Star-Spangled Heart

[an0ther_dreamer]

Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Subject: Steve Rogers
Title: Star-Spangled Heart
Warnings/Notes: Spoilers for Captain America: The First Avenger and The Avengers. 8tracks stream and DL available.

 

Steven "Steve" Grant Rogers was born in Brooklyn, New York City.

Steve suffers from numerous health problems and he is rejected from military service in World War Two despite several attempts to enlist. Determined to serve, he volunteers for the top-secret Project Rebirth and the frail Rogers is enhanced to the peak of human perfection; becoming the world’s first “super soldier”.

During Project Rebirth, Steve meets SSR agent Peggy Carter. She impresses him by taking no crap and he impresses her with his ingenuity and courage during training. He travels across the US on a propaganda tour with the USO as the mascot Captain America. He takes on a combat role when he (with the help of Peggy Carter and the inventor Howard Stark) liberates a group of captured Allied POWs (including Steve’s best friend, Bucky Barnes) from a HYDRA base.

From 1943 to 1945, Steve fights HYDRA with his team, the Howling Commandos. He becomes closer to Peggy Carter and they form an almost-relationship that they plan to start properly when the war is won. He is devastated when Bucky is attacked and plummets off the side of a HYDRA train into the icy chasm below. Steve carries on to help the Allies win the war, but crashes a plane into the Arctic Ocean during his final mission.

Steve spends nearly 70 years encased in ice in suspended animation before he is found by S.H.I.E.L.D. in the early 21st century. They defrost him. Steve awakens to find himself alone in a modern world. Most of his friends are dead or unable remember him.

When New York is attacked by aliens set on invading Earth, Steve joins the team dubbed as the Avengers. The fight against this threat helps Steve find his place in this new world. He wants to keep doing what he’s always done, fighting against bullies and protecting people.

"So, what made you so special?"

"Nothing. I'm just a kid from Brooklyn."

―Red Skull and Steve Rogers

Young At Heart by Bing Crosby
Fairy tales can come true
It can happen to you
If you're young at heart
For it's hard, you will find
To be narrow of mind
If you're young at heart

You can go to extremes with impossible schemes
You can laugh when your dreams fall apart at the seams
And life gets more exciting with each passing day
And love is either in your heart or on the way


Me and My Shadow by Frank Sinatra & Sammy Davis Jr
Like the wallpaper sticks to the wall
Like the seashore clings to the sea
Like you'll never get rid of your shadow
Frank, you'll never get rid of me

Let all the others fight and fuss
Whatever happens, we've got us


My Funny Valentine by Ella Fitzgerald
You're my funny valentine
Sweet comic valentine
You make me smile with my heart
Your looks are laughable, un-photographable
Yet, you're my favorite work of art

Is your figure less than Greek?
Is your mouth a little weak?
When you open it to speak, are you smart?
But, don't change a hair for me
Not if you care for me
Stay little valentine, stay!
Each day is Valentine's Day


As Time Goes by Dooley Wilson
It's still the same old story
A fight for love and glory
A case of do or die
The world will always welcome lovers
As time goes by


Woke Up New by The Mountain Goats
And the wind began to blow
And all the trees began to pant
And the world in its cold way started coming alive
And I stood there like a business man waiting for the train
And I got ready for the future to arrive

And I sang
Oh, What do I do?
What do I do?
What do I do?
What do I do without you?


Carry On by Fun
And it's nice to know
When I was left for dead
I was found and now
I don't roam these streets
I am not the ghost you are to me

If you're lost and alone
Or you're sinking like a stone
Carry on
May your past be the sound
Of your feet upon the ground
Carry on


Pompeii by Bastille
But if you close your eyes

Does it almost feel like
Nothing changed at all?
And if you close your eyes
Does it almost feel like
You've been here before?

How am I gonna be an optimist about this?
How am I gonna be an optimist about this?


Battle Born by The Killers
You lost faith in the human spirit
You walk around like a ghost
Your star-spangled heart
Took a train for the coast

Up against the wall
There's something dying on the street
When they knock you down
You're gonna get back on your feet
(No, you can't stop now)

When they break your heart
When they cause your soul to mourn
Remember what I said
Boy, you was battle born

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