#when will my inspiration return from the war😭😭😩😩

[userpeggycarter]

Ho ho ho and hello there! Tis I, your Steggy Secret Santa! I hope you're doing okay? Apologies for taking a while to drop by and say hi but things have been busy up in the North Pole. Thank you so much for the letter and suggests, that's been really helpful as a jumping point for working on your gift. I do have a couple of questions: if you had to rank TFA era, post-Endgame canon, modern au, historical au, what would your preferenc be? And what are your favourite things about Steve and Peggy?

hi! it's okay for the delay and it's my turn to say sorry to taking a bit of time to respond 🙈 and i'm glad the letter helped, i was worried it was overwhelming/too demanding!

ranking about the settings, i guess it all depends on the fic's (if it is a fic that is) idea, but if i had to rank them it would be (under the cut):

Post-Endgame

War Era

Modern AU

Historical AU

an observation while i ranked Modern AU above a historical one, a historical fic that doesn't follow canon but it's still set in the 1940s an/or forward would rank higher than a Modern AU fic. does that make sense? i guess it depends on what "historical fic" means to you and to me... like, the 1940s isn't the present day for us, but it is for the characters 🤔

favorite things girlboss/malewife (half joking here, i like the gender subversion, ie Steve is more in tune with his emotions and soft-spoken while Peggy is the opposite).

i like they understand each other very well; they're kindred spirits and like-minded. soulmates as in twin souls, you know what i mean? 😍

they believe in each other's potential and those beliefs grant them the strength to be the hero they can be ("you're my hero", "you're my hero too"). they're also each other's mentors and inspirations.

(one of) their biggest qualities complement their flaws (Peggy is confident but emotionally distant; Steve is insecure but wears his heart on his sleeve, etc), so together they're the best version of themselves they can be.

i love the drama of it all too, from losing each other to living with the remorse of an unlived life (especially after 2011), to Peggy having Alzheimer's to finally having to bury each other. 😭😘👌

i really liked the shy guy/flirty woman dynamic they had in CATFA, but also the (probable) evolution of that when Steve returns post-Endgame, now that he got game 😎🤣 even if it's not that much game...

the historical aspect of their canon and their time-appropriate quirks are fun too, like, modern!Steggy (in canon or not) behaves differently than 1940s!Steggy... i would describe it as their "old-fashioned ways" but that sounds so bigoted and they're absolutely not 😝😩

also, battle couple. love me some battle couples ❤️

i hope this helps! if it doesn't, at least not completely, feel free to contact me again! it's no bother 🥰

thank you and i'm looking forward to your gift! ❤️