Steve and Bucky were one of the lucky ones, given a once in a lifetime chance to escape the streets, having been accepted into the prestigious Academy.
A few months in, Steve wakes up to find Bucky gone. The professors tell him that he qualified for an exclusive program and had been taken away to live in a separate section of the Academy, that he'll have to focus very hard on his studies and training and he won't be able to see or talk to Steve for a while. Long after, Steve finally recieves word from Bucky, but he can hardly make sense of his letters.
Until he's taken aside by his favorite professor, Dr. Erksine, and told some terrible truths.
(How far you want to take it into the fusion - full on futuristic space cowboys or just a Captain America AU with the Firefly premise - entirely up to the author.)
Firefly/Serenity Fusion or AU
A few months in, Steve wakes up to find Bucky gone. The professors tell him that he qualified for an exclusive program and had been taken away to live in a separate section of the Academy, that he'll have to focus very hard on his studies and training and he won't be able to see or talk to Steve for a while. Long after, Steve finally recieves word from Bucky, but he can hardly make sense of his letters.
Until he's taken aside by his favorite professor, Dr. Erksine, and told some terrible truths.
(How far you want to take it into the fusion - full on futuristic space cowboys or just a Captain America AU with the Firefly premise - entirely up to the author.)