So This is Christmas...
Part 1 of 3 in my Captain America Christmas drabble series.
A/N: Hello everyone! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! This is my gift to my readers who are patiently waiting for an update to my CA fic, "My Mission." I hope you enjoy it. :D
And above all, thank you to my lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, whose birth we celebrate during this Christmas season. You are amazing God and I am so blessed!
Disclaimer: I don't own these Marvel characters, I'm just borrowing em...
December 24, 1921
Steve looked out the window of the cramped apartment watching snowflakes drifting down from the heavens. He suppressed a cough, body aching with the remnants of fever. But he felt much better than he had yesterday. And he was glad because it was Christmas Eve and he didn't like being sick at Christmas.
"Stevie!"
Bucky was toddling towards him, the wooden angel from Mama's Nativity clutched in his fingers. "Is angewl!"
"Sure is Buck," Steve said, taking the carved ornament. "Do you want me to tell you the Christmas story?"
"Yes!" Bucky said, bouncing with delight. Steve smiled and tried not to laugh, knowing he'd start coughing if he did. He glanced at Mama and Mrs. Barnes. They were talking quietly by the stove. He sure hoped Mrs. Barnes wouldn't mind Buck sitting next to him. She didn't like Bucky too close to Steve whenever he was sick.
Bucky, however, never minded. He eagerly climbed onto the bed and sat next to him, eyes bright and expectant.
"All right," Steve picked up the angel figurine again. "A long time ago, in a land far away called Israel lived a woman named Mary. And an angel appeared to her one day…"
Part 2 will be up soon!