▬▬▬▬▬ ❛ ʙᴜᴄᴋʏ ʙᴀʀɴᴇs ❜
ೃ . . . 💌 :: ❝ 𝒊 𝒄an't 𝒍ose 𝒚ou 𝒂gain. ❞

𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒆𝒅 . . . 8th of april, ²⁰²¹
𝒑𝒖𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 . . . 5th of may, ²⁰²¹
𝒇𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅 . . . ???

˚ ༘♡. ꗃ﹕ 𝐁𝐄𝐒𝐓 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐃 𝐈𝐍 . . .
𝚖𝚘𝚍𝚎 ,, 𝒅ark
𝚏𝚘𝚗𝚝 ,, 𝒕imes 𝒏ew 𝒓oman
𝚏𝚘𝚗𝚝 𝚜𝚒𝚣𝚎 ,, 𝒔mall
𝚍𝚎𝚟𝚒𝚌𝚎 ,, 𝒎obile

∴ ৎ ָ࣪ 𓄹. ❱ · 𝐒𝐘𝐍𝐎𝐏𝐒𝐈𝐒  . . . ♥︎ ִ

    𝓣𝑯𝑬𝑹𝑬 𝑾𝑬𝑹𝑬 𝑴𝑨𝑵𝒀 THINGS RAYMOND FOSSUM HOPED NOT TO FACE IN LIFE; WAR WAS ONE OF THEM. Being a young man living in the 1940s wasn't something Raymond could say he had the time and decency to even halfheartedly enjoy. Most of it was spent being dictated by propaganda posters and obnoxious radio frequencies anyway, where the loss of life just became a statistic over land.

If you knew Raymond Fossum, then you would know of his clear distaste for wars. His mother would often call him a lover, not a fighter. He was not a man made for a world full of conflict and shed blood, but when do people ever get what they desire nowadays? What you are originally designed for is irrelevant to the world.

The universe cruelly turned its back on Raymond, deeming him as a soldier; a man of duty, a man of war. He was bound by the rules and causes of what he sought to fight against, not for.

Raymond dreaded getting his hands dirty, but he knew the rules that followed on a battlefield amid a fight: kill or be killed. He could end the life of someone who has a home — maybe even a family — and it would be overlooked as service rather than murder. It was even scarier that someone could do the same to him, the same rules applying; some soldiers wouldn't even think twice about pulling the trigger.

Raymond Fossum didn't know if he had it in him to kill a man, and neither did his friend, Steve Rogers. They were very similar in that regard, but they were still drastically different in one measure (apart from physical appearance).

Steve wanted to go to war, Raymond did not; it was often a bitter debate between the two.

A pair young men of similar age, who are often corresponding in their wishes, divided by what was shaping (and destroying) their generation while writing their history for them; the universe had already decided on their fate.

Raymond didn't know how his life could get any worse. He was living in HYDRA's rise to power, was drafted to fight in the Second World War against his will, and was hopelessly in love with his childhood best friend, James Buchanan Barnes. Other than death, what could top all of that?

Well, turns out, a lot. Because there is a fate far worse than death; it's a destiny (or curse) which is only designed for the likes of the supers.

Raymond didn't consider himself to be super. In fact, he considered himself far inferior to those who had earned that title. Both his friends and parents are super, he easily decided, but not him. What qualities could such a man like Raymond possess? At the end of the day, he was just him: Raymond Fossum, and that wasn't enough. At least, that was his belief.

The great — and equally horrific — findings that awaited him proved otherwise.

And, as the winds of war change and the odds fly in and out of their favour, Steve, Bucky, and Raymond find themselves amidst a dangerous transformation; for better or for worse . . . well, that is up for them to decide.

For not all heroes wear capes. Some wear suits of iron, leather, and spandex. Some depend on the likes of advanced technology, while others go practical (yet still effective) with a gun and shield. Others don't even need such things, for they already lie in themselves, on/within their body

And some just have the power to wipe out the entire planet. No big deal, right? Well, frankly, it is a big deal. But Raymond Fossum didn't know that yet; no one did.

If there's one thing the people did know right now, it's that the world needs good people. It needs its heroes to step up and save them from what was to come.

They didn't know it yet, but Steve, Bucky and Raymond were trapped, and neither of them could protect the other from their future. All they could do was stick together . . . if only it were that simple.

˚ ༘♡. ꗃ﹕ 𝐅𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐈𝐍𝐆 . . .
𝐓𝐀𝐑𝐎𝐍 𝐄𝐆𝐄𝐑𝐓𝐎𝐍 𝖺𝗌 ━━━━ˎ˗
𝚁𝙰𝚈𝙼𝙾𝙽𝙳 𝙵𝙾𝚂𝚂𝚄𝙼 !!  ⊹ ━━
༄ ‧₊˚ ❪  𝗰𝗼𝘀𝗺𝗼𝘀  ❫ °୭̥

❛ i'm tired of fighting. ❜

𝐒𝐄𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐓𝐈𝐀𝐍 𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐍 𝖺𝗌 ━━━━ˎ˗
𝙱𝚄𝙲𝙺𝚈 𝙱𝙰𝚁𝙽𝙴𝚂 !!  ⊹ ━━
༄ ‧₊˚ ❪  𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝗱𝗶𝗲𝗿 ❫ °୭̥

❛ i remember all of them. ❜

˚ ༘♡. ꗃ﹕ 𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐘𝐋𝐈𝐒𝐓 . . .
𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘆 !!

ᴠᴏʟᴜᴍᴇ : ▮▮▮▮▮▮▯▯▯
⇄ ◃◃ ⅠⅠ ▹▹ ↻

˚ ༘♡. ꗃ﹕ 𝐁𝐄𝐅𝐎𝐑𝐄 𝐖𝐄 𝐁𝐄𝐆𝐈𝐍 . . .
𝒘𝒂𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒏𝒈 . . . this fic will contain strong / offensive language ( it is the 40s, so i'm adding that warning just in case ), themes of death & torture, canon-level violence, along with other potential triggers.

please read the warnings and do not read anything you are uncomfortable with.
look after yourself !!

𝒅𝒊𝒔𝒄𝒍𝒂𝒊𝒎𝒆𝒓 . . . i do not own any canon character in the marvel franchise, nor do i claim to. all rights go to the writers and creators. i only own my oc and his backstory.

❪ 𝟬𝟬𝟮. ❫   i am also not american, so please just ignore / go along with any words that are spelt in a different manner than what you may be used to.

❪ 𝟬𝟬𝟯. ❫   this fic is most likely to contain historically inaccurate information regarding certain laws, the second world war, general science, and plots which may slightly stray from the movies either for writing purposes or lack of information ( but this fanfiction is literally about a man with a giant metal frisbee and his best friend with a cool robot arm, so i don't know what you were expecting. if it's accuracy, this sadly isn't the place ).

❪ 𝟬𝟬𝟰. ❫   views and opinions made in
this fic are not a reflection of my own irl.
this is merely just a fictional story that i'm writing out of practice and pure fun.
thank you!

: : ❛ 𝓐𝙐𝙏𝙃𝙊𝙍 𝓝𝙊𝙏𝙀 ❜ : :
╰───╮; i don't think i have ever moved so quickly to create a wattpad draft in my entire life. this idea just randomly came to me whilst going through a deep pinterest dive, and i knew i had to get to work before my brain lost the plot — literally.

i don't have much else to say other than i sincerely welcome and thank you for clicking/tapping on this fic to check out, and i hope you stick around. updates me be slow depending on how much school kicks my ass.

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