Caitlyn

Flash Back and Oreos

August 15, 1945: Burning Building Massacre
"Wait! My daughter's in there!" Peggy screams as the firefighters are getting people out of the burning building.

"Ma'am we've already searched the building." Peggy looks at the firefighter with tears running down her cheek. She runs into the building and grabs Caitlyn's body.

"Ma'am!! Ma'am!!! You can't go in there!!! It's not safe!!!" A firefighter tries to run after her but a pile of flaming wood slams infront of him.

"C'mon stay with me Cait." She cradles Caitlyn's body in her arms and runs out of the burning building. Peggy falls as she makes it out of the building before it collapsed. She coughs and wheezes. Peggy weakly gets up and coughs more and shakes some of the ashes off of her. She feels a sharp pain on her right arm and left leg, she looks and sees burns the size of silver dollar pancakes.

"We gotta get this girl to the ER, stat!" The medics start giving Caitlyn CPR but nothing's working. Peggy starts running over to the medics putting Caitlyn's body in an ambulance but gets stopped by Howard. He coughs and is covered in ashes and burns too.

"You-you can't go after her. It's n-no use." He coughs some more. Peggy couldn't stand to hear those words.

"But Howard...she's my daughter."

"No she isn't Peggy! She was just a mission, an experiment." Howard and Peggy's conversation is getting fired up...pun intended.

"To you maybe! But to me, she is my hope and my daughter! You were just using her! I actually gave her motherly love!" Peggy is drawing a crowd. "I never had anybody to love or care for since Steve! But he's dead! So, now what should I do, huh Stark?" Howard looks at Peggy in shock.

Today: 12:46am
I couldn't sleep. It was too hard. It seemed impossible. I had so many things running through my mind. I get up as carefully and quietly as possible, so I don't wake Bucky up. I go into the kitchen and get on top of the counter so I could reach above the cabinets. I reach the top of the cabinets and grab my secret stash of Oreos. I open the pack to the smell of crunchy chocolate cookie and smooth cream. I put a whole Oreo in my mouth. Mmmmmmm....

"Caitlyn?" I turn around to see Bucky in a weak tired voice. "Why are you up so late? And why do you have Oreos?" I blush and put them on the counter.

"I stress eat," I say swallowing an Oreo.

"Why are you stressed about?" He grabs my hand with his cold metal arm. I look up at him.

"Steve and work and Loki and a whole lot of stuff," I explain.

"Oh, I see." He paused for a minute. "Let's go back to bed and figure this out tomorrow." He leads me back to my bed and he goes back to where he's sleeping. I was happy he said that, it will be easier to talk about it tomorrow.