Love, Steve

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Title: Love, Steve
Fandom: The Avengers
Pairings Steve Rogers/Peggy
Rating: PG
Word Count: 327
Summary: Steve writes a letter to Peggy…
A/N: Written for the prompts 'pain' and 'unending' for writerverse's weekly quick fic. :)

Dear Peggy,

I’ve tried to write this a few hundred times and never succeeded. I don’t know why I think this attempt will be any different, but I’ll give it a shot. You wouldn’t believe everything I have seen and done in the past few months after they pulled me from the ice. Which, by the way, you wouldn’t believe that probably. But here I am: still existing and flesh and bone and the super soldier you helped me to become.

Thank you for that.

I just…I need…I want to tell you how grateful I was for all that you’d done for me. I thought a lot about it when I was in the ice, in the unending cold and darkness before I slept “hibernated”. I really am sorry for missing our date, I hope you can forgive me for that.

I miss you Peggy. Things these days aren’t what we knew, so much has changed, but the way people act hasn’t. I miss your smile and your laugh and all the times we had together. I know it’s impossible to get those years back, but I wish I could. You were a very incredible woman, Peggy and I just want you to know that you did make a very important impact on me and my life. I hope I made a little impact in yours.

I tried to track you down, and I did succeed, but I wish in a way that I hadn’t. When I found out where you were, I knew I had to come and see you but it was incredibly hard to find the courage to. That’s why I spent so long jotting down notes that I would crumple up and throw away. This is the farthest I’ve ever gotten. I guess I’m going to get out of the car now and walk over there, to your grave, but…

Well, I was late once. I’m sorry for being late again.

Love,

Steve