Steve asked Captain from bbc ghosts to shoot him. Steve didn’t die cos his shield stopped the bullets. I wonder how Captain would react to the shield and its multiple purposes? What are Captain thoughts on the howling commandos? Imagine Captain talking about the new bomb he was developing seen in the ghosts episode reddy weddy, to the french member of the howling commando and Howard.
hi!! i’m so sorry i haven’t answered for so long 😭 i’ve had mega writers block for months!!!
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ok so my thoughts are . steve and the howlies on leave in england, and they’re sent to stay at button house because it’s in the country and mostly safe from any air assaults.
so, seeing as the captain and steve are the CO’s of their respective teams, they end up rooming together and get along really well really quickly
one day steve notices the captain’s men playing football or roughhousing or something, and the captain is stood off to the side, alone and looking uncomfortable, clearly not being asked to join in. steve understands not feeling wanted or included, having spent a lot of time like that when bucky wasn’t around.
so steve heads to grab his shield and makes his way over. he asks the captain if he wants to help him train with the shield. steve’s all “you know, i’ve been using it a month or two now, but i’m still not quite sure i’ve got the hang of it” (he’s lying, he’s pretty fluent with it, but cap doesn’t need to know that) the captain is honoured to be wanted so he’s eager to help. for the next couple hours, steve’s running and flipping about as the cap fires blanks at him, trying to hit him so steve can deflect with his shield. eventually, a crowd forms. the captain’s men watch on in confused awe as the howlies yell and cheer.
after that, the captain becomes pretty good friends with steve and the howlies, sitting with them at meal times and listening to bucky’s wild stories about new york, relating to monty as the only english member of the howlies, trading moustache tips with dugan, talking strategy with steve and gabe, becoming ever so slightly enamoured with morita, and yes, talking explosives with dernier.
the captain uses his broken french to explain the explosive he’s in charge of, and in turn dernier regales him with tales of the many explosions and fires he’s set in his time. they’re only broken apart when havers calls to drag the captain away for a meeting with their superiors.
years down the line, steve’s read through the howlies files over and over (deceased, deceased, deceased) and he can’t help but feel like there’s one person missing from the pile. but then again, he never was considered a true howling commando by anyone other than the howlies themselves.
steve looks into what happened to the man he became friends with all those years ago in an english mansion, and what he finds isn’t what he wanted.
he puts it out of his mind until another few years pass, he meets a gods, aliens, people with magic powers, and his best friend winds up coming back from the dead.
finally, finally, everything seems to settle. he has time to himself. so he and bucky decide to take a trip.
they climb out of their rental car next to that old fountain, and gaze out at the fields that seem to go on for miles.
from behind them comes an “excuse me? can i help you?” they turn to find a woman wrapped in a colourful cardigan, who’s mouth drops open at the sight of them. “oh my god… you’re…”
a man appears out of the door behind her. “allison what did they wa-am i going crazy or is captain america in our driveway?”
“yup seems to be him, mike”
steve just laughs softly and explains that a long time ago, he and bucky stayed here for a while. it’s the last place they saw their friend. and a knowing look comes across allison’s face.
after steve finishes talking, she pipes up. “this might sound crazy-“
“trust me, ma’am, not much seems crazy anymore”
“you say that now, but what would you say if i said i can see ghosts, and your friend is standing right next to you.”
steve and bucky startle, looking at the empty air surrounding them.
“how can we know it’s really him? ask him to tell you something only he would know.”
allison goes quiet for a moment, staring at an empty space over bucky’s left shoulder, before saying. “he says, dugan got drunk on your last night here and admitted to having a comb specifically for his moustache.”
steve and bucky can’t help but laugh as tears spring to their eyes. “that’s him alright.” bucky smiles.
they go inside, and, through allison, manage to have one last conversation with the honourary howling commando that history forgot.