Before the ice

"You loved him before the shield... but you were never the one he was fighting for."

Childhood friends. War companions. The girl who followed Steve Rogers into the fight like a lovesick fool. You thought you'd always be by his side. You patched him up after every brawl, laughed at his stubbornness, and begged him not to take the serum.

But somewhere along the way, you realized you weren't his forever. You were just the hand holding his until she came along.

Now you're a nurse in the trenches, watching the boy you love vanish into Captain America - a man who belongs to the world, not to you. And when the final blast comes, you're not afraid. Because you lost him long before the war took you.