One of the earliest connections I made upon my arrival was with a -- [ oh, she breathes out. before today, she thought this might be easier. simpler. but there's a heavy ache in her heart as she considers how to introduce jim barnes. she misses him terribly. even now, she wonders what sort of world he returned to. ]
He went by the name Jim. And he told me how during the battle on that HYDRA train, it was his world's Steve Rogers who fell. He took up his best friend's mantle. He became Captain America.
[ peggy cues up the shield intel file on her device, and leans forward just far enough to show steve: a document outlining the battle of new york against the chitauri -- but there is no ROGERS, STEVE present in the text. only BARNES, JIM. ]
Jim was as good as the Winter Soldier's keeper while he was here. For him, it must have been like trying to help heal a version of himself.
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Date: 2016-05-15 11:45 pm (UTC)He went by the name Jim. And he told me how during the battle on that HYDRA train, it was his world's Steve Rogers who fell. He took up his best friend's mantle. He became Captain America.
[ peggy cues up the shield intel file on her device, and leans forward just far enough to show steve: a document outlining the battle of new york against the chitauri -- but there is no ROGERS, STEVE present in the text. only BARNES, JIM. ]
Jim was as good as the Winter Soldier's keeper while he was here. For him, it must have been like trying to help heal a version of himself.