Peggy POV

I expected many new things to happen on my wedding day, but having a dead man crash the wedding and my soon-to-be husband faint at the sight of him was definitely not on the list.

Bucky, or the Bucky lookalike, was running down the aisle towards us when he was knocked unconscious by none other than Howard Stark, who happened to be sitting on the edge of the row. Panic was in the air as people screamed and tried to get a closer look at Bucky.

"Holy cow, is that Bucky Barnes?!" Howard exclaimed as he took a better look at the man he knocked out.

"Steve seemed to think so," I responded. "And keep your voice down, we don't need the whole world knowing about it. First, we need to figure out how he survived, and why he looks so much older,"

Howard nodded in agreement, before beginning to usher people out of the church.

"We'll reschedule the wedding, don't worry," he told my disappointed family and friends. Once everyone had left, we bolted the doors shut, grabbed the two unconscious friends and moved to a room in the back.

"My goodness, Bucky is so heavy!" I puffed as I dragged him along the floor. I had my hands under his arms, but it was becoming uncomfortable so I changed position, grabbing his left arm.

Suddenly, there was a loud clunk, and I screamed. His entire left arm had completely detached itself from his body.

"And you told me to be qui- dID YOU JUST REMOVE HIS LIMB?!?" Howard shrieked.

"I THINK SO- wait, no, look!" I said, pointing at the arm. "It's metal!"

"How in the world did Barnes end up with a metal arm?" Howard mused as we laid the war heroes on the floor.

"I would guess it has something to do with his supposed 'death'" I provided, locking the door to the small room behind us.

"Now what?" Howard asked as we watched the unconscious men on the floor.

"We wait."

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Bucky POV

I yawned as I felt myself regain consciousness. Woah, what a weird dream! I thought to myself. I had dreamt that Steve had come to Wakanda, and then we fought a battle against a massive purple grape, who then made me disappear for what felt like minutes but was actually years, and then we fought another battle with him and then Steve went back in time...

Wait.

That seems like an awfully specific dream.

"Bucky?"

My eyes shot open as I came face-to-face with Shield Agent Peggy Carter, and with a sinking feeling I realised it wasn't all a dream.

"Peggy?" I asked, just to make sure. It had technically been nearly 80 years since I last saw her.

"Holy cow, it is you, Barnes!" I heard a familiar voice exclaim from behind me. I sat up and turned around, and was met with the smirking face of Howard Stark.

"Howard..." I muttered, my vision dizzying as I had flashbacks to that terrible night. I shook myself out of it, because even though I was 'cured' of my Winter Soldier side, I didn't want to spoil future events, even if it meant saving a friend's life. And then I remembered why I was here.

"Where's Steve!?" I practically shouted, jumping up and immediately clutching my head in pain. Damn, whoever hit me (my money was on Howard) managed to hit pretty hard.

"Calm yourself, Barnes, he's over there," Howard explained, nodding to the back of the room where Steve lay on the floor.

Still clutching my head, I speed-walked over to Steve, and knelt down beside him, brushing a few stray strands of hair out of his face. Even after fainting, his face was flawless, and his plump, pink lips looked so kissable...

"Uhh, Barnes?"

I snapped out of my trance, cursing at myself. Damn you, gay thoughts, you're in the same room as Steve's almost-wife, and it's the 1940's! Get control of yourself!

"Yeah?" I questioned.

"Do you want to start by explaining what the hell is going on?" Peggy demanded.

"Oh yeah, right," I said sheepishly. "Well, it's kind of a long story. It all started when they found Steve frozen in the ice..."

~

"...and then Steve went to return the stones back to their time periods, and decided to stay in this one, and that's why I'm here." I finished. Peggy and Howard silently gaped at me, shock strewn across their faces, before they bombarded me with questions.

"You were mind controlled by Hydra!?"

"There's a league of superheroes in the 21st century!?"

"Steve leads the superheroes!?"

"You fought aliens!?"

"Aliens are real!?"

"Alright, alright, calm down," I laughed. "I did say it was kind of a long story,"

"You said that Steve fought one of his friends from your time for you," Peggy mused. "Who was that?"

I glanced discreetly at Howard before replying. "I'm afraid I can't tell you that, I've told you all I can as I don't want the timeline to be messed up even more."

"That's fair," she replied. "So why did you come back for Steve?"

"You see, when Steve decided to stay in this time period, he messed a whole lot of stuff up. We aren't sure exactly what yet, but our society in the future was collapsing, and we knew that because he married you, or was supposed to marry you, he'd done something to the timeline." I explained. "I'm sorry that this all happened so abruptly, and I'm sorry I ruined your wedding. I planned to get Steve back to the future before the ceremony, but I was a bit late," I apoligised, chuckling to myself at my 'Back To The Future Reference'.

"It's alright, you may have crashed my wedding, but I'm pretty sure you just saved the future, and the future of the planet comes first." Peggy smiled. Our conversation was interrupted as we heard a groan come from the other side of the room.

"Bucky?"