#bucky barnes x shape shifter

[buckyalpine]

Shapeshifting Bucky

Random thought from the depths of crackfic hell. But imagine an AU where Bucky's time with hydra also included the ability to shape shift on top of his super soldier serum. He can turn into whatever but he really only shifts into a wolf most of the time. Stealthy, huge, strong, agile and an absolute puppy. Werewolf Bucky is the scariest mf to exist. In his wolf form, his fur is nearly jet black, a stark contrast to his beautiful blue eyes. His teeth turn into sharp fangs and his claws could slash through just about anything.

However.

The large furry thing is nothing but a little puppy around you.

Human Bucky struggles to show his affection for you even though he loves you like crazy. He loves touching you but hesitates to do anything. Wolf Bucky has 0 issue hopping onto the sofa he doesn't fit on, attempting to curl up in your lap. He doesn't fit on your lap either and you end up drowning under a heavy mass of dark fur, the chuff he makes as you adjust himself is equivalent to his usual pouty face.

How dare you try and squirm away when he wants pets and cuddles.

And honestly, he's pretty irresistible. Even Tony's found himself petting the soft fur when he walks by, scrunching his face when he realizes who he's petting and cursing to himself immediately after. It's not just Tony either. Most of the Avengers catch themselves mid pet, occasionally shrugging and going back in while shaking their heads at themselves.

That isn't the only thing wolf Bucky enjoys.

“Bucky!” You stare at your boyfriend who was a human last time you left him, now in his wolf form sitting on top of your duffle bag you'd packed for an upcoming mission. There's no way for you to get to it, sitting as its hidden underneath him and it doesn't look like he has any plans on moving. He growls when you try and get closer, daring for you to try and leave when you just got back from a mission earlier in the week.

"Baby, I have to go, you gotta get off" You try to reason with him but he just stares at you with piercing blue eyes. By now you can read his body language and he's not hearing any of it.

Don't think so, stay with me

"C'mon, you know I'll be back soon" You gently scratch the top of his head and he nuzzles into your palm. He tiled his head to the side widening his gaze as best as he could and you couldn't help but giggle at how cute he looked, silently pleading with you.

"Aww, don't give me those puppy eyes Barnes, that's not fair" You coo while he lets out a whine, huffing and resting his head on his front large paws until his ears perk up with a bright idea.

"For fucks sake Bucky!" You laugh incredulously when he picks up the bag with his teeth, shaking the clothes out and burying himself under them, happy to be surrounded by your scent and finding another way to keep you there.

"What’s going on" Steve walked by the room, wondering why you hadn't come to the jet yet, eyes growing wide when he saw what his best friend was up to "What the hell"

"Oh my god" Sam looked over Steve's shoulder, snorting at the way Bucky was now half asleep while you were still in your tac suit but your bag now nearly torn to bits. You shrugged, deciding to give up, looking at the over grown puppy waiting for a belly rub, giving the two men an apologetic smile.

Bucky snuggled happily on top of your clothes, his nose nudging into your hoodie, before closing his eyes, ears twitching contently while your on the phone with Fury, coming up with a lame excuse as to why you couldn't join.

Some other things I imagine for wolf Bucky:

He's the cutest thing ever. Sam nicknamed him Sirius Black and he loves it.

Loves eating meat. Eats a lot in general.

Fiercely loyal

Likes to go on walks

I'm sorry for this, I have a headache, instead of taking an Advil and sleeping, I'm out here giving into my ridiculousness, I'll see myself out.

[winterarmyy]

Imagine a like avenger!Bucky x shape shifter! Reader.

It could be enemies to lovers smut too because why not?

The reader is the beast boy but a girl version...you can make them green

I don't see skin color 🙄(I'm joking,I'm black)

What if you make the reader green it could be like Bucky's in his room and he hears crying so he follows the sound to find y/n crying because she messed up on a mission and some agents said mean things idk and he is trying to comfort her and then they kiss and then more idk

Then, if she isn't green it could be .....sex pollen...she gets hit with sex pollen while on a mission and comes back...well you know worked up? She's in pain and even those Bucky "hates her" he also wants to help her so he..how do I say this.. he fucks her brains out.

I'm Not Like Her

Y/N had her heart broken when some agents made fun of how her body look and Bucky came in clutch with the rescue.

Note: I'm not even open for asks but your brilliant mind just spark something in me! Plus, i see you a lot in my comments so here you are... and the pic is hilarious btw 🤣

Pairing: avenger!bucky x shape shifter!reader

Words: 1.5k++

Warnings: mild enemies to lovers, hint fat shaming, angst, bucky likes to tease the reader but not too much, fluff, cause he secretly loves her, allusion to smut??? and sam just being himself.

Idea explanation: personally i don't think i'm qualified enough to write about being discriminate against for skin color. I need more research of it.

BUT, physically, i am on the curvy side. I don't have a flat stomach, my thighs are bigger than they supposed to. cause i'm fucking 4'11 (so i look fat for my height). And i know what it feels like when people comment abt that.

Soooooo instead of turning green, imagine that the reader doesn't have the fit and perfect model-like body like other agents. Her powers? She can shape shift into any living being (person/animals/aliens) for a short amount of time, like 3-7mins.

Bucky Barnes is a bully. He'd do anything to annoy the shit out of Y/N. Everything he does just ticked her off, you name it; hair pulling, cheeks pinching, mean little jokes about how Y/N would suffocate him to death if she ever sit on him.

Bucky Barnes acts exactly like a mean teenage boy who bullies the person he likes. But she doesn't know that, does she?

What she knew was he is a menace that loves to see her bright red, in embrassment and anger. What she knew was he likes to dig into her skin and ripped her heart out from how vexingly mean he is with her.

But, he was never cruel. No. He is the sweetest a man can be when he wants to. She still remembered those days he would drop off bunch of her favorite snacks and sweets during that week she was hospitalized from a rough mission.

Don't get her wrong though, he still teases her A LOT during those visits but it was sweet of him to come by and cheer her up.

But if he wasn't cruel. Then, why was she on the verge of tears?

Y/N stood alone in the kitchen, her hands strongly gripped onto the edges of the counter like she would shatter it with her bare hands. At time like this, she wished nothing more than just to shift into a bird and fly away.

Just so far away that no will able to catch her.

But those agents certainly did shot a bullet through the thickness of her gut when they said those words.

Y/N was just going to grab a cold drink after her sparring with Bucky, when she heard their vile whispers. She stopped at her tracks and hid behind the wall the moment she heard her name was mentioned.

"I don't understand why we keep her around. Did you see her panting for air from a quick sparring with Barnes? And doesn't she sound like a pig?" He sneered.

"We keep y/n around cause she has powers you, dumbass. Why are you being mean anyway, didn't you guys had a thing like 2 weeks ago?" The other voice said.

"It was a prank. Didn't think she'd believe it. Me dating her? Please. Not in any universe." He trailed, "Though if she shift into Natasha, then maybe I'll consider fucking her." Y/N could hear his smirk even from the block of the walls.

The other man laughed as if it was funny, "But it only lasts so long though? What if she turn back into herself when you have your cock inside her?"

The man gagged and said, "Ewww please stop. That's just fucking disgusting."

And when they left the kitchen, Y/N aimlessly went to the area. What was she gonna do just now? Oh, get some cold water. But why won't her hands move? They've been digging into the hard surface of the counter for how long now? If she goes any harder, her fingers would bleed. And why's her vision was blurry? Why there's wetness on her cheeks?

She didn't even notice that she was crying, beause she was so focused on fixing her own broken heart. And even if her pride was left to almost nothing, but she held on. She chose hold on to it for as long as could. Cause deep down she knew they were right.

No one's gonna love her for who she is, they will always be blinded by the flaw of her body and not see the pure of her heart. And if that is the ugly truth she had to face, then she chose to love herself. To be proud of herself.

But it is so hard does it? How can you love yourself when no one else is willing to love you?

"Doll?" Bucky's voice was soft when he called her that she didn't even heard him the first time around.

When Bucky heard sounds of someone sniffling, he knew that someone was crying. So he followed the hiccups of voice to the kitchen. But he didn't expect the culprit would be Y/N.

He almost rushed to her when she continued to sob, "Hey hey hey, what's wrong sweets? Did you hurt yourself?" He briefly cupped the softness of her cheeks before slightly holding up her hands to see if there's any cut from it.

When he noticed that there weren't any physical injuries, the tense of his muscles relaxed just a little bit. His big hands went to reach her face again, and gently wiped her tears away. He was so tender with his hold but his tone was far from it, "Who did this to you?"

And she told him exactly what happened. Even with hiccups in between her ranting breath. He listened. He listened to every single word she had to say, not cutting into her confession, not even once. And Y/N didn't know why she told him that. He supposed to be the last person she complained to about her look, about her weakness, about her flaws.

Bucky Barnes, the same one that loves to tease her about it all. He wasn't supposed to hear the dooms of her heart. But, he was. He was listening to her.

And he was seeing red.

Bucky had never felt rage this powerful in his life, he swore that if he let it consume him, the tower would be painted with blood. But, he held back. For her.

Because she needed someone to be there for her. And Bucky felt he was the luckiest to be that person.

"I'm not like her." She whispered tiredly. "I'm not like her, Bucky. I'm not attractive like Natasha or pretty like Zendaya or even Steve at that matter, like he has such tiny waist for his built, and he's a fucking man!!" She ranted every minor things that bothered her to him.

Bucky thought of his words for a while and simply said, "Yes, you're not like Natasha, or Zendaya, or Steve..." he chuckled at the end, "...But that's the best bits about you, doll." There was this flare in his eyes that Y/N couldn't wrap her finger around it.

"Are you making fun of me, right now?" She glared in between the tears in her eyes.

"No, I'm only telling you the truth." Bucky tucked her hair as he continued, "So what if you're not like her? There will always be someone that will see you more that just a piece of meat to fuck."

"Well, then I won't have that someone then."

"Oh, but I know one person though." Bucky grinned, "Me."

Y/N was rendered speechless when he confessed his true feelings.

"Doll, have you ever wonder why I love pinching your cheeks so much?" His fingers started to trail across her cheeks and his stare lingered in her eyes as his naughty hands find their way to her hips.

"It's because I was desperately trying to avoid grabbing these soft, thick thighs of yours." his eyes darkened the moment that he said, "And oh baby the things I'd do for you just to slide my cock between them."

It was like she was hypnotized by the way his hardened bulge grinding against her tummy. It felt good and his lust-filled gaze was doing nothing but making her wet, "Bucky..." she whispered.

Bucky lips was so gentle on her eyelids and her temple, until his teeth grazed along her neck and his groaning call reached her ears, "And do you know why I was pissed when we were sparring just now?" Asked before quickly clarifying, "It's not because I lost to you."

He grinded a particularly hard thrust against her that he accidentally moan in pleasure, "Oh babydoll, no. It's because I have this absolutely gorgeous girl on top of me, and her slutty body was just so close to me that I got so fucking hard. "

Bucky lifted her face towards his to watch how she was melted in his touch, "I was so pissed, because I can't fuck you the way I want to." His lips was so close, hovering over her own as he confessed.

But suddenly they felt a splash of water hitting side of their face, "Woah woah woah. Down, boy. Bad bucky. Bad!" Sam yelled. Imagine his surprise when he got into the kitchen to see Bucky literally humping on Y/N like a dog in heat.

They didn't even notice him approaching them with a glass of water in his hand.

Though Y/N was absolutely red in embrassement, but surely Bucky doesn't give a fuck. He didn't even acknowledge Sam's pleas to stop, especially when he crashed his lips on hers.

Y/N moaned lewdly as he effortlessly lifted her on the kitchen isle, feeling his clothed cock rubbing against her needy cunt. At that point, who cares if anyone's watching. She wanted him so bad. As bad as he wanted ruin her.

Sam scrambled backwards when Bucky started to unzip his pants, "Shit he's going feral." He dramatically ran across the halls leading to the kitchen as he announced, "Okay people, out. Get out. No one is allowed to the kitchen unless you want to be in debt cause I am not paying for your therapy."

Safe to say the kitchen was a fucking mess when Bucky was done with her and the cleaning crew was traumatized by the amount of wetness and cum they had to clean around the area.

End.

A/N: This was so random but I hope you enjoyed it! Drop some thoughts behind for me to pick up and squeal at, would you?

[dark-nimbus]

A Rant on Representation in Media (mostly comics)

CW: ableism, disability erasure, mentions of fat phobia, mentions of fetishization, lmk if there’s anything I missed

I can’t believe that here in 2023 we still have to say this, but fuck it this year has already been hell enough so why not add another thing

Representation, whether it be for disabilities or culture, race or religion, any marginalized group— ALWAYS MATTERS

I spent the majority of the other night dealing with people trying to downplay the impact of Barbara Gordon’s paralysis being retconned. Wanna see how that went?

“Oh, but it’s okay if Barbara Gordon still has some mobility because there’s paralyzed people that regain their ability to walk”

Her spinal cord was completely severed, she was left fully paralyzed from the waist down

“There’s a 60yo fighting in a Kevlar bat suit and shifting clay people, but Barbara getting her legs back again is a problem?”

Okay, can clay people restore a spinal injury? Can Batman punch a nervous system into fully functioning? What relation does that have?

Aside from the fact there’s zero connection between the two, paralysis actually fucking exists. Batman and clay shifters, believe it or not, don’t. Lemme know if you find an irl Batman or Clayface that needs representation. Go on, I’ll wait

“Barbara being able to walk again isn’t disability erasure, there’s other paralyzed characters”

The definition of disability erasure is literally terminating someone’s disability under the belief it makes a person less than. The fuck you mean it’s not?

And how many paralyzed comic characters can you name? I’m willing to bet it doesn’t come to 50. Every character belonging to an underrepresented group matters. Whether their representation is taken away completely with that one character’s erasure or not isn’t the fucking point. You’re still fueling the already negative stigma around disabilities and sweeping disabled people further under the rug

“Her disability erasure doesn’t matter, DC will just paralyze her again in later issues”

I’m sorry, are you completely paralyzed from the waist down? Do you embody each and every paralyzed person and their experiences? No? What makes you think that you get to determine whether the erasure of something you don’t even have matters?

As for DC re-paralyzing Barbara, it’s been retconned since 2011. Even if they do plan on undoing whatever whack job microchip magic they’ve got going, they sure as hell are taking their sweet-ass time

I can’t believe people were actually arguing in favor of Barbara’s disability erasure, but here we are. Representation has always mattered and always will, and yet media loves grossly misrepresenting everything. Barbara was such a strong character as Batgirl, and flourished in her character development even more as Oracle. Her struggles, overcoming them, and learning to love herself and value her abilities beyond the mantle made her a well-loved inspiration for many. To have all of that stripped away and undone with a microchip was just as insulting as it was a destroyed opportunity for character growth

And unfortunately that’s not the first conversation I’ve had regarding the representation of characters

Oh, you thought I was done? Ha! I wish. How about Spiderverse?

“Oh but Sun-Spider can’t be a superhero, she’s wheelchair-bound!”

Professor X. The Chief. Oracle.

And just to cover all my bases: Bucky Barnes, Daredevil, Hawkeye, Doctor Mid-Nite, Hornet, Jericho, Cyborg. And that’s not even going into characters with much more hidden disabilities. Disabilities never stopped anyone from being able to achieve anything, nor should it ever

“Fat spider-people? Really? That’s just unrealistic”

Yes, really. What’s the problem with that? Surely it’s not the webbing, which have been proven to be durable enough to support buildings. No way it’s how they’re shaped when there’s a car, a horse, and a whole ass T-Rex spider variant

Some people really forgot the whole concept behind the first Spiderverse movie. How Stan Lee made it clear that “anyone can wear the mask.” It doesn’t matter your body type, whatever disorders or disabilities you have, your ethnicity or your upbringing. Being a hero is so much more than that, and the diversity of each spider-variant only reinforces how Spider-Man represents everyone

But let’s go even further with voice acting

“So what if Sunspot is being voiced by a white person instead of an Afro-Brazilian voice actor? It’s animated”

Oh wow I wasn’t aware that representation stops at the sound machine. Yes, Sunspot’s newest voice actor is Brazilian, but with a character whose ethnicity plays an integral part in his story, you’d think Marvel would figure casting an Afro-Brazilian VA would be more authentic for the role than the fourth white dude in a row, but no. Of course not

And with each VA they cast, Marvel pushes Afro-Brazilian VAs out of this role they’d intimately understand and be passionate in representing. VAs that Sunspot fans would love to see knowing that their favorite character (or even themselves) would be understood, rather than being hollowly voiced with characteristics that don’t match the person

“If Sunspot should be voiced by an Afro-Brazilian voice actor does that mean Magneto should be voiced by exclusively German Jewish voice actors? It’s not a monolith”

And neither are Brazilians. Hell, neither is any religion or race. That’s why we want an Afro-Brazilian VA. There’s so many nuances that can only be breathed into the character by someone who understands because they themselves have lived that life. It may be small but those nuances are what make the character feel alive to their audience, and the closer a VA is to the experiences of their character, the more genuine the character feels

Portraying animated characters doesn’t fall completely on the writers and artists. Artists may take control visually, and writers may be responsible for plot and voice lines, but it’s the VAs that are in the spotlight. VAs are the ones that gives these characters character. And those characters can’t be fully and properly represented for viewers if it’s not all there

Representation always matters. Its significance doesn’t go away with erasure, and it definitely isn’t less important because other people who aren’t among that marginalized group refuse understand. Disabilities don’t define who someone can be, nor does body type, or culture, or religion or any other background. It doesn’t stop at the sound machine. Anyone who says otherwise are just adding to the ignorance most media uses to excuse the already shit representation of the entertainment industry

Every marginalized group is valid. Every minority deserves to be portrayed as they are and not feel like they’re being fetishized, infantilized, or inaccurately represented for the sake of plot

Little me, the queer adopted Asian kid with raging ADHD, severe anxiety, and shit communication skills deserved more than the fetishization from anime characters and shouldn’t have needed to wait until they discovered Cassandra Cain, the first character to show that superheroes could look like them too

And people that never struggled to find themselves represented in media sure as hell don’t have an excuse to encourage lacking representation and feign ignorance when common decency and basic human empathy is free

[costacostak]

Part 2

Fluff

Respect the loafs

Trainer!Bucky 2

Proposals

Jealous!Reader 2

My girl

Jealous!Bucky

Shape shifter

First birthday

Wellcome home daddy

Dear january

Modern crap

Lessons of love

I like me better when i'm with you

Therapy

Payback

Wrapped

Singledad!Bycky

Home

Eye Contact

My everything

Hello neighbor

I trust you

Woried

Since 40s

Protective!Bucky

Vilain!Reader

Work wife

Smitten

Pregnant!Reader 2

Sharon

Accidentaly in love (SERIES)

Miscommunication

His tags

Nursery

I can not afford to lose you

Grumpy x Sunshine 2 3

Farmer!Bucky 2

Rocker!Bucky 2

Prince!Bucky

Bodyguard!Bucky 2

Sugar Daddy!Bucky 2 3

Cingy

Smut

Needy!Bucky 2 3

Handjob

Stay quiet for me

Rockstar!Bucky 2 3 4

Mary me instead

Fantasy Threesome

Inevitable

Tatoo

Slow motion

Chance

Angst

Leave the light on

Talk

Every dream gone

MOB BUCKY 2

Pizza guy

Shopping

Meeting

Mine

Bathroom adventures

Sweet temptation

Wolf in man's clothing

Wealth

Designer purse

Protective

Envy-one

Wine

Husband

Bee school

The list

Love for ages

Kiddnaping

George Barnes

Lazy romantic evening

Wooing

Paint

I love you in secret

Wedded bliss

Deal

Kill

To hold

Fat!Reader

Monster in Law (SERIES)

BIKER BUCKY

A lover's lament

Birthday and Ambulance

[hcavysoulss]

octavio pisano,  thirty-five,  cis man,  he/his  𐫱     ›   hey, isn’t that arthur gonzalo sanchez? i’ve heard that they’ve lived in bearhold for fifteen years. rumor has it that they can be rather reclused and temperamental, but hey, that’s just in their nature as a shapeshifter . they totally make up for it by being protective and strong-willed. if you’re looking for them, you can probably find them hanging out at the great bear wilds.

NAME.         arthur gonzalo sanchez.         NICKNAMES.        lo, gonzo (his old pack only), artie.         AGE  +  DOB.         thirty-five,  may 27th.         HOMETOWN.         bearhold,  washington.         GENDER  +  PRONOUNS.         cis  man  +  he / his.         ORIENTATION.         bisexual.         OCCUPATION.         unemployed .         SPECIES.         shifter / werewolf.         ABILITIES.         shape shifting, super human strength, speed, agility, and etc. .        

› aesthetics: .

inspired by roronoa zoro (one piece), john wick (john wick), bucky barnes (the winter soldier), logan/wolverine (x-men/marvel).

i. to be written.

tdlr ; author was born into a pack in the southern most parts of california. while his pack was small and nomadic they were powerful and often made their presences known where they were. author was an outlier.. he never fit in because he just didn't want to be apart of their chaos. the problem is he couldn't not be a part of everything. he was basically forced to take part in everything if he wanted to stay in the pack... that was until a fateful night when he killed another one of the pack. but, it wasn't out of hate. it was because they attacked him first. he had to run when it happened and made his way to bearhold five years ago. he's been hiding in his cabin sense rarely coming out...

SIGNIFICANT OTHER.         none.         CHILDREN.        none.         PARENTS.         unknown.        PREVIOUS PACK MEMBERS.         to be applied for. (0/4)

[psychiccatpanda]

TSB 2023 (Mk VII) Masterpost

For @tonystarkbingo

Card #7022

S1 - Missing Scene - Tony Stark Bingo Mark VII - November Round Robin.  Tony & Loki. General.  

S2 - Shape shifters - A Little Bird Told Me: A Tale of the Tangled Threads of Fate. moodboard. WinterIron (Tony x Bucky). Teen.

S5 - Science Boyfriends - Tony Stark Bingo Mark VII - September Round Robin.  Bruce Banner/Tony Stark. General.

T1 - Warm and Fuzzy Feelings - What the Camera Can't See.  FrostIron (Loki x Tony). General.

T3 - Anticipation - Tony Stark Bingo Mark VII - August Round Robin.  Avengers Team & Tony Stark, Background Relationships, Carol Danvers/Rhodey Rhodes. General.

T5 - Psychological Torture - You Gotta Pay the Troll Toll (Chapter 1).  WinterIron (Tony x Bucky). Teen+.

A1 - Image of Tony Stark & Stephen Strange - Tony Stark Bingo Mark VII - June Round Robin.  Tony Stark & Stephen Strange, Tony Stark & Bucky Barnes, Tony Stark & Bruce Banner. General

A2 - Wish You Were Here - When the World No Longer Speaks Your Name - Ch 1.  WinterIron (Tony x Bucky) - note this chapter is pre-winteriron. Teen+.

A3 - Free Space - Crossed the Sky for Love.  Tony Stark/Thor. General.

A5 - Miscommunication - Tony Stark Bingo Mark VII - July Round Robin.  Stony (Steve x Tony). General.

R3 - Wake up! - Too Good to Be True (Chapter 25).  WinterIron (Bucky/Tony). Mature.

K3 - AU: Post-apocalyptic - Statues Crumble (Who Knows How Long I've Loved You) (Chapter 1). Bucky Barnes & JARVIS, Winterbones (Bucky Barnes/Brock Rumlow). Teen+

Adoptable: Graveyard - When the World No Longer Speaks Your Name (Chapter 2). WinterIron (Tony x Bucky) - note this chapter is pre-winteriron. Teen+.

[sammysdewysensitiveeyes]

That post about writers completely re-inventing characters and ignoring continuity and turning them into basically self-insert OC's (which is generally infuriating for fans) got me thinking about times when it actually worked well to totally revamp a character. I think one of the keys is when it's an extremely minor character, and long dead or out of continuity, so fans are less likely to mind. (Readmore, because damn do I ramble a lot.)

Like one of my favorite examples is the Shade, a Silver-Age Flash villain who had a cane who could create shadows:

It's the guy in the top hat, so old school that he hung out with The Fiddler.

Shade had largely fallen out of continuity when he was picked up to be a major character in James Robinson's Starman, where he was reinvented as an immortal being from the Victorian era who had gained supernatural powers from a magical accident. No longer needing the cane, this Shade could control and project shadows. Starman's Shade was also a significantly more interesting and complex anti-hero type, who had adopted Opal City as his home and is willing to defend it. He is dark enough to rip people to pieces with his shadows, but winds up helping the good guys more often than not, even if it's sometimes for his own purposes. The series also delves into his past history through the present, fleshing out his past and origins. Also, he got much hotter:

That probably helped, too. This Shade is so different from the original he may as well be James Robinson's OC, but i can't imagine even fans of the original complaining, he's a very cool character whose profile was raised enough in Starman that he got a solo mini-series. He also appeared in the live action Stargirl TV series as the Robinson version of the Shade, playing a similar role as an amoral anti-hero who might be helpful but can't always be trusted.

Of course, I may be biased, because I love The Shade.

Another example where I'm definitely biased is X-Men's Changeling transforming into Morph on TAS. Changeling was kind of an interesting character, as a former terrorist turned good with a last-minute redemption, but his redemption was a half-assed flashback that retconned his death to revive Xavier. He probably would have been a forgotten footnote in X-Men history if he hadn't been pulled out of mothballs and given a personality overhaul to become Morph, a much more fun, heroic and sympathetic character. I think it says a lot of that all the alternate versions of Changeling that appeared in the comics since TAS (AoA and Exiles) have been clearly based on TAS Morph's "wacky shape-shifter" personality, and literally called Morph rather than Changeling. The alternate version has largely eclipsed the original. That being said, it would be kind of interesting to see 616 Changeling resurrected on Krakoa with more of his original personality intact. He could join X-Force for sneaky shape-shifter espionage stuff now that Mystique is busy with the Council and Destiny. If nothing else, it would be funny to see a former criminal be absolutely appalled at Beast's actions in X-Force because "I thought you were supposed to be the good guys!"

There are examples even with bigger name characters, like Bucky Barnes being famously brought back from the dead in 2005 as a mind-controlled assassin. Despite turning Bucky darker and grittier, the revived Bucky has become something of a mainstay of the Marvel Universe, was featured in several movies, and shared a Disney+ series with Falcon in which they were clearly dating. It probably helped that by 2005, Bucky was just famous for being dead, and not many people were reading old comics from the 40's and 50's, so Winter Soldier could over-write teen Bucky.

And of course, there are major overhauls to even long-standing characters that add depth, like Magneto going from a standard 60's villain to a noble-but-misguided terrorist, Holocaust survivor, and old friend of Xavier. I think most people acknowledge that to be a massive improvement on the character that made him far more interesting and complex.

It probably helps when the characters are taken in a "good" direction, although it can be fun to watch people go dark as well. Grim and gritty Bucky was still a largely sympathetic character, he was just "cooler" (and also alive). But I'm pretty sure absolutely no one liked DC villain Dr. Light being retconned as a rapist in Identity Crisis, even if it made him more threatening. (There was a lot to hate about Identity Crisis). I'm also not super-fond of Josh Williamson giving the original Trickster a come-back only to write him as much nastier than he was before, although at least he didn't become a rapist. Never write James Jesse again, Williamson.

Responses are mixed to Moira McTaggert, another long-dead minor character, being retconned as not only a mutant, but a mutant who has been directing and influencing all of the X-Men's history from behind the scenes. Personally, I'm sad to see one of the X-Men's best known human allies turned into a secretive and manipulative mutant, but I could deal with it until Percy turned her into an evil cyborg that wore a Banshee skin-suit. Percy had better keep his claws off Stevie Hunter, one of the few human X-Men allies left alive. (Also she's totally a congresswoman now).

Overall, I think it depends a lot on how long the character has been out of action and how well the writer uses them, and responses will always be mixed. Of course, these positive examples are not meant to justify the tendency of certain writers to take well-known characters with a long established history and completely ignore it in order to write the shallowest and laziest possible version. Everyone reading this probably has a different writer in mind, and you are all right.

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Sleeping Beauty (5)

Sleeping Beauty Masterlist

Pairing: Bucky x Shape Shifter Reader

Words: 1892

Warning: Awkwardness. A little angst. An angry cat.

A/N: I’m bored and I’m waiting to get a tattoo and I’m getting emotional cause it’s for my dad so I needed to write something cute. Refer to this video for the scene in the pool.

You woke up a little confused, looking around and recalling the past few hours. When you didn’t find Bucky, you got a little hurt because for the second time in the span of 24 hours, he wasn’t sleeping next to you. And then you shivered from the breeze coming through the window and looked down, the reality of the situation washing over you and causing you to freak out because you were as naked as the day you were born. In Bucky’s bed. He probably freaked out and thought you needed to get your shit together. Realizing you needed to apologize to him at some point, you brushed your hair and grabbed the nearest shirt and put it on, standing up and looking for anything to wear because his shirt might not be long enough.

You spotted his clean laundry basket and were about to look for a pair of his boxers when Bucky walked in with snacks. When he didn’t find you on the bed, he turned to the desk and saw you standing there in nothing but his shirt. The juice bottle broke soon after and you squealed from how loud it was.

“Y-you’re wearing my shirt.” Bucky struggled to keep himself in check, trying his hardest to not fix his pants that were, once again, super tight because of you. He followed your movements like a hawk, eyes glued to your hands when you tried to pull on the shirt to make it longer. Your breath hitched when you noticed the way he clenched his jaw, eyes turning a little darker than normal as he watched your legs shivering.

“I had...nothing else to wear. So- sorry.” You whispered, waiting for him to do something so you could follow his lead. Bucky tore his eyes away from your legs before slowly trailing them upwards and he swallowed the lump in his throat when he saw your nipples hard against his shirt. For the first time, you felt naked in front of him, not just physically but emotionally, and you wanted to leave but couldn’t budge from your spot.

Bucky was mesmerized, his mind telling me to walk over and hug you as tightly as he could because he could feel how embarrassed you were and he didn’t like it. You should never feel that way around him. But the sound of glass shattering further under his feet brought him out of his haze. You wait for him to do anything and your heart broke when he walked towards his dresser and pulled out a clean pair of shorts, throwing them your way and telling you to get dressed.

You went from hurt to flustered to flat out angry. Bucky didn’t hear any shifting behind him and assumed you quietly put his shorts on. When he turned around, he had to take a step back from you. He couldn’t understand what changed all of a sudden but all he knew was that he needed to follow your lead, not because he was scared of you but because he knew you only changed into this specific animal when something wasn’t being communicated between the two of you. When one of you couldn’t say what was on your mind. He tried to walk to you but you growled, looking away before leaving his room.

Bucky stood there for a while, not knowing what he was supposed to do. He wanted to give you some space but he didn’t want to sleep knowing you were angry with him. Cleaning up the mess he made, he went to your room and knocked, opening the door slowly to see if you were inside and when he didn’t find you, he felt more anxious.

“Friday, locate Y/N.” He didn’t wait for the AI, descending the stairs to see if you were in any of your usual spots. “Ms. Y/N is currently using the swimming facility.” He shook his head and went downstairs, sliding the doors open and watching you swim around in the pool.

You heard footsteps approaching and turned around, ready to attack whoever was bothering you. When you saw it was Bucky, you turned your back and ignored him. You felt the water shifting higher and knew he got in the pool with you. What the hell was he doing, getting in the water when it was cold?

You snapped your head when you felt him pull on your tail, trying to swim away from him because you were still a little hurt but he didn’t let you. The two of you played this cat and mouse game until he noticed you were starting to get a little tired.

“Doll, did I do something wrong?” You were resting your head on his shoulder, pushing it up and baring your teeth when you heard what he asked. “I’m sorry. I don’t know what I did but I’m sorry. I promise to make it up to you.” You purred when he scratched your throat, taking his hand in your mouth and sucking on the juice that you could taste was still on his hand. He laughed and told you he was ticklish at which point you bit down a little harder to get him to pay attention to you.

“Tell me what I did wrong. Please, I can’t stand it when you’re mad at me.” You swam away and walked out of the pool, releasing a guttural noise and signaling him to wait before he got out. He did as you said.

He turned around a while later when he heard some shuffling behind him, his facial expression falling when he saw you were wearing his shirt, again. He walked out and grabbed a towel to dry himself before putting on his sweatpants again. Sensing that you were a little uncomfortable from the state of undress the two of you were in, he wrapped the towel around his chest and sat a little far away from you.

“Did I do something wrong?” You finally asked him and flinched when you heard his metal arm shifting.

“What makes you say that?” You could tell he was irritated and you felt bad.

“This is the second time I wake up and you aren’t in bed.” You bluntly stated and continued playing with his shirt. He didn’t say anything, finally understanding why you’ve been acting strangely for the last day.

“I- I can’t say why-” You didn’t let him finish, your voice coming out a little louder than you intended. “Why not? I tell you everything. I thought we’re closer friends than that.” He flinched when you said ‘friends,’ rubbing his face before staring at you.

“You didn’t let me finish. I can’t say why without...without, god damn it this is harder than I thought. Without scaring you away.” He couldn’t help but laugh at the absolutely adorable and confused expression on your face. Bucky felt bad and stopped as soon as he saw you were starting to get angry again. “I’m sorry I didn’t mean to laugh doll. It’s just that you look really cute when you’re angry.” That took you by surprise and you turned away from him.

“Don’t hide from me. Never hide from me Y/N.” You could hear him walking towards you, crossing your arms when he stood right in front of you and asked you to look at him. He reached up and touched your cheek very gently. “You look pretty in my shirt,” Bucky whispered, smiling when he saw goosebumps erupt on your skin and you couldn’t maintain eye contact anymore, looking down at your feet before playing with the edge of his shirt.

“Promise you won’t freak out?” He asked, incapable of holding back and pulling on the edge of his shirt. You flushed when you felt his metal fingers at the top of your thighs, hoping you weren’t misunderstanding the situation at all.

“I won’t.” He barely heard your reply, holding your chin and raising your head until you looked at him.

“I didn’t know what I’d do if...you looked so fucking gorgeous sleeping in my bed yesterday and then I woke up and you weren’t wearing anything today and I was afraid I’d do something. And I wanted to apologize for barging into your room yesterday but you said nothing of it so I didn’t know if I should bring it up and...I don’t want to ruin our friendship doll.” You said nothing, mostly because you didn’t know how to respond but you were also panicking internally because he did feel the same way.

“You’re so fucking important to me and I don’t wanna scare you by...” He groaned, wiping his face before leaning down and staring straight at you.

“I don’t wanna scare you by how much I want you darlin and tell me if I’m outta line but I can’t stop thinking about you baby. I woke up and you were right up against me and goddamn I almost lost it from how fuckin’ warm you were and I could feel every inch of you against me and I was scared. I was scared yesterday and I was scared today. And when we were on the mission yesterday, it broke me to think that you’d be willing to jump in front of me. I can’t risk it when it comes to you. And I know you can take care of yourself but I don’t want you to think you can just get shot for me. I’d do anything to keep you safe Y/N.” You could tell this wasn’t easy for him, his breathing picking up and his hand getting a little damp from where it was holding you.

When you said nothing, Bucky started to worry that he’d said too much and that you didn’t feel the same way. He slowly started to back up but you didn’t give him a chance to go too far, wrapping your arms around his neck and breathing in his scent. He wrapped his arms around your waist and sighed in relief. When his arms inched lower involuntarily, he remembered that you were naked and cleared his throat.

“Doll, you’re still naked.” He whispered and you pushed him away before apologizing. “Believe me when I tell you I don’t mind. But I got my limits too darling and I can’t promise to always control myself around you.” He scratched the back of his neck like he was shy and didn’t want to admit anything else.

“I’ll just wear Steve’s shirts. They’re longer anyway.” You said playfully, trying to make things less awkward between the two of you.

“Don’t you fucking dare.” He blushed when he realized you were just joking.

“Don’t wanna see you in any other man’s shirt.” Bucky was first to walk away, not wanting to look at you by accident if you were to go ahead first. He took you back to your room and bid you a good night. When you stood on your tiptoes and kissed his cheek, he almost fainted. Before he could say anything, you were shutting your door because it took everything in you to not die of embarrassment right then and there.

And before you went to sleep, you thanked god that the leopard helped amend the situation between the two of you. It always did.

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Entrapment

Character: Bucky Barnes

Summary: One day, Bucky finds an injured wolf on his morning run. He can’t help but feel like his only choice is to rescue it. 

Word Count: 5,050 - One Shot

Bucky had to stick to a routine. His anxiety, his depression…it would flare when he didn’t go through it. His psychiatrist told him to be weary. That soon the very thing that made him feel in control could one day be the thing that controlled him.

So, Bucky tried to keep it simple. Wake up at 5AM. Go for a run. Eat breakfast. Catch up on the world of today. 

But his morning run wasn’t really running. It was a damn marathon. Sam tried to join him once and deeply regretted it. Steve didn’t bother joining, despite his physical capability to do so. He recognized it as a form of therapy for Bucky and didn’t want to interfere.

Bucky loved his morning runs. Sometimes he listened to music; other days he just wanted to listen to the world waking up. It made him feel more human. It also made him realize he was such a small part in the giant world around him.

He enjoyed running through the woods and around the lakes. His Brooklyn upbringing never let him experience nature like his life did now.

Today was a no-music day. Which meant that Bucky heard every noise. 

But it wasn’t a sound that had made him slow down to a walk. There was a chill that went up his spine – a sixth sense that he had built through his training. 

He had to take a moment to regain his breathing so the sounds of his panting didn’t overwhelm his hearing.

He looked around him wildly.

There was a crack of a branch.

Had someone followed him? Was someone watching him?

He was just about to unstrap the knife he always kept at his side.

But then there was moment in front of him.

It was a wolf crossing his path. But it wasn’t walking. It was limping.

That’s when Bucky saw that one of its front paws, pastern, and hock was completely torn up. Blood was apparent against its light fur.

 It had mostly likely stepped into a claw trap. But wolves were very rare in this area. Even more rare were bears. It’s strange that anyone in the region would even put out such traps.

The wolf was eyeing Bucky. It showed no sign of attacking him. But its eyes were so wild with fear that Bucky knew it would fight him if it felt threatened enough.

That’s when Bucky realized it was actually staring darkly at the knife that was now in his hand, like it knew that was the real threat.

“Not gonna hurt you, bud.” Bucky spoke gently and slowly sheathed the knife back in its casing at his waist.

The wolf’s ears perked forward as it listened to his words.

“That looks pretty bad,” he pointed to the wolf’s injuries. Then a thought suddenly occurred to him and he looked around. “Where’s the rest of your pack, huh?”

The wolf continued staring him down.

Bucky knew a few of his teammates would say it was best to shoot the animal down, that it would be the humane thing to do. The wolf would be an easy prey for other animals in the woods. It wouldn’t stand a chance in a fight.

But there was something about the wolf that made Bucky pity it. But more importantly, he felt like he related to the animal.

“Maybe I can help you,” Bucky muttered. He felt a little ridiculous talking to the wolf. But he swore his words seemed to calm it a bit.

Bucky took a step forward. The wolf immediately snarled and let out a growl.

Bucky held up his hands and stepped back. “You’re right. You’re right. That was stupid.”

He sighed. “But I can’t help you if you don’t let me near you. I promise I won’t hurt you.”

It was honestly surprising the wolf had humored him this long and stayed. It should’ve run off the moment it spotted him.

Bucky tried to think of a plan. He needed a tranquilizer. This animal was too wild and scared to accept help. But Bucky knew if he returned to the compound, there was a chance he would never find the beast again.

Bucky had to keep eyes on it.

He decided to kneel, staring deep into the wolves eyes that so clearly held a soul.

“Listen, I can help. But you gotta trust me. I won’t get near you. But you have to follow me. I know people that can help you. I promise nothing’s gonna hurt you.”

To his shock, it looked like the wolf was seriously considering his offer, listening to him as if it spoke his language.

“So, I’m going to start walking back home…and I hope you come with, OK?”

Bucky slowly turned and made his way back the direction he came. He walked slowly. Then he paused, turning his head a little, and listened very closely.

There was a shuffling behind him.

He turned to see the wolf had walked closer to him. But as soon as Bucky’s eyes were on it, the wolf stopped.

Bucky smirked and continued walking. He kept his pace slow, knowing that every step for the wolf must be excruciating.

Then he realized he had to give the compound a heads up. He couldn’t just show up with a wolf without warning. 

He grabbed his cellphone that Steve made him promise he’d always keep on his body.

“Hello?” Steve answered.

“I’m about to ask you for a weird favor…”

Eventually there was a break in the woods and Bucky could spot the compound in the near distance. He turned and recognized that the wolf appeared panicked. It could sense it was getting too close to civilization and a population of people. Its instincts were telling it that it was no longer safe, that it should run back into the woods where it belonged.

Bucky knelt down and look into the wolf’s eyes again.

“Hey, I made you a promise didn’t I? I ain’t gonna hurt ya.”

Suddenly, it’s hackles raised and it bared it’s fangs. The growl sounded even deadlier than the one it gave Bucky earlier. But its gaze was on not him.

Bucky turned around to see that Steve was standing back a few yards behind him.

“You gotta back up, Steve. You’re scaring it.” Bucky warned.

Steve did as he was told, eyeing the wolf wearily. Of all the ways he could go, Steve was sure a wolf attack wouldn’t be it. But he’d rather not get into a brawl with the beast, nonetheless.

“Got what I asked for?”

Steve nodded and subtly handed a gun to Bucky. “Banner said the dosage should be heavy enough. Said to aim for the neck.”

Bucky took it and pointed it at the wolf.

To his shock, the growling stopped and it no longer bared his teeth. Instead, it started whimpering and whining at the sight of a gun being pointed at it. Like Bucky aiming it toward it was the greatest betrayal.

Bucky’s heart broke at the sound. But he pulled the trigger and the tranquilizer dart landed right in the wolf’s jugular.

It let out a yelp and leaned on its hind legs at the impact, before falling to the ground.

Bucky winced at the sight.

“Buck, why are you doing this?” Steve asked curiously, yet held no judgement.

Bucky walked toward the animal and easily picked up its limp body in his arms. “It was all alone and it needed help.” That was the only explanation he really had.

——————

Bucky ran a hand through the wolf’s white fur as one of the doctor’s stitched up the wolf’s injuries. He thought it was a light brown from a distance. Now he realized it was pure white, just dirtied with blood and mud.

“Well, she should make a full recovery,” the doctor said as it wrapped the last of the wolves injuries.

“She?” Bucky questioned.

The doctor smiled. “Yes, and she’s a tough one too. That trap broke a bone. The fact that she was able to walk all the way here is miraculous.”

Bucky rubbed the wolf’s fur gently and smiled shyly. “She’s a fighter.”

“We should keep her in an enclosure.”

Bucky’s face darkened. He was all too familiar with what it felt like to be locked in a cage.

The doctor seemed to read his mind. “I promise it’s for her own good. We can’t monitor her recovery if we release her and she’ll push herself too far. The smaller the space, the more she can rest her leg.”

Bucky’s jaw flexed. He didn’t like it. But he knew it was for the best.

———————

They had locked her into an empty room on the lab floors. There was nothing for her to break and the glass was bullet proof. She was perfectly safe inside.

But that didn’t stop Bucky from watching over her.

When she woke up from the sedative, the wolf seem to panic at its unknown and new surroundings. She started pacing and whimpering. With her fear, she started running in circles frantically. Her eyes whipped around the room, trying to find an escape of some sort.

She wasn’t supposed to be running or jumping as she healed.

But Bucky knew she wouldn’t calm.

He thought for a moment. Was he really about to do this? “Fuck it,” he muttered before unlocking the door and slowly stepping in.

She immediately paused to watch the intrusion.

The wolf started whining at the sight of Bucky, like she recognized him and mistook his entrance as perhaps a rescue.

“You gotta calm down, girl. Or you’re going to hurt yourself further. You gotta rest.” Bucky whispered as he kept his distance.

The wolf seemed to consider his warning and advice. Then she stopped her pacing and decided to lay down. Her face was balanced on her front paws as she looked up at Bucky.

He smiled at how the wolf turned adorable so quickly.

Then he went to the door, to leave her alone again. But she started whining the moment his hand neared the handle.

“Alright. Alright. Alright,” he sighed with a smile. “I won’t leave.”

He pressed his back to the wall and slide down so he was sitting.

It seemed he couldn’t escape the gaze of the wolf. She watched him closely.

Bucky leaned his head back and crossed his arms. It wasn’t until then that he realized he hadn’t slept in quite some time. Now that he knew his new little friend was safe and sound, he finally allowed himself to notice how heavy his eyelids were.

He didn’t know how long he had been asleep when he felt something wet wiping across his face. Was that someone’s tongue?

Bucky’s eyes flickered open to find that the wolf was licking his face.

He chuckled and tried to escape it. “Come on. Stop it,” he managed to beg through the laughter.

He was brave enough to try and push her head away, but she fought against it. Her mission was to give him endless kisses.

That was when Bucky heard the door start to open.

It must’ve been why she was trying to wake Bucky up. She heard the warning sounds of an intruder.

When the door opened, she jumped between Bucky and the door with a protective stance. Her hackles raised once again and her growling was terrifying.

Steve’s eyes widened at the sight before him.

“Hey, hey, hey. Easy, girl. He’s a friend,” Bucky tried to coo.

“I-I was just bringing her some food and water.” Steve tried to tell him as he backed up slightly, taking the wolf’s warning very seriously. “Are you crazy sitting in here like this?”

“Are you crazy for walking in here then?” Bucky countered. Then he sighed. “Just put it down slowly and get out of here, punk.”

Steve nodded and did what he was told.

As soon as the door closed, the wolf relaxed. Then she turned around and started kissing Bucky’s face again.

“You’re a protective little thing, huh?” Bucky laughed in between licks. “Why don’t you go eat that food and water?” He suggested pointing to them.

She followed his gaze and considered it for a moment before making her way over. It was a bowl of raw meet that she devoured in seconds. Bucky wondered when the last time she ate was.

When she finished the water too, she came walking back to Bucky. She walked in a little circle, not caring that she was brushing against him as she did so. Then she finally settled and laid down.

But what shocked Bucky most of all was when she rested her head on his thigh.

“Doesn’t take much to gain your trust, does it, doll?” Bucky chuckled.

Then, taking the risk, he brushed a hand down her fur. She closed her eyes in content, not seeming to mind him petting her like a well-trained pet.

Soon, they were both fast asleep.

Hours later, Bucky felt like the weight against him was different. It was heavier. But what really caught him off guard was the absence of fur. His hand was no longer tangled in it. Instead, it was resting against smooth and warm skin.

Bucky’s eyes shot open. There was no longer a wolf sleeping against him, but a naked woman. Not just a naked woman, a beautiful one. Her y/h/c flowed behind her back as her cheek still rest against his thigh.

Bucky would’ve convinced himself he was having a dream until he saw that her forearm and hand were will wrapped with the gauze he’d seen the doctor put on the wolf earlier.

Was she a werewolf? Was she shape shifter? Or had she been put under a witch’s curse?

Bucky tried to be a gentleman and ignore her nudity. But he couldn’t stop his gaze from running down her body. 

Christ, she was beautiful.

Then he snapped out of his daze. Without waking her, he tried to subtly shift his body so he could take off his jacket. He managed to do so and then draped it over her body, giving her a bit of modesty.

Bucky had to wake her. She couldn’t sleep on this hard and cold tile floor. She needed a bed and to get properly cared for.

He brushed some hair away from her face.

“Doll, you gotta wake up,” he whispered. She hummed and winced. But then she seemed to sense that something had changed. Her eyes snapped open.

She shot up and gasped.

Her eyes were wide with fear and panic.

“Hey, hey, hey. You’re OK. You’re safe,” Bucky urged.

She looked down at her naked body, surprisingly not panicked by being so exposed. “I shifted,” she muttered. Then she blinked and a smile broke. “I shifted!”

Then she realized she wasn’t alone.

She quickly stumbled to her feet and put a great distance between her and Bucky.

He held up his hands. “I’m not going to hurt you. I’m a friend.”

She gripped his coat tighter around her body and eyed him wearily.

Her face started to change, like she was suddenly remembering something.

“You…You helped me,” she whispered.

Bucky, ever so slowly, got to his feet, but still held his hands up.

“I found you in the woods. I had… no idea you were human. Are you…Are you a shapeshifter?”

She nodded. “Someone was hunting me. I got caught in their trap. When I get hurt…I can’t-I can’t shift back to my human form. It’s too painful and my body resists.”

Bucky frowned. “How long were you like that?”

Her brow furrowed. “I don’t know. Days? Maybe weeks?” She swallowed. “I can…lose myself to the animal the longer I’m in that form.”

Bucky nodded. “Maybe we should get you checked out. Make sure nothing else is wrong.”

She ignored his comment and looked around the room. Then she seemed to be studying him. Her eyes paused on his metal arm. “Am I at the Avengers’ headquarters?”

He shifted his weight, but nodded.

An unsettling silence filled the room.

“Thank you…for helping me,” Y/N finally muttered. “If it weren’t for you, I might’ve stayed that way forever or,” she shook her head, “…died.”

“I understand if you don’t want some doctor touching and examining you,” Bucky stated. “But at least let me get you some clothes.”

She nodded after thinking about it. “OK.”

Bucky nodded too and started toward the door. Then he realized something. “What’s your name?”

She seemed to become shy from the question. “It’s Y/N.”

Bucky smirked at the name. He stepped forward and offered his hand. “I’m Bucky.”

She shook timidly and tried to give him a small smile.

“Come on. Let’s get you those clothes.”

She nodded.

Luckily, Bucky’s jacket was big enough to cover her, just exposing her legs and bare feet. But that didn’t stop people from gawking at her as they passed them in the hall. It was mostly agents and scientists. The Avengers were probably hanging out in the residential quarters.

Bucky glared at anyone that gave Y/N a funny look, who already seemed uncomfortable with their scrutiny.

“Don’t mind them,” he tried to tell her. “They’re just not used to seeing a pretty woman with me.”

She smiled a little at his joke.

When they got into his bedroom, Bucky scratched the back of his neck awkwardly. He’d never brought a girl to his room before – let alone to the compound even. There wasn’t much to see. There were weapons scattered across the dining room table that he had been cleaning. There were a few pictures hung, mostly from back in the day. There was a book shelf with every inch taken up. A record player sat in the corner.

He cleared his throat. “Let me find something for you to wear.”

A few minutes later, he came back with one of his hoodies and a pair of sweatpants.

“Thank you,” she carefully took them from his grasp. “I’ll wash them and make sure you get ‘em back.”

But Bucky was already shaking his head. “Don’t worry about it.”

Then she looked around awkwardly.

“Oh! The bathroom is right over there,” Bucky pointed to a door on the other side of the room.

When she came back out, his heart rate sped up a bit. His clothes were so baggy on her. She looked adorable and kept pushing the sleeves of the hoodie up so her hands weren’t engulfed by the fabric. “Umm…do you live around here?” He asked.

“Excuse me?” She fiddled with her hands.

“Sorry,” Bucky pinched the bridge of his nose.

Apparently it was easier for him to talk to a wolf than a god damn woman.

“I was just asking so I could take you home,” he clarified.

“I live in the woods. Not far from here. It’s a little cottage, kind of hidden away. You guys are probably my closest neighbors.”

“Do you want me to take you home?” He asked carefully.

She looked at him for a moment. This was such a strange circumstance. She was embarrassed and felt out of place. But there was something so calming and lovely about this man’s blue eyes. They were soft and gentle, just like him. Y/N was suddenly angry with the way the media had portrayed this poor man.

Y/N finally nodded at his question.

“OK. You’ll just have to show me the way,” he explained.

The car ride was peacefully quiet.

“Is it just a wolf?” Bucky finally couldn’t hold in his question any longer.

“Hmm?”

He took his eyes away from the road to look at her. “Can you only change into a wolf?” Then he panicked. “I’m sorry! That’s probably a rude question.”

But she was laughing at him.

“It’s fine. It’s not rude,” she assured him.

Bucky let out a breath.

“It’s not just a wolf. I can turn into anything I put my mind to. Mammals, fish, amphibians, insects. Some just take more effort than others.”

“That’s…” Bucky began.

“Freaky?” She offered.

He looked at her again. “I was gonna say magical.”

“Well,” Y/N sighed. “That’s a much nicer way of putting it than I’m used to.”

Bucky had a little flash of anger, thinking about people making Y/N feel like a freak.

“It’s this private drive up here on the left,” Y/N pointed out an unmarked road that he would’ve easily missed.

The road went on for almost half a mile before Bucky saw a little cottage at the end.

Y/N had been right about the Avengers being her closest neighbors. There wasn’t a soul for miles. It was a quant and cozy home, isolated from the rest of the world.

Bucky stared at the cottage through the windshield. “You sure you’re going to be alright here by yourself?”

Y/N smiled at his concern. “I have been for years.” Then she saw how he seemed unconvinced about her safety. “Wanna come in?”

He watched her for a moment, probably trying to figure out if she was being sincere with her invitation or not. “Uh…sure.”

Y/N found the spare key hidden behind the outside light and unlocked the front door.

Bucky was right about the place looking cozy. He immediately spotted a fireplace that looked like it was used all day, every day. There wasn’t an inch of space on the walls that wasn’t covered. It wasn’t like she was an unhealthy hoarder, just that she collected things she found beautiful and fascinating.

“I know it’s really…busy,” Y/N commented quietly.

It was then that Bucky realized this place was her little oasis. It was secluded because it freed her of judgment from others. He couldn’t imagine a shapeshifter being their true selves in a concrete jungle of a city. She’d be on the front page of every newspaper if she shifted into any animal besides a rat or pigeon.

“It’s very homey,” Bucky replied sincerely.

But suddenly he felt like he was intruding on her safe haven, like his presence was sullying it somehow.

“Bucky?” Y/N interrupted his negative thoughts.

He looked up at her.

“Thank you – again – for everything. Really. You saved me.”

His face softened at the kindness within her words.

“It was the right thing to do,” he shrugged, trying not to show how affected he was by her words.

She scoffed at that. “I don’t think you realize how many people would’ve just tried to shoot down an injured animal, whether it was from mercy or the glory of a hunt. There’s not many people that would risk their life to try and help a dangerous wolf.”

Bucky didn’t know how to respond. She pointed out something about himself that he hadn’t even realized. It was true, most people wouldn’t have made the effort to look after a wild beast.

“I should,” he cleared his throat awkwardly, “get going.”

He couldn’t tell if she was disappointed or relieved by his sudden departure.

“Bye, Bucky.”

“Bye, doll.” His blood ran cold. He hadn’t meant to use that term of endearment.

When Bucky got into his car, he gripped the steering wheel tightly and stared at Y/N’s cottage.

Was he being absolutely ridiculous? 

There was no doubt he was drawn to her – a way he’d never been drawn to a woman before. Hell, he had felt some sort of pull toward her when she wasn’t even human.

Why didn’t he ask if he could see her again? Why hadn’t he asked for number?

Because he was a coward. That’s all he was these days: a coward.

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A couple weeks went by and Bucky’s life went back to normal. The only reason the team had found out the truth about the wolf was because Tony freaked out when he found the footage.

Sam, Nat, and Steve were the only ones that caught the difference in Bucky.

Bucky was always quiet. But now his quietness had turned into introspection and reflection. It was obvious he was lost in his head now, instead of just keeping out of everyone else’s conversations.

But Bucky kept to his usual routine still.

On this morning run, he decided to opt out of the sounds of the world and drown them out with music.

He had to run off more steam as usual. Was it sexual frustration? Romantic frustration? He couldn’t figure it out, but he absolutely knew who was responsible for it.

Bucky had already run 20 miles by the time he slowed to a stop. He was right at the edge of one of the surrounding lakes. The beach was filled with rocks and pebbles, not the sandy paradises one usually imagined.

There was a pause between songs, which allowed Bucky to hear a rustling behind him.

He whipped around in a defensive stance.

His eyes widened when he found a grizzly bear staring at him from no more than 10 feet away.

Bucky quickly recovered and realized there was no chance there was a population of grizzly bears in this area.

He smirked then.

“Y/N?” He asked gently as he took slow and cautious steps toward the ginormous animal.

The bear started walking heavily toward him.

Even if Bucky was convinced the bear was Y/N, his anxiety was still skyrocketing from such a large and deadly animal invading his space.

But the bear didn’t stop coming closer.

Instead, it rubbed his head against Bucky’s chest, startling the poor man. It continued brushing against him, making it clear it wanted to be pet.

“Alright, alright,” Bucky laughed as he rubbed the fur around its thick neck.

This went on for a few minutes when the bear finally pulled away, but kept its face just mere inches from Bucky, who kept a grip on its neck.

“Can’t tell if it’s really you in there or if you lose a bit of yourself, doll.” Bucky commented.

The bear tilted its head slightly at his words. Then it leaned forward and licked his face.

Bucky’s face scrunched and he let out a laugh. “Well, thanks for that.” 

He wiped the slobber off his face.

But when he opened his eyes again, there was no longer a bear standing in front of him. His amusement dropped.

Y/N stood before him, with a mischievous expression and a naked body.

Their was no shame or self-consciousness in her nudity. Her shoulders were pulled back proudly and her head was held high with confidence. 

It didn’t matter since Bucky could only stare into her y/e/c eyes.

“You were so curious about my abilities, figured I’d go ahead and show you,” she smiled charmingly.

“And you couldn’t change into – I don’t know – a bunny or maybe a deer?”

She laughed. “And miss an opportunity to scare the crap out of you? Not a chance.”

Bucky shook his head at her antics and put his hands on his hips. “What’re you doing here?”

Her playfulness was gone now. In its place was a somber expression. “I can’t seem to get you out of my head Bucky Barnes.”

“I know the feeling,” he mumbled back.

“I just need to know,” she began. “Why did you help me that day? What kind of man sees an injured wolf and makes such an effort to save it?”

Bucky shifted his weight uncomfortably. “I don’t know.” She took a defiant step towards him. “Yes. You do.”

He glared at how she was pushing him and sighed. “A broken thing. All alone. Lost and with no help in sight. It….” He tried to find the courage to say the next thing. “It reminded me of myself, OK?”

She gave him a sympathetic look and closed what little distance was between their bodies. Her hand cupped his cheek, smoothly moving across his stubble.

“My friends and family always ask if I’m lonely living in my little cottage in the woods,” she explained. “But there’s a difference between being alone and being lonely.”

Her eyes searched for something in Bucky’s. “But you, Bucky Barnes, are surrounded by people constantly – people who love you. Yet, I can’t help but feel like you’re the loneliest man I’ve ever met.”

Tears filled Bucky’s eyes at being read so easily.

“So lonely, in fact, that you saw a broken animal and related more to it than the people who try so hard to understand you.”

Bucky tried his hardest to keep his tears back. “You’re not lonely?”

She gave him a sad smile and shook her head. “No. Despite my recluse lifestyle, I’m not hiding from myself like you are.”

“How do I stop?” He asked desperately.

“You gotta let people in, Bucky. Then facing yourself won’t seem so scary.”

Bucky nodded slowly, realizing she was right and only telling him what he needed to hear. He rubbed his face and tried to clear the tears away.

He laughed sarcastically. “That stupid psychiatrist they’re paying thousands to has been digging through my brain for a year now, and has never explained that to me so simply. Fuckin’ idiot…”

She giggled at that and Bucky swore the sound made his heart stop for a second. “Maybe it’s time to get a knew one then.”

Y/N walked backwards then, starting to take her leave. Bucky hated the growing distance between their bodies. “Yeah? So why I don’t just hire you?”

“It’s not professional to date your clients,” Y/N teased.

“Oh, so we’re dating now?”

She tilted her head and pretended to think about it for a moment. “Well, we did just kiss…”

Bucky laughed, realizing that she was referencing the wet kiss she’d given him in her bear form.

“Wait!” He stopped her in a panic.

She paused.

“When am I gonna see you again?”

Y/N smirked. “You know where I live.”

And before Bucky could say anything else, Y/N had shifted into her wolf form just like the day they met. The wolf watched Bucky for a moment, staring inquisitively at him.

But when Bucky took a step forward, the wolf booked it, sprinting back into the woods like a bat out of hell.

Bucky rubbed his face and shook his head. “Jesus, that girl’s gonna give me a run for my money.”

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I usually don’t write other things when I’m in the middle of writing a series. But I’ve always wanted to write something with a shapeshifter!reader and this idea had just suddenly come to me.  I’m very curious what you all think. Please let me know ❤️

One Shot - Masterlist

[gatorbites-imagines]

Hi✨. How are you?. Hope You re feeling great today, love u so much 🙂💐. It's me again jeje. Just LOVE your writing SO MUCH.

Am thinking of a one shot, male reader x Bucky Barnes or Steve Rogers, R is a shape shifter, but something happends fighting with Hydra, they experiment on him a few days and when the Avengers rescue him, change of shape because of a strong sound because he is scare.

He ends up changing to a puppy, being scare of everything and everyone talking to him and trying to touch him.

So Bucky or Steve take care of him for a few days until he changes again to a human.

Love u 💞

Bucky Barnes x Steve Rogers x Shapeshifter male reader

Headcanons

What about both? ;)

Im doing great, thanks for asking. Hope you’re doing well too.

I tried to shake the shapeshifting abilities origin up a little, hope that’s alright ^^

Sorry for the super long intro, I just got way too carried away with this haha

-          You were one of the last members to join the avengers, it was first after the attack on New York by the chitauri that you responded to the request SHIELD had sent you.

-          You weren’t fully human, the child of a Skrull and a human. Normally Skrull could only shapeshift into other humanoid like creatures, but because of your mixed blood you could transform into animals and alike. Your normal form also looked mostly human, except for slightly sharper ears, slimmer pupils, and sharper canines along with the teeth around them being sharper. You hid these features using your powers.

  -          You were raised on earth by your parents, your Skrull parent taking the form of a human. You had known Nick Fury your entire life because of his connection to the Skrull, and him wanting to keep in contact incase you or your family ever were put in danger.

-          As time passed you mastered your abilities, you realized that a normal life just wasn’t for you. So, you started to do missions for Nick and taking a vigilante like position before that was a common thing to do. You worked in the shadows most of the time, and after getting hurt a few too many times Nick demanded you be trained, which is how you met Natasha and Clint.

-          The three of you would fight together at times, and they were both shocked when you used your abilities around them for the first time as they assumed you were a normal human like them. You didn’t tell them you were part alien, so they just assumed you were a meta.

  -          You ended up joining the avengers, and in the beginning the others were cautious about you, all except for Natasha, Clint and interestingly enough, Thor. You had an inkling that he somehow knew of you being part Skrull, as he referred to you as his fellow brother from space.

-          But as time passed and you all went on missions together and lived together you became closer. Through this you got to know Steve more, and as time went on the feelings of friendship became something more.

-          You didn’t confess to him because you couldn’t imagine him wanting to be with someone like you, and you didn’t want to ruin your friendship.

-          Though you would turn into a large dog at times so Steve would cuddle you. Natasha and Clint could see right through you and the archer would tease you about it. This resulted in you transforming into a tiger and chasing him around the tower.

  -          When Bucky came along, he came to the tower instead of hiding away, which made it, so the civil war didn’t happen at all.

-          Bucky was very uncomfortable around people and twitchy as he still had the trigger words inside his head. He was only comfortable with Steve.

-          After a mission, Bucky was extremely tense and looked like he was gonna have a panic attack, so you transformed into a cat and curled up beside him. He ended up petting you with his nonmetal hand and it helped him calm down.

-          This became a ritual that after missions and alike, you would go to Steve and Bucky’s shared floor and cuddle with Bucky and sometimes Steve in the form of an animal.

-          When the trigger words were removed, the three of you kept this up even though you didn’t need too.

-          Before you knew it you fell in love with Bucky as well, which made you turn into a snake and curl up in the bottom of your closet. You wouldn’t confess because Bucky was way out of your league you told yourself.

-          Little did you know the two super soldiers felt the same way about you, and when they realized they both liked you they decided to confess to you together, and you could decide if you only liked one of them, both, or neither of the and they would respect that.

  -          The day they were planning on confessing you were kidnapped by Hydra. They too thought you were a meta and wanted to harvest your DNA or turn you into a weapon they could use.

-          This resulted in you being tortured and experimented on for days or weeks as the avengers and SHIELD try to find you with everything they can.

-          When they finally find you, its Steve and Bucky that find you first. You’re strapped to a table in nothing but pants with all kinds of new scars and cuts and bruises.

-          When they come close you whimper like a scared animal but don’t transform as you can’t when your strapped down. They move slowly and quietly reassure you that your safe.

-          When you’re free they sit you up and are about you patch up your worst cuts and bruises when gunshots are heard. You yelp and transform, not even focusing on what form your taking.

-          You end up transforming into a puppy and curl up in a ball with your face under your paws, shaking all over.

  -          The super soldiers bring you back to the helicarrier and you are treated to the best of their ability, as you make loud painful and scared noises when anyone but them try touching you.

-          They try to ask you to transform back, but you just whimper and cover your face with your paws, hiding away into Steve’s chest whose holding you.

-          When they get back to the tower the avengers try and figure out what to do. That’s when Fury arrives and tells them to give you time because its normal for your species to take the form, they’re most comfortable with.

-          That’s when it comes out you’re part alien, but at this point all the avengers don’t care much and don’t see you any differently. It’s agreed that Bucky and Steve will take care of you as you’re only calm with them

  -          And so, the two super soldiers take care of you. It results in a lot of cuddling and kisses on your furry forehead.

-          You take a lot of naps on their chests or laps, just sleeping off the pain medication and stress. They made sure to take care of your cuts and bruises and change the bandages.

-          They also get you your favorite snacks as you can still eat human food in other forms.

-          At some point they have to wash you, so they do it by putting warm water in the sink and carefully cleaning your fur and paws, making sure to not get soap or water in your face or ears.

-          You end up spending nights in bed with them, and if it was any other time you’d be blushing and freaking out by seeing them both shirtless and being in bed with them, but you’re still exhausted and sleep on the pillows between them.

  -          One morning you wake up feeling way too hot and like your being squished between something. That’s when you wake up more and see Bucky’s face Infront of you and feel an arm around waist from behind.

-          That’s when you realize you have transformed back into a human. You try to wiggle out of Steve’s hold, feeling very embarrassed and like you have ruined your relationship.

-          Steve and Bucky wake up, and Steve pulls you in close again, until your snug in his hold and he kisses the neck of your neck softly. You blush and swear you’re dreaming, especially when Bucky leans in to kiss you on the nose.

-          You start stuttering, the control you had to make yourself appear human all the time slipping away, revealing your ears, pupils, and teeth. Bucky just chuckles softly and kisses you on the lips carefully before telling you to go back to sleep and when your all fully rested, you’ll talk.

-          You’re still blushing when Bucky scoots in closer to you and wraps his arm around you as well, but as both soldiers fall asleep, even if you don’t mean too, you fall asleep too, still half convinced it’s a dream.

[dreamlandcreations]

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❌ dark(ish) ||🔥 smut || 🧸 fluff/soft ||⚡ angst || 💔 soulmate!au || 🌎 au || 🎱 mention of reader’s sexual orientation || 🤍 gender neutral reader (otherwise it's probably fem reader) || ✨ reader description (mostly just implied) ||🎗miscarriage / infertility / reader not wanting kids || ❤️‍🩹 not quite angsty but it’s definitely in the “it hurts” category

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Star Wars

Jango Fett

Just a simple man - Jango Fett x half alien!Reader

Summary: You save him and he shows you there is more to life than fighting…

Meeting • Trust • Stay 🔥🧸 • Life 🔥🧸 • Death⚡

Speak Freely (epilogue of Just a simple man) ⚡🧸 - Boba Fett x half alien!Reader

Summary: Boba hasn’t spoken Mando'a since the death of his father…

Darth Maul

Beauty and the Beast - Darth Maul x Queen of Naboo!Reader ⚡

Summary: Maul is tasked to keep you in line while his master’s plan comes together on Coruscant…

Marvel

Bucky Barnes

Imagine: Birthday Party, Avenger style

True Love’s Kiss - Steve x Bucky, (Steve x Natasha) 🔥⚡🧸🌎

Summary: The King of Northern America is engaged to the beautiful Princess Natasha of the Russian Empire, too bad he is falling for someone else…

Happily Ever After (part 2 of TLK) - Steve x Bucky, (Steve x Natasha) ❌🔥⚡🧸🌎

Summary: Wanda returns to have her revenge…

Steve Rogers

True Love’s Kiss - Steve x Bucky, (Steve x Natasha) 🔥⚡🧸🌎

Summary: The King of Northern America is engaged to the beautiful Princess Natasha of the Russian Empire, too bad he is falling for someone else…

Happily Ever After (part 2 of TLK) - Steve x Bucky, (Steve x Natasha) ❌🔥⚡🧸🌎

Summary: Wanda returns to have her revenge…

Tony Stark

Doctor Strange

Pietro Maximoff

Erik Killmonger

Loki

Grinch green - Loki x Maximoff!Reader

Summary: Being paired up on a mission with Loki ends up changing your relationship with the moody god…

Elektra

Casual fun - Elektra x Reader 🔥(🎱)

Summary: Riding high on adrenaline, you find something else to ride too…

Matt Murdock

Thor

Imagine: Birthday Party, Avenger style

X-Men

Erik Lehnsherr

Charles Xavier

Remy LeBeau

Apocalypse

Lord of the Rings

Thranduil

Legolas

Haldir

Éomer

Foundation

Brother Day

Day & Night - Brother Day x Reader ❌🔥⚡🧸

Summary: You can’t resist a challenge and what could be more daring than changing the fate of an Empire but you didn’t calculate with the obstinate nature of Day…

Triple Frontier

Benny Miller

Little Miller - Benny Miller x Will’s BFF!Reader 🔥

Summary: You are Will’s new bestie and everyone (except the two of you) thinks you’re gonna end up together but your love-hate relationship with his lil’ bro takes an interesting turn when you find out his call sing, that they never actually use…

Dog Soldiers series (Love, Death & Robots - Shape-Shifters AU)

Part 3 - Benny Miller

Gentlemen

Raymond Smith

A deal is a deal - Ray Smith x half Asian!Reader 🌎

Bribing • The Offer • Deal • Business🔥⚡ • Pleasure 🔥🧸 •  All’s fair… 🧸

Summary: You make an offer and you get yourself a Ray of Sunshine with the deal…

This is a terrible idea - Ray Smith x aristocrat!Reader

King Arthur - Legend of the Sword

King Arthur

All Hallows Eve - King Arthur x mage!Reader ⚡🧸

Summary: Staying at the castle, you train Arthur so he can wield the sword properly. When All Hallows Eve arrives, the dead wants to be heard…

The Legend of his Queen (part 2 of AHE) - King Arthur x mage!Reader ⚡🔥🧸

Summary: You fell in love with the King, even though you knew his destiny was to fall for someone else…

Good Omens

Crowley

Aziraphale

Vikings

Ragnar

Ubbe

Ivar

Teen Wolf

Derek Hale

We are even - Derek Hale x hunter!Reader

Summary: You work with the Argents but you play by your own rules…

Chris Argent

Enola Holmes

Sherlock Holmes

Bride (to lover) - Sherlock Holmes x Reader 🔥⚡🧸

Summary: A marriage of convenience. You never expected it to be anything else…

Narnia

Caspian

*Dating the Darkling / Billy Russo / Logan Delos / Caspian / +Sirius Black headcanon 🔥⚡🧸

made up fic title: The Summer Prince

Witcher

Geralt

Vilgefortz

Darkness Within series - Vilgefortz x Calanthe’s daughter!Reader ❌🔥⚡

Summary: He found you when your mother sentenced you to death, he took you in and taught you everything you know, then he found out just how special you are…

Game of Thrones/House of the Dragon

Robb Stark

The Wolf and the Lion - Robb Stark x Lannister!Reader

Summary: Stranger, betrothed, enemy, prisoner, wife, lover, traitor, saviour, captor…

Tyrion Lannister

Alicent Hightower

Imagine Alicent seducing you...

Star Trek

Khan

Spock

Bones

James Bond (No Time to Die)

Paloma

The Enemy of My Enemy - Paloma x Villain!Reader 🔥⚡

Summary: Your relationship with her is complicated but you have to take aside your differences because Bond needs you both to save the world this time…

Harry Potter (Marauders/Fantastic Beasts )

Sirius Black

*Dating the Darkling / Billy Russo / Logan Delos / Caspian / +Sirius Black headcanon 🔥⚡🧸🤍

made up fic title: Serpent's Heart

Percival Graves

Westworld

Logan Delos

*Dating the Darkling / Billy Russo / Logan Delos / Caspian / +Sirius Black headcanon 🔥⚡🧸

Venom

Eddie/Venom

*Misery loves company - Venom x Reader x Eddie

Summary: You harbour Eddie’s fugitive ass and put up living with the dysfunctional couple because you became friends with Venom after he saved your life.

Peaky Blinders

Tommy Shelby

Zablife Story Share - Chapter 6 Tommy Shelby x Solomons!Reader, written for @zablife's Story Share collab

Summary: A few months ago Tommy woke up to find his wife gone, along with half his fortune. Now he is prepared to make a deal with the devil himself if he can get her back...

Imagine Tommy coming to you all bloody after meeting with Alfie

John Shelby

Polly Gray

made up fic title: The Devil's Gift

Mad Max

Max

Hero - Max x Reader 🤍

Inuyasha

Sesshōmaru

Imagine being some kind of cat yōkai

Imagine that you are the daughter of Ryūkotsusei

Imagine dying from poison

Kraven the Hunter

Sergei Kravinoff

Temptation

Silver Silence

changeling!Sergei Kravinoff x Carter!Reader (Psy-Changeling AU)

Summary: Control. Precision. Family. These are the principles that drive the youngest Carter, who is the director of the new agency that is meant to protect the three races and the fragile peace between them. If only the new leader of a powerful predatory changeling pack wasn’t so distracting and destructing…

TRESE

Maliksi

Sandman

The Corinthian

Imagine the Corinthian hunting you…

Imagine Dream taking you to his realm...

Imagine being an immortal and the Corinthian falling for you...

Gen V

Jordan Li

Imagine that your power is that you are able to mimic other powers…

Imagine Jordan being too insecure to ask you out but not for the usual reason…

Imagine thinking that Jordan is trying to intimidate you…

Once Upon a Time

Cyrus

OUATIW Cyrus Scenes GIF: part 1, ...

One Piece (OPLA)

Dracule Mihawk

Imagine Mihawk finding you, a weapon maker, extremely fascinating…

Imagine that Mihawk is sent to capture you…

Imagine that Mihawk is sent to capture you… (2)

Imagine getting a reputation among the Marines because you survived a duel with Mihawk…

Imagine that you are the reason Mihawk gave up his Marine hunting ways…

made up fic title: The Girl with the Laurel Tattoo

Roronoa Zoro 

Vinsmoke Sanji

6 Underground

Billy/Four

Sons of Anarchy / Mayans M.C.

Jax Teller

made up fic title: We are what lies beyond

Angel Reyes

made up fic title: Where the squirrels burrow

[ruckystarnes]

Author: RuckyStarnes

Pairing: Bucky Barnes x Wanda Maximoff (WinterWitch)

Warnings: blood, some violence, witchcraft, shifting, and swearing

Words: 1,890

Square Filled/Daily Challenge/Prompt: I4: lending a hand / Werewolf/Witch AU Pairing

Written for/Dedicated to: @buckybarnesbingo / @sgtbucketbarnes

Summary: Set in an dystopian world.

Wanda’s compassion brought in a battered man after he was beaten, not knowing who or what he was. 

A/N: I have been reading a lot shifter books lately…And it wasn’t like I needed an excuse to write a Scarlet Winter story LOL This took me a bit to write so I want to apologize to @sgtbucketbarnes for being so late. Gifs in header by @goingdownwitheveryship and @cptnmarvell

Wanda was in the kitchen, going through her herbs when a shout and a sickening crack before a man’s gurgled scream was enough to stop her in the middle of preening her dill. The sounds were close, practically on the other side of the wall, but she didn’t dare open her door to investigate any further. She heard more words, muffed by the bricks and wood of her house, but not enough to drown out the sound of agony. Wanda set down the wooden spoon before moving gingerly to the wall where the commotion was strongest, pressing her ear up to cold wood trying to hear better. Threatening words laced their way through the barriers and a guttural groan made Wanda’s blood run cold. Retreating footsteps had her heart skipping beats as she wondered what to do; she usually kept to herself in this world, but her curiosity and the healer in her had her out of the backdoor to find if anyone was still in the small alleyway by her home, barely wide enough for anyone to venture down. She stopped, a large figure was half sitting, half laying on the ground. By the way of shape and the way words and sounds were, she knew it was a man, and he was badly hurt.

“Kefovať,” she swore as she rushed towards him, eyes roaming his form to see where he was hurt. He was barely awake, but he was breathing and that’s what mattered.

“Can you stand, sir?” Her voice was thick, accent blurring words as she rushed to speak, eager to know if she could move him.

A small nod was her answer and she offered her arm for him to use along with her home. He towered over her small, lithe frame but she was strong enough to help him into her home and up the stairs to the guest room where patrons would stay if needed. Wringing her hands, she hesitated to assess him. It was the first time she could really see him outside of dark lines and dim lighting.

He was handsome in a rugged way. Brown hair, wet from the rain and sweat (possibly even blood), hung to his jaw, strong and sharp. Piercing blue eyes were partially hidden behind his hair, the strands in front just grazing the top of his lips. Now that he was in the light she could see was more than just fit. The man was muscular, his arms straining against the gray henley he wore and his jeans formed to his thighs.

“Could you, please sir, let me see?” she asked almost shyly as she motioned to the large cut that was across his abdomen.

“Bucky,” he grimaced, his hand going to his torso, pulling it away with blood covering it. “I guess…you can,” he breathed, sitting down on the bed.

“I need your shirt off,” Wanda instructed, still timid. Most of her patrons were elderly, ones that were willing to go to a rogue witch when in desperate times. He didn’t argue and removed the shirt as gingerly as he could, the gash was actually four slightly parallel to each other, making her face scrunch up with through. “Was it a bear?” she asked hesitantly, taking a chance that Bucky was a human. She was already rogue in her home country for doing the same thing: exposing humans to her world.

“Fox and cat,” he groaned, clutching his stomach. fWanda set off to find what she needed, handing him a pair of sweatpants that seemed to be the right size and a towel to press to the injury.

“You’re a…shifter as well? Or are you a spellmen?”

His blue eyes narrowed at her before she turned away to head to the armoire to retrieve the herbs and salves she needed. He was one or the other as humans could never explain how a person could inflict injuries like these, and this made her work easier, but if he was shifter… Wanda shook her head and set the bottles down before going to the bathroom next door, coming back with a bowl of hot water. She worked as she waited for his answer, noting that he didn’t answer right away. She added witch hazel and bergamot to the water, whispering words in her native tongue while holding her hands above the water.

“Shifter,” Bucky finally answered when she turned towards him. He was now in the sweats holding the dark towel to his abdomen. It was moments like this that Wanda was glad she had opted for the darker color versus the traditional white and yellow of typical hearth witch.

Wanda nodded her acknowledgment. “I need to know what you are. Specifically. Some herbs can be deadly to you, but knowing what shifter that could have scratched you helps too.” She was in work mode now as she pulled her long auburn hair up into a messy bun and grabbed the apron hanging on the wall. “Please, lie down and keep your arms at your sides. I don’t want you to be pulling the skin more than it needs to.”

“You’re a spellmen.”

“Witch,” she specified as she dipped a dark cloth into the water, squeezed it, and brought it over to his skin, removing the towel to apply the warmth. “Hearth witch actually.”

“You shouldn’t be —”

“Helping you? Yeah, I am aware of that, podvrhnuté.”

“Podnotede?”

“It’s what we call shifters back in my homeland,” she whispered, her brow furrowed as she tried to focus on his wound, which was proving to be hard as her eyes kept traveling over the lines where his muscles met each other.

“Won’t you get in trouble for helping me?”

“Only if you tell.” She looked up at him, fear in her eyes that actually would. Or worse when she healed him.

“I won’t,” Bucky replied softly, his eyes closed as he tried not to flinch to the solution to his skin. “Is it supposed to burn?”

Wanda snapped her eyes back to the cloth she was holding, pulled it back slightly and saw that the four cuts were not more inflamed than before and turned an awful green.

“What kind of shifter are you?” she asked, trying to keep the panic out of her voice. “I grabbed the ingredients that are neutral for all shifters and spellmen.” She removed the cloth and grabbed a new towel to press to his wound, placing his large hand over it before she raced to the bathroom, returning with a white cloth. She placed it on the wound before muttering words. She looked at him for his answer.

“Mother was a wolf,” he hissed as the heat penetrated his skin, pulling the ailment. “Father was…”

“Now is not the time to hold back if you are a kríženec wolf,” she hissed as her hands shook while she looked at the herbs she had brought over.

“Did you just call me something bad?”

“Doesn’t matter. What are you?”

She could hear the swallow he made before he hissed again.

“Bucky, I cannot help you unless I know your parentage. I don’t want to kill you. I heal. Killing would kill me.”

“Ma said he was a spindrel,” he groused out.

“Spindrel? Do riti!” Wanda flew to her stash looking for what she needed, but it wasn’t there. “I need to go and get some dračí krv. Here, take some of this. It will help ease the pain and slow your heart rate until I get back.” Bucky gave her a dubious look as he took the vial, sniffing the contents. “It’s just chamomile tea. I will put some salve on your wound to ease the comfort, but I need to get the stuff that will ease what I have done to you.” She waited for him to swallow the contents before she ran down the stairs.

Dreary clouds painted the sky, making the air buzz with electricity as cold rain fell, making the city practically wearisome for anyone to venture out in. Lightning flashed, causing Wanda to snap her head up as she buttoned her coat, catching her off guard. She hated leaving her home, fearing for her life most times as she navigated the streets of the packed city, but she needed the resin and the man upstairs couldn’t wait for it much longer.

The streets were packed considering how horrible the weather was. The apothecary was only a few blocks away and she knew she would be at least thirty minutes away from him as long as they had what she needed. If not, well, she wouldn’t be a hearth witch anymore. People brushed against her, sending waves of fear through her never too sure if the person was a stranger or someone from her past. The building came into sight at last and she rushed inside, pushing her hood back only a little so she could see where she needed to go. An old man sat behind the counter, glasses extremely thick and his skin looked like it was both leather and paper thin.

“G’deve,” he said cheerfully, his voice rasped and creaked as if he never spoke before. Wanda nodded to the gentleman and walked slowly over to him, the nerves never ending. “What cannai get ye today lass?”

“I’m looking for dracaena resin,” she replied in almost the perfect accent of the native townspeople. It wasn’t the first time she was in here, but when came to this country she tried her hardest to speak like everyone else, to blend in, even though the keeper of this particular apothecary was clearly from a different country as well, one Wanda was not sure of.

“Oh? A pre-y youn’ lass lookin’ fer ye mannah to takah care of ye?” he chuckled as he slid off his stool, nose barely grazing the counter. Wanda eyed him, never seeing this man leave his stool ever when she came in. “Yah know tee resin is used fer lurve.”

“Yes, if it is burned, kind sir,” Wanda blushed, her mind wandering to the dark haired man in her home, lying half naked on the patient bed. “My patron is allergic to bergamot.”

The man nodded and went to the tall shelf next to the counter and pulled out a small step stool to climb, pulling a dusty box out from behind a few bottles and made his way back towards her, setting it next to his register.

“Thata be one oh six an’ thirty eigh’,” he smiled, his crooked finger hitting the stiff buttons on the machine, the gears grinding at a pitch that made Wanda wince. “Price ye hafta pay for dragon blood.”

Wanda dug through her wallet and found the money, handing him two fifty notes and a twenty. She knew the man would cheat her out of her change, he always had and she always blessed him with good fortune to find him. This time was no different, handing her back only two notes and a few cents.

“Thank you,” she smiled softly, “have a blessed day.” She grabbed the box and walked out, hustling to her house. She swore she sensed another spellman around, making her pull her hood up and duck behind a dumpster and switched to the long way back, hoping the man was still in okay shape.

[phoenixyfriend]

asukaskerian

  asukaskerian  ...

sure, yes! :D what even is the plot like?

OKAY, SO.

Young Avengers can be split up, roughly, into five sections:

Volume 1, Part 1

Volume 1, Part 2

The Events (Civil War, Secret Invasion, and Dark Reign)

Children’s Crusade

Volume 2

Most of the cast has appearances in other things, but the main plot can be summed up as the above.

And now under the cut. I am verbose. Sorry.

V1 Pt1

Nate Richards, in the 31st century, finds out that he’s destined to become Kang the Conqueror, a time-travelling supervillain.

He comes back in time to the current era (or, well, 2005-ish), in an attempt to get some help and Not Go Evil.

He gets brushed aside by all the real Avengers, but finds the Vision’s corpse in a destroyed Avengers Mansion, and comes across the Avengers Failsafe Program. If they were to ever need a back-up team, then this was it!

The results aren’t meant to be just teenagers, but they’re what Nate finds. He calls himself Iron Lad, fashioning himself after Iron Man, reconstructing Vision partway to use the bot as armor. His new friends are:

Billy Kaplan, who calls himself Asgardian. He later switches to calling himself Wiccan, because being a gay superhero whose name is Asgardian would get him ripped to shreds by the media. It initially seems like his powers are electricity and flight, but it turns out he’s a reality warper.

Teddy Altman, who calls himself Hulkling. He’s a shapeshifter who can take on a Hulk-like form, though he keeps his wits about him.

Eli Bradley, who calls himself Patriot (after Bucky Barnes’ original alter ego, I think), a supersoldier whose grandfather was Isaiah Bradley, aka the Black Captain America. Isaiah was either one of the few survivors of the rounds of testing that the Serum underwent before Steve Rogers took it, or he was one of the few survivors of the experiments to recreate it after Steve went down, depending on the backstory. Either way, Eli’s got a chip on his shoulder about how African-Americans are treated by the government, including a short issue where he’s mentioned giving a school presentation on the Tuskegee experiments.

They try to do some superheroics, with varying results. The newspapers dub them the Young Avengers, and Jessica Jones, a reporter at the time, goes looking into them.

They try to save a church full of wedding guests, because the happy couple is Very Rich and everyone’s getting held hostage. They set the place on fire by accident, and have to be helped out by one of the bridesmaids. It’s not a great night for them.

Bridesmaid’s name is Kate Bishop! She doesn’t have a superhero identity yet, but she’s pretty good in a fight, and she’s the one that Cassie Lang finds.

Kate and Cassie find the boys at Avengers Mansion, and get the backstory. Cassie finds out that all the Pym Particles she was stealing from her dad (Scott Lang, one of several people to be Ant-Man) since she was in the single digits? They actually gave her superpowers. She can change size. Yay!

There’s a great big kerfuffle as Kang (Nate’s evil future self) and the actual Avengers show up. Jessica Jones ends up un-pregnanted for a bit as time threatens to collapse in on itself because of the stress it’s undergoing.

Billy’s reality-warping abilities are revealed, and he accidentally saves the day, but does not save Nate. Poor Nate.

He and Cassie kissed at some point. It’s not very relevant.

Vision is now a person! Not the same Vision you know and love, though. This one’s brain waves are based on Nate. His name is Jonas. I love him.

He ends up falling in love with Cassie because of this. This is relevant, but not for a while.

He also isn’t part of the team yet.

The adult Avengers tell them to stop superheroing, because they’re kids and not ready for this.

The kids don’t listen. They’re a Team Now.

V1 Pt2

There’s an entire “Eli’s not actually a supersoldier like his grandfather, so he takes Mutant Growth Hormone the way a normal person would take speed so he can temporarily have superpowers and it’s killing him slowly” plotline that I’m not a fan of. I’m really not a fan of the black kid getting the drug plotline. Yech.

He leaves the team for a while.

Kate is an heiress, so she’s bankrolling the team. Fuck yeah.

Also she’s calling herself Hawkeye by this point. Cassie is Stature.

Less Fuck Yeah is the fact that aliens are showing up. Why are aliens showing up? Because Teddy’s an alien.

Turns out his mom was the Skrull princess, and he’s heir to the throne of an alien empire. (His inheritance is bigger than Kate’s.)

Skrulls are natural shape-shifters, hence Teddy’s powers.

His dad was Captain Mar-Vell of the Kree empire.

The Kree and Skrull usually hate each other. Mar-Vell seduced Princess Anelle while he and some other Avengers were imprisoned by her father, in fact. It was very soap opera.

Both of these people are dead, and Teddy was raised by a nurse that Anelle had entrusted him to.

Teddy’s adoptive mom gets burned alive. And then not-alive. Teddy is understandably traumatized by the fact that he’s an alien and that his mom was just murdered by the guy that came to steal him away.

Teddy gets kidnapped. Eli rejoins the team because, well, kidnapped.

BTW Jonas has been living at Avengers Mansion, playing chess and getting tested for sapience.

Edwin Jarvis tries to convince them to let the real, adult Avengers handle the kidnapping.

They nope and Jonas helps them find more Young Avengers. They go break a kid out of prison.

Kid’s a mutant, like Billy! Kid’s had trouble controlling the powers and destroyed some stuff, like Billy! Kid looks exactly like Billy, like... wait.

This is Tommy Shepherd. He blew up a school when his superspeed manifested, and got tossed into juvie as a result. He has white hair, but he and Billy are otherwise identical. This is relevant.

They go try to save Teddy, but even more aliens show up than just the One Guy (K’lrt, the Super Skrull) that kidnapped Teddy.

The Skrulls and Kree are about to fight a war over Manhattan because Teddy exists.

A few people suggest that Billy and Tommy are retroactive reincarnations of the Scarlet Witch’s dead kids. This is still relevant.

There’s a big fight, but not a war.

Eli gets shot.

K’lrt has a change of heart and shapeshifts into Teddy and replaces him so that the aliens leave.

Eli gets a blood transfusion from Steve Rogers himself. He’s a real supersoldier now!

They get commended for their actions. Now they really ARE a team, and if someone says V1 team, it’s gonna be these seven: Billy, Teddy, Kate, Cassie, Eli, Tommy, Jonas.

Sometimes Jonas gets swapped out for Nate.

I get sad.

The Events

Civil War was about Tony Stark and Steve Rogers fighting about government oversight. It was more complicated than the movie.

Most of the YA are on Steve’s side. Cassie is on Tony’s.

They try to help the Runaways at one point.

Noh-Varr gets mind-controlled into trying to kill them.

Noh’s life is an endless clusterfuck.

They all almost kill each other, there’s a kind of queerphobic kidnapping (it’s focused on mutants and aliens, but the mutant is gay, two of the aliens are gay, and one of the aliens is genderfluid), and there’s torture of minors.

On the bright side we get to see Tommy being a Big Bro Friend to a twelve-year-old with super-strenghth, so that’s fun.

Secret Invasion is basically about the Skrulls being Everywhere.

They run into the Runaways again.

They fight some aliens.

Teddy almost gets kidnapped again?

This is not the last time Teddy gets kidnapped or even just almost kidnapped.

He should work on that.

Tommy’s powers get a panel that heavily indicate some Science that I once nerded out about for a while.

IDK it’s drawn manga-style and they all fight alien assassins and it’s fun.

Dark Reign was about Norman Osborne taking over everything and being awful.

There’s an evil version of the Young Avengers running around, using their name.

They confront the new team.

The new team ranges from “artsy villain fangirl who found a magic coat” to “guy whose powers led to him accidentally murdering his parents and now he’s fucked up from it and trying to do good” to “girl woke up with powers one day and decided to lie to the world and pretend to be Asgardian” to “some guy who just really loves guns and killing people and styled himself after Punisher’s aesthetic with even less regard to human life” to a chick that’s just a straight-up Nazi with size-changing powers and a robot boyfriend that she’s constantly rewiring to make him a more awful person.

I fucking hate Big Zero. She’s a nazi and she’s awful.

I like Sylvie, though. I mean, she pretends to be something she’s not, and she flirts with a man who’s clearly taken and gay, even while she’s not single herself.

But like.

She’s fun and kinda dumb and I enjoy reading her.

Children’s Crusade

The Scarlet Witch has been missing for a few years.

After Billy’s powers go nuclear, he decides to go find her, because she’s his soul mom.

He brings the team.

(There’s a lot more going on because the Avengers all think Billy’s powers are going to go on the fritz and murder everyone.)

GRANDPA MAGNETO IS IN THIS ONE

I LOVE GRAMPNETO

HE’S NOT GOOD AT THIS GRANDPA THING BUT HE’S HERE

Also Pietro

He’s the worst uncle

He’s so bad with kids

I love him

They find Wanda but it turns out she’s a Doombot.

So they go to Castle Doom, and it turns out she’s amnesiac and about to marry Doctor Doom because he’s manipulating her into thinking he’s a good person.

Shit happens, she gets her memories back, and then there’s a big fight between the Avengers (who think Wanda and Billy are risks), the X-Men (who think similarly, but also are mad at the Avengers, and there’s a cool sequence where Wanda knocks out Emma Frost), and Doctor Doom, who’s trying to become God.

He kind of succeeds, and then fails.

Nate shows up.

Several people, including Cassie’s dad, get brought back from the dead, or are revealed to have never been dead in the first place.

Cassie dies.

Jonas is murdered by Nate.

Everything is awful.

The team splits up.

Only Tommy wants to keep being a hero.

Everything sucks, basically.

V2

I fucking love V2.

Kate and Noh-Varr hook up and she doesn’t even realize this is the guy who almost killed her that one time until the morning after.

They fight some Skrulls while flying around in orbit with Noh’s spaceship.

(We later find out that these are not Skrulls. They are shapeshifters who are Skrull Fanboys.)

Teddy’s been sneaking out at night (he lives with Billy’s family, since he’s an orphan now) to fight crime. Billy does not approve.

There’s a new girl called America Chavez. She’s important.

Loki is like... ten.

Billy tries to pull Teddy’s mom out of another universe, moments before her death.

It’s great!

Turns out she’s an interdimensional Eldritch Abomination that wants to eat their souls.

She can make adults oblivious to the fact that anything is wrong.

She can mind-control parents.

She can, in the right location, bring back DEAD PARENTS that she mind-controls to fight you for the ultimate trifecta of trauma.

She’s terrifying and I love her.

Anyway, Loki tries to help, almost gets used as a bartering chip with Asgard to get them to help instead since no one trusts Loki, and the team comes together!

Kate, Noh, Loki, America, Billy, Teddy

They have to fight a really big horde of mind-controlled parents.

Including their own undead superhero parents.

Loki actually helps!

They fly off to have fun fighting crime elsewhere until they can figure out how to avoid Mother more successfully, since they can’t really stay in New York right now.

They live on Noh’s spaceship.

It’s a nice spaceship.

(Irony of ironies, Loki was the one that pointed The Mother Parasite in Billy’s direction and planted the idea of saving Mrs. Altman into Billy’s mind in the first place. It was a whole Thing.)

TOMMY is not part of the team, because he cut himself off from basically everyone back in CC. I’m not actually sure anyone knew HOW to contact him at this point.

He goes on a date with a cute, superpowered coworker. Coworker’s name is David. He doesn’t actually HAVE superpowers anymore, but his superpower used to be knowledge absorption, and he remembers EVERYTHING.

EVERYTHING

You wanna know Wolverine’s preferred ass-wiping method? David knows. You wanna know how to do a one-time pad to encrypt data? David knows. You want Emma Frost’s bra size? He knows, but he’s not going to tell you, because she’s terrifying.

I love David.

There’s some horrifying Thing wearing Eli’s old costume running around and doing weird illegal shit so Tommy and David investigate.

Tommy gets kidnapped for a bit.

David gets the Young Avengers to help him save Tommy.

It’s awesome, mostly.

Teddy and Billy take a break, and Teddy’s new therapist is Leah of Hel.

I love Leah.

There’s a support group for exes of superpowered people who got fucked over by that whole nonsense.

All three of Noh’s exes are torn between wanting him back or wanting him dead.

Except Oubliette, who doesn’t see why she needs to choose.

America’s ex-teammate is mad that she’s a lesbian.

Patri-not is an Eldrith Being that kidnapped Tommy and we honestly still don’t know what it was.

It’s been SIX YEARS IN THE REAL WORLD AND I STILL DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS

And Leah is Loki’s former best friend.

Teddy think’s they’re all nuts and tries to leave.

Take a guess what happens.

Take a guess.

If you guessed kidnapping, you’re right!

The support group is working with the Mother Parasite.

So now the team has to go rescue Teddy.

Loki gets aged up by way of Billy’s magic but it doesn’t help Loki get their magic back fully like they’d hoped.

So, fight.

It’s all very dramatic and they use David’s phone tree to get backup and there’s a lot of visual metaphor.

Billy becomes the Demiurge for a bit to erase Mother from existence. He’s basically god?

Noh dumps Kate for his ex.

It turns out all of the exes are figments of Loki’s imagination. His guilt over murdering his child self (back in Journey into Mystery) and possessing the body manifested itself externally, and the reason he lost so much of his magic was because he was subconsciously creating magical constructs like Leah and the League of Evil Exes.

Noh feels like a dumbass.

Loki disappears just as Billy’s introducing all of his friends to his parents.

Loki feels guilty as shit.

There’s a New Year’s party and everyone’s invited, including David’s phone tree.

Fun!

Turns out Loki bankrolled the party. They flirt with David for a bit.

I ship it, tbh.

Patri-not wasn’t actually a figment of Loki’s imagination. Patri-not is real, and an enigma, and still has Tommy.

David makes out with Patri-not and halfway through Patri-not turns into Tommy so. Tommy’s back!

WE STILL DON’T KNOW WHAT THE FUCK PATRI-NOT IS

YES I’M GENUINELY UPSET ABOUT THIS

There’s a joke at the end of the comic about how they’re all queer except Kate.

Hawkeye implies that she’s probably bi later on.

Loki never rejoins the team because GUILT.

Original Sins was a thing. Teddy, David, and Noh work together to save a bunch of stoners who are about to die from having a bunch of information downloaded directly into their brain when someone crushed a giant eyeball.

And everyone’s been doing their own thing since then.

Teddy really needs to stop getting kidnapped, tbh.

[spideymybucky]

Its mutual part 3

Bucky Barnes x Reader, Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanov, Bucky x Dot at first, Wanda, Tony Stark, Sam WIlson, Pietro, a lot more.

Word count: 1k+

Loosely based on the movie Its a girl boy thing, promise its gonna be different but at first might be very similar.

Summary: Both Reader and Bucky have hated each other for years, but an unexpected event will bring them close, so much closer than they wanted.

Warnings: Insults, bullying, idk what else.

Part 1 Part 2 Part 3

(Y/N) woke up without any incidents, she felt well rested and happy. It was going to be a good day for her, she knew it. She did her morning routine as everyday, changing into a pair of black bell jeans, a pink blouse and a knitted vest over. She looked smart and ready to decipher anything.

“Hello Mother.” She smiled, placing a kiss her mothers right cheek. Her mother smiled delightfully and placed a bowl of cinnamon apple homemade oatmeal. (Y/N) smiled and started eating.

“Well, honey looks like you received mail today.” Her mother squealed with glee. She placed the card in front of her daughter, as her husband looked tentatively.

“Looks like its from Yale.” (Y/N)s’ dad broke the silence. (Y/N) tried to look as happy as possible, convincing her mother but not her father. He placed his hand on her forearm and slightly squished it. It was a small act but one that she predicated. With a last deep breath, (Y/N) opened the envelope and read the letter. A breath caught up her throat, as she looked at her mother.  

“I have an early admission interview on Friday…” She breathed out. Her dad looked at her and smiled, while her mom was celebrating. Her dream had come true, (Y/N), her only daughter, was going to Yale.

“But how? I didn’t apply for it.” (Y/N) mumbled out.

“Well, I did. I was just-I knew you would get in so I applied for you, and look all our hopes have been responded.” She said squealing like a teenager. (Y/N) smiled, a fake one, and nodded.

“Wow” She breathed out, her head was slightly spinning and she could feel the pressure. God she hated this.

“Oh my god, Yale! We're going to Yale!” (Y/N) nodded as she exited the room. This time she was early, too early in fact. She walked to the bus stop, which in fact gave her a direct view to Bucky’s house, and waited. She stared at the worn-out green wooded house, as James left. He had it all, didn’t he? She thought. God what I would give to have his life. The bus came, and she got in, ignoring everyone around her.

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History class was her favorite. She loved the learning about different eras and cultures that are around the world, and this class was no exception. One by one, everyone was entering the yellow school bus, they were all going to the new history museum in the city. For the first time in a long time, she was actually excited and eager to learn.

“Hurry up kids, we wouldn’t want to miss our tour.” Mr. Coulson shouted. (Y/N) scurried her things into her bag and started walking towards the bus, not really paying attention. Dot looked at her, as she was passing by them and slightly pushed her feet out. (Y/N) fell, her things landing everywhere and her knees and hands scrapping. She looked up to see Dot laughing with her minions, god she hated them.

“Better look where you’re going next time, Nerd.” Fuck, she hated her. How could she hate someone so much, (Y/N) thought. I feel sorry for her parents, if it wasn’t for the money she would be a no one. (Y/N) grabbed her things and flipped of Dot, who only laughed harder.

Bucky just looked at Dot and shook his head. Sure he hated (Y/N) and her snobby attitude but He didn’t like the bullying side of Dot either. In fact, he hated it but Bucky didn’t want to start a fight, not now anyway.

“I’m gonna miss you all day Hot stuff” Dot sultry whispered in his ear. He grinned at her and kissed her without a problem.

“Fuck, Dot when I get back I’m going over to yours.” He said between kisses.

“I’ll be waiting handsome.” She winked, separating herself form him.

“Barnes, its time to leave. C’mon, I want no hanky-panky on school.” Mr. Coulson said, pushing Bucky towards the bus. Dot waved at him, blowing a kiss while Bucky just grinned at her. He found a seat next to Steve, who just looked at him with disapproval.

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When they got to the museum, they went to the Aztec expedition, where Mr Coulson was explaining the works of Tex. Bucky wasn’t paying attention, mostly humoring Steve with the boobs that one of the sculptures had. (Y/N) instead was listening to everything, writing notes and admiring the work of the Aztecs.

“Mr. Barns and Mr. Rogers, is their anything interesting going on over there?” Bucky looked at Coulson and smiled innocently.

“I see not, well C’mon here and listen to the explanation. You’ll be graded for this investigation.” Bucky and Steve nod, looking around the place. It wasn’t that he didn’t want to learn but the fact that he hated most of the subjects. He was good at sports and being at the football team obligated him to be in a B average, which he had. It’s just, he doubted any college would want him with that. He had to impress with football and being here, stuck in a museum wouldn’t help him.

“Texcalipoca, is the ancient god of sorcery and destiny. Cool right? Its very interesting, he was lord of the night, a shape shifter, god of the mirrors.” (btw everything of this is taken from the movie) Coulson talked. (Y/N) was marveled by it, looking at it intently.

“Well now, we don’t have much time get into pairs and lets work.” Mr. Coulson indicated, he watched as Buck and Steve got together, he shook his head.

“Barnes and Rogers, you aren’t going to be together this time. Rogers go with Danielson and Barnes with (Y/L/N).” Bucky turned around looking at (Y/N). He didn’t want to work with her, in fact he hated her. He walked towards the Texcalipoca, and stood in front of it and (Y/N).

“I cannot believe I’m stuck with you” (Y/N) rolled her eyes. She looked at Tex and started writing some information down.

“Well, sweetheart you are. Deal with it.” Bucky retorted.

“God I hate you.” She shouted.

“I know, cause secretly you wanna have sex with me.” He smirked at her.

“Gross, if I decide to give up the flower of my womanhood it will be with someone special not a poor excuse of a man.” Bucky looked at her with dark eyes, god he truly did hate her.

“You make me sick, you think you so different to everyone else.” He exasperatedly said.

“Its ‘from everyone else’ not ‘to everyone else’” She corrected him.

“Whats the difference? Wait don’t answer, I truly don’t give a damn.” He said leaving her behind. She let out a shriek and went to do her own thing. Fuck him, fuck his perfect face and eyes, fuck his wanna be perfect life, just fuck him and everyone  surrounding him.

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At home (Y/N) sat on her desk, looking at the blank paper. She was trying to write ideas for her interview, topics that might come up and she would need to answer. She needed it to be perfect and get in. Nothing was coming up to mind. Her head was blank, she was feeling down and exhausted. She got up and went to bed, laying down and instantly falling into a deep slumber.

Bucky was at his house, kissing Dot goodbye. He looked at her, she was pretty and her body was hot but sometimes he felt like she only wanted him for the popularity. He wanted something more, but she was there and that all he needed, a good fuck. He closed the door and immediately he felt dizzy. Exhaustion downed on his body, and slowly his eyes were closing. He ran up the stairs and threw himself on the bed with the same clothe he had on. He closed his eyes, thinking he would wake up in a bit to change and fell asleep.

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The Chameleon Project

by casuallytreebros

She was known as Subject 12 of the Chameleon Project, a child raised in a laboratory to become one of HYDRA's ultimate weapons. That was, at least, until she escaped. Years later, she hunted down the man who did this to her but finds herself a person of interest to SHIELD. Tensions rise, blame is placed, and now she must deal with the Spider that seems to appear everywhere... But mostly, she must become her own hero.

And of course, like every other hero these days, she needed a name. Hers?

Rogue.

Words: 1280, Chapters: 1/?, Language: English

Fandoms: The Avengers (Marvel Movies), The Avengers - Ambiguous Fandom, Iron Man (Movies), Captain America (Movies), Thor (Movies), Black Panther (2018), Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Spider-Man - All Media Types

Rating: Not Rated

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Categories: F/M

Characters: Tony Stark, Peter Parker, Pepper Potts, Steve Rogers, James "Bucky" Barnes, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Original Characters, Original Female Character(s), Clint Barton, Bruce Banner

Relationships: Pepper Potts/Tony Stark, Clint Barton/Laura Barton, Peter Parker/OC, Peter parker x oc, Spider-Man/OC, spider-man x oc, Wanda Maximoff/Vision, James "Bucky" Barnes/Natasha Romanov, Peter Parker/Original Female Character(s), Peter Parker/Original Character(s), Peter Parker & Original Female Character(s)

Additional Tags: PTSD, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, some trigger warnings for fight scenes, I won't write anything too gory, I'll add other triggers if they arrive, Needle Mentions, injection mentions, I should add triggers in the notes for each chapter anyway, shape shifter, Shapeshifting, Superheroes, Fix It Fic, Infinity War, Tony gets to be a dad, and Bucky - Freeform, they don't know what to do with her really

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Sleeping Beauty (4)

Sleeping Beauty Masterlist

Pairing: Bucky x Shape Shifter Reader

Words: 3207

Warning: fluffff and a little awkwardness. And some jealousy.

A/N: Lol I couldn’t stop laughing when I saw this video and thought it would be super hilarious and like fluffy if Bucky did this. And then I thought, how fucking cute is this other video and wow I love small puppies.

To his surprise, you never brought up the incident in your room when you walked to his place. On the contrary, you acted like nothing happened and laid on his bed as he lazily flipped through the channel until Planet Earth was on. He always liked watching it with you because he loved hearing you talk about that one time you shifted into a hyena or how itchy it was when you were a baboon.

The food came and you ate in silence, constantly whining back when Bucky caught you scratching your thigh and telling you to not make the wound worse.

Hours later, you were sleeping on your stomach while Bucky was massaging your leg when Steve walked in. Before he could say anything, Bucky shushed him and told him to wait. Very quietly, he stood up and walked out with Steve.

“What’s up?”

“So here’s the thing.”

“Oh no.”

“No no this might be good. We’ve been getting a lot of calls from this one charity and they requested you by name because the kids said they’ve always wanted to talk to you and I think it might be good if you’re in the spotlight again.” Steve crossed his arms and waited for Bucky to think about.

“Are you sure this is a good idea? I can’t do people by myself, and these are tiny people. I can’t do tiny people Steve what if something bad happened.”

“Then I’ll just tag along as your support animal.” Both men turned around when they heard your sleepy voice, Bucky cringing when he saw you scratching the wound again. “Fucking stop already you’ll make it bleed again.” He swatted your hand away and you made a face at him, hoping he’d get scared of you but instead, he just laughed.

“Y/N you’re not scary when you’re like this,” Steve commented and regretted it as soon as the death stare was aimed at him. “That’s not what you were saying a few hours ago Rogers. Wanna test out that theory with the tiger again?” You tried to look intimidating again but failed, with Steve apologizing and changing the subject.

“Yeah Y/N will go with you. The kids will love it. You’ll be fine Buck they did ask for you specifically. Nothing will happen. Right Y/N?” He nudged you and you beamed up sleepily at Bucky again. “Sir yes sir.”

“So what animal will you be?”

“I’ll think of something. Kids like all sorts of animals.” You walked back in his room and resumed your previous activity, not noticing when Bucky walked in and covered your legs before opting to sleep on the couch this time. Something about you in human form in nothing but shorts and his shirt made his heart almost beat out of his chest and he didn’t want to test any ideas.

You woke up colder than usual, moving around to see where Bucky was only to hear the soft snores coming from across the room. Why was he sleeping on the couch? You sniffed under your armpits to make sure you didn’t smell bad and asked yourself again.

Maybe he felt uncomfortable after seeing you naked? What if he was repulsed? You stood up and walked out of his room, staring at the clock and seeing it was five in the morning.

No way in hell you were going to fall asleep now that you knew he didn’t want to sleep next to you.

Walking back to your room, you turned on your laptop and searched the charity Steve mentioned last night. You saw a couple of videos on youtube and you smiled like an idiot when you saw them playing around with puppies. You knew in an instant what animal you’d be and you thought it best to shift now so you Bucky doesn’t ask why you acted weird around him. That was the problem with him. He always knew when something was up and never once dropped the subject until you spilled your guts to him.

You walked downstairs and got a quick bite, knowing you weren’t in the mood for dog treats today and that it would take a toll on you if you didn’t eat anything. On your way back to your room, you passed by Bucky’s and saw he was still sleeping.

So you walked into yours and stripped, shutting your eyes and focusing on the breed of dog you wanted to shift into. But you regretted your decision as soon as you shifted. Why didn’t you shift on your bed? Where it was comfortable...and you could’ve rested as you waited for him to wake up. Fucking idiot.

You scrunched your face when you noticed the wound still itching you, licking it repeatedly before you felt a pair of hands wrapping around you. You barked as loudly a possible, which wasn’t loud at all, and calmed down when you saw who it was that carried you.

“How many times do I have to tell you to stop bugging it? Don’t make me put a cone around your head.” Bucky warned, chuckling when he saw guilt written all over your face. You bit his thumb and kept growling when he started playing with your tiny ears.

He walked to the kitchen and set you down until he made coffee, occasionally looking back to make sure you were still there on the countertop. Not that you had a death wish and would jump off the high ground if you wanted to leave. Sitting near you, he started scratching behind your ears and you noticed something was different.

“Don’t scare me like that again doll. I didn’t see you when I woke up and thought something happened. Had to look around to make sure you didn’t turn into a worm or something while you were sleeping.” You made a disgusted face and he laughed at how amazing it was that you were still capable of reacting like a human when you shifted.

“Don’t wanna kill you by accident darling. Jeez you’re so fucking small what breed of dog is this?”

“She is a spitz type breed located in the north-west Poland and north-east Germany region.” Friday replied in an instant and you started barking at the AI. Bucky thought this entire situation was hilarious and thanked the AI. “English Friday. What specific breed is she?”

“Pomeranian Sergeant Barnes.” Friday replied and apologized for thinking he wanted her to be more specific. “That’s alright Friday, one thing to tell the kids today. Right doll?” He rubbed your cheeks and noticed you weren’t paying attention to him anymore. Thinking it was nothing, he grabbed you and finished his coffee before putting in the dishwasher, walking back to his room to prepare for his visit today.

He sat you down between his thighs as he crossed his legs and typed away on his laptop, talking to you as if you were still in human form and pretending you were responding to him. When you got up from his lap to lay on the covers, he grabbed you and placed you back between his thighs, continuing his research on the charity event. A couple of minutes later, you stood up and scurried away from him once more. And for the second time, Bucky grabbed you sat you down, thinking you were playing around with him and telling you to stop moving already.

You didn’t try to leave again, knowing he’d probably just tickle you or something. That was the problem when you shifted into such a small animal. You couldn’t convey when you were angry or upset. It was much easier when you were a larger animal, it made everyone more alert and aware.

Hours later, you were sitting next to him in the car, eyes shut and quieter than normal. Bucky started to feel that something was up but he thought it was best to talk about it after you came back. He pulled up right in front of the building and parked, calling out your name to wake you up. But you opened your eyes instantly and stared at him before climbing over the gear shift into his lap.

“Thanks for doing this Y/N. ‘m not sure I could’ve come by myself.” He picked you up and exited the car, walking to the man standing at the entrance and telling him he was here for the even with the kids. The man recognized him instantly, telling him they were all waiting for him inside.

“But sir, there might be a problem with the dog.”

“Why?” You could tell Bucky was getting a little uncomfortable but you didn’t think it was because he didn’t want to leave you.

“We were told no animals allowed for the event.” The man looked at the security out of habit and you noticed he was getting scared from Bucky.

“She’s my emotional support animal.” Bucky said without hesitation and you barked at his words. The man was startled from the squeak that came out of you and told Bucky to wait until he asked if it was okay. He came back after a few minutes and asked Bucky if you had all your vaccinations.

“S-sort of?” Bucky replied and the man was confused. “Okay I’m sorry I lied. This is Y/N. From the Avengers. You know, shapeshifter?” Bucky watched as the man’s eyes widened in recognition. “Oh my god of course yes sorry sir, and… ma’am.” He tried to pet you but you growled, making Bucky snicker before holding back his laugh.

“She woke up a little early today. Sorry. And you, play nice.” Bucky pushed you around in his arm until you relaxed.

“Right this way Sergeant Barnes,” the man led the two of you through the metal detector and as soon as Bucky walked through, the beeper went off. “God sorry I forgot about this. I’m so sorry. It was a habit.” He leaned down and took the knife out of his boot, giving it to the man and apologizing once again. “I’ll go through again. Sorry!” Bucky worried that he was already making a bad impression and the men told him it was okay when he passed and it didn’t ring again.

You walked through after him and barked when the man tried to pick you up. You let him anyway and growled when he placed a sticker on your fur. “It’s mandatory. Sorry.” He gave a tag to Bucky and led him through to the hallway.

As soon as he entered, the three teachers standing at the windows lit up. All the kids were facing them so they didn’t notice when you guys walked in.

“Guess who’s here guys?” The woman in the middle clapped her hands and all the kids looked back and saw Bucky standing there. Before he could see it coming, they were running to him and saying hi, with the shortest of the kids pulling on his pants so he could give them some attention.

Bucky was tense for a second before he felt you lick his fingers and he knew he should just relax.

“Hey guys, I heard you asked for me by name.” Bucky walked towards the teachers and sat on the floor, laughing when all the kids sat around him in a circle and told him they had so many questions. “Guys what did we say we’re going to do when Sergeant Barnes came?” The teacher asked and Bucky turned to the kids once again.

“Thank you Sergeant Barnes for all your hard work. We love what you do.” All the kids said in once voice, well, they tried, and Bucky couldn’t help the smile that cracked through the brooding facade. He told them it was nothing and he loved doing what he does.

“So, I don’t know what you guys wanna do. Oh, before I forget, this is my friend Y/N.” He set you down and you barked, looking around and sticking your tongue out when all the kids said you were so cute. “Can I pet her?” One girl asked and Bucky said you were friendly. She reached for you and you started licking her hands before she could do anything, making her giggle and pick you up before hugging you.

“Just careful with her guys, she’s special.” Bucky saw a kid playing with a puppy doll from the corner of his eyes and thought to break the ice with the kid a bit. “Hey guys, wanna see something funny?” They all nodded and he asked the kid if he can see his doll for a second. The kid gave him the puppy toy and Bucky pushed his hands on the arms and the puppy’s face turned into an angry expression. He did it again and the kids stared at him like he was weird.

He then took you from the little girl’s hands and you knew immediately what he was going to do. And you had to remind yourself this was for the kids. As soon as he pushed a little on your shoulders, you growled. He stopped and you licked your nose, waiting for him to do it again. And when he did, you growled a little louder and bared your teeth to him. The kids started laughing and said they wanted to give it a go but Bucky said maybe later, afraid they’d get to hard with you.

“Mr. Barnes sir, I have a question.” One kid raised his hand and Bucky was amazed at how respectful he was.

“Call me Bucky, all my friends do.” He said and the kid beamed when Bucky called him a friend.

“Is your arm waterproof?” The teachers immediately chastised the boy and Bucky said it was okay. Very slowly, he took off his jacket and reached towards the kid. “It sure is, I mean I gotta swim somehow right?” He relaxed when the kid grabbed his arm and touched it and before long, all the kids were around Bucky asking him all sorts of questions about his arm.

“Here, let me take her from you.” One of the teachers took you Bucky and kept you near his chest. Bucky looked up to make sure you were safe before going back to the kids.

You were glad the attention was on him and not you, mostly because you were afraid of how forward the kids might get with you. And they did ask for him after all. You yawned in the man’s hand and stuck your hand out, playing around with the little watch he was wearing and biting his shirt.

By lunchtime, Bucky was absolutely exhausted and told the kids he had to leave soon. They all took a picture with him and told him to come back again. Bucky said he would love to and turned around to look for you. When he noticed you were still playing around with the man and stealing some of his food, he got a little jealous. You weren’t this social with anyone else, not even with the team.

He didn’t know what came over him but without thinking, he walked towards you and grabbed you, telling him you were leaving and forcing a friendly smile before walking away.

“I can’t begin to tell you how amazing today was. Please do come back soon.” The woman touched Bucky’s shoulder and you felt queasy, wanting to bark at her but knowing you weren’t in the place to do such a thing.

“Yeah definitely the kids are adorable and I didn’t think I’d enjoy it this much to be honest,” Bucky didn’t catch on to the soft touches and hair twirling and you hated how thick he could be sometimes. “Well here is my number...in case you’re free and wanna go for coffee sometime.” Bucky took the card and looked at it before thanking the woman and telling her to have a good day.

At least he didn’t take her up on the offer now.

Once you got back to the compound, Steve asked how it was and Bucky said he’d had a lot of fun but he needed to nap before dinner. Holding you near his heart, he kicked off his shoes and laid on the bed before walking to his bathroom to change. He came out with a pair of sweatpants and a tight sleeveless undershirt. When you crawled from under his hands, he got a little worried. But then you jumped on his chest and rested your entire body near his head in the crook of his neck. He didn’t budge, knowing you were tired from how early you woke up and he shut his eyes.

Sleep overtook the two of you in seconds and Bucky didn’t wake up until hours later when he felt something strange against his chest. Slowly opening his eyes, he looked down and stopped breathing.

You’d shifted back, laying almost on top of him fully naked. He wanted to move but the slightest of changes made it worse. His arm was wrapped around your back and laid on your waist, with your entire chest flush to his side and your head on his chest. He looked down and saw your right leg on top of his and knew there was no way he could entangle himself without waking you up.

And the more he tried to ignore how warm and perfect you felt against him, the tighter his pants got. This was the last thing he had on his mind today and he didn’t know if he should just wake you up or not. Not knowing what else to do, he texted Wanda and told her to come without telling anyone.

When Wanda walked in and saw the picture, she almost laughed out loud. He pointed at his mind and told her it was okay.

I need you to raise her high enough so that I could get up.

Why?

Wanda, you are not asking me that now.

I’m just saying, is this not how you two g-

No she was a fucking puppy and shifted in her sleep. I can’t wake her up like this. She’ll feel embarrassed and the last thing I want to do is make her feel like she’s at fault. Please.

Wanda could see how genuine Bucky was and nodded, slowly raising you above him and not helping the smile when she saw that Bucky shut his eyes so he doesn’t stare at you. He quickly got off the bed and sighed with relief, walking around and covering you with his bed sheets before walking out.

He turned to Wanda and told her to not say anything to anyone, not even Vision.

She told him his secret is safe with her.

“But you should tell her how you feel.”

That stopped Bucky from walking any further and turning around. “W-what?”

“Oh come on it’s obvious you too have a thing for each other.”

“N-no she doesn’t. Does she?” Bucky looked at Wanda like a child who was just told the most confusing fact about the galaxy. She smiled at him before walking away and shrugging, leaving a very confused and turned on Bucky in the middle of the hallway.