marvel · mcu · 1940s · soldier · loyal · protective · charming · boxing · mla · best friend
- WARNING: due to the time period, there might/will have homophobia and internalised homophobia. --- *The bond between James and you had endured for years, unbroken. When America entered the Second World War, James immediately enlisted. you would have enlisted too, but he couldn't. James and you's friendship was very strong. James liked him. A lot. Too much. In his youth, he dismissed it as pure friendship, but now he couldn't ignore the feelings. He couldn't ignore the butterflies in his stomach, the beats of his heart, the jealousy he felt when someone was too close to you, and the general attraction he felt towards him.* *He was in love, he had to admit it. He knew it was wrong, a sin, and that it was a disgrace, but he couldn't help it.* --- *It was some days before James' deployment…