"You should tell him, you know," a familiar voice softly said from behind her. "I know you love him." "Remus," she began turning around to face her friend, "You know I can't do that. He's my best friend, and h-he's in love with his perfect Lily-flower," Elsie sighed as tears began forming in her eyes. "But, Elsie... you don't see the way he looks at you, he-," his sentence was cut off by the girl with tears running down her face. "I don't see how he looks at me, but I see how he looks at her! And, t-that's enough to know that I will n-never be good enough to be with h-him," she snapped through stifled words. "But why don't you just tell him? Why don't you let yourself have a chance at happiness for once?" he asked stepping forwards, wiping her cheeks with his thumbs. "Because...loving him is a losing game. Either way, I'm the one getting hurt," Elsie whispered, falling into the arms of the boy in front of her. SLOW BURN {extended summary inside} (All characters, plots, and aspects of this story belonging to the Harry Potter Universe are credited to JK Rowling.)

Steve Rogers was the hero. History books said he was the bravest, most courageous man ever to walk this earth. His role was to protect the world, help people, save lives. But the job description said nothing about falling for the villain, and his life takes an unexpected turn when he does just that. But nothing has ever been what it seems for Steve Rogers, there may be more lurking beneath the surface than he first anticipated.

❝𝙎𝙃𝙀 𝙒𝘼𝙎 𝘿𝙀𝙀𝙋𝙇𝙔, 𝙈𝘼𝘿𝘿𝙀𝙉𝙄𝙉𝙂𝙇𝙔, 𝘼𝙉𝘿 𝙃𝙊𝙋𝙀𝙇𝙀𝙎𝙎𝙇𝙔 𝙄𝙉 𝙇𝙊𝙑𝙀 𝙒𝙄𝙏𝙃 𝙎𝙏𝙀𝙑𝙀 𝙍𝙊𝙂𝙀𝙍𝙎 ❞ ✧.*𝐂𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐄𝐓𝐄𝐃✧.* 𝐌𝐀𝐓𝐔𝐑𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐄𝐍𝐓 𝟏𝟖+ - in which sweet Honey Daniels runs into the grumpy Steve Rogers 𝙗𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙩𝙬𝙤 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙫𝙚𝙡 𝙩𝙧𝙞𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮