open post (steve rogers)

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steve rogers / captain america open post.

※ looking for a thread with an all-american super soldier?
※ respond with any character, canonmate or otherwise, and a prompt.
※ open to any format (prose, brackets, commentspam).
※ open to any canonpoint (within marvel cinematic universe).
※ if you don't have any prompt ideas, feel free to throw the ball into my court!
※ you can always refer to the random scenario meme for inspiration.

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[theburn]

"Actually, that means you need to start cauterising the stumps," Lawrence said thoughtfully when he sent them to the printer. "That's what Hercules did in the myth. The Hydra was immortal so long as it retained one head, so he cauterised the necks so they couldn't grow back, and dipped his sword and arrows in its blood to finally kill it."

Oh god, he was starting to sound like Selwyn. There was a depressing thought. He'd never understand what Ivan had seen in the guy.

He smiled at Steve and nodded, then reached over to retrieve the print outs. "Not a problem. They sound like bad news. World would be better off without them."

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Cauterize the stumps? Would referring to the ancient myth actually help in this case? Steve figured it was at least worth considering. He could translate that to making sure that each branch of HYDRA they took out actually stayed down, and its own blood would be Bucky himself, wouldn't it?

Persistence would get him HYDRA's eventual fall, and Steve wouldn't rest until he achieved that goal. It went hand-in-hand with finding and rehabilitating Bucky, so two birds, one stone.

He took the printed papers and nodded firmly. "Yeah, believe me, we would be. This could be the key to that, so I appreciate it." Steve had gotten what he came here for, but could he just leave Lawrence here? "What about you, what's next?"

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Legends and myths usually had something in them when you got down to the basics, it just depended on you looking at things a certain way. If someone was dumb enough to call themselves HYDRA, then you might as well burn them until they couldn't get back up, maybe drop a great big rock on them for good measure.

Who better to do that than the Sun herself?

He leaned back in his chair, resting one foot against the desk. "Good luck with it. Maybe I'll forward you information if I find anything." Keep him out of the way and doing something useful. "I am going to stay here for a while, see what I can recover. If Soleil is still alive. Europe's gonna take a while to recover from this."

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Steve remained uncertain about leaving Lawrence here on his own. He still didn't trust him, how could he? He had all the markers of being involved in something not too far from HYDRA itself, but Steve owed him one.

More than that, he didn't exactly have time to waste on watching a kid who may or may not be a problem later. Steve could always do a little more research into Lawrence some other time, when all of his effort wasn't focused on Bucky.

"Sure, send it along. And I guess... I hope for your sake, she's still around." Steve just hoped that Soleil wouldn't then be used as some kind of weapon, but Lawrence seemed to care about her too much for that.

"I should be able to find my way back out," he said as he backed away from the console.