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Intro

A home, a house, a place to call his own.

A loving wife with soft curly hairs, red lips and the deepest brown eyes any man had ever seen.

Peggy...

His whole future, swallowed up by the past.

Leaving him lost in a present time that went to fast, to soon... to different. A place where nobody had the patience to teach him how to live human seemed to be hurried without time to spare or to share. Language had changed, intonations where different. Some words described different things now than they did then, often causing him to get into troublesome situations.

And then Anthony Stark had dropped in filling the air with arrogance and tension. A man as different from his father, as he was alike. Both of them already lived in the future during the present, a feat he'd never be capable off. Their personalities clashed like fire and ice, discussions were imminent. Somehow Steve had the feeling the metal clad engineer was disappointed in him for some reason. Making the all American soldier feel unwanted in his presence, lashing out with unkind words he deeply regretted later on.

Yet that same impossible man had managed to do what others could not. Making Steve Rogers feel slightly more at ease, with just a simple silly reference from a thing long past. Giving the stern soldier a smile instead of a frown. And somehow during the chaos and sorrow of battle, the alien blood and Bruce hulking out. They had formed a truce.

After the battle nobody was happier than Steve to see those deep brown eyes open. His enhanced heart had skipped a beat, thankful for not loosing another .. person he had come to care for. That realisation hit him hard, like a stone brick against your head. And when Tony awoke he looked away, embarrassed, frightened and happy.

The cover-art for this story was made by the talented shinybumofleonardodavinci. And it is used with her consent.

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