𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙩 𝙢𝙚 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙢𝙮 𝙗𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙧 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙣𝙞𝙛𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙙 ⎰marvel • natasha romanova x oc • ca:ws canon divergence⎱

ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇᴀʟ ʜᴇʀᴏɪɴᴇ, ʟᴏsᴛ ɪɴ ᴛɪᴍᴇ. It was not Nick Fury's designated recovery team that discovered Steve Rogers inundated by ice, nor were they the ones who had unthawed his frozen, preserved body. That accomplishment belonged solely to River, River Carmen, the unsung heroine of Steve Roger's return from his profoundly proclaimed death. She shielded him in her home with her intransigent fierceness, sheltered his tormented heart with her boundless kindness and captivated him with her vibrant intellectualism. And yet, during one storm wrenched night where she suddenly disappears, Steve immediately finds himself forgetting she ever existed and instead, is left helplessly wondering who's house he was residing in. Upon finally discovering Steve, Nick Fury is left with an abundance of unanswered questions about Steve's rescuer who not even Steve seems to recall or believe exists- even though acknowledging the small void of a person in his being. But with unwanted truths and corrupt lies lapsing into light, it's more predominant than ever before that Steve remembers River and how she disappeared, or else, well- no one wanted to even consider that.