#Stucky and shield

[timetopanic34]

Look I just think no matter the ship or any other factors - someone (Tony? Shuri? An OC knitting grandma who loves Steve because he saved her father during the war?) would have given Steve a cover for the shield.

So if he is scaling a building or making his way to and from a safe house or any number of other circumstances involving him needing his shield but also very much needing his shield to remain unseen, that someone, or plenty of people, would make a disguise for it for him.

Look, next time you scale a building in broad daylight, in full view of weather reporters in helicopters, then maybe just use this, please, they say with fondness.

“Huh” Steve says and feels with his whole person because shit Bucky was right, normally the shield being a target could help cause German snipers shooting at the shield are not getting a kill shot or even a seriously maiming shot .. But there are times when stealth is needed and that shield is the furthest thing from stealth there is.

[mentalmeles]

Was listening to Star Spangled Man With a Plan (as one does) and it got me thinking about Steve during his USO tours--mainly Steve and his relationship with the USO girls.

At first, the USO girls are all business and are only polite to Steve when they have to be. They're not cold to him, but they're not particularly friendly or warm either. They just stay in their lane and he stays in his. Maybe, after a bit of time, one or two of em decide to test their luck and flirt with Steve, but he declines their advances every time. (I know that the MCU says it's canon that Steve lost his virginity to one of em or something like that, but I'm actively choosing to ignore that he had sex with any of em at all lmao)

But then, after doing a handful of tours, one of the USO girls decides 'fuck it' and decides to throw Steve a bone;

"Can you help me zip up my outfit?" She asks.

Steve flounders a bit at first, but she assures him that she doesn't mean anything by it. She only wants his help. She's letting him help. So, he does. Suddenly, from that moment on, the majority of the USO girls begin to ask Steve for help too--whether it be for their outfits, their hair, or their makeup. Maybe it's because they've realized he's not going to try anything. Maybe they've realized just how lonely he really is. So, over time, they begin to let him in on their card games, their smoke breaks (even though Steve himself doesn't smoke, since it doesn't do anything for him now, anyway), and talks about home. They even teach him some dances and acrobatics. Eventually, Steve gets comfortable enough to tell them about Bucky. He tries not to say too much, lest he give away the true depth of their relationship. He's not the best at lying, so he speaks in half truths. He's always very careful. He has to be, after all.

But then, maybe, one of em figures it out anyway.

"You're sweet on him, aren't you? Your friend?" She asks. It's the girl who first asked for his help. The one who first let him in.

And Steve is so fucking scared all of a sudden. He doesn't know how she figured it out. He thought he'd been hiding it well. He had been so careful. So careful. Fuck, what will he do if she tells people? If she tells people what he is, it's all over. They'll send him home and he'll lose his one actual chance of potentially getting out on the field and helping Bucky. And Bucky... If word somehow gets to the army... What will they do to Bucky?

But then, suddenly, she drops another bombshell;

"I have a girl back home," she says quietly. "I had a feeling you were in the same boat as me, what with the way your eyes look every time you talk about him. Her eyes do the same thing when she talks about me. Everyone back home thinks she's just my best friend. But she's worth a helluva lot more than that."

Steve can only stare at her. For a moment he wonders if she's lying, but everything about her--all the way down to her voice, her expression, and posture--tells him that she's being honest. He gives a broken laugh, suddenly feeling very, very small.

"Yeah. Yeah, he is too. Worth a helluva lot more to me than just a friend, I mean..."

She nods. "Does anyone else know?"

"I think one of his sisters might. But, other than that, it's just you." He pauses. "What's her name?"

"Hilda. I call her Hildie."

"That's right. You've mentioned her a couple times... She sounds wonderful."

"She is." She pauses for a moment before speaking again. "You know, you can talk to me about him. Whenever you want or need. People like us...we gotta stick together, ya know?"

Suddenly, Steve doesn't feel like he's talking to a friendly coworker. He feels like he's talking to a friend.

So, he gives her one of his increasingly rare smiles, real and warm. "I think I'd like that," he says. "Thank you."

[supercap2319]

I just love watching old people fight:

[autumnrory]

i will be your shield when the angry waves are pounding i will be your shield when the wind whips up the shore

[atlas-on-earth]

just rewatched avengers endgame with my mother and i cried because of steve's ending (not in the way the writers intended) and my mother just looked at me with knowing in her eyes bc she knew i'd go nuclear. now in our house we call him the bad writing boogeyman.

[ice-eise-babyy]

I need help 😭

I can't find any Stucky (Steve x bucky) fics here on Tumblr that aren't x Reader and I'm starting to get frustrated please help me cause I'm literally losing it

[topgungirlies]

something about Bucky Barnes living over 70 years separated from anyone who would ever care about him and the fact he only smiles when he observes the love of the people who have been waiting for him all these years whether they knew it or not

or like whatever

[immaculate2024]

this was so painful like Babygirl he dropped that shield not once but three times FOR YOU, when you fell he literally drove a plane into the ocean. That was not what he stood for and that was not him. What he should for was treason and gay crimes.

[hainethehero]

Stucky & CrossShield headcanon-

Bucky & Rumlow fighting over who gets to claim Steve, when all he wants is both of them railing him until he cries.

Bucky: 😒leave him alone, he's 2 precious for this world

Brock: 😏 nah, he wants me, bad

Steve: 😫 can u two just stop fighting & plz fuck me?

Bonus: Steve's been with them both

[impasta-wall]

“The ocean doesn’t change though right?”

His eyes were like the ocean, deep blue, broken in places by white froth, “just like the snow or the forests or the sun or the clouds and mostly the stars.” He raised his hands up motioning to the vast array of them in the sky, twinkling in the distance, blinking in and out of existence; the world so wide and for their taking even from the back yard they both shared now—a sense of awe washing over them both as they looked beyond.

He couldn’t help it but whisper, nearly seventy years late;

“The snow changed me.”

Steve looked back at him, same eyes, same hair. His hand comes up and gives Bucky’s shoulder a squeeze. Infinite understanding and a deep, deep longing.

“But we’re still here. That hasn’t changed right?”

I think a lot about how traumatic Bucky’s life has been so far, same with Cap, and I can’t help but shed a tear. In parts they are their own hope, it’s a little bit of codependency but it’s hard when there’s only one other person out there that understands you so carnally. It’s the shared experience of hope and loss and grief and love, romantic or platonic.

[timetopanic34]

Sometimes I think about the Howlies and the grief they carried throughout their lives for Steve and Bucky. They never get to see them united. They all died with a hole in their heart.

Also in no way, shape or form did they work with Peggy and Howard and SHIELD after the war. That is a huge nup for me.

They would rather rot in hell then work with an organisation that hired Zola.

You know I’d love an au where somehow they end up in the future with Steve and Bucky. Or I dunno Steve gets defrosted earlier while they are maybe in their 60’s or 70’s and still mostly going strong.

Imagine the entire Howlies - now grandfathers but suiting up to go with Steve and Sam to find Bucky? Cause they would and even Steve knows he couldn’t stop them so he gets Tony to make them good weapons and armour cause he does not want to have to face all those fierce grandchildren (a good number of who are named some version of James or Steve) to explain what happened to their crazy grandads!

Or .. hear me out.

Somehow they all get a low level dose of the serum someway and the only way it really changes them is they heal a bit quicker but it’s enough so that in their 80’s and 90’s they are still physically like 65. That way you don’t have to change the timeline.

Steve wandering the world getting his unit back together and telling them Bucky is alive and they are going to get him. Wouldn’t you read the hell out of that????

Oh I’m excited. I might have to bite the bullet and write something myself!

[supercap2319]

This is Fairytale gay:

This is Hardcore gay:

[gyokujyn]

CATWS 10th Anniversary | April 4th » Prompts: Helicarrier for @catws-anniversary

a loving homage to A Softer World and @asofteravenger

[steevbuckk]

FAVORITE STUCKY FICS | 57/100

Use Your Agency by romanticalgirl

[Shrunkyclunks, 15 973 words, Explicit]

Summary:

Bucky is given the assignment (punishment) of being the agent whose job it is to integrate the newly-thawed Captain America into life in a new century. Only maybe it's not so bad. Because Bucky ends up dealing with Steve Rogers, who is nothing like the Captain America in Bucky's history books.

From coming out of the ice through AoU.

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CA: TWS 10th Anniversary Ficlets (Day 3)

Daily ficlets for the CA: TWS 10th Anniversary Event @catws-anniversary. With Huge thanks to @sparkagrace and @cable-knit-sweater for running this wonderful event! 💞

Three | March 28th | Theme: SHIELD | Prompt: Surprise Visitor | Words: 300 | Canon compliant | Not Rated | No Warnings | But: very brief Steve/OC (sort of), and, I guess, privacy invasion via audio recording? I don't know how to tag that. It's canon that Steve's DC apartment was bugged. So?

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[LOC: Rogers, S., MIC_001_24hr]

[01.12.14]

[Speaker 1: Rogers, S.

Speaker 2: Unidentified. Male.]

● [07:14] —Music—

● [11:27] — Crashing —

[11:27] Speaker 1: Dammit  

[11:42] — Slamming —

● [16:51] — Slamming —

[17:03] — Music —

● [21:18] — Knocking —

[21:19] Speaker 1: Hi

[21:19.31] [inaudible}

[21:20] Speaker 1: Yeah, you can — do you want to come in?

[21:21] Speaker 2: Thanks, yeah. 

[21:21.14] Speaker 1:  Sure, Here, let me — [inauduible] your coat.

[21:22] Speaker 2: Thanks. This is a great apartment, wow. 

[21:23] Speaker 1: Oh, uh, thanks. Yeah, it's — thank you. 

[21:23] Speaker 2: Yeah, so, did you wanna give me a tour?

[21:23.09] Speaker 1: Oh. Oh, Yes. Yeah. I can do that. Uh. Right this way?

[21:23.30] — laughter —

[21:24] [inaudible]

● [21:30] Speaker 1: [inaudible] — get you anything?

[21:31] Speaker 2: No, I'm cool. Unless you were planning to make drinks or something.

[21:31.41] Speaker 1: No, no. I'm good, too.

[21:32] Speaker 2: So, then.

[21:32.43] Speaker 1: Right. Yeah. 

[21:33] [inaudible]

● [21:45.09} Speaker 1: Sorry, sorry. Wait. [inadaubile.} Sorry — [inaudible] can't do this.

[21:46] Speaker 2: That's [inaudible] — you sure?

[21:47] [inaudible]

[21:48] Speaker 1: I'm sorry. 

[21:49] Speaker 2: [inaudible] — understand.

[21:50] [inaudible]

● [21:54] Speaker 1: Goodnight. 

[21:54.13] Speaker 2: Goodnight [inaudible] —if you change your mind?

[21:55] Speaker 1: [inaudible} — really am sorry.

[21:56] Speaker 2: Dn't be. But don't forget my number, either.

[21:56.38] Speaker 1:  [inaudible] — and I've got a great memory. 

[21:57] — laughter —

[21:58] Speaker 1: Goodnight

[21: 58.11] Speaker 2: Goodnight

[21:59] [inaudible]

[22:01] — Thudding —

● [22:04] — Music —

[22:05] Speaker 1: Dammit

🎆Two | March 27th | Theme: Steve Rogers | Prompt: Guilt | Words: 300 | Canon compliant | Not Rated | No Warnings

🎆 One | March 26th | Theme: On your left | Prompt: The Smithsonian | Words: 250 | Canon compliant | No warnings | Not Rated |

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