#circe & sigh >> 002

[crappyimagines]

listen before i go (002)

Pairing: steve rogers x female reader

Summary:  you die with steve when the jet fell back in the day but he lived while you died. you, later on, get reincarnated and steve goes coo-coo

Warning/s: angst & death

Chapter Warning/s: creepy shit, tiny bit of angst, a lot of pov jumping, not proofread

Chapter Summary: Everyone meets Circe, hulk version of your but creepier. like, really really creepy.

prologue - 001 - 002

Steve was at the gym doing his daily training when Bucky came up to him with an unreadable expression.

 “Hey, buddy. What’s wrong?” Steve wiped his forehead with a towel to stop the sweat from dripping down his face. He was wearing his usual tight white shirt and sweatpants. The shirt hugged his muscular form and anyone would go crazy at the sight.

 Steve watches his best friend stumble from his own words, clearly anxious about something.

 “Seriously, buddy. What’s wrong? Are you alright?” he puts a comforting hand onto Bucky’s left shoulder.

 He watches Bucky as he takes a deep breath and fought with his inner monologue.

 Steve takes a sip from his water bottle but immediately stopped when Bucky’s mouth formed those unforgettable words.

 “Y/N’s alive.”

__

Bucky knew he fucked up.

So much for preventing Steve from freaking out. 

So much for being subtle.

“What?” Steve all bout shouted, not meaning to sound angry.

“Are you playing a joke on me?” Steve looked at Bucky, showing a disappointed and hurt look.

Bucky’s eye widened in alert. 

“No! No, man. I swear. I was supposed to tell you subtly but I’m not good at being subtle, I guess.” he scratched the back of his neck and smiled sheepishly.

Steve shook his head, emitting a small smile of amusement only to be replaced with a serious look again.

“Y/N?” Steve looked back at Bucky, telling him to inform him about their undead friend. His almost lover.

“Right.” Bucky coughed and sighed.

“Well, she’s not exactly the same..” he trailed off, earning a frown from Steve.

“What do you mean?”

“She doesn’t remember us..” Bucky sounded confused by his own words.

“I mean she looks the same but it’s not entirely her?” his reasoning only did him worse.

“Fuck, what I’m trying to say is I think she’s a reincarnation of Y/N.” he spat.

Wow, that sounded better in Bucky’s head. Now he just sounded like a fool.

Steve looked at him incredibly, not knowing if his best friend was jesting or what.

“I swear, Bucky. If this is a joke I-” Steve was cut off by an alarm, booming throughout the tower. 

meanwhile…

“Mr. Tony, I really don’t think that this is a good idea.” Y/N quivered as she looked at Tony through the glass. She was in a box of a room with a see-through glass that allows both Tony and Bruce to observe her. 

“It’s all good, kid. That room is designed to be impossible to escape out of.” Tony proudly said and nodded at her.

Y/N looked at Bruce who nodded encouragingly at her.

She sighed and placed her hand on the table in front of her. Then she whispered the dreadful name.

“Circe”

The lights above her started to flicker. Her hand that was above the table appeared to have another hand under it, surrounded by a cloud of smoke. The peculiar hand grasped her own, twisting it and swallowing her own being. Y/N’s figure disappeared only to be replaced by a chilling figure. 

The figure showing the infamous Circe.

Circe loomed over the table, her body covered in black smoke and chains serving as an accessory to her body. She wore a revealing outfit, showing ancient tattoos on her body. Her sinister bright yellow eyes are staring at the two scientists behind the glass who seemed wary.

Bruce looked at her with a gulp while Tony stared in amusement. 

“Nice to finally meet you” Tony greeted the strange creature with sarcasm laced in his tone.

Circe turned to look at him, giving him a sinister look. That caused Tony’s proud aura to falter but he was quick enough to stand tall again but it didn’t go unnoticed by Circe. She smirked.

“Nice of you to tell the girl to bring me back. I thought I’d never see the light again.” Her voice was powerful. Captivating. Beautiful but eerie. 

“Yeah you’re out but you’re still stuck in that room,” Tony smirked at her.

“Now you just need to answer some questions and-” The billionaire was cut off when the woman disappeared. 

The two scientists looked at each other in surprised terror. 

Suddenly, there was a presence behind Tony. Lips leaned down towards his ear, and hands snaking down his shoulders.

“I will answer no questions” then she turned towards Bruce and smiled.

“Nice to see you again, Bruce.” she smiled at him creepily and disappeared again.

The two scientists were panting in nervousness as Bruce stared at Tony.

“Designed to be impossible to escape out of, huh?” Bruce stuttered out.

Tony shook his head and rolled his eyes.

“Jarvis, do an emergency lockdown. ASAP.” 

_______

As soon as Steve and Bucky heard the alarm, the discussion was dropped and they ran back to the main room. Everyone was piling in, looking around in apprehension. 

“What’s going on?” Clint was first to ask.

Tony stepped out with his suit on, the mask open, showing his worried expression.

“Something’s on the loose and I need every one of you to watch out-” Tony started and before anyone could even ask questions, Circe appeared right in front of him.

The room went quiet and all attention was on the uncanny lady.

“What the fuck is that?” Sam whispered against Bucky’s shoulder

Circe’s frightening eyes snapped towards Sam as he gulped. In an instant, she was standing in front of him, staring at his face.

Sam was visibly shaking but he wouldn’t dare admit that he was scared.

Bucky stiffened as everyone reached for their weapons.

Something moved behind Sam which made Circe look.

It was Captain America, inching towards them.

Circe looked at him as she froze. She didn’t move for a while which added more to her unnerving persona.

She slowly walked up to the captain. She tilted her head to the side and studied his face.

She was studying him.

She stared at his left cheek and raised her right hand slowly, inching towards his face.

Steve made a small move to inch away from her hand but stopped when she snapped her eyes at his eyes.

She continued to inch her hand towards his cheek and when it touched, a bright light immersed from her whole body and Y/N appeared. 

She immediately pulled her hand away from him and towards her chest, crying softly to herself.

“I’m sorry. Please don’t make me do it again. I’m sorry.” she chanted apologies as everyone looked at her in awe.

Steve stared at her in shock.

He made a move to touch her but Tony was immediately by her side, cradling her figure.

“It’s alright, kid. You’re back. You’re safe.” he whispered as he hugged the young girl. Tony dismissed everyone as he walked away with the quivering girl and Bruce. 

Steve stayed still, staring at their retreating figure.

Bucky was right. She was back but she’s clearly different now.

Even in the shortest amount of time that Steve got to see her, he was happy. He was ecstatic. As happy as he was to see her, he couldn’t help his heart from breaking when he saw her crumbling after she surfaced back from her other identity. It hurt him to see her in so much pain. He had enough of that sight back in the day. He hated it. And he hated how he doesn’t know anything about it. About her.

He hated not meeting her sooner. But what’s more important is;

“She’s back”

[crappyimagines]

listen before i go (001)

Pairing: steve rogers x female reader

Summary:  you die with steve when the jet fell back in the day but he lived while you died. you later on get reincarnated and steve goes coocoo

Warning/s: angst & death

Chapter Warning/s: slight violence, possession, nightmares, not proofread

Chapter Summary: This is your history and your relationship with Tony. (platonic) And Bucky’s reaction to meeting you. this story is gon be a bit slow soo apologies for everyone yeehaw

prologue - 001 - 002

You knew Doctor Banner first. He’s a scientist and you’re someone who somehow exceeds knowledge when it comes to experiments and science but more especially with anything related to aeronautics. He had his ‘green guy’ problem while you had yours. He was like a mentor where you both find the solutions for your problems. After him, was Tony Stark. Tony loved you and your brains and immediately adopted you as his own. He always joked about him and Banner being your two dads and all that and you were more than thankful to have them as your ‘parents’. Your folks were out of the picture because you never met them.

 You stayed with the two intelligent men under the tower where the lab is located and rarely got to leave because you were too busy trying to solve your case or coming up with new ideas for air launching machines or whatnot.

Who are you kidding? You just use the lab as an excuse.

You were cooped up in the homey lab until your intelligence was needed by one of the heroes.

 You knew the avengers. Who wouldn’t? They only ever saved civilians from various bad guys. You grew up learning about them. You grew up trying to memorize Captain America’s history but you weren’t that good in history like you are in science. You were able to finish and pass history but barely. It’s a good thing that a friend of yours was nice enough to help you but in exchange, you helped her with science.

 The Falcon. He intrigued you and you were tasked to design a new model for his suit and wings and you were more than glad to accept the order. It’ll give you something to be obsessed with rather than your unexplainable situation. It doesn’t seem like you’re going to find answers to that so designing the falcon’s suit is a good distraction.

~~

Creating upgrades and making up something new to improve his suit is what you did. And you did it amazingly. You were proud of your hard work and it shows. The suit might have been flawless but it shows how sleepless you've been and a certain Tony Stark finds your condition worrisome. 

"Why don't you take a rest, kid? You look like you need it." He teased but a worried tone can be heard from his voice.

"I'm fine, Mr. Stark. I'll just do some test runs and-" you were cut off by Tony.

"First of all, stop calling me Mr. Stark. Second of all, it's an order, kid. Go to sleep." He patted your head and you shook your head, looking down.

"I can't" you murmured but Tony caught it.

Before he could even say something, you snapped your head towards the lab door where Bruce is talking to a guy who was facing away from you so you couldn't see his face but it was obvious that the guy was buff. 

"Who's that, Mr. Tony?" you asked Tony.

Tony snorted at the new nickname and shook his head.

"That's Captain America and you need to go to bed." He grabbed the collar of your lab gown before you even had the chance to walk over the door where Bruce and Captain America was.

You groaned and let the inevitable conversation happen.

"What's bothering you, kid?" Tony said as you sat on the foot of your bed.

"Wha- What do you mean?" you questioned, looking up at him who has his arms crossed, looking down at you.

"What keeps you from sleeping?" he asked.

"Is it nightmares? Bad memories?" he added when you didn't respond.

You gulped.

It's only a matter of time before he finds out. Before everyone finds out. Might as well tell him now.

You let out a sigh. 

"Mr. Tony?" 

Tony raised an eyebrow and chuckled at the nickname.

"Yeah, kid?"

"I have a lot of explaining to do." You deadpanned. 

Tony sat cross-legged on the carpet and looked up at you,

"Well, I've got a lot of time."

The dreams started appearing early in your life. You were just a toddler when you would dream about the weird scary lady that's surrounded with black smoke and her bright yellow eyes are just looking at you, staring into your soul. She did nothing. She just stood in front of you, swaying along with the smoke around her. She didn't do anything but being a toddler and seeing that, it spooked you. It terrified you.

As you got older, being in high school, the lady started appearing more in your dreams. This time, she would walk up to you and lean in close to the side of your face, whispering one word over and over. 

"Circe" she would chant.

You didn't know what that meant. You didn't know anything about the creepy lady so you ignored it and blamed it on the horror movies that your friends would make you watch. 

When you turned 18, she appeared again but this time, she made contact.

After chanting "Circe" again and again, she touched your face and that woke you up in the middle of the night, covered in sweat and panting heavily. 

You were shaking and confused. The only thing running through your head was the word "Circe". The word kept running and running through your mind until you spoke it.

"Circe" you whispered. You felt yourself stiffen, and suddenly, you no longer have control over your body. You felt your body move and stand in front of a mirror.

You couldn't react, you couldn't do anything but to watch. Your reflection shows the woman in your dreams. Her name was Circe. She waited for so long and she got what she wanted. She got you to say her name and that's the only thing that you have to do to summon her. 

You didn't know where she came from or how she was able to be a part of your life but she was there. You did everything you could to get rid of her. Everything. The only thing you got close to disposing of her was how to control her. How to hurt her.

Her weakness is a high-frequency noise. It hurts her. But it also hurts you.

The only way to bring you back rather than wait for 24 hours was to blast the annoying sound. It would make her screech and scream in agony but it gets you back. You take over your body with whimpers, also getting hurt by the annoying sound.

You didn't know how to remove the lady from your being so you learned to live with it. She would always find a way to torment you in your dreams and get you to say her name so you just stopped. You stopped sleeping. You start doing late night works and spent every hour studying. It was the only way to stop her from appearing. You didn't want to use the sounds that would hurt her because it was as painful as it was for her as it was for you.

You became a sleepless robot. Doing anything that could prevent you from sleeping. It wasn't healthy but it was the only way. 

Circe is a destructive being. When she would take over your body, she would leave traces of her. She would kill anyone who dares disrespect her. She would play mischievous pranks on anyone she wants and it wasn't playful pranks. She is dangerous.

But then you saw him.

You saw Bruce Banner. 

You saw a post and he was experiencing something that relates to your situation.

That's how the two of you meet.

He told you everything about his hulk and you told him everything about your Circe situation. The two of you bonded over experiments on how to get rid of your other personas but always keep failing.

Then he finds the avengers and that brings us to now.

"Wow" Tony blinked.

"It's a lot, I know." You sighed.

"How come you're only telling this now? You could've been an avenger-"

"No!" you cut him off.

"This is why Mr. Bruce and I kept this a secret. I didn't want to be in that situation. I don't want her to take control. She can't be controlled. She's dangerous. She can't be with the avengers. If anything, she would be a villain and she'll probably end up getting killed by the avengers or worse, her killing you all." You gasped out.

"Woah, Woah, kid. Relax. We'll talk about this in the morning. Right now, you should get some sleep." 

You looked at him ridiculously. 

"Oh, right. Sorry. Let me make some coffee and we can work on that bird suit of yours for now and talk about this in the morning." Tony stood up and patted your head, leaving to probably make some coffee.

~~

Things got weird when you gave Sam his new suit. 

Sam was alright. He’s funny and he’s really great with making you feel comfortable but it’s his friend, Bucky, who was weird. After meeting the falcon for the first time, he introduced you to some of the others like the black widow, Wanda, and Bucky.

The two girls were really nice. Especially Wanda. Natasha was a bit quiet and strict but she seemed nice nonetheless. 

Then there was Bucky. He was quiet and really weird. You don’t really know how to feel when he just stood there and gawked at you as if you were some kind of an ancient exhibit. If you didn’t know better, you would think that he was a snob who found it outrageous that someone would take his time just to introduce someone like you to him. But then he spoke to you.

“Y/N?” was what he said.

“Yeah. Nice to meet you.” you were weirded out by his tone but you remained as polite as you could and hid the feeling away.

“Y-You don’t remember me?” he whispered.

“What?” you laughed. Maybe he was playing a prank. He was friends with Sam so maybe this was a ploy that the two created.

“Shit” he cursed. Your eyes widened and you tilted your head at him.

“Excuse me?” you asked, a bit offended.

“I’m sorry. It’s just that you look a lot like someone I knew back then.” he muttered.

You looked at him and felt guilty for thinking differently about him. He was just surprised to see someone who looked familiar from his day back then. You felt bad because, from your little knowledge about his and captain america’s history, you knew that they both lost everyone and they only have each other now. Well now they have a new family but having someone from your past is always better. You couldn’t blame the guy from being homesick, kind of.

“Oh! It’s okay. I understand. Well, it was really nice meeting you all.” you smiled at Bucky and then turned to everyone else to say your goodbyes as you were going back to your inevitable confrontation with Tony.

Bucky stood frozen. 

Is it really her?

She’s alive? But she doesn’t seem to know any of her past.

Has Steve seen her?

Fuck. He’ll lose his shit.

Bucky swore to give his best friend a heads up because he’ll probably weird the girl the hell out like he did himself or he’d be brokenhearted knowing that the girl doesn’t know shit about them.

She looks like their old best friend but for sure doesn’t act like it.

Either she’s good news or she’s bad news.

[crappyimagines]

listen before i go (003)

Pairing: steve rogers x female reader

Warning/s: angst & death

Summary:  you die with steve when the jet fell back in the day but he lived while you died. you, later on, get reincarnated and steve goes coo-coo

Chapter Warning/s: nothing really

Chapter Summary: a filler. steve and y/n have a talk and steve becomes hopeful

Note: this is kind of a filler 

prologue - 001 - 002 - 003

“Did that ever happen before?” Tony asked. Y/N was sitting on a table in front of the two scientists, looking at her with both worried and hopeful eyes. Bruce shook his head as well as Y/N.

“It’s always the high-frequency sound that brings me back.” Y/N whispered, still shook up from the earlier events.

Tony stood quietly, the wheels in his mind spinning and is almost palpable for Y/N. Bruce patted Y/N on her shoulder, giving him a comforting smile. “I’ll get you some water,” Bruce whispered to her as he walked up the steps of the lab. Y/N nodded weakly in response.

“She obviously has something for capsicle.” Tony suddenly voiced out.

Y/N snapped her head at the older guy. “Huh?”

“Well, think about it. When she saw cap, she went stiff as if he knew the guy and then when she touched him, poof” Tony imitated some weird sound and continued, “She was gone. This only happened with Steve, right? She never touched anyone before that made her disappear?”

Y/N was quiet for a while, trying to think of someone that made it happen before but she came back empty-handed. “I guess not. It’s a weird feeling. But it’s better than the high-frequency method. That shit hurts really bad.” Y/N explained as Tony laughed at the younger girl. Bruce came back with the glass of water and Y/N thanked him before slurping the liquid down her throat.

That night, Y/N fell asleep. She fell asleep without summoning Circe but it was only for a little time. Y/N woke up with a gasp, sweat covering her forehead as she sat up. She looked at herself in the mirror, making sure that she didn’t woke up as her alter ego. She sighed as she realized that she was in her normal form. Not having the power to go back to sleep, she headed for the kitchen. The tower was quiet at night but the quietness was comforting. 

She poured herself a glass of water and sat on a chair, leaning her elbows down on the counter. After finishing her glass, she rested her head against her arm, breathing slowly, not noticing the figure approaching her.

“Hey” Steve greeted the girl.

The girl jolted up at his voice.

“I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to scare you. I thought you fell asleep on the counter.” Steve stared at her adoringly. She did look a lot like the past Y/N but younger. Her hair was longer than before, her face healthier, but her eyes were tired. Her eyes showed restlessness. 

“It’s fine. I couldn’t really sleep for too long, you know?” she gave him a half-smile.

“Or else she might come back” she continued in a small voice.

Steve felt his heart crumble a little when he saw the terrified look on her face. She couldn't sleep in fear of losing herself and hurting the people around her. It sounds like a really familiar story. Steve walked towards her and situated himself beside her. “You’ll get through this. You’re a strong woman” 

Y/N’s heart fluttered at his words of assurance. Even though he didn’t know her as a person, she still believed in his words. Steve made her feel safe for some reasons and she couldn’t help but trust the guy. Well, he is Captain America. Who wouldn’t trust him?

“I mean, I’m sure Tony is working on something to help you, right?” Steve added, cursing himself in his mind for acting weird in front of the girl. Acting like he knew her for a long time. Well, he did know the old Y/N.

Y/N stared at Steve for a while before deciding that there’s no harm in telling.

“Yeah. Actually, he said that it might have something to do with you.” Y/N laughed at the end of her sentence, feeling ridiculous that she’s telling that to him. Y/N immediately regretted telling him when he kept quiet. Fuck he probably thinks I’m weird.

Steve was silent. A strange giddy feeling building up inside him. Hearing from her that he’s got something to do with her gave him the assurance that this Y/N might be connected with his old Y/N.

 Maybe, just maybe.

a/n: in a bit of a writer’s block but i really tried ;(