#... why do I feel like a traitor for posting a roger thing when I've been posting so much about Alfons

[sunshine-and-her-ikevil-stuff]

WAIT, THAT DRESS IS ACTUALLY GORGEOUS

[marvelsswansong]

I really hope I'm doing this right- I've never done a request before so please excuse me if I mess this up aaa,, but i would like to request Bucky x stark!reader with the song One More Night by Maroon 5 (it's one of my favourite songs it's so good) where the reader is Tony's sister and shes dating Bucky behind his back. Tony offers her a position to be assistant manager with pepper; she realises that she cant take on a job like that and keep dating Bucky but he really loves her and cant let go??

–> One More Night by Maroon 5

a/n: I’m so proud of this one

You couldn’t keep on doing this.

This was the only constant thought you had for the last few weeks, wrapped up in Bucky’s arms as the clock in the room kept ticking by. Pretending that you had no responsibilities or that you weren’t living a double life was easy when you were lying in his arms, and it was a fantasy that rudely hit you whenever he had to go on missions.

“You’re the love of my life, doll.” 

Your heart hurt every time Bucky said that, because then all you could think of was ‘only if you knew.’ If only he knew that you were a filthy liar, the sister of a man who viciously hated his guts, and a liar who had fallen hopelessly in love with a man she could never openly be with.

Your relationship with Bucky was built on lies. You never told him that you were related to Tony, only mentioning that you had worked for him once (which was somewhat true). You instead told him that you were a SHIELD agent, was an only child, and that your last name was Carter. 

The only thing that wasn’t untrue in your relationship with Bucky was just how much you loved him.

“I love you too.”

You’d whisper that to him, your heart breaking every time you uttered that sentence and saw the lovestruck grin Bucky gave you in return. His smile, his love, all his affection for you was not for you. 

It was for a fake you.

A you who was not a Stark.

And you had no else to turn to. It was a miracle that neither Tony or any of the Avengers had caught wind of this. You supposed it was a good thing that you had never met any of the Avengers before, preferring to keep to yourself and work for the Stark company overseas. 

It was killing you to lie to Bucky, but it was also killing you to lie to Tony. 

It killed you to tell your only family member, your own brother, that you were busy with work and not dating his number one enemy. It hurt to admit, but it was true. You knew what Tony would say if he found out.

“He’s a traitor.” He’d say, anger filling his eyes. Then Tony would look at you, the awful look of betrayal in his face, as he uttered the following words: “And you’re a traitor too, dating him when he killed our parents.”

Why was reality so cruel?

“You alright doll?” asked Bucky softly, snapping you out of your thoughts upon feeling your salty tears drop from your eyes and onto his skin. You turned around and stared up at him with a fake smile, wiping your tears away with your hand.

“Yeah! I just, um, am really tired from last night’s mission.”

Bucky smiled in relief.

“Oh, alright. Then we should really get some sleep, huh?” 

You let out a shaky breath and nodded.

“Good night Bucky.” you whispered, feeling his arms wrap around your waist once more.

He was out in a few minutes, leaving you alone to your thoughts once more.

‘I can’t keep on doing this. I need to leave him tonight.’

But those words were uttered too often but never followed through- you fell asleep, forgot about your problems for another day, finished up some general work for the company and kissed Bucky. You allowed yourself to indulge in what could never be by pretending that everything was fine. That you were just a simple girl who loved a simple boy.

But running away from your problems never worked.

Bucky was gone on a mission when you received a call from your brother out of the blue. Slipping on your cardigan, you walked out onto the balcony of your apartment.

“Hello?”

“(Y/n)! How is my favorite sister doing?” exclaimed Tony, his excited voice causing you to chuckle.

“I’m your only sister, jackass. Anyway, what’s up?”

“Right! So Pepper’s been swamped with some work lately and considering I haven’t seen you in forever and you’re stuck living away from home in a tiny apartment… I was wondering if you wanted to be an assistant manager?”

Your heart dropped.

You weren’t sure how you could get out of this one.

“I, uh, I’m flattered, Tony, but I-”

“Oh come on, (Y/n). I haven’t seen you for two whole years! And you know this is exactly the type of position you need. I promise you it pays well too…” trailed off Tony, teasing you.

You let out a deep breath and sighed.

“Okay Tony, I’ll take the position.”

“Great! I’ll send you the flight details to get to NYC in a few hours. See you soon, sis.”

You hung up and threw your phone across the room, where it landed with a loud thud on the floor. The reality of the situation hit you just then, that you had accepted a job offer from your brother.

Away from your home.

Away from Bucky.

And worst of all, this meant that Bucky would finally find out who you really were- a Stark.

‘You knew this day would come, (Y/n). Snap out of it.’

Tucking your phone into your back pocket, you suppressed your sobs and started to pack up your things. You had just finished packing your last piece of clothing when you heard the door to your apartment open, causing you to freeze.

“I’m home, doll, where are-”

Bucky stopped opening the door when he spotted you standing there, your hair a mess and your hands holding several suitcases. His smile dropped into a deep frown as you avoided his gaze.

“W-what’s going on?”

‘You have to do this, (Y/n). Break his heart and it’ll all be done.’

“I’m leaving you.”

The amount of pure devastation in Bucky’s face was enough for you to break down then and there, tears starting to pour out of your eyes.

“W-what? Why?”

You swallowed and looked up at him with a determined gaze, trying to maintain your composure.

“I-I don’t love you anymore. And I realized that I deserve better. So… I’m leaving you.” 

You started to walk out of the door, your bags in head, when Bucky’s hand wrapped around your wrist. You looked up at him to see his eyes darting across your face, analyzing you.

“You’re lying to me.” 

“N-no I’m not.”

Bucky’s devastated expression dropped into one of concern, his grip loosening as his voice turned soft.

“Yes you are, doll. Now can you calm down and tell me what’s really going on?”

That was the last straw.

“I-I can’t be with you anymore, Bucky. I’m not who you think I am.”

Bucky’s eyebrow furrowed in confusion.

“What do you mean?”

“My last name is not Carter. I am a SHIELD agent but I mainly work for the Stark company… Aka my brother’s company.”

Realization passed through Bucky’s face as you dropped your bags onto the floor, the tears now overflowing.

“I’m a Stark, Bucky. I’m Tony Stark’s sister. That’s why I can’t be with you. I-I’m so, so, so sorry.”

Bucky stared down at the floor, the fire in his eyes now all burnt out.

“So… you lied to me.”

“Yes.”

“Do you even love me?” he asked, his throat feeling dry.

“Yes, yes I really do.”

That caused him to look up.

“I love you more than you can imagine, Bucky Barnes. That is the only truth I’ve told you this past few months. But now that I accepted a job offer in New York to work as my brother’s assistant manager, this… this is the best way to end things.”

You picked up your bags once more and mustered up a smile once more before leaning in and kissing Bucky on the cheek.

“I’m so sorry, Bucky. I hope you can forgive me one day.”

You began to walk towards the door when Bucky stopped you.

“No.”

“What?”

Bucky took the suitcases from your hands and dropped them to the floor. He then took his hands and put them up onto your face, wiping your tears away with his fingers.

“No, you’re not leaving. Because I love you, (Y/n) Stark. I love you regardless of whether you’re a Carter or a Stark, because who you are as a person has not changed. A-and even if your brother disapproves of it-”

He rested his head against your forehead, breathing in your scent.

“I still love you. And I’d follow you anywhere.”

“B-but my job offer-” you started, dumbfounded. Bucky dismissed it with a shake of his head.

“I’ll move with you. We can sell this apartment and get a place somewhere near the Stark tower. And you can finally meet my friends and introduce me to Tony as your boyfriend.”

“R-really? You’d do that for me?” 

Bucky only smiled.

“I’d do anything for you, (Y/n) Stark.”

a/n: holy SHIT this was long. But um, I’m SO proud of this??? Like it was perfectly angsty and it fit the song so well. And I also love that it ended in fluff. Anyway, um, lmk if you enjoyed it in the comments below and sorry if there were grammar mistakes lol i wrote this in an hour and posted it unedited

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[qqueenofhades]

ok your medieval posts are all things of beauty and I am delightedly working my way through them to find new research materials for the lesbian-Robin-Hood-set-during-the-reign-of-Edward II webcomic I'm working on, THANK YOU. I've been listening to lectures and books on medieval times but the folks you've mentioned sound like they have more of the depth and specific focus I'm interested in, compared to the general stuff I've been poking at. THANKS!

Also, I was wondering if you have any favorite sources on ole Ned and family, particularly his last years? Or anything on the coup at Nottingham Castle? Isabella? Just like. All those fascinating, messy people? I don’t have enough familiarity with the scholarship around them to be able to tell if I’ve got good sources or no, so if you have the time I would love to hear your thoughts.

Okay, first of all, that sounds like an Amazing webcomic and if you ever finish/post it, please tag me because I would looooove to read it.

Next, general-overview books on medieval history can be very hit or miss, so I can imagine it’s been hard to find good stuff (and because of the obvious fact that 1000 years of history in a vast sociopolitical and geographical span does not at all fit easily into your average 300-page book). The book I am currently teaching to my first-year undergrads is Chris Wickham’s Medieval Europe, which I haven’t finished all the way yet, but he’s incredibly distinguished and accomplished (if you know The Inheritance of Rome, same guy – he’s professor at All Souls in Oxford, which is my dream job). I’ve also just come across Why The Middle Ages Matter: Medieval Light on Modern Injustice, which is more of a thematic study where individual experts submitted essays on a particular element – women, homosexuality, race, religion, labor, refugees, disability, the church/clerical abuse, and other relevant topics. It’s absolutely wonderful at challenging the ‘Dark Ages’ mindset and explaining the importance of socially engaged history and all the other stuff that I try to do in my work. So yes.

As for stuff on Edward II specifically, the first name that comes to mind is definitely Ian Mortimer. (He is the author of the Time Traveller’s Guide To… series if you’ve come across those, and The Time Traveller’s Guide to Medieval England is set around the mid-14th century specifically, so that will be incredibly helpful for particular social and cultural details. I’ve read that one and it’s great, he has absolutely done his homework and used his reading of texts to answer the questions that we sometimes want to know about the past more than the abstract/macrohistorical stuff: what did they eat? What did they do? How did they dress? Etc. So yes, if you’re writing/drawing something set in the 14th century, absolutely get your hands on a copy of that.

Mortimer has also written (well, loads of stuff really, he’s quite prolific) The Greatest Traitor: The Life of Sir Roger Mortimer, the 1st Earl of March. That will cover exactly the period you’re looking at (the end of Edward’s reign, Isabella and Mortimer’s coup, Mortimer’s execution, etc). He has written the forward for Kathryn Warner’s Edward II: The Unconventional King. (She has also just come out with a book on Isabella.) All of these are intended for a popular audience and should be fairly readable rather than a heavy academic slog, though I’ve not read them specifically. As I said, Mortimer is a bit of the ‘go to name’ for Edward II (you will certainly encounter his opinions on Edward’s supposed death in 1327 if you read any of his stuff) so you should be in good hands there.

Elizabeth Hallam has also written extensively on the Plantagenets. Of hers, there is Four Gothic Kings: The Turbulent History of Medieval England and the Plantagenet Kings (1216-1377), which covers Henry III and Edward I through III. (That link is to the 1987 version, but I think there’s been a revised version since then – you can get anything of hers quite cheap on abebooks) She also has The Itinerary of Edward II and His Household, 1307-1328, which may be a bit hard to get your hands on, as it’s an edited volume of his royal itinerary (as it says on the tin) and not really a popular press book. However, that will give you very detailed information on where Edward was when, and possibly also on household expenses (though you might need to find a copy of his Pipe Rolls for that – I’m not sure if they have those in printed editions, and it might be more research than you feel like doing as a non-specialist, but the option is out there…)

There are obviously many books written about the battle of Bannockburn if that’s going to be part of your research; I think the most recent is Bannockburn: Scotland’s Greatest Fight for Independence. A somewhat older (but still classic) book that covers the situation more generally is Robert Bruce and the Community of the Realm of Scotland, though these are obviously both centered on the Scots rather than Edward II. They should cover both sides’ involvement and background, however, and in the case of the latter, Robert the Bruce’s political relationship with both Edward I and Edward II. 

Anyway, I hope this is a good start for you, and let me know how you get on with all that. And yes, create this webcomic, yesssss.