Dying is Easy, Living is Harder
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See You on the Other Side of the War by NyxEtoile, OlivesAwl
Fandoms: Captain America (Movies)
04 Jun 2016
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In 1942 a skinny, scrappy fighter from Brooklyn signed up for an experimental procedure. The goal? To make a super solider capable of turning the tide in the War.
Her name was Sharon Carter.
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- Part 1 of Dying is Easy, Living is Harder
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The Story of Tonight by NyxEtoile
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America (Movies)
29 Nov 2016
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Now she looked at him. “They shot a ballistics missile at you, James. You could have died. I’m allowed to have emotions about that.”
With his metal hand, he stroked a lock of hair out of her eyes. “I could die anytime I go out on mission.”
Her jaw tightened. “And I have emotions about it, every time.”
He wasn’t good with emotions. Not real ones. He could fake just about any you could name, if a mission required it. Could manipulate them in others. But actually feeling them, dealing with them honestly? That was generally beyond him. When he was with her he was able to work on instinct, not have to think and rethink everything so he was putting forward the right mask, playing the right part. She saw through him when he tried.
Amanda only ever wanted James.
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- Part 2 of Dying is Easy, Living is Harder
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That Would Be Enough by NyxEtoile, OlivesAwl
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
10 Feb 2021
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Peggy had been the last of them. Now it was just her and Steve against the world, carrying those memories. Being surrounded by her new people helped but also hurt. In a few decades she'd been attending their funerals, planning their memoriam tattoos. Maybe being comforted by another group she'd managed to bond with. And on and on. Until she couldn't do it anymore.
Barnes bumped her knee lightly and she looked over at him, trying to shake off the melancholy. "After the mess with SHIELD, I went back to Russia," he said, quiet enough for the others not to hear. "Amanda came with me. I wanted to find my parents. Two little headstones along a wire fence." He lifted a shoulder. "Cleared the weeds. Left some flowers. We have what we have when we have it."
Across the room, she could see Steve making his way across the room toward them. He settled something inside her and she breathed easier. Whatever happened, whatever long string of losses was ahead of her, she wasn't doing it alone. She had him. And he had her.
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- Part 3 of Dying is Easy, Living is Harder