Steve Rogers x Reader- 5 to 7 Years (SONGFIC)

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Bold: Song
Italic: War Time
Regular: Modern Time
Also, it may seem a little all over the place but please look past this... I piece it together better in the description)




Your eyes flashed open from the nightmare, images still flashing in your mind. A hand went to your chest out of panic and you felt the pounding heartbeat within your chest. Nightmares had always been a problem for you, and lately, your dear fiancé had been there to tell you everything was alright.

Oh, how cruel the war could be.

Since the war had started, the man you had loved had gone through several changes in his life. From becoming suddenly large and buff from the small and scrawny kid you met in your late teens, to ‘fighting’ Hitler as the ever famous hero, Captain America; Steve Rogers had been through a lot along with you by his side.

But now? Now, he was gone.

And the nightmares had returned full force.


Let me kiss your tears away
There's no need to feel afraid
I told you, darling, you're the one
So, don't worry, when tomorrow I'll be gone


Steve gently kissed your forehead as you sat hunched over in the bed, head in hands and hyperventilating. Ever since he had told you that he would be leaving, the nightmares had started to get worse again. It was late... Or rather, early and Steve had woken up to you crying and rocking yourself at two AM.

It was now three thirty...

On the morning that he would leave.

“(Name),” the super soldier soothed, “I know I haven’t been home long... But those soldiers in Italy need me.”

Your head snapped up at this, “Soldiers? What about me...? I need you too.”

“I know...” he sighed softly before sitting back, “I need you to be strong. Even if I’m not in this house tomorrow, I’ll still be with you...”

You slowly nodded and nuzzled your face into his chest.


I will return,
with gold and treasures for you,
from all the world


You stood on the step to the small house with Steve before you, ready to leave. Noticing a car waiting for him outside your house, you frowned. You knew this would be the last time Steve would be standing here for a long time.

“I really, really don’t want you to leave, Steve.” you said as you let your head drop to look at the ground.

He smiled sadly even if you couldn’t see it before resting a hand on your cheek, “I know, (Name).”

“Then don’t go.”

“I have to,” he swallowed a lump in his throat, “But, I will be back. When this war is over, I’ll be right back here.”

Finally looking up, you smiled back at him.


And you may roll your eyes at me
Tell me once more how I used to be
But you hurt my feelings
'Cause everything I do
You know, I do it just for you


Steve sighed, a picture of you in his hand. He knew that you found it hard to believe that he would ever return but he would. Just for you, he would return when this was all over and the world was safe.

The blond kissed the picture before placing it back in his pocket and standing.

Thinking back to the day he left, Steve winced, knowing that gaining your trust and love back later would be a bit difficult but with his heart set on this, he was ready to fight. He walked outside and nodded to his best friend and continued to prepare for the next mission.


And I believe with you in my heart
There's nothing I can't achieve


Bucky fell from the train. Down into the white abyss that Steve couldn’t see. He wanted to go after his friend desperately but there was a job to do and a villain to defeat. Not to mention, a bride-to-be waiting for him back home. If he jumped after his friend, there was no guarantee that he would survive the fall and no way he could ever do what he was needed for.

A pained sigh left him as he turned to the next compartment of the train, “I’m sorry, Buck... But I have a war to win for everyone. Please forgive me.”


And so, I hope our love will last forever
Just give me 5 to 7 years and I'll be yours
Because I know that we belong together
I just need 5 to 7 years and I'll be yours


Even though it had been a while (you had lost count of the weeks) since you had seen Steve, you hoped and prayed that you could see him again soon. There had been a letter a few months after he left but no news since then. No one to say he was dead or alive had been around to give you such news.

But the letter.

Steve’s letter.

You held that letter dear to your heart. He told you how much he loved you and that he would forever. He said he would return and be yours soon.

Who would have known soon would mean never.


So, please, you must have faith in me
There's no place, I'd rather be than home with you
Where all is safe and warm
But now I need to fight this storm


He was leaving...

Steve just told you he was leaving.

You didn’t want to believe Steve’s words but you heard them clearly. Steve was leaving and there was nothing you could do to change it at all. You desperately wished to.

“I don’t want to leave you, (Name),” he hugged you to his broad chest and stroked your hair lovingly, “But I have to go... Believe me...”


And I will win
My life together with you,
will soon begin


The plane was going down towards the ice and he knew this was his end. Steve had been so close to making it back to you. He had let them down.

(Name).

Bucky.

Everyone.

He hoped that things would suddenly just go back to the ways they were before the war; happy with (Name), best friends with a very alive Bucky, and most of all, at home.

“I’ll be home again soon...”


And so, I hope our love will last forever
Just give me 5 to 7 years and I'll be yours
Because I know that we belong together
I just need 5 to 7 years and I'll be yours


Blue eyes opened to the world around them; white ceiling, baseball game playing on radio, traffic outside, and bed beneath. The super soldier slowly sat himself up and looked around properly at the small room he was in. Something was off.

The sounds outside were much louder than he could remember and the ‘live’ broadcast on the radio sounded all too familiar to him. He had been to that game himself... So this broadcast couldn’t be live...

He blinked before standing and dashing to the door, bursting out of the room to an environment he had never seen before. Men and women were standing around, stopping as they noticed the awakened man outside his room.

Quickly, before the people could respond, Steve ran outside to see something he never expected.

Modern day New York City.

“What...?” his eyes scanned his surrounding hurriedly.

Something came to his attention then. (Name)


But lately you've been silent
Please answer when I call you
You're so cold to me
And now I'm back
But you don't even notice
I told you I'll be home tonight
But all I see is empty rooms
No pictures left of me and you
A letter lying on the floor, "it's over"
You don't love me anymore


Steve ran as fast as he could. Everything was so different but he still knew the way to that house. The house he had shared with (Name) briefly. He stopped abruptly before the fence that was still there; old and falling apart; like the rest of the house.

He had always known the house was out of the way from the rest of the city but he was so glad that is was still somehow standing. Even if it looked like no one had cared for it for decades, it was still there. Steve noticed the black van out of the corner of his eye as it came around the corner but didn’t stay to look as he rushed into the home he had known so well.

As he stepped through the door, he immediately noticed the decrepit state of everything, nothing familiar standing where they once were. None of the picture of his scrawny self with a grinning (Name); who was slightly taller than him at that point; or the drawings he had given her throughout the years he had known her. Slowly, the blond walked through the house to the room they had shared, and he fell to his knees, finally realizing that his life was gone and that his lovely (Name) had most likely moved on.

Steve was kneeling there for a while before he heard a voice welcoming him back.


But still, I hope our love will last forever
Just give me 5 to 7 years and I'll be yours
Because I know that we belong together
I just need 5 to 7 years and I'll be yours


Steve eventually learned that (Name) hadn’t moved on with her life after he went missing, but still made it to the age of seventy six (even with her broken heart) believing that he would always come back to her. She never found another person that had meant as much to her as he had and passed away in a care home with kind people around her.

Now, however, he stood before her grave with a somber expression. The attack on New York and SHIELD falling had all happened before he finally had the chance to see her site of peace. The tombstone briefly mentioned Steve in the small quote (Name) had insisted be put on it, causing a small smile to part the super soldiers lips.

“Goodbye, (Name).”


Yes, I'll be yours
And our love will last forever
Just give me 5 to 7 years and I'll be yours
Oh, because I know that we belong together
I just need 5 to 7 years..
Only 5 to 7 years..
Please, give me 5 to 7 years..
And I'll be yours.