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PG-13 | Steve Rogers, Howling Commandos, Avengers
A Life on Mars homage.
Chapter Five is twenty thousand words long, which is fine on DW but not fine for LJ, so rather than make separate posts, I am just going to ask everyone's indulgence and point them toward AO3 [direct link to chapter five].
PG-13 | Steve Rogers, Howling Commandos, Avengers
A Life on Mars homage.
“I don’t think I remember who I used to be,” Bucky finally said after a few minutes had passed. “I know I look a lot like that guy, but I feel like I’m wearing someone else’s skin as well as someone else’s arm.”
Steve chuffed out a mirthless laugh because this, this he understood better than Bucky could ever appreciate. This had been his life for the last six months, pretending to be someone he wasn’t anymore.
“You haven’t been back very long,” he pointed out. “And everyone has been acting like nothing’s changed, but all it does is make it worse because everything has changed and you’re never sure if you want someone to call you on it or if you want nobody to notice. But I promise you, the longer you’re here, the more the old you and the new you will meet in the middle. And you’ll stop feeling like what you once thought of as home, being among the people who care about you, is such a foreign country.”
He looked over at Bucky, who spared him a considering look back before returning his eyes to the road but said nothing until he pulled over south of Sheffield and told Steve it was his turn to drive.
Chapter Five is twenty thousand words long, which is fine on DW but not fine for LJ, so rather than make separate posts, I am just going to ask everyone's indulgence and point them toward AO3 [direct link to chapter five].
