A Alastor x wife!reader where reader has been wanting a family and finally by some miracle she discovers she's pregnant
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You are not even the third person to ask for this and we're all already delusional here soooooo-
Alastor X Reader Headcanons
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TW: Sadness, Reader has baby fever and spreads it to her husband unintentionally, A little angst, Implied baby making đ
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Alastor would do anything for his wife, spare no expense for her happiness and it shows
You two have talked previously about your obvious desire for a family with him
He would be willing to give that to you even though he's admittedly not the biggest fan of the idea
Part of him is scared of being a father but he won't ever admit that
You two both knew that sinners couldn't reproduce, and it crushed you that the opportunity was taken from you
You were still happy to have your husband and your found family at the hotel
You just still had that desire to have a baby, your husband's baby to be exact
Alastor hates seeing you so hurt over this, he wants to fix things for you, but this is out of his control
He couldn't give you a baby no matter how hard he tried, and that makes him feel helpless, which makes him angry
Sometimes the longing for a baby and the despair of knowing you can't have one gets to be too much for you and you unintentionally draw into yourself
Not amount of hugging or soothing words from your husband can console you, no matter how hard you cling to him and seek his comfort
You're just so sad sometimes
Which leads to Alastor being frosty and agitated with the others around the hotel, upset that he can't just fix it
He would give you the biggest family if he could, whatever he could do to make you feel whole
It's not like you two are neglecting each other or growing apart, there's just this heavy feeling hanging between you two
Everyone knows something is up with you two, but nobody is brave enough to ask, except maybe Vaggie, but she's respecting your privacy as a couple
Of course, it's Charlie who tries to get to the bottom of things for the two of you, everyone is just worried you two are fighting
So when you finally relent and tell her the truth, she's relieved that you and Alastor only want to have a baby-
YOU AND ALASTOR WANT TO HAVE A BABY!?
Sinners can't reproduce so you're just riding out your baby fever until it's manageable again
But no sinner has had a friend in the Morningstar family before
Not even a day later Alastor is greeted by Lucifer while you're out with Charlie and the others
"Hey man, heard you wanted me to get your wife pregnant! Lucky for you, I happen to have a thing for married women~"
When you come back home you're surprised to see Lucifer and your husband talking amicably, both turning their heads towards you immediately
"Ah! Would you look at the time? I should really get going, things to do, ducks to make-what?"
Lucifer gives you an unexpected side hug on his way out, hand resting momentarily on your stomach before leaving
You rub where he touched, surprised by the sudden warmth that lingers there
Your husband is looking at you strangely too but kisses you in greeting before you can even question it
Alastor acts rather clingy the rest of the day, following you around, asking you how you're feeling, giving affection more freely
You can't deny that you're loving the attention and soaking up every bit of it, the warmth in your stomach having spread throughout your entire body now
If Alastor's sudden neediness is anything to go by, he's feeling the same as you are
How either of you manage to wait until everyone has gone to bed to indulge in each other is beyond you
The entire night is a blur but when you wake up the entire bed has nearly been torn apart
Feathers are all over the place, the blankets have all been kicked away or shredded, the bed frame is clawed and cracked
You would almost feel embarrassed, but when you look at your handiwork on your husband, you can't help but feel proud
Things mostly go back to normal after that, except Lucifer visits more often and seems to pay special attention to you
You feel like everyone is watching you lately and you don't know why, you're never alone anymore, your husband especially is very hovery
But it ends up working out in your favor because one day you wake up, overwhelmed by the urge to vomit, your husband holding back your hair
And it keeps happening for days on end, and you start gaining weight without explanation, and your cravings are suddenly intense and-
Your husband is looking a little too pleased with himself, rubbing your back soothingly as you poke at your mysteriously changing body in the mirror
"You did this to me somehow, didn't you!"
"Why honey, why would I need to babytrap you when we're already married?"
"Because you-what?"
It takes a few moments to register what he said, all the strange things in the last few months clicking into place
"You got me pregnant..?"
He actually starts to look a little embarrassed, suddenly unsure if he really did the right thing after all-
When did he end up on the bed?
Is definitely sure in his decision later when he exits the bedroom, fixing his hair and clothes while he leaves you sleeping in bed
Luckily, the hotel has a lot of people who are willing to help out with your pregnancy because Alastor is worried he's actually in over his head
Your mood swings are more like mood hurricanes and sometimes he needs help knowing the right things to say
"Y/N, don't worry about not fitting into your own clothes, this is uh...just an opportunity to get new ones!"
"T-Thanks Vaggie..."
The cravings start to get fucking weird, Alastor genuinely repulsed by some of the things you're asking him for
"Darling, I can get you fresh meat as bloody as you want but do you really need to eat it with cake and ice cream?"
"Don't you love me..?"
He'll be back in 10 minutes
The bigger you get, the more sore and tired you are, constantly needing help around the hotel as you waddle around
"Thanks for helping me, Husk...I was getting really tired."
"Charlie, is it alright if I sit in that chair? My back is killing me.."
Alastor is scared with how vulnerable you are like this so he sticks close to you but silently appreciates the help from everyone
Even the other overlords come to see your miracle pregnancy, which doesn't help with Alastor's paranoia over how defenseless you are right now
They just want to see
As if Carmilla or Rosie would let anything happen to you anyways, Rosie loves the crap out of you and Carmilla wouldn't hurt an expecting mother
Rosie is constantly visiting and bringing baby gifts, so many that they're starting to pile up around the hotel
"Oh darling, you're practically glowing! Alastor! Have you told Y/N how radiant she is with her pregnancy?"
She wants to be Aunty Rosie so bad
Alastor genuinely admires the changes in your body, feeling pride in the thought that he did this to you
"With a little help from the big boss of-"
"You haven't left already?"
"I want to talk to my god child~ Can you stop hogging Y/N's belly for five minutes?"
"Your what now?
Alastor rubs your belly a lot, baffled by the idea that his spawn is in there and how happily you carry it
How you're so proud to be having his kid is beyond him, he knows what a wretched man he is and you still love him, take pride in him
The first time he feels the baby kick, he's a little unnerved but then you guide his hand back, smiling at him in a way that makes his heart ache for you
"Our baby wants to say hi to you..."
Okay, now his heart is melting, give your husband a kiss right now
Starts kissing and talking to your belly more after that, talking to the baby about anything and everything as if you're not even there
"Now your mother, you have no idea how lucky she is to have me as her husband~"
Confides in you late one night, about his fear of being a father and failing you and the baby
Not him having tears pinpricking in the corners of his eyes as you kiss him and reassure him
He doesn't particularly care about the gender of his child, just that you and the little spawn are okay
But if the baby is a girl, then he would like her to have his mother's name, that's all he would ask really
If the baby is a boy then he'll let you pick the name out as long as it's something fancy sounding
Does all the work when it comes to the nursery and baby proofing but has no idea what that actually entails, so you'll have to help him out
He's so proud to show you the finished look
The closer it gets to your due date, the more out of sorts and anxious he is but he tries to put on a brave face for you
He makes sure you never have to lift a finger, doing everything he can to make you comfortable and spending all his free time with you
Carmilla and her daughters all volunteer to assist in the labor, Zestial coming for the sake of tagging along
Alastor is in genuine anguish when you actually go into labor, the sound of you in pain and him being helpless to help is torture for him
Refuses to leave your side the entire time, blocking out everything else but you and encouraging you as best he can
Focuses so hard on taking care of you that he hardly notices that you've finished, surprised when Carmilla suddenly puts not one but two babies in your arms
You're visibly exhausted but seem to gain a renewed energy at the sight of your babies, looking at them in wonder before giving Alastor a tearful smile
"A boy and a girl, a miracle on top of already being miracle babies. Congratulations, Alastor."
Carmilla pats him on the shoulder before leaving, pulling Zestial and her daughters along with her
Alastor doesn't even register what she said, still dumbfounded at the sight of you cooing at two squirming infants
TWINS!? Lucifer, you sneaky son of a bi-
"Do you want to hold them, Alastor?"
"I would love nothing more, my dear..."
He definitely doesn't immediately fall in love when his babies cling to him like they'll never let go, holding his fingers in their unbelievably tiny hands
A LITTLE TREAT FOR ALL OF YOU WHO WERE BEGGING FOR THIS
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How long did Steve actually know Peggy?
(with pictures!)
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Short Answer:Â
626 days total / 20 months, 15 days, and only spoke on 8 separate days.
Long Answer:
Steve got his last 4F / first 1A on 14th of June, 1943.
When Steve arrived at Camp Lehigh, Peggy introduced herself and the SSR.
Directly afterwards, Col. Phillips introduced himself and explained that they would be there for a week only before choosing someone to be given serum:
If they had any common sense, they wouldâve said Steve was at Basic Training for a while before being drafted into Project Rebirth.
This being Marvel, however...Â
[ full 7K meta under cut ]Â
What If...?, Marvelâs Instagram, and Marvel Studios' The Marvel Cinematic Universe: An Official Timeline book gave the âofficialâ date of Steveâs serum as
June 22, 1943.
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This means:Â
Steve was enlisted June 14th 1943,
shipped out to Camp Lehigh June 15th 1943,
was there for just a week (til June 21st 1943),
Had a conversation with Erskine about why he was chosen on evening of June 21st.
and was back in Brooklyn and receiving serum on June 22nd 1943.
Poor lad barely had any time to pack and unpack! đ˛
Sidenote:
The first date shown in the movie is March 1942:
When Red Skull acquired the Tesseract.Â
This implies (but does not conclusively prove) that Dr Erskine must have been captured by the Allies before March 1942, because:Â
when he has his conversation with Steve, he merely said Red Skull believed âthat there is a great power hidden in the earth, left here by the gods.â IE. he wasnât aware that Red Skull had successfully seized that power (the Tesseract).
Stark is flummoxed by Tesseract-related tech when he sees it, which he surely wouldnât be if Erskine had known about Red Skull having the Tesseract because Erskine couldâve just told him.
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Anyway, back to the present and Steve was already in the local newspapers by Wednesday, 23rd June 1943:
Anyway, he and Peggy only spoke for 1-2 days during that time: June 22nd, the day he received serum, and (what was probably) June 23rd, the day after.
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IMO it seems like itâs just the day after because:Â
everyone who was at the blown-up Brooklyn base is there đ (wherever âthereâ is) as if no time has passed at all...
...but we know that time must have passed, because Senator Brandt shows Steve a paper dated the 23rd [see above.] đ So enough time has passed for the newspapers to hear about Steve, for a journalist to write about it, print it, and for the Senator to get a hold of a copy.Â
Enough time has passed for the SSR to get the saboteurâs Hydra sub out of the water at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in order for Howard Stark to be flummoxed by it, as he is in this scene. (And he is still in the pit with it; he hasnât had long enough to look at it already. Ergo, not much time has passed.)Â
You could say that itâs a later date, and Brandt just happens to have a newspaper from the 23rd. Except...
...Phillips mentions having talked to the president that morning... which makes more sense as something he would do immediately after the whole Hydra-saboteur bomb kerfuffle, not later. Thatâs not a phone call he could put off for days. Thatâs a call you make straight away.Â
Although that doesnât automatically mean that that-morningâs phone call is the first or only phone call Phillips has made to the President, since the Hydra-saboteur-kerfuffle, meaning this could be a date later than June 23rd.Â
But the fact that:
everyone who was at the bomb site is still there,
Howard is still in the pit looking at the Hydra sub and admitting heâs clueless about it, as if that is new information heâs announcing,
theyâre taking Steveâs blood, also not something to delay on,
and Brandt is asking basic questions about Hydra. If more than a day had passed, he would already know the answers to these questions, even if he had been distracted by the Press.
Suggesting it is very soon after.Â
The lack of delay in Phillipsâs actions also supports this idea. Earlier on in the movie he moaned to Erskine about having had to talk to senators multiple times before he could get the ball rolling on Project Rebirth. But now heâs cheerful and decisive. Which to me suggests heâs had one decisive phone call with the President, where they exchanged all the information they needed, and thatâs it. (He doesnât say âI spoke to the President again this morning,â for example.)Â
Brandt asks Phillips what heâs going to do about Hydra. Phillips smirks and answers that the SSR is being re-tasked to go after them. As if he anticipated the question and got the President to sign off on that just prior; close enough to this moment that Phillips is only acting on those orders just now.Â
"This morning" implies that this scene is taking place later on in the day of June 23rd 1943; after the morning, so that Phillips isnât saying he called the president just now, for example.Â
Thereâs strong sunlight coming in from the window behind Steve đ, so Iâd say we can place this scene at afternoon, June 23rd.
And we can infer that it isnât evening yet, because Phillips refers to flying out âtonight,â as if if the night of June 23rd has not yet arrived.
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(Another maddening possibility: itâs all happening on the same day, a day that Phillips just happened to have spoken to the President on the phone in the morning already, but either the prop makers got the date wrong on the newspaper or the official Marvel instagram got the date of Steveâs serum wrong. đ¤Śââď¸)
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So, timeline:Â
June 22nd, 1943: serum, bomb/saboteur, Erskineâs death.
(possibly but not definitively) June 23rd, 1943: morning, newspapers reporting on Steve are printed (Senator Brandt sees them), the Hydra sub is shipped to dry dock for Howard to look at, and the President tells Phillips via the phone that the SSR is being retasked âas of today.âÂ
afternoon, Steve has his blood drawn, Phillips relays the Presidentâs orders to him, Brandt, Peggy and Stark. Steve objects. Brandt recruits Steve for the USO.Â
night, Phillips, Peggy and Howard fly out.Â
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Unless itâs all the same day, in which case the events go:
June 22nd or 23rd:Â
morning, Phillips talks to the President who officially re-tasks the SSR, Steve gets serum, blown up, Erskine killed.
afternoon, the Hydra sub put in dry dock for Howard to examine, newspapers rushed out an edition about Steve, Brandt recruited Steve for the USO using said paper.
night, Peggy, Phillips and Howard flew out to London.
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So Peggy was flown out to London that night, being (probably but not conclusively) the night of either June 22nd or June 23rd, 1943.
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And then Steve was on tour with the USO for 4 months (from July 1943).
Probably starting mid/late July / early August, to give them enough time to find 20+ chorus girls, create and fit costumes, build sets, book venues, choreograph and plan a show, and do some rehearsals... though apparently not enough for Steve to have learned his lines. đ¤Śââď¸Â
During this period, as the USO shows grow ever more elaborate (up to 40 showgirls, bigger sets, a fake Hitler, a military band, and harley davidson motorcycles) Steve also films multiple propaganda reels, signs autographs, takes photos with the public (and Senator Brandt), appears in his own comics, sneaks into the cinema to watch himself on screen, and travels to Buffalo, Milwaukee, Philadelphia, Chicago, and New York! đľ
Senator Brandtâs smooth patter in recruiting Steve for the USO, how he acts during it, and the fact that there was a cameraman there to take photos of Steve just before he got serum, to me suggests that Brandt was planning to do this USO show with whoever the serum worked on.Â
So itâs possible a lot of the show logistics and planning were already underway before Steve was even chosen for serum. That would mean the USO show kicked off much sooner after Steve got serum (which might account for why heâs so nervous on stage...)
And it would explain how they were able to cram so much activity into four short months.
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Meanwhile, in October 1943, in Azzano, Italy...
And then Steve goes to Italy, five miles from the front
on the 3rd of November, 1943:
We can see that Steve and Peggy were not in contact in between these times / while he was on USO Tour, because:Â
no reference to any such contact is ever shown or implied (and Kevin Feige said Steve was sleeping with someone else while on tour).
Steve looks surprised to see her when she shows up. He hasnât invited her to come -- which he could, by letter -- and asks her what sheâs doing there.Â
Sheâs cagey about why sheâs there/what sheâs been up to; so sheâs not someone who even can carry on a correspondence, given the classified nature of her work.Â
If they had somehow been corresponding anyway, she would already have told Steve by now that she canât talk about her being there/why. So he wouldnât need to ask.
As well as Steve not knowing basic things about her, she also still doesnât know basic things about Steve, that a casual correspondent of four months would know by now [see below].
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We know the rescue of the 107 was on the night of November 3rd, 1943.Â
Because Phillips cites that date when heâs typing up Steveâs official KIA letter:
The sequence before Steveâs rescue of the 107 also implies that Bucky et al were only captured very recently at Azzano, because:
the rest of the 107 are still there (havenât been deployed elsewhere),
wounded are still being brought in,Â
Col. Phillips is still engaged in writing up condolence letters about the lost soldiers when Steve barges into his tent.
(Why is the head of the SSR in Italy, writing condolence letters about the 107 when he specifically said he and his agents were flying out to London, where his HQ is?
Hereâs a clue from wikipedia:
âAlsos personnel followed close behind the front lines in Italy, France, and Germany, occasionally crossing into enemy-held territory to secure valuable resources before they could be destroyed or scientists escape or fall into rival hands.â
However, those personnel would not include the head honcho (Phillips), the entire Armyâs number one weapons contractor (Stark), or a desk jockey whose opinion is neither sought nor valued (Peggy).Â
And the rest of the movie shows them back in London (and therefore not featuring in field footage of the Commandos), while Steve & Co. destroy Hydra weapons factories (not sweep them for intell.)Â
And they stay in London, until the entire army hits a very important base at the very end of the movie. And even then, Stark isnât shown attending!
So maybe he was just in Italy for the chorus girls...? đ¤ˇââď¸
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Steve and the Howlies had to have to covered 35 miles as the crow flies (30 miles behind enemy lines + 5 miles to the Army base), with wounded soldiers, and through what Phillips describes as âsome of the most heavily fortified territory in Europeâ which was also mountainous. They wouldâve had to seek a flat route to get the jeeps through. And this with no resources -- like food, medicine, specialised clothing, etc.Â
Covering 5 miles a day under those extremely difficult and dangerous circumstances, it takes them a week to get back to Camp.Â
(Sidenote, I looked up a modern estimate of hikers on the Swiss Alps, and it said theyâd traverse a 105 mile trail over 7-10 days. Viz. potentially 10.5 miles a day!)
Making the day of Steveâs return đ at least, November 10th, 1943.
Marvel Studios' The Marvel Cinematic Universe: An Official Timeline confirms this:
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Afterwards, it seems they went straight to London.Â
(No contact with Peggy in transit is shown or implied).
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Sidenote: although no other locations and no other interaction is shown in November, between the 107 returning and Steve being in London, it seems as if some time has passed.Â
And once again, we can tell that because of Senator Brandt and newspapers.
There has been enough time for more than one newspaper (The Daily Mail, and Stars and Stripes), to publish stories about Steve. đ
For Senator Brandt to announce that heâll be giving Steve a medal for valour, and for that news to have travelled back to the UK.
And, at the very least, enough time has elapsed since the 10th of November for the Senator to believe that Steve could feasibly travel back to America in time to receive his medal in person.Â
(Which he declines to do. LOLOL.)
So, say:Â
11th: newspapers report (Steve & Co travelling back to London).Â
12th:Â news reaches America / Brandt decides / announces the medal.
13th: Brandt expecting Steve to fly from Europe to America (which wouldâve taken over 17 hours, then.)
Doesnât necessarily have to be the very next day, but based on past behaviour Brandt expects action to be taken the very same day as the press reporting on Steve! So...
14th:Â for the actual medal ceremony? (so that Steve isnât travelling for 17 hours and then immediately appearing in public)
Which seems like itâs happening simultaneously with Steve being in London; I donât think heâd delay on relating his intell about Hydra.
(And that last day would also account for how the news has travelled back to the UK from the US in order to appear in The Daily Mail.)
We know that this day Steve is in London is supposed to be the day heâs receiving his medal, in person, because of this CATFA deleted scene:Â
So IMO weâre looking at this date being 14th November, 1943 at a very strict minimum.Â
NB: All this pre-supposes that it takes 4 days to move the Howlies from the Continent back to London, which it feasibly might if they had Stark and his plane, still in Italy.
Starkâs deleted-scene surprise at seeing Steve in London suggests either he was not the pilot / his was not the plane responsible for flying Steve to London, or that he was / his was the plane but he expected Steve to move straight on back to the US.
We know the SSR had at least one plane in the US Army base in Italy, because someone was flying multiple reconnaissance flights, trying to spot the 107 -- the last of which returned Nov 10th.
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In London, Steve and Peggy are shown talking on 2 separate days, total:
1) In the London HQ, relaying the intell about Hydra weapons-parts factories, gathered from the Krausberg weapons-parts factory and from Bucky, when Steve tells Phillips he has got his own team together.Â
And in the pub, on the evening of that same night, when Steve goes to Assemble the Howling Commandos for the first time.Â
(No time passing between these conversations is implied or stated, not via montage or any other means. Itâs a straight cut. And assembling his team is not something Steve could delay on, after telling his CO he already had one. In fact itâs kinda nuts Steve didnât think to do this before telling Phillips he had a team already. What would he have done if theyâd just said no?? đ)
2) in the London HQ, the morning of the day after (8am) when Peggy shoots at him.
(Wonât dignify either of those scenes with triggery screencaps!)
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So Steve and the Howlies are officially a team from letâs say 14th November, 1943.Â
(We know there mustâve been a bit of a time delay before the Howlies were deployed, to give Stark time to build Steve the version of the Cap suit he requested -- since Bucky was the one who suggested him keeping it, Iâll bet Bucky had some input on that -- as well as supplying him with those Harley Davidsons WLA âLiberators.âÂ
Could be the Howlies werenât out on the Continent, kickinâ Nazi ass, âtil December â43 or January '44.)
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For the next 15.5 months there is no direct contact shown between Steve and Peggy, while Steve is on the continent and she is in London.
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At first glance it looks like we can deduce roughly the dates of when Bucky died and Steve returned to London.
Because after capturing him Phillips tells Zola he sent a telegram about him*
*a prop which is not shown directly on screen
...on the morning of February 3rd, 1945:Â
Soon followed by a tight 24-hour turnaround for them to go and attack the Valkyrie base in Austria, which we know from this đ piece of dialogue between Col. Phillips and Gabe Jones:Â
But.
We donât know:Â
1) that the date on the telegram is accurate.
This prop is not directly shown in the movie.
And, in the scene, Phillips hints at this telegram being intercepted by Hydra and this being bad news for Zola (because it says he is working for SSR. The Foreshadowing is INSANE).
So Phillips might have lied on that telegram -- back-dated it to make it look to Schmidt like Zola had betrayed him and been working for the SSR since before the Howlies âcapturedâ him.Â
Making the day of his interrogation... later than the Feb 3rd on the telegram.
2) that Zola Therefore told Phillips âyou have 24 hoursâ on February 3rd.Â
The telegram date could be false.
Even if it wasnât, Zola couldâve said this to Phillips on a subsequent day.
He couldâve just told him when the date Red Skull was planning to do something was, and not necessarily 24 hours before that date.
Meaning we canât tell by the telegram what date the HQ briefing about the Valkyrie mission, and therefore what date the Valkyrie mission (and Steveâs âdeathâ) is, for certain. You could interpret it either way.Â
Steve might have âdiedâ on February 4th, 1945 or on some other date in February /Â early March, so long as it was 24 hours after Zola told Phillips he only had 24 hours to act, whenever that was. đľ
However, together, Agents of Shield 2.01: Shadows, and Marvel Studios' The Marvel Cinematic Universe: An Official Timeline tie in book, put Steveâs only possible death date as:Â
Thursday, the 1st of March, 1945.Â
(Since Morita and Dum-dum capture Werner Reinhardt on 2nd of March, 1945, and Reinhardt remarks that Red Skull is dead. That leaves the 1st as physically the only date in March, before this point, that the Valkyrie mission could possibly have been.)
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And we know (from CATWS canon) that Steveâs death was only reported (as a disappearance)Â onÂ
Monday, 5th March, 1945:Â
So I think we can definitively say that MCU intends for Steve to have âdiedâ on Thursday, 1st March, 1945. đĽ
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And the KGB opened a file on Bucky on Friday the 23rd of March, 1945.
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It is not categorically stated that the mission where Bucky âdiedâ happened immediately before these late-February scenes in London.đÂ
He could, theoretically, have died in late 1944, as his exhibit in the Smithsonian in CATWS claims:
However, that exhibit makes multiple other errors...Â
(Such as: listing two different dates of birth on the same display, saying Bucky enlisted shortly after Pearl Harbour (when nothing in CATFA shows this), and his dog-tag number suggests he was instead drafted; saying he shipped out to Italy and was captured âthat fallâ of 1942, when that year was definitely shown as 1943, and the Marvel Timeline tie-in book also shows Azzano as happening in October â43, etc.)Â
...So I think we can safely rule this out đ as a prop-makerâs mistake!Â
Plus, Steveâs grief in the pub feels very raw, very immediate, which to me suggest a very-recent bereavement, not something heâs had a couple weeks or months to weep over already. Steveâs a pretty stoic guy.Â
The only canon suggestion of time passing between Buckyâs âdeathâ and the pub scene is Steve having already had a chance to get back to London and write a report about it, in order to mention said report to Peggy and feasibly expect her to have read it.Â
As a soldier with a CO to answer to, that report is not something Steve could not delay on delivering. If Steve drinking in the pub is afternoon/evening, say this was the day he delivered his report (probably in the morning, this being the military).Â
Thatâs enough time to reasonably expect Peggy to have read the report, and for Steve to be drinking after delivering it, but still neatly groomed in his immaculate uniform, having just gone off-duty (not, eg. dressed down as if this is another, later day, a day off).Â
On the surface of it, it looks like we canât say for certain that Steveâs drinking day is the day before Phillips interrogates Zola. Because itâs framed as if the stoicism he exhibits at the end of that sequence is the signal that he is now galvanised to act ASAP, ie. the very next day. One scene leading to / causing another.
Buckyâs âdeathâ date might have been any number of days before. Â
Except for one thing:Â Zola is a hugely valuable acquisition.Â
I donât think Steve et al wouldâve captured and brought Zola back to London, at extraordinary personal cost, only for Phillips to waste days before interrogating him. I think Phillips wouldâve been in to interrogate Zola immediately.Â
That to me is the closest to âproofâ that Steve is back in London, delivering his report and then drinking in the pub, either on or as close to the day of Zolaâs interrogation as physically possible.Â
(IMO this canât all be happening on the same day.
I donât think Steve is the kind of guy to deliver a report in the morning, go off and try to get shit-faced while still on duty / in uniform, and then go back to HQ for mission-briefing, with a risk of still being inebriated.
Not under normal circumstances, let alone when the mission is so important!Â
Steve appears to know already that he canât get drunk... but that doesnât stop him from trying.
I donât think heâd do that if he knew he was expected back to plan the very-personally-important Bucky avenging mission on the same day.
CATFA writers may disagree and say this all happened on the same day, but that ideaâs kinda wild to me!)
So when was that interrogation date?Â
I think we can deduce that it also mustâve been as-close-as-possible to the Valkyrie mission briefing date.Â
The fact that Gabe is asking how long they have means that that intell was fresh information to the Howlies on the HQ mission briefing date (which was 28th of February = 24 hours before 1st March.)Â
Now, if Phillips knew about 1st March being significant in advance of 28th February:
it would be incredibly stupid of him to not tell anyone until only 24 hours before.
he wouldâve told the Howlies already / Gabe wouldnât need to ask.
But if Zola only revealed the date of the Valkyrie Mission Day very close to the mission briefing date... that would explain why Phillips didnât mention it sooner.
Another point: A lot of what Phillips says in the mission briefing sounds like a summary and continuation of what we see Zola telling him in the interrogation scene. As if there has been no further interrogation / no more intell to relate since that interrogation, a point in favour of it being the only time he has interrogated Zola (meaning it must be happening on 27th of February).
This scene comes before Steve is shown drinking, alone. (Implying Steve is drinking in the later pm, since itâs dinner time for Zola, just before.)
Assuming Phillipsâ telegram about Zola is false (which is neater, and it being a lie is mentioned in the scene, and although we have the prop the prop is not directly shown on-screen in the movie).
Sunday, 25th February. Bucky probably 'died?â
Monday, 26th February. Howlies flying back to London, with Zola??
And since Phillips wouldnât wait days to deal with Zola:
Tuesday, 27th of February.
Morning, Steve delivers his report.Â
Phillips reads the report, and sends a falsely-dated telegram about Zola to Washington via SHAEF HQ.
Evening, Phillips interrogates Zola, tells him about the telegram, and Zola tells him about 1st March / Valkyrie Day. (This is during âdinnerâ time.)
Steve goes drinking, alone.
Wednesday, 28th February 1945, Valkyrie Mission briefing.
Thursday, 1st March 1945, Valkyrie Mission day.
NB: This pre-supposes that it only takes a day to move from the Continent back to London, which it would if they had a plane like Starkâs ready to pick them up any time -- which they well might, given how important it is to get Zola back to London, and get the Howlies out to take down the Valkyrie base.
If they didnât have such a plane, of course, it would take them longer. However, nothing in the movie (such as, eg. a travel-montage) does show it taking longer. It seems to imply a very short timeline.
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Sidenote:Â
Steve never does anything Peggy says or does, always does the exact opposite -- which is the moral, heroic, selfless thing -- and also never asks what she thinks he should do.
This is partly a symptom of poor / misogynist writing, whereby Token âStrong Female Characterâ Love Interest is relegated to a Sexy Lamp with post-it note stuck to it + behaving like a generic male bully in a female skin + idiot hetero-norms that make any straight couple automatic foils, who must bicker miserably and be on the opposite sides of every argument in order to generate âChemistry.â đÂ
Ergo, Steve never does what Peggy says, because as his foil what she says it always the opposite of what he says.Â
Making it, defacto, the [unethical, cowardly, self-serving, tactically unsound] thing to Steveâs [moral, heroic, selfless, also tactically correct] thing.
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(disclaimer: any other aspects of Peggy being unpleasant must be put down to Atwellâs performance choices.)
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Her show erroneously claims that Steve relied heavily upon her for âcourage, strategy, and moral guidance."Â
Passing over the outrageous, insulting, and demonstrably-untrue suggestion that Steve needed external courage, or ethical guidance, from a moral roomba...
(Metas on why this is untrue, and would actually make the plot impossible if it were true!Â
HERE, HERE, and HERE .đ)
...This would mean Steve is -- somehow -- relying upon a person whom he doesnât even speak to for 467 of the 473 days when strategic input was even relevant to his life. đ¤Śââď¸
The numbers donât lie.Â
Steve cannot have been relying upon Peggy for anything when they werenât even in contact. Thatâs not physically possible. đ¤ˇââď¸
This simultaneously puts the lie to the idea of Peggy following the Howlies around Europe to collate intell in the places they hit.
A) because the Howlies arenât shown sweeping these factories for information. Theyâre shown reducing them to fiery rubble, which you donât do if youâre looking for documents.
Theyâre not looking for documents; theyâre looking for Zola.
B)Â even if the Howlies werenât destroying the factories and were sweeping them for ABC (atomic, biological, chemical) intell, Peggy isnât the kind of specialist who would even know what to look for.Â
Sheâs an intelligence liaison, not a scientist.
Not even a linguist.
Thatâs not her area of expertise at all.
Whereas the Howlies themselves are... surprisingly well qualified?
Theyâve worked in a Hydra weapons factory, so they know whatâs important. Montyâs a Major. Gabe is a fluent German-speaker. Frenchie handles explosives. Dum-dum can drive tanks. Morita looks like a radio expert; shown operating captured Hydra radios more than once. Buckyâs a sniper. Steveâs a tank with a perfect photographic memory.
They really donât need an eighth wheel telling them how to blow up Hydra factories (how would she know?) Thatâs already their forte.Â
C)Â even if Peggy was a technical expert, her opinion is repeatedly denigrated by Phillips who says she was a chancey (ie. ill-qualified) hire. He wouldnât send someone to judge important documents who is ill-qualified to do so and whose opinion therefore doesnât carry any weight with him.Â
D) The only time sheâs shown taking part in a mission, itâs actually more of a full blown Army Operation, where even the old man Phillips goes along in person.
This is an unusual occurrence, i.e. not something she normally does.
Just like I canât claim that Col. Phillips fought alongside the Howlies, in person, throughout the war, because that is not what is shown, I cannot claim that Peggy did, either. Because that is also not what is shown.
(And also why she didnât join Steve on the mission to rescue the 107. Thatâs just not her job!)
So when Peggy asks Steve if he was about to... (do something important) mid-Valkyrie mission, and he goes âright!â and carries on.
Thatâs the closest Steve ever comes to agreeing with her or doing what she says. (Another nonsense claim from her show.)
Itâs OOC for Steve, who has proven mostly indifferent to her increasingly unsubtle advances thus far (until she turned violent, whereupon he (or someone else) put her photo in his compass... which is just sad, tbh. đĽ)
Whereas, her interrupting the mission at a crucial point to make it about herself (to make Steve kiss her the same way Lorraine also sexually assaulted him) is consistent with her characterisation elsewhere in CATFA
(eg. interrupting Steveâs 107 rescue to make him include her in it, when she was irrelevant.)
Even then, itâs something Steve was going to do anyway, regardless of whether she told him to or not. So her input is not a deciding factor in the plot (still a Sexy Lamp). Her net moral/strategic impact on Steve is still zero.
(Another point in the âthey didnât spend any time togetherâ column.)
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Conclusion...
Steve and Peggy knew OF each other for 626 daysÂ
or 20 months, 15 days / 20.5 months.
(From mid-June 1943 to the beginning of March, 1945.)
They spoke on 2 days max in June, 1943 (the 22nd and probably 23rd, the day of his serum and day after) despite being in the same place for a week prior and sharing a prior car ride!
They spoke on 4 days in November 1943.
Nov 3rd, in Italy, pre-107 rescue,Â
Nov 10th, in Italy, post-107 rescue,Â
Nov 14th(?) In London, the day Steve relayed Hydra intell and told Col. Phillips he was assembling his own team, while Brandt was expecting him to be in America receiving his medal for valour; probably the same day the Howlies were founded.
Nov 15th(?) 8am, in London, when Peggy shot him.
They spoke on 2 days in February & March, 1945:Â
in the pub in London (Tuesday, 27th February?)
the day of the Valkyrie raid (Thursday, 1st March.)
(While they are shown in the same place on another intervening day, at London HQ during mission planning, and itâs possible or even plausible that they did interact, theyâre not actually shown speaking to each other on that day.)Â
Totalling: a maximum of 8 days.
(could be as low as 6.)
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And 6 months later, Peggy, Stark and Phillips founded SHIELD and had already recruited Zola into it in order for it to be front page news byÂ
Tuesday, 14th August, 1945:
(Thus putting the lie to the ridiculous idea that they didnât know theyâd recruited Nazis or what they were up to, btw. đ)
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So of the 20.5 total months they knew each other, Steve and Peggy were only shown being in the same place and in contact during (but not for the entirety of) 4 months -- Jun and Nov â43, and Feb and March â45.Â
For 19.5 of the 20.5 months they knew of each other they were not even in the same place:Â
4 months while Steve was on one side of the Atlantic, during the late June-October USO Tour, she was in Europe.Â
And 15.5 months / 473 days when he was on the continent doing Hydra weapons-parts factory raids (from mid-Nov 1943 - Mar 1945) and she was in London.Â
And this is deliberate by the film-makers, to depict theirs as a thwarted relationship-that-never-was, a Casablanca style âwe never datedâ situation.
Not a romance, but what couldâve been a romance, had circumstances been different.Â
Them not being together is literally the point.Â
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They show zero direct or indirect contact between the two during those 15.5 months, and multiple things imply that there was none.Â
For example:Â
She doesnât know that Steve has a friend in the 107 (a correspondent would).Â
Steve is surprised to see her.Â
Steve tells her about what heâs been up to, as if itâll be new information to her.Â
(Sidenote: as per She Hulk, Bruce Banner is under the impression Steve slept with some woman during this time. SIGH.)Â
Despite Agent Carter showâs attempts to retcon her history (stolen valour) with Buckyâs war record (nonsensically, since he is a soldier and sheâs supposed to be a spy), the film and script are clear that she isnât in Europe with the Howlies.Â
(She complains about having every door shut in her face, professionally, and Phillips says she was only at a desk job because he âtook a chance withâ hiring her. So sheâs complaining about not being in the field.)
Steve wouldnât be carrying a photo of someone he sees for work all the time. The compass is physical evidence that she wasnât there.Â
(Sidenote:Â He wouldnât be dating anyone Period, since he specifically said he didnât want to do that.
And Peggy also said she wouldnât date until after the war is over. But anyway!
And, logically, if she's supposed to be a spy she also wouldnât have her face broadcast in cinemas, making any cover useless, as Steve would know. But anyway!
It just highlights how theyâre not really doing their jobs of writing her as a spy properly.)
Steve wouldnât need to take a photo out of an SSR personnel file (which is what it looks like) if he saw her regularly in person for work or if they had been corresponding by letter.Â
(This simultaneously rules out the possibility that she went out with the Howlies and then went back to London.)
Likewise, Peggy wouldnât need to steal a photo of Steve out of a personnel file if they had been in regular contact, either in person or by letter.Â
Steve and the Howlies are shown in direct contact with each other, easily implying a long-standing relationship without having to go to a lot of film-making effort, via montage... but she is not.
Whereas she is shown in the montage, but not being in direct contact. If the film-makers had wanted to show direct contact between them during this montage, they very easily could have. But they didnât. If she had been there with the Howlies, and it was the film-makers intention to imply that, she would be in the footage with the Howlies, not sitting in a cinema in London watching footage of a mere photo of herself in the newsreels.
By February 1945 she still isnât on first-name terms with Bucky, Steveâs second in command.Â
Steveâs time in London was so minimal that when he goes drinking to grieve Bucky, Peggy is able to find him in the Whip & Fiddle, even though itâs in ruins. So either they were in London for such a short period that the pool of places he could potentially be is only one (1), AND/OR that pub is emotionally significant because of Bucky, the person heâs grieving (not her).Â
We are never shown the Howlies returning to that pub at all until after Steve is also âdeadâ (ie. no proof theyâve been in London long enough that itâs a place theyâve gone multiple times.) They treat it as a special, 'one-off Solemn Eventâ sort of a place to go. Not a regular haunt.Â
And Steve is still surprised to see her there, meaning he didnât tell her he was going there; so the reason she finds him canât be because Steve told her where he was going. (Could be that one of the Howlies told her.)
She still has to ask Steve whether he respected âyour friendâ Bucky (when even Col. Phillips knows to refer to Bucky as Steveâs oldest friend, by this point).Â
Steve tells her he canât get drunk and has to ask whether she knows that already or not. Yet another example of something a close confidante or correspondent of 15+ months would know, that Steve would assume she already knew, if they had been in continuing contact.Â
(Itâs unlikely that Steve himself didnât know, before this moment.
Soldiers who founded their unit in a pub havenât done any drinking for 15.5 months? Not likely!)
His clever acting choice lends an air of despair and futility to the scene, too -- Steve trying to drink away his sorrows, even though he knows it wonât work. He canât undo the past, he canât bring Bucky back.
(Had CEvansâs tone been different, it wouldâve connoted something else.)
If he was in contact with Peggy, and this is canonically the very kind of thing he would complain about to her (and canonically also the very kind of thing she would tell him more about), then he wouldâve complained about it, eg. via letter, too.
But he didnât, because he doesnât know whether or not she knows. So they werenât in contact.
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It is shown that the updated intelligence of what Steve and the Howlies are accomplishing in Europe during 1944 is being relayed back to HQ in London, because Peggy and other personnel are shown taking Hydra base flags off their maps, as Steve and the Howlies take them out.Â
(As a consequence of Steve et al taking them out, itâs implied.)
However... it is not shown that Steve directly relayed that information to Peggy.
Peggy herself says that Phillips is in charge of devising strategy, not herself, and Steve soon disregards any strategy suggestions she makes -- in fact, he gives her orders, not the other way around, because heâs a captain.Â
So if Steve was telling anyone what the Howlies are up to in Europe, it would be his superior officer Phillips. Not an agent like Peggy, of no military rank.Â
(This is supported by the scene where Steve, having returned from rescuing the 107, goes straight to Phillips to report his successful mission. Not to Peggy, despite her being right there.)
Plus, the Howlie shown handling communications isnât Steve...Â
...itâs Morita. đ (And guess who interrupts and shoves him out of his seat?)Â
So if the Howlies were in contact at all during the 15.5 months of Howling Commando Hydra weapons-factory raids:
1) it wouldâve been very difficult / limited, and all shop talk.Â
2) it mustâve so unimportant that no trace of it shows in the film.
3) it probably wouldnât have been Steve on the radio, anyway.
4) there were only six prospective Hydra weapons factories mentioned as targets for Steve and the Howlies, so only six more occasions when they even mightâve officially interacted:Â
Roughly:Â
And while there are more Hydra bases indicated as existing on the maps/via flags removed from the maps...Â
...None of these đ are explicitly linked to Steve and the Howlies, thereâs no indication that the existence of these was discovered or relayed (or that they specifically were destroyed) by Steve and Co.Â
And itâs made out to be a Big Deal that they find out where the Seventh base is, (the base Bucky told Steve they were shipping weapons parts to). Because thatâs where Red Skull is.Â
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T I M E L I N E :
1943
JUNE:
Mon 14th, Bucky gets his orders, Steve gets a 4F, visits the Stark Expo, meets Erskine, enlists and gets a 1A.
Tues 15th, Bucky ships out, Steve arrives at Camp Lehigh.
Mon 21st, Steve is chosen for serum. He and Erskine discuss it in the evening.
Tues 22nd, Steve receives serum, Erskine is killed, Steve stops the Hydra saboteur, and is photographed by a NYE journalist.
Wed 23rd
morning, Phillips speaks to the President and the SSR is immediately re-tasked, Â Steve appears on the front page of The New York Examiner, the Hydra sub is moved to dry dock.
afternoon, Steve has his blood drawn, Stark examines the Hydra sub, Phillips relays the Presidentâs orders, Brandt recruits Steve into the USO when he objects to Phillips's orders.
night, Phillips, Stark, and Peggy, fly out to London.
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JULY-OCT: Steve in the USO, travelling across America.
OCT/NOV: Bucky and the Howlies are captured by Hydra at Azzano.
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NOVEMBER:
3rd,
afternoon, Steve does USO show in Italy, 5 miles behind enemy lines.
evening, Steve rescues 107.
10th, Steve returns to base with 400 soldiers of the 107, having safely travelled 35 miles including 30 miles of mountainous heavily fortified enemy terrain, with wounded in tow.
? 11th-14th, Steve's rescue is reported in Stars and Stripes, Senator Brandt decides to give him a medal for valour, news gets back to UK and appears in The Daily Mail. Brandt expects Steve to come back to the US to receive his medal in person. Steve declines.Â
? 14th, London, HQ, Steve relays Hydra intell to Phillips and Peggy,
night, Steve recruits Bucky & the Howlies, takes Bucky's input on the suit.
? 15th, London, HQ,
8am, Steve gets sexually assaulted, Steve gets physically assaulted (Peggy shoots at him), Steve picks the shield, Steve relays Cap uniform ideas to Stark.
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1944
Howlies deployed in Europe, taking out 6 Hydra weapons factories shown in Italy, Greece, France, Czech Rep. and Poland.
(Avengers 1 deleted scene also shows Steve taking part in the planning of D-Day, which wouldâve put him and the Howlies in France from 6 June 1944 - August, if they took part. And I thought there was a reference to Steve taking part in the Battle of the Bulge too, somewhere, so that would be Dec-Jan â44-45.)
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1945
FEBRUARY:
(possible) Sun 25th, Bucky âKIA.âÂ
(possible)Â Mon 26th, Howlies & Zola travelling back to London.
(possible)Â Tues 27th, London
am, Steve writes/delivers a report about Bucky, goes drinking to grieve.Â
Phillips (reads Steveâs report? knows about Bucky) sends a misleading telegram about Zola, back-dated February 3rd, to Washington via SHAEF.
pm, Phillips interrogates Zola and finds out 1st March is Valkyrie Day.
Wed 28th, London, HQ, Valkyrie Mission briefing.
MARCH:Â
Thurs 1st, Atlantic. Steve and Red Skull 'KIA.' Last contact with Peggy.
Fri 2nd, Moria and Dum-dum capture Werner Reinhardt.
Mon 5th, Steve reported "disappeared" in newspaper.
Fri 23rd, KGB opens file on Bucky.
APRIL:
Surviving Howlies are mopping up remaining Hydra personnel in Europe?
MAY.
Tues 8th, V-E Day. London. The Howlies reunite at the Whip & Fiddle, for the first time since they were founded there, to drink a toast in remembrance of Steve.
AUGUST:
Tues 14th, Stark, Phillips and Carter have founded SHIELD and recruited Zola and more, which is reported on front page news.
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TL;DR: They knew of each other for 626 days total,
(from 15th June 1943 - 1st March 1945),
20.5 months; 19.5 of which they werenât in the same place,
and only spoke on 8 separate days.
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I had an alastor ask you can ignore this but what about an alastor x wife!reader where one day one of the readers old friends from their living days manifest in hell it can be angsty or fluffy but I just really wanna see how you think alastor would react to suddenly remembering that the reader had a whole different life before hell and before him
You're an amazing write and I wanna see your take on this, if not thats ok too !! Have a lovely day đŠˇ
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Alastor X Reader Headcanons
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ď¸Romantic
âď¸Platonic
TW: Alastor being sad, Alastor being jealous
Description: đâŹď¸
Look, Alastor is a smart man who knows you had a life before you met him, before you died
He knows this, he also had a life before you
A rather violent one towards the end there, but still...
But when one of your friends from when you were alive suddenly runs into you???? It suddenly feels like that previous life is coming to slap him in the face
"Y/N? Is that you?"
The way your face lights up with familiarity and you two rush to hug each other, obviously close
It makes him...feel something bad...
The conversation with your friend starts out simple and innocent enough, the two of you catching up with each other
You introduce your husband and Alastor can tell that your friend is surprised, probably not expecting you to be shacked up with the radio demon himself
He preens with your introduction, ready to hear your friend either gush about your amazing husband or shrink away in fear of him
Or at least that's what Alastor assumes the shocked look means
But then your friend mentions something about an old flame of yours and Alastor just kinda??? Gets a white hot flash of anxiety??
You get visibly upset at the mention of them, mumbling something to your friend that Alastor can't hear because he's not listening
You're scolding your friend for bringing up someone you hardly even thought about anymore, someone so unimportant in comparison to your husband
You had someone before him?? Someone you loved and cared about before you died and became stuck in hell?
Would you still go to them now if you had the choice? No, you wouldn't, he's one of the strongest demons in hell. Why would you leave him?
Because you loved people for more than that...
Then your friend is talking to him about your life when you were alive, telling him every stupid, funny, kind thing you did
Everything you enjoyed without him in your life
He's stuck in his own head and hurting his own feelings, the smile on his face painfully tight
"Alastor? Darling?"
Your concerned voice and gentle squeeze on his arm brings him back to reality, your friend having already left without his realizing
"Are you alright? You got quiet on me and that's not like you..."
And he's back to being his charming self, squashing down his ugly emotions
"My apologies my dear~! I just suddenly remembered I must meet Rosie today!"
He's gone before you can even question it, leaving you with a sinking feeling in your gut
The next few days after that Alastor is distant from you even though he's trying to play it off as being busy
Everyone at the hotel can see it and think that you two must be having a fight
You have to reassure them that no, mommy and daddy aren't fighting
He's been off ever since you ran into your friend and they brought up-
...your past...
Oh that stupid man of yours
It takes a lot of work to corner Alastor, he's stupidly clever and always has an excuse to avoid you
You however, did NOT become his wife by giving up easily
One time, he even straight up turned around and ran from you
And you almost fucking caught him if he hadn't cheated and melted away into the shadows
But you manage to catch him in his radio tower, using all your demonic power to sneak up on him
He jumps at the feeling of your arms draping around his neck from behind, feeling your lips on his temple
He's missed being so close to you, he really has
"We need to talk, darling one..."
This is exactly what he's been avoiding though, trying to get his uncomfortable feelings to go away so things can go back to normal between you two
"What is there to talk about, my dear~?"
He's pulling you into his lap, uncharacteristically enthusiastic about giving you affection all of a sudden, kissing up your neck and rubbing your thighs
You know he's trying to seduce you to get out of having to talk about his feelings so you stop him, placing a firm hand on his chest
"You've been avoiding me ever since we ran into my friend."
He visibly cringes at being so obviously caught, his smile strained, sharp teeth clenched tight
"I've simply been busy, I'm sorry if I've been neglecting my little wife..."
He's going in for another kiss, but you pull away with reluctance, you're attracted to your husband after all
You pull on his cheek and sigh, hugging his neck as you lean back to look at him
"Alastor, you know I hate it when you lie to me..."
Now he feels bad, he hates disappointing his wife like this...
"I suppose I have been a bit out of sorts..."
So he does his best to explain to you his uncertainty in your life, wondering if you've simply settled for him because you died
If you would choose your old life over him if ever given the chance, or leave him for a chance at heaven with people from your old life
He won't look at you the entire time he says this, leaning into you and hiding his face in your neck
Just run your fingers through his hair, maybe rub his ears a little, and listen to him vent
He doesn't like being open and vulnerable
"Oh darling, I didn't even know what love really was until I met you. Being here in hell with you has been more fulfilling than any life I had before..."
Not him making a little deer bleat before growling out of embarrassment, clutching you a little tighter
"You wouldn't-"
"Alastor, if anybody even tries to make me leave you, I'll kill them myself."
That makes him chuckle, leaning back to finally look at you
"Oh, you twisted wonderful wife~"
He's literally immediately back to himself after that, almost as though none of it ever happened
You're always surprised by how quickly your husband recovers
Maybe it's just because he trusts you so much, your words alone were enough to reassure him of his place in your world
You meant every word
When your friend comes back to visit you, Alastor actually engages with them this time
He wants to know more about who you used to be now that his confidence in his marriage has been restored
The dude is literally walking around like he got laid for the first time
Angel...shut up...
Holds you close to him the entire time, relaxed as he listens to you and your friend go on about old times
"Wait...you jumped out of a third story window? While being chased by a man with one leg?"
"And LIVED!"
SORRY THIS TOOK SO LONG TO GET TO I HOPE YOU LIKE IT
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