[His dreams cycle through his most treasured what-ifs. What if he wasn't frozen? Well he's married with children to his first love. He creates SHIELD with Howard, Peggy, and the rest of his allies. Zola and the other members of HYDRA are executed for their crimes against humanity. Bucky is rescued from the Russians. In this world, he knew Tony from the start. There is no bickering or resentment. By the time the Avengers are formed, they're less of a mess and more of a found family pulling in new members to combat larger than life threats. His wife never gets sick. He's just... happy. Life is the way it should be.
What if he made the best of his current life after finding his best friend? He, Sam, Nat, and Bucky are on some beach. There are no bikinis involved, but they're young and happy in the sun like everyone else.
There are more, but these are the ones that he recalls most in the day hours.
Tonight the bottom falls out on it and it's comforting in a way. He coughs and stumbles about until he finds her in the nightmare with a bad joke. Steve actually finds it in him to smile in his awful blue jumpsuit.]
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What if he made the best of his current life after finding his best friend? He, Sam, Nat, and Bucky are on some beach. There are no bikinis involved, but they're young and happy in the sun like everyone else.
There are more, but these are the ones that he recalls most in the day hours.
Tonight the bottom falls out on it and it's comforting in a way. He coughs and stumbles about until he finds her in the nightmare with a bad joke. Steve actually finds it in him to smile in his awful blue jumpsuit.]
Sorry. Forgot my manners.