how was the donut?
so those 30 seconds properly fucked me up
(yall know which 30 seconds)
so enjoy this :))
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cursory appearance by my Dom carol danvers cuz i am having trouble understanding why she isn’t in any of these trailers
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In the end, Carol Danvers saved them
(well more accurately she saved him but Steve didn’t feel like nitpicking)
Fury had one last ace up his sleeve that he sent their way in the form of Carol Danvers, and if the way Rhodes had run up to her in half strapped on braces was any indication; she was a special one
(they met while training for the Air Force, Nat whispered to Steve over dinner and Steve made the executive decision to not ask how she knew, or where Carol had been during the initial invasion)
(the second one was harder when he saw what she could do, but he shoved it aside because they needed her, and beggars couldn’t be choosers)
Rhodes pressed his lips against her temple as they saw Danvers off just 48 hours later, and she turned to him and said “He’ll be back before you know it”
And then they had no choice but to wait
Steve wasn’t stupid
He knew that there was other people who felt his missing presence
He could see it in the way Bruce tilted slightly, as if making space for a second person that wasn’t there
In the way Natasha continued to dye her hair blonde, and donned choppy braids
In the way Rhodes brushed off every attempt by Bruce (and some by Scott) to look at his braces, choosing instead to pore over the War Machine armour and fiddle mindlessly
15 days later, Rhodes looked up from where he was readjusting a bolt in the armour’s leg and said “He’s here.”
Steve didn’t question it, just gestured to Bruce and Natasha before rushing after Rhodes
They ended up in a baseball stadium (that sent a pang through Steve’s heart that he refused to deal with) and waited with bated breath; all turned towards the sky anxiously
Finally, a small speck in the night sky grew impossibly bigger and a mechanical..donut fell out of the sky and crashed near their feet
He heard bangs against the door and it fell open with a hiss, revealing a blue woman who looked more machine than flesh, Carol Danvers, and
in her arms
collapsed, and frail as sin
Tony
Steve was frozen in his spot, unable to take his eyes off the man in front of him, uncomprehending of the sight
Rhodes had no such hesitation
He ran across the field to where Tony was nestled in Carol’s arms-
-Carol, who met him half way by literally flying towards them-
- and relieved Tony from her arms almost immediately, threading his fingers through his hair and pressing his lips to his forehead
and it was only Steve’s enhanced hearing that let him catch the question
so how was the donut?
and Tony’s almost breathless chuckle
dio mi sei mancato, platypus
Fin.
