Who's strong and bra--what war?

[stephrogers]

Stephanie Barnes hummed to herself as she made her way home from the grocery store. It was nice that Bucky had to go to a conference for a little bit, it let her catch up on things like the cleaning and the shopping, her paintings. What a wonderfully normal day.

She greeted their neighbors as she passed by with a smile. She actually was healthier now as an adult than she was as a child.

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[their-dream.livejournal.com]

Miss? Wait...what??? Her mother didn't...oh boy...this just went from bad to worse. So not only did she somehow manage to fall into another timeline, but she managed to fall into a timeline where her parents either weren't together or didn't have children. Greeeeeat. What the hell was she supposed to do now? "I....uh...well...."

[msrogers.livejournal.com]

She didn't look like any regular burgular. Just...a lost kid. Steph set down the groceries and gave a kind smile. "Listen, we don't got much in this apartment so...you're better off with maybe stealing the paper for job ads."

[their-dream.livejournal.com]

Oh good. Because she was very lost.

"I'm not...I don't want...it's a really really long story..."

[msrogers.livejournal.com]

"Good thing i have time then."

[their-dream.livejournal.com]

"Good thing..." Greeeeat. Was she really going to try to explain that she was her daughter from the future, but not this future...an alternate future? That was going to land her in the loony bin. "First...uh...what year is it?"

[msrogers.livejournal.com]

Steph set her groceries down and gave a warm smile. "Well, it's 1944, sweetheart. Do you need to call up your folks or anything? A sister or brother to let them know where you are?" The girl seemed a little...young.

[their-dream.livejournal.com]

"No." She shook her head. "My folks aren't around here. It's just me." That seemed the safest thing to say.

"Wait. Did you say 44? Why...why aren't..." Why wasn't she chilling in a block of ice. "You survived the war?"

[msrogers.livejournal.com]

Just you?" Steph's heart went out to her. "Are you trying to make it in the big city? Do you have a place to stay?"

A puzzled look came over her face. "My pops was in the war. The Great War over in Europe? It's been over for a long time."

[their-dream.livejournal.com]

"Something like that. I kind of want to make a name for myself so you know...big city. And no. Not yet. I'm...uh...I'm looking, though."

And she was. Kind of. Just...more like looking for a way home. "What about the Second War...? Didn't it just end?"

[msrogers.livejournal.com]

She laughed politely. "Second war?" she asked. "I hear there's some trouble for a short time but that got nipped in the bud real fast."

[their-dream.livejournal.com]

"I...I guess my parents greatly exaggerated the situation..." No war...No...War...it was...she couldn't...no war. That was crazy.

[msrogers.livejournal.com]

"Sounds like it. Are you okay? You look a little spooked.."

[their-dream.livejournal.com]

"I guess I'm just still adjusting...it's a big culture shock from where I'm from."

[msrogers.livejournal.com]

"Really? Where are you from?" she asked, more nad more curious about this girl before her. "You know, there's something familiar about you."

[their-dream.livejournal.com]

Crap. She couldn't very well say New York, could she...she needed someplace away from the city...someplace...rural? "Iowa."

"Oh? Is there?"

[msrogers.livejournal.com]

"Iowa? You're a fair bit away from home, then."

Steph looked at her carefully. "Yeah. You do. Your name wouldn't happen to be Rebecca, would it?"

[their-dream.livejournal.com]

"A bit."

She shook her head. "Sarah. Sorry."

[msrogers.livejournal.com]

Steph felt at ease around the yuong girl and picked up her groceries to put them away. "Sarah's such a nice name. My mom's name was Sarah."

[their-dream.livejournal.com]

"It's my grandmother's name. Guess it was a fairly common name back then." She didn't think she was being
TOO obvious...Sarah WAS a fairly common name.

[msrogers.livejournal.com]

"Yeah, I guess it is. Well, Sarah, I don't know if you need to be anywhere, but you're free to use our phone and stay for dinner. It's just going to be me tonight, I'm afraid. My husband's off on the road for a few days," she laughed.

[their-dream.livejournal.com]

"Dinner sounds great...if you don't mind." She leaned back against the wall, knowing her posture was probably horrendous for a time when teenagers actually ironed their clothes."You're married? What's your husband do?"

[msrogers.livejournal.com]

"Bucky's an engineer. He's real good with his hands and somehow managed to get a position at Stark Industries, actually," she smiled, proud of her man. Steph picked up their wedding photo off their mantle and held it up to her.

"What can I say? I'm so lucky the jerk I married turned out to be a real stand up guy."

[their-dream.livejournal.com]

Well, at least her parents were still together. That was a good sign. "How did you two meet?"

[msrogers.livejournal.com]

"Childhood sweethearts. He was my knight in shining armor since forever,.it feels."

[their-dream.livejournal.com]

"That's adorable." It was. As much as Sarah teased her parents...she loved their relationship. It was perfect, really...except the whole war thing. But here...here it seemed just nice, simple.

"Any plans for kids?"