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brooklyn_boy ([personal profile] brooklyn_boy) wrote in [community profile] revivalproject2020-02-27 06:59 pm

02| Steve is an idiot

WHO: Steve Rogers
WHERE: In a cave, in a storm, and Network. Kinda.
WHAT: Being stupid, mostly
WHEN: Once the storm starts moving
WARNINGS: Nope



Steve crouches in the cave, nursing a nasty wound he took to his side. The medical information he has from the data point is telling him how to fix it but he's lost a little bit of blood and there's no super-human healing factor that is making up for it. The wound is also in such an awkward spot that Steve can barely even look at it properly, let alone do sutures. He moves further into the cave, feeling marginally better as he does so. Maybe getting away from the storm will stop its effects on him? It is worth a chance until he can concentrate enough to stitch. Or, maybe, he will find someone there who can do it for him...



The storm is moving. Steve can barely see straight, he's so close to the center of the storm, but he can tell its moving. And, honestly, if it weren't moving toward Temba, he'd be glad to see the back of it. As it is, he knows there isn't much time. The city is still so fragile and barely back together enough for it to really take a storm like this. Not to mention the people waiting, back there. People who thought they'd be safely away from this madness and were going to be badly surprised.

Steve races back to his ship. He's not a pilot, though, so the controls are a mystery to him. He grumbles and scowls, feeling impotent before taking his comm up and hitting the network.

This is Steve Rogers of the Bishop. If there are any pilots out there, we need to get back to Temba. I'm looking for a ride and anyone else who wants to help prepare the city.



It's not the first person he's seen in the fog. Steve has been seeing these ghosts for the whole storm. People he knew. People he didn't know. People who had disappeared from here and people who had faces similar to the ones here. He'd managed mostly to ignore them all but this. This was different. This was out of his memories both from home and from before. It's enough to stop him in his tracks, storm be damned.

The Winter Soldier. Not Bucky. No. He'd refused that name. He'd refused any name at all. But there he was in his black armor, arm shining in a sun that wasn't here. He looks straight at Steve, face hard. For a second there is a moment when Steve forgets he is a ghost and almost braces for a fight. But the ghost turns and walks away. He turns, once, to glance back, and then continues walking.

And Steve, damn himself, follows.
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[personal profile] theladyofwinterfell 2020-03-13 10:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Steve's words are a balm to her at least. This is someone who knew James both before and after his change and has known him for longer and, perhaps, better than she had. Still, she knows they both loved him and they both miss him. That's for certain. She rises up a bit on her toes and kisses Steve's forehead in the way she had James so very many times.

"He used to let me do that, you know. I think that might surprise you, that he'd let me touch him, but he did. He never minded it from me. One day I would like to tell you and Bucky both what he saw and why I felt so connected to him. I cannot tell James' story, that's his alone, but I can tell you mine and tell you what he did for me and how very much it meant. We had times when we laughed together, certainly, but there were things...he had a way of speaking to me that soothed me and made me feel worth love."

She cannot see the ghost any longer but he's on her heart all the same. Sansa thinks he always will be.