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[wingedman]

[Sam's in the cockpit of the Starstruck when he turns the communicator on, seated in the captain's chair. He regards the camera in silence for a moment, and anyone who knows him might be able to tell that there are bags under his eyes, and that his normal goatee isn't as neatly shaven as usual, with rough stubble around the edges.]

I know we've had a lot of these lately - hell, I think someone else even pointed out that we had a lot of these lately - but since they were here for so long, I couldn't just not say something. Figure there are still people out there who deserve to know. [His own teammates, let alone any friends they'd made in their time here.]

Steve and Peggy are gone. [Well, Peggy's been gone; Steve's more recently departed. Sam feels like he ought to say more, but everything feels too private to dump on the network, in front of everyone. He opens his mouth to try and dredge something up, anything, but-

Nah. End transmission.]

Comments

[wingedman]

It's more...I wish they would've had more time together, you know? All the time they deserved to have in the first place.

[Look, Sam's a romantic, and he wants his friends to be happy. He doesn't know if Steve'll ever find someone like Peggy back home.]

[unbearablynaive]

[Not so very long ago, the Vision would have been more curious, more confused. But now he has a different perspective on things, gained from years of sneaking away to be with the woman he loves. So he's silent a little longer than usual.]

I do know, and it's not fair.

But I am glad they had any time together at all.