Steve Rogers x reader collection

Come back home

Prompt: Imagine you live in a society where on your 18th birthday you are forced to choose between staying forever in the country you are from or leaving forever, Never to come back to your country.

Summary: You make the decision and regret it. A stranger in a bar convinces you otherwise.

A/N: This prompt is not my idea (I wish I was that creative lol), so if everyone knows, who to give credit to, it would be nice if you could let me know :) Also Steve is just Steve (post serum) and not Captain America and of course he is much younger. I hope you enjoy! :)

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Tomorrow was the day. The day you feared the most of them all- your birthday. The day you had to choose between staying in your home country forever or leaving to never come back. 

Even one day before you turned 18, you didn't know what to do. Your feelings told you every day that you didn't belong here. You didn't fit in and that had always been the case. Since you could remember you had felt like a stranger to this town, to this country. 

When others went out partying you stayed at home, watching the stars while you counted the days until you could finally leave for good. Your younger version had known how to decide, but now you weren't so sure anymore. 

You loved your family and the thought of leaving them behind and never seeing them again made you feel sick to your stomach. Sure, you could face time and send letters, but that wasn't the same. You wouldn't see your 10 years old sister grow up, the girl that looked up to you and had always wanted to be like you. 

Only it wasn't so great to be like you. How could you decide against your family, to go to a country where you knew nobody? 

However you couldn't stay either, not a single day. You couldn't live your life in this country, your personal hell. It would kill you. 

A knock on the door told you that it was time to sleep. Tomorrow you would have a birthday party with your family and your relatives until you would have to decide in the evening. The alarm clock signaled, that it was indeed late and you could need every rest you could get.

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The next morning was planned into detail. You were happy that your family had organized a party for you, but you wanted, no you needed some breaks as well. 

You knew exactly why your father had made a full time plan. If every second was structured, you wouldn't have time to think about what was to follow. 

"Smile please!", you forced a fake smile and the flash went off. Your aunt had taken a photo of your sister and you as a "reminder of this special day" like she used to call it. She ran around the house, taking pictures of everyone and everything.

You had known it was a bad idea to buy her a camera. Your uncle was sitting in the kitchen, nipping on a beer and watching the sunset. He seemed deep in thought, so you backed away and decided to leave him alone with his thoughts. 

His daughter had made the decision to leave 2 years before and you had seen how it had broken him. 

How could you look after him, but do the same to your own parents?

It was evening faster than you expected. 

The guests left until only your sister and your parents remained. Furious you ran your fingers through your hair. All eyes lied on you and you couldn't bear it. Your mother had told you that they would accept whatever choice you would made, but still you felt like you would betray them. 

"You have to decide honey", your mother reminded you. Slowly you grabbed the pen and let it wander through your fingers. Mustering the two contracts you took a deep breath and pulled one further to yourself. Then you took a last glance at your sister, your father and your mother.