[Zhongyingmei] I have a four-dimensional pocket

In the backseat of a taxi, the dainty blond girl with rare light make-up looks like she is going to go with her father on a blind date that she values ​​​​-but the taxi finally stops in front of the hospital, and Steve He got out of the car first and opened the door for her, and extended his hand to her.

"Love, you are so beautiful today, as if you have grown up suddenly." Steve said.

Love didn't answer, she just held Steve's hand, every step was like walking on the tip of a knife - she was very weak now.

Steve didn't care either, he was even a little absent-minded.

It's not like him.

The two of them took the elevator upstairs and walked all the way in along the corridor. At the end of the corridor, Bucky stood facing the window, his back seemed to be full of vicissitudes of time.This is the first time that Love feels that he is a centenarian, rather than a young man like his appearance.

"... How is Paige?" She asked softly.

Steve paused, and Bucky, who was not far away, had turned around to look at them. When Steve lowered his head to talk to her, a faint smile appeared on his face: "She's not in a good condition...she want to see you."

"She knows who I am?"

"Peggy took the initiative to mention you to me. She likes to hear stories about you, but this is the first time she said she wanted to see you." Steve raised his hand and rubbed her head, "She probably... ...there is not much time left."

At the end of the corridor, Bucky greeted them. He was still a little guilty when facing Love, but this time, Love was not in the mood to bully him at all, but waved to him not so politely, He entered the side ward alone, and gently closed the door.The woman on the hospital bed was bathing in the sun, and the instrument recording the intensity and frequency of the heartbeat was making sound regularly. The wave form on the screen was steady but slow, and the images on the screen illuminated by the dim light suddenly flashed in Love’s mind. ——After a period of violent fluctuations, it turned into a permanent horizontal line.

That is death.

means eternal silence.

It also means that he will be forever forgotten by the world at some point.

But the elderly woman in the room and on the hospital bed is still alive.

She is Peggy, the hero of World War II, the hero of S.H.I.E.L.D., the real recorder of that ill-fated century, she is the same era as Steve and Bucky people.She has lived to be almost a hundred years old, and she has spent her long life contributing to anti-fascism and the fight against Hydra.

She had been so heroic and so beautiful.

Love walked silently to the chair in front of her bed and sat down, pulling the corners of her mouth into a smile: "I'm sorry, Steve didn't tell me that I came to see you, otherwise I would definitely bring a large bouquet of roses."

Peggy slowly turned her head to her, and also smiled: "Love, nice to meet you."

"My pleasure to meet you too."

"I've heard a lot about you, and I feel truly blessed to live in a world protected by you." She said, with a worried look on her face, "You don't look well, what happened? ?”

Love shook her head: "It's just that I didn't sleep well last night."

"You know, Love, Steve is your father, and he will always be by your side to protect you, no matter what happens."

"I know."

She knew it all along, so she still regarded him as a life-saving straw at this moment.

Peggy coughed suddenly, and the fluctuating lines displayed on the screen became violent. In the next second, the orange halo of Dunshun Liuhua enveloped Peggy's whole body, and her condition stabilized in an instant.

Love clenched the corners of her clothes with both hands. She didn't have to work hard to use the ability, but with her current physical condition, she wanted the control ability to work accurately and turn Peggy herself into a new one instead of the surrounding bedding and medical equipment. very difficult.So after a while, she relaxed and retracted Liuhua, breathing a little short of breath.

"Thank you." Peggy looked at Love lovingly, then suddenly raised one arm and retracted her wrist, and made a gesture to her to get her closer, "Love, come closer, I want to take a closer look at you. "

Love took a deep breath, supported her body as firmly as possible, and moved to Peggy's bedside.

"I can save you," she said, taking Paige's hand, trying not to shake her voice from the shortness of breath, and she didn't like to see Steve in this way, so she said, "I can make you better , and even make you younger, you can have a new identity, a new life, you can even become my new mother—”

But Peggy shook her head with difficulty and firmness, and rejected her suggestion: "I have lived long enough, and it is time to leave. I am sorry to leave him regrets, but for me, being able to see you again Seeing him and you is enough."

Love bit her lower lip hard.

"You really look like him." Withered and slender fingers touched her delicate face, the aged heroine twitched the corners of her mouth, her voice hoarse, "From now on, he will trust you."

Love suddenly thought that maybe Steve hoped that he could save her.

But he didn't say anything, only let her make her own decision, and put such a big problem in front of her.

"He still has you, Love," Peggy reassured her again, "With Barnes and you, he will be the happiest person in the world."

Will she make Steve happy?

This kind of her killed more than a dozen brothers with her own hands, and lived for more than ten years as if nothing had happened. If he knew that she had done such a thing, he would still rub her head and take her into his arms like he always did. in?

Love closed his eyes and stopped talking.

Peggy also stopped talking, she tilted her head to look at the girl with downcast eyes, with a doting smile in her eyes.

……

It will be the next week for Love to go to the hospital again. She is paralyzed on the bed all day long and seems to be drowsy. Clark has visited her a few times and tried to cook all kinds of delicious meals for her. point, but no matter what, she would just spit it out uncontrollably after he left.

Sometimes she even thought that if Steve didn't notice her abnormality, it was very likely that when he came back one day, there would be a corpse waiting for him—how desperate should he be?

She didn't want him to be so desperate, so she tried her best to live, cheering up as much as possible, and didn't even let him notice the abnormality.

And her absurd idea did not become a reality, the only reason is that the first person to leave was Peggy.

It was Bucky who called her to tell her that Peggy was not doing well, and Love jumped out of bed, her legs went limp, and she hit the ground. Fortunately, she was not injured on the carpet on the floor, but it still hurt her Almost shed tears.When she took a taxi to the hospital, Bucky was waiting at the entrance of the hospital with his brows tightly furrowed.

"Are you okay?" he asked worriedly, looking at the girl. "You look like you haven't slept in a long time." As much as he worried about Steve, he worried about her too.

Love shook her head and didn't answer, thinking that not only had she not slept for a long time, but she hadn't eaten for a long time, but she was still alive like this, and she didn't even seek help from anyone—except for Steve, she still You can ask Charles, or talk to the Mind Stone or the Soul Stone, to make yourself feel better.But she didn't do anything, not even ask Steve to pay her some attention.

The knot was tied by herself, and the only person who can save her is Steve, and no one else can.

And when she arrived at the door of the ward, the line that had been beating regularly had already returned to zero forever.

Paige leaves.

She was standing outside the door, and Steve in the room was standing in front of Peggy's bed with his head bowed, and she couldn't see his expression clearly.

She only felt that her eyes were going black for a while.

"...Dad, are you okay?" She asked softly.

"Sorry, Love," the blond man looked at her, twitching the corners of his mouth to show her a not-so-good-looking smile, "I want to be alone for a while."

The moment she closed the door, she heard Steve say "sorry" to someone in a low voice.

Love's body then slid down against the wall uncontrollably, covering her face with her hands, crying uncontrollably.

If she hadn't listened to Peggy's rejection at that time, if she had insisted, if she had just "rejected" Peggy's body without saying anything, it would definitely not be like this now.

If she persisted and didn't give up because of that little physical discomfort and lack of control, Steve wouldn't have the expression he has now. He should have always kept the Captain America smile.

As if he had read her heart, Bucky, who had been bullied and oppressed by her all this time, walked up to her and comforted her gently: "That was Peggy's own decision, you have no fault at all, her time should stop at this moment .”

Should stop now?

What about Steve?What about the dance that Steve owed her? !

It was her hesitation because of Peggy's words, it was her fault, and she had to change everything.

Even...it was something that would change her fate, she still had to do it.

The blond girl clenched the hem of her clothes again, secretly making up her mind.

Probably realizing that she had made an unwise decision, Bucky's hand hovered over her head for a moment, and finally landed lightly on her shoulder.Most of his feelings for this girl were apologies and gratitude, and he couldn't just sit back and ignore her.

"Although I have done a lot of bad things to you before, I think you have forgiven me because of Steve. You have done a lot for Steve. I know how much Steve means to you, and you should too. Know how much you mean to him—so never do anything to hurt yourself, understand?"

He clearly knew that she would cry not because of Peggy's death, but because of Steve's feelings at this moment.

"Yes." Love responded dryly.

Bucky sighed softly, but still took the girl into his arms.

"You can cry a little longer."

The girl was silent for a while, and a few minutes later, he heard her soft sobbing again.

……

When the pastor read the prayers, Love leaned against Bucky's side, half awake and half asleep. Although Bucky came to her house to take care of her temporarily these days, she hadn't slept well for a long time. Erratic.For such a formal occasion where she needs to go out, she can only use heavier makeup to cover up the dark blue under her eyes.Fortunately, she still insisted on drinking a little glucose every day, and her body was not so bad that she would collapse when the wind blows.

But the colors of despair that had reappeared in his mind once did not brighten up at all.

This is Peggy's funeral.

She couldn't hear what the pastor was saying, couldn't see anyone's face, she just felt very, very sad.

It turns out that this is what it feels like to attend someone else’s funeral, and it turns out that this is how people bid farewell to those who have left—then who should commemorate her brothers, her brothers who have no trace of existence?

Not to mention the tombstones, she was the only one who knew of their existence, which is not such a good memory.

"Brother..." she murmured in a low voice, pulling herself together and walking towards Steve.

The funeral had ended a few minutes ago. Many people came, and many people didn't. Love was a little thankful that Natasha didn't come, otherwise she would have seen through her bad state at a glance.After the funeral, the crowd dispersed, and even Bucky patted her on the head and left, his eyes worried and meaningful.

He knew what she was going to do.

Steve sat on a seat in a corner of the church, as if he was thinking about something, but also seemed to be in a daze.

"Father, are you okay?" She sat down beside him, her long dry hair blocking her profile.

"Time really flies by," Steve said. "It's too fast. My time with her is too short."

Love responded without saying anything.

"I owe her a dance," Steve continued, raising his head halfway and narrowing his eyes slightly, "but it's all over."

Love bit her lower lip, and suddenly raised her hand to grab the corner of the man's clothes.

She asked softly, her voice trembling: "Do you... want to dance that dance with her?"

She's in control of everything—time, space, and the universe, just to send him back to that dance, to wipe Paige's memory after that, and that won't have any effect on the present world at all.

——Even with influence, she can change.

The beautiful sea blue eyes of the blond sweetheart suddenly widened.

"Love, you...you can?" His tone was full of surprise.

The blond girl nodded, her eyes were a little sour.

"But to change the past—"

Love interrupted him lightly, she raised her head, with the same bright smile on her face: "I'll take care of everything, Dad, you just have to do what you want."

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