𝐷𝑒𝑎𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑚𝑒~ 𝐵.𝐵𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑠

T E N

Phillips liked that I worked down in the the lab with Howard because it meant that I was out of his way, he didn't really see me as useful and so by staying away from him, he almost forgot about me.

I was nowhere near as smart as Howard or any of the other scientists but I was good at making the weapons, you gave me a set of blueprints and I could make whatever, so that's what I usually did. "Hey Rosie." I look up, "wanna take a break?" I look at Howard whilst the idea was tempting I was almost done assembling whatever it was Howard had asked me to make. Most of the time I didn't even know what it was that I was making and most of the time I didn't even want to know.

"Not yet Howard I'm almost done with this." I answer back not taking my eyes of the metal in front of me, "but I'm bored." I smile slightly, "do your job then." I hum marking him huff, "I'm taking a break."

"Sing for me Rosie." I shook my head as I carefully screwed the nails into the metal, Howard always asked me to sing, he claimed it helped him work better but I didn't believe him. I usually hummed whilst I worked anyways and that would usually be enough for him, but not today, today he was adamant on getting on my nerves. "Howard, can't you let me work in peace." I ask fixing the last part, "peace is boring. I want music." I put the device away and then turn to him, "buy a radio then."

He shakes his head and follows after me, "your voice it's not like any other." I smile, "thanks, and I'm ready to take a break now." He nods and pulls me along with him, "great I'm starved."

• • •

"We should be going back to the london H.Q soon." Howard informs, "London?" I ask as I take a bite of my food. "London, it's where I was before but they brought me over for project rebirth." I nod, "you're gonna come with us right?" He asks and I shrug, "maybe I mean this job was supposed to be temporary but I do like working in the lab with you." I tell him making him beam. "I knew you would." Be winks making me shake my head.

"You wanna go watch Peg with the recruits?" He asks and I shrug, "sure." We sneak over to where they were training, we weren't really supposed to be here so we had to stay discreet.

We don't even get to watch anything because Howard gets us caught almost instantaneously and so we have to run back to the lab. But apparently the choice had been made for the new super soldier.

• • •

"Hey." Dean smiles as we wait for Peggy to bring the candidate to the secret location hidden in the antique store. "Hey, thanks for getting me this job I actually really love it." I tell him making his eyes warm, "I knew you would, you're destined for great things Rosalie." I give a small laugh, "you're being a bit dramatic now." He laughs with me. "Maybe but that's what I believe."

My jaw drops when I see Steve, my best friend Steven Grant Rogers walk down the stairs with Peggy. "Steve?!" I ask quickly making my way to him as doctor Erskine is preoccupied. "Rosalie?" He asks just as shocked, "what are you doing here?" We ask in perfect unison, "I work for the SSR for now." He looks at me impressed and nods, "you do?" I nod, "all thanks to Dean."

"And you, you're gonna be the super soldier?" I ask as he nods, "I'm proud of you Stevie." I tell him giving him a quick kiss on the cheek before I go back to where I was supposed to be, near Howard. "That's Steve right?" Dean asks me after watching our interaction, "the fiancé?" He asks me with his eyebrows raised, "the best friend, Bucky's the fiancé, god do you even listen to anything?" I ask as he chuckles, "I was about to say then." I elbow him, "there's nothing wrong with Steve."

Steve takes his shirt hat and tie off like he was instructed to and then gets into the pod. "Mr. Stark, how are your levels?" The doctor asks Howard, "Levels at 100%." He informs making the doctor nod, "Good."

"We may dim half the lights in Brooklyn, but we are ready as we'll ever be." Howard says as he goes to look at Steve. "Agent Carter? Don't you think you would be more comfortable in the booth?" Erskine asks Peggy who had been hovering, "Oh, yes. Of course. Sorry." She mumbles before making her way up making me smirk, oh so Steve was the guy she had been telling me about.

I press the buttons that I had been told to and then move over to keep an eye on Steve's vitals, Howard slowly ups the percentage and when he goes to 40 he looks to me, "Vital signs are normal." I tell everyone, making Howard nod and increase all the way to 70 percent. That was when Steve started screaming in pain, I check the vitals and they're still normal but Steve's screams increase. "Steven!" Erskine yells running over to the pod, not receiving a response other than pained screams. "Shut it down." Peggy yells from the railing up ahead.

"Steven!" Doctor Erskine tries one more time as he knocks on the pod, "Shut it down!" Peggy and I yell in unison at no response from Steve, "Kill the reactor, Mr. Stark! Turn it off! Kill it! Kill the reactor!" The doctor instructs, Howard moves to do so until we hear a pained shout. "No! Don't! I can do this!" Steve shouts out adamantly making Howard continue with the infusion.

He gets to 100 when everything overloads until the reactor closes itself down. "Mr. Stark?" Stark opens the pod and my mouth drops at the fall and muscular Steven that pants in the pod. "Holy cow what happened to Steve." I mumble before running forward to help Erskine get Steve down. "Steven. Steven." He repeats trying to get Steve's attention, "Steve are you ok?" I ask as he stumbles out leaning on both of us heavily.

"I did it." He pants making me smile softly up at him, "Yeah, yeah. I think we did it." The doctor says, "You actually did it." Howard mumbles in disbelief as he looks at the heavily transformed Steve.

"How do you feel?" Peggy asks him as I take a step away, "Taller." He says making me chuckle, "You look taller." She breaths out very affected by his transformation.  As everyone congratulates everyone, I look up at Steve, yes I actually look up at him which is something I never used to do. "Geez Steve you're a giant." He smiles down at me, "and now you're shorter than me." He grins extremely happy with that fact, "yeah but I can still do this." I grin standing on my tiptoes to ruffle his hair the way I always used to. He laughs at the way I found it difficult, "you sure about that?" He asks in a smug way but I can't help but laugh along with him.

"Hey." Dean nods from behind me, "so you're the Steve my sister never shuts up about." He says holding his hand out, "and you must be Dean." Steve says taking his hand and shaking it, "the one and only." Dean grins making me scoff, "like we need anymore of you." He shoves me slightly with a small smile, "I'm a delight Rosalie and you know it."

Steve watches the two of us with a smile before an explosion goes off, before I can comprehend anything Dean is running for the doctor and he takes a bullet as he flings himself in front of the man. Unfortunately the doctor still gets hit, without wasting any time I pull out my gun and shoot at the assailant, I hit him in the arm but he manages to escape. Peggy goes after him so I run for my brother.

"Dean!" I drop to my knees beside him, "Dean no." I cry seeing the red seep through his clothes making a large stain, "Rosalie." He smiles weakly, "you're going to be ok." I assure him as I press down on his wound. "Rosalie." He shakes his head as tears form, "Dean, you listen to me, you're not leaving me ok? I won't let you, you're not allowed." He lets out a small laugh until it turns into a pained cough.

"Rosalie, I love you." My own eyes well up as he speaks to me in a pained voice, "let me go." He whispers making me shake my head, "Dean no, you can't leave me." He sends me a smile, "I'm so proud of you, being your older brother and being able to watch you grow into such an amazing young woman, has been such an honour." I cry, "Dean I love you so much, so so much please please don't go, I need you, I need my big brother." He shakes his head with a smile, "you've never needed me." He then takes my hand off his wound and presses a kiss to the back of it. "Remember you're destined for great things." He says before his body stops and he's gone.

"Dean!" I sob into his now dead and lifeless body, "Dean please please don't go." I cry so hard I almost pass out, I hadn't seen my brother as much as I had wanted to in the past few years but now that we were together again I felt like we were making up for lost time. But he was gone.

He left me.