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Chapters: 6/6 Fandom: Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: Major Character Death Relationships: Winifred Barnes & Sarah Rogers, James "Bucky" Barnes & Steve Rogers Characters: Sarah Rogers (Marvel), Winifred Barnes, James "Bucky" Barnes, Steve Rogers Additional Tags: Missing Scene, Canonical Character Death, Best Friends, Childhood Friends, Friendship, Found Family, Fluff and Humor, Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Time Skips, Sarah Rogers-centric, POV Winifred Barnes, the tags for Sarah and Winnie are not great, Women Being Awesome, Brothers, Past Infidelity, Prequel, Loss of Parent(s), Steve is Winifred's biological son, Bucky and Steve are biological brothers, Hopeful Ending Summary:
Sarah Rogers and Winifred Barnes have been friends for a long time, and they love and rely on each other like sisters when their husbands leave to fight in the war. Sarah dotes on Winnie's son Bucky, and tries to cope with the fading hope that one day she'll have children too.
The child she ends up with does not arrive in any way she could have foreseen, but that doesn't stop her from loving her son with every corner of her heart. When they meet again by chance, Bucky and Steve end up with a bond as close as brothers, with no idea about the actual truth. At least, not until tragic circumstances lead Winifred to explain to both of her boys why they'll always have each other.
Chapter 6: Endings and Beginnings
Summary: Winnie reads Sarah's letter, and makes an important decision.
Notes: And now we're at the end. Thanks for joining me on this one, it's been a long time coming.
This last chapter is for my @buckybarnesbingo square B4 – always, and my @mfbingo square O4 - Hug