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So, I saw Endgame, and was inevitably enraged by the way they sidelined Bucky. (Heck, even the Sweetie, after he saw it, was like, "Wow, they really didn't want Bucky in that movie, did they?").

And I have inevitably written a fixit fic.

Full Circle (1128 words)
Fandom: Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers, Offscreen James "Bucky" Barnes/Peggy Carter/Steve Rogers
Additional Tags: Post-Endgame, Endgame Fix-It, Time Travel

Summary:
The two of them sit on the bench for the longest time, staring out at the shimmering surface of the lake in front of them, a pregnant silence building between them.

Steve is the one who speaks first.

“I saved him,” he says. “I couldn’t save you, but I saved him.”

A big thank you to

halotolerant for providing the title and helping make it better.

Crossposts: https://przed.livejournal.com/374401.html

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From:

kore

T said "It turns out the end of the line was more like a stop on the express train." Haha! LOL, SOB

It felt like the amount of no-homoing in that movie was considerable, except for maybe Tony's fight with Steve and that one glorious brief moment with Sam, and wow, I think SebStan had more lines in TWS. He certainly got to act more. They said people who didn't get a chance to do a lot in the first movie would have bigger parts in the second! Little did we know that meant ANT-MAN. Because when I see the last Avengers movie ever, I sure do want a whole lot of Ant-Man in it. (STEVE WOULD TOTALLY NOT LEAVE BUCKY. HE JUST WOULDN'T.) (I also don't think Steve Fucking Rogers would abandon a whole bunch of newly returned baffled, probably terrified, civilians, when two of the OG6 are gone, and two are retired and one fucks off.)

Your story is lovely. And “Didn’t have to,” he says proudly. “Peggy figured it out. And Howard wasn’t far behind her.” YYYYEAH PEGGY AND HOWARD.

He lets Sam approach first, lets Sam have his moment, glad when he sees Sam take up the shield. Sam deserves it. He's maybe the best of all of them, flying into danger without any special powers or super healing. And Sam is a friend. Maybe the person he's closest to, after Steve. He's also relieved that it'll be Sam carrying the shield, that glorified target.

And SAAAAAAAAAAAM. I like that a whole lot too.

I dunno. That movie was really pretty -- gorgeous even. There was lots of fun fanservice. The ending was great, up until THEN. But if it were a fic it would need some serious betas. ("You need to cut this Hulk bit. I know you think it's funny. It's just not good." "No, your time travel theories still don't make sense....")