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* Part IX: ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/47240074/chapters/119029948 The Show]]''

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''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/1355254 Forever Captain]]'' is a series of Marvel Cinematic Universe fan fictions centered around Steve Rogers and his relationship with Peggy Carter, written by Phoebe Roberts. Roberts is best known as one half of the author and production team behind the ''Theatre/MrsHawking'' theatrical series.

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''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/1355254 Forever Captain]]'' is a series of Marvel Cinematic Universe Franchise/MarvelCinematicUniverse fan fictions centered around Steve Rogers and his relationship with Peggy Carter, written by Phoebe Roberts. Roberts is best known as one half of the author and production team behind the ''Theatre/MrsHawking'' theatrical series.
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* TemporalDuplication: Two versions of Steve exist in the new timeline— one married to and growing old with Peggy, the other frozen in ice and eventually defrosted in 2011. They even occasionally encounter each other through the subsequent decade-plus.
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* TimeMachine: The temporal GPS Tony built in ''Film/AvengersEndgame''.
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* TemporalDuplication: Two versions of Steve exist in the new timeline— one married to and growing old with Peggy, the other frozen in ice and eventually defrosted in 2011. They even occasionally encounter each other through the subsequent decade-plus.
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''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/1355254 Forever Captain]]'' is a series of Marvel Cinematic Universe fan fictions centered around Steve Rogers and his relationship with Peggy Carter, written by Phoebe Roberts.

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''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/1355254 Forever Captain]]'' is a series of Marvel Cinematic Universe fan fictions centered around Steve Rogers and his relationship with Peggy Carter, written by Phoebe Roberts.
Roberts. Roberts is best known as one half of the author and production team behind the ''Theatre/MrsHawking'' theatrical series.
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* AlternateTimeline: Steve is uncertain what effect his return to the midcentury will have on the proceeding of the timeline in this version of the multiverse.
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* AlternateSelf: In returning to the midcentury, Steve eventually encounters the version of himself that was frozen in ice and woke up in the 21st Century. Their meeting is alluded to in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/31329512 The Favor]]'', but the only time it’s been seen on-page is in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/33310693 Respects to Pay]]''.
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* AlternativeSelfNameChange: Steve starts going by Grant Carter in order to conceal his presence in the midcentury, but the narrative mostly continues to refer to him as Steve. But in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/33310693 Respects to Pay]]'', this marks the first occasion in the series where he personally encounters his alternative self. For clarity’s sake, the narration calls the younger, pre-time travel version of him Steve, and the older, post-time travel version of him Grant.
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* TimeTravel: A central concept to the series. Its main thrust is following Steve Rogers as he returns the Infinity Stones to their places in the timeline at the end of Avengers: Endgame, and then time travels back to the midcentury to retire and built a new life with Peggy Carter.
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* PregnantBadass: Peggy keeps going out on missions even when she’s pregnant, with both Elizabeth and James.
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* PaperThinDisguise: Steve wears glasses with plain lenses and parts his hair on the opposite side in his identity as Grant Carter. Peggy teases him by saying he might as well, seeing as he’s basically “pretending he’s not Superman.”
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* NoHeroToHisValet: Edwin Jarvis to Howard Stark. While Jarvis is clearly devoted to and affectionate towards Howard, he knows the man’s foibles and frequently teases him about them.
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* ChekhovsGunman: Rishun Hayward. She is first introduced as a housewife in the Carters’ neighborhood in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/23171335 His Part to Play]]'', with a mention of her past “special service” during the war. But her special operative skill set proves invaluable to helping Steve during the action of ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/33797137 Boulder in the Stream]]''.

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* AlphaBitch: There is a suggestion that Maria Carbonell is one of these, though she often uses her powers for good.



* DoggedNiceGuy: Daniel Sousa gives off this vibe, particularly in how he asks Steve to take care of Peggy when he realizes he’s the man she’s chosen.

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* DoggedNiceGuy: Daniel Sousa gives off the vibe of having been this vibe, particularly in how he asks Steve to take care of Peggy when Peggy— at least until he realizes he’s that Grant (Steve) is the man she’s chosen.



** ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/33797137 Boulder in the Stream]]'' makes use of an extended flashback to the one occasion Steve was called back into action between 1947 and 1954.

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** ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/33797137 Boulder in the Stream]]'' makes use of an extended flashback FlashbackBPlot to the one occasion Steve was called back into action between 1947 and 1954.


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* LovableAlphaBitch: There is a suggestion that Maria Carbonell is one of these, though she often uses her powers for good.
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* SecretIdentity: Steve intends upon his return to the midcentury to completely retire from superheroics. To keep anyone from realizing who he is, he goes by his middle name and takes on Peggy’s last name, making him known to all only as Grant Carter.


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* SwitchingPOV: While most of the series is told in third person limited to Steve, currently the one exception is ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/31329512 The Favor]]'', limited instead to Tony. It’s clear that this choice is because the whole point of the story requires a particular dramatic irony— that the audience knows the true identity of Uncle Grant, but Tony doesn’t.
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* ShipperOnDeck: Steve and company watch Howard and Maria’s courtship with hopeful fascination.
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* HeartbrokenBadass: Steve is depicted this way, until his decision to return to 1947 and his reunion with Peggy.
* ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: Howard falls for Maria in a way that he never has before, because she doesn’t need him and isn’t impressed by him.
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* DoomedByCanon: Might count as an in-universe example. Steve knows how Howard and Maria die in his previous version of the timeline, and it weighs heavily on him as he contemplates whether he can or even should be trying to change the progress of history.
* EatingTheEyeCandy: Mabel Atwater, the waitress Steve talks to at the nightclub where Howard takes him for his bachelor party, upon first laying eyes on Steve.
* FamilyOfChoice: In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/31329512 The Favor]]'', it’s shown that Tony has come to see both the Jarvises and the Carters as this in this version of the timeline.
* FeelingTheirAge: In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/33907513 The Hemingway Trip]]'', Howard makes it clear how much getting older is weighing on him.
** By ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/33310693 Respects to Pay]]'' and ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/31329512 The Favor]]'', Steve is old enough that even his super soldier body isn’t as spry as it used to be.
* {{Flashback}}: A frequently used device across the series.
** ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/23171335 His Part to Play]]'' flashes back to the events of ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/19728214 The End of the Line]]'' in their entirety, when Bucky encourages Steve to do what he needs to take care of himself.
** ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/33797137 Boulder in the Stream]]'' makes use of an extended flashback to the one occasion Steve was called back into action between 1947 and 1954.
** ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/33907513 The Hemingway Trip]]'' flashes back to two other occasions Steve took Howard fishing.
** ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/31329512 The Favor]]'' flashes back to when Tony went to tell the Carters that Captain America had been found and revived.
* FunctionalAddict: Howard is described as going through a period of this in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/33907513 The Hemingway Trip]]''.
* HappilyMarried: Steve and Peggy. Edwin and Ana Jarvis. Howard and Maria— for the most part, at least.
* MotorMouth: Lottie Salazar’s nerves turn her into one.

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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Howard, declaring that he’s fallen so hard for Maria he’s considering what was previously unthinkable— asking her to marry him.

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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Howard, declaring that he’s fallen so hard for Maria he’s considering what was previously unthinkable— asking her to marry him.him.
* CodeName: Zigzagged. Relatively early on in the series, Steve sheds the title of Captain America in order to live in domestic anonymity with Peggy. From then on, he is determined to leave it behind forever.
* CommitmentIssues: Howard Stark, who had believed he could never stand the idea of being married— until he met Maria, that is.
* DoggedNiceGuy: Daniel Sousa gives off this vibe, particularly in how he asks Steve to take care of Peggy when he realizes he’s the man she’s chosen.
* PintsizePowerhouse: Rishun Hayward, whose petite frame belies combat and recon skills honed through special service during World War II.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: The strike team that attacks the Carters’ home in ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/33797137 Boulder in the Stream]]''. They are certainly not expecting this middle-aged, suburban stay-at-home dad to be the man who was Captain America.
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* AgeGapRomance: In ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/23171335 His Part to Play]]'', when Howard Stark is getting together with Maria Carbonell, Peggy cannot help but note that Howard is thirteen years Maria’s senior.
* AlphaBitch: There is a suggestion that Maria Carbonell is one of these, though she often uses her powers for good.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Howard, declaring that he’s fallen so hard for Maria he’s considering what was previously unthinkable— asking her to marry him.
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''[[https://archiveofourown.org/series/1355254 Forever Captain]]'' is a series of Marvel Cinematic Universe fan fictions centered around Steve Rogers and his relationship with Peggy Carter, written by Phoebe Roberts.

Currently, there are eight installments in the series:
* Part I: ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/1046472 Have That Dance]]''
* Part II: ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/19728214 The End of the Line]]''
* Part III: ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/18747826 As Long as He Needs]]''
* Part IV: ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/23171335 His Part to Play]]''
* Part V: ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/33797137 Boulder in the Stream]]''
* Part VI: ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/33907513 The Hemingway Trip]]''
* Part VII: ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/33310693 Respects to Pay]]''
* Part VIII: ''[[https://archiveofourown.org/works/31329512 The Favor]]''

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