A/N: Inspiration can hit you at the oddest hour, I suppose?

Lowercase letters are intentional. I wanted to try this type of style and see if it would be effective. What do you think? [Cue to review!]

Enjoy!

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"The world has changed."

"At this point, I don't think anything would surprise me."

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His ledger is slick with his own blood.

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He imagines punching bags trembling under his touch as the nightmares engulf him.

"A hero? Like you?... You're a lab rat, Rogers. Everything that you are came out of a bottle!"

One.

"I asked for an army and all I got was you. You are not enough."

Two.

"You are deluded, Captain. You pretend to be a simple soldier, but in reality, you are just afraid to admit we have left humanity behind."

Three.

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every night at 11:11 pm, steve closes his eyes and thinks.

he thinks. he thinks about the avengers, he thinks about the war, he thinks about peggyhowardbucky until it hurts to breathe. but most of all, he think about the world.

the skyscrapers. the exuberance of wealth. the materialism. the death of chivalry.

he thinks he doesn't belong.

[he knows he doesn't belong]

so when the clock strikes 11:11, he whispers to the window.

"I wish I was dead."

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when the window doesn't whisper back, he settles for cutting instead.

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A/N: I don't even know... lolcatz, I don't even know my intent of writing this. Guess I was feeling angsty?