AVENGERS GET SENT BACK IN TIME
Well the title sums it up in a nutshell - the main premise of this story is that the Avengers get sent back in time to WWII where they run into the Howling Commandos... complete with Bucky and Steve. Little hard to explain that away, especially when you are trying to keep some major secrets. Secrets like how you ended up in the future, why the hell Bucky is now a scary (reformed) assassin with a metal arm, that you are married to your friend's son, that they are about to lose you and Bucky for good (to their knowledge).
This story is stony, post winter-soldier with a mostly reformed Bucky, blatantly ignores Civil War (oops).
So far it is ~13,000 words and it still has a ways to go (not sure how much but the story keeps pulling me along :) )
Excerpt:
The sound thickens, tightens, swirls into greater and greater thrums that have cause Steve to cry out in pain and then...
Silence.
The sharp shift causes Steve to sway slightly, but he cautiously pulls his and James's hands off his ears. The noise is gone, but in its place is a sound Steve was positive he would never hear again.
"What the hell?"
"Dum Dum?" Steve asks incredulously as his head snaps to the side where he heard the voice.
Standing in a ring around a small campfire off to his right are the Howling Commandos, including younger versions of him and Bucky. They look like they all just jumped to their feet, and are debating whether to shoot at the people who suddenly appeared at the edge of their camp. It is Steve’s question that has them hesitating.
Steve reaches up and pulls his cowl down so they can see his face unhampered. “Look, I don’t have any idea what is going on but can we agree not to shoot one another for the time being?” The question is directed both at the Commandos and at James, who he can see out of the corner of his eye has a gun in his flesh hand. The Commandos look back at their Steve for his orders and he slowly nods. “Let’s see if we can figure this out. If that really is me somehow I would rather not kill me.”
The Commandos relax slightly at his words and lower their weapons. James waits until they do and then slips his gun back into his holster. Before anything else happens, Steve wants to see who all is with him. With a raised eyebrow, he turns his back to the Commandos, ignoring James’s displeased growl, and looks to see if any of the other Avengers ended up coming with. Turns out all of them did, and they are standing behind him with their weapons held loosely. That would probably explain the Commandos’ reaction, not that seeing a clone of your commander appearing from thin air wouldn’t be enough.
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