❝BUT BABE, YOU KNOW I'VE TRIED AND FAILED,❞
(CAST!)
SEBASTIAN STAN AS
JAMES BUCHANAN 'BUCKY' BARNES
TROIAN BELLISARIO AS
CARMEN RIPLEY
THE FIRST AVENGER CAST AS
THEIR CHARACTERS
(EXTENDED SUMMARY!)
Carmen Ripley is known for making people fall in love with her. She's incredibly easy to love, all the way from how she looks to her personality. She smiles, and everyone falls in love. She speaks, and her soft voice just warms everyone's heart. You see her down the street but never speak, but somehow you think of her a week later. Her aura brings just about anyone joy. The only thing is Carmen rarely gives her heart out because Carmen's very independent with love and making sure everyone around her knows she doesn't need a man.
Which makes it hard for Bucky Barnes because though the girl is his best friend, he's utterly in love with Carmen. The boy just convinces himself that Carmen's out of his league. But his struggles only growing seeing as Bucky becomes a sergeant for the one-o-seventh, while Carmen becomes a nurse for the one-o-seventh. The two rarely see each other but when they do it's filled with soft singing and dancing, broken hearts, and a jealous filled Bucky. But at the end of the day, they find hope, on a train, as 'death' awaits one of them.
But prior to all that, prior to when the problems truly begin, it starts with three teen best friends, Steven 'Steve' Rogers, James 'Bucky' Barnes, and Carmen Ripley, all living Brooklyn. Their friendship began with a football landing in swim loving teen, Carmen. And slowly their story moves to three adult best friends facing the problems of Earth. Problems none of them truly were expecting. Three separate problems, for three separate people, that may just come back to haunt them later.
First, we have Steve Rogers, who simply is a skinny and lanky boy with zero game. Upon hearing both of his best friends leaving, and having no parents to go back to, Steve's all alone. That's until an amazing opportunity is granted to him. Steve no longer seems to be the skinny and lanky boy anymore, but he still has no game. And this is where Captain America began.
Second, we have Bucky Barnes, who simply just wants to hide his love for Carmen. But as a problem occurs at the army base, Bucky soon sees that not just boys from Brooklyn want Carmen. So quickly Bucky becomes jealous of one man; David Earl. But the problem truly doesn't begin until Bucky is kidnapped from his very own army base by Hydra.
Lastly, we have Carmen Ripley. Her problems are much more than her boys'. Let us start with most obvious, her father. Though it's hard for Carmen, she becomes a nurse for the war all while her dad is dying of cancer. Of course when her father does pass she's told in a note. But in that same note, she is given news that begins all of her problems at once. And in the end, it's a needle that 'saves' her.
❝YOU JUST DON'T KNOW HOW IT FEELS,❞
(PLAYLIST!)
PACIFIER BY CATFISH AND THE BOTTLEMEN
❝but babe you know i've tried and failed, but you just don't know how it feels to lose something you never had and never will.❞
CARMEN BY LANA DEL REY
❝the boys, the girls, they all like carmen. she gives them butterflies, bats her cartoon eyes. she laughs like god, her minds like a diamond.❞
I'VE GOT A FEELING I'M FALLING BY ELLA FITZGERALD
❝now i'm flyin' high, but i've got a feelin' i'm fallin', fallin' for nobody else but you.❞
LAUGHING ON THE OUTSIDE BY BERNADETTE CARROLL
❝i'm laughing on the outside, crying on the inside 'cause i'm so in love with you.❞
SICK OF LOSING SOULMATES BY DODIE
❝'cause i'm sick of losing soulmates, so where do we begin? i can finally see you're as fucked up as me, so how do we win?❞
FRIENDS BY ED SHEERAN
❝we're not friends, we could be anything if we tried. to keep those secrets safe, no one will find out. if it all went wrong, they'll never know what we've been through, so i could take the back road. but your eyes will lead me straight back home. and if you know me, like i know you, you should love me.❞
ALWAYS BY PANIC! AT THE DISCO
❝it was always you falling for me, now there's always times, calling for me. i'm the light blinking at the end of the road, blink back to let me know.❞
ROSE COLORED BOY BY PARAMORE
❝hearts are breaking and wars are raging on, and i have taken my glasses off. you got me nervous, and you're turning it into a joke. i'm a half-empty girl, don't make me laugh, i'll choke.❞
SUPERFICIAL LOVE BY RUTH B
❝this superficial love thing got me goin' crazy, baby if you want me then you better need me. 'cause i'm so done not bein' your number one. and if you wanna keep me, then you better treat me like a damn princess, make that and empress.❞
PROBLEM BY NATALIA KILLS
❝i'm your dream girl, this is real love, but you know what they say about me, that girl is a problem, that girl is a problem, girl is a problem, girl is a problem, problem. baby, you're so bad, bot, drive me mad, boy. but you don't care what they say about me, that girl is a problem.❞
THE LOVE CLUB BY LORDE
❝there are fights for being my best friend, and the girls get their claws out. there's something about hanging out with the wicked kids.❞
UNO BY REX ORANGE COUNTY
❝if there's such a thing as life after death, such a thing called heaven. and every now and then i think about the fact that i'd become a legend if i died at twenty-seven.❞
WEAK WHEN UR AROUND BY BLACKBEAR
❝i'm taking you with me, 'cause if i don't got you then i don't got nobody.❞
PRETTY GIRL BY CLAIRO
❝i could be a pretty girl shut up when you want me to and i could be a pretty girl, won't ever make you blue. and i could be a pretty girl, i'll lose myself in you.❞
SAVING GRACE BY GRACE CARTER
❝you told me not to hold hands with the devil, you warned me i would lose my faith. i never thought i'd leave my heaven, but now i know you're my saving grace. all we've been through is giving us truth, and now i can never be without you.❞
(DISCLAIMER!)
Hi if you don't know me I'm Melanie, I'm 15 and in this house, we stan one (1) mans who didn't deserve to be brainwashed by hydra! And I am here to tell you, I do not own Captain America The First Avenger or any part of Marvel. All plots, characters, and lines in the movie or book do not belong to me in any way. All credit goes to the Writers, Directors, etc. I do however own Carmen Ripley and all her lines, along with any lines that are not in any of the movie.
edited: but if you see any mistakes please let me know so I can fix them!
p.s. if you don't read prologues usually, you probably should read the prologue for this story, lots of it is going to be important to the storyline, and Carmen's character.
❝TO LOSE SOMETHING YOU NEVER HAD AND NEVER WILL.❞