fillers or aus i would love to play running list; if you're interested in any of this, throw up a starter and i am there
steve + peggy
Peggy and Steve's reunion when he returns to the past.
That dance scene. /sobs
Anything about their life afterward.
steve + tony
Conversations about Peggy or Howard, or anything else they'd talk about during their 2-man mission to the past
First time Steve and Tony interact after Tony calls Steve out on how failing together sucks.
Did Steve and Tony ever talk during those 5 years? If so, what did that look like?
[au] Tony survives, but Steve doesn't know that when he goes back in time. So now Steve is really old and Tony is not.
[au] Tony survives and Steve comes back from returning the stones and they rebuild their relationship
steve + natasha
Awful life at Avengers compound before Ant-Man, basically lots of hurt/comfort with each other
[au] When Steve tells Natasha that maybe they should both move on, he asks her out on a date — it becomes a very sad attempt at moving on, but it's also a sad kind of solace.
steve + bucky
Honestly, they barely got any time back together. Steve and Buck MUST have talked before Steve just decided to go back in the past. Possible convo where he admits he's not coming back, and asking Bucky if he wants to return back to their time with him?
steve + anyone
So ... you can so Mjolnir now?
Conversations with various characters when he returns the stones to their rightful place in the past
Someone insisting on going back in time with Steve, and they return all the stones together and this person convinces Steve to come back (or, is convinced that he really doesn't want to)
shuri + anyone
Rebuilding the world from Wakanda
Meeting the other avengers
One-uping our science bros during reconstruction :D
tony stark (AI) + morgan/anyone
I imagine this will be mostly sass.
And with everyone who is not Morgan, this will basically be him joking about how he's going to live forever.
[ He means to talk to Bucky about it. But truth is, Steve volunteered so he'd have the option, and he still hasn't been able to decide if it's a good idea. Instead, this morning, with Mjolnir at the foot of his bed and a suitcase full of infinity stones, Steve is still trying to figure out how badly he could screw up history when he hears knocking at the door.
Then, his best friend asks him that question point-blank and for the first time, the answer comes back to him definitively. He takes a deep breath too, then. ]
No, Buck. Don't think I am.
[ But when Steve actually says it, he realizes something else. ]
[ Bucky gives him a tight lipped smile. As much as he is willing to follow Steve to the ends of the Earth he doesn't think that's a good idea. He sighs, leaning against the door frame and crossing his arms over his chest.]
I think I've done enough shaping of the century.
[ It would be too hard knowing what he was out there doing and trying to find a way to live with it. He didn't understand everything he'd been told about time travel, but to him it seemed as if it was something akin to fire. The more one messed with it, the more likely they'd be to getting themselves or someone else burned.]
[ While he still carried hope before Bucky's answer — for those few precious seconds between when the idea came and when he got the question out — but when the answer inevitably comes back negative, Steve gives his best friend a soft, empathetic nod. He'd hoped, but maybe a part of him already knew the answer. ]
I'm gonna miss you. [ He says that before answering the other question. ] A lot.
[ Then, after a brief pause. ]
No, I don't think so.
If I'm right about how this all works, they'll find out quickly enough.
[ He takes in a low breath, holding it for a long moment. ] I'm going to miss you too.
[ More than he can say. More than he has any right to after all the things he's put Steve through. Steve's been family, it feels, since the moment they met. He's saved him in so many ways that he knows there's not a way that he could ever really thank him, let alone pay him back.
But he can do this. He can let him go, even if it kills him, because Steve needs this. More than that. He deserves this.
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Then, his best friend asks him that question point-blank and for the first time, the answer comes back to him definitively. He takes a deep breath too, then. ]
No, Buck. Don't think I am.
[ But when Steve actually says it, he realizes something else. ]
Any chance I could convince you to come with me?
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I think I've done enough shaping of the century.
[ It would be too hard knowing what he was out there doing and trying to find a way to live with it. He didn't understand everything he'd been told about time travel, but to him it seemed as if it was something akin to fire. The more one messed with it, the more likely they'd be to getting themselves or someone else burned.]
Are you going to tell the others?
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I'm gonna miss you. [ He says that before answering the other question. ] A lot.
[ Then, after a brief pause. ]
No, I don't think so.
If I'm right about how this all works, they'll find out quickly enough.
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[ More than he can say. More than he has any right to after all the things he's put Steve through. Steve's been family, it feels, since the moment they met. He's saved him in so many ways that he knows there's not a way that he could ever really thank him, let alone pay him back.
But he can do this. He can let him go, even if it kills him, because Steve needs this. More than that. He deserves this.
He swallows, smiling faintly.]
Try not to do anything stupid.