Characters
Tags
Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
Slow Burn
Steve Rogers Feels
Everyone Needs A Hug
Secret Identity
Identity Issues
Tony Stark Feels
Howard Stark's A+ Parenting
Mentions of neglect
Steve Rogers and the 21st Century
Past Peggy Carter/Steve Rogers
Steve Rogers as the Winter Soldier
Pre-Steve Rogers/Tony Stark
Peggy Carter as Captain America
Ironman's identity is a secret
Peggy Carter Feels
Summary
“I did. I do. I still love him.” She continued, arms folding around her torso. “But I’m not in love with him. Not anymore.” Tony took a sip of scotch to stop himself from saying something (else) insensitive. Pepper would be proud of him.“He’s not-” Peggy inhaled deeply. “He’s not the man that I fell in love with. And it would be unfair to both of us if I pretend otherwise.”Or:Steve Rogers was never recovered from the basement of the Hydra stronghold. When he finally does resurface, he is not the man that he used to be. He is not the man that Peggy remembers. She somehow talks Tony into taking him in and helping him adjust to life in the 21st century. There are two problems with this, 1) Steve killed Tony's parents while he was in Hydra’s clutches. Tony was still having trouble coming to terms with that. 2) Noone knows Tony is Ironman and he’d like to keep it that way.
Note
I have been raging about how Winter Soldier! Steve was torn from our grasps since the finale of What if...?. And now you guys get to come with me in this journey I'm taking to satisfy my angsty, angsty, desires.Slow to update, because I am in school, moving, and working on like three other stories....