#bbbflash2023

[nolanfa]

The Winter Soldier's uniform must be the most impractical thing ever to put on: who needs that many buckles, and that modulable a clothing shape? Except for, like, pregnant women who like close-fitting clothes?

But. You know what it would be just great for? Carrying around a kindle of kittens.

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Fill for @buckybarnesbingo's flash prompt "Uniform" Fill for @marvelrarepairbingo's prompt "kitten therapy"

[buckybarnesbingo]

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[smutconnoisseur]

Jailhouse Rock

Pairing ↠ Undercover!Priest!Bucky x Undercover!Inmate!Steve

Rating ↠ E

Word Count ↠ 1.9k

Tags ↠ Explicit content, Tags contain spoilers, Prison, Exhibitionism , Confessional Sex, No Overall Religious Themes, Frottage, Come Eating, Covert Operation, Established Relationship, Feels, Non Sexual Intimacy, Humor, Fluff and Crack, Nothing Hurts, Mentioned Accidental Voyeur, Happy Ending

Summary ↠ "I love you too." Bucky swallows down the knot forming in his throat, meaning they must say goodbye soon. He reaches down, smoothing out the numbers on the back of Steve's jumpsuit. "Inmate 25147."

Steve's mouth drops open, and Bucky is quick to the drawl. "You're keeping the outfit, right?"

Square + Prompt ↠

Ⓑ② + “You’re keeping the outfit, right?” | AllCapsBingo @allcapsbingo | Card # AC 1094 | Bingo Masterlist

Ⓘ⑤ + Kink : Exhibitionism | Stucky Bingo @stuckybingo | Card # R40101 | Bingo Masterlist

Bucky Barnes Flash Bingo 2023 @buckybarnesbingo | Card C - Covert

Author's Note ↠ Ao3 | Masterlist

[every-marveler-ever]

Some Dramatics First

Fluffbruary Day 9 | @fluffbruary | Harmony

Bucky Barnes Flash Bingo | 📚 @buckybarnesbingo | Unlucky

IronStrange Bingo Round 3 | 🏥 @ironstrangebingo | Cops

masterlist :: (ao3 link)

RATING: General WARNING(S): Sitting in campus prison cell, bail out, sleeping on the couch.

Bucky Barnes wouldn’t say that he is unlucky, but he’s certainly not the luckiest person in the world, it’s exactly what he’s thinking while sitting in the campus jail cell. But he has an (okay) friend who can bail him out, it might just take some dramatics first. | Sam Wilson/James 'Bucky' Barnes, Tony Stark/Stephen Strange

fluffbruary 2023 | bbb 📚 flash | isb 🏥 round 3

Bucky Barnes wouldn’t say that he is unlucky, but he’s certainly not the luckiest person in the world, it’s exactly what he’s thinking while sitting in the campus jail cell. 

“You got pulled over by the cops?” Sam laughs from the other side of the bars, not at all worried about the situation that his boyfriend is currently in.

Bucky sighs rolling his eyes, “I called you to ask you to bail me out not sit there and make fun of me,” if anybody else saw the pout on Bucky’s face he would deny it, but in front of Sam it’s extremely hard to do. He wasn’t stupid, his bike was registered and he was wearing all the right equipment, he just happened to forget what the speed limit was on campus. 

Sam tilts his head because he knows Bucky’s not going to like the answer, “I thought about it but then I was on the phone with Tony and he offered to pay,” Bucky’s smile lights up but Sam, hadn’t finished talking, “if he gets to come and see you  in jail.”

The way Bucky’s face shifts he should be glad they are inside and the wind won’t change, “you have got to be kidding me,” he says as he kicks the bars of the cell. 

“He’s also bringing Stephen,” Sam adds before Bucky can get even more angry and consider just ripping the cheap bars out. “Great let’s just make it a family affair then! Are you going to call Steve down too so he can yell at me for being irresponsible? Or how about my mother?”

Wincing slightly at the remark Sam realises his grave mistake and pulls out his phone to message everyone, but the door opens and he’s already too late. “Mr Harmony! I hear you need a bailout,” Tony Stark yells walking into the building like he owns the place, which isn’t half bad seeing as his dad’s name is on the plaque outside because Howard expected Tony would wind up here more often than not. 

The joint groan comes from Sam, Bucky and even Stpehen as he watches his boyfriend's large nonsensical behaviour. “I am so sorry, and I’ve already kicked him out to sleep with Rhodey tonight,” Stephen says in an apology and it does make Bucky feel better that Tony has been kicked out so he won’t have to deal with the man after he leaves this cell tonight. 

If Bucky thinks about it, the cell isn’t that horrible it’s not like he’s actually in jail, it’s just campus jail, which he got pulled into by campus police. The cell has a bed, a private bathroom off to the side and two chairs and a table, it’s almost homey. 

“Yes, I am here to bail out one James Buchanan Barnes, on account of speeding, which honestly couldn’t you have just given him a ticket because now I have to sleep on my best friend’s couch rather than my own bed with my extremely hot boyfriend-” the cop that Tony is talking to gets annoyed after the first two words come out of the man's mouth and just stamps Bucky’s card unlock the electronic gate door. 

Bucky happily leaves the cell moving towards Sam and kissing him so he knows that he appreciates the support but oh-my-god I still hate you for bringing Tony here, and Sam understands it. Tony slaps him on the back and smiles, “let’s get you out of here, Mr Harmony, Mr we should be respectful of nature, and the ground of being, and yet got put in campus jail.”

Rolling his eyes he shoves Tony’s hand off his shoulder, “shove off Tony.”

He would never want to ask that again. 

But at least tonight he would have a good night's sleep, he can’t say the same for Tony.

Cards:

[purpleicedteas]

Made for the Stuckony Valentine Cards event!

Title: A Little Love, That's All

Ship(s): James (Bucky) Barnes/Steve Rogers

Rating: E

Tags: No Archive Warnings Apply, Pre-Serum Steve Rogers, Touch-Starved, Lonely Steve Rogers, Pining, 1940s, Bucky Wasn't Drafted

Warnings: Emotional Insecurity, Loneliness, Inner Homophobia

Summary: Steve Rogers doesn’t know how to flirt. Steve Rogers is in love with his best friend. Steve Rogers' best friend goes out to a club every Saturday to pick up a lady. The solution? Go with him.

Word Count: 4.1k

Square: Adoptable, Touch-Starved [replacing G1: AU Bakery] @allcapsbingo

Square: Y: Yearning @buckybarnesbingo Flash Bingo

Square: B5: Skinny Steve @stuckybingo

[scottxlogan]

Written for @buckybarnesbingo​

Chapters: 6/8 Fandom: The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Tony Stark Characters: James "Bucky" Barnes, Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, Clint Barton, Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Lucky (Hawkeye), Alpine the Cat (Marvel) Additional Tags: Past Pepper Potts/Tony Stark, Heavy Angst, Sexting, Enemies to Lovers, Secret Identity, Tony Stark Needs a Hug, Bucky Barnes Needs a Hug, References to Depression, Isolation, Touch-Starved, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Online Dating, Online Relationship, Sexual Content, Sexual Tension, Angst with a Happy Ending, Hurt Tony Stark, Dark Tony Stark, Hurt Bucky Barnes, Self-Esteem Issues, Tony Stark Has Self-Esteem Issues, Bucky Barnes Has Issues, Misunderstandings, Idiots in Love, Mutual Pining, Sex Toys, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, tony is feeling old, Adult Content, Mild Language, Self-Worth Issues, self sabotaging, Cuddling, Massage, Fake/Pretend Relationship, Double Life Chapter Summary: Bucky's romantic struggles come to a close as he makes a decision about the man who holds his heart. As Bucky faces the truth he's been keeping buried within for so very long, Tony reveals his heart and hopes that he won't be left in the shadows moving forward.

[cpt-winniethepooh]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Captain America (Movies), Captain America - All Media Types, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV), The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers, Sharon Carter/Natasha Romanov Characters: James "Bucky" Barnes, Steve Rogers Additional Tags: Established Relationship, Songfic, Fluff, Domestic Fluff, Found Family, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, mentions of past trauma, Family Fluff Series: Part 12 of Reputation-Lover 'Verse, Part 12 of Bucky Barnes Bingo fills, Part 11 of Stucky Bingo fills Summary:

It's snowing in Brooklyn, and Steve and Bucky go out to the beach. They are ridiculously in love. That's it, that's all.

 A Stucky Bingo fill for the prompt 'found family' and Bucky Flash Bingo fill for the prompt 'Brooklyn'.

Words: 1710

For @buckybarnesbingo and @stuckybingo

[nolanfa]

Illustration for Lay in the Wake of Destruction, by sara_holmes, a stony fic in which Steve temporarily loses the plot and goes AWOL Art on AO3 here.

Fill for @tonystarkbingo's "wake up!" (because Tony's trying to turn Steve back) Fill for @avengersbingo's "Moral Compass" Fill for @allcapsbingo's "Bad Reputation" (because Steve collected kind of a bad rep with the WSC) Fill for @buckybarnesbingo's flash prompt "Ultimatum"

[every-marveler-ever]

Magic and Middle-Earth

Fluffbruary Day 7 | @fluffbruary | Energy

Bucky Barnes Flash Bingo | 📚 @buckybarnesbingo | Undone

IronStrange Bingo Round 3 | 🏥 @ironstrangebingo | Body Swap

masterlist :: (ao3 link)

RATING: General WARNING(S): JK Rowling is mentioned.

A/N: I have never read or watched The Lord Of The Rings/Hobbit series so I didn’t have much knowledge so everything Bucky fangirls over is googled. Also, I kinda added the fluffbruary prompt in later but I thought energy and magic were a pretty clear connection.

Stephen doesn’t like when people take his notes or idea for Avengers book club which leads Bucky and Peter into an interesting situation, almost punishment for Bucky loving the Hobbit so much. | Stephen Strange/Tony Stark

fluffbruary 2023 | bbb 📚 flash | isb 🏥 round 3

Bucky read the Hobbit in 1937, he remembers lining up and being so excited when his parents could spare the money to buy him a copy of the book. It was a beautiful paperback that he treasured and slept with it under his pillow every night hoping it would bring magic to the world. When he would wake up and realise that magic had yet to come he would instead read and be transferred into the magical world of Middle-Earth. 

It was almost like the magic in the books gave Bucky the energy to keep going. His energy seemed pretty similar to magic. 

So when Tony brings a wizard home one night Bucky is ecstatic to learn about magic. He asks more questions than Stephen ever expected from somebody who lived during World War 2, where magic must have seemed hopeless. 

“Can you really use magic portals? Does Middle-Earth actually exist? Is JK Woling actually Rita Skeeter? Is the Hobbit possible? Is it similar to energy? Is there science behind it?”

Stephen thoughtfully answers his questions the smae way that he does with Peter when he shows excitement for the mystical art. It brings a smile to Stephen’s face knowing that Bucky Barnes of all people is just as excited as a teenager who was infatuated with Hogwarts. 

“The energy is more obstetrical then scientific. We can see multiple possibilities or outcomes of different timelines but not as many different worlds entirely. There is also no distinct evidence to prove JK Rowling has ever come in contact with mystical arts and if I can help it, it will stay that way,” Stephen says with a straight face as Tony taps his boyfriend's shoulder laughing at the proposition. 

They are many more questions and warnings.

Tony as he laughs smiles at Bucky happy to see him enjoying something about the tower and their people. “Just don’t touch any of his books, trust me nothing ever goes right from touching one of Stpehen’s books.” 

Bucky takes the warning with a grain of salt.

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It’s a casual Thursday afternoon, they aren’t expecting any visitors and Peter had come over after school to join Bucky in his quest to watch all the Lord Of The Rings movies after recently re-reading the books in the Avengers book club. It was almost routine between them all they read a book that had a movie or TV show adjacent and find themselves making time to watch and read both.

When he touched Stephen's book it was because he thought it was Stephen’s edition of the Lord Of The Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, that’s what the colour said. Sure he and Peter both thought it was unusual because it was hardcover and the blue emblem on the front related nothing to the book, but what would it hurt?

They’re plan to have movie night was replaced with the panicking and calling, Stephen Strange.

“You swapped bodies?” The sorcerer yells as he comes in via portal to the common floor of the tower where Bucky and Peter both stand sheepishly, in each other bodies, Bucky (Peter?) is currently stuck to the kitchen counter as he struggles to get unstuck.

Peter (Bucky?) gulped at the look on the doctor's face, “we thought about calling Mr Stark but  we quickly realised that he was the person who told us not to touch your books and then he would have laughed at us.” Bucky’s face is pouting which is a funny sight to see because Bucky doesn’t pout. Peter on the other hand is known for his pouting and puppy eye skills. 

Bucky flinches as he unsticks himself from the counter, not realising his strength he flings himself to the other side of the kitchen, which he notices changes Stephen’s smirk into a small smile. “We really are sorry Stephen, we honestly thought it would be no harm because it was just a regular book.” Stephen rolls his eyes before sitting down on the couch throwing his head back, clearly had a long day and now Bucky and Peter had made it longer.

Sighing Stephen talks with his eyes closed, “JARVIS, tell Tony that while the kitchen is fine, we really need to re-test Peter’s strength and power because even Bucky can’t withstand it.” He smiles at the thought of seeing Tony react to the citation his two teammates were in, “and ask him to bring his copy of The Fellowship with him so we can actually start movie night.” 

Sharing a look of confusion Peter and Bucky stand in their opposite bodies still, “aren’t you going to do something about this?” Peter gestures to both Bucky and himself.

Stephen waves it off with a hand, “calm down it will ware off, I only put it on the book so nobody will steal my book notes again-” He’s cut off by the loud sound that is coming from the hallway as Tony Stark runs down it laughing at what he’s expecting to see.

He laughs even harder when he gets to the kitchen looking between Bucky and Peter, breathing heavily as he’s exhausted from running and then laughing so hard. He  turns to his boyfriend a large smile on his face, “this was intended for me wasn’t it?” The idea of that makes the older man laugh harder.

The look on Stephen’s face and the way he folds his arms over his chest prove that Tony is correct in his suspensions, “you stole my notes last month, I’m not letting you do that again.”

Tony continues to laugh falling down onto the couch throwing an arm around Stpehen’s shoulders and kissing him on the cheek, “love you.” And from the background, he can hear Bucky eye-rolling and Peter grumbling as they both sit back down on the couch.

“JARVIS, start The Hobbit.”

“Movie starting.”

It’s fine, the magic will come undone after 17.5 hours of watching the 6 total movies. 

Cards:

[cpt-winniethepooh]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Captain America (Movies), The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers Characters: James "Bucky" Barnes, Steve Rogers Additional Tags: Established Relationship, Summer Vacation, Domestic Fluff, Healing, Ocean Sex, Personal Growth, Domestic Bliss, Slice of Life, Songfic, Steve Rogers Being a Little Shit, Public Image, Public Hand Jobs Series: Part 10 of Reputation-Lover 'Verse, Part 3 of All Caps Bingo fills, Part 10 of Bucky Barnes Bingo fills, Part 9 of Stucky Bingo fills Summary:

Steve and Bucky go on a nice summer holiday and realize some important things, then celebrate.

A Stucky Bingo fill for the prompt 'ocean sex'; a Bucky Flash Bingo fill for the prompt 'undone' and an All Caps Bingo fill for the prompt 'The hell I can't! I'm a captain!'.

Words: 2036

For @stuckybingo; @allcapsbingo and @buckybarnesbingo

[scottxlogan]

Written for @tonystarkbingo and @buckybarnesbingo

Chapters: 1/3 Fandom: The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Tony Stark Characters: James "Bucky" Barnes, Tony Stark Additional Tags: Past Pepper Potts/Tony Stark, Heavy Angst, Sexting, Enemies to Lovers, Secret Identity, Tony Stark Needs a Hug, Bucky Barnes Needs a Hug, References to Depression, Isolation, Touch-Starved, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Online Dating, Online Relationship, Sexual Content, Sexual Tension, Angst with a Happy Ending, Hurt Tony Stark, Dark Tony Stark, Hurt Bucky Barnes, Self-Esteem Issues, Tony Stark Has Self-Esteem Issues, Bucky Barnes Has Issues, Misunderstandings, Idiots in Love, Mutual Pining, Sex Toys, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, tony is feeling old, Adult Content, Mild Language Summary: After life has thrown him an unexpected curve Tony is in a bit of a slump in his personal life. After his break-up with Pepper, Tony thought he was fine. That is until Pepper moved on with someone new and an injury has Tony facing the idea of spending his life alone. Caught up in what he sees as himself having a mid-life crisis Tony joins a dating app where he finds someone special in the most unexpected of ways. The problem is that with Tony life is never as easy as he hopes for it to be and with his new love brings new complications to his world in the most unexpected of ways.

[scottxlogan]

Written for the @buckybarnesbingo (flash Bingo)

Chapters: 3/? Fandom: The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe Rating: Explicit Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Tony Stark Characters: James "Bucky" Barnes, Tony Stark Additional Tags: Past Pepper Potts/Tony Stark, Heavy Angst, Sexting, Enemies to Lovers, Secret Identity, Tony Stark Needs a Hug, Bucky Barnes Needs a Hug, References to Depression, Isolation, Touch-Starved, Enemies to Friends to Lovers, Online Dating, Online Relationship, Sexual Content, Sexual Tension, Angst with a Happy Ending, Hurt Tony Stark, Dark Tony Stark, Hurt Bucky Barnes, Self-Esteem Issues, Tony Stark Has Self-Esteem Issues, Bucky Barnes Has Issues, Misunderstandings, Idiots in Love, Mutual Pining, Sex Toys, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, tony is feeling old, Adult Content, Mild Language, Self-Worth Issues, self sabotaging

Chapter Summary: Tony decides it's time to reach out to Bucky after having had time to sit on the truth between them. Knowing what he stands to lose Tony makes a move towards bringing Bucky closer to him, but will it only end up sending him running in a new direction?

[buckybarnesbingo]

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Captain America - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes & Steve Rogers & Sam Wilson Characters: James "Bucky" Barnes, Steve Rogers, Sam Wilson (Marvel) Additional Tags: some far-fetched hand wavy magic, No Plot/Plotless, also no porn, because Bucky is a literal baby, Accidental Baby Acquisition, Kid Fic, Fluff, no beta we die like thanos Summary:

On the doorstep of their shitty hideout (an abandoned cabin in the middle of the Alps) a basket with a swaddle of blue, a tuft of curly, brown hair sticking out.

They don’t need the card to see who it is, the loopy cursive “James Buchanan Barnes” mocking them more than anything. Sam has to blink a few times because — ah, shit.

[nolanfa]

So I did a series of drabbles, one for each avenger + Sam + Bucky, and they're over there

Tony's chapter is a fill for @tonystarkbingo's prompt "truth drug/spell" Steve's is for @avengersbingo "space and time" Sam's is for @allcapsbingo "judgement" (as in, people judging themselves harshly) Bucky's is for @allcapsbingo "Ready to comply" (as in, one of the multitudes of ways hydra fucked him over) and @buckybarnesbingo's flash prompt "undone" --- Summary: Random "what could be wrong with this character" time, or: potential truth serum monologues Warnings: none Pairings: none Word Count: 100 each

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Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Captain America (Movies), Captain America - All Media Types Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers Characters: Steve Rogers, James "Bucky" Barnes Additional Tags: Songfic, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Established Relationship, Steve Rogers Needs a Hug, Bucky Barnes Needs a Hug, Idiots in Love, Queer Themes, Closeted Character, Domestic Disputes, Angst with a Happy Ending Series: Part 11 of Reputation-Lover 'Verse, Part 4 of All Caps Bingo fills, Part 10 of Stucky Bingo fills, Part 11 of Bucky Barnes Bingo fills Summary:

Set during Lover ch6 when Steve and Bucky have a fight and Bucky has a good long think about being in the closet with Steve and all of Steve's baggage.

A Stucky Bingo fill for the prompt 'reunion'; a Bucky Flash Bingo fill for the prompt 'battle' and an All Caps Bingo fill for the prompt 'AU: domestic'.

Words: 1460

For @allcapsbingo and @buckybarnesbingo and @stuckybingo

[every-marveler-ever]

Laughter, Relationships and Partners

Fluffbruary Day 12 | @fluffbruary | Tenderness

Bucky Barnes Flash Bingo | 📚 @buckybarnesbingo | Underdog

IronHusbands Bingo Round 4 | 🗯️ @ironhusbandsbingo | Words Unsaid

masterlist :: (ao3 link)

RATING: General WARNING(S): Relationship drama, Open relationship, Marriage open relationship, Bad communication

It wasn’t Bucky’s intention to get between a relationship, especially not one as strong as Rhodey and Tony’s, but in his defence, he didn’t know they were dating. (A bad description). | Tony Stark/James 'Rhodey' Rhodes/James 'Bucky' Barnes

fluffbruary 2023 | bbb 📚 flash | ihb 🗯️ round 4

Bucky was extremely lucky he understands that he has complete access to Tony’s lab with his one fingerprint unlocking the glass sliding doors that Tony keeps locked. The lab is Tony’s sanctuary and to have any access means that Tony trusts him which Bucky didn’t think when he followed Steve into the Avengers tower.

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“Who is this?” Tony says not in the nicest tone of voice, Steve had been getting on Tony’s nerves. He had given him a home, a new uniform, and food, yet none of it seemed to be enough for Steve, for somebody who came from nothing Tony thought Steve would appreciate the luxury he provided. Instead, Steve seems to take advantage of his kindness by dragging in a lost puppy behind him, “and what does he think he is doing here?”

Steve smiles not sensing the strained sense of tone in Tony’s voice, he has a smile on his face, “this is Bucky, he came out of the ice. I thought he could stay here, maybe train with us and,” Steve's face drops as he looks back to his friend, and moves over an inch, this is the first time Tony sees why this guy is such an underdog, “maybe you could help with his arm?”

Tony knows who Bucky is, he was Steve’s bestfriend, his right-hand man, and his Rhodey (without all the relationship stuff), Tony read history books about this man and went to museum collections detailing his fall from the train and how devastated Steve supposedly was. Never in any of the books, collections or articles did they mention a silver arm, a rusted, badly built silver arm that must be killing him from the weight alone. Tony hates to admit it but that arm is reason enough for Tony to house the man. 

“Yeah I’ll give it a look at, um” Tony blinks a few times before taking a deep breath, this has changed his day of pace, “the spare room on your floor is clean right? If not I can call the cleaner but I’m not quite sure when she will get here…” Steve smiles brightly and quickly reassures Tony, “yes one of the rooms is clean he can definitely stay there, thank you, Tony.”

Steve quickly pulls Bucky away from Tony and leads him to the elevator to move up to Steve’s. 

Tony hates to admit how quickly he pulled up blueprints and began sketching a new arm, Steve’s new friend is cute and Tony can’t get him out of his head, because it is clearly because of the arm, just the arm. 

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When he does sit in the workshop with Tony sometimes it is because he is getting his arm looked at and Tony has exciting new blueprints to show him, but other times it because he just wants to sit and watch Tony. 

These are the times that Bucky notices the wedding band.

There are all ways words unsaid in the situation because how do you bring it up to the man that you thought might be flirting with you. 

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Bucky sits in the lab one day because he felt like he needed the quietness that the lab brings, he feels bad because Tony isn’t here and he is in Tony’s space but he needed it. Steve had been nice since moving into the Avengers tower, but he always feels like he was intruding when he sees Sam and Steve cooking in the kitchen, or lounging on top of each other during movie nights. 

The lab offers quietness that the spare room or the floor he is taking residence in can’t. “You’ve come to escape have you?” Tony jokes announcing himself to the room, laughing along with his own comment. Bucky nods along as he watches Tony sit and pull up blueprints and doesn’t seem fussed by the fact that Bucky just let himself in, asking JARVIS to play some music as they both just appreciate each other's presence. 

Bucky doesn’t get out a stark pad or read like he normally does when they are both in the lab, he just watches Tony which is when he notices the ring. “Are you married?” The question comes out of nowhere as he watches Tony stop fiddling, “sorry,” Bucky winces when he realises his upfronts, “it’s just you were playing with what looks like a wedding ring and it’s definitely on your ring finger so I just assumed, sorry.” 

Something Tony and Bucky both have in common is their rambling and when Peter is also in the lab with them both it becomes quite a lot for anybody else that may join them, but as both nerds the rambling is normal.  

Tony doesn’t stop what he’s doing, “yeah in 0’11, right after the bill was passed, we had been engaged for years but it wasn’t until then that we actually tied the knot.”

Two things in this conversation shock Bucky, 1. He’s right and Tony is actually married which feels weird because he thought they were flirting and 2. Tony is gay (or bisexual, or whatever term he chooses) which he assumed but Tony also just seemed charming to anybody he meets. 

But Tony is married with a ring and everything, and Bucky is nothing.

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Rhodey is extremely nice to Bucky and doesn’t wear a wedding band which seems like the perfect situation in Bucky’s predicament. Rhodey is Tony’s best friend but when Tony sees Bucky sitting on Rhodey’s lap he doesn’t complain or fight it, most of the time he smiles with warmth over at them.

It makes his heart tender thinking about being with Rhodey but them he remembers the moments in the lab and his heart seems caught between. 

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“Movie night!” Peter screams as he enters the lounge on Clint and Natasha’s floor, this month's movie night location. Movie night traditionally transferred from floor to floor each month, except for Tony, Tony never seemed interested in hosting a movie night and so he was never included in the mix. 

Rhodey was happy to include Bucky in movie night when he joined the tower despite the weariness of Steve and Tony, Rhodey saw the excitement Bucky had in his eyes when he discovered new things, completely different to the confusion that used to show on Steve’s face when being introduced to the new world. He quickly introduced Bucky to all new types of work, “are we continuing James Bond tonight?” 

Bucky smiles brightly which is enough for Natasha to roll her eyes and turn on James Bond, as Peter talks about random James Bond facts he found out since last month. 

The movie plays with minimal talking as everybody finds themselves intensively watching You Only Live Twice, and Bucky’s head slowly falls onto Rhodey’s shoulder for the first time and suddenly Rhodey is no longer interested in the movie, as the smile on his face may suggest. 

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Bucky never thought of himself as an underdog he was a soldier who thought in war, but now he feels like he is the most underdog of them all.

When Natasha tells him that Rhodey and Tony are married Bucky’s tender heart breaks because it just can’t be true, he is dating Rhodey, they made it official just last week, and they were dating. Now Bucky just feels like he’s a mistress. 

“How could you do this to me!” Never before had he questioned that they slept on the same floor, never had he questioned that Rhodey always sleeps in his room when they sleep together, never even being invited to Tony’s floor.

Bucky for the first time steps onto Tony’s floor yelling a storm. There is a part of him that is glad the elevator didn’t lock him out of getting there, that eventually, he would have found out on his own because the elevator door opens and he can see wedding photos on the grand piano with them both in matching white suits. 

He is met with confused looks from Rhodey and Tony who are sitting on the couch next to each other, arms around each other, sharing a StarkPad. Bucky breathes a hard breath, fuming, “you’re married, to each other,” you can tell he’s really angry from the wild hand signals he is using, “and neither of you, my boyfriend nor my friend thought you would tell me!”

Rhodey pushes his eyebrows down and together even more confused than when Bucky walked in, if Bucky wasn’t made he would call it super cute, “you didn’t know?” And Tony begins to laugh so loud that he is nearly falling off the couch, hitting Rhodeys knee forcefully, “he doesn’t realise we’re open and both dating him,” Tony explains in a fit of laughter.

 Bucky tilts his head like a lost dog, “open relationship? But you’re married?” He’s no longer screaming and is instead the one confused in the whole situation. 

“Open relationships can relate to marriage, and in our case it does, it just so happens to be that we both really like you,” Rhodey explains with a wincing smile. He moves over to the lounge while simultaneously pushing Tony back onto the lounge as the older man recovers, “sit down” he pats the spot he just made, “and we can discuss this all. No words unsaid this time, we promise”

Listening to the suggestion Bucky sits down between them and leans his head on Rhodeys shoulder looking at Tony, “this would explain the coffee dates, and kissing my forehead in the lab,” he says and Tony spills out into more laughter.

Bucky can work with this.  Laughter, relationships and partners. 

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