This is something that has been rattling around in my brain and am only posting to see if anyone may like what I have done. It'll be a Steve/Peggy partially and a Bucky/OC. I am hoping that I haven't made my OC too Mary Sue, if I have please let me know and I will see what I can do to re-write my character.

Thank you for reading and please Review and let me know what you think.

The large skyscrapers of New York towered over the 5 foot 5 and a half frame of the young woman walking through the streets, a duffle bag hanging from one shoulder and a big purple handbag on the other on the way to Fort Hamilton in Brooklyn. She had arrived early so that she could take in the sights of her first visit to New York City and see the sights that are worth it before heading to the base even though her duffle was heavy with her clothes and the people around her, natives and tourists alike, were jostling her as she walked and looked around Time Square.

A thin hand ran through unwashed strawberry blonde hair, she needed a shower on the ASAP and was hoping to high hell that there would be time for her to have one before she got her standing orders and was shipped out further from there or if she was going to be staying in Brooklyn. Heaving a sigh she walked over to the side walk and flagged down a taxi the best she could with having no experience with that sort of thing, since it isn't done like that back home, when a giant explosion tore through the building behind her and scattering everyone as the stone and steel crumble, landing on those unfortunate enough not to move out of the way quickly enough.

Two coloured eyes looked up at a scream, a horrifying metallic scream that was not of this world, and saw giant worm like creatures flying through the city and bodies dropping from them like they were dropping off a tactical drop over the citizens of New York, blue blasts of energy leaving their weapons as they let out war cries.

Cries and screams of the people echoed throughout the streets as many ran and many others disappeared at the blast of the guns the creatures held, aquamarine eyes looked around in disbelief at the chaos that was going on not moving from the sidewalk where she was when it happened, all that Army training and she was frozen, they definitely didn't prepare you for an alien invasion that's for sure.

A breath of air escaped her, eyes horrified as one of the blue blasts came straight toward her and before she could react she saw nothing but blue and felt nothing but pain that made it feel like she was being ripped apart over and over again until darkness took her.

Steve Rogers brushed a hand through his blonde hair as he walked down the street slowly, the cold winter air upsetting his fragile lungs, to where his home was, his cold, lonely home. Today had been the day of his mother's funeral and he hadn't felt like sticking around afterwards to hear the platitudes of the few people that had attended.

A hand on his shoulder brought him up short and he spun around to see his best friend, James Buchanan 'Bucky' Barnes, is the one that had interrupted his void thoughts as he walked, "Hey buddy." Bucky greeted giving the smaller man a small smile, "You slipped off before I could get to you." He said as they resumed walking.

"Yeah." Steve responded softly and shrugged his thin shoulders, "Just wanted to get home is all."

"Course buddy, though next time don't leave without me, I had to talk to everyone since your mum bragged about me to them." Bucky grumbled good heartedly.

"I would have thought you would have loved all of the attention." Steve ribbed.

"Well, yeah, of course normally but when they have wrinkles on their wrinkles it's when I give pause." He said with a shudder hoping to get a small smile or a bit of a laugh out of Steve but gained neither and turned his attention back down to Steve to see the younger man looking quite intently into the alley that they had just passed and he saw the fading of a blue light, "What the?" Bucky mumbled.

"Come on, let's go check it out." Steve said and ducked out from Bucky's arm and headed into the alley, Bucky's grasping fingers failing to catch the others coat to stop him, letting out a sigh at the inevitable trouble that was in the alley he followed after Steve.

Bucky stopped behind where Steve had also stopped just before the dead end of the alley, the body of a woman laid crumpled in the rubbish, clothes singed and soot covering all the skin that was visible, "What the hell?" Bucky breathed as they both took a few steps closer to the body.

"What do we do Buck?" Steve questioned his best friend.

"I guess the only thing we can do is grab her and take her back to yours until she wakes up." Bucky responded as he moved over and picked up the woman, "Grab the bags and let's get out of here before whoever did this comes back."

Steve quickly grabbed the bags with a little bit of effort, one of the bags seeming to weigh almost as much as he did and followed quickly after Bucky toward his home with a mysterious and hurt woman in tow.

Getting back to Steve's apartment Bucky waited until his best friend opened the door but he couldn't find his key in his pocket so with a sigh Bucky kicked at the brick that was there revealing the spare key underneath, Steve gave Bucky a look, one saying 'I knew that' before he picked it up and opened the door to his apartment and the three headed inside.

"Now what do we do?" Steve asked dropping the bags near the couch as Bucky put the woman down on the ratty couch and stepped back.

"I guess we just have to wait until she wakes up from her nap." Bucky said heading for the kitchen, "You want a drink buddy?"

Steve sat down in the arm chair, the chair swallowing his frame, "Yeah." He said softly, running a hand through his blonde hair.

"You know you really shouldn't go running into dead end alley's if you don't know what's at the other end Steve." Bucky told him as he sat down on the other arm chair after giving Steve his drink.

Steve sighed, it was an age old argument with Bucky when it came to him jumping in head first and not thinking about his own safety, "I know Bucky but if we hadn't have done it, who knows what could have happened to her if we just left her there."

"Well there is that I suppose but really Steve, just think before you act and don't leave me behind like you usually do before I follow you." Bucky told him.

Steve shot his friend a small smile, "I'll try."

Bucky was about to respond when the woman bolted up right on the couch taking in frantic gasps of air and looking around frantically, her breathing not regulating. Both Bucky and Steve moved over to the couch, Bucky's larger frame blocking Steve a little in case something happened and the woman lashed out, "Hey it's alright, you're okay." Bucky said softly gaining the woman's attention.

Bright eyes snapped onto Bucky's, one eye blue and the other green, and her breathing began to regulate, "Who are you?" She managed to get out between breaths.

"I'm James Buchanan Barnes but people call me Bucky and this is Steve Rogers, you're in his place, we found you in a back alley passed out and looking like you had been through hell." Bucky explained.

"Are you okay?" Steve asked, "Would you like some water?"

"Please." She responded coughing a little and watched as Steve headed to the small kitchen to grab a glass of water and brought it back and handed it over to her.

"What's your name and why were you in that alley way?" Steve asked.

"My name is Starlyn and as to how I got into that alley, I have no idea." Starlyn responded.

"Well what do you remember?" Bucky questioned.

"I was hailing a cab and then these things started to attack New York and one of them shot their weapon at me and all I remember then is pain, ripping limb from limb pain." She explained.

Steve and Bucky looked to each other and then back to Starlyn, "New York isn't under attack." Steve told her, "There is a war going on yes but nothing State side that we're involved in."

Starlyn looked at them in confusion, "What? I know what I saw."

"Well we're telling you that New York isn't under attack, it's perfectly safe." Bucky said firmly, "If you don't believe us then look out the window and you'll see."

Starlyn put the glass down on the floor and stood up on unsteady feet and went over to the lone window at the front of the apartment and looked out the window and what she saw shocked the living day lights out of her. The large skyscrapers that littered New York weren't visible, there were only a few and the housing looked quite old and there wasn't a giant black hole in the sky where those things came from, "What the hell?" She breathed and went back over to the couch and sat down, completely stunned, "What war?" She asked looking up at Steve and Bucky.

"Huh?"

"What war is happening right now?"

"World War II, Hitler is trying his hand at taking over the world." Steve told her and watched as she paled dramatically and was almost prepared for her passing out at the dramatic change in pallor.

"Oh Jesus what the fuck happened?" She mumbled to herself and looked up to see Bucky and Steve staring at her in slight shock at her language, "What?" She asked.

Both shook themselves out of their shock, "Ah nothing, nothing at all." Bucky responded, "But why are you freaking out so much?"

"You wouldn't believe me if I told you." She responded with a sarcastic laugh throwing an arm over her face as she thought about what had transpired and how she came to be in the 1940's and right in the middle of World War II.

"Are… are you okay?" Steve tentatively asked the woman.

Starlyn sighed, "Yeah, I guess I'm going to have to be."

"So what was this about an attack on New York?" Bucky asked.

Starlyn shook her head, "It's nothing that you need to worry about, and maybe I'm just finally going mad and saw something that wasn't there." She explained.

"If you say so." Bucky said with a shrug.

Now wasn't the time for her to explain anything to the two in front of her, yes she knew that she could tell Steve Rogers since soon he would become the world's first super hero, Captain America, but there is only so much a person could and would believe. And really what was she supposed to say? That she was from the future and that Steve would become an icon to the whole world through his work as Captain America, tell them things about the future that will happen, though by doing that there is always the chance of the oh so famous 'butterfly effect' happening and possibly making things much worse than they already were and there was also that fact that she didn't have all the answers to any questions that they may or could have.

"Would you like to take a shower?" Steve asked breaking Starlyn out of her thoughts and she looked over and the blonde.

"That would be good I think." She said looking down at herself, she was in a terrible state.

"Follow me." Steve said softly as he stood and started down the hall to where the bathroom was, "Do you have something to wear?"

Starlyn brushed a hand through her hair, "I don't even know the state of my clothes in the duffle so I guess I don't have anything until I look through it."

"I'll be right back." Steve said and headed into one of the rooms and brought back a piece of folded cloth, "I hope this will fit you okay." He said handing it over, almost reluctant to part with it.

"I'm sure that it will fit fine and I'll take care of it." She said and headed into the bathroom.

"Towels are under the sink." Steve said before heading back out into the lounge.

Steve joined Bucky back in the lounge and sat back down on the arm chair he sat on before while waiting for Starlyn to wake up. He was tired and his lungs were giving him a little bit of difficulty from being outside earlier and not coming straight home after the funeral.

"You okay there punk?" Bucky questioned looking his friend over, his pallor had become shallow.

"I'm okay Bucky." Steve softly responded as he grabbed his inhaler from his pocket and took a couple of puffs.

"So what are we going to do about the girl?" Bucky asked him as he sat down again now sure that his best friend was going to be okay for now.

"I guess she could stay here if she doesn't have anywhere to go." Steve muttered as he played with his shirt sleeve.

"Are you sure about that Steve?" Bucky asked gently.

Steve shrugged, "It's better than being alone." He whispered.

"If that's what you want but don't think for a minute that you're alone Steve, you have me." Bucky reminded him.

Steve gave Bucky a small grateful smile, "I know Bucky, thanks."

"You got me till the end of the line pal." Bucky responded and was about to say more when Starlyn came from the small hall, rubbing at her wet hair with a towel and dressed in one of Steve's mums dresses that seemed to fit quite well. As it should considering that both women look to be about the same size at first look.

"That was refreshing." Starlyn hummed, "At least until the hot water ran out a couple of minutes in." She grumbled.

"Yeah, we've been on to the manager about that but he doesn't seem to care all that much about it and it seems like it's only this apartment as well." Bucky spoke up.

Starlyn snorted and threw the towel on the back of the couch as she went through her duffel to grab her toiletries bag and pull out a hair brush and tie to take care of her hair, "And let me guess, he's a sleaze too and because there were no pretty girls in this apartment it didn't matter to him."

Steve and Bucky looked stunned at Starlyn for guessing right about the manager, "Well there isn't anything that can be done." Steve said, "It's not like I have the extra money to do it either."

"Oh pish posh." Starlyn said waving her hand around, "I'll take care of it once I put some shoes on." She told them.

"And what are you going to tell them?" Bucky questioned, "How are you going to explain living in the Rogers apartment?"

Starlyn paused in brushing her hair at the thought, "I guess I could always tell them I'm Steve's sister and that I've been away with other family or something." She said and continued to brush her hair and gathering it into a ponytail, "And if I flash a bit of leg that'll probably get the blood pumping too." She gave a flash of a smile to the two.

"Probably give the old boy a heart attack." Bucky snorted.

Starlyn shrugged, "Well he shouldn't be such a perv then."

"Don't worry about it." Steve spoke up softly.

"Need to worry about it Steve, those cold showers aren't doing anything good for your asthma or those times that you get sick." Bucky spoke up, he knew that his friend needed the warm showers and also hoped that it would help belay any sickness that he could catch.

"Don't worry bout it Stevie, I'll take care of it before I leave." Starlyn said throwing her hair bush back into her duffel and grabbed something from her other bag before slipping on some boots that she had in her duffel and headed for the door, "Where does the manager stay?"

"Bottom floor, only apartment down there." Bucky told her when Steve didn't.

"Alrighty, I'll be back soon, in the meantime why don't the pair of you look at what there is to eat and make a list of what you want and I'll go shopping and cook for the pair of you for being kind enough to bring me back here." Starlyn all but ordered and left the apartment for the managers.

"She's quite pushy isn't she?" Bucky spoke up.

"She's definitely not like any other woman I've come across." Steve muttered and went into the kitchen to do as she had asked but knew that there wasn't much, ever since his mother had gotten sick he hadn't eaten that much and neither did his mother so there was nearly nothing in the cupboard or the old nearly broken fridge. Steve sighed and lent his head against the cupboard, "What do I do now Bucky?"

"That's up to you to decide Steve, but I think that you should maybe finish up with your art classes for lack of anything to do and figure it everything out one day at a time." Bucky responded.

"Alright, so what's the prognosis boys?" Starlyn questioned as she came back into the apartment.

"Do you like dust?" Bucky questioned as he turned to look at her and could see some soot on her hands, "What did you do? Fix the furnace yourself?" He laughed.

"Of course I did, I wasn't actually going to talk to that man." Starlyn said turning her nose up at Bucky, "I am not revealing myself to a pig just to get something, I am much better than that."

"Didn't say you weren't doll." Bucky responded.

"Well at least there will be hot water every time we shower now and if that changes again I know exactly what to do about it since the old bastard actually loosened the pipes." She grumbled and washed her hands to get the soot and grime off, "But with how hard I tightened it there is no way in hell he'll be able to loosen it."

"Do you know how to fix a fridge?" Bucky questioned, "It's old but still works it's just not as cold as it should be."

Starlyn shrugged "I can have a look but if you don't have tools there isn't anything I'd be able to do." She explained, "Now since you're a man, nice and strong and all, why don't you pull it out so I can have a look." Starlyn told Bucky with a twinkle in her different coloured eyes.

Bucky rolled his eyes and moved over to the fridge and pulled it from where it was snug against the wall, "Have you made a list Steve?" Starlyn asked as she squatted down to have a look at the connections.

"Uh, I'll do it now." Steve said and went to the table and grabbed a notepad and pen to write down some food stuffs that were needed whilst thinking about how much money he had on him.

Starlyn could see that the connections had become loose and that it wasn't over time, she could see tool marks on the bolts that shouldn't be as obvious once it had come from the factory, it seems that the manager was possibly trying to get Steve and his mother out of the apartment, with a low growl Starlyn quickly tightened the bolts and just hoped that it would fix the problem. They'd find out in a few hours if it did or not, "Hey Steve, was there ever and altercation between you, your mum and the manager?" She asked standing up and indicating for Bucky to shove the fridge back.

"Uh, I don't think so." Steve responded after a few minutes of thought.

"Well there was that time when he asked Sarah out and she said no because she was too busy working and looking after you." Bucky spoke up reminding him.

"Yeah, that'd do it." Starlyn grumbled crossing her arms over her chest.

"What do you mean?" Steve questioned confused.

"The hot water heater connections are loose, the connections of the fridge were also loose and I bet dollars to donuts that the radiator is also loose." She said and went over to the radiator to have a quick look and poked the connections, "Yep, they're loose too."

"Why though?" Steve asked.

"Some men will do anything to get the attention of the woman they want, they want to be the saviour in that situation and hope that it pays off for them in the end, it's what the old boy was doing I'm guessing." She mused and looked over at Steve, "Did the hot water come back for a few weeks and then go again?"

"Yes."

"Well there you go then. When your mother said no he figured the only way to get her to talk and to see him was by making sure things went wrong in the apartment." She explained moving over to the table and took a seat next to Steve who looked shocked at the thought.

"What kind of person would do that?" Steve questioned, "Why?"

"There are some strange people out there Stevie my boy and they think all of themselves sometimes." Starlyn said rubbing a hand over his, "Now what have you got on that list?" She questioned looking over his forearm at the list and saw very little on it, "Well that's not nearly enough now is it." She said taking it from him, "Oh well it's a start now which one of you is going to be a gentleman and walk a lady to the store?" She questioned standing and going over to her bag and grabbing a purse out of it.

"I'll go." Bucky spoke up, it would give Steve some time to be alone for a little while.

"Alright we'll see you in a bit then Stevie." Starlyn said as she was escorted out of the flat with Bucky and into the streets. "Why did Steve put so few things on the list?" She asked after a few minutes of walking.

"He would have only written down what he was able to afford and since you left without taking any money from him he'll be a bit put out when we get back." Bucky explained.

"But what about his mum?" She asked, surely he would have put down more to feed her too.

Bucky cleared his throat uncomfortably, "Today was the day of her funeral." He finally managed to get out, "We were coming back from that when we found you and it's her dress Steve gave you."

Starlyn looked as though she had a light bulb moment, "That's why he seemed so reluctant to part with the dress." She said softly, "Well then, while were out I'll go and grab some clothes for myself."

"But what about what's in your bag?" Bucky questioned.

"Haven't had a chance to wash them yet." She said as they came across a dress store and headed inside to quickly get a few things, "Won't be a minute." She said and disappeared amongst the racks to look for something that would suit her. 'This really sucks that I have to wear dresses, it's really not fair.' She thought as she found a couple of dresses and undergarments and swiftly paid for them, hoping that no one would notice the money and thankfully they didn't and she wondered out of the store to meet up with Bucky again outside who was charming a woman that had stopped to window shop. Starlyn rolled her eyes at the display, the man certainly knew what he was doing when it came to a pretty lady that was for sure as soon as he saw her he excused himself with a quick kiss on the back of her hand and sauntered over to Starlyn with a smile, "Having fun?" She questioned as they started off.

"Yes, got a date for Friday." He said smugly.

"And what was your excuse when I came out of the store?" She asked.

"That you're my cousin."

Starlyn laughed, "You really are a smooth talker aren't you." She stated.

Bucky gave a shrug, "I try my best doll." He said as he held the door to the supermarket open for her to walk through.

"Okay, so what are some of Steve's favourite food?" Starlyn questioned grabbing a trolley and starting at the vegie isle and started to grab potatoes, broccoli, pumpkin and other assorted vegetables and fruit before heading for the dairy isle.

"Apple Pie is one of his favourite foods, his ma made one for his birthday every year. Other than that he's a meat and potatoes kinda guy." Bucky explained.

"Apple pie really?" Starlyn questioned.

"Steve's birthday is July 4th so it kinda ties in ya know." Bucky informed her.

Starlyn laughed, "Of course it is." She said shaking her head as she grabbed what she thought Steve would like as well as a few things for herself, "What about you Bucky, what's your favourite food?" She asked.

"I'm kinda partial to apple pie myself, Sarah made a great apple pie." He mused, "I'm also like Steve, a meat and potatoes kinda guy."

"Ah so you're both easy to please in the food department then, though when it comes to women it seems to take a little more taste testing to find the right flavour huh." She teased.

Bucky shrugged, "Nah, just not really that particular."

"Oh boy, you really need to figure out what you like if you ever hope to one day marry." Starlyn told him.

"I still have some time before I have to settle down." Bucky responded as he threw a couple of things that Steve would like into the trolley.

"So do you think that we have everything?" Starlyn asked after a period of silence and grabbing groceries.

"Yeah, I'm pretty sure that there is enough for the next couple of weeks, Steve doesn't really eat that much." Bucky informed her as they headed to the counter to pay for the food.

"Alrighty then let's get this stuff paid for and haul butt back to the apartment." Starlyn said as she put the items on the counter to be paid for so the pair of them could get the hell of dodge, Starlyn did not like shopping in any way, shape or form and only did it when necessary.

"Why do I get the feeling that you don't like shopping?" Bucky said.

"Because I don't and I only do it when I absolutely have to." Starlyn responded as she handed over the money, grabbed her change and loaded up Bucky with the heavy bags and grabbed the others and headed out of the store, "So I guess steak and potatoes for tea then?" She questioned.

"Sounds good." Bucky agreed.