A/N: *inhuman screech* Guys! GUYS! I'm kinda freaking out, because Spider-Man Far From Home comes out IN A WEEK! AAAHHHH! (and a couple days after my birthday… yesss ) I'm a HUGE Spider-Man fan and I NEED to watch this!

Anyhoo…

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WARNING! THIS CONTAINS ENDGAME SPOILERS!

READ AT YOUR OWN RISK! AAAAAAAHHHHHH!

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Word Two: Pressure

As soon as Captain America stepped out of the pod, a supersoldier, he could feel the heavy blanket of expectations and pressure throughout the room.

Steve was supposed to be a hero.

Steve was supposed to be a loyal Patriot.

But most importantly, Steve wasn't supposed to make mistakes.

The problem was, no one's perfect, so when he did mess up, it stung twice as bad.

What Steve regretted most was what he did to Tony.

When Tony snapped his fingers, Steve finally truly saw what was behind that red and gold suit of armor. It wasn't just a genius billionaire playboy philanthropist. No, it was much more.

He saw a hero, one braver than him. Willing to give up his own life, his own future for all of the universe. He saw a man, still fighting his childhood demons, trying to hide a teeming mass of emotions behind an iron mask. A father, of not just a young daughter, but a son too. A husband.

Someone suffering from layers and layers of trauma, yet putting the past behind him for his friends. Creating dozens of new inventions, weapons, and technology for the Avengers without a single thank you. Tony Stark had figured out the time travel. For Steve. For the universe. For his son.

And most of all, someone with twice as much heart as Steve. He was wrong about Tony. But when Ironman took his last breath and closed his eyes for the last time, Steve saw.

Tony had forgiven him. And several tons of guilt and pressure had lifted off his shoulders.

After all that Steve had done to him, the verbal hits, keeping the truth about his parents death from him, almost beating Tony to death.

Tony had still forgiven him.

And when he had finally returned all the Infinity Stones, he had remembered what Tony had said to him. To go get that life.

And he had.

As soon as Steve saw Peggy's beautiful face there was no pressure left. No pressure to be perfect. No pressure to be a flawless soldier. He could just be.

Then he had passed on the shield to Sam, almost regretting the expectations and pressure he would give the young man. Sam was ready though, and hopefully he would not make as many mistakes as Steve did. But he would never forget Tony, and he would never treat someone like that again. Perhaps you can teach an old dog new tricks.

A/N: Sooo yeah, not entirely happy with this one. I just kept trying to fix it, but I was really just overthinking it. Eventually I was just like, dang it I'll just publish it so I can work on the next one. I know, I know this was a short one. REALLY short. But I liked the idea. I've never written about Steve before, so this was a new (but not entirely unwelcome) experience.

Anyways, I'm going on a camping trip in two days and might write during the LONG car ride, but other than that, I won't be able to publish anything. I might post another, say…

The end of the second week of July? Maybe?

Thanks for the support guys and happy summer!