Syrrus
Wishful bard
Rogers had always looked out the window and seen injustice. Even as a small child. He could feel sick to the stomach by watching other kids torture and play with frogs. He felt his blood boil when facing bullies, and as he grew up he would shake in rage while reading the news paper.
Steve was a kind young man. Too skinny and too sickly to be able to defend the world from the bad. As the world war rolled in and his best friend was allowed to join the defences Steve had tried multiple times to do the same. Rejected each and every time. He despised the tests, hated his frail body and sometimes even cursed the doctors for putting the red stamp on his medical file. Who would have thought that the kind German scientist with the round bookish glasses and messy short beard would be the first person to believe in him.
Steve sat outside the test chamber, he was dangling his feet off of the bench, nervously tapping his fingers on his knees. His eyes kept darting to the clock above the door. He has arrived to the back Street of Brooklyn early, been guided through the back door into the old Hospital building. He hadn't expected so many soldiers. He had not seen so many large military men in one place before. They towered over him like pillars holding up the roof. He was not a coward but even their stare made him stare down at his feet, suddenly shy.
Rogers wanted to speak with the kind German doctor. He wanted to know exactly how he could be of any use to anyone. Could he actually deal with the corruption of New York? Him? Without the police who sometimes caused more damage than the criminals.
It seemed unreal.
"We don't allow the press in here. Not yet." A female voice entered the corridor and Steve instantly rose to his feet and removed his baker boy hat as quickly as he could manage. He held it tightly to his chest, looking at his dirty shoes while pulling the suspenders of his trousers up over his shoulder. He then curiously looked towards the woman.
"He's not ready to speak to anyone. His name? Rogers, that's all you people need to know."
"Excuse me, ma'am?" Steve gave the Secretary a weak smile. "If it's me you are refering to I don't mind, if it keeps them off you." He wanted to help her, like he wanted to help everyone. She looked at him and sighed. "Alright. Very well. But only one! First come first serve. This is not a conference hall."
Steve was a kind young man. Too skinny and too sickly to be able to defend the world from the bad. As the world war rolled in and his best friend was allowed to join the defences Steve had tried multiple times to do the same. Rejected each and every time. He despised the tests, hated his frail body and sometimes even cursed the doctors for putting the red stamp on his medical file. Who would have thought that the kind German scientist with the round bookish glasses and messy short beard would be the first person to believe in him.
Steve sat outside the test chamber, he was dangling his feet off of the bench, nervously tapping his fingers on his knees. His eyes kept darting to the clock above the door. He has arrived to the back Street of Brooklyn early, been guided through the back door into the old Hospital building. He hadn't expected so many soldiers. He had not seen so many large military men in one place before. They towered over him like pillars holding up the roof. He was not a coward but even their stare made him stare down at his feet, suddenly shy.
Rogers wanted to speak with the kind German doctor. He wanted to know exactly how he could be of any use to anyone. Could he actually deal with the corruption of New York? Him? Without the police who sometimes caused more damage than the criminals.
It seemed unreal.
"We don't allow the press in here. Not yet." A female voice entered the corridor and Steve instantly rose to his feet and removed his baker boy hat as quickly as he could manage. He held it tightly to his chest, looking at his dirty shoes while pulling the suspenders of his trousers up over his shoulder. He then curiously looked towards the woman.
"He's not ready to speak to anyone. His name? Rogers, that's all you people need to know."
"Excuse me, ma'am?" Steve gave the Secretary a weak smile. "If it's me you are refering to I don't mind, if it keeps them off you." He wanted to help her, like he wanted to help everyone. She looked at him and sighed. "Alright. Very well. But only one! First come first serve. This is not a conference hall."