Title: Trying to Bridge Dark Water
Author: sororexitium
Pairing/Characters: pre-Tony/Steve, Margaret "Peggy" Carter
Fandom: Avengers (movieverse)
Rating: PG-13
Warnings: Child Abuse
Summary: Peggy is ninety-one years old, and trying to bridge the then and the now.
Notes: This is part of my Mostly Family, but Sometimes Strangers series. I'm sure everyone can see by ( Read more... )

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There’s a lot of the mansion to explore, more space than five people could ever need and probably more rooms than any of them, excluding maybe Thor, could ever know what to do with. Halls upon halls are decorated with antiques and paintings and lush, lavish carpets that Steve isn’t too sure people should walk on. Room after room, copies of each ( Read more... )