07-06-2020, 08:24 AM
(This post was last modified: 07-06-2020, 08:44 AM by TeyonSchavari.)
Dear Peggy,
I'm afraid I had to call for a rain check on that dance, and for that I'm sorry. I did what I needed to do, and I know you understand that. You are a fine agent dedicated to serving the greater good, a trait I've always respected. Somehow even with all that weight on your shoulders, you still had enough strength to keep your heart golden, and that is what made me fall for you. I wish more than anything that I could come back to build off of the foundation we had laid out for a relationship. But freedom doesn't come without a price.
When I thawed from the ice, I only thought "I have a date." I was excited. I was thankful to wake up, to be alive. Until I found out that I missed our date by almost a century. The world has changed so much in that time. Communications are vastly improved. There are lights and colors brightening the city of New York every single hour of every single day. And as far as I can tell, hydra has met its end. We finally have the peace we were fighting so desparately for. I regret that you aren't here to see it. I fought long and hard for so long, but now I'm struggling to find a place. The world doesn't need a hero anymore. I'm restless and feel alone without you and Bucky to lean on. But I have found one place that makes me feel some sort of fulfillment.
I recently decided to try my luck on the American football field. Its highly demanding athletically and out of my comfort zone, but I've started to realize it is more alike to my infantry unit than I could have imagined.
I'm now living in Norfolk playing for their football team. Its like a brotherhood. I'm becoming more and more close to my teammates, and I will fight for them on the field just as hard as I would on the battlefront. I decided to play at running back and am pretty good at it. I wish you were here to see it, to live in this peaceful time and enjoy watching a sport rather than bearing to watch brave men and women die fighting for their country.
Peggy Carter, I will see you again one day. I might step on your toes at first, but we will have that dance.
With Love,
Steve Rogers
I'm afraid I had to call for a rain check on that dance, and for that I'm sorry. I did what I needed to do, and I know you understand that. You are a fine agent dedicated to serving the greater good, a trait I've always respected. Somehow even with all that weight on your shoulders, you still had enough strength to keep your heart golden, and that is what made me fall for you. I wish more than anything that I could come back to build off of the foundation we had laid out for a relationship. But freedom doesn't come without a price.
When I thawed from the ice, I only thought "I have a date." I was excited. I was thankful to wake up, to be alive. Until I found out that I missed our date by almost a century. The world has changed so much in that time. Communications are vastly improved. There are lights and colors brightening the city of New York every single hour of every single day. And as far as I can tell, hydra has met its end. We finally have the peace we were fighting so desparately for. I regret that you aren't here to see it. I fought long and hard for so long, but now I'm struggling to find a place. The world doesn't need a hero anymore. I'm restless and feel alone without you and Bucky to lean on. But I have found one place that makes me feel some sort of fulfillment.
I recently decided to try my luck on the American football field. Its highly demanding athletically and out of my comfort zone, but I've started to realize it is more alike to my infantry unit than I could have imagined.
I'm now living in Norfolk playing for their football team. Its like a brotherhood. I'm becoming more and more close to my teammates, and I will fight for them on the field just as hard as I would on the battlefront. I decided to play at running back and am pretty good at it. I wish you were here to see it, to live in this peaceful time and enjoy watching a sport rather than bearing to watch brave men and women die fighting for their country.
Peggy Carter, I will see you again one day. I might step on your toes at first, but we will have that dance.
With Love,
Steve Rogers