( THE FUTURE IS WAITING, DARLING )

EDITH RUTHERFORD HAS BEEN FRIENDS WITH STEVE ROGERS EVER SINCE SHE FOUND HIM GETTING BEAT UP IN AN ALLEYWAY. She listens to him rant about the world and how he wishes to join the military while she talks about her wishes to see what the world is like in the future. And maybe she falls in love with his selfless nature and reckless behavior.

She didn't expect him to become Captain America. Edith didn't expect to lose him.

She also doesn't expect to see him ever again, but Steve Rogers always did surprise her.

( YOU ONLY NEED TO TAKE IT IN HAND )

"Victory, they cry,
and I cheer with bullets clenched between my teeth
and a stomach roiling with leftover grenades.

Victory, they cry,
and I clap with my fingers still around a trigger
and a heart beating in time the staccato rhythm of gunfire.

Victory! they cry.
Freedom! they declare.
Home! they say.

and I follow the trail of the empty bullet casings
     of the last echoing threads of death rattles 
     of the trenches scarred into every countryside 
     of the bombed out buildings staring like emptied skulls– 
I follow the trail back home. 

Ah, but no one ever said
Victory just means surviving longer
     until the skies drop snow instead of explosives
     until home is a dream you don't recognize in reality
     until your skin know nothing but the feel of camouflage
         and your feet know to keep marching in their sleep.

No one ever said
if you hold on to surviving long enough
your lungs will remember how to breathe
and your heart will remember how to beat
and your bones will remember how to stand
but you
     will not remember
         how to live."

—    you win the war but you lose everything else ( j.p ) (via tumblr)

( AND MAKE IT YOUR OWN )

HAYDEN PANETTIERE EDITH RUTHERFORD

CHARLIE HUNNAM GORDON RUTHERFORD

EMILIE DE RAVIN MISSY DUPUIS

CHRIS EVANS STEVE ROGERS

MAGGIE SMITH MRS. FINCH
DICK VAN DYKE RUPERT FINCH
MARVEL CAST RESPECTIVE CHARACTERS

Sav made the beautiful gifs for the cast and I love her so much.

hello, and welcome to the first ever steve rogers fic that i have posted. I've had a few in my drafts, but I'm always nervous to post because of steve's character.

lmao, steve is from brooklyn, and the little bitch got into fights and swore and was sickly. but thanks to the mcu, a bitch thought he was perfect. he ain't perfect. he actually drops an f-bomb when edith first meets him.

special thanks to brieIarson for the stunning cover. also to JustSav and latte-to-go for listening to me and letting me bounce ideas off of them.

I hope you enjoy!

gif made by the lovely JustSav whom I love and I'm forever grateful for sjdnsj