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Fic: Sing A Song Of Death
This...doesn't quite come under the fairytale challenge. It was originally inspired by the idea of having Steve as the Avengers' personal Banshee...but he was too embarrassed to stand around yelling when someone was about to die.
There's some angst, some goofing off and a very vague happy ending. Apparently, I'm too much the classics student to do out and out fluff.
Title: Sing A Song Of Death
Author: Morgul
Warnings: Spoilers for Fallen Son, Secret Invasion 8. Slight crossover with American Gods and very definite crossover with Sandman. Also contains an idea stolen from Terry Pratchett.
Rating: PG, contains dark themes and vague insinuations. Be warned.
Disclaimer: None of the Marvel characters are mine and, last I checked, I had boobs. So I'm not Neil Gaiman either.
The first time it happened, no-one died. (One does not count the elderly man who passed away due to a heart attack caused by the shrouded spectre of an american icon appearing, quite without warning, to his left.)
Everyone was too shocked to do anything but stare and too busy staring to question the sudden apparition.
The Watcher was Put Out, that was not How Things Worked.
Since then only the dying have been able to see him.
~~~~~
The second time was during the Skrull Invasion. Those of his friends who were far gone enough to notice him either glared at what they thought was a cheap copy or studiously ignored him, not having the heart to attack.
Neither reaction hurt quite so much as Jan's hug.
~~~~~
The third time was in the midst of a Kang shakedown. Most of the team was dying, in one way or another, and were resolutely passing him off as a hallucination.
Having nothing better to do, and not being able to help in any case, he stood, watching, as the battle came to its natural conclusion.
With Kang finally defeated, medical care had been attained for the wounded and Steve was on his way with two old friends and a number of Marcuses for company, trailed by an incongruously cheerful girl dressed in black leading the civilian dead to the next world.
He wasn't sure, but he thought she had been flirting with him.
~~~~~
The fourth time was in a hospital room less than a day after the third.
He didn't think he could have borne it without the silent comfort of the girl from before.
He didn't think he's ever been so bewildered as when he greeted her first.
Or been so surprised as when Tony kissed him.
~~~~~
The fifth time wasn't actually a time at all.
He had been visiting his friends in their new home. How was he to know that Thor occasionally liked to raid Lucien's library?!
~~~~~
The Sixth time came several years later.
Considering the person, it was inevitable.
Watching Peter bleed out under a crushed building was the second hardest thing he'd done.
~~~~~
The Seventh time he got punched.
Carol still maintains it was a reflex.
Tony (the bastard) laughed and thanked her for keeping her promise.
~~~~~
The Eighth time was the most surreal.
Wanda had done...something so that everyone was able to see him.
Tony's teasing was not helping.
The look on Clint's face was more than worth it, though.
~~~~~
The Ninth time was as much of a surprise to him as to anyone else.
The defeat of the New Gods had left a lot of excess belief floating around. (Tony later explained that it made sense, really, after all you can't create something from nothing and all somethings must go somewhere.) Apparently, what people really believed in now were their heroes.
The irony was not lost on him.
For those who are interested, the order of deaths is: Jan, Hank, Bruce, Tony, Peter, Carol and Wanda.
There's some angst, some goofing off and a very vague happy ending. Apparently, I'm too much the classics student to do out and out fluff.
Title: Sing A Song Of Death
Author: Morgul
Warnings: Spoilers for Fallen Son, Secret Invasion 8. Slight crossover with American Gods and very definite crossover with Sandman. Also contains an idea stolen from Terry Pratchett.
Rating: PG, contains dark themes and vague insinuations. Be warned.
Disclaimer: None of the Marvel characters are mine and, last I checked, I had boobs. So I'm not Neil Gaiman either.
The first time it happened, no-one died. (One does not count the elderly man who passed away due to a heart attack caused by the shrouded spectre of an american icon appearing, quite without warning, to his left.)
Everyone was too shocked to do anything but stare and too busy staring to question the sudden apparition.
The Watcher was Put Out, that was not How Things Worked.
Since then only the dying have been able to see him.
~~~~~
The second time was during the Skrull Invasion. Those of his friends who were far gone enough to notice him either glared at what they thought was a cheap copy or studiously ignored him, not having the heart to attack.
Neither reaction hurt quite so much as Jan's hug.
~~~~~
The third time was in the midst of a Kang shakedown. Most of the team was dying, in one way or another, and were resolutely passing him off as a hallucination.
Having nothing better to do, and not being able to help in any case, he stood, watching, as the battle came to its natural conclusion.
With Kang finally defeated, medical care had been attained for the wounded and Steve was on his way with two old friends and a number of Marcuses for company, trailed by an incongruously cheerful girl dressed in black leading the civilian dead to the next world.
He wasn't sure, but he thought she had been flirting with him.
~~~~~
The fourth time was in a hospital room less than a day after the third.
He didn't think he could have borne it without the silent comfort of the girl from before.
He didn't think he's ever been so bewildered as when he greeted her first.
Or been so surprised as when Tony kissed him.
~~~~~
The fifth time wasn't actually a time at all.
He had been visiting his friends in their new home. How was he to know that Thor occasionally liked to raid Lucien's library?!
~~~~~
The Sixth time came several years later.
Considering the person, it was inevitable.
Watching Peter bleed out under a crushed building was the second hardest thing he'd done.
~~~~~
The Seventh time he got punched.
Carol still maintains it was a reflex.
Tony (the bastard) laughed and thanked her for keeping her promise.
~~~~~
The Eighth time was the most surreal.
Wanda had done...something so that everyone was able to see him.
Tony's teasing was not helping.
The look on Clint's face was more than worth it, though.
~~~~~
The Ninth time was as much of a surprise to him as to anyone else.
The defeat of the New Gods had left a lot of excess belief floating around. (Tony later explained that it made sense, really, after all you can't create something from nothing and all somethings must go somewhere.) Apparently, what people really believed in now were their heroes.
The irony was not lost on him.
For those who are interested, the order of deaths is: Jan, Hank, Bruce, Tony, Peter, Carol and Wanda.