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Author’s summary:
Bucky doesn’t fall and Steve doesn’t crash. The Howling Commados take out the remaining Hydra bases…and then they go home, just like all the other allied soldiers. Throughout the war, they discuss what each of them would do if they make it back again. The only person Steve doesn’t ask is Bucky. He’s afraid of the answer.
Steve himself isn’t sure if he knows how to do anything but be a soldier and a weapon anymore, but remembering the promise he made he vows to try to be just a good man again.
He buys a farm in Washington state, and tries to relearn how to be at peace.
(Featuring: Steve as a bearded farmer, two rescued puppies, badass Peggy Carter speaking truth, the Howling Commandos doing the same, an apple orchard, soldier homecoming angst, and two dumb boys waiting way too long to talk it out–but don’t worry, they do.)
Words: 19595, Chapters: 1/1
Part 1 of the This Soldier Knows series
Fandoms: Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
Bucky doesn’t fall and Steve doesn’t crash. The Howling Commados take out the remaining Hydra bases…and then they go home, just like all the other allied soldiers. Throughout the war, they discuss what each of them would do if they make it back again. The only person Steve doesn’t ask is Bucky. He’s afraid of the answer.
Steve himself isn’t sure if he knows how to do anything but be a soldier and a weapon anymore, but remembering the promise he made he vows to try to be just a good man again.
He buys a farm in Washington state, and tries to relearn how to be at peace.
(Featuring: Steve as a bearded farmer, two rescued puppies, badass Peggy Carter speaking truth, the Howling Commandos doing the same, an apple orchard, soldier homecoming angst, and two dumb boys waiting way too long to talk it out–but don’t worry, they do.)
Words: 19595, Chapters: 1/1
Part 1 of the This Soldier Knows series
Fandoms: Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Categories: M/M
Characters: Steve Rogers, James “Bucky” Barnes, Peggy Carter, Timothy “Dum Dum” Dugan, Gabe Jones, Jim Morita, James Montgomery Falsworth
Relationships: James “Bucky” Barnes/Steve Rogers
Additional Tags: Canon Divergence - Captain America: The First Avenger, Howling Commandos Era, Howling Commandos - Freeform, Pining, Puppies, Steve Rogers Feels, Badass Peggy Carter, Steve the bearded farmer, nobody falls and nobody crashes any planes, Soldier homecoming angst, WWII era, so so much pining, learning to be at peace, Angst with a Happy Ending, Slow Burn, this has a lot of Band of Brothers vibes
My notes:
This is such a wonderful after war AU, and I especially love the characterization of Steve and how his difficulty to adjust is depicted. The flashbacks to the team are great too. Also read the equally great companion piece of Bucky’s struggles over the same time.
My notes:
This is such a wonderful after war AU, and I especially love the characterization of Steve and how his difficulty to adjust is depicted. The flashbacks to the team are great too. Also read the equally great companion piece of Bucky’s struggles over the same time.
