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• Secondary Waltz by Darling_Pretty

  Fandoms: Agent Carter (TV), Captain America (Chris Evans Movies)  

  • General Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • F/M
  • Complete Work

  05 Apr 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Peggy Carter/Steve Rogers
  • Peggy Carter
  • Steve Rogers
  • James "Bucky" Barnes
  • Timothy "Dum Dum" Dugan
  • Howling Commandos Members (Marvel)
  • All of the Howling Commandos are here in theory
  • You just only hear from a few
  • Slow Dancing

  Summary

  Steve gets a dance lesson.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  1,346

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  7

  Kudos:

  20

  Bookmarks:

  2

  Hits:

  199

• After All's Been Said And Done by Darling_Pretty

  Fandoms: Captain America (Chris Evans Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Agent Carter (TV)  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • F/M
  • Complete Work

  03 Apr 2026

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Peggy Carter/Steve Rogers
  • Peggy Carter
  • Steve Rogers
  • 4+1 fic
  • would have been a 5+1 but i'm just impressed to have gotten this far

  Summary

  Four times Steve Rogers proposed to Peggy Carter and one time she said yes.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  1,521

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  8

  Kudos:

  27

  Bookmarks:

  1

  Hits:

  262

• Allow Yourself to Fall by Darling_Pretty

  Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Agent Carter (TV), Captain America - All Media Types  

  • General Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • F/M
  • Complete Work

  11 May 2025

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Peggy Carter/Steve Rogers
  • James "Bucky" Barnes/Natasha Romanov
  • Angie Martinelli
  • Ana Jarvis
  • Alexander Pierce
  • Dottie Underwood
  • Chester Phillips
  • Peggy Carter
  • Steve Rogers
  • Ballet AU
  • oh look a sequel no one asked for!
  • Modern AU
  • you can probably read this as a standalone
  • but there is a first one if you want to read it

  Summary

  After the surprise success of their Nutcracker run, Steve and Peggy are once again paired, this time to dance the notoriously technical ballet, Sleeping Beauty. If only they could get their fish dives right.

  A sequel to the ballet AU in chapter 3 of Three Christmases, but can be read as a standalone fic.

  Series

  • Part 2 of Ballet AU

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  7,217

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  5

  Kudos:

  20

  Bookmarks:

  2

  Hits:

  259

• Ain't No Compass, Ain't No Map by Darling_Pretty

  Fandoms: Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Agent Carter (TV)  

  • General Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • F/M
  • Work in Progress

  14 Sep 2024

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • Peggy Carter/Steve Rogers
  • James "Bucky" Barnes/Natasha Romanov
  • James "Bucky" Barnes/Peggy Carter
  • Peggy Carter
  • Steve Rogers
  • James "Bucky" Barnes
  • Natasha Romanov (Marvel)
  • Nick Fury
  • Angie Martinelli
  • Rose Roberts
  • Dottie Underwood
  • Hadestown AU

  Summary

  It's an old song. It's a sad song. But we sing it anyway...

  Steve journeys to the Underworld to save his love. And the world.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  3,970

  Chapters:

  6/27

  Comments:

  2

  Kudos:

  17

  Bookmarks:

  3

  Hits:

  444

• Pancakes by Darling_Pretty

  Fandoms: Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Agent Carter (TV)  

  • General Audiences
  • Major Character Death
  • F/M
  • Complete Work

  12 May 2015

  Tags

  • Major Character Death
  • Peggy Carter/Steve Rogers
  • Peggy Carter
  • Steve Rogers
  • Post-War
  • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
  • Canon Timeline
  • basically it's a big old mess

  Summary

  Two separate scenarios in which Peggy Carter might decide to make pancakes.

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  2,134

  Chapters:

  1/1

  Comments:

  3

  Kudos:

  64

  Bookmarks:

  7

  Hits:

  1,043