The Love Story Continued

Leon had thought the story would end with Steve winning Peggy back, while Old Captain America made a dejected exit.

But what happened afterward nearly threw out his back.

—After a night of passion that had come seventy years late.

Steve began agonizing over Peggy's family again.

After waking from the dream, he struggled countless times before finally deciding to let go.

But this time, Peggy disagreed.

She believed she should make up for the debt and pain she had caused Steve.

Besides, her two children with Old Captain America were already well into their thirties, married and settled in their careers. They no longer had much connection to her as their mother.

She could absolutely make a fresh start.

Under such back-and-forth tugging, Steve ultimately could not bring himself to leave.

And the other Steve—Old Captain America—was the same.

He should have returned to his own timeline on the very night the truth was exposed.

Yet in the end, he could not bear to leave Peggy behind.

She was, after all, the woman he deeply loved, the woman with whom he had shared decades of feelings.

He secretly stayed, thinking that even getting to look at Peggy a few more times would be enough.

No one could say where the tangled love and resentment between the three of them would eventually lead.

Tony was happy about it, anyway.

The Avengers had gained three super-soldier agents in one go, and they even got a soap opera performed live every day. The practical value and entertainment value were both maxed out.

A few weeks later, when Leon learned how things had developed, he froze for several seconds before finally sighing that The Breaking Ice really was everywhere.

Still, he was not surprised.

Peggy Carter and Steve Rogers were, in some ways,