you clapped your hands together with all the others. When it came to blow the candles, you blew with all the strength you had. Everybody clapped their hands once all the lights went on and one by one they left two kisses on your cheeks.

Steve and Bucky, your two best friends, came up next to you and your father was handed a camera from the brown-haired guy on your right. They hugged you and kissed your cheeks, while your father took photos of you three.

2016 – New York

“Where is she?” Bucky asked Steve.

The truth was that Steve hoped he could have given him a certain answer, inste he had to shake his head and intertwine his fingers, “I’ve been looking for her since the day I came back to life, but I’ve never found her”.

“We’ll do it. Together”, Bucky put his arm around his friend’s shoulders and patted it, “Y/N was our best friend. We’ll find her and we’ll give her the end she deserves”.

Steve was about to speak, when someone knocked on the door. Without waiting for a permission to go in, Natasha entered the room and both men soon sat up.

“Agent Barnes. Captain Rogers”, she greeted both of them, “Steve, we have a lead about the last HYDRA agent”.

The Captain grumbled and followed his friend outside Bucky’s room; while Natasha walked through the corridor, Steve and James walked closely behind her -exchanging a word every now and then.

Bucky offered his help to his friend, in case he needed some, though he couldn’t really recognize faces -since his mind had been cleared after every task he’d accomplished through the years. He was brought into a office, which he supposed belonged to Steve, and sat down on a chair next to Natasha.

Rogers was handed a dossier by the Black Widow.

“The agent we are searching is, actually, a lady. She’s twenty-five and her origins are unknown. Her latest position is Brooklyn. She’s found refuge in an abandoned house”, the lady gave Steve the address of the place where the enemy was.

That street wasn’t unfamiliar to Steve, neither to Bucky -who was given the piece of paper by his best friend. Both men opened wide their eyes and stared at each other for a long time, before going back to normal.

“Are you sure, Natasha?”

The woman nodded, not understanding the reason of that question, “Steve, are you okay? You don’t look good”.

“Natasha, there isn’t a good thing going on right now.”

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cammi-writes · 5 years

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Title: Puppy Love

Parts: part 1 | part 2

a/n | warnings: gun violence, descriptions about blood, torture, death | alternate universe where Steve never went back in time and Tony never fucking DIED.

Fandom: MCU

Pairings: Howard Stark x Reader , Bucky Barnes x Reader , Steve Rogers x Sister!Reader

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The team sat in the main living space at the compound going about their daily lives. Not one hearing the light taps of feet making her way towards them.

This woman had been smart enough to sneak her way into the highly guarded compound without setting off F.R.I.D.A.Y’s intruder protocols.

If it was anyone else, they would have sneaked into the arsenal they had. Or they would have tried to get into Tony Stark’s lab.

But not this woman. This woman had bigger things in mind. She needed help from the strongest forces in the world. The Avengers.

Though she had known the great Captain America before he was, well, Captain America. She knew him when he was still scrawny little Steve Rogers.

“Mr. Stark. I don’t want to alarm you but there seems to be an unknown guest in the building” Friday’s voice broke out as the woman made her way behind the team.

The team turned their attention to the woman, fully ready for a fight... Until they saw her face.

“Aunt Peggy?” Tony was the first to speak.

“Peggy?” Steve’s voice broke.

“Hello Tony, Steve” Peggy smiled.

“How are you- How?” Steve stumbled over his words, keeping himself on edge. HYDRA had used Bucky against him in the past, what if they were using Peggy as well?

“Well... That’s a long story” Peggy sighed.

“You were old. You had Alzheimer’s..” Tony’s eyebrows furrowed at the sight of his father’s best friend, young and healthy. “You died.”

“I did” Peggy nodded. “But I was brought back”

“Brought back?” Sam looked wary. Unsure of what they were supposed to do.

“I understand that this is confusing. And for you all to understand, you’re going to have to listen without the worry that i’m here to kill you” Peggy was starting to feel her own survival instincts kick in.

“Well I’m sorry if we’re all a bit on edge with the fact that a dead person is back from the grave” Clint spoke up, earning a glare from Mrs. Carter.

“Have you ever heard of Project Regen?” Peggy asked the group. All confused but one.

“Vaguely. From listening in on my father when I was a kid” Tony spoke, still keeping Morgan and Pepper behind him.

“Howard was working on a serum for decades. A serum to reanimate the dead. To bring them back to a point in their life where they were the strongest. Physically and mentally” Peggy elaborated and when the team didn’t reply she continued. “He had thought he had reached a breakthrough the week before his death. We believed that, that was one of the reasons he was assassinated.”

“You’re saying that Howard Stark was trying to create Zombies?” Nat raised her eyebrows.

“He was trying to right his wrongs. Bring back the ones that died before their time. The ones that he blamed himself for” Peggy’s frowned deepened at the memory of her close friend being so eaten up by grief.

“Me?” Steve raised his eyebrows.

“No. Howard had made an educated guess that if your body was intact, the super soldier serum would preserve your body and brain. He was right. He just wasn’t here to see that he was.”

The guilt that swallowed Bucky was physically showing as he remembered the way Howard spoke his name as he snapped his neck.

“So who was he trying to bring back?” Bucky asked.

“I need to show you, for you to understand” Peggy pulled a device. “It’s a memory broadcaster. I need you to see what I remember for you to understand why Howard was the way he was”

Tony nodded when nobody else replied.

“It’s very simple. These attach to my temples and...” Peggy closed her eyes after attaching the final piece to her forehead.

“Is it gonna-” Rhodes was cut off by the small light on Peggy’s forehead, then the room was transformed around them.

“Y/n, are you okay?” Peggy asked.

“Why wouldn’t I be?” You spoke calmly. Your heels clicking on the busy New York street.

“I know you had feelings for him-”

“Peggy. I never had feelings for him” You laughed. “I won’t stay loyal to a dead man but I will never put myself in the position I was when I found out he was gone. Howard and I were nothing but well what we were. There was no love there”

“Y/n... We still don’t know if Bucky’s dead.” Peggy frowned at your blatant disregard for the information you guys had learned several months ago.

“Oh yes, that’s right” You spoke sarcastically. You both were now standing still on the busy sidewalk. “He might be a mindless assassin working for HYDRA. How could I have forgotten?”

Peggy stayed silent and you sighed.

“Even if SHIELD is right. If he is out there doing the things they suspect him of doing. That’t not him. It may be his body but his mind is long gone. And I don’t think their will be any way to salvage what he lost. So he’s dead. And I’m okay with that now” You felt the hole in your heart slowly return as you spoke about Bucky that way.

“I just.. I remember the way you were when you found out that he was gone” Peggy spoke solemnly at the memory of your heart wrenching sobs.

“That was a long time ago. I’ve been through a lot since then. The torture the military manipulated me into volunteering for to recreate the super soldier serum. The missions we’ve been on together. We’ve lost a lot of people. I’ve lost parts of myself. Now the pain of losing him and Steve are nothing but a distant memory”

Peggy went to speak, but another voice cut her off.

“Y/n!” Both of your eyes snapped towards Howard.

His eyes met yours and he rushed down the steps of his house and down the sidewalk to you.

“Y/n she meant nothing to me” Howard pleaded with you.

“Howard-”

“No- you need to know that I love you”

“Howard. If you love me you’re foolish” You laughed innocently. “But I know you’re just scared that I’m upset. But I’m not. We both used each other and I never expected commitment from you because that wasn’t what I was offering either.”

Howard stayed silent and you laughed.

“I’ll see you at the lab” And then Howard watched you walk down the sidewalk and get into a taxi.

“I really do love her” Howard turned towards Peggy and she shook her head.

“Then you are foolish”

“How do I prove it to her, Peg?” Howard ran a hand through his hair.

“Maybe you shouldn’t have half naked women in your house when you know we’re coming over”

The scene melted down around the team, leaving all of them confused.

“Who was that?” Nat asked.

“My sister” Steve spoke solemnly. He had spent a lot of his time thinking about his little sister and what she had been through after his death.

He never told anyone but he still carried the letter you wrote to him after Bucky’s death, telling him to please come home safe.

“I didn’t.. I didn’t know that she even knew Peggy and Howard” Bucky was feeling a range of emotions right now. From anger and jealousy that his girl had been with Howard Stark in such a way, to guilt and shame that he had hurt you like that.

“They must have helped her after we...” Steve trailed off as a new scene molded around them.

“They would make a cute couple” Daniel glanced at you and Howard slow dancing on the dance floor.

“He hasn’t been with another woman since last year when she basically told him that she didn’t want a serious relationship with him” Peggy commented. Still astonished that her friend actually gave up his womanizer ways.

“They look pretty serious to me” Daniel grinned as Howard gave you a kiss on the cheek and wondered off the dance floor.

You walked towards Peggy and Daniel with a blush on your face.

“Are you okay Y/n?” Daniel laughed at your stunned impression.

“He told me that... that he’s going overseas for work” You gulped. “And he wants me to come with him...”

The team barely had time to react as the next scene from Peggy’s memory played.

“I’m asking her to marry me” Howard shuffled nervously in front of Peggy.

“When?” Peggy asked.

“Tonight at the gala” Howard smiled. “I think it’s about time. We’ve been together for three years. Five if you count the two years she tricked herself into believing that she couldn’t love anymore”

“Congratulations, Howard” Peggy smiled and pulled him into a hug.

“Don’t congratulate me yet” Howard laughed but Peggy heard the fear behind his humor. He was terrified that you would run away. “I need your advice first”

“What is it?” Peggy asked.

“I don’t know which ring to use” Howard pulled out two boxes.

One, holding a brand new beautifully cut diamond engagement ring. Something that must have cost him tens of thousands of dollars.

The other was an older looking ring.

“It’s her mothers” Howard explains. “She mentioned that she had always wanted to have it. But... it’s the ring Sgt. Barnes used to propose”

“Oh” Peggy furrowed her eyebrows. “I think you should use the new one for now because I know that she loves you and she wants to be with you forever. But that ring might scare her. Especially now that we’ve lost track of the Winter Soldier project”

Howard nodded, a frown on his lips. But it slowly morphed into a smile.

“Hopefully by tomorrow at this time, we’ll be planning our wedding”

The night went on without a hitch. Until around 8pm.

“Do you recognize that man?” Peggy’s eyes followed the unfamiliar man making his way through the crowd, towards the dance floor where you and Howard were dancing.

Howard hadn’t proposed yet but he had mentioned to Peggy that he was going to do it on the dance floor.

“There’s a lot of Howard’s foreign business partners here tonight” Jarvis explained, but Peggy had a bad feeling. One that she was right to have.

It’s like it happened in slow motion.

Howard pulled out the engagement ring, at the same time the man pulled out his firearm.

“Howard” You spoke quietly, still ignorant to what was about to happen.

The click of the gun, both of you turning towards the assassin.

The loud bang and the chaos.

Your killer was able to slip into the crowd going unnoticed.

“Baby” Howard held his hand to the wound on your chest.

Your blood stained your white gown and Howard’s hands.

You tried to speak but all that came out was a gargling sound and blood dripped out.

“Baby please” The tortured sound of Howard’s voice broke everyone’s heart. “Please hold on. I need you. I love you”

The whole room was silent as the scene melted away.

The looks on Bucky and Steve’s face showed it all. They didn’t want to see that.

“Why did she show us that?” Bucky whispered, the anger in his voice was there. “Why the hell did you show us that?”

Steve grabbed Bucky before he could get to Peggy. A new scene started to unfold.

“Howard?” Peggy’s voice was soft as she opened the bedroom door.

The stench of whiskey was potent and Howard was in bed. Unlike him for a Monday afternoon. Usually he would be at his lab. Working on inventions.

“Howard it’s time to get up” Peggy sounded like she was in pain.

“Why?” Howard’s voice broke. He had been crying. “There’s no point anymore”

“She wouldn’t want you doing this to yourself” Peggy’s words were filled with her own pain for losing you.

“She’s dead. She doesn’t want anything” Howard’s words were bitter with loss.

“Howard don’t say that” Peggy shook her head.

“It’s the truth” Howard sat up, giving Peggy a full view of his tear stained face. “There’s no hope for her like the hope we had for Steve and Sgt. Barnes. We hoped to find Steve. We hoped to get Sgt. Barnes back from those Nazi bastards. But Y/n... She’s gone. I felt her take her last breath. I heard her struggle to speak. I felt her blood pour out into my hands”

Peggy had her own tears in her eyes as he spoke.

“I don’t even know what she was trying to tell me” Howard cried out.

Peggy made her way over to him and hugged him tight, feeling his tears pour onto her shoulder.

“She shouldn’t have fell for me” Howard pulled away with a bitter look. “It’s my fault she’s dead”

“No it isn’t-”

“I hesitated. I should have pushed her out of the way. I should have protected her the way Bucky would have protected her. I should have given my life for hers-”

“And do what? Destroy her the way Bucky’s death destroyed her? She would have been destroyed. You did nothing wrong. HYDRA wanted her dead. They were wrong. Not you” Peggy persisted.

“We shouldn’t have let them go on that mission” Howard was moving erratically now. “If we never let them go. If we trained them better. Anything then Sgt. Barnes would be alive and he would have been able to protect her the way I couldn’t”

“Howard. Howard” Peggy tried to calm him down. “Listen to yourself. You sound crazy”

“He deserved to be with her. Not me” Howard cried out.

“You both deserved her at different times of your lives, Howard” Peggy grabbed his hand. “Honestly I believe that she loved you more than she ever could have loved Sgt. Barnes”

Howard scoffed at the idea.

“She loved him as a teenager. When love was nothing but flowers and chocolates. She loved him. She did. But it was a puppy love. She loved you as a woman. Knowing what she could lose and the pain she could feel. She chose to fall for you. To be with you”

Howard stared at Peggy in wonderment at her theory.

“She chose to risk everything to be with you. I think that’s more than she ever did with Sgt. Barnes”

Howard stayed silent before standing straight.

“I’m going to fix this, Peg”

And then he walked into the bathroom, shutting the door.

The light on the device turned off and Peggy’s eyes opened.

“I don’t... I don’t” Steve sputtered.

“Howard created Project Regen to bring her back because he blamed himself.” Peggy sighed.

“After your disappearance, she was a wreck. She was working 3 jobs to support herself. On the verge of homelessness. The military approached her. They said they needed a test subject who was nearly identical to your genetics to recreate Project Rebirth. They tortured her for months. And she tried to back out but they kept her against her will” Peggy sighed. “Howard found out. Saved her. But she was altered in different ways. She worked for SHIELD because they were afraid of her capabilities”

“The United States Military did that?” Sam covered his mouth and Peggy nodded.

“The three of us were close. They were closer. They had a fling for about 2 years before she went off with him to Europe for work. They came back a year later official. And then she died” Peggy explained. “She was a threat to HYDRA so they eliminated her”

Steve ran a hand down his face.

“Howard spent years working on Project Regen. It slowed down when he met Maria and had you, Tony. But he never stopped. About 2 weeks before he died, he mentioned that he was ready to start animal trials” Peggy explained. “Then he was dead and I couldn’t find any of the work he had on the project”

“I’m sorry” Tony pinched the bridge of his nose. “I’m not following.”

“HYDRA stole everything he had on Project Regen and perfected it. Howard, Y/n and I woke up a few years ago handcuffed to beds. Then they would take each one of us into a room and electrocute us. They were trying to brainwash us” Peggy explained. “Then the snap happened. Enough of the guards dusted and we were able to escape.”

“Everything was chaotic. We came to find you guys and you weren’t here. At some point, Howard and Y/n left. Said they were done fighting. I don’t know where they are now” Peggy sighed.

“So what did you do?” Tony asked.

“I kept track of what remained of HYDRA. That’s why I’m here. They were quiet for a long time until now. They’re planning something and I can’t stop it alone” Peggy eyes pleaded with the teams.

“Okay. Okay we’ll help” Steve nodded. “But we need to find my sister”

“And my Dad” Tony squeezed Pepper’s hand.

“They’re both in danger” Steve glanced at Bucky who was staring out the window with a distant look on his face.

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Distant Connection - 2/11

Pairing: Bucky x Harmonia (OC) Warnings: a bit of angst, a lot of domestic fluff Summary: After an unknown group of goons took her mom’s life and tried to get her for the dark magic powers she possesses, this untaught witch is saved by the Avengers and brought to the compound where her new life unfolds.

MASTERLIST || Distant Connection Masterlist

Harmony was about to see the student area of the Stark Tower for the first time. Tony provided all the kids with wifi, laptops, food, medical help and tutoring there. She overheard it in a few conversations and she really wanted to draw in an environment like this again and also learn more about her witchcraft.

As she walked in she could see a lot of concentrated students sitting on laptops and others sitting together talking. She walked into the little laptop area with all the desks to see Steve sitting there drawing concentrated. There weren’t a lot of students in there and most of them had headphones on so she sat down beside him with a “Looks beautiful.” His head went up and he gave her a soft smile back “Thanks. Still trying to get into all the new markers from this time.” He had drawn a pink Starbucks drink with alcohol markers, the page he was currently working on was a view of a NYC street and he was painting with gouache. “Can I join your little art session?” she asked pulling out a watercolor sketchbook and watercolor from her backpack. “Of course. What’s your art project today?” he asked after finishing another window. “You…...that sounded like I was flirting. I was not. Just need to get better at watercoloring humans.” she chuckled. They both looked down and worked on their little projects for a while. “I heard you called me big energy ball?” he said and couldn’t take himself serious. “Yup, the outside finally fits the mindset.” she giggled with him. “You changed something in James’ mind?” he asked a bit softer about the thing he overheard. “I tried to bring more positive memories in the main focus again. You were doing a lot of dumb shit in the 30s and 40s” she smiled at him because he had stopped to listen to her. “I was...I can’t even lie about the fact that I wasn’t much different back then. A little less mature, but now I’m just that with the actual body fitting to the mind of a tiny human taking on the world alone.” he laughed about himself. “I saw some of the memories. They were hilarious.” she was thankful that it was way easier to talk to him than she expected.

“Can you...do that with me too?” he asked curious. “Yes, but that means I see everything you saved into your long term memory.” she said a little more awkward. “Oh please don’t tell me you saw all of the assassin stuff...please…” he was concerned for her and looking at her frowning. “I did...that was my first try. It was a spontaneous thing.” she went back into shy mode but he pulled her onto his lap to give her a big hug. “Don’t do it with Nat, Sam or Tony. They are good people but that would hurt you more than you could probably take.” he mumbled against her forehead. “Do you still want me to do it?” she looked up at him. “Only if you’re comfortable with it...why does this sound like we’re talking about something different.” he realized all of a sudden and both started laughing. “Something’s still off about the painting.” he said pointing towards it trying to change the subject. “I think you just need to feel out the colors better. Darker gouache tends to dry lighter and lighter gouache tends to dry darker. Should’ve done a color test. But I think you need to correct the glass reflection on the ground floor here a little bit.” she gave him advice still sitting on his lap. “Would you stand up, or?” he gestured at her initial seat. She reseated. “Hmpf, was so comfortable for once,” she said with a fake pout and got a chuckle back.

After correcting his painting in silence he put down his brush and looked over at Harmony doing her second painting which made the first one fully visible to him. “Simple but I can definitely see it’s me.” he said smiling at it. “Just the first layer. Needs another one or two.” she smiled while painting her flower. “You wanna draw something into my notebook?” he asked a little bit more shy. “Like a notebook switch? Sure.” she said finishing her last petal before turning to him and interchanging the notebooks. He grabbed some normal pencils and an eraser before leaning over the next page while she grabbed some of his alcohol markers to start drawing one of the memories she saw in James’ mind of young and small Steve. There was a comfortable silence between them and the only thing audible were the laptops of some of the students around them and the kids laughing outside of the computer room. He made sure she couldn’t see what he drew with his pencils and was way too concentrated to look over at her beautiful 40s painting.

After about 30 minutes both of them finished their drawings almost in sync and looked up at each other. They put both of them between each other and held their breath for a second. “You drew me? Wow. That’s...so detailed.” she said in awe before reading the little note below “for the small energy ball, from the big energy ball ❤” “This is the cutest thing ever.” she said while giving him a hug and he was so concentrated on her liking it that he looked at her drawing just now over her shoulder while breaking the hug again. “You drew me from Bucky’s eyes?” he was in awe, this was a gift so rare that he couldn't grasp it. Seeing through someone else’s eyes was almost impossible but she put it into a drawing. “When I went through his mind this is one of the memories I made clearer for him again. I think it’s very you.” she said soft and with her guard up. “Wow. I remember that day. We got in big trouble for spending all our money on unhealthy stuff but the whole day was so much fun.” he smiled down at his notebook with the most genuine smile in weeks. “You have such an unique bond. I wanted to put that into a drawing.” she said fidgeting with her fingers. “You two also have a very different connection. I’ve never seen him protect someone like that.” he tried to look into her eyes but they stayed on her hands. “I feel like he’s the only person that can relate to how I feel and also keep me save, you know?” she said very vulnerable. He grabbed her hands and made her look up at him, “I might not be able to relate but I would definitely keep you save too.” A weak smile formed on her lips and a slight nod gave him an answer.

“Can I see the rest of your sketchbook?” she ask shyly again and he grabbed it and put it on her lap with a smile. She grabbed it and slowly went from page to page. There were a lot of 40s related paintings but also a lot of new ones. He drew James and Natasha a lot, sometimes the whole team, there was a little sketch with all of them sitting at the kitchen table laughing, a drawing of her and James when they sat in the corner of the common room, food with recipe notes, a page filled with uniform designs, a sketch of Peggy Carter, a watercolor painting of Grand Central Station, two hands holding each other, a bruised Thor and a closeup of his hammer, a street in Brooklyn back in the day. He didn’t seem to use the notebook chronological and just opened a page and started creating. Meanwhile he looked at her notebook. The outside was filled with stickers of potions, black cats and flowers. She was into witchcraft before she knew she was gifted.

There were a lot of watercolor and marker drawings, her mom, the campus of Syracuse University, a stranger in a coffee shop, part of what looked like her room, two people kissing, fashion sketches, crystals and moons, braided hair, two people hugging, a collage of the different parts of her outfit, sneakers, a sketch of the library in the compound, a sketch of James, an unfinished sketch of what happened to her mother, a sketch of sleeping James, a detailed painting of hands doing blue magic, a painting of James with black eyes and a smile, a sketch of the common area, the flower she just painted, the first layer of the painting she made of him and the sketch he made of her. She was very organized in the way she drew.

She looked at his concentrated face and noticed he finished going through the sketches but showed him the last page of the notebook. There was a big sticker of his shield on the little pocket in the back of the book that held little nicnacs. He looked at her with a smile and a little bit of pride “Was that always there?” he asked. “Yeah.” she said smiling back at him, taking her sketchbook back. The moment was interrupted with a 10th grader coming into the room looking straight at them. “Could you help us with world war stuff? We’ve been sitting here trying to get it into our heads and…” Steve smiled and nodded.

He left his stuff with Harmony which started doodling little things onto another page. A little shield, a bit of magical stuff, hearts, stars, moons, dots and a little note. *Always prefered you over Stark. Thought you wanted to know. Guess I have a soft spot for old grandpa Avengers. -small energy ball* After looking around at the concentrated students she picked up her brush again and started doing the second layer of her painting of him.

“Harmony?” she heard from a computer voice above. “Yeah?” she said a bit weirded out. She still wasn’t used to FRIDAY at all. “Captain Rogers has been called to the compound for a mission and asks if you could bring his belongings with you back to the compound.” the voice asked. “Sure. Tell him to stay safe.” she said with a little smile. “I will make sure to do so, Harmony.” the voice stopped. Once of the students had took his headphones out to listen to the interaction and got a shy smile from Harmony. “You are allowed to take his things with you?” she asked in awe. “I’m just bringing them back where they belong, I guess.” Harmony answered softly. “Can I ask you something?” the girl, probably around 16, asked. “Uuuh, sure.” she smiled. “Is he really as serious as everyone thinks. He seemed to be very childish and funny with you.” she asked with a nervous voice and a shy smile. “Nooo, he is a total dork but he knows when to be serious. If you ever have a problem with anything just ask him. He’s super nice and wants everyone to feel comfortable.” a smile came across the lips of both females. Harmony continued to put his sketchbook and art supplies into her bag, stood up and grabbed a bottle of water and a pack of chips from the food shelves behind her before turning around. “See you around?” she asked the girl and got a smile and a nod back before she walked out of the room and made her way back to the compound.

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castielgurl · 5 years

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What Is And What Should Never Be Chapter 4

fan art by QueenDayraJasemine

Steve shaved his beard, he saw a woman standing in front of his house. He looked at the woman, wearing a green jacket and a red-haired. Natasha? Steve ran out of his house and found that the lady was no longer there. He swears he must have seen Natasha. The next day he saw the woman again this time standing outside the windows. Again Steve turned and looked out the window but the woman suddenly disappeared. Steve began to doubt what he saw was probably just unimaginable in his mind. Maybe he's just dreaming. Or maybe he missed Natasha too much.

Natasha also often appears in his dream. Like Natasha sitting outside her apartment window in New York wearing a red dress. She waved at him she said something about let her go. Then she jumped off from the apartment Steve was shocked and screamed her name. Then Steve gets awake from sleep. Steve dreamed the same thing over and over again. This cause he not had enough periods of sleep and often awake in the middle of the night. Steve painted Natasha's portrait to calm his mind. She has appeared more often than ever before in his dream. Natasha seemed to try to tell him something. Is Natasha's spirit not calm? Or she's upset because Steve never got to say goodbye? Is she angry because of their unsolved feelings?

Now a young man comes to his house claims that he is the Natasha Romanoff, son. But what is crazier than this boy said he was his father. The boy looks very much like Natasha and Steve felt like him looking at himself in the mirror. The young man has the same nose and lips as himself.

Steve didn’t know how to react. Perhaps this is why Natasha haunted his dream. James told everything. Who he was, why he came and what had happened to his parents.

“So you need that stone? To make another snap." Steve asked

"I came here not only for the stone, but I want to talk to you personally." James was unhappy.

Suddenly, a little boy coming and hugs Steve. He's blond and blue-eyed.

"Daddy I want you to see my toys" Steve's son tried to persuade his father

"Ian, I'll be coming in a bit ok," Steve said, touching the boy's hair

James who saw them felt disappointed. He has the right to be jealous. James still remembers how his father's threat him when was still a child. He always gave undivided attention to him. He never imagined that his father had other children than himself.

Then, the little child left.

"Maybe we need to talk elsewhere." James felt uncomfortable

Bucky let the father and son discuss in private. He brings Peggy to small talk.

"So do you think I'm the one who has changed the timeline and caused your parents to disappear?" Steve sat in front of his house

"I understand why you're doing it so you cannot let go of your past and you have the right to find happiness, but I've done research that the original timeline, Peggy Carter should be married to Daniel Sousa and have family and children. You have disrupted the flow of predetermined destiny. Why go back to the past? There is no version of you in any single timeline or dimension that chooses to leave? What went wrong Cap? How could you not see mom? Natasha is the one for you?” James use a little bit higher pitch

"You are angry because I should marry your mother and have you? If Natasha is still alive, I might marry her. But I was only her partner, not more than that" Steve had already begun to see James's face ripple changing.

“You love her, you always tell me that. How Natasha has changed your life. But you let her go to that horrible place. You take away my life.” James denied

"James I think you've been wrong, who married Natasha is your father, I'm not your father" Steve insisted

"What you are doing now is not you, you are not Steve Rogers, my mother deserves to be happy what you are doing to her is the cruelest thing you've ever done, and you only care for yourself, I always respected you and look up to you. But I was wrong about you “James put his hands on the wall

"Do you think that I can easily forget her? I also feel hurt for losing her. Every night she appeared in my dreams. Every day I saw her. I thought I was crazy. I never thought I would lose her. She promised to meet in a minute. But I cannot see her again. I cannot say goodbye to her. I cannot thank her. If I can exchange my life to get her back I will do it. She is everything for me. Sorry, James because of what happened to your parents. I hope I can change what happened to Natasha. But I can`t " Steve said very sincerely

"What gives you the right to live? Why my mother is supposed to sacrifice for a world that does not love her back? After a long time, people will forget about her sacrifice she will be forgotten. No pictures of my mother in Avengers HQ. No grave for her. You say you love her but you lie "James failed to control his emotions and damage the wood he holds.

"James, I love her, I swear, your anger will destroy you, believe me." Steve tried to persuade the young man.

"You don`t try to advise me, as you said, you're not my father," James said and left

"Steve let him alone, he needs time to calm down," Bucky said and tried to persuade Steve

Steve tried to control his disappointment. Although James was his son from another universe. But James's words are true. Every word of James's words really hurt Steve's feelings. It was a strange feeling because he didn`t know James at all.

Steve and Bucky talk for a while

"So both James's parents are dead?" Steve asked

"It's not dead, what James says are become dust," Bucky replied

"Dust as done by Thanos?" How can someone get to collect all those six infinity stones and do another snap? "Steve began to wonder" So who's missing? "

"According to James, everybody should not be in our world, James's parents are not supposed to be married in this world, so they become victims" Bucky explained

"So if James's parents are not supposed to be together, how can he survive?" Steve doubts

"We don`t know why James is also uncertain why" Bucky is also uncertain

"But the soul stone was gone" Steve began to tell

"What? Where's the stone?" James suddenly interrupted. Because of his super hearing.

"There was a man coming in and asking for the stone, he was black-haired and his face was like a normal man," Steve explained

"So you just gave the stone to a stranger?" James did not believe it

"He's with Nick Fury, and he claims someone tries to steal the stone and it not safe here, I'm giving him because I don`t want to threaten anyone here," Steve told

"Who's Nick Fury?" James asked

"He is the founder of SHIELD. Of course, I trust him. The man with whom he claimed he is an Avenger. His name is Quentin Beck " Steve said

"Beck? Oh no we are in trouble now. Nick Fury is not Nick Fury." James cursed a little bit

"Why?"

"Beck is from our universe he is a former Avenger, but we eliminate him because of his power manipulating people, and he can take over someone body." James panicked

"What does he want to do with Soul Stone?" Bucky asked

"If Beck is still alive, it's not good for us, we don`t who is right and who is wrong, we don`t know who we can trust.” James worried about Cassie and Morgan

Steve and Bucky say goodbye. Bucky asked Steve to go with them. But Steve says his war has ended.

Steve tried to talk to James. Although their conversation ended badly. But he really felt sorry for the young man.

"James I hope you'll be able to bring your parents back. I'm really sorry" Steve touched James's shoulders

"Captain thank you for the speech. I have something to give you." James gave Steve the card "Sorry for my words, I hope you are happy with your loved ones." James said before passing and aligning his GPS

After them, both left. Steve saw what was on the card. Steve pressed the button in the middle. It is a video recording in hologram format

A woman is laughing. Steve really knew that voice.

"Happy birthday my sweetheart,” The woman said, carrying a cake in her hand. "This is the result of your father's cooking. Do not blame me.” The woman said and laughed

Natasha with a little boy. He is definitely James. The boy had a tube attached to his nose. Oh, poor boy. Steve understands that James was sick when he was a child. Like himself

"Your mother also helped to make the cake, she helped make the mess." The man said. That's Steve. He laughs before kissing Natasha, his wife.

Steve never saw Natasha laughing so. She looks very happy. Her face tells him she has a happy life. And Natasha has it all because of him. Steve's eyes began to be watery.

"Nat I love you"

Steve remembered Natasha's words before they left for Wakanda during the war with Thanos

"If we have a kid we should name him James" Natasha suddenly tells something odd

"Why are you talking about a child?" Steve turned

"Nothing just thought of something," Natasha said before smiling

Steve wondered if she had been pregnant. Was she?

Notes: Next Chapter What`s real and What`s is not. Someone comes back from death

you can read in Ao3 here: https://archiveofourown.org/works/18920308/chapters/45078739

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