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"Sam, you are not going to believe how exponentially badly my day is going."

"Probably not as badly as mine, Buck"

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Non-pay walled link to the best article I’ve found on the It Ends With Us potential lawsuit

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I really enjoyed (I thought you ought to know) my heart’s on fire by pouringinsheets

Give me your best SamBucky Christmas fic recommendations please 🙏🏾

I’m trying to get in the spirit and I need something festive to read

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I love going viral on tumblr.com. It’s like if you stood in a field and said some of the stupidest shit a human being is capable of and then like fifty thousand crows attacked you

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Happy Anniversary to Dick Winter's Hitchhiking trip home for Christmas where he got hit on by the good looking, well spoken, West Virginian and declined the invite to feel 'Very happy'.

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Hiding in a Living Dream

A Buck & Eddie Fake Dating Christmas Fic

“Where does your mom want you to invite me?” Buck asks.

“Uh….to El Paso….for Christmas.”

“What? Why would they want me there? I’m not family.”

“First of all, you are family Buck. But, um, also I might have accidentally given them the impression that we’re dating.”

Buck laughs, “Wait…how did you accidentally make them think we’re dating?”

Or: Buck and Eddie fake a relationship, spend Christmas in El Paso, and realize it might all be real after all.

Read it on AO3 here.

complete! - E - 9 Chapters - 31,000 words

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SAMBUCKY APPRECIATION WEEK | LYRICS/QUOTES ↳ sambucky + tumblr tags bonus:

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Happy Six Triple Eight release day!!!!!

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doctor odyssey is like what if a tv show was so incomprehensible it somehow wrapped back around to being technically perfect. and what if that tv show had a minimum of three insane guest star pulls per week. and what if the main characters were a will-they-won’t-they throuple and they had a threesome SIX EPISODES into the network television program and then spent the entire next episode gently explaining polyamory to middle america. and what if don johnson was also there.

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Look what I spotted in a collector’s store.

Had no idea this even existed.

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End of year book asks: 4, 5, 18, and 25!

4 answered here already

5. What genre did you read the most of?

Romance, with History as a close second.

18. How many books did you buy?

Way too many. I homeschool my kids so I feel like I'm always buying books. It would take too long to count.

25. What reading goals do you have for next year?

I'm going to aim to read at least 45 books. I have a couple big Brandon Sanderson books I want to read--the final Wax and Wayne book and the 5th Stormlight Archive book.

Thank you so much for the ask! I love talking about books!

Book Ask Game

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Hi!

@thedarkestnerd and @abarbaricyalp both asked for # 11: Things you said when you were drunk. Thank you both for the ask! Sorry for the wait, but please enjoy some AU drama lol

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“I’m done.”

Bucky startled and turned towards Sam. It was quiet in Clint’s apartment, too quiet. Almost everyone had already left, and the few that remained were passed out haphazardly around the room. Bucky had been seconds away from passing out himself when Sam had blurted out those two words, but the intensity in his voice had Bucky’s immediate attention.

He wasn’t shouting, but the room was so silent that he might as well have been.

“Bucky,” he said, and it sounded like he was trying to whisper, but it was the kind of whisper that would’ve only made sense on the stage. “Bucky, man, I’m so done.”

Bucky took in the slurred words, the way Sam was sprawled, and the red plastic cup he was currently crushing in his right hand, and snorted.

“I certainly hope so.”

“Really?” Sam looked confused, like it was the last thing he was expecting to hear. “Why?”

“‘Cause we have practice in the morning, and I don’t need you in the backfield with me throwing up every five minutes.”

“Huh?” If he looked confused before, Sam looked downright lost now. “What are you talking about?”

“You being done drinking,” Bucky replied, slowly. “Practice is already gonna be a bitch tomorrow.” Practice was always a bitch after a loss. “I know you don’t want to do it hungover,” he explained.

Sam was still frowning at him like he was speaking Greek though, and it had him starting to frown too.

“Wait,” he said, nose scrunching. “What were we - what did you mean?”

Sam looked at Bucky for a long moment, and suddenly, he didn’t seem all that drunk. As a matter of fact, suddenly, Bucky was feeling shaky, like maybe he was the one who had too much to drink and was a little slow on the uptake.

“What are you done with, Sam?” He asked, when Sam never replied.

“Nothin’,” he said, then sunk further into the couch.

“Sammy—

“It’s nothing,” he repeated, staring up at the ceiling.

“Come on, don’t be like that. Just tell me what—

“Seriously, Buck, it doesn’t matter. I’m probably not really done anyway.” He huffed a laugh, but it sounded sad. “We’re probably never gonna be done.”

Bucky’s eyes narrowed.

“If this is about that asshole—

“Bucky—”

Sam tried to interrupt, but Bucky wouldn’t let him.

—then you’d better be done.”

Suddenly, he was sitting up in his seat, his gaze laser focused on his friend as he continued.

“I mean, what the hell, Sam? You guys were done a month ago, or at least you were supposed to be.”

“We were — I mean, we are,” he stumbled over his words, trying to explain. “But… I don’t know…” He trailed off, then shrugged defensively. “He wanted to meet up, just to talk —

“And you agreed?” Bucky asked, incredulous at the mere idea. He shook his head. “Why?”

“I was with the guy for months—

“Yeah,” Bucky cut in, “and then he cheated on you.”

“I know that,” Sam bit out.

“Do you?” Bucky asked, sarcastically. “Then why on earth did you go see that prick?”

“Why do you even care?” Sam shot back.

“I don’t,” Bucky snapped, lying through his teeth, as he went hot all over. He just hoped to God he wasn’t actually blushing.

“Sure seems like you do.”

Bucky rolled his eyes. “I’m just trying to keep you from looking like a dumbass.”

“By acting like a jackass?” Sam asked, smartly. “‘Cause that’s how you sound, Bucky - like a jackass.”

“Whatever,” he muttered, sinking back into his seat, but Sam wasn’t having it.

“No, not whatever,” he argued. “We’re supposed to be buddies—

Bucky sprung up in his seat, shooting daggers at Sam once again, as he practically yelled: “We are! You’re my best friend, dumbass.”

“Then act like it,” Sam snapped.

“I am!”

Sam pursed his lips, before replying, “No, you’re not. Nah, you’re acting the way you always act when I bring him up. You’re acting, you’re being…” He trailed off, and shook his head. “Damnit Bucky, sometimes you almost act like you’re - man, it almost seems like you’re—

“Look,” Bucky cut in, hastily, before Sam could finish his thought. “I’m just trying to help you out.” He stood up. “But if you’re happy doing this make-up breakup shit every five minutes, with a dude who is like… the biggest horse’s ass I’ve ever met in my life,” he paused and shrugged, “then that’s cool with me.”

He started walking towards the door, trying to maintain a casual stride, but he was running away and they both knew it.

“Bucky—

Sam spoke, but Bucky didn’t even turn around. He couldn’t. Not when he was so close to getting out of there with at least some of his pride in tact.

“I’ll see you tomorrow, Wilson.”

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2 and 4 for the book asks, or choose your own adventure if you've already answered those!

Answered 2 here so I’ll answer a bonus one!

3. What were your top five books of the year?

So hard to choose, but I think these were stand outs for me this year.

Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries

The Freedom Line: The Brave Men and Women Who Rescued Allied Airmen from the Nazis During World War II

Easy Company Soldier: The Legendary Battles of a Sergeant from World War II's "Band of Brothers"

A Wing and a Prayer: The Bloody 100th Bomb Group of the US Eighth Air Force in Action Over Europe in World War II

The Storm We Made

4. Did you discover any new authors that you love this year?

So many! I’m looking forward to reading more of Heather Fawcett’s books. I read my first Sally Rooney this year and would love to read more. I also read Abby Jimenez for the first time. Vanessa Chan’a debut made my top 5, so I’m really looking forward to seeing what she does in the future.

Thank you so much for the ask!

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2,6, and 24 for the book ask!😁

Ah, thanks so much!

2. Did you reread anything? What?

Number the Stars because I read it with my kids when we studied WW2

6. Was there anything you meant to read, but never got to?

Yeah a few things, but I’ll get to them eventually.

Parachute Infantry

The Pairing by Casey McQuiston

Before the Coffee Gets Cold books 4 & 5

24. Did you DNF anything? Why?

Yes, Captive Prince by C.S. Pacat - I just did not enjoy the first few chapters. No sense in wasting my time reading a book I don’t want to read.

I love this ask game!

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i love nutcracker season. tchaikovsky’s most initial flop yet undeniable masterpiece of a work be upon ye