Steve sighed and flipped open the manila folder before him. Inside was a stack of old files, the face of someone he once knew plastered on each page. All of the Howling Commandos had their own designated file, each of them with a stamp across the front reading 'DECEASED.' Everyone from his past was gone. Everyone but Everly that is.
He furrowed his eyebrows at the next photo he came across. 'Carter, Margaret' it said. But this one was different. There was no red ink stamped across the front. Instead, it said 'RETIRED.' Peggy was alive. He glanced to the section of the page that listed her current address and telephone number. He peeked back up to the phone across the room. Was this loose thread one that he wanted to pull?
Steve gently set Peggy's file aside and moved onto the next. Howard Stark, 'DECEASED.' Beneath the final off white paper was a newer looking one. He picked it up and immediately recognized Tony Stark staring back at him. He scoffed, tossing Tony's file atop the stack as he ran a hand down his face. He stood from the table and started toward the kitchen. Something on the television caught his eye and he instead made his way into the living room. On the news was a photo of the billionaire himself. The camera then zoomed out to show a pile of rubble, what looked to have at one point been a house. He took a few steps into the room and slowly lowered himself onto the couch, watching the screen intently.
"Behind me is what's left of billionaire, Tony Stark's mansion. Officials say a body is yet to be found. However, witnesses claim that there were two people still inside the building when it collapsed, Stark, and a Miss Everly Walker..."
Steve froze, though his heartbeat quickened as he watched with wide eyes. They couldn't possibly be talking about his Everly. He just got her back, he wasn't ready to lose her all over again. He knew that he should never have let her stay with Tony. Looking up once more, he saw her face flash across the screen.
She couldn't be gone.
Could she?
A/N
Oh my lordy this is horrible. I am so sorry. I know this was actually a deleted scene from the Avengers movie, but I thought I could make it fit. I just really wanted to add Steve's reaction in some way.
~Haley
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Everly || Steve Rogers
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