#what i wouldn't give to have a pre-serum steve in my life

[callalillywrites]

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You're sitting in your favorite bookstore, enjoying a good read when you swear you feel eyes on you. Looking around, you don't see any of the other patrons looking at you so you shrug and get back into your book.

The same sensation has you looking around and you see a scrawny, blond man quickly look down. You wait until he tries looking up again and you make eye contact. His face turns red with embarrassment and he starts gathering up what looks to be art supplies.

Thinking that's the end of it you go back to your book. After a few minutes, you get that feeling again, but he's not trying to hide this time.

Keeping his eyes down he says, "I'm sorry I was starting. You were just too pretty not to draw." He hands you a piece of paper. There's a drawing of you reading, surrounded by cala lilies and you gasp at how pretty it is.

You look up to tell him you love the drawing but he's already gone. You look at the signature in the corner and make out "Steve Rogers".

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- Zombie

Oh, Zombie, this is the sweetest ask. I can't even tell you how much this made my heart just go all gooey sweet.

I'm serious the power this scrawny guy has over me is just too much to bear at times, yet I wouldn't change it for the life of me.

....

But do you know how much it would mean to me to have someone, especially someone this talented, want to draw me. I'm definitely not that kind of girl that inspires others to want to draw something or write sonnets or just sigh over my very existence.

I've come to accept that fact. It's even fine that I'm not most days.

Then, everything changes that day in my favorite bookstore.

This Steve Rogers is the reason for everything changing.

I really can't get over how well he's captured me in a way that I'm not sure I can even see in myself most days. The fact that he's also added one of my top favorite flowers in his drawing of me, it's practically swoon worthy.

So, you can well imagine I'm both flattered and miffed when he disappears before I even get the chance to say anything to him. A cup of coffee would've been the least I would've offered him after he gifted me his drawing.

At least, he left me a breadcrumb to follow.

I have his name.

It's not much, but it's a start.

With a little luck, I'll find him and give him a proper thank you.

....

From here, I can well imagine two different scenarios: a cute serendipity type of story or something a little bit darker (definitely akin to soft!dark) with a bit of creeping and stalking to find this man and claim him, to dote on him while also making sure he has all the time in the world to create more art.

[theha1rarch]

🔥 - i'm evil ... so ... steve

( send the fire emoji for an unpopular opinion )

oooh boy oh-ho-ho, okay buckle in everyone - this is gonna be a long ride -

1 - gonna go ahead & get this one out of the way ... steve would in no universe, under any circumstance, in any way - shape - or form ... date fucking b.illy h.argrove. i really feel like i don't need to explain this one but yeah thanks, he would never. he wouldn't even CRUSH on him (eddie is his one & only (canon) bi awakening thank you!!!)

2 - steve is not an asshole. he can be bitchy, he was a douche in school & definitely not the greatest person - but he is not an actual mean person. like - maybe if he was in a bad mood or in a fight with someone, he could say something really mean - but it's not something he'd do normally. like he's not just some giant asshole who treats people like shit

3 - steve wouldn't accept anyone being an ass to nancy. he wouldn't accept robin shunning her bc of their past. he forgave nancy a long time ago & expects other people to as well. just because she hurt him, if he forgave her - they need to as well. after all it's HIM she hurt & it's not like it was done intentionally

4 - steve isn't stupid. he struggles with learning & school, yes. he's not the most booksmart, yes. but he's not fucking stupid. he's not some braindead idiot who can't tell right from left. he might not always spell things right, he might not know big words but acting like he's a five year old child who's never been on the planet earth before is a bit much. not to mention he canonically showed off his smarts SEVERAL times. everyone forgets if it wasn't for him, they never would've figured out the russians were working at/under the mall

5 - steve being in love with nancy still, or again, in s4 was lazy & stupid writing & never should've happened & makes no sense. he was canonically over here & trying to move on a season before. literally admitted while on TRUTH SERUM that he wasn't in love with her anymore. it literally shows no growth for him to just reduce him back to a shipping box & have him revolve around nancy again. especially when nancy herself has moved on & is in a happy relationship

6 - everyone claims steve is the d.uffer bros favorite, but he is NOT. he might be a fan favorite but the duffers don't give af about him. they wouldn't have done above if they did. they wouldn't continuously put him through hell & back if they did. he's literally a marketing ploy to them/st in general/netflix. they know everyone eats him up & uses those stupid 'steve harrington has to live' or whatever type marketing things to bring in the money

7 - calling steve a 'fan favorite' is even a bit of a stretch because genuinely most people only like him because he's hot. or bc joe is. & they crush on him & think he's attractive & the whole babysitter thing does it for them. or they also just think of him as 'haha goofy stupid funny hot guy who gets beat up all the time'. that's how most people outside of the actual steve stans see him, people don't give him depth - including the writers themselves

8 - FOR ST/CANON/80S VERSE SPECIFIC - i genuinely don't think steve would know what being bi was or that 'liking both' is an option or whatever without meeting robin. or another 'already have figured out they're queer' person. like i just simply don't think he'd just have that already known without some help. like - maybe he could know he liked guys for certain ships getting together pre-robin & all but i don't think he'd know the details of stuff already without a queer person in his life

9 - slight usfw but probably one of my most controversial, in the steve/steddie/st fandom at least, STEVE IS A SUB, & HE'S ALSO A BOTTOM. THAT'S ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

10 - this is going to be the most controversial thing i've ever said on this blog bc it's going to surprise & shock the fuck out of so many of you & no one's going to believe i'm actually saying it but .....................

steve should've died in s4 instead of eddie. NOW HEAR ME OUT - obviously there's no universe where i want steve to die & this is ONLY IF someone 'had' to die. but i think it should've been steve. steve is a character that's been around since s1, who was - in fact - supposed to die in s1. we know him, we love him, but we've got to watch a life for him play out on screen before us. maybe not the best life. but still. he was canonically in a good place by the end of s4, for the most part. like generally seemed happy & all. he gave that whole speech to nancy that literally screamed a 'i'm about to die' speech. it would've been sad as fuck, but i think it would've been a better narrative. to watch a character we've gotten to know & have at least four or more so years with die. & it still would've given dustin the whole 'losing older brother type figure' situation. we'd get to watch the characters grieve someone we actually knew, not someone we only knew for nine (eight? idk i'm tired i forget how many s4 eps rn) episodes & most of the characters barely knew -. it would've been a lot more impactful & shown that the duffers weren't afraid to take risks & actually kill off their mains & show us no one was safe. & then eddie could've stepped into steve's role & wouldn't have lived such a short time & would've shown that the duffers could break out of their 'we're gonna kill off this character you just me this season' trope ...

[loveforpreserumsteve]

Love Blooms (demon!Bucky and pre-serum!Steve omegaverse au)

7

THE HOUSE WAS in a tizzy. More maids than usual had arrived early to clean all of the nooks and crannies. Making sure to get all the places that Steve couldn't reach. Practically making everything seem brand new despite the brownstone being over a century old. Steve wasn't sure if he'd ever be able to maintain this level of cleanliness once his family left to return to Arkansas. And while Steve did appreciate the work that Bucky's employees were achieving, he felt useless for not helping them in some way. Even post-partum, Steve's nesting hormones were still present. Perhaps more so now than when he was preparing for Mia's arrival.

"It's alright, sir," one of the maids assured, "This is what we're hired to do. This is what we do to show our appreciation for the King and all that He does for us."

After trying to wipe the counter down once more – and being stopped by an annoyed blonde – Steve sighed and caved. Returning to the living room so he could – at least – pick up Mia's toys and carry them up to the nursery. Sure, she hadn't really played with any of her toys since she was only approaching her seventh week of life, but whenever she looked at their soft, colorful bodies, her steel-blue eyes would light up.

"There, there, dear," Steve heard come from the baby monitor clipped to his hip. Brows furrowing, Steve turned the volume up to see if Mia was fussing. From what he could hear, she wasn't. Which made him wonder why someone was in her nursery. No one was supposed to be in there, and the staff knew that. Especially the regulars.

Arms full of wearable rattles and soft blocks, Steve rushed up the stairs to the second level of the house. His heart was beating nearly out of his chest and his breath was getting close to hyperventilating, but he didn't stop. He didn't stop running until he reached the unguarded nursery.

In the dimly lit room, a brunette was holding Mia. Cradling her tiny frame close to her bosom as she caressed the side of Mia's face. Instantly, fear shot up and down his spine as he asked, "What the hell do you think you're doing?!"

Removing her gaze from his baby, she simply said, "I decided that it was about time I met my niece."

"Niece?"

Steve's gaze ran over the strange woman. Tall, lean, and malignant. Her soft voice and curves reminded Steve of animals that distracted and disguised themselves to appear non-threatening so their prey wouldn't know any better. He felt trapped as she leaned down to kiss Mia's head, right where her horn nubs usually resided but were now hiding beneath.

"Put her down," Steve demanded, his entire body shaking with his fear and determination, "Now."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk," the woman clicked her tongue while she shook her head. "That's no way to address a Queen."

"You're not my queen," Steve argued, standing his ground.

At that, the brunette narrowed her eyes at Steve. Clearly offended, she menacingly crossed the room to him. "How dare you, you insignificant pest beneath my feet. You are nothing. You might have grown my niece in your human womb, but I could easily end you right now. I should end your miserable existence since you're only good for one thing: as an incubator. And even then there are stronger, more desirable humans that my brother could have chosen instead of you, a weak, broken omega. One of these days I'm going to devour your soul just so I can shit it back out and put you in your correct place."

Tears were blurring his vision, but he wasn't hurt by Bucky's sister's words. Oh no, he was frightened for his daughter. Clearly, Mia's aunt wasn't stable. Not even for a Hell Queen. Correction: Maveth Queen. Correction, correction: Who the fuck cares about what dark dimension she ruled?!

"Give me my daughter."

Her snake-like eyes flitted along his features. As they changed to the same stormy eyes that Bucky had and that Mia had, Steve held his breath. For a moment, he expected her to hiss like a snake's warning.

"Give her to him, Re'beck."

Deep, like the depths of Hell, an unfamiliar silky voice instructed. The woman, Re'beck, Queen of Maveth, listened to the man. As though Mia was fragile, precious, she handed the baby to Steve. Once she was in his arms, Steve cradled her tightly to himself and backed up to the wall, so he could keep his eyes on the strangers.

"It's alright, Steven. You have nothing to fear here," the man said, stepping into the office-turned-nursery.

Almost as soon as his eyes took in the man, Steve involuntarily gasped. He had never given Bucky's sole parent much thought, but whenever he did, the man was a grotesque caricature of what a man was supposed to look like. Always looking like a monster rather than an actual person. And, boy, was he hit over the head with those imaginings. Especially since the man standing there was really just an older version of Bucky. Handsome, devastatingly so. Strong, obviously. Older, yes. Dapper, debonair, and dazzling. Just like Bucky. Not that Steve was going to tell his alpha that though.

"Please," the man continued, "Don't take offense to my daughter. She's a sensitive soul, even though she denies it, and lashes out when her feelings get hurt."

For a moment, he just watched Steve. All Steve could do was stare at him with his mouth hanging open as he gazed upon the deity. Then, the man reached his hand out towards him and Steve flinched away from him. He couldn't do much more than flinch though as his legs were now numb like dead weight. The man wiped at Steve's face, coming back with wet fingertips.

Brows furrowed, the man, the devil, the whoever-the-fuck looked down at his hand as though he had never seen tears before. But surely he had. Right? There must be plenty of followers who had expressed one's emotions in such a way befo–

"What's going on here?"

A grin stretched at the older man's lips as he turned to face the doorway. Greeting Bucky, "Son!"

"Father," Bucky's gaze went from his dad to his sister to Steve and then back. He repeated, "What's going on here?"

"Just meeting the in-laws," Re'beck teased.

"I'm not sure that's wise," Bucky took a step closer to Steve and Mia.

"And why isn't it?" Re'beck asked, giving Steve A Look that only struck deeper fear inside of the petite omega and brought more tears to his eyes.

"They're not devotees," Bucky clarified. "And when's the last time you were around humans for any significant amount of time?"

"Oh, please," Re'beck scoffed. "It can't be that hard since you've been here."

Not taking her bait, Bucky instead wrapped Steve in his embrace, leading the omega to the primary bedroom. Once there, Bucky turned to face Steve. The omega was still silently crying. Worriedly, Bucky looked over Steve's face, clearly trying to find something.

Despite his shock and confusion and fear, Steve weakly assured, "I'm okay."

"No," Bucky shook his head, "You're not."

Steve didn't argue.

"Maybe you should lay down," Bucky suggested, crossing the bedroom to the king bed so he could start turning it down.

Steve did argue then. "I can't just take a nap."

"You can take a moment to yourself," Bucky attempted to appease him.

Shaking his head, Steve remained where Bucky had put him. Mia was starting to get fussy, so Steve started swaying her. Not that it did much of anything. Sighing, Steve took a seat on the bed and unbuttoned his shirt and pushed aside the supporter.

"So, that's your family?" Steve asked as Mia fed.

"Yes."

Steve nodded, caressing Mia's cheek. Bucky added, "I didn't know they were coming."

"That makes two of us," Steve joked.

Then, the doorbell rang throughout the brownstone.

Hi, hello! I hope you're all doing well! Sorry for not being very active lately. I had writer's block and dealing with my health. My primary doctor even suggested medicinal marijuana usage, which I'm trying to get used to. It's doing well with my full body chronic pain, but it's been putting me in such a fog mentally. So, I've been trying to get all of that right. 😂 But that's not all! I've also been adapting one of my earlier fics so I can self-publish it the way I did with the other adaptations! Anyway, I hope you're all doing well wherever you are! Much love and appreciation Minnie ❤❤❤ P.S. To keep up to date with me and when I'm posting, follow me on instagram!

[oh-my-damn]

Hi bestie! Congrats on 2k! 💙

This is my first ask round and it's about my favourite boy Steeb!

Answer your flip phone Steve!

"what's playing on your ipod touch rn?" Ethereal

"you can't sit with us!" Pre Serum Steve, TWS Steve, IW Steve (choose wisley 🔪, I'll allow the kiss option)

(shoot I forgot the number) favorite disney movie?

OMG bestie hiiii !!!!!

Thank you so much!! hehehehe

📞 Answer your flip-phone Steve! 📞

I've heard from my cousins best friends older brother that Steve Rogers isn't as innocent as he seems! Apparently he's been fucking around a lot, even to the point where Jarvis is starting to get confused due to all the different girls he brings back to the compound! I guess the golden boy isn't as innocent as we thought, huh?

🎶 What's playing on your ipod touch rn? 🎶+ Ethereal

Oooh, this is a good one!

Okay, so, for Ethereal I have a few songs I listened to while writing that reminds me of the story.

Illenium - Good Things Fall Apart

Jon Bellion - Overwhelming

Michigander - East Chicago, IN

🙅🏼‍♀️ You can't sit with us! 💅🏼 + Pre serum Steve, TWS Steve, IW Steve

Oh gosh!

Okay I'm definitely taking you up on that offer and going with kiss. Can't kill any of these good boys 🥹

Now, here's how it's gonna go. I'm gonna be realistic. And the fact is that I'm a tall girl (180cms) so me and pre-serum Steve just wouldn't make sense in the long run. So I choose to give him a sweet kith ! 😚

I know exactly who I'm going to fuck and who I'm going to marry, and here's my logic for that. For me, fucking means ONS, so you do it once, right? If I marry someone, I get to fuck that person for the rest of my life !!!

So it should come as no surprise when I choose to fuck TWS Steve and marry Nomad Steve (king of my heart 🤗)

Bc although I love TWS Steve, he's not ready to settle down. Nomad Steve on the other hand has perfect dilfy daddy energy and he absolutely has a breeding kink and I am more than ready to let him indulge in it ! 🫣

💅Bend and Snap💅

20. favorite disney movie?

WELL WELL WELL

This is a LOADED question bc I usually divide my movies !!!

So one for classics, princess, pixar, star wars and marvel. it's simply too hard to choose otherwise!

However, overall, my favorite classic is Alice in Wonderland. My favorite character is Cheshire Cat (when I worked at disney we would have our favorite characters on our nametags and it was always so much fun to see which people would choose, but Chessur as my friends and I like to call him, has been a constant in my life for a very, very long time). I have pretty much all the merch in the world with him, including a piggy bank, a loungefly bag, an entire lanyard dedicated to pins of him, and a onesie. So Alice wins, but mainly bc of my dear Chessur!!

Thank you for joining my 2k celebration party!

[fandomfluffandfuck]

K, I love your answers! (The name one is so intriguing. I love names with backstories.)

I'm jumping in because I, too, am nosy about mutuals and love to see what people are like 👀

1) Are you named after anyone?

Nope!

Although my initials have been forever ruined (memed?) for me because in high school someone pointed out that they're one letter away from the word "slut" (I'm just missing the "u," same order, "slt") Jokes on that person who was trying to make fun of me, though, I am a huge slut 💀💀 so it's perfectly fitting! Wouldn't my parents be proud.

2) When was the last time you cried?

Fun fact, I'm actually trying to get better at crying.

I one million percent grew up with the "boys don't cry" bullshit. So... it's been actual years. And the last time I did cry, it was out of frustration. So I feel like that doesn't even count, lmao.

3) Do you have kids?

I do not.

At this point in life, I don't want kids. I get that it can change, especially because I'm young, but... probably not. Children/fatherhood hasn't ever appealed to me 🤷🏻‍♂️

4) Do you use sacrasm a lot?

Usually not, I use it more in writing than in spoken words in real life.

5) What sport do you play/have you played?

I did track for a brief moment in time--sprints, relay, and hurdles--but I never truly got into it. Just not my thing 🤷🏻‍♂️ I'd rather sit inside and draw or whatever.

6) What's the first thing you notice about people?

T a t t o o s

If you have tattoos, in the most uncreepy way possible, I immediately have seen them and have said "hell yeah" to myself in my head about them. For as long as I can remember, ink has always been the first thing I notice about anyone (if it's visible, obviously). I just... I love tattoos. I wanted to be a tattoo artist for a long time.

7) What's your eye color?

Dark green

8) Scary movies or happy endings?

Scary movies! The more nightmares they give me, the better, lmao.

9) Any special talents?

Define special? I feel like anything I'm good at, I do. Art, y'know? I draw, I write, I sculpt (with clay), etc.

Although, I don't feel like any of those are talents. I've built skills for them over years and years and years. But that's not the discussion we're having now, lol.

10) Where were you born?

Oregon, USA

I feel like I have very ✨️PNW✨️ vibes, or at least, so I've been told.

11) What are your hobbies?

See question 9, lol.

Art: drawing, writing, and sculpting. I used to be way more into photography and photoshop, but I've fallen out of it over the years. I also used to read way more, and I still read fanfiction, but I'm more often writing. There's only so much processing of letters that this dyslexic brain can do, okay?

12) Do you have any pets?

Right now, I just have family pets. My life isn't steady enough for my own. A dog, a cat, and some chickens, ducks, plus rabbits all live with my parents.

13) How tall are you?

5'6"

Feel free to picture pre-serum Steve Rogers, lmao. (Also, I will lord the fact that I, despite being so short, am still taller than my father over his head (literally) until the day he dies, haha.)

14) Favorite subject(s) in school?

Outside of art classes, which were always my favorite for obvious reasons, it truly depended on the school year. I had the privilege of connecting with a lot of wonderful educators, and so it would shift depending on what the teacher was like and what teacher I was connecting with. English was probably my runner-up favorite, though.

15) Dream job?

🤌🏻Drawing🤌🏻

I wanna make art so fucking bad, you don't even understand. It sounds stupid to say that the reason I wake up in the morning is so I can draw, that it's the fire inside me, that it's the passion that is weaved into my skin, holding me together, but it is. I love drawing. I would love if I could just draw what I wanted for the rest of my life and have that be it. Free reign. But, alas, capitalism exists, and so does ai "art" and...... that's a dark path I don't wanna talk about, lol. It'd be nice to draw for a living :')

Tagging:

Anyone who wants to jump in. Please, do. Shout into the void with me!

the sweetest @katiedid-3 tagged me in a 15 Questions for 15 Mutuals and i am the worst at tumblr-ing as of lately but i haven't been tagged in something like this in so long 🥺 so yes! here we go.

1) Are you named after anyone?  I'm named after two people actually, my maternal grandmother and my Dad. Just smushed together two names and that's me.

2) When was the last time you cried?  Not to bring us down immediately...but as of lately it's like every day lol

3) Do you have kids?  I do 🥰 I have my twin beanies

4) Do you use sarcasm a lot? I do, probably way too much for someone with 13-month twins lol. I used it so much when I was a teacher. I hate the rule/advice of not being sarcastic with students. 👎🏻

5) What sports do you play/have you played?  I stopped playing sports in high school because I did JROTC, but I did soccer forever and like @katiedid-3 I did basketball because I am tall (I've been this height since I was in fifth grade) and was pressured into it for literal years.

6) What’s the first thing you notice about people?  I'm very much a vibes person? Maybe it's the Pisces in me (i hate myself for saying that, but it's true...), but it's less about looks and more about "How do I feel in this person's presence?" within the first ten seconds.

7) What’s your eye color?  Brown 💩

8) Scary movies or happy endings?  I do not fuck with scary movies, I'm such a scaredy cat. Happy endings all the way.

9) Any special talents?  🙃 Not really? At least I can't think of anything right now.

10) Where were you born? Also Missouri, USA...👀

11) What are your hobbies?  Right now I barely have time to breathe it feels like, but obviously writing. I read a fuckton too.

12) Do you have any pets?  Mhmm, two cats!

13) How tall are you?  5'8"

14) Favorite subject(s) in school?  I really enjoyed school and all my subjects. I'm the worst at Math, but there was something so satisfying about understanding it that is standing out to me now. I loved English class a lot though.

15) Dream job?  I dream every day of being able to write for a living. 🥺

If you're interested, feel free to fill this out too! I don't feel like calling people out, but I'd love to learn about some mutuals. 💖

[belyyv0lk]

☕ stucky (if you're still doing these. that last one got me really curious what you think of it)

I'm always up for questions ❤️❤️ be ready for a NOVEL. But don't worry I'm not like hating on it or anything.

Stucky is definitely not my favorite. It's bothered me from the moment it existed, but I would never be like "ew you like Stucky? You're gross" to someone because that's mean?? And pointless?? I just don't seek it out and certainly won't throw a fit if it appears on my dash.

I really like Steve and Buckys friendship, that is 100%. They clearly love each other but I wouldn't go as far as shipping them together. It's a family type of love that's unconditional. Steve will do anything for Bucky and vice versa. I have a fondness for love that is familial and not turned into "they smash" because it's no less passionate and beautiful if you subtract the intimacy.

And of course, as I mentioned in my previous post, Steve's vision of Bucky is one that is completely positive. It doesn't matter what he's done or what's been done to him, it wasn't his fault (not that I'm saying it was his fault, everyone smh, calm down). In the scenes we're given, from my understanding of them, Steve doesn't acknowledge the Winter Soldier as part of Bucky, while Bucky does. The ignoring of the things he's done wrong, of his own will or not, is unhealthy and unhelpful. Damaging at best. That major difference in views makes romance seem like such an impossibility to me. It'd be a constant stressor that would very very likely go unresolved. Maybe ignored for some time but that wouldn't last. (Couples therapy babbbyyyy. A wild ass class but highly recommend). Steve is too nice for this view to change. He is stubborn and you can't say he isn't. We got like a million movies that say so lmao.

Buuut just because this difference exists doesn't mean they wouldn't get along. Obviously they will. ANNNNND. I'm going to share my unpopular opinion with you all:

Bucky would not be mad at Steve leaving for Peggy. He's known Steve his entire life, and has seen sacrifice after sacrifice made by him. I think he would support the single selfish decision that he has ever made that solely benefits him. Would he be sad? Yes. Absolutely, because now he's alone (or has to be nice to Sam). But he'd never be angry for his friends happiness. I was initially very upset by Steve's ending, but the more I thought about it, the more I understood it. Peggy, whom I love, is Steve's first love and that is made so clear in the first film. It's beautiful to me that he, after giving up his entire life, gets to be with her. Steve makes sacrifice after sacrifice for everyone else, never for his own benefit. That is his entire character. The single time we see him make a selfish choice, we get angry? That's sad to me. Ofc I did it too so lmao whoooops. And don't get me wrong, it still is a little upsetting of an ending. But at the same time, I've come to terms with it. I get it.

In TFA I think Bucky has always looked up to Steve, even pre-serum. I have seen people say he'd be upset about not being needed post-serum and I can see that? But also I think it's more of fear of seeing his friend now putting himself in danger constantly. My understanding and personal hc is that Bucky did not enlist. Didn't want to, but was drafted nonetheless. Meanwhile Steve wanted to fight. Their views are very different, and you can see it just by looking at that. Bucky sees Steve as braver than himself, and potentially a better person. Bucky hates fighting, Steve can't sit still when someone is being hurt. These differences might not seem super significant, and in a friendship, they aren't. But in a romantic relationship? They're deal breakers. That's how relationships like that work.

I adore Bucky and Steve as family. I love their differences because it makes them both very unique and demonstrates love existing between two people with very different perspectives. Just not a romantic love.

[musicalgeek24601]

"It certainly is a reason to fight. We're here to stop injustice and cruelty. Hopefully we can bring this country into an age were people are seen as equals and others treat their fellow humans with kindness." She watched as Rose trembled and how she had gotten more upset as the conversation had went on. Peggy felt a subject change might be best, to try and calm her down. She was silent for awhile as she tried to think of a topic. "You asked me how I met Steve before. Do you want to hear it now?" She looked to the side and gave a small blush. "We acutally met in college. We were both freshmen at NYU. He was a art major and I think I was in political science. We became close friends though out the semester. We flirted a bit, well I did, but he was too nervous to make a move. It was all very sweet, we would go to movies together and I would go to his art shows at the college. He even invited me to Christmas that year at his mother's place." She smiled as her mind could clearly see it all as if happenimg again. "She had made a whole table full of food and it was all homemade. She was this tall southern bell type woman, but hard when she had to be. She was so sweet to me and welcomed me as if I was family. Eventually after a year, I went back to London cause my father had gotten sick. We tried to keep in contact through letters, but I kinda shut everyone out after my dad died so I stopped writting. A few years had past and I joined the army and I got transfered to the US and Steve was one of the new recruits. Oh lord you can't imagine how happy I was to see him. I wanted to run to him and give him a big bear hug. but of course I had to be professional and keep my cool. I had to treat him like any other recruit. You wouldn't have even recognized him if you saw him pre serum. He was this skinny, short scrawny kid. But he attracted me even then not by his looks but by his personality. You know what the first thing he said was "you look like a very smart girl and I think political science will suit you". No pick up line. Just my amazing Steve." She sighed like a teenager.

Steve darted away from Bucky as he came to try to kiss him then pushed him away as he got close. "You don't understand what's like to find the one. I just want to do everything to make her happy and I just love to be with her. I mean I felt lucky to just have Peggy but then Amy came along and I just couldn't imagine my life with out either one of them. You a lot of girls find me attractive and try to flirt with now because of what I look like and what I do. Peggy she liked me when I was invisable, when I was the skinny nobody. Anyways I meet Rose when I was doing the USO shows. She was new and the girls were giving her a hard time. They didn't want to share a dressing room with her. So offered her mine. I had already changed so I wasn't using it. I'm pretty sure I gave those other dancers a lecture in being respectful and kind."

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Peggy was happy that rose wanted to spend time with her. She was looking forward to not having to have a conversation that consisted of 'dame' this and put her hand on Rose's hand. "What's wrong? Are you okay?"

Steve tilted his head "A girl was hanging out with Peggy? I didn't know she had friends who were girls." He shrugged and continued to sketch, smirking as Bucky went on. He had never heard him talk like this, never been love stick like this over a girl. Steve hoped he didn't sound this mushy when he talked about Peggy, although he guessed he was probably alot worse. "I introduced her to Rose today, maybe that's who you met. She's a pretty girl and I think she mentioned something to Peggy about liking you."