I come up hard but that's okay

[thekidfrombrooklyn]

'Cause trouble man don't get in my way

The shield is found in the river by a salvage team. The man who finds it knows it should go right back to the Captain, but he can't help himself--he takes a picture of himself holding it, and snapchats it to his family and friends with the caption, "I believe in the shield."

It's reblogged hundreds of times. Then thousands. People start adding their own pictures, with homemade shields or Captain America memorabilia, captioning them things like "I still believe in the shield" and "I stand with the Captain."

The shield itself ends up at the Smithsonian, at the Captain America & the Howling Commandos exhibit. There's a note attached: "Please make sure this gets back to the Captain."

It does, of course. Of course it does.


Don't care about trouble, sugar, I'm moving down the line



In his hospital bed, Steve hears music.

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[notapilot]

Sam started hunting for Steve as soon as the last helicarrier fell. He started on the grounds of the Triskellion, moving outward to the banks of the Potomac, and finally moving out to the nearest hospitals, until he found him. Somewhere along the way Natasha, Fury, and Hill disappeared.

Now he's sitting in Steve's room at the hospital and listening to Marvin Gaye while reading his Twitter feed; smiling at the #beliveintheshield tag.