See You In A Minute

See You In A Minute, Nat

"See you in a minute."

But you didn't came.

I went to return the stones, but you weren't there.

"A soul for a soul."

But I didn't get an exchange when I returned the stone.

See you in a minute.

No, I know you won't be there.

So I went back to my original time.

I met Peggy. My best girl. We danced, we kissed. It was perfect...

No.

It would've been perfect. But I'm not that Steve anymore.

Time change, so did I. I grew, I lived a life... I moved on. I don't belong here anymore.

I belong somewhere else, in the future. I belong to someone else.

Natasha.

See you in a minute.

I might take long, but I'll see you in a minute. Meet me in a minute.

I spent my days in the past, I did what I think I should. I saved Bucky, I saved Natasha, I saved Howard and his wife. I thought at least in this universe they'll have a different fate.

I thought...

But no. I only made it worse.

Natasha was captured again. So I decided to get rid of the red room, but every time I do, they'll rebuild stronger. They'll always get a hold of Natasha, they'll torture her even more. So I stopped, it hurts but I had to.

Bucky, he disappeared once again. Then I found out Hydra got a hold of him, it goes the same with Natasha every time I tried to save him.

Howard, he was still killed. It wasn't Bucky but one of the Winter Soldier experiments.

I'm making things worse for them. So I turned a blind eye. It was hard but maybe it's supposed to be that way. Those hardships, tortures, they made them who they are in the future. A hero. A selfless person who are willing to trade their lives to save others.

Their past is part of them, and that's what made them stronger. Finding the good in them despite being taught differently, brainwashed most of their lives.

I was there when Clint made a different call. I was there when Bucky find his way out of Hydra.

I aged. I lived a life, going incognito saving lives. I lived a life, a simple one.

2012.

"Yeah, it's gonna be fun."

That exact moment, I knew I could trust you.

You're brave.

You're smart.

You're strong.

You're a hero.

2014.

There we are. Fitting in the crowd, getting location.

"Yeah, we're getting married."

But in 9 years later we still haven't.

I'm seeing our kiss in that escalator, funny how I can still feel your lips in mine. I guess, I don't want to forget how it felt the first time your lips met mine.

"You're still uncomfortable?"

"That's not exactly the word I would use."

I was taken aback... I froze but I felt warm.