Full Summary
Steve would never say he’s a lucky man. Fortune has never really shined down upon him. He lost his dad to the war when he was just a babe. Lost his Ma a few years ago as well. He was always the smallest kid, not to mention all his health problems never made him first pick on the playground with the other boys. As he got older, he wasn’t popular with girls either. They weren’t lining up to dance with a guy they might step on. Somehow though, he has Bucky. His best bud. His brother in all but blood. They are with each other to the end of the line.
And now he has her too. A woman unlike any he’s ever known. Intelligent. Brave. Strong. Gorgeous. Loyal. Fierce. Beautiful. How he wound up with her in his arms he’ll never know. He will however, be immensely grateful to fate for bringing her into his life.
So he has them; Bucky and his girl, but there is a war going on and Bucky is leaving. He loves her, but he can’t stay here collecting scrap metal in his little wagon while every other man goes off to fight in the war. He needs to be there, it’s the right thing to do.
Natalia hasn’t had the easiest life. She’s lost her family, her home. Her innocence. Leaving everything she’d ever known behind, she moves to New York to start a new life. Never would she have thought that in doing so, here she would find friends and love, a family of sorts. And she would do everything in her power to protect her new family.
So Steve wants to go off and fight in a war. Fine. She’s not happy about it, but she will support him. Let Steve and Bucky go and be patriotic. But if they think that she’s going to sit around and do nothing, well, they’ve got another thing coming. She already lost her family once; she’ll be damned if she loses another.