She loved him. She had even before he was a big shot. Before he was Captain America, the Star Spangled man. No, she loved Steve Rogers the wimpy kid from Brooklyn. He had a heart and more importantly compassion. Even when Bucky died he had kept his dignity. Peggy Carter considered herself a tough woman. After all she was a high ranking army official. But somehow Rogers was able to do what no other man had. He had made her fall for him. On the day of the crash she had broken. Her heart had shattered into so many pieces that she never had been able to fully recover it. They had a date. Steve will be there. She had tried to assure herself. He had seemed so confident and calm, even though his death loomed before him. They were going to go dancing on Saturday. He had been waiting for the right partner, and she knew she was his. Sure, she would saunter around in her heels and act strong, but with Steve she knew she didn't have to. They had always teased each other about being on time, but this time it was no joke. She knew he was gone and lost to her forever. That didn't stop her though. Every Saturday she would go to the bar and wait. She refused to dance with any man there. She was Steve's and Steve's alone. But he wasn't there. Not in ten weeks and not in ten years. She never gave up in him. How could she? Her love was too powerful, too consuming. But he never came. Eventually she was too old and frail to make the journey to the bar. She still refused to believe his death. One day Captain America would sweep her off her feet and carry her to their life together. Than it was the end. Her lush brown hair turned to match the snow and her smooth skin as wrinkled as time. His name was on her once red lips and her last thought was of his perfect face. When he awoke many years later, he looked far and wide for her. He had to apologize for missing their date. And one day he did. It was no more than a tombstone and she was no more than bones. Peggy Carter. It said. Solider, Fighter and Lover of a Brooklyn boy. She truly had never given up on him. When he visited the bar she had frequented he heard tales of a woman who had waited for her love on Saturdays. And he knew that one day he would see her again. It was that that kept him going. Her memory and love. Forever and always.

Peggy Carter and Steve Rogers (Steggy)