Russet Leaf

Russet Leaf by LunarFlares

My Summary:

A short ficlet about the Winter Soldier's and Natalia's forbidden love in the Red Room. Written from James' POV.

Excerpts:

“And when I trained her, those eyes barely looked at my face; she was too focused on attacking me. But I tried to look at her; even her hair always veiled most of her features when she moved with her lethal precision against my body. Then the fiery red hair of hers would brush past my arms when I eventually strangled her neck from behind. It was satin-like, and it rested almost peacefully on my skin when she finally stopped flailing under my force. It, then, swept past my arms at the end when she at last walked away from my embrace, and it became a longing for me—the softness.” — Russet Leaf.

[found at satlun]

As she stood atop the snow-capped peaks, observing the target that might come into our sight, the sharp cold wind would tangle her hair, and the white snow always pierced through her silky red. It was really beautiful—her bright hair was so beautiful that I had to tear my gaze away from the scope of my sniper many times, and we almost lost our target. “Eyes on the target, Soldier,” she would warn me. — Russet Leaf. 🍂

[found at satlun]

Note:

LunarFlares is satlun.

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by novarion]

[Watercolor painting done by @leowdrawingclass

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["i love natasha’s hair

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["natasha romanoff moodboard"

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[by aliearte]

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["bang bang!"

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[by fanlore-wiki]

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excerpted from larger gifset]

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by Bobby Rubio,

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[by flatbear

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["i will NEVER tolerate

sam wilson hate EVER"

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[by duplicitus,

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["Under my shield"

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["the soldier’s a bit rusty at the making out thing,

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[by yaahoooo,

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Passing Cap's Shield From One Antifa Patriot To Another

[photo found here (cropped)]

We now know where the authentic Captain America shield from Stephen Colbert’s talk show set — one given to him by Marvel itself — wound up after the cancelation of the Late Show With Stephen Colbert.

It is now in the hands of Colbert’s friend and late-night competitor, Jimmy Kimmel.

The pair recounted the story on last night’s Jimmy Kimmel Live, [broadcast September 15, 2026] where Colbert appeared as a guest the night after he won an Emmy for Outstanding Variety Series for the final year of his now-canceled late-night talk show.

As Colbert explained it, when Marvel killed off Steve Rogers in the pages of the Civil War comic book, he received a letter from the company’s editor-in-chief, Joe Quesada. At the time, Colbert was the host of The Colbert Report, a spoof of blowhard news channel opinion shows where he played a pumped-up cartoon of an ultra-patriotic journalist.

“[Quesada] said ‘Listen, we opened Cap’s will. And we read Steve Rogers’ will. And in the will it says that he believe the only person patriotic enough to wield the solid vibranium shield was Steven Colbert,’” Colbert recalled.

He continued “So they had a shield that had been hanging on the wall at Marvel since 1960. And they sent it to me. And that hung on my set for the next 20 years. And so when my set was being taken apart, I knew exactly where I wanted to send the shield. So I wrote you a letter and I sent you the shield.”

[by ScreenCrush]