Steggy fic: Proofing Water (1/4)
TITLE: Proofing Water
AUTHOR: indiefic
CHARACTERS: Steve Rogers, Peggy Carter, Michael Carter, Natasha Romanoff, Clint Barton, Bucky Barnes, others
PAIRINGS: Steve Rogers/Peggy Carter; Peggy/Other implied, Steve/Other implied
FANDOMS: Marvel MCU, Captain America (movies), Agent Carter
RATING: Mature
TIMELINE: Set 5 years after the end of the war, but it’s very, very AU.
SUMMARY: Three years after Peggy walked out of Steve’s life forever, she walks back in.
AUTHOR’S NOTE: Slapdashing mixing of MCU characters from different timelines with no explanation offered. Just go with it.
Written for Steggy Positivity Week. Day 02: AU/Crossover (Despite having many, many crossovers in the works, none of them are ready to go, so I’m going with an AU.)
“Whiskey is good proofing water. It tells you who’s real and who isn’t.”
Thomas Shelby in Peaky Blinders
Steve glanced in the mirror behind the bar and caught something at the edge of his vision. He immediately stared down at the bartop, smiling tightly. Three fucking years and he still caught ghosts of her. He knew from the glance that it was a brunette in a red dress. Truth told, they were a dime a dozen. And they were never his brunette in a red dress.