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life is a history of absences (and unprepared returns) by magdaliny
Fandoms: The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
22 Apr 2017
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Steve's face must be doing something complicated, because Clint says: “Hey, you okay?”
Steve's about to shrug and brush it off when Tony says, “Yeah, spill. Nobody's allowed to be sad on their birthday. It's like some kind of law.”
“Well,” Steve says.
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life is a history of absences (and unprepared returns) - stucky - magdaliny
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Steve and Peggy wind up laughing so hard a whole troupe of nurses come rushing in to make sure they aren't dying, and then three of Peggy's grandkids show up with a great-grandkid and someone's gigantic Standard Poodle, and Steve makes a graceless exit while they're fawning over the afghan Sharon crocheted on a long-haul mission in Turkey. Peggy catches Steve's eye as he sidles out the door, and they share a little wave unnoticed by anyone but the baby, who reaches for Peggy's fingers and coos.
Steve gives himself a moment in the hallway, a hand on his chest like he's five-foot-nothing again and gasping for air. It's the only visit they've had without a single lapse, so far, the first in a baker's dozen where Peggy hasn't gone to a place he can't follow, and he wants to cradle it between his hands like it's a baby bird. He'd left early to keep hold of it, as if in some backwards talismanic way he'll work magic by not crushing it, and be able to come back to this place, and maybe next time they'll greet each other with their feet in the same ocean. It's stupid; it's cowardly. He's setting himself up for failure.
But still: still. If Steve could prick his thumbs and say the right words, he'd do it. He'd spin round in Dorothy's bright red shoes. He'd bargain for anything the universe feels kindly enough to give them.
But he has a frantic suspicion that he's out of time.
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life is a history of absences (and unprepared returns) - magdaliny - The Avengers (Marvel Movies) [Archive of Our Own]
Date: 11/09/2025
Current Total Chapters 1