Based on Boulevard of Broken Dreams by Green Day

My shadow's the only one that walks beside me / My shallow heart's the only thing that's beating / Sometimes I wish someone out there will find me

Warnings: angst

Word count: 312

Steve still saw it in his dreams - you turning into dust in front of him. He remembered himself calling you, running to you only to feel you slipping through his fingers.

Thanos had killed you. Or if not, Thanos had to tell him where were you. But as Steve demanded to know it with others, Thanos only smirked.

"They're not coming back."

Steve had learned a lot of discipline during his army years but on that moment, all he wanted was to beat Thanos to death. Thor did that for him, beheading Thanos and leaving the other Avengers stare at his body. Steve had felt tears in his eyes.

You were not coming back. The one person he cared, you were the first person who he learned to trust in this new world. He had even fallen in love with you. You had taught him to use cellphones, explained what are video games - he had been playing some racing game with you for almost three hours straight. It was all new to him, and he loved you sitting beside him as you explained how you call or text people, explained that texting was immediate, he didn't have to send any letters and wait for a week for a reply. He'd get the reply right back.

He remembered you taking him to movies, he had been in movies before but now the screen was so much bigger. And almost all movies were shown in such vibrant colors, special effects so good they looked real. He remembered you introducing him to new hit songs, from 70's, 80's, 90's, 00's. Everything was so different. But he was glad that you were showing him that all.

But now you weren't coming back. And now he had to walk alone in this new world, his shadow being the only one that accompanied him.