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MAGICAL REALISM FIC REC: Below youâll find fics that have magical elements to them that blend fantasy with reality in their own ways.Â
đ Three Days in February by @mercurial-madhouse (187k)
How close is too close? Harry and Louis are about to find out after a drunken night leaves Louis cursed. With only a week before tour starts, the race is on to fix things before they lose Louis forever. Oh, and Harry has to keep his long-time crush on Louis a secret while the lad can literally hear his thoughts. Easy, right?
Featuring ridiculous amounts of banter and angst, a healthy dose of OT5 friendship, and one very magical weekend.
đ hymn for the wretched & divine by @wlwmermald (126k)
Death loses a bet with a mischievous and lively mortal by the name of Louis Tomlinson, who loves his old cat too much, the price being he must unconditionally befriend Louis. Death ends up getting more than he bargained for.
đ Si Pudiera Volar by by @softfonds (69k)
When Harryâs fiancĂŠ leaves him for his cousin, he looks the other way for the sake of his happiness. Heâll do anything to forget about him, including joining a monastery. It isnât until his cousinâs former lover, a pirate, appears that he realizes everything is not as it appears, and an honest pirate might be the only person worthy of his heart.
Or, a fic loosely based on CorazĂłn Salvaje.
đ Take on Me by @haztobegood (60k)
Actor Harry Styles is preparing for his next leading role as Antonius the Gladiator with the help of Louis Tomlinson, Hollywoodâs top stunt coordinator. When the demands of Harryâs career get in the way of their training, the pair head to a secluded cabin to complete their training. Then, Louis begins to share senses with Harry. What is causing this mysterious connection and can Louis and Harry figure out how to stop it before they leave the cabin?
đ Driftwood by @justanothershadeofblue (51k)
Eroda was all Harry knew. He lived there all his life, but he always knew he was peculiar. He had dreams that go beyond this small, cold, and lonely island. He wanted to leave; he HAD to leave. But that meant leaving Louis...
Harry is a lonely and depressed popstar who sailed out of his hometown on Eroda years ago to chase his dreams. He comes back to the island only to find his shining childhood best friend Louis just as cold and dreary as the island they grew up on.
đ Chasing, Searching, Dreaming by @parmahamlarrie (46k)
Everyone is chasing, searching, dreaming of their soulmate.
Harry has known who his soulmate is since he was twenty years old, and ever since, he has been waiting for Louis to be ready for him. The unexpected passing of Louis' mum, and the fact that now he is the guardian of his twin two-year-old little siblings, just means that Harry is going to have to wait a bit longer.
A soulmate AU full of cute kids, house building, therapy, and a lot of dreaming.
đ Soul of the Sea by @vurdoc (32k)
Louis lives a nomadic lifestyle. Never settling down in one place for long, he finds himself caught in a storm, as heâs passing through a small Scottish seaside town.
Everywhere is full, except the old B&B perched up on an isolated hill near the coastline, where the recluse owner isnât what he seems.
Then again, who really is?
A fic about belonging, supernatural beings, and finding your own home.
đ Fate & Chance by @zanniscaramouche (31k)
Haunted by his own ghost, the Duke von Tomlin fears for his safety and sanity as the days tick down to his certain engagement with the Crown Prince of Vienna. Meanwhile the travelling magician Hassenheim takes residency in a well established theatre, drawing mass crowds with his awe-inspiring illusions. Is it fate or chance that entwines their paths?
đ The Honeycomb Bed and Breakfast by @daggerandrose (8k)
âIâm sorry, but where did we land?â He asks one of the flight attendants when he reaches the door.
âWeâre in Bucharest.���
It takes a minute for Harry to process the location. âRomania? I was supposed to go to Rome, not Romania! How does that happen?â
or the one where Harry's work trip to Italy makes a tiny detour to Bucharest, Romania and he has to find a place to stay.
đ i was at an all night diner by @yoursongonmyheart (5k)
"I know. I was there. I saw the great void in your soul, and you saw mine."
//or, the one where none of the boys can sleep and they all meet at a diner where it's always 3 a.m.
đ The kaleidoscope of your eyes by @greenblueish (4k)
They are greeted by a young, handsome man in his late twenties, dressed in wide black trousers and a purple silky dress shirt. Usually Louis is quick to judge such daring pieces of clothing, as this colour in particular can easily look like a cheap Halloween costume imitation of a computer game character, but at this sight, he can think of no criticism. Except that thereâs no way in hell that this man has the medical knowledge to cure his neighbourâs tumour.
or, the one where Harry, disguised as an alternative practitioner, uses his magic to cure people's health issues and Louis doesn't believe in the faith healer until he meets him himself.
đ 'Cause I Just Wanna Feel Alive by @goldenkinglouis (3k)
âOh, cheers, mate, but I donât do dates.â
Harryâs brow furrowed. âAre youââ he waved vaguely.
Louis shook his head. âNo, itâs just⌠been too long for me.â
âAnd how might I convince you otherwise?â Harry asked, his eyes glistening under the lights.
OR: Louis is a lost, lonely vampire. Harry is the witch who brings him home.
đ Just a little taste by @lunarheslwt (3k)
Harry is a vampire that comes home one night, grappling with the darkness that comes with being one. Louis offers him unwavering love, acceptance and the one thing he needs but is reluctant to ask for; permission to bite for the sake of comfort and safety seeking.
đ all was golden in the sky by @daydreaming-sunflower (1k)
The Sun and the Moon are in love.
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Just kidding, here is how my ACTUAL trial would go:
I would have my hair in the same way as now, and I would be dressed in an outfit that'd be in my style (think Maximus Bucharest), of course with a mandatory thing to carry, and a bag + phone + earbuds, and I would be high up, and look out a big window, at the beautiful multi-colored neon city I've always felt a need to go to ... there'd be a timer on my phone, but anyways, the room would be exactly as I want it, with every MLP toy I want, multiple of the same Pinkie Cooper dolls, plenty of office supply, an office in general, an outside area, framed drawings of my fursona - EVEN A FURSUIT I COULD CHANGE TO BEFORE THE CLOCK STARTS, OF MY FURSONA, plus whatever else, and just as I'm all happy and everything is perfect, as the place is beautiful, and I have everything I could ever want when it comes to objects ... the timer on my phone starts (not before my phone plays themed music I like, of course, in a playlist that is titled appropriately, with no ads, etc), and then soon after the confusion and the jokes about what obviously-mine trial could be about, there would be a teenager involved, somehow - like, not sure how a teenager is just gonna show up, or whatever, but yeah, teenager, and I guess the solution would be obviously, so thankfully, I WOULD be able to figure it out and solve it ... but I would have to GET ALONG with this teenager, and whatever other details there would be, to make this scary (maybe it's a teenage boy, maybe it's a GROUP of teenagers, maybe they'd have really fragile mental health so I'd be afraid to hurt them, maybe we have nothing in common on the surface, maybe I try to speed things up with this trial - which, of course I would do, but the teenager is distant, etc), and maybe, as a bonus, I can see fun, beauty, and 30 year olds, outside my big window - in their own balconies or skyscraper homes or out on the streets, etc, but I can't talk to them - like, I'm forced to be in this house and the balcony is even locked TOO - with this teenager ...
That being said, I'm now okay enough to make a joke: anyone wanna be the teenage boy trial to my paranoid over-emotional autistic self who is currently sobbing and wants immediate comfort but almost nothing works?
Oh and also, I do live with a teenage boy ghost, but not with any of the cool additions of the trial, but at least I can talk to 30 year olds and go outside, so yeah, life is weird ...
Y'all are wrong, Agatha All Along episode 5's trial, was actually MY trial, because that episode basically destroyed my mental health - like, it activated some emotion in me or something.
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Birthday Memories
Word Count: 1591
Warnings: A little angst, a bit of fluff, some recovery Bucky
Summary: Bucky figures out why birthdays are so important.
A/N: This is just a little something I put together for one of my favorite characters of all time to celebrate his birthday. It hasnât been betaâd and I wasnât planning on writing it, but my finger slipped. Oops. đ
He didnât tell anyone.Â
He didnât want them to know. He didnât want to be reminded that his life was taken away. He didnât want to be reminded that he was over a century old.Â
He didnât want to remember that the last birthday he ever had was in the midst of a war he never wanted, among friends who became brothers, and whom heâd never see again.Â
He didnât want to remember the âpartyâ he had with his family. How his sisters would give him something meaningful of theirs since they didnât have money, usually a stuffie or a toy. How his mother would stay up all night decorating their small apartment with everything they could afford - streamers and a couple balloons, usually. How his father would work overtime to make him something at the shop; a small wagon he got for his eighth birthday, a wooden gun for his tenth, and a new baseball bat for his thirteenth after he broke the one he had for years. How his parents would scrape and save all year so that he could have that stupid chocolate brownie cake that he loved so much, but was extremely expensive, form the bakery down the street.
He didnât want to remember how Sarah Rogers - one of the greatest women heâd ever met, a second mother to him - always came over early, dragging little Stevie along, to make those delicious blueberry pancakes she concocted, even though she was busy enough without stressing over him and his birthday breakfast. Even though she always had a new hat she made him every year and didnât need to make food with a hard to come by fruit. Even though she was alone with her own sick son to worry about.
And Steve. He didnât want to remember how he always stayed over for the night. How they would talk for hours about their dreams and aspirations. About where they were going to be by the time the next birthday hit. The blonde used to say that his birthday present from him was not having to bail him out of any fights. He always kept that promise; no fighting on Buckâs birthday. It wasnât the only thing he got from his best pal, though. Steve always kept a sketchbook - a journal of sorts - illustrating their adventures throughout the year, starting the day after Buckyâs birthday when they always went to Coney Island, and ending on his birthday, whether it be a sketch of Bucky blowing out candles, or a drawing of the stars they looked at while talking later in the night.
He didnât want to remember, because it hurt to do so.
Sometimes he wished he never remembered. It was a cruel thing. A life that he could never go back to. One that he wasnât ready to leave, no matter how many times he told himself he was while sitting in muddy ditches with bullets flying over head.
Sometimes, on his bad days, he wished the experiments didnât work. That Steve never came. That he was never ârescuedâ by that Soviet soldier. That he never survived the fall.
It just so happened that his birthday was one of those bad days.
He missed his life more than he let on. He missed his sisters. He missed his ma. He missed his pa. He missed when it was only him and tiny Stevie against the world. When they could do whatever they wanted, curious and innocent, exploring the big wide world as they knew it.
Turns out, the world is a lot bigger, and a lot scarier, than they thought.
He missed it, and he didnât want to remember because it hurt, so he didnât tell anyone, and he didnât want anyone to find out. He stayed in his room all day, until he got too hungry to ignore around dinner time.
So he walked into the common room of the newly built Compound.
âHAPPY BIRTHDAY!â
He froze as confetti was shot out of those little hand-held cannons, balloons were dropped from the ceiling, and party horns were blown. His team - his friends and family, he had to remind himself - were beaming at him with party hats on their heads, frosting and flour on some of their cheeks. A banner reading, âHAPPY 107th BIRTHDAY, CYBORG!â was hung up, no doubt courtesy of a certain birdbrain, along with streamers that looked like they were just thrown randomly.
He blinked, trying to process what was happening, before Sam had an arm over his shoulders, dragging him over to the table and sitting him down. Wanda set a plate of blueberry pancakes in front of him as Tony blasted music from the speakers overhead. A pile of gifts sat at the other end of the room, and the island counter was filled with all kinds of treats.
The team gathered around, laughing and teasing while eating the breakfast dinner that Bucky swore came straight from the 1920âs. Once they were done, a familiar chocolate brownie cake was placed in front of him, a gazillion candles on it, which he blew out in one breath to spite Sam, who said he couldnât do it. Turns out, however, they were trick candles. Bucky rolled his eyes when Tony, Sam, Clint, and Pietro started laughing way too hard, but he couldnât fight the small smile on his face.
He had yet to say more than a few words by the time they were done with the food and opening presents. He had gotten more books, a telescope, new boxing gloves, a teddy bear, a newsboy cap like the ones they used to have, and a wooden baseball bat along with a new glove (among other things). Tony even booked Coney Island the next day for the team to have it all to themselves.Â
It was too much; his brain was still processing all that had happened so suddenly in the past hour or two.
They knew. About everything. They knew about his birthday. They knew about the blueberry pancakes. They knew about the brownie cake. They knew about the hat and the baseball bat and Coney Island. They knew it all.
He didnât have to question how. He looked up from the bear in his hands when something was placed in front of him. He met the ocean blue eyes of his best pal, and instantly knew what heâd done. How could anyone else know? How else could Wanda make blueberry pancakes that tasted just like Ma Sarahâs? How else would they find a hat that looked just like the last one she gave him when he turned 19 in 1936? How else would they know he, one of the most deadly assassins in the world, would want a teddy bear? How else would they know how much the silly decorations and the simple brownie cake meant to him?
Steve gave him that mischievous smile that never ceased to make Bucky chuckle, pushing the book he set on the table in front of him closer. âItâs a little more than a yearâŚâ
His icy blue gaze fell to the table, jaw clenching as he realized what it was. A sketchbook. Bigger, better quality than the ones he used to get, but that was to be expected. It was still torn up a little bit, the edges fading, the pages separating.
With shaky hands, he tugged the book closer and flipped through the pages. The Potomac River in DC. His little apartment in Bucharest. The airport in Germany. The Citadel in Wakanda. His hut in Wakanda. Him with his goats. Him and his new arm. Him and the team this past Thanksgiving when everyone came back. Him ice skating at Rockefeller Center during Christmas. New Years. Valentineâs Day. Snow days. Training. Watching movies. Playing games.Â
The very last couple pages were something he wasnât expecting though; his family, new and old. Headshots of his smiling parents and sisters and Ma Sarah. The Commandos, laughing despite dirt on their cheeks and tears in their clothes. The Avengers doing signature poses with smirks and winks and cheeky grins. All perfectly drawn, safe in charcoal and ink, hidden protectively within the worn out sketchbooks covers.
âTheyâd want you to celebrate. SoâŚhappy birthday, jerk.â
Buckyâs eyes, prickling with unshed tears, making his vision slightly blurry, wandered up from the pages of black and white to the team, all smiling at him, before landing on Steve.
So maybe he missed the past. And maybe it hurt to remember. But he had Stevie with him, and he had his new team - his new family. And the blonde, as much as it hurt to admit it, was right. His old family would want him to celebrate. To remember them and, instead of getting upset and angry at the world for what it took away from him, would want them to cherish the memories he has. To be glad for what the world gave to him.
A few tears slipped down the curves of his cheeks, but he didnât mind. They werenât out of frustration and sorrow. They were good tears. Relieved tears.
âThanks, punk.â
Maybe birthdays shouldnât be about holding onto the past and wishing you were back. Maybe theyâre about letting go and celebrating everything youâve accomplished, how youâve grown. Maybe theyâre about being grateful for the people youâve met, the places youâve been, and where you end up.
And James Buchanan Barnes was glad to be who he was. A son, a brother, a friend, a teammate, a comradeâŚa hero.
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(AO3) Bucky is sure Steve, his mission, is telling the truth the moment he throws himself into the water after him and from that moment on he remembers everything. Everything.
For @stuckybingo Round three: SB045 N2- Soldier Tags: Angst with a Happy Ending, Fluffy Ending, Bucky Barnes Needs a Hug, POV Bucky Barnes, Post-Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Post-Captain America: Civil War (Movie), there are no more movies after those so I ignore them,Bucky Barnes Feels, Nothing New Under The Sun Notes: An anon sent me an ask that just said "angst" and three hours later, this is here. I don't even know! it is rushed and nothing new under the sun, just some headcanons stitched into some kind of a ficlet⌠itâs been therapeutic to take the step to write and post it even if itâs nothing new, even if itâs rushed, just because I enjoyed sitting there smashing the keyboard. So thank you anon for that, too!. Sorry for the mistakes and for the angst, remember i posted utter flufinness yesterday?
Bucky is sure Steve, his mission, is telling the truth the moment he throws himself into the water after him, and from that moment on he remembers everything. Everything. Good, bad, and all the scale of greys in between.
(He remembers the feverish cold in the mountains when he fell. He remembers Steve kissing him for the first time in a dark alley on their way back from seeing âIt happened one nightâ. He remembers knives and blood and dying bodies under his hands. He remembers his motherâs loving fingers over his scraped knees.)
He doesnât sleep for two nights after the river.
On the third day, he ventures into the Smithsonian to make sure his mind is not playing tricks on him and hoping against hope itâs all some weird mirage. That he is not Bucky Barnes, that he is not the Winter Soldier. That he is just a random man with a concussion who has somebody desperately looking for him (âSteve is looking for you, he will be looking for you until the end of the line. You know because youâll do the sameâ, a voice he tries to silence insists on screaming inside his head.)
And he is sure heâs not that random man as soon as he lays an eye on the first picture of the exhibition, the same way he knows most of the printed texts have mistakes (âHe,⌠I , was born in 1917,â he thinks. âSteve was the one from â18. And I would have never enlisted to go to that fucking war. They made me.â)
He glares at himself in pictures and the confirmation hurts. But it hurts even more to see Steve as he remembers him from before (from the schoolyard, the hood fights, the movie nights, the hidden kisses, the slow dancing inside their home, the cold winters they fought by sharing their body heat), and from after (from a cold cell in Austria, a desperate fuck in the forest, a laughing fit in the middle of a mission, a disappearing face as he fell backwards). It hurts more because he feels the pull of his muscle memory aching to go find him.
Every part of Bucky wants to go to Steve and tell him that he is back and that he remembers; to ask for his help to figure out what to do with the memories.
He doesnât.
The nightmares, the fear of losing his will, of hurting more people (havenât you done that enough?), the guilt,.. It all weighs too much. He waits until he is sure Steve is out of the hospital (he watches from the other side of the street), and he disappears with the only company of an empty backpack where he carefully places the Smithsonianâs brochure that has Captain Americaâs (Steveâs) face on it.
He hops countries for a year and he doesnât exchange a single word with anybody for six months. His backpack gets heavier and heavier with little notebooks where he vomits all the words that he wonât say out loud, unconsciously leaving random little spaces where he feels like a drawing or sketch would complete the page. They are good memories, those little flashes between nightmares where he can see the man he was and not the ruthless asset they forced him to be.
Fourteen months after he left DC, he finds himself in Bucharest. Fourteen months and too many cargo planes and trains and cars. He is tired (never sleeps too much, because thatâs where the horrible dreams find him) and the backpack keeps getting heavier and heavier.
He doesnât plan to stay, but somehow he does: He gets a job as a night guard where he only sees the other outcasts who work previous and next shift from him, and he rents an apartment that he pays through three other guys.
The few people who talk to him call him Stefan. He was Esteban in Mexico, Istefanos in Turkey and Stefano for two days in Italy. It wasn't deliberate the first time, but he found comfort in being called by his name, in hearing it out loud, and in being allowed to play with the name on his lips from time to time.
He uses his extensive training (as a soldier and as someone he wonât think about) to always keep an eye on the news, on any clues (for Hydra, of course, but also for Steve. He knows Steve has to be looking for him, heâs not fooling himself) but there are none, radio silence. That steady silence is the reason why his notebooks move from the backpack to the apartment, why he starts exchanging a few words with the shopkeepers when he buys his food, why he goes to a shop where they sell books by the weight and why he starts reading again.
He loses himself in fiction, and the flashing moments of peace he gets from it take him by surprise and become another link to the Bucky he once was.
Itâs been two years and fifty eight days since he took Steve out of the water and himself out of Hydraâs hands when he sees Steve again: his back to him and one of his notebooks between his hands. He takes a few seconds that he probably doesnât have just to look at Steve standing there.
Heâs dressed like a soldier (a Captain), but when he turns around at the feeling of Buckyâs presence, he looks just like Steve. Neither of them are breathing as much as they need, too overwhelmed with feelings, but working hard on keeping their minds fresh for drawing a strategy.
Itâs been more than seventy one years since Bucky last said âSteveâ to the right person and with the right intent when he lets it out into the world again, and when he does it feels so raw that he has to remind himself of why he is hiding (not safe for Steve, he is not worth risking it all, guilt) in order to back out a little, trying to gain some emotional distance hoping he can fool Steve.
(âI read about you in a museum.â)
Of course he doesnât fool him, how could he?
The men start coming in through the windows, and he lets his instincts guide his movements until heâs jumping off the building and trying to run free.
He doesnât stop to think how he synced his moments with Steveâs in half a second and without talking. He doesnât stop to think how electric everything felt when he touched Steveâs shoulder.
And he doesnât stop to think about how his ears keep buzzing minutes after Steve called him âBuckâ, how he had made it sound so intimate that a lazy October afternoon in Brooklyn from a lifetime ago appeared before his eyes (entangled legs, young hearts, careless laughs, moaned âBuck â.)
He tries to run from it all (protect, protect, protect ) but they catch them.
ââ
Itâs seventy three years since he fell, four years since he took Steve out of the Potomac, a year since he went out of cryo and six hours since his mind was fully his again when Steve (bearded, sweaty, sex-haired, naked, and plastered to his side inside their warm hut in Wakanda) breaks their momentary silence.
âI have a present for you, Buck,â he says, extending his arm over Bucky while trying to reach something.
âI donât think I have energy for another present right now.â
Buckyâs joke is way too evident but it makes them chuckle. Steve kisses him on the lips as an answer and leaves a heavy tote bag over Buckyâs naked stomach.
âNat collected some favours and we located most of your notebooks in a vault a few months ago; she recently retrieved them and sent them here. I figured that since you finally own your mind now, it was time for you to own your memories, too.â
Heâs told Steve about the notebooks a thousand times since he woke up, about how writing down the happy moments that popped into his brain helped him find himself beyond the horrors. About how he stayed awake writing them to keep the nightmares at bay.
Bucky takes Steveâs hand with his right one and places them (joined) over his heart, then he opens one of the little books with his new vibranium one and smiles.
âThey are yours, too,â he says before he starts reading out loud.
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Love Cuts Deep
Chapter 11- Fond Memories
Summary: Itâs just a memory, but itâs a good one.
Warning: fluff, smut ur welcome
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June 21, 2016 - Bucharest, Romania
Wandering down the crowded streets of Bucharest, your eyes casually survey the surrounding area until they land on a little news cart holding the latest universal gossip that may spark a possible interest in the random civilian, among other things.
Itâs hot out on this fine summers day, so all you carry on your person is your usual travel boots, black jeans, and a tank top to show off those guns of yours that Bucky loves so much. In your right hand is a plastic grocery bag hung loosely in your fingers, filled with two oranges and a cold lemonade, Buckyâs request. Though itâs slowly losing its chill from the afternoon heat.
As of recently youâve become the designated grocery store adventurer since itâs the middle of summer and Buckyâs usual attire is to wear pants and a long sleeved shirt with gloves because of well, his arm. And since he doesnât want to feel too out of place, also considering heâs incredibly cautious about where he shows off his metal appendage. You handle business on the streets, which today happens to be getting some fruit and a cold beverage back home to your man.
Though youâre admittedly a bit distracted by the local newspapers seated comfortably on their propped up stand. Soon youâre at the young teens cart, eyeing up the paper with curious eyes, âHello miss.â Greets the boy in Romanian as you give a nod in acknowledgment, âThat was sure something that happened in Sokovia huh, people still talking about it even now...glad I donât live there. But uh, I guess the Avengers saved the day, well, most of it I think.â
âNo doubt they probably helped cause it.â You add bitterly, eyes scanning over the heroic faces of Ironman and Captain America as they stand with great pose and purpose on the front magazine. Heroes? What a bunch of bullshit and flashy images underlying the darker truth to these people. These so called saviors.
If they truly cared, if real heroes actually gave a shit besides attempting to clean up their own messes, Hydra would be completely eradicated from the face of the earth and trafficking rings wouldnât exist. But here we are.
âUh, you wanna buy a paper?â Asks the young boy, smiling a shy yet hopeful grin.Â
Iâd rather get stabbed, you think.
âNo thanks, just here to look.â You add bluntly before turning on your heel and walking away, sauntering down the street as more people pass by you on your way to the apartment complex just over the next block. In no time have you reached the building, heading up the long flight of stairs before at long last do you stop at the front door.
Your relationship with Bucky is still relatively new, so you donât want to startle him by just bursting in, so instead do you knock a couple times to gather is attention. Hopefully heâs not snoozing again. Taking a step back, you can hear shuffling from the other side before he reaches the door. You smile, knowing he can see you through the peep hole, âI got lemonade.â You add, holding up the bag as he unlocks the door, opening it up a crack before cautiously glancing to either side of you.
Realizing the coast is most certainly clear, Bucky opens the door fully to reveal nothing more then some grey sweatpants and a loose sleeveless black t-shirt hung perfectly against his body, amplifying his beefy muscles that not only could crush a man but can most definitely get you feeling all sorts of ways when used appropriately.
âYes, get in here Y/N.â Urges Bucky with a humored smile and a small wave as you quickly wander in past him before setting your bag on the far counter near the sink.
Taking the decently cool beverage out, you turn around to face Bucky, whoâs standing semi-awkwardly out in the open. A small dust of pink covers his stubbled cheeks as you take him all in. Itâs not like you havenât seen him bare ass naked before, itâs just, he feels comfortable enough to let his guard down with you and that's somethings heâs never truly ever felt before. He gets a little shy sometimes, so what?
âThey finally had it. So I snatched this beautiful bitch the second my eyes landed on her. Hope it soothes all your troubles away and sends you on a spiritual journey through the meadows of....uh, wherever this place is from.â You mutter, trying to figure out how to pronounce the name of the company as he walks over to you; giving up on that curiosity, you decide to hand Bucky the drink instead, âYeah, whatever I hope it tastes good.â
He gratefully accepts, âThanks Y/N, youâre the best. Seriously.â Praises Bucky as he twists the lid off and takes a drink, face appearing to rather enjoy it as he proceeds to down the whole 8oz sugary bittersweet contents right before your vary eyes.
Well, he certainly wasnât lying.
He finally pulls the bottle from his wet lips, taking a deep breath as you raise a brow at him, âIâm gonna take that as you finding nothing wrong with it whatsoever.â Licking the sweet wetness from his pink lips, Bucky chuckles before shrugging.
âI havenât had lemonade since the 40âs so even if it was actually kinda bitter, I donât think I would have noticed.â
âDamn. That long?â You question as he nods, âFuck those assholes,â You growl, taking a step closer to Bucky so that he can pull you into his arms as you raise your head to greet him, ânow they can never keep you from such rare pleasures ever again.â
Bucky reveals a beautiful white toothed smile, thick arms holding you close as he presses his forehead to yours, âAnd what would you do if they did?â
Running your hands up and down his muscular back, you gently place a sweet kiss against his plush lips, âIâd fucking gut every single one of them until youâre safe with me, drinking all the lemonade you could ask for.â He chuckles lightly before pressing his lips against yours once again, the taste of sugary lemonade reaching your tongue as he lets you explore his mouth a bit, Bucky doing the same with you.
Hands feeling your enticing vessel up as he takes in everything about you that he could possibly get from this positioning with you wrapped up in his arms, you fully enjoy this wonderful moment with your sweet man. Somedays he gets all cold and withdrawn, nightmares seeping into his scarred mind that pull forth dark memories back out into the open.
Heâll wake up next to you in a cold sweat, breathing heavily as he quickly scans the small apartment for any signs of possible danger threatening himself or even your own life. Then for the rest of the day heâll stay considerably more quiet then usual, agitated with himself and the general world, though heâs never short with you when he gets like this. You hate to see him when heâs like that, frustrated, distant, and in a low pit of despair from everything Hydra put him through.
But he never once has lashed out at you when heâs having a rough day, heâs well aware how Hydra has toyed with your head and pulled the strings time and time again before you broke from their inky black tentacles. He knows you understand how he feels, and he knows how your mental and physical resilience has aided in your self healing from the trauma theyâve given you.
Although for Bucky, heâs still marked from deep within, everything theyâve ever burned into his brain is still there. Just below the surface. All the memories, all the commands, all the deaths, everything they imprinted on him still clings to him like an unrelenting demon.
But the days when heâs more soft and clingy appear to claim Bucky the most, and those days are your absolute favorite. Sure his handsome face still reveals a bit of that usual Bucky darkness that gives his eyes a tinge of roughed beauty, something that admittedly draws you in even further.
Heâll choose to speak with you on his own accord, tease you if heâs in the mood, and hold a part of your body that intrigues him the most for that length of time. He gravitates in your direction when heâs having a good day, seeking out your attention in any way conceivable and making it an absolute necessary goal of his to give you as much loving as he possibly can try in a single hour.
You love days like this, you love feeling wanted and appreciated for your very existence when so many would rather see you dead. You love having those big beautiful blues studying every single curve, muscle, and blemish on your skin like a student to their books. He practically drinks you in, making it his mission to hold you close and speak sweet nothings that will be remembered for a hundred years more.
So when you have to leave for supplies or pay the rent, Bucky feels like a lonely and lost old house cat with nothing to do all day except wait as patiently as he can until you arrive home safe and sound. He obviously doesnât slip this to you about how he feels when you must vacate the premise and venture out into the unknown for however long it takes.
But you know, if it wasnât already evident on his face when you greet him after such travels. The way his face lights up in excitement and relief once he finally sees you, the telltale crinkle in the corner of his eyes, and the way that his lips pull into a positive grin that could make you swoon in an instant.
You could absolutely just about die happy, youâve never been more catered to and loved on in your entire life since youâve started living with Bucky in Romania, well, since your once fragile relationship took a turn for the best. Resulting in whatever beautiful thing you two have going on now, though neither of you have outwardly labeled your growing relationship.
Itâs more so an unspoken thing thatâs adherently mutual, the both of you clearly understanding this isnât some friends with benefits type shit. Oh no, definitely far from that. So what you have with Bucky right now is something so deeply special and bound by so much more then physical love and personal feelings.
You two have lived a past like no other, survived like beasts of war for masters who threw the command and controlled the reigns. Fought together, bled together, and kept imprisoned by Hydra together. Your pasts are blooded and heavy, but itâs only worked to make your relationship stronger. And perhaps thatâs the only positive of what those fuckers did to you, without them, youâd never have met the Winter Soldier.
Without them, youâd never have lived this long to find Bucky Barnes, never have been given the opportunity to see him for all that heâs worth. And to you, heâs worth more then all the stars in the sky.
Your lover kisses your lips once more as you smile into the soft embrace, causing him to laugh as you pull away, âWhatâs so funny?â Wonders Bucky, revealing his own beautiful smile that could light up the darkest room.
Raising your hands to gently touch the sides of his stubbled cheeks, you give him a small peck, âYou taste like lemons.â You muse.
âOh, is that good then?â He asks, brow raised as you give him another quick kiss in reply before he smiles a lovestruck grin back down at you, âI think Iâll take that as a yes.â
You smile brightly before tugging on a lock of his dark shoulder length hair, âYou plan on turning into the wolfman soon? Itâs touching your shoulders now.â
Bucky side eyes your fingers laced through his admittedly long hair, âI guess......maybe it needs a little cut.â He begrudgingly admits, âBut only a little cut, okay. Not a lot.â Worries your sweet man as you let go of his dark mane to pull away from his muscular vessel.
Hands outward and forming the shape of a square as you size him up for a photographic image sent directly into your brain, âYeah. I can work with this, you got the looks. The face, very nice. Body, oh dear lord is it fine. Mhmm hmm, and that hair? Absolutely glorious, a lot of volume, shiny, good bounce to it....oh yeah I can work with this...â
âAre you done?â Chuckles Bucky as you drop your hands to your thighs.
âWhat? I was just pretending to be your photographer, was I not convincing enough?â
âWell..â
You take a step forward, gently touching the bottom of his chin before making a cheeky face and turning to wander towards the bathroom, Bucky slowly following your lead in curiosity as you explain, âIâll have you know Barnes, I once convinced some high end Bulgarian official that I was actually a Russian princess in hiding. He believed it too.â You mutter while rummaging through the drawers under the bathroom sink. Bucky leaning against the doorway as he watches you intently.
âHonestly, it was rather pathetic too. Old fucker was so drunk I could have told him I was a pixie from the realm of toxic waste baskets and he would have believed me.â You add, searching for wherever the fucking scissors went, âOf course his idiot companions were none the wiser and I got the intel I needed out of him. How you ask?â Grabbing the silver coated utensil from out of the drawer, you rise to your full height.
Cutting the air, you throw him a wink as you move to wander past him, âThat information is top secret. But letâs just say he never made it back to his friends.â You smirk, setting the scissors on the small center table before snatching the tiny plastic trash can and taking it with you over to the table once again.
Bucky watches as you pull the two chairs to face opposite of one another, placing the trash can in the center of the two wooden seats as you bring your bum down on to the flat chair. âNow sit. This may get messy.â
Bucky snorts, moving to do just that, âI donât wanna see any blood, Y/N. I know how you are with sharp objects.â Jokes your man with a telling smirk as you simply roll your eyes before pulling your right leg up, leaning it against your left thigh as you begin unlacing your boots. âWhatcha doing there Y/N?â
Tugging on the sides of your boots to loosen them up, you throw him a side glance, âGetting comfortable.â
Bucky nods, âOf course. This is serious business.â
You chuckle, pulling off your boot and throwing it to the side before exchanging your one leg for the other, âGives you more time to check me out.â
Biting his bottom lip, Bucky leans his metal elbow against the table as he shamelessly watches you do your thing, âWell, no.....I wasnât doing that, definitely not....but uh, I like your socks. Very interesting choice.â Points Bucky while you toss your other boot to the floor with a small thud. Shaking your head while Bucky makes fun of your current socks that reach above your ankles, a multitude of cartoon rainbow kittens dancing all about with a solid grey background. One tiny worn down hole showing some skin on the back of your heel that would most likely have blistered by now if not for your healing capabilities.
âHuh? Oh, these fuckers?â You snicker, sticking one foot close to his face as he leans back to avoid your teasing, âFought them off a homeless guy in the park.â
Bucky makes a humored expression ranging between slight disgust and great amusement at your theatrical antics, reaching his flesh hand out to catch your ankle before you can smack him with your extremity. âIâm sure you kicked his ass.â
Setting your foot down, you nod, âOh I did, you should have seen it, Iâm sure you could have learned a thing or two.â
âOkay.â Mutters Bucky sarcastically whilst rolling his eyes, âAt least Iâm not the one in the care-bear socks.â
You raise a brow at him, legitimately impressed by this reference, âIâm surprised you even know what that is.â You tease before sticking your one foot out and pointing both hands in its general direction, âThese. Are cat socks for your information....but no one ever said pretty people were smart so I wonât hold it against you.â
âOuch.â Laughs Bucky, âTake a look in the mirror hot stuff.â
Smacking his metal arm, you pick up the scissors, âOkay smartass now Iâm going to give you a weird haircut for that one.â
âI said you were hot.â Protests Bucky with a laugh as you slice the scissors in the air menacingly, âForgive me.â
âYou implied I was lacking in smarts so now youâre getting a shitty haircut you dumbfuck, come here you coward!â Bucky leans backwards towards the table as you press your freehand on his chest, your other hand held upwards by Buckyâs metal fist as you practically lean your whole body against his. Scissors snapping in the air as he attempts to restrain you.
âY/N! Iâm sorry please donât cut my hair weird Iâll never leave the apartment again.â He pleads through amused giggles as you playfully let him keep you from doing any sort of damage to his beautiful dark locks.
âYou donât leave the apartment to begin with!â
âThatâs true but still!â
âLet me go and I will be nice about it.â You reason, âI promise.â Bucky gives you a half nervous glance before letting go of your wrist, smiling down at him, you slide off his body before seating yourself back down again. âSee, not so hard. Now take your shirt off and turn around.â
Buckyâs brows raise instantly while he breaks out into a suggestive grin, âY/N, thatâs kinky.â
Rolling your eyes, you bite your bottom lip to keep from giving him the satisfaction of a genuine smile, âDo it or Iâll hurt you, and not how you like it.â Bucky snorts as you break out into a smile, âCome on muscles I wanna see some skin.â
âIs this really necessary?â Wonders Bucky as he grasps the bottom of his shirt.
âYes.â You reply, watching as he removes his tank top with ease before setting it atop the cold surface of the table, âItâs so you donât get hair all over your shirt Barnes, and donât say itâs not a big deal cause I know youâll get itchy.â
âWhatever. Just donât cut me.â Grumbles Bucky as he shifts around in his chair so that you have a clear view of the back of his head and all that glorious hair just screaming to be snipped to perfection. âSeriously be careful.â
Scooting your chair closer so that your legs are parted for a better angle, you semi-roughly tug down on his dark locks causing the super soldier to grunt in pain, âY/N!â Grumbles Bucky through clenched teeth, âWhat the hell?â He whines as you chuckle mischievously from behind him.
âOh shut it you big baby, I know what Iâm doing.â Buckyâs mouth opens to protest, but before heâs able to throw something witty at you to counter your sass, youâve made a loud snip snip sound with the scissors.
âCareful.â Worries Bucky as you hold a chunk of his hair before letting the utensil slice right through the brown follicles like a knife through some soft chocolate cake. Soon more and more tuffs of discarded hair fall into the wastebasket as you work around the back of his head. He doesnât say a word the whole time as you skillfully cut your way to a half-descent haircut.
After a good five minutes, you lean back to examine your work, âOkay, looking good.â
âCan I see.â
âNo.â You deadpan with a small chuckle before pressing the handle of the scissors to his bare back, âTurn around wolfman I need to do the front.â
Sighing, Bucky shifts, turning around to finally face you. Both your legs staggered side by side now as he looks into your eyes like a beaten down puppy, âOh donât look at me like that Barnes. Your torture session is almost over.â You add before kissing your fingers and pressing them against his lips for a brief second of silent affection.
Bucky cracks a handsome grin while your left hand messes up his long bangs, âMust you do that too.â Complains your grumbly lover in annoyance as you slice some areas near his face. âYep. Iâm not cutting all of it, Iâm just giving your eyes some trim to see. Bucky youâve been putting your hair up in buns for a week now.â
âOkay fine.â
âI mean, I like it. But you need a cut, I miss seeing your pretty face.â Bucky closes his eyes as you make quick work of his hair, deciding it best to just keep his thoughts to himself and let you do your masterful work, hopefully resulting in a decent job well done.
Soon he hears one last snip before you dramatically gasp causing his eyes to shoot open, âWhat did you do!?â Worries Bucky as you start smiling like an idiot.
âOh my...ha, you look so good!â You affirm with an excited squeak of joy, setting the scissors down on the table before reaching your hands out to dive your fingers through his soft mane like an excited child petting a furry cat for the first time.
Buckyâs hands wrap around your forearms as he smiles, âOkay, okay, Y/N...â Starts Bucky as you take your hands and gently push his hair back to see his handsome face.
âWhy, hello there Mr. Barnes.â You slyly jest as he studies your smirking face, âDonât you just look absolutely dashing.â
âAm I free to look now?â Implores your lover with a shy smile as he rests his hands to either one of your thighs, squeezing lightly while you nod. âGo for it.â
He lets go, getting up from the chair to saunter on into the bathroom to observe your skilled work as a terribly underpaid hairdresser. In the meantime, youâve cleaned off the few stray hairs coating the table and dumped them in the small trash can. Setting the chairs back into their normal positioning as you place the trash back in itâs usual spot by the window.
A mischievous grin coating your features as you stand causally by the fridge, awaiting Bucky who soon walks out of the bathroom. Smile on his beautiful features before his face falls into a confused yet oddly amused expression. âY/N what are you doing? You look like Hitler.â
âWhat? No I donât!â You protest, removing Buckyâs discarded lock of hair from your upper lip and tossing it in the trash, âWell you look.....uh, you look like uh.....I donât know. You look really hot, Iâm kind of distracted not gonna lie.â
Bucky smiles, cheeks dusting a light pink color as he walks closer to you. Noticeably still lacking an actual shirt which is doing wonders to your swirling thoughts that are turning a bit dirty, and those grey sweatpants? Hanging dangerously low on his beautiful body, you can see his famous V line in your peripheral vision as you strain to keep your eyes locked with his.
Oh he is challenging you big time.
Bucky, too observant for his own good, takes the hint that youâre starting to get a little hot and bothered with him looking like that all shirtless in the room and whatnot. Fresh haircut, low pants, and nothing better to do on this fine summer evening.
He raises an intrigued brow, âI know that look.â Muses Bucky with a knowing devilish grin as you shake your head at him, eyes darting to the newspaper covered window. You hate getting caught.
âNope. What would make you think Iâm thinking of...of, whatever youâre thinking. Alright listen, my mind is all pure and good up in here...so I, I have no idea whatever the fuck youâre talking about.â Bucky chuckles, chest rising in little spurts as he humors you, taking a couple more steps closer as you bite your lip in anticipation. Shit, heâs got you right where he wants you.
Ever so gently does five metal fingers reach up to caress the side of your cheek, trailing sweet icy lines down to your chin as his bare chest presses sweetly against your clothed breasts. Flesh hand holding your lower back, pressing you into him, âY/N.â Whispers Bucky, sounding more like a genuine question as he tilts his head to the side, âWhatâr you thinking of?â
Pursing your lips together to keep from revealing a full grin to give him that proud satisfaction of turning you on without much effort, you raise a brow, free hand reaching downwards to gently palm him through his sweats that are indeed beginning to tent.
âHmm. Guess I got you too, and all I did was stand here.â You proudly conclude, slipping a hand into his pants as you trail your fingers up and down his hardening length, causing Bucky to groan in arousal at your playful teasing. âFuck me I could listen to that voice for a thousand years and never get tired of hearing you moan Buck.â
Bucky grabs your hand currently exploring his neither regions, pulling it out as he takes both your hands with his, face leaning in real close to yours, âI was not moaning.â He confirms with a sly grin, âThis...is a moan.â And a second later heâs pressing his flesh digits into your clothed heat, rubbing your growing arousal with the pads of his skilled fingers as your face shifts with pleasure.
âoh.â Softly escapes from your parted lips, the sound coming out as more of a breathy gasp of air then anything really comprehensible.
Soon a large grin has found its way onto your flushed features, âYou bastard.â Bucky chuckles at your less then heated curse given freely to him before removing his fingers from their pleasurable assault on your sensitive area thatâs calling for some real attention, you kiss him again before muttering, âCome on Barnes....â
His lips dance in time with yours as he keeps you from speaking anything otherwise witty back at him, flesh and metal hand trailing up your body until they find the lower rim of your tank top. He pulls the material upwards, breaking the kiss for but a swift moment to let the fabric completely slide right off of your body and onto the floor below.
Lips on yours in an instant as his nimble fingers skillfully unclasp your bra, youâd have praised him for the semi-troublesome work if not for the fact that heâs now using those talented hands of his to knead your naked breasts like the most valuable and sweetest dough in all the land. Touching them with the tenderness of a skilled lover who knows just how to get his lady feeling all sorts of good.
Trailing your digits up and down his bare back, you shift your face to the side so he can keep stealing away more kisses while you try and form a sentence, âBuck...mhmm....mmmm.....Bucky, I need you, mhmm, I need you in me...right, right now.â You mutter in between moans while Buckyâs hardness rubs through his sweatpants and onto your thighs.
His hands trail up to gather the sides of your face in his palms, lips finally parting from yours as his beautiful blues gaze lovingly into your blissful expression, âI think thatâs a fantastic idea Y/N. Now if you could lay on this table so I can take your pants off thatâd be great.â Softly adds Bucky as you quickly steal a kiss in reply before scooting yourself upon the wooden table.
Leaning your body back as he quickly removes the clothing from your lower half, underwear sliding off next to leave you in nothing but your wit and will, and naked everything. His lust filled eyes trail hungrily down from your protruding breasts to your soaked neither regions hot and ready for his willing member.
âEnough drooling over me Barnes, I wanna see what youâve got.â He chuckles at getting so easily caught; listening to your inquisition, he swiftly removes those annoying grey sweatpants before slipping off the tight boxers with ease.
Your eyes widen in excitement at the hardened length dripping in precum, his king jewels swollen and ready to send you into a world of wonders soon enough.
Bucky, noticing how your eyes swirl with hunger, takes a step forward, placing his hand on your knee, âThis angles kinda weird so...can you turn around?â Asks the super soldier apprehensively, you two have never done it this way before. Itâs pretty tame all things considered, but itâs something youâre more than willing to try.
You nod with a mischievous grin, âThatâs a little kinky.âÂ
Bucky rolls his eyes, snorting with laughter nonetheless, âWhy are you..never mind.â Muses your lover while you swiftly scoot your naked bum off of the table before kissing his cheek and turning around. Laying your stomach against the warmed surface of the wood as you bend over for Bucky to begin his godly work.
Soon his hands are feeling up your beautiful bum before wandering to your sides, âThis good? Are you comfortable like this, just tell me if we need the bed instead and I can..â
âBucky just fuck me.â You quickly interrupt, pushing your ass against his member thatâs quite literally poking provocatively at your naked cheeks. âYeah, okay, right on that.â Replies your man as he holds your left hip in place, flesh hand steadying his cock as he approaches your slick folds.
You canât see him from this angle, relying on sounds and feel alone; youâre soon pleasantly relieved of the lack of contact when his manhood finally touches the surface of your two mounds before Bucky pushes himself into you.
Spreading you wide open and bare unto him as his length slides completely into your dripping core thatâs heated and buzzing with your arousal. He feels good, really good. The slight discomfort gone in an instant as you quickly adjust perfectly in tune with his fullness and girth that stretches your walls so beautifully.
Bucky lets out a pleasant sigh before gently squeezing your hips, âY/N are you good?â Wonders your sweet man, balls deep inside you but still making it important that youâre feeling as fantastic as him. How considerate.
With one hand gripping the far edge of the table and the other one thrown back to smack affectionately against his hip, you nod while face is pressed against the flat wood, âSo good Buck....so good.â You mutter happily.
Taking this as a positive sign, Bucky smiles joyously before pulling a good ways out of you and thrusting himself back in again. Replicating this wondrous action for a good thirty more seconds as he draws your vessel into a new plane of pleasure with each fantastical stroke.
Youâre left with soft moans reaching Buckyâs ears while the poor table attempts to keep in its place as Bucky thrusts full force into you over and over again, the legs of wood scraping against the flooring with each pump into your core. Grunting with effort not gone unnoticed by you in the slightest.
Nothing in the small apartment is heard except for the familiar skin on skin contact associated with this or any type of lovemaking, though right now, this angle, and those beautiful groans dripping off of his tongue sets this scene as more of a good fucking between the two of you if youâre being completely honest here.
Buckyâs cock pulses and twitches in excitement as he pulls in and out of you, hands tightly gripping the sides of your hips enough to bruise when all is said and done, luckily for you, quick healing is one of your attributes. Paying no mind the dull ache of his fingers against your flesh, you grip the edge of the table as the titular coil of growing pleasure begins its usual act upon your womanhood.
Buckyâs relentless, pushing himself into you just right with that delicious cock of his, sliding in and out of your slick walls as he works his magic. âoh God Buck...â You moan in absolute bliss, brows raising upwards at the growing sensation building up into your persistent climax.
He smiles to himself, proud of his fruitful efforts to turn you into a moaning mess underneath him, soon heâs picking up the pace with vigor and palpable stamina that youâre all to willing to match. âBuck....oh fu...fuck, Iâm so-Iâm so close....mhmm..â He slams into you harder now, causing the table to slide across the floor as he continues his pleasurable assault on your core thatâs bringing you quickly to the edge of paradise.
âAh shit.â Mumbles Bucky, realizing this current positioning is messing up his groove since this damn table keeps annoyingly moving in time with his thrusts. A second later his metal arm his lifting your stomach upwards, body to much of a mess to protest, youâre soon pleasantly surprised when your naked back falls flush against his sweaty toned torso as he holds you close.
His metallic hand slides up to hold you in between your breasts as his flesh hand trails down your body until it finds your sensitive bud, Buckyâs skilled fingers rub deliciously against the swollen flesh as he thrusts up into you vigorously. You suppress a whiny moan as your one hand grips tightly onto his forearm holding you to his body. While your other hand reaches up to take a fistful of hair as his head drapes over the side of your shoulder, plush lips planting wet kisses all along your heated skin.
âMhmm you taste so good.â Praises Bucky as he licks your naked flesh before gently biting down playfully, leaving more love marks as he continues to play with your clit as the coil inside you threatens to unwind.
âBuck, I-I canât...Iâm gonna...â Bucky listens as you begin mumbling incoherent Russian when your orgasm finally hits you full force now, your warm walls tightening around his cock as you emit a plethora of loud moans. Tugging on his hair as he smiles against your skin for the work heâs done.
Your fingers quickly slip from his thick dark locks as you fight to keep your legs from giving out at the intense rush of pleasure flowing through your vessel as Buckyâs fingers spell circles on your sensitive bud. Youâre soon getting overstimulated when suddenly he pulls his hand to wrap around your stomach as he finally cums inside you.
The beautiful sounds of Buckyâs low groans and moans filling your ears as he spills himself up into you, cock twitching as he releases it all. The feeling of his cum rushing into your hot center never fails to turn you weak, especially when his body shakes with pleasure as he subconsciously holds you closer while riding out his orgasm.
He thrusts into you a couple more times just to feel it through as he unknowingly sparks more electricity into your already fucked out core thatâs now dripping with not only your natural arousal but his hot liquid. Buckyâs head falls into the crook of your neck as he stops pumping into you, plush lips kissing your heated skin as he just embraces the moment of standing butt-ass naked in the kitchen balls deep in you, his loving and beautifully fuckable girlfriend.
He stands like this for about forty whole seconds until you reach a hand up to tug playfully on his hair, âI think we need a shower now.â
Buckyâs lips smile against your skin as he picks his head up, kissing your neck while he pulls himself out of you. His cum slowly trailing down your inner thighs as he turns you around to face him, âI think youâre right. Letâs go before that gets on the floor.â Chuckles Bucky as he takes your hand and walks you into the bathroom.
You stand by the sink as he turns on the shower, fumbling with the settings while you snatch a tissue and begin cleaning yourself up a bit until he turns around, âWait Y/N, let me do that.â States Bucky as he takes the tissue out of your hand, kneeling down to get a better angle, âItâs kinda my fault anyways and youâve done enough...â
âI could handle it Buck, but I mean yeah, go for it.â You muse as he whips off the milky liquid trailing lines down your inner thighs, âI donât doubt you know how to clean a crime scene.â
âThis isnât a crime scene.â Asserts Bucky as he whips away the last of it while you chuckle at his confused facial expression.
He stands as you saunter past him, taking a step into the shower before looking over your shoulder, âWell, guess youâre just gonna have to murder this pussy again and weâll find out how well your clean up really is.â You tease with a knowing wink before disappearing into the plastic curtains.
Buckyâs brows raise in surprised excitement as he quickly follows you in, soon his hands are feeling you up in all sorts of places. Drawing soft moans of the sweetest sounds into the sexually charged atmosphere, no doubt riling you up for round two. God you love him so fucking much.
Waking with a start, youâre surprised to find your heartbeat racing a mile a minute. Then the wonderful memories of last nights dream hits you like a truck, that wasnât just a dream, that was a real memory with Bucky. One of the many fantastic ones between the two of you before Zemo happened, before Tony tried to kill him, before Wakanda, and before Thanos ruined it all with a simple snap of his goddamn fingers.
Just a fucking dream. Another good memory. Thatâs it.
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Slasher OC: Decebal Avram ChirilÄ
Full Name: Decebal Avram ChirilÄ
Nickname(s): Dacia, Dece, The Impaler, Vladislav, Tiger, Lynx, Dracula, Casanova
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Nationality: Romanian
Place of Birth: Bucharest, Romania
Current Location: Travels from country to country
Occupation: Former Romanian Soldier; Now Hitman
Languages: Romanian, English, German, French, Italian, Hungarian, Russian, Turkish
Appearance:
Height: 6'8
Weight: 240lbs
Body Type: Middle Bulky and Atheltic
Skin Color: Warm Beige
Hair Color: Dark Brown
Hair Style: Short on the sides and longer on top, wavy
Eye Color: Pale Grey, almost white, giving the impression he is blind
Face Claim: Stephen James
Clothing: He opts for comfortable clothing mostly because of his job as a hitman and because he is always on the run. He mostly goes with black T-shirts or shirts, a khaki army coat with many pockets, along with camo army pants again with many pockets and black combat boots. He has a long black scarf with the colors of the Romanian flag trimmed along that belonged to his father.
Other features: He has many scars on his broad back and down his arms; his back's scars are covered by tattoos of an eagle and a grim reaper with two swords in an X shape. His has full sleeve tattoos down his arms, picturing all kind of nature scenarios from his country, mountains and wild animals and AK-47's on each forearm. His neck, chest and legs are also covered by tattoos along with his hands. This guy is all inked up. He also has a silver earing on his right ear. He also wears an eyepatch that is covering his scarred eye that he got from a fight with his brother Alexander, the scar mimiking the ones Alexander has, coming from his eyebrow down his eye and over his cheek.
Weapons: Twin Swords, Twin Guns, and throwing knives.
Power/Skills:
Murderous expertise
Brute strength
Skilled usage of weaponry
Skill in hand-to-hand combat
Knifesmanship
Swordsmanship
Multilingual
Cunning Nature
Charisma
Driving expertise
Ruthlessness
Fearlessness
Manipulation
Marksmanship
Master tactician and strategist
Stealth mastery
Symbols: Here is the link to Decebal's symbols
History/Bio:
Decebal was named after a Romanian king by his parents, father Apostol ChirilÄ, and his mother, Maria Stratulat of Moldovic heritage. They were a poor family that lived in Bucharest during the communist times, a hard period for them. Decebal's father, Apostol was one of the rebels that were against this form of a system of social organization in which all property is owned by the community and each person contributes and receives according to their ability and needs.
Because of this Apostol and Maria, along with their three years old son, Decebal, were dragged into the communistic jails where they were tortured in all kinds of ways from whipping to starvation to being chained into coldness.
Decebal tried to protect his parents even though he was a small child and the army warden that took care of the horrific jails was surprised by the child's braveness and he took him away from his parents, not before forcing him to watch how his parents were killed brutally.
During the rest of his childhood and teenage years, Decebal spent most of his life in the dark underground jail, training with the soldiers, doing hard work. Despite that, the warden thought Decebal about all kinds of languages, cultures, and history.Â
'Just because you're a stray dog that doesn't mean you cannot learn to bark and bite.'
In his late teenage years as he grew into an adult man, he got more to the light outside, following the warden wherever he went and did was his so-called 'father' figure did; smoke, drink and got laid with all the ladies.
The warden's words during a drunken late-night:
'You know boy, you will do something big, much bigger than you can imagine. I saw how all these sluts looked at you... You make them fall into your arms like they are desperate whores.'
'Use everything you got; charms, brains, muscles. In this world, there are the ones that walk every inch of the ground as they own it and the ones that follow, all chained. Tell me, boy... Which one you are?'
One of the greatest abilities that Decebal earned during years in the darkness was that he got so used to it that now as an adult, he sees perfectly into the darkness, just like cats do.Â
Some people called Decebal 'Lynx'; the moniker originates from the fact that Lynx has exceptional night vision, remarkable hearing, and incredible instincts. The spiritual lesson Lynx carries to you is a reminder to partake of quiet observance, remembering thereâs more to the world than whatâs accessible through the physical eyes and ears alone.
After communism fell down in Romania, Decebal still maintained the attitude he grew up around; being sadistic, cold, and cruel. People weren't too fond of his attitude; his habits including fighting and torturing people that opposed him, getting laid with other men's wives, strolling down the streets like he owned everything.
He disappeared from Romania when there was a reward on his head to be finally executed. The Romanian army was hot on his trail, turning against him, but he simply vanished.
He strolls from country to country, not having a definitive home and working as a rogue hitman to earn money and to survive.
After a brutal fight between him and his twin little brother, Alexander; the two brothers which resulted in both of them almost dead, they get on an agreement of peace between them, with the help of their third part, their little sister Nadia.
Family: His little brother Alexander ChirilÄ and his little sister Nadia Nikolina ChirilÄ
His favorite killing style:
He prefers a kill that will put on a good show, he will shot his victims in both their knees, then he will dismember them with his sharp twin swords.
Personality:
Decebal has two paths of personality; the civilian one and the hitman one, that sometimes cross path depending on the situation at hand. In hi day to day life, he is a charming, handsome man, confident and sure of himself, but also having a modesty edge, just to draw people in closer, because he loves the attention, having a God-like complex.
Despite his childhood, he is a very educated man that speaks many languages, sometimes taking people by surprise, he can even put on fake accents. He also has vast knowledge about other countries history, mostly because that's what his 'father-figure' talked a lot about.
He is a flirt, he simply adores to make women swon by his charming looks and mysterious persona wherever he goes, people always wondering from where he comes. He knows how to sweet-talk people, being extremly manipulative. His looks; big and strong, in his eyes a flaming white glow.
You will rarely see Decebal without his charming smile or dark smirk that makes the ladies sigh and faint. He always puts on a winning attitude, knowing for creating many divorces along his travelings.Â
Here goes his saying: 'If the female raised her tail, who I am to deny.'
He has a romantic side, after all he does speaks the romance languages, but it's highly influenced his his Casanova attitude.
He is blunt; this man will tell if you're damn gorgeous or if you're down-right ugly or stupid. He has no problem putting his opinions straight on the table.
His favorite drink:Â ČuicÄ-Â is a traditional Romanian spirit that contains ~ 24â65% alcohol by volume (usually 40â55%), prepared only from plums.
His favorite food: Sarma is a dish of vine, cabbage, monk's rhubarb, kale or chard leaves rolled around a filling of grains, like bulgur or rice, minced meat, or both. It is found in the cuisines of the former Ottoman Empire from the Middle East to Southeastern Europe.
His scent: Decebal's scent could be described as a 'game of seduction' with an "exciting rush" of citrus and cool spice top notes. Pungent bergamot "bites" with freshness, revived by cardamom and lavender. Caviar gives a provocative and erotic touch âlike a trickle of sweat on a manâs chiseled body.â Masculine and rough notes of tobacco and orris root facilitate the heat of the composition. He has that scent that could be described as smoky confidence irresistible to women.
Other Characteristics:
He is a very good dancer, especially traditional ones and he also knows singing. Attending important parties with his 'father-figure' he learned from the women how to dance and sing. The women basically made him such a charismatic man.
He is a heavy drinker and holds his alcohol like it's water; his moldovic genes showing off.Â
He is more of a night person that a day one, mostly because of his very good nocturnal sight.
He is pretty much an Outlaw.
His accent sounds like italian, latin, but with a little bit of russian or another slavic accent. (That's how a Austrian woman described his accent one night)
He is a master at Poker. Another way he earns a lot of money is through poker and plus, he is a master cheater. FUN FACT HERE: He won a man's wife through poker for one night.
He is a sword swallower, bonus he has no gag reflex.
He also loves to smoke from his pipe.
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There lived a certain man in Romania long ago
He was big and strong, in his eyes a flaming glow
Most people look at him with terror and with fear
But to Bucharest chicks he was such a lovely dear
He could preach the Bible like a preacher
Full of ecstasy and fire
But he also was the kind of teacher
Women would desire
DE DE DECEBAL
Lover of the ROMANIAN queen
There was a cat that really was gone
DE DE DECEBAL
Romania's greatest love machine
It was a shame how he carried on
He ruled the Romanian land and never mind the Tsar
But the kazachok he danced really wunderbar
In all affairs of state he was the man to please
But he was real great when he had a girl to squeeze
For the queen he was no wheeler dealer
Though she'd heard the things he'd done
She believed he was a holy healer
Who would heal her son
DE DE DECEBAL
Lover of the Romanian queen
There was a cat that really was gone
DE DE DECEBAL
Romania's greatest love machine
It was a shame how he carried on
(This is an interpretation of the song âRasputinâ by Boney M, mostly because the song inspired me into creating him)
For power became known to more and more people
The demands to do something about this outrageous
Man became louder and louder
"This man's just got to go!" declared his enemies
But the ladies begged "Don't you try to do it, please"
No doubt this Decebal had lots of hidden charms
Though he was a brute they just fell into his arms
Then one night some men of higher standing
Set a trap, they're not to blame
"Come to visit us" they kept demanding
And he really came
DE DE DECEBAL
Lover of the Romanian queen
They put some poison into his ČuicÄ
DE DE DECEBAL
Romania's greatest love machine
He drank it all and said "I feel fine"
DE DE DECEBAL
Lover of the Romanian queen
They didn't quit, they wanted his head
DE DE DECEBAL
Romania's greatest love machine
[Spoken:] Oh, those Romanians...
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But when his drinking and lusting and his hunger
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Thereâs A TV, Joe!
For Paperstorm, one of my very favorite people, on this, the day of her birth. Happy birthday, my dear!
Or read it on AO3.
âWe are usually a better judge of character,â Nicky says, and Copley puts on his best blank face. He has a job to do, and heâs not going to let Nicky get under his skin.Â
âI suppose you are taking us to the person who paid for your betrayal,â Nicky continues, and okay. Copley will give him that one.Â
âThisâs a nice plane,â Joe says as heâs pushed up the stairs. He sounds surprised and almost...excited? That canât be right. Copley feels his lips start to turn downward, and right then Nicky calls out from inside the plane, âthereâs a TV, Joe!â
âChampagne?â Joe responds, like he isnât in leg chains and flex cuffs and doesnât have armed guards ready to shoot him in the face. Though, Copley muses, that last part really wouldnât bother him all that much.Â
Keane turns towards him with the same look of âwho the fuck are these guys?â Copleyâs sure is mirrored on his own face.Â
Copley makes his way into the plane behind Keane, greeted by an incredibly sarcastic âah, there he is! The man of the hour!â from Joe.Â
âMy heart,â Nicky says, pulling Joeâs attention back to him, âwhat do you want to watch? There are so many channels on this TV, I donât know why anyone would need so many.â The man is frowning at the television like itâs also betrayed and captured him and is about to deliver him to scientific experimentation, and Copley finds himself mildly impressed by how nonchalant theyâre acting about this whole thing.Â
âOh, is the football still on?â Joe asks. âIt was early in the first half when we were so rudely interrupted, I think there should be some time left in the second half.â
âLet me see,â Nicky responds, flipping rapidly through the stations.Â
âThere!â Joe calls out, but Nicky doesnât stop in time and thereâs some baking show playing instead.Â
âOh, look, the chef is making a lovely fruit tart. Letâs watch this instead.â
âNickyyyyy,â Joe whines, honest to god whines. âThe football!â
âAch,â Nicky scoffs, flapping his cuffed hands in Joeâs direction. âYou watch so many games, and there will always be another one.â
âYour fruit tarts are already better than anything this chef could make! You donât need to watch this!â
âOf course I do! Perhaps thereâs a new tip I could pick up.â
âFruit tarts have been fruit tarts for centuries, they arenât going to change that much in half an hour on a baking show!â
âOne never knows unless one watches,â Nicky says imperiously, and Copley has to bite the inside of his cheek to keep himself from laughing at the groan Joe gives in response, clearly knowing heâs lost this well-worn argument yet again. It makes Copley think of his wife and how effectively she could finish all their fights, too.Â
âWhat if I sat with you? Would that make it better?â Nicky coos, making his way to the couch where Joeâs sitting across from the TV, and sits down on Joeâs lap, his back to Joeâs chest.
Joe grunts and lifts his arms up and over Nickyâs head, settling them around Nickyâs waist. Joe presses a kiss to Nickyâs neck with a grumbled âI suppose.âÂ
Nicky snorts at him and twists around so he can kiss Joe on the mouth softly, once and then twice when Joe chases his lips. Copley looks over at Keane and the other guards, who look like theyâve been sucking on lemons, and yeah, itâs official. Heâs starting to like these guys.Â
âKnock it off,â Keane growls at them, and Joe looks up like heâd forgotten the man was even there. Which...is entirely possible.Â
âOr what?â Joe goads. âYouâll kill us?â
Nicky gasps and puts his hands over his mouth in the most incredibly exaggerated manner Copley has ever seen. It draws a laugh out of him that he canât quite cover with a cough. Keane glares at him before turning back to Joe and Nicky to glare at them instead. Joe laughs in response and presses a kiss to the side of Nickyâs neck.Â
âMy love,â he says.Â
âYes, my heart?â Nicky replies.Â
Copley looks over at Keane, whoâs about five seconds from blowing a gasket, and wishes he had some popcorn. He should probably step in at some point, but heâs more curious to see what Joe and Nicky are going to do next.Â
Besides, he definitely likes these guys.Â
âDo you think theyâve figured it out yet?â Joe asks.Â
âMmm, no,â Nicky hums. âThey havenât.â
âPerhaps we should help them along, then. How many ways do you know to crash a plane?â Joe asks, and wow, okay, that is so not where Copley thought this was going.Â
âOh, tesoro, there are so many ways to crash a plane. It depends on how much time I have to plan and what materials I have to work with,â Nicky responds.Â
âHow many can you think of off the top of your head, right now, with the restrictions of leg chains, zip cuffs, no weapons, four armed guards, one ex-CIA agent whoâs been a very naughty boy, and a pilot?â
âWhat are my assets?âÂ
âOnly me,â Joe tells him, punctuating the information with another kiss.Â
âAh, that is more than enough and the only thing I ever need.â Nicky kisses him again before straightening up to look Keane in the eye. âUnder those parameters, and without more time to plan, I can think of seven ways to crash this plane.â
âDid you factor in Bucharest, â33?â
âAh, I did not. Thank you for the reminder. Make that eight.â
Copley feels his heart start racing, he can hear his blood pulsing in his ears. He flicks his eyes to Keane, and the man has gone absolutely still. His face is whiter than Copley has ever seen it.Â
âAnd who, my dearest love, out of the passengers of this plane, would survive if we decided to rip it from the sky?â Joe asks, his voice dripping with fake concern.Â
âYou and I are the only two who would walk away from such a tragedy, my heart.â
âThatâs right!â Joe grins. âWe are!â
Copley feels his stomach twist around itself as he holds his breath, waiting to see if theyâll actually do it.Â
âOf course, that would be a waste of a perfectly good plane,â Nicky continues after an entirely too long pause, and Copley exhales sharply, suddenly understanding the message theyâre trying to send.Â
âThese seats are so comfortable!â Joe agrees.Â
âAnd the wood trim is so finely worked. I would hate to see such craftsmanship go to waste,â Nicky adds.Â
âThink theyâve figured it out yet, Nicky?â
âHmm,â Nicky hums back, looking around the fuselage before making eye contact with Copley. âHe has.â Joe looks up expectantly, a twinkle in his dark eyes.Â
âYou arenât trapped in here with us,â Copley answers them. âWe are trapped in here with you.â
âThatâs right!â Joe beams at him as Nicky claps his hands to his chest like a proud father. Joe winks at him before pressing another kiss to Nickyâs neck. Nicky sighs happily and turns back toward the TV.Â
âOh, Joe, look how thickly she sliced those pears!â He exclaims, scandalized. âTheyâll never finish cooking before the crust starts to catch!â
âAnd why didnât she use apricot jam as a glaze? Her tart is going to be so lifeless and dull!â
âOh, no, this is going to be a disaster,â Nicky giggles, actually giggles, as he wiggles on Joeâs lap. Joe shifts his legs around and pulls Nicky in closer, gleefully awaiting the reveal of the disaster tart.Â
Copley chances a glance at Keane, whose face is all red and twisted up in anger. Joe and Nicky are probably going to pay for this later, but now? Right now?
Thereâs absolutely no doubt about it: Copley loves these guys.Â
#the old guard#joe x nicky#yusuf x nicolo#yusuf al kaysani#nicolo di genova#POV James Copley#Trolls will be trolls#And then a little badass#And then trolls again#As one does when one has had 900 years to perfect their trolling#And a partner who loves trolling too#A gift for my dearest paperstorm
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Desidrium
DESIDRIUM: AN ARDENT DESIRE OR LONGING
WORD COUNT: 3.8k
AUTHORâS NOTE: this is for @buckysmischiefâ writing challenge! sorry it took so long to post, I kept changing the plot. and itâs all over the place because I write before I think so I apologize. Hope you all enjoy!
MASTERLIST
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2013
âYou donât have to do this alone,â He whispered into her ear, arms tightening around her. His lips pressed a soft kiss against her neck, inhaling deeply as his nose pressed against her pulse point.
She sighed, shuffling closer into him. She placed her hands over his arms, squeezing them. âI donât want to, but I have to.â
Her phone lit up, a soft ringtone beginning to play. She reached over and shut it off, groaning at the thought of having to work. She got up, untangling herself from Steveâs grip. The shirt fell to her thighs, and she pushed the loose hair out of her face that fell from her braid.
âI can go on the mission with-â
âDonât finish that sentence, Rogers,â Her eyes met his through the vanity mirror, holding a stern glare. âYouâre still healing from the last mission.â
âI heal faster-â
â-Than a normal human, I know. Yet, itâs been three days and youâre still sore and bruised so, youâre not going anywhere anytime soon.â
He grunted in response, flopping onto his back. His head fell to the side as he watched her get ready, braiding her dyed jet-black her and bobby pinning loose pieces to keep out of her face. He watched her as she changed into the S.H.I.E.L.D. mandated suit, smiling as she huffed at the tightness of the sleeves.
âNeed help?â He asked cheekily.
She glared at him with an unamused face, quirking an eyebrow as she spoke. âNot now, but when I get back I will.â
He smiled, eyebrows raising. âOh, I like the sound of that.â
âNot for sex, Captain,â She turned to face him, shoving her feet into her shoes.
âThen for what?â
âGuess youâll find out.â She walked over to the bed, bending down and planting a quick kiss to his lips. âIâll see you soon.â
He sighed quietly, tracing her jaw softly. âI love you.â
âI love you, too.â She grabbed her phone, walking out of the bedroom. He heard the clinking of her keys and the door unlocking.
âCall me when you get to Hill!â
âI will!â And she was gone.
âWhat the hell, Fury!â Steve was mad. Not mad, angry. Not even angry, he was furious. He didnât know what to think, or if he was even feeling the correct emotions.
âCan someone explain to me what the hell is going on?â Fury asked his team at the same time, trying to understand the situation.
âThe team we sent inside the base went dark an hour ago-â Commander Hill started, furiously clicking away at the tablet.
âAn hour? And weâre just being informed now?â Fury exclaimed.
âAgent Y/L/N said that HYDRA was intercepting their communications, so she requested permission to go dark.â
âAnd you gave it to her?â
âNo, they went dark before I could answer,â She pulled up their body cam footage, showing Steve and Fury. âThis is the last thing we saw.â
Y/N was leading the team, gun in front of her as she rounded the corners. The other agents followed her lead, communicating with hand signals and few words.
âDo you smell that?â She muttered into her comms, covering her nose.
âYeah, smells like shit.â Agent Garrison answered, a snort coming from the leader.
âWeâre almost at the lab, maybe itâs just what theyâre working on.â Another agent, Agent Richardson, jumped in.
âMaybe. Just be caref-â
She was cut off by another female voice. âTheyâre heading for the lab, hurry!â
The team of five froze, listening for any sign of movement. They set up a secure system, Agent Y/L/N lifting her wrist to her lips.
âCommander Hill, this is Team Alkaline. Weâve been intercepted. Â Requesting permission to go dark. I repeat weâve been intercepted. Requesting permission to go dark.â
There was no noise, but all agents turned to face behind them, guns raised at the threat. The body cameras shut off at that moment, and the communication system went silent.
Steve felt his pulse quickening, heart beating fast as he replayed the events over in his head.
âWeâve been working on getting the last image all bodycams showed, and the audio that was last heard.â
âCommander Hill!â One of the agents called, grabbing the attention of all three. Â âWe were able to get the last image.â
âWhat is it?â Steve asked as they all gathered around the computer. A blurry image of a figure holding some type of weapon.
âCan you enhance the image?â Hill asked, Fury huffing at the lack of identity.
âWeâre trying, but so far itâs no use.â
âIsnât the point of high-end, S.H.I.E.L.D. created and operated  body cameras to capture all images?â
âYes sir, but-â
âThen why the hell did we lose images from 5 cameras. Not one, not two. Five.â
âIt wasnât the cameras, sir. There was some sort of  interference.â
âWell fix it!â
âGive me the location,â Steve spoke up. Fury and Hill turned to him, already shaking their heads. âItâs not a request. Iâll get the location one way or another. I like not having to go behind your backs.â
Maria sighed, tapping on the tablet before his S.H.I.E.L.D. mandated phone buzzed against his thigh. She gave him a stern look as she spoke. âYou have 24 hours. You leave in ten.â
Steve emerged from one of the side rooms, Agent Romanoff leaning against the wall opposite. They walked together towards their waiting quinjet, Steve fidgeting with his helmet that rested in his hands.
âDo you know anything?â He asked, assuming the agent knew more than she led on.
âJust what you know,â She glanced at him before stepping up into the quinjet.
The 3-hour ride to the HYDRA base was filled with Steve going over the plan with the STRIKE team, even coming up with back-up plans for the back-up plans.
Regardless of how much Steve wanted to jump out of the quinjet, slam through the HYDRA base, find her and bring her home, he knew he needed to be careful. One wrong move and they can kill her.
So he waited until the quinjet landed a mile away from the base, practically running out of the open door. The team moved quickly and in formation, sweeping for guards. Steve canvassed the area before turning to Natasha.
âCover me.â She nodded, gun out as he held his shield in front of him and took off to the front of the base.
He never made it.
The building exploded, causing him to fly back towards the team. They pulled him to safety, Steve panting as he watched it burn.
âThis is Agent Romanoff, the target has exploded, I repeat, the target has exploded.â
2014
âBucky?â Steve couldnât believe it. Bucky, his Bucky, was alive. After 70 years, he was still alive.
âWho the hell is Bucky?â He looked down, before raising his arm with the gun trained on him.
He never got to shoot. Natasha had thrown him back with the rocket launcher.
Later, when he and Natasha were in the bunker of Camp Lehigh, Zola had flashed a picture that had burned itself into his mind. As he held the shield above him to cover him and Nat, he couldnât help but think. Sheâs really alive?
It had been a year, and the base had blown up, but she was alive.
So after Steve had let Bucky beat him to a pulp, something he thought never would have happened back in the â40s, and saved him from drowning in the water, he had asked Sam to look for him.
Sam, of course, was happy to. Helping the Captain America with a personal task? He couldnât be more ecstatic.
âAnd thereâs someone else I need you to look for.â Steve had said, seriously and quietly.
âYeah, anything.â Sam had replied.
Steve was sure he could trust him, he just didnât know if he could trust her. It had been a year, and if HYDRA really had her, he didnât know what she was capable of.
âHer name is Y/N Y/L/N, but she has multiple aliasesâ that Iâll send you. SheâŚâ he looked out the car window, watching the people passing. âWe were dating when she disappeared. Or, been assumed dead. The base she had been at, exploded when we were on the rescue mission.â
âIâm sorry, man.â Sam clapped his hand on Steveâs shoulder, giving him a somber look. âIâll find them, I promise.â
2015
âSounds like a hell of a fight,â Sam said with a drink in his hand. âSorry I missed it.â
Steve smiled, âIf I had known it was going to be a firefight, I absolutely would have called you.â
âNo, Iâm not actually sorry,â He started, stopping his walk with the captain. âIâm just trying to sound tough. Iâm very happy chasing cold leads on our missing personsâs case. Avenging is your world. Your world is crazy.â
âBe it ever so humble.â Steve wanted to ask what Sam had found, on both Bucky and Y/N. Even if it was a cold lead, it was better than nothing.
âYou find a place in Brooklyn yet?â Sam asked, changing the topic.
âI donât think I can afford a place in Brooklyn.
âWell,â Sam started, taking a sip of his drink. âHome is home, you know?â
After Ultron, and after Sokovia, Steve decided to help Sam in his spare time. He was a mentor at the compound, so it was mostly during the night.
âI have a lead,â Sam said one night over the phone. Steve had stopped his drawing, pencil tense in his hand. âIâm going after it.â
âWhere?â His voice was strong, although he wasnât.
âSomewhere in Europe.â Steve looked at him with an exasperated look. âI donât want to give your hopes up. Let me check it out, and if it looks legit, Iâll let you know.â
âIs it for her?â He sounded hopeful, despite his lack of hope after two years.
Sam pressed his lips together, shaking his head.
2016
Bucky was in Bucharest. Y/N was nowhere to be found.
Bucky was wanted for the assassination of TâChaka. Steve had to make sure he went free. He was his best friend, even if he didnât remember.
âSteve,â Sam caught the attention of the super-soldier. They were readying themselves for their mission of rescuing Bucky, but Sam had just found evidence of her alive. âWas one of Y/Nâs aliasâ âVaness Jacksonââ
âYeah, it was like her first one. Why?â Steve didnât recall giving it to him, even forgetting about it himself.
âOh shit,â Sam muttered, staring at his tablet. âWe need to get moving, now.â
So they did, and as Steve felt fear trickle up his spine, the thought of his Bucky killing him here, in his small apartment in Bucharest, where he didnât know anything or anyone, he whispered a prayer for her to hear.
âY/N, please.â
But Bucky heard it. And he smashed his fist through the floor, gripping the strap of his bag. He threw it out the window, ready to run. But he turned to him first, no emotion behind his eyes.
âIf you want to live, never say that name again.â
Steve ran after him, obviously. He wasnât losing Bucky now, especially if he knew where she was. But as they ran, a man in a black catsuit appeared. Â And then they were caught by the police force and transferred to a facility.
âYou like cats?â Sam asked TâChalla.
âSam.â Steve sighed
âWhat? Dude shows up dressed like a cat and you donât wanna know more?â
Steve didnât get to answer. Something hit the glass of the van, cracking the window. The small object stayed in the broken spot, and Steve leaned closer to examine it.
âGun!â The man beside him yelled out, the policemen turning to look at him. Steve realized he was right, the bullet stuck in the glass. âDrive faster!â
âSomeoneâs trying to kill us!â Sam yelled, forgetting about the catsuit entirely. âAnd I donât think America will be very happy that you let us die!â
Another one hit the window, cracking it more, but it never broke through.
âWhat the hell?â Sam exclaimed, moving to look at it closer. The last bullet landed in Samâs area, his eyes widening before he moved away from it. âYeah, Iâm not doing this. Steve, tell them to hurry up.â
Steve tilted his head, trying to figure out why they didnât continue the assault. The officers finally picked up the pace, oblivious to the fact that someone was trying to kill them.
âThey marked us,â Sam spoke up, the two looking at him incredulously. âEach bullet is marking us. Weâre their target.â
Steve couldnât worry about that right now. Right now, he had to save Bucky.
And they were almost free when Tony showed up in Germany. They needed the trap, needed a way out undetected. But someone else showed up. They were shooting at Tonyâs team, hitting TâChalla in the knee. He rolled behind a car, pulling the object from his leg. When he held it up, Steve couldnât believe his eyes. A tranquilizer.
With one man down, Tony began going overdrive. The spider kid was swinging through the air when he was hit, the amount immediately knocking him out. He was falling straight to the ground, and Tony flew after him. Steve and Bucky ran towards the jet, stopping when Natasha held her Widowâs Bite to them.
âYouâre not gonna stop.â
âYou know Iâm not.â
She stared at him, before coming to a decision. âIâm gonna regret this.â
Steve waited for the sting of the bite, but it didnât come. Instead, it hit TâChalla, who had woken up sometime during the interaction.
Steve and Bucky ran into the quinjet, escaping the airport.
âI told you, you shouldnât have said that name.â
âWhat?â Steve looked at him, still panting from the fight. âWhat name?â
âHer name.â
The realization hit Steve, his heart pounding with happiness at the thought that she was alive. Â âSheâs alive?â
âSheâs like a ghost except she was never dead.â Bucky stopped, before turning to his friend. âHow do you know her?â
âSheâs my girlfriend. Or w-was my girlfriend. She went MIA three years ago.â
Bucky sighed, not knowing how to break the news. âSteve, sheâs not the same girl you know.â
âWhat?â He looked between the sky and the former sergeant. âWait, how do you know her?â
âSteveâŚâ
He didnât want to know what he meant. He wanted to just live in oblivion, his sweet girl in his arms as she marveled about Johnny Depp and Ryan Reynolds and how she wanted dogs in the future and kids and how she loved him. But instead, he was left with the sick feeling in his gut as he knew what Bucky meant.
She didnât love Ryan Reynolds or Johnny Depp. She didnât love dogs or kids. She wasnât in his arms, scratching his back softly as she pressed kissed to his chest where his heart lay. She had marked them as her targets, turned into a killer by HYDRA. Taken and brainwashed as they did Bucky in the â40s. When he thought his best friend was dead, as he watched him fall from the train hundreds of feet up in the mountain. Bucky screaming at the terror of what comes next. What comes after death. And HYDRA took his Bucky from him.
And again in 2013, when he watched the body cameras of her team being ambushed. The fear in her voice that only he knew. When she froze as the thought of her life ending became the most realistic thought. When she knew that requesting to go dark was the best option, so their friends didnât have to see them killed like pigs in the slaughter. The way he still had hope, as he ran for the HYDRA base, just for it to go up in flames and killing every single ounce of hope he wanted to hand on to. And HYDRA took his Y/N from him.
2018
Steve, Sam, and Natasha had been on the run for two years now. Avengers Civil War is what the media had called his last interaction with Tony, his other best friend. He swore he saw her, more than once over the grueling two years. As if she was following him. That would be the biggest plot twist in his life since the great assassin known as the Winter Soldier was revealed to be James Barnes, and he woke up from the ice 70 years later.
So they went to Wakanda, after picking up Bruce and Rhodey. And they fought alongside each other, his best friend nice and healthy. And he thought they had won. Until Steve.
Steve looked over, to see his best friend turning into dust, disappearing fully in front of his eyes.
When Carol arrived from space, willing to find Tony and then taking them to Thanos, he thought they would be able to reverse it. Get Bucky back. And Y/N, if she wasnât alive.
Thanos had destroyed the stones.
Steve had lost himself. He was angry and hurt, and sad, and frustrated. He left Natasha alone in the compound and moved back into his Brooklyn apartment. He stayed within his walls until he opened his own support group for those who also suffered.
Not knowing if you were dead, he was hanging by a thread.
He was drinking a beer, despising his lack of the ability to get drunk. He was missing Sam today, more than usual. He thought he heard her laugh, and sighed, shaking his head. He chuckled at himself, but it turned into full-blown sobs. He hugged the blanket that still smelled like her, because he washed it with her favorite detergent when the smell went away. He cried for her to return, to help him find himself. He cried for the years they lost. For the family, he craved and yearned for. The one he was supposed to build with her.
Steve cried himself to sleep, his heart aching for the girl he loved.
Hereâs the thing. Steve didnât believe in guns. Sure, he had to use one when he was at basic training in the â40s, but now? He didnât need one. He had his shield, which protected him when he jumped out of a building, so why wouldnât it protect him from guns? He thought they were stupid and dangerous and had been shot at way too many times its annoying.
So, when he woke to someone in his apartment, his immediate instinct was to throw his shield. But he didnât have it. Tony did. So Steve did the next best thing. Pretended to still be sleeping, despite his anxiety of escaping safe and quiet.
âYou can point your gun at me if it helps you relax,â The voice spoke, the hairs on the back of his neck rising and chills going down his spine. âUnless you still donât believe in them.â
He opened his eyes, finding the girl sitting on his windowsill and watching the sky, trying to find stars in the night sky. He didnât say anything, didnât even move a muscle.
She chuckled softly, before turning to face him. He quickly shut his eyes, afraid of what will happen. Will she disappear? Kill him? This was his mind playing tricks on him.
âI know youâre awake, Captain.â
Captain.
Steve opened his eyes, looking at where she last was. She turned to face him, the moonlight illuminating her face. It was her. It was her.
âHey stranger,â She smiled, but it didnât reach her eyes like it used to. âLong time no see.â
He sat up, clutching onto the blanket in his lap. âYeah.â
âYou look good.â She reached over to turn on the lamp, blinking at the sudden change in light. âAlthough, I prefer the beard and long hair.â
He felt like he was floating. âThat-that was you?â
She nodded, letting out a deep sigh. âItâs a long story, but, when I found out you saved Bucky, I decided to look for you. You guys all looked so different, and the new guy, Â Sam? Didnât know who he was and didnât want to risk it. Heâs a great detective.â
âY-Yeah. Helped me find Buck.â She watched his face, before standing up. She slowly moved towards him, sitting across from him on the coffee table.
âHow are you, Steve?â Her hands were clasped together, eyebrows furrowed as she looked at him in worry. âThis isnât how I meant to come back into your life, but Iâm worried about you.â
Come back?
âYeah, come back. I-if thatâs okay with you.â He didnât realize he had spoken aloud and was worried she would leave.
âOf course I want you to come back,â He whispered. He reached his hand out and smoothed her worry lines, a small smile making its way onto her face. âIâve just missed you.â
âYeah?â She grabbed his hand, pressing a kiss to his palm. She held it against her cheek, relief flooding his system. âIâve missed you so fucking much.â
The crack in her voice made his heartache. He caressed her cheek with his thumb.
âYou didnât answer me, Rogers,â She spoke, looking him in the eyes. âHow are you?â
âIâm good,â But the tears threatening to spill didnât help the lie.
âOh, Steve,â She stood, wrapping her arms around him and caressing the back of his head as he sobbed into her stomach. She whispered soft words of encouragement, telling him to let it all out. Itâs okay. Iâm here. Youâre safe.
âIâm sorry,â He hiccuped, resting his head against her. She hummed, rubbing behind his ears. He soon calmed, pulling back. âItâs just-you were missing, for 6 years and MIA, and the HYDRA base was blown up and-â
âSteve, look at me, listen to meâ His eyes met hers. She looked like herself, but she also looked different. Older. Sadder. Tenser. Anxious. âIâm here, and maybe, one day, Iâll tell you about what happened, but for now, Iâm here, and Iâm not going anywhere.â
Steve woke up to Y/N laughing at something on TV. She was sitting up, her leg over Steveâs back and her hand on his head. He pressed a quick kiss to her thigh, her eyes wandering over to blonde man. He had let his hair grow out, but his beard was still gone.
âMorning,â She said cheerily, removing her leg from his back and allowing him to roll over. He sighed, a smile on his lips.
âMorninâ to you,â She planted a kiss on his cheek, a smile that reached her eyes planted on her face. He cupped her cheeks, staring lovingly in her eyes.
Sheâs back.
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Christmas in July! (Or whenever youâre wanting to read festive goodness) Below are my Top 5 Favorites:
âIf Only In My Dreamsâ (T, 28k) by odetteandodile
Bucky is a highly successful cooking and lifestyle blogger, the gay New England Pioneer Woman if you will. He writes all about life in his Connecticut home with his D.H. (darling husband). Only problem? Itâs all complete fiction. He actually lives in a shitty Brooklyn apartment, is single as hell, and has visited Connecticut exactly one time at the age of eight.
When his agent Sam informs him that he's been offered an exclusive sponsorship deal with Stark Media and a three book contract to go with it, Bucky's forced to fess up to Sam, who's predictably...displeased. But Sam's also convinced the deal is too good to missâeven if they have to put on a little bit of a show in order to get it.
So Tony and Pepper descend on Bucky and Sam's fake home for Christmas with a devastatingly handsome War Hero in tow, and their already complicated plan quickly gets even more complicated as Bucky finds himself falling head over heels for Steve. Can he keep it together just for the holidays? Did he ever have it together in the first place?
+ A 1945 movie  âChristmas in Connecticutâ AU
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âGet Scroogedâ (T, 19k) by leveragehunters
You'll be haunted by three spirits. The first is gonna come tomorrow when the bell tolls one. That's in the morning. The second's gonna come the next day at the same time, and the third, same again.
Bucky was keeping his head down in his tiny apartment in Bucharest, because that's what you did when you were a former brainwashed assassin and never knew who might be coming after you. You kept your head down, you didn't draw attention, and you tried real hard not to think about what you'd done, all while trying to piece together your fractured memory.
But it doesn't matter how down you keep your headâonce the Bureau of Christmas Spirit has you in its sights, you're getting a visit from the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Yet to Come. No appeal, no review, and you can't lock the doors and pretend you're not home.
Luckily for Bucky his Ghosts have their own agenda, but whatever happens...someone's getting Scrooged.
+ Post WS, Bucky gets a visit from Pre-WW2 Bucky&Steve, Peggy, and Pierce
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âPaper Treeâ (E, 21k) by Ellessey
Bucky just laughs and shoves another bite of egg in his mouth, giving Steve a shrug and a full-cheeked smile. He's so damn cute Steve wants to shout at him, but he can't seem to say any of the right things. "Shoulda got you a comb for Christmas," is what he comes up with instead.
"What did you get me?"
It's Steve's turn to shrug now, and if he looks more terrified than cheeky as he does so, he can only hope Bucky doesn't catch it before Steve hurries out the door.
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On December first, Steve wraps up a letter for Bucky and sets it under their Christmas tree. Now he has twenty-four days left to figure out how to tell Bucky what he wrote, face to face.
+ Pre-WW2, mutual pining all around
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âThe 12 Trees of Christmasâ (T, 9k) by GoodbyeBlues
'Suddenly 'soft' and 'dark' and 'lush' were no longer adjectives fit to be tied to just his Douglas Fir, because the man from the ladder was approaching him, a shy smile on his flawless face, and Steve was totally gone.'
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Steve purchases an outrageous number of Christmas trees and accidentally creates a tiny apartment forest, all because he needs an excuse to visit adorably shy tree farmer Bucky Barnes. Lots of fluff and Christmas feels abound!
+Shrunkyclunks, or what happens when an awkward man tries to flirt
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âHere Comes Santa Clausâ (E, 6k) by LilyInTheSnow
Bucky maybe has a thing for Santa Claus so he's not really surprised when Becca calls him and tells him to get to the mall right now because she's just seen the hottest mall Santa ever and Bucky really needs to come check him out.
+ Shrunkyclunks, Captain America does a strip tease
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*More Christmas fics in the Demon, Genderbend, and Shopping lists
#stucky#stucky fic#odetteandodile#LilyInTheSnow#leveragehunters#Ellessey#GoodbyeBlues#fic rec#Top 5 Favs
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Sola Gratia (8/?)
Masterlist
Rating / Warnings : General audiences, no particular warnings.
Fandom : Bram Stokerâs Dracula, BBCâs Dracula, various Dracula and vampire lore.
Part 8/? (2033 words)
Authorâs notes : A bit shorter, but big one coming up next !
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As soon as I dismissed the class, chatter started filling the small auditorium, along with chairs dragging to the wooden floors. The sun was almost set, and everyone, including me, was exhausted, and so the room emptied itself fast. Vlad, who sat at the back during the whole day, went down the stairs and joined me at my desk, a coy little smirk on the corner of his lips.
âWell, what did the expert think ?â, I asked as I started putting away my stuff.
âA few kinks to work out here and there, but overall, not too badâ, he commented, leaning back against the blackboard. âHoweverâŚâ He raised an eyebrow. âI see you snaked around a certain historical figure. An important one, if I do say so myself.â
I groaned. âIt didnât mention what didnât need mentioning in this class.â
âYou know, and not to be a narcissist, but there is a good chance half of your students took that class hoping to learn about the Infamous Impalerâ, he commented.
He looked so smug. If I didnât know what he was, he could just have been a nerd way too much into role-play. With great fashion tastes, and nice hair. Anyway.
âActually, I did promise them last semester that we would do a class on that subjectâ, I told him, turning to face him, sitting back on my desk. âThen, I took a holiday, which somehow had me change my mind.â
He winced, and took the sorriest puppy-dog face I had ever seen in my entire existence. For crying out loud. âDonât play victim with me, jerkâ, I grumbled.
âWhy, is it working ?â, he teased.
Before I could reply anything witty, I was interrupted by a voice timidly calling out my name. A pale, tired-looking student was waiting awkwardly at the foot of the podium, expectantly looking up at me. I had no idea who he was, which was a bit frustrating, as I always paid attention to that sort of thing.
âDo you have any questions about the lecture ?â, I asked him, inviting him to step closer. âRemind me your name, I'm sorry, I can't seem to place you...â
âStephan Helderâ, he told me with a little smile. âI just transferred here.â
Well, at least, it made me feel a little bit better about the looming prospect of Alzheimer's disease. I vaguely did remember an e-mail from Laurent informing me I'd have a transfer student from London taking my course, but I didn't think it went further into detail.
âDo you want the notes for last semesterâs courses ? I could e-mail them to you.â
âNo, actually, I didnât come here for that, I have something Iâd like to ask you aboutâ, he nervously told me, as his eyes kept darting to Vlad.
âThatâs fine, go ahead !â I tried to give him a reassuring smile. âThis is professor Balaur, from the University of Bucharest. He might be able to help too. He's very... Savvy on the subject of this class, to put it mildly.â
I gave a quick look towards him, to which he responded with a half-wink.
âI am thinking of doing my masterâs degree hereâ, Helder began, seemingly a bit less tense. âI talked to professor Laurent Rasab, and he agreed to tutor it, but I would like to have your tutorage as well.â
I was taken aback for a moment. No student ever asked for my tutorage on anything, not even advice on the assignments I gave out. Which wasn't very wise, as I always offered, and always ended up correcting soul-sucking essays that made me want to retire before I even reached 25.
âI donât know that Iâm qualified for thatâ, I told him with a laugh.
âIâm very interested in your field of studyâ, he exclaimed. âI would like to study the real involvement of Vlad Tepes in the fight against the ottomans, maybe try to draw the line between fiction and reality, considering his reputation, even to this day. Youâve worked on the attack on Targoviste, right ?â
At least, the lad seemed motivated. Behind me, I could hear Vlad fighting off a fit of laughter, that he hid in a cough. I took a deep breath, turned my attention back on Helder.
âListen, why donât you send me an e-mail, and Iâll look at my schedule to fix an appointment ? Iâll get Laurent on it, and weâll both discuss that with you.â
He nodded, thanked me, and bolted, not before a last, strangely intense look at Vlad. I waited until the door clicked behind him, and let out a long sigh.
âYou will be the death of me, you know that ?â
He stepped closer to me, and moved my hair out of my shoulders. I shivered as his fingers ran through the whole length of the strands. âNot with that high a neckline, you can be sure of that.â As he stepped back, he let his knuckles slide down my spine, and denied all responsibility when I protested. Bastard. I put my laptop in my briefcase, and went to turn off the lights.
âBy the way, when were you born ? Sources arenât clear on the dateâ, I asked as we made our way to the exit.
âMarch 14th.â
âYou know thatâs not what I meant.â
âI was born the first time on march 14th, the Year of Our Lord 1430, amen.â, he dramatically declared, signing himself upside down.
âYou are being childish, for a 590 year-old man.â
âThat was fast math, Iâm impressed.â
Couldn't tell if he was being sarcastic. I opted for a classic, and rolled my eyes at him.
âI was hoping to see that delightful girlfriend of yours, Leah, was it ?â, he told me as we walked through the mostly empty corridors of the old building.
I sighed. âNot my girlfriend. She's at work today, and believe me, I would rather have spent the day with her.â
âI will pretend I didnât hear thatâ, he hissed, falsely offended.
I was starting to get used to his company. Without being so drastic as to enjoy it, his presence at my side didnât seem so ominous anymore. During my lectures, he had been listening intently, nodding along when I was in the right. I donât know if he even noticed he did. Before every pause, he somehow slipped out of the room, and came back right as I dismissed class with coffee, and a written list of every historical character I mentionned, commenting on their personality, or their quirks. The whole time, he spoke in a hushed voice, half in french, so that no one but me would hear or understand. As a french person myself, I had never thought having a foreign accent was as sexy as everyone seemed to believe, which is why I worked on mine constantly. However. When he spoke french, the way he rolled his ârâs, or pronounced some words, sent darts to my chest. I sometimes had to gather all the strength of my will to listen to what he actually said.
Lost in thought, I almost didnât notice we were almost at his car. As usual, he opened the door for me. For once, I didn't debate him, and just got in.
I plugged my iPod into the radio, and set my âdriving at nightâ playlist, masterfully crafted over the years. Not necessarily sad, but definitely not upbeat. Vlad didnât say anything, but I caught him mouthing the lyrics of the chorus, once he caught them. I nestled into my seat, letting my head press against the window. I watched the street lamps light up the raindrops on the glass as they rolled down. The whole ride was quiet on our parts, but it didnât feel awkward, as it often does. When he stopped in front of my building, I stopped the music, and hesitated a second. Before I got out, I turned to Vlad.
âFive minutes, wait for me at my window.â
Not leaving him the time to reply, I got out, and through the front door. I donât think I ever climbed my stairs so fast. Locking behind me, I hurried to feed the monster, already trying to climb my leg in outrage, and shut myself in my room. As I expected, he was waiting outside, on the fire escape stairs. I opened the window, kneeling on my bed. He sat on the windowsill, waiting for me to talk.
âIf we are to continue thisâŚâ I tried to find the appropriate term.
âRelationship ?â, he proposed.
âIf we are to continue thisâ, I rephrased, gesturing to put emphasis, âI have to make some things clear.â He nodded, and I took a deep breath. âFirst, we donât tell Leah what you are. I donât want that on her mind. Second, you donât murder people. I just canât go around being friends with someone who drinks humans like Capri-Suns every night.â
âHow do you suggest I feed, then ?â, he asked. I didnât think about that. He leaned closer, grinning. âAre you offering yourself in exchange ?â
Instinctively, I jerked myself back to the edge of my bed. He apologised. Squinting at him, I sat back where I was. A bit too soon for that sort of jokes.
âCanât you âgo veganâ ?â, I asked, air-quoting. âEat animals ?â
He sighed. âI could. It doesnât do me well, to be honest.â He looked... embarrassed. âYou saw it firsthand. The horse just made me hungrier. Less⌠controlled.â He took a pause. âI would rather murder some humans than put you at risk again.â
I felt a tiny pinch to my heart. Ah. âDoes it hurt ?â, I asked, in the only tiny whisper that managed to get out of my throat.
He snapped his head toward me. âI beg your pardon ?â
âDoes it hurt, when you feed ? The people you feed on, I meanâ, I added, a bit louder, yet still coming out squeaky.
He seemed to take a moment to debate his answer, taking an inspiration, and deciding against it a couple of times. âIt does notâ, he finally breathed out. âIt takes you away, where you want to be most.â
A beach, infinite. A dark sky and a setting sun. Soft waves, and golden sand.
âCan you at least promise you wonât kill anyone ?â
âAh !â He sighed, seeming relieved, and a bit disappointed. He looked back at me, with a soft smile. âThey will dream, and not remember, or feel a thing. I promise.â
I slowly nodded, and propped myself up on the windowsill, feet still safely on my bed. I looked up at him, and his expression softened ever so slightly. The moon and the lampposts cast a blue and orange light on his features, playing along the curves and sharp edges of his face.
âIs that all, dear ?â, he asked.
âDonât call me âdearââ, I instantly retorted.
âFine, darling.â
I groaned, throwing my head back as I heard his soft laughter. As I brought my head back down, it was to find his hand, curled under my chin. His thumb brushed lightly past my lip, almost by accident, to finish on my cheek. My heart stopped a second. He hummed, and placed a kiss on my forehead.
âSleep well, Eris.â
I breathed in, but just like that, he was gone, leaving me to look out for a bat, quickly vanishing in the night sky.
Someone, close, was also looking out for the bat as it flew over the rooftops. A ray of moonlight caught a glimpse of silver hair, the frost of a blue eye. It couldnât happen again. Not after the last disaster, and the one before that. The thin, long fingers clenched so hard into their palms, drops of red tricked down, slowly. Before any drop could be lost to the ground, a pale tongue took care of it.
The Council wouldnât be pleased.
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IT'S THE FINAL ROUNDUP!
Well fellow kinksters, it's that bittersweet time of year where we bid our 'see you laters' and 'Ta, ta for nows. We want to thank all of our amazing participants for creating all of the amazing content for this year's bang, you're all the absolute best! And without all of you, this bang wouldn't be possible! And what better way to say thank you than to put all that Hard work into one great big post!
Everyone, a round of applause, kudos, comments, reblogs, and likes for All is this year's Works and participants! We present to you, the Final round-up!
No DoubtÂ
Author: NachoDiablo [Ao3|Tumblr] Artist: Piglet_Illustrations [Ao3|Tumblr]
Link to DW post
Summary: Steve's de-serumed during a mission snafu. Sam and Bucky don't mind at all.
Boy Crush
Author: Lasgalendil [Ao3|Tumblr] Artist:Neutralchaos [AO3|Twitter]
Link to DW post
Summary: Steve wantedâno, neededâto be that watermelon. He was dying of dehydration and Buckyâs dick was the only cure. There was something sexy about the idea of putting his head between those thick thighs, feeling the power of them squeeze around his earsâ
âŚoh.
Steve Rogers /might/ have a danger kink.
Second Chances
Author: Sparkly_butthole [ao3|Tumblr] Artist: Boparadise [Ao3|Tumblr]
Link to DW masterpost
Summary: Bucky coming into the fold has some unforeseen consequences, such as the potential for making Steve's wildest dream come true, the thing he'd almost had once and then lost. Bucky and Natasha... well, they don't need much convincing.
I Thought You Were Smaller
Author: thewaythatwerust [ao3|tumblr] Artist: larkeydo [twitter|tumblr]
Link to DW masterpost
Summary: ââDonât do anything stupid until I get back,â I said.â Buckyâs fingers press deeper into Steveâs unyielding wrist, pulling him farther away from the clearing, toward the cover of trees that surround it. ââHow can I? Youâre taking all the stupid with you,â you said.â He drops Steveâs hand and spins, almost tripping over a broken tree root in the dark. Spitting out a curse, he catches himself before he goes sprawling to the ground. He shakes his head, glowering at Steve. âWell, from where Iâm standing, I see a lot of stupid, Steve. A whole lot more than there was when I left.â
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Or, the one where Bucky explores Steveâs new post-serum body for the first time.
Can we always be this close?
Artist: boparadise [Ao3|Tumblr] Author: bangyababy [Ao3|Tumblr]
Link to DW masterpost
Summary: Buckyâs been away on a business trip for quite some time. Steve figures out the perfect way to welcome him home.
That Damn Motorcycle Jacket
author: DeamonSlayer576 [Ao3|Tumblr] Artist: blue-reveries [Ao3|Tumblr]
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Summary: Steve gets suspicious when Bucky starts taking frequent visits away from the house and does some investigating. What he finds surprises him and *plot twist* leaves him with a secret of his own.
Best Laid Plans
Author: GrumpyBones[Ao3|Tumblr] Artist: Lasgalendil [Ao3|Tumblr]
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Summary: Bucky's snuck up Steve's fire escape past curfew more times than he could literally count by the time he's eighteen. A standing invitation to come and go as he pleased from the Rogers' apartment meaning that he's climbed in on Steve mid-dance lesson with a pillow, surprised the poor guy while he's changing, and interrupting everything from drawing, dreaming, and anything else a seventeen year old may be doing alone in their room.
But Bucky's only ever seen this in his own mental concoctions.
The one in which Bucky learns how easy it is to keep walking in on a show when it's intentionally being put on.
Sweet Stevie
Author: thefilthiestpiglet [Ao3|Tumblr] Artist: LadyAngelique [Ao3|Tumblr]
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Summary: If anyone else had said those words, if Steve wasnât feeling the hairpin tug gently at his hair, if Bucky hadnât been so careful to let Steve call the shots this entire time, Steve would have socked them in the mouth. But itâs Bucky, sitting there looking so fond and tender, so Steve shuffled over and planted himself on Buckyâs knee.
Bucky ran a hand along Steveâs shoulder, and Steve relished the feeling of Buckyâs firm callouses caressing his small shoulders. âDaddy,â he breathed, leaning into the touch.
âIâm here, kiddo.â At Steveâs frown, Bucky winced apologetically. âThatâs a no on âkiddoâ, then. Baby-doll? Stevie?â Steve nodded.
The Taste of Victory
Artist: Emmatheslayer [Ao3|Tumblr] Author: xxxRIPLEYxxx [Ao3|Tumblr]
Link to Dw Masterpost
Summary: Loki and Steve are two crazy kids hopelessly in love. They're also pretty awful people who have just defeated Iron Man, the last Avenger standing, so they can rule Earth. Steve has been waiting for this a long time, and Tony Stark in chains is Loki's gift to Steve.
Steve and Bucky's Continuing Kinky Adventures Â
Author: chilibabie07 [Ao3|Tumblr] Artist: hey_you_with_the_face [Ao3|Tumblr]
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Summary: âI thought I'd give you a nice welcome home present,â Steve says and winks at Bucky, before rolling over and arching his back.
Inside Down, Upside Out
Author: emptydistractions [Ao3|Tumblr] Artist: piglet_illustrations [Ao3|Tumblr]
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Summary: âLook at yourself,â Rumlow said with a sneer. âLook how you let us use you. Itâs all over your face, your body. Itâs humiliating. Theyâll be ashamed to let you be seen with them.â
It's not a hard mission. Be the Winter Soldier again. Walk right back into Hydra's waiting arms, get the intel, and sneak out. Bucky's pretty sure he can do this.
God, he hopes he can do this.
Mutation
Author: meshkol [Ao3|Tumblr] Artist: less_than_wholesome [Ao3|Tumblr]
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Summary: During a raid on a HYDRA base in Germany as the Avengers look for Loki's sceptre, a villain injects Steve Rogers with an unknown serum and turns him into something else, something massive and insatiable and powerful.
Tony learns this the hard way.
'cause my heart ain't got enough
Artist: fondblondie [Twitter] Author: dragongirlg [Ao3|Tumblr]
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Summary:Â Captain America disappears during an Avengers mission in Lagos gone awry. Bucky, whoâs been recovering his memories in Bucharest, goes to the Avengers facility in New York to investigate. After surrendering himself to the Avengersâ custody, Bucky wakes up to see Steve Rogers at his bedsideâsmall, like he never got the serum. Things quickly get heated as Bucky gives in to the instinct to take care of Steve whichever way Steve wants, regardless of whoâs watching.
The Barbershop Suite Â
Author: Huntress79 [ao3|Tumblr] Artist: heyboy [ao3|Tumblr]
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Summary: Having your best friend as your soulmate and your lover was already a gift Steve could never be thankful enough for. But having two more soulmates was something neither he nor Bucky ever expected to happen.
Heavy Enough to Give the Heart Ease
Author: sharkie335 [Ao3|Tumblr] Artist: thefilthiestpiglet [ao3|Tumblr]
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Summary: Bucky did the right thing when the Avengers were out on a call. But it was against orders, and now he's all twisted up in his head. He needs Steve to help him put it right.
Satin and Spice
Author: themirrordarkly [Ao3|Tumblr] Artist: chilibabie07[Ao3|Twitter]
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Summary: Steve and Bucky go uncover to attend a royal ball to stop an assassination attempt. Steve can't keep his eyes off Bucky. After the mission they need to unwind, and Bucky has some sexy ideas to work off the adrenaline rush. Steve can't say no to that! Besides, he likes that Bucky can be free to ask for what he wants now, and Steve is more than happy to oblige.
All I need to know is there is no end to love
Author: SomeSortofItalianRoast [Ao3|Tumblr] Artist: HeyBoy [Ao3|Tumblr]
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Summary: After years of having team-building orgies with the Avengers, Steve decides itâs time to ask them to do something heâs always wanted. He wants them to gang bang him, as a team, on the carpeted floor of the Stark Penthouse.
Nothing More Lovely
Author: emptydistractions [ao3|tumblr] Artist: xpixelx [ao3|Tumblr]
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Summary:âIâve left you plenty of slack in case you want to move.â Steveâs breath tickled the back of Buckyâs neck as he left the rope in Buckyâs hands. Steve moved around him, checking the integrity of his knots, his voice low. âBut I know youâll stay still to show everyone just how good you are.â
Steve Rogers has found his dream sub in Bucky Barnes. He's perfect: beautiful and obedient and so, so eager to please. All Steve wants to do is show Bucky off to the entire world. But for now, just New York will have to do.
Tending the Garden
Artist: DarthBloodOrange [Ao3|Tumblr] Author: bangyababy [Ao3|Tumblr]
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Summary: Steve takes care of his garden. His garden helps take care of him.
Pretty
Artist:larkeydo [Ao3|Tumblr] Author: avintagekiss24 [Ao3|Tumblr]
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Summary: Bucky and Steve enjoy a night in - and Steve brings presents.
quiet when iâm coming home, hold me lover like you used to
Author: Moonythejedi394 [Ao3|Twitter|Tumblr] Artist: LadyAngelique [ao3|Twitter]
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Summary: Post mission, Steve is struggling to switch from Nomad headspace to himself. At that point, itâs Buckyâs turn to take point on a new mission. He knows exactly what to do to bring his boy down. When he does, Steve is pliant and happy and calm. A job well done.
The Domme Strikes BackÂ
Author: topdawg27 [Ao3|Tumblr] Artist: HogwartsToAlexandria [Ao3|Tumblr]
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Summary: Post IM2. After a long day in the office, filled with endless meetings, Pepper is bored and horny. She overhears co-workers talking about a Star Wars movie marathon taking place in a theater nearby. And remembers her fuckboi slave, Tony Stark loves Star Wars and being dominated. Now Pepper has always been jealous of Tonyâs obsession with Princess Leia. So she concocts a devilishly sexy plan to replace Leia in Tonyâs fantasies once and for all.
Top Shelf
Author: themirrordarkly [AO3|Tumblr] Artist: HogwartsToAlexandria [AO3|Tumblr]
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Summary:Â Bucky Barnes's life after being the former Winter Soldier is a whirlwind of interviews, photoshoots and appearances. He's a celebrity now. And after a long photo shoot, he just wants to come home and be pampered by Tony, his sugar daddy. Is that too much?
Hidden in Plain Sight
Author: HogwartsToAlexandria [AO3|Tumblr] Artist: Nonexistenz [AO3|Tumblr]
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Summary:Â Â "Keep it together, Stark, any Alpha within two miles could smell you." Loki growled. Except it wasn't a true growl, and Tony knew it. Of course he did. Â
"Oh yeah?" Tony swirled his virgin mojito with a slightly trembling hand - way to appear detached, man . "And whose fault is that?"
Or the night Tony knew he could never survive the Avengers PR gala with a mate that made it his mission to make him go crazy.
Sheer to Me, Shine for Me
Author: HogwartsToAlexandria [AO3|Tumblr] Artist: Nonexistenz [AO3|Tumblr]
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Summary: Â Falling in the void of a mystic tunnel, from one glowy portal to another for thirty minutes straight certainly was the oddest way someone had ever gone about tickling Loki's fancy. Â
Stephen Strange was unperturbed. Loki was very much compromised.
Or the story of how Loki and Stephen went from carefully opening themselves to each other's gazes, to welcoming their son into the world.
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Only For A Moment Ch. 40
Master: @afewmarvelousthoughtsadmin
Pairing: Bucky X Reader
Summary: For most of your life youâd been able to keep your abilities a secret, that is until Hydra got wind of you. After years of being in their clutches, you break out when The Avengers expose SHIELD/Hydra. Since then, youâve been on the run. Things are going as well as you could hope when you see a familiar face⌠Could the Winter Soldier really be in Bucharest too?
Warnings: Fluff. All the sweet tooth-rotting Christmas fluff.Â
A/N: Look. I know itâs October but I hope yâall can tolerate this early Christmas gift. These two 100 % deserved some tender Christmas moments after everything donât you think?
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The last six months had felt endless but the last six weeks were a blur.
Somehow, every morning, he woke up and you were there in his arms. Every day, even the bad ones, he felt the comforting touch of your hand. Most days, he heard your laugh and the ones where he didnât he was lucky to be there to dry your tears.
He did, despite everything, feel lucky. Every time you caught him staring at you, a little blush rising to your cheeks he felt itâevery time you let him touch you, wanted him to touch you, he felt it. Bucky still struggled to wrap his mind around that feeling. To be lucky, after all this time. To be⌠loved.
Whether it was the passage of time or your presence in his world, he was remembering more and more every day too. It also meant feeling more though and there were times he hated it, times he almost longed to be empty again. It seemed easier than this aching.
Walking down the cold Bucharest streetsâfilled with happy tourists and locals, lit with Christmas lights strung from anything that would stand stillâwas one of those times.
All he could think was how his sisters and ma would have loved this. Or⌠well, the sisters he remembered would love this. The kids who loved Christmas, who couldnât wait to go ice skating or for the first snowâheâd never know what the women they became would like.
Tears sting his eyes before he pushes the emotions away. It didnât do any good to dwell on what heâd never know when there was so much he was still trying to remember. Best to focus on the now.
Right now, he was out to get your afternoon coffee.
Youâd been watching Mr. Goldsteinâs shop while he visited family for Hanukah, even before though youâd been spending some time most every day in the cozy place. Bucky had made a habit of bringing you coffee at least once a day. It made you smile and it was a good excuse to check-in.
Typically he brings you something simple from a local shop but today he wants to get you something special. Heâd teased you when youâd groaned in longing after seeing a sign for some peppermint concoction at Starbucks, it sounded disgusting to himâpeppermint decidedly did not belong in coffee, but he didnât have to agree to surprise you.
As he stares at the Starbucks, teeming with bodies, he almost decides against this. Heâd been better at crowds recently, you both had, but that was together.
âItâs just a coffee shop, Barnes,â he grumbles to himself. âGet it together.â With that, he takes a deep breath and dives in. It takes nearly a half-hour and what feels like a few years off of his overextended life to get two drinks.
Once outside he takes a few huge gulps of crisp air to try and calm the chaos in his chest. Unfortunately, it does the opposite. The icy cold of the air filling his lungs sends flashes of cryo slicing through his consciousness.
Not real, he tells himself. Thatâs not real. Not now.
With effort he forces himself to focus on what is real. The smell of the chocolate and peppermint rising from your coffee cup, the sound of the traffic, the laugh of a group of people somewhere to his left, the heat from the coffees slowly seeping through his gloves.
Slowly he opens his eyes. They donât betray him, revealing only a bustling Bucharest afternoon. Huffing in relief he pulls his scarf over his nose and mouth, wanting to feel as little of the cold against his skin as possible before he heads toward the bookstore.
The now-familiar bell above the door tingles in welcome. Youâre not behind the counter, instead, heâs greeted by Victorâs demanding meow.
âHey, pal.â Gently he scratches under the large orange catâs chin, earning a loud purr.
There are a few people milling about, Bucky can hear your softly accented Romanian from the childrenâs section. He peeks around the corner to see you kneeling next to a little boy, advising him on his selection.
You seem to sense his gaze and look up, your beautiful eyes lighting with a smile. Just seeing you chased away the coldness and anxiety that had crept in. He nods and turns to the counter, setting his backpack down, leaving you with your littlest customer.
Sipping his coffee he takes in the other patrons. Assessing people was second nature to him now. They all appear to be just average folks, out doing a little holiday shopping. It doesnât allow him to let his guard down but it does feel good to know thereâs likely no threat nearby at the moment.
Victor stretches languidly as soon as Bucky takes a seat on the stool, his warm lap clearly a preferable bed to the papers on the countertop. As the cat moves he canât help but see what the feline had been hiding. On various scrap pieces of paper and unwanted receipts are sketches of figures, doodles, a few more detailed drawings of clothing pieces.
Steve would leave similar things around their apartment. Sketches and art supplies littered everywhere, to find Steve you could practically follow the trail. He remembers⌠one Christmas Steve drew Buckyâs Ma a portrait of him and the girls. Ma had loved it but when she saw that Steve wasnât in it too she made him put himself in it before getting it framed.
Quickly Bucky reaches into his bag, disturbing Victor in the process. The cat throws him a sideways glance, making his way to the back room. Heâd bring him some tuna tomorrow to make up for this egregious offense, but this was a memory he didnât want to risk forgetting.
After a few minutes, your warm hand settles tenderly between his hunched shoulders. He still shivers with pleasure a little every time you touch him.
âHey,â your voice is low, lips curled into a soft smile. He wished he could kiss you, the thought distracting him from realizing there are customers approaching the counter.
âSorry!â He hops up to move away, slightly embarrassed.
You tick up an eyebrow, âYes, I expect a full written apology for daring to sit here.â
He rolls his eyes, smiling despite himself.
âI wanna pay!â The little boy youâd been helping demands, looking up at his mother, a clearly pregnant young woman.
âOk, ok,â she laughs handing him a few bills.
âYou made a good choice,â you tell him. âI bet your new little sister will love this.â
âYeah!â He beams with pride as you hand him his change and the book he so carefully chose. His mother thanks you and they head out.
Bucky picks up your cup to distract him from the tightness in his chest, âHere.â
You eye the Starbucks cup before taking a sip. A giggle bursts from your lips causing concern to bloom. âIs it the right one? It was the only peppermint thing they had.â
âItâs perfect. You just swore it was an abomination so Iâm surprised.â You take another deep drink, âThank you.â Behind the counter, you give his thigh a squeeze.
The three other people make their selections and cash out within the next 10 minutes. In that time Bucky makes his way about the shop, making sure things are in relative order so you can leave faster.
Once youâve locked the door and pulled the shades over the large window he immediately tugs you to him, hungry for your kiss. Instead of feeling your soft lips, heâs met the cardboard of your coffee cup.
âYou can kiss me only after you try this.â You give him a mischievous smirk.
âThat is far too high a price,â he tries to snake his head around the obstacle.
âNope,â you scoot to the side, holding the cup between you. âNo sip, no kiss, for⌠24 hours.â
âYa know, I feel like Iâm being punished here.â Obstinately he crosses his arms.
âYour call.â You flit your tongue out to wet your full bottom lip, clearly teasing him.
âYou drive a hard bargain, woman.â Begrudgingly he plucks the cup from your hand and takes a sip. Damn. As much as he wanted to hate it he had to admit that it was very good, a little sweet maybe but hey, it was Christmas.
âSo?â You eye him expectantly. Rather than answer he takes another drink, this one much larger than the last. âHey! Thatâs mine.â
He holds it above your grasp, âThis is your fault. You insisted I try it.â When he goes to drink it again nothing comes out. Thereâs still plenty in the cup but the liquid doesnât budge. Youâre holding up your right index finger, directing just enough of your power to the coffee to keep it from moving.
Behind you, his own cup hovers in the air, tilting bit by bit on its side. âPut the peppermint mocha down and no one gets hurt,â you say with mock severity.
âNo need to get crazy.â Holding his right hand up in surrender he sets your cup down, his follows suit.
âSmart man.â
âSometimes.â Unable to wait a moment more he kisses you until youâre both breathlessâeverything in him going quiet.
You make a satisfying sound before patting him on the chest and pulling back. âI gotta close up.â
âMmm,â he hums, leaning in to nibble your neck.
âBuckyâŚâ He grabs your ass with both hands. âNot in front of the cat.â He pauses, looking down at an indignant Victor. You both stare at the cat for a moment before bursting into laughter.
âWow, way to ruin the moment, pal.â Victor lets out a loud meow before winding his way through both your legs. With a sigh Bucky leans down, gathering the orange beast in his arms. Immediately heâs gifted with loud contented purrs.
You smile at them both tenderly, âYouâre cute.â Lifting off the ground a touch you kiss his cheek.
âWill you feed him while I get things ready to go?â
âSure. Letâs get you some grub buzzkill.â Victor meows in approval.
The sun is just peeking above the horizon when you turn the key in the lock of the shop.
He wishes he could hold your hand, keep the warmth of you close, as you make your way home but with you still in what you call your âstreet dragâ itâs best you donât. Thereâs no need to draw undue attention to yourselves. Even so, you walk as close to one another as possible.
The route home runs by the main area of the Christmas Market. You pause, taking in the lights sparkling in the growing dark.
âWanna walk through it?â
He hates to deny you anything but the thought of this makes his stomach drop. âUh, if you really want to.â Absently he scratches under his scarf.
âAnother night. Letâs get you warm.â He smiles at you, thankful you think itâs just his dislike of the cold keeping him from wanting to be among all those happy families.
Always a woman of your word you do get him warm, in every imaginable wayâyour body against his, a hot delicious meal, even hot cider. Even so, as he holds you in his arms that night, he canât shake the sadness.
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The closer to Christmas it gets the darker Buckyâs mood seems to become.
He doesnât have to tell you for you to understand. Youâd never really had the ideal All American Christmas experience but you suspect he had sweet memories of the holiday, likely quite a few he was still struggling to remember. It must make the loss worse.
You try to avoid the topic. Thereâs no talk of gifts or anything like that. Unfortunately, the city is practically a winter wonderland which doesnât help. Still, you do your best to steer clear of the more festive areas.
âWill you and Grant be celebrating the holiday with family?â Mr. Goldstein asks as you open up the shop on the 22nd.
âWe⌠donât really have much in the way of families.â It was better than saying that they were all dead but was a bit of a conversation killer nonetheless.
âAh.â He groans a little as he takes his spot behind the counter. âWill this be your first Christmas then.â
âYeah,â you sigh, âheâs not really, uh, feeling it.â
Mr. Goldstein nods knowingly, âItâs hard to move forward. When my wife passed it felt like weâd never celebrate the same, but the kids and I made new traditions. Iâm sure you two will as well.â
Your hands freeze before shelving a book. He was right. True, your childhood hadnât had many great holiday memories but hadnât you made plenty of wonderful ones with friends? Why couldnât you and Bucky do the same?
âCan I ask a favor?â You turn to him, breath held.
âOf course, zeeskeit.â
âCould I borrow your car?â
The morning of the 24th you make your last trip to the farmhouse.
Over the last few days youâd been bringing back ornaments, lights, a tree, only the good holiday movies, basically all the Christmastime necessities you could think of. Now you were finishing up with enough food and coffee to fuel a small army. Mr. Goldstein, being fully in on the plan, had even been pulling books he thought youâd both like so you had plenty of reading materials.
You only had a couple of hours to get everything perfect. If Bucky showed up to the shop before you got back heâd be suspicious.
âGet it all handled?â Mr. Goldstein asks with a grin when you rush back into the shop.
âYup!â Your face hurts a little from smiling.
âWell,â he tosses the car keys youâd just given him back at you, âwhatâre you still doing here?â
âWhat?â You stare at the keys then him.
âIt may snow. I donât want you kids on that bike.â He smiles at you and you canât help but fling your arms around this gentle soul.
He lets out a good-natured laugh, âNot like Iâm going to need it.â With large warm hands, he pushes you back, âGo on. You two have a Happy Christmas.â
âThank you!â You yell over your shoulder as you run out.
When you walk into the apartment a couple hours early Bucky jumps up from the couch, concern written all over him.
âWhatâs wrong?!â
âNothing,â you say smiling. âItâs Christmas Eve. Mr. G kicked me out a little early.â
âOh.â He forks his fingers through his hair, âI coulda come by and walked you back.â
Taking his face in your chilly hands you kiss him deeply. âNo need.â Looking into his eyes always overwhelmed you, âI love you Bucky Barnes, all of you.â
That earned you a smile, âI love you too, sweetheart.â
âNow,â you playfully pat his ass before heading to the closet to grab his duffel, tossing it to him. âPack a bag.â
Dumbstruck he stares at the bag for a moment, âWhat?â
âPack. Weâve got somewhere to be.â
âWe do?â He still doesnât move, âWhere?â
âIt wouldnât be much of a surprise if I told you.â Grabbing your own bag you begin shoveling sweaters inside. Looking over your shoulder he still hasnât moved.
âBucky?â He looks out of sorts, âBabe, are you ok?â
âYeah,â he looks down at the bag, âyeah. I just thought⌠Well, I thought weâd have Christmas tomorrow⌠maybe.â
âI thought you werenât into the season?â It takes everything youâve got to not spill the beans with your heart turning to mush in your chest.
âIâŚâ He wrings the bag in his hands. âI donât know.â Biting your lip to keep your mouth shut you rush over to him, wrapping him up as he drops the bag.
He cocks a crooked smile, âI got you something. Not⌠Itâs not much butâŚâ
You cover his face with kisses making him laugh in confusion. âWhatâs that about?â He plants a kiss of his own on your lips.
âI just like you is all.â You bend down grabbing his duffel, âWhy donât you just let me take the lead and put your gift in here, promise I wonât look.â
With the car loaded you head out of the city.
âThe farmhouse?â He looks at the dark building, then back to you.
âCan I trust you to wait here until I come get you?â His eyes narrow a bit. âPlease,â you coo sweetly.
âIâm scared to see what youâre up to woman,â he smiles. âFine.â He crosses his arms a smile at the corners of his mouth as you bolt from the car.
First off, you methodically handle the traps and alarms then kick on the generator. Youâd wanted to put lights on the outside of the house but decided it was best to not, a safe house wasnât very safe if it was glowing like a beacon. Instead, you focused your efforts inside.
Colored lights joined the white ones Bucky had draped to light the space previously. Over the mantle, youâd draped evergreen garland and two stockings were laid on the kitchen table to be put in their place later. In the corner to the left of the fireplace, a decent tree waited patiently for decorations. The mattress, still in front of the fireplace, had been piled high with blankets and pillows youâd purchased and thrifted to make a warm nest for you both.
You turn on the space heaters and light the fire youâd laid earlier that day. Before heading out to get him you hit play on the old battery-operated boombox youâd brought. Perry Comoâs âNo Place Like Home for The Holidaysâ fills the silence. It wasnât much, but you hoped it would make him happy.
Stepping out onto the porch you quickly close the door behind you. He sees you and gets out of the car.
âWant me to grab the bags?â He asks.
âSure.â You shrug trying to seem casual. He trudges up the steps with three bags in hand. Once on the porch, he pauses, head cocked listening.
âY/N⌠whatâre you-â Not letting him finish you open the door, stepping inside, arms spread wide.
Buckyâs jaw hangs open as he crosses the threshold, the bags clattering to the floor. Without looking back he kicks the door closed, wide eyes taking in the space.
âMerry Christmas,â you say softly. Hardly seeing him move, he scoops you into his arms, lifting you from the floor kissing you thoroughly.
âThank you, Y/N. Thank you so much.â
Raking your fingers through his hair you study his expression. While his eyes glitter with tears his smile is warm enough to chase the lingering cold from the space. How was it possible to love someone this much?
You press your lips to his forehead, âCome on. That tree isnât gonna decorate itself.â
Bucky lights the fire in the oven and you make cocoa with plenty of marshmallows and crushed peppermint before tackling the tree.
As you unwind the lights and plug them in, he pauses, seeming to be fascinated by the colored bulbs before he lets out a little laugh. He delicately lifts one of the large glass drops with a metal index finger and thumb.
âWhat is it?â You rest your hand on his forearm looking up at him.
âI⌠I remember the first time we had lights on the tree.â
âReally? Was it a big deal?â
Looking at your mildly confused expression he laughs, âIâm old as hell, remember?â You roll your eyes. âBut yeah, it was a big deal.â He pauses, eyes focused on the lights.
âPa almost didnât get âem but Ma really wanted them so he gave in. We thought it was somethinâ special. Steve and his Ma came. My Ma made gingerbreadâŚâ He trails off and you swallow the lump in your throat.
âYou should write that down.â You reach out to take the lights from him.
âYeah,â his voice cracks a bit handing them over.
He grabs the right notebook from his bag and you curl up beside him on the old couch, your heart feeling like that animation in the Grinch.
And Y/Nâs heart grew three sizes that day, you think to yourself.
When heâs done he reaches over, pulling you into his chest, burying his nose in your hair.
âTell me more about what Christmas was like for you⌠before.â
âI can tell you and decorate at the same time,â he kisses you briefly and tugs you from the couch.
He does. Bit by bit you decorate the tree, bit by bit he pulls pieces of himself back from the void. Each time he grasps something that heâd lost the decorating would pause so he could document it. After almost two hours everything is done but the star.
âI feel like you should do the honors, doll.â Reverently he hands you the slightly tacky thrift store star.
âWhy, you can reach it easily?â
âLike you canât?â He cocks a brow, smiling.
âPoint.â You take the star and rise from the floor, coaxing your body horizontal so you can get the best angle on securing the tinsel covered thing to the treetop. Once itâs done you sink back down. Before your feet touch the ground he pulls your back to his chest, nuzzling your neck.
âMy very own Christmas angel. How lucky am I?â
You laugh, tossing your head back to kiss his cheek, âDonât know that Iâve ever been called an angel in my life.â
Sighing contentedly you look at the tree. âThatâs a damn fine tree.â
âAlmost.â He releases you and digs in his bag, pulling out two nicely wrapped gifts and setting them under the tree. âThatâs better.â
âTwo?! BuckyâŚâ
âDonât give me too much credit, they go together.â
Narrowing your eyes at him you send your power out to nab the gift you had for him. His wrapping job puts yours to shame.
âY/N⌠didnât you do enough?â He gestures around.
âHey, all of this is mutually beneficial.â He shakes his head with a smile. âBesides, itâs small.â
âSo,â he asks slipping his hand in yours as you both take in your handy work, âwere you a Christmas presents in the morning or on Christmas Eve type?â Your joy falters for a moment, not wanting to make things awkward for him but not wanting to lie either.
âWell, ummâŚâ You shift uncomfortably, âIf we did presents, it just depended on my momâs mood or what her boyfriend wanted.â Truthfully, most Christmases growing up didnât involve presents. Those were for good kids.
âBut Nix and I would do presents on Christmas morning.â A smile rises to your face even though your heart aches.
âOne year we had our close friends stay the night Christmas Eve. He and I dressed up like a mom and dad from the â50s and bought a ton of terrible thrift store toys for like $15, wrapped âem, and put them under the tree then woke up the âkids.ââ You laugh at the ridiculousness, âThey had no idea what was going on but still played along. We had the best time.â The lights of the tree blur a little from the tears in your eyes.
âWeâll do them in the morning then.â When you look up at him his expression is tender and understanding. You nuzzle into his chest, breathing in his spicy smell.
The two of you spend the rest of the evening and night eating junk, sharing stories, and getting him caught up on some of the necessary Christmas films from the last decade. Unsurprisingly, he loves âItâs a Wonderful Lifeâ but you have to admit you didnât expect him to like the classic animated ones like âRudolphâ but he does.
Christmas morning dawns with the smell of coffee and the warm comfort of his arms.
âReady?â Bucky is practically bouncing with excitement as he passes you your gift.
âYup!â
âOne.â His metal finger glints in the firelight. âTwo. Three.â On that mark, you both tear into your presents.
Tears sting your eyes as you stare down at a large sketch pad and a set of art supplies.
âI saw your sketches at the shop. Thought youâd like something to really work with.â
âItâs perfect, Bucky. Thank you.â
He opens the front of the composition book, the first of three, that has âLoveâ written on the front. His eyes scan the first page, written in your hand, and turns his own tear-filled eyes on you.
On the first few pages of that one, youâd written out a highlight reel of your story up until now. Not just the events but the way he made you feel, the little things that meant the world to you. The rest was blank for him to fill. The one beneath it was titled âPresentâ and the third âFuture.â
âYou spend a lot of time looking back. But⌠I thought you may want a place for-â
âUs,â he says with a smile.
âI was going to say happiness, but that works.â
âSame thing.â He pulls you to you for a kiss. âI love you, so much, doll.â He tastes like home, âSo much.â
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#bucky x reader#bucky barnes x reader#bucky#bucky barnes#bucky feels#christmas#fluff#yeah i know it's october
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BBB Week 17 Roundup! This week includes, amongst the awesomeness, the Round Robin fic we did for the BBB Discord Party!
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Title: End Of All Days -Â Chapter 25: Epilogue Collaborator: Minka Link: AO3 Square Filled: B5 â Mercenary Ship: Stucky Rating: Mature Major Tags: Descriptive violence Summary: Captain Steve Rogers had thought his military days were behind him, left in the bloody nightmare that was Saigon. Retired and working as a History Professor, the last thing he expected was to get caught up in a cataclysmic Slavic prophesy foreshadowing the end of the known world. With Cold War tensions running high, Steve finds himself in need of a guide and translator to get him behind the Iron Curtain and into the isolated snowdrifts of Siberia. Itâs deep in the heart of Bucharestâs resistance fighters that Steve finds the ideal candidate, but swaying the enigmatic ex-operative known as The Winter Soldier proves to be complicated. Trust is hard-won, especially in the world of espionage, and with a KGB death squad nipping at his heels, the Soldier has countless reasons to stay presumably dead. As the lines between right, wrong and the supernatural begin to blur, Steve is forced to reconsider everything heâs ever believed, right from the sanctity of his own country to the very foundations of creation itself. Word Count: 116,780
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Title: Friday night and the lights are low - Chapter 7: Bucky/Loki Collaborator: HeyBoy Link: AO3 Square Filled: ? Ship: Bucky/Loki Rating: Teen Major Tags: art Summary: Bucky is a vet, recently back home and finally healed from his injury. In an effort to blow off some steam and meet new people, he hits the club every weekend. It turns out that this particular nightclub is also a favorite hangout for some local superheroes. Word Count: 1408
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Title: Your Wrists Collaborator: grimeysociety Link: AO3 Square Filled: B1 - Begging Ship: Bucky/Darcy Rating: Explicit Major Tags: PWP, Handcuffs, Rough Sex, Cunnilingus, Dom/sub Undertones Summary: In the middle of moving Bucky into her apartment, Darcy finds his handcuffs in his bedroom drawer. Word Count: 2594
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Title: Dragons of Brooklyn - Chapter 1 Collaborator: crazycatt71 Link: AO3 Square Filled: B1- shapeshifters Ship: Stuckony Rating: Explicit Major Tags: explicit sexual content Summary: Steve & Bucky are the Alpha mob bosses of the Dragons of Brooklyn. Tony is their Omega and secret genius partner who runs the business lots of sex, some possessive behavior, and a little violence. In this chapter, dragon sex in the sky and teasing their Omega Word Count:
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Title: The Other Earth Collaborator: fightingforcreativity Link: Tumblr Square Filled: K5 - Great Depression Ship: WinterIronWidow Rating: Mature Major Tags: Amnesia, persumed dead, Family, mystical creatures, slight crack (later), bakery Au elements, mention of alcohol abuse Summary: Bucky had a cat, had a job at a local bakery and some odd jobs here and there. At night, he would look in the sky, trying to figure out the constellations, seeing the stars differently than he faintly remembered. At the same time on one of those stars far away, a star named Earth, Tony Stark held his baby boy, whispering, âOne day, youâll know youâre the world.[âŚ]â(will be updated when I do more for this) Word Count: 368
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Title: Club Canât Even Handle Me - Chapter 1 Collaborator: tisfan, 27dragons Link: AO3 Squares Filled: 27dragons -Â K3: Undercover in a Gay Bar tisfan - C3: free space Ship: WinterIron Rating: Mature Major Tags: undercover, gay bar, dancing, flirting, sex, rushed sex, anal sex, semi-public sex, getting together Summary: The Avengers have gone undercover to find a target whoâs been frequenting clubs and bars. Itâs probably just a coincidence that Bucky and Tony have been assigned to cover this bar, but that doesnât make it any easier for Bucky to watch Tony flirting his way across the dance floor. Word Count: 1880
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Title: Club Canât Even Handle Me - Chapter 2 Collaborator: 27dragons, tisfan Link: AO3 Squares Filled: 27dragons - K5: Kink - Rushed Sex tisfan - B3: Kink - Harder Ship: WinterIron Rating: Explicit Major Tags: undercover, gay bar, dancing, flirting, sex, rushed sex, anal sex, semi-public sex, getting together Summary: The Avengers have gone undercover to find a target whoâs been frequenting clubs and bars. Itâs probably just a coincidence that Bucky and Tony have been assigned to cover this bar, but that doesnât make it any easier for Bucky to watch Tony flirting his way across the dance floor. Word Count: 3975
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Title: Somebody's been sleeping in MY bed Collaborator: LBibliophile Link: AO3 Squares Filled: B1 - Bed sharing [ficlet - 259 words] Y5 - Bodysharing [image edit] Ship: Bucky & Sam Rating: Gen Major Tags: bodyswap Summary: First he notices that the temperature is wrong. Then he notices that the bed is wrong. Then, he notices that the problem is actually something rather more fundamental. Word Count: 256
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Title: For All the Days I Shall Live Collaborator: tisfan Link: Tumblr Square Filled: C2 - Writing Style: Dialogue Only Ship: WinterIron Rating: Teen Major Tags: none Summary: Tony is tired of waiting. Bucky doesnât have any objections. The rest of the Avengers⌠might. Word Count: 431
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Title: A Chance Encounter Collaborator: pherryt Link: AO3 Square Filled: B5 - Tell Me Ship: WinterHawk Rating: Gen Major Tags: Post Winter Soldier, Canon Divergent Summary: Clint's on a vacation against his will. Alone. What could go wrong? Word Count: 7259
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Title: It's That Easy Collaborator: sarahbenial Link: AO3 Square Filled: B2 - Flowers Ship: Bucky/Darcy Rating: Mature Major Tags: Sexual content, Canon-typical violence, dissociation, suicidal thoughts Summary: Bucky's been seeing Darcy, secretly, for seven months. Unbeknownst to him, she's been holding onto a secret of her own. Traumatic events lead to the truth being revealed sooner than she'd intended. Word Count: 1721
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Title: BBB Discord Party Round Robin Collaborators: Rebelmeg, Fightingforcreativity, Ladydarkphoenix, Psychiccatpanda, Dreaminglypeach, Ibelieveinturtles, Liquidlightz, Menatiera Link: AO3 Squares Filled: Rebelmeg: Y2 - tech support LiquidLightz (LLightz): B3 - spa day Menatiera: U4 - hot water Dreaminglypeach: B1 - sharing body heat Ladydarkphoenix: U5 - âDonât touch him!â Fightingforcreativity: B4 - Collateral Damage Ibelieveinturtles: K2 - Whiplash Ship: Stucky, hinted Stony or Stuckony, Pepperony, pre-FrostIron /FrostPepperony Rating: Teen Major Tags: round robin fic, dragon Steve, animal transformation, Loki shenanigans, cats, multiple ships, hijinks and shenanigans Summary: To say that Bucky had been surprised when a FREAKING DRAGON showed up at the summer BBQ at his beach house would be an understatement. How should the ex assassin have anticipated a dragon, who seemed to have followed his cat to the BBQ? It didnât seem to be dangerous as of yet seeing as the two were happily sharing potato salad. When Tony showed up late, he nudged Bucky, âHey Buckaroo - I brought - WHOA! I didnât know you had a⌠cat.â Sure, itâs the cat that surprises you, Bucky thought, but Tony was still talking a mile a minute around the cookie in his mouth, âSo, anyway, I brought that- fuck, is he your window cleaner, heâs gorgeous!â âWindow cleaning is just one of the many services I offer,â the dragon said swinging itâs head around to stare unblinking at Tony. Bucky jolts back and stares at the dragon as he recognises the sound of that voice, then quickly pulls his phone out to text Steve⌠âwhere exactly are you right now?â Steve doesnât answer his phone, obviously, but a telltale notification sound pings from somewhere inside the dragonâs belly, audible through the slightly open mouth of the creature, and Bucky has to rub the base of his nose, muttering, âof fucking course you do this reveal to me after weâve been sharing a bed for weeks.â Word Count: 2330
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Title: Soft Collaborator: alwaysabrighterdarkness Link: AO3 Square Filled: U2 - Touch Starvation Ship: Stucky Rating: Teen Major Tags: Winter, Cold Weather, Touch-Starved, Cuddling Summary: It hadnât been long after he had been recovered from the Artic that Steve had developed a deep, aching craving for things that were soft and warm or, preferably, both. Â For a man who was born and then built for fighting, to be able to withstand so much of the worldâs harshness, maybe that shouldnât have come as so much of a surprise. Â Word Count: 3352
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List of some of my favourite sculptures and the sculptors behind them
Sasha Vinci is a multimedia artist from Sicily. These images are from his 2014 installation, â Memento Floriâ. In this installation, Vinci focused on creating an âintimate memory of being, to reach a collection vision and reveal the hardships, the illnesses, the social contradictions of the contemporary world.â He does this by creating a imagery that is at one end chilling, to a sweet at the other end, but still maintaining the idea of things that are old that have served their purpose, now blooming back to life, like in the image with the chair covered in flowers, worn out shoes filled with flowers and an old broken tv. The mediums in these pieces were wire, wooden chairs, clothe, old clothes, wax, flowers, shoes and chairs.
  Darius Hulea is a Romanian sculptor, who has a twist with the term sculpture. He likes to think of his wire and steel plated sculptures as drawings. He said âI hope that people will understand that I do nothing but draw in a new way, in a durable material of the past. I can then explore and research, as an artist, mythical, Renaissance, and modern thinking by finding three-dimensional examples that describe us now in a history of the past â, and you can see a type of illustration in his series of portraits of many iconic people in history such as Presidents of America, Queen Marie and philosopher Mircea Eliade. His work is being held at The Renaissance Art Gallery in Bucharest, Romania.
This piece is called â Three Minus Oneâ by Californian Sculptor Susan Erikson Hawkins. Her figurative sculptures in poly chrome plaster, bronze, terracotta, and steel evoke a sense of turbulent motion, inner conflict and mass. This piece was done in 2005, they are 6.7 inches in height and is definitely more of a normal, modern idea of sculpture but still carries its weight nonetheless. They have been featured in many of Californiaâs Galleries and Exhibitions.
   This piece is called âNo Big Dealâ and is a part of the âRed Memoryâ collection by Chinese sculptor Chen Wenling. The medium used for his pieces are bronze and then he covers his pieces in red paint. I love this piece because the idea of it was to evoke the child within us and bring out the nostalgia of our childhoods. When we were children we had such a carefree attitude about the world, we weren't afraid of being free and had no shame.Â
 This piece is done by Philip Hitchcock. It is called âFallen Angelâ. The mediums used for this piece are life-size cast gypsum torso, steel wings, African elk horns. The sculptors work is primarily composed of body casts, this came even more apparent when he became a personal trainer and started using his own body for his work. The body casts sculpts can range to many themes from erotic to fantasy. I love this piece because of the clear definition Hitchcock was able to get from his cast and as well, the shape of the steel wings.
#sashavinci#dariushulea#SusanEriksonHawkins#ChenWenling#PhilipHitchcock#Memento Flor#Three minus one#Red Memories#Fallen Angel
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Bucky Barnes x Reader
Summary: You and your boyfriend have powers, now he is dead and you are expecting a baby. Hydra is interested in the child so they send the  Winter Soldier. What happens if Bucky unexpectedly falls for youâŚ
This Part: Bucky and you are trying to talk this out while the future seems a bit more interesting afterwards...
Warnings: fluff, angst abit, making out?
A/N: In case someone is confused this is now along some other parts, after this one, all in the time between Civil war and infintiy war which is included in this series (scared to write this) and Endgame (even more scared) but later so calm down. I am not over endgame yet anyway
Slowly waking up and remembering what happened last night and you wanted to right away just curl further into your blankets and pillows to sleep a bit more but then you noticed you didnât heard Archer talking to mostly himself or playing with your hair how he liked to sometimes do in the morning, sadly he wasnât a long sleeper like you are. Rising your head from under the pillow you looked both sides realising that Archer is nowhere in sight making you skip a heartbeat. It was a big bed and you secured the floor around every night with the decorative pillows just in case he would actually fall off or try to do come down but he wasnât in the room at all. Dressing quickly you walked outside your room and looked both side of the hallway before you heard his giggle and Buckyâs laugh coming from the kitchen.
âGood Morningâ you smiled a bit at the sight of them attempting to make breakfast.
âMorning. We made breakfast if youâre hungry?â his cheerful smile and laugh disappeared a bit as he drew his attention back to Archer who sat on the counter.
âCan you show mommy what you showed me Archer?â you heard them whisper before you looked expecting to your little boy, who still smiled widely up to him and nodded, taking an empty mug in his hands.
âIâm mommy. I need coffee...Always tiredâ he imitated you and laugh loudly out. As you looked at him in surprise and went to tickle him.
âYou are really funny arenât you?â you chuckled and got distracted as your phone rang, leaving the room for a bit.
âHey Steve. Youâre having breakfast with us today?â you asked right away as you took the call, something he also used to do over the year.
âNo not today. Not in Wakanda right now sorry. Just wanted to call to let you know.âhe informed you
âOh ok then. Take care Steveâ you sighed out, thinking that itâs going to be awkward now without him. There wasnât much that you wanted to talk about with Bucky, and you feared that it would end up in a fight anyways and thatâs something you wanted to avoid in front of Archer.
âEverything alright with..Bucky?â he asked.
âNo not really. Itâs just weird and different now..I donât really know.â you told him looking while so back to see that they set up the table already, Bucky also looking at you.
âSorry (Y/N) but you will figure that out..right?â he asked. You opened your mouth to say something but nothing came out so Steve continued. â-I mean. You do still love him. Otherwise you would have left already. I donât want to say that running away is your thing but you stayed in Wakanda, you visited him and you were there a few hours before he woke up at his side right? Donât worry to much (Y/N). Try to talk it outâhe called you out and assured you again that itâs going to be just fine before hanging up.
You didnât had much to say anyways after that and went back to the table sitting down and mumbling a quick sorry. The breakfast went on, mostly in awkward silence between the two of you. Afterwards you went to clean the dishes but he refused and did them himself, Archer played a bit while you walked up to him. You had to talk again at some point.
âYou donât have to try to make it up by every chance you get now alright? I mean itâs nice but I am just saying that you donât have to do it.â you crossed your arms by his side and tried your best to explain it in a normal tone.
âThey are just the dishesâ he smirked shortly towards you.â-and making the breakfastâ you continued.
âYeah ok. I am still gonna do it tomorrow againâ he mumbled the rest and you stayed silent for a bit, you already started with thinking that you were to harsh with the arguments from yesterday night and those damned puppy eyes werenât helping. What Steve has told you earlier still in your ear like a song lyric you wonât get out of your head for the rest of the day.
Later the same day you still hung out in the apartment but you dug around in a fex boxes as you looked for something that came to your mind. Joining Bucky on the couch you handed him the couple of journals that you had stored since Steve brought you most of the stuff from Bucharest back.
âMy journal. Where did you get that from?â he quirked up his eyebrows and went to reach for it, but not opening yet.Â
âYeah Steve found it along some other stuff in our old apartment and brought it back here...You donât want it back?â you looked at him curious as he just looked at it for a while like he didnât know what to do with it.
âDid you read it?â he asked and turned to you.
âNo. Why should I? That is personal.âyou quickly shook your head. Obviously you hadnât, the thought was there some times but you never actually did it.
âThan take it. Read all of them if you want toâ Bucky laid them back into your hands and went to read his book that he had at the moment.
âWhat do you mean? They are yours.â confused you looked between him and the few books that laid there. It felt like he just gave you his most private thing he belonged, the one thing that you thought you wonât ever take a look it or anyone at all.
âI want you to read them but especially this oneâ he pointed at the first one and you just nodded and went to lay them on your nightstand for later in case he would change his mind or something. Could be a joke or a test you almost thought.
Days flew by and after you had a small walk around the city and you found yourself ready for the night after dinner and a movie,finally giving it a try to read his journals.
âYou can have by the way the guest bedroom, must be way comfortable than the couchâ you told him as you walked slowly back into the living room from Archer, who wanted to be a big boy today and sleep in his own room.
âWhy did I sleep on the couch in the first place?â he asked and went to grab the blankets and pillows from the couch to take them with him.
âI donât know...maybe you deserved it at this pointâ you said whispering the last bit, which Bucky heard anyways. Both of you saying Good Night and then going different ways. For you it was normal to just go to your room but for him it felt weird not to share the bed with you.
Laying down in your bed with the lamp still on, cuddled in your blanket you reached for the first book that Bucky was talking about and opened it starting to read the first pages, full of mostly just the stuff you were talking about sometimes. From this what seemed to be still more like just notes and drawings got more into longer texts and photos sticking between a few pages.
âOnce I read in a article: Where do you think you are in ten years and I look over to you, walking up and down cause the baby has been kicking all day and night and think that you are it. We are for sure both not perfect but thatâs what I love about you. Your silly laugh sometimes, your bright eyes, your kindness, all the things made me become more and more myself again.Ten years from now, make sure you can say that you chose the you didnât settle for. These years are not long if you donât think about it, youâll blink and then another year has gone by. In case anything happens future-Bucky and you somehow get to read this again than I hope you settled for her, (Y/N) wasnât something you settled for, she is nothing you deserve and you should make sure that you work hard to make it worth it. Donât lose her, donât do anything stupid, donât screw this up. She is the one you didnât think you would ever get... â
â...I donât want to forget her silly laugh or admiring bright eyes. I couldnât forgive myself if I would let it ever happen to let her walk away. Itâs hard enough if she leaves me alone for just a few minutes. I donât know who that all happened but after all these years I donât who I should thank that I deserve to have something so pure and perfect like this women than I will just make sure to show it her in every way there is...â
â...Nobody, not even I have really figured out what is really going on in my mind but somehow she understands how Iâve been feeling and what I go through by just being lost in my thoughts. She will know what to do right away and how to change that. I realised just how much I really need her and she wonât probably ever realise it...â
All phrases like that, sometimes small and sometimes even pages long were filling the book up. Small things you didnât even notice about yourself stood in there and he would wrote about wanting to marry you or saying that he loves you before you even gave birth to Archer. Not even realising you are crying you shut the book and laid it besides you on the nightstand and got out of bed, seeing on your nightstand that you literally read the whole night this one journal, completely dedicated to you. It was so sappy and it was almost hard to believe that everything on these pages came from Bucky.
You tiptoed slowly towards Buckyâs room, hoping somehow he was still awake. The door crept open with your touch and you made it as quietly in the dark room, his bed empty and you furrowed your brows. Where could he be at this time. Back out in the hallway you saw his sleeping form curled up on the couch. Stepping forward you sat on the side and swept a few strands of hair that fell onto his face out of the way. He stirred and grumbled shortly making you grin slightly. Taking his hands in yours you decided to wake him up before more thoughts would eat you up from the inside. You missed him and you canât deny it anymore.
âBuckyâ you softly spoke, squeezing his hands to make him notice you. After a few more attempts he opened his eyes slight, squinting at you before realising what is going on.
â(Y/N)?! Whatâs wrong? What did I do?âhe looked down to your hands and tensed up a bit, fearing that he had a nightmare or worse; that he fell back into old habits.
âNothingâ you simply said and leaned down to kiss him. Lips perfectly fitting over yours and as he finally kissed you back he pulled you fully on top of him. His tongue slipping past your lips to make it last as long as your breaths would hold. Holding your face in his hands while brushing your hair back. Both of you melted together in this passion filled kiss that without having to say much, it spoke out what you needed and wanted. As his hand started to roam the skin beneath your shirt you had to broke away to catch air. Opening your eyes you saw his blue ones staring right back at you.
âOk what did I do cause the last thing I remember was that I didnât deserve thisâ he chuckled but you stayed rather serious.
âYou do. I read the journal...Sorry I was being so selfish, I - I just really miss you.â you bumped your nose with him wanting to kiss him again but he took your face in his hands again to make you look right at him.
âDonât say sorry (Y/N). I was being the asshole and I shouldnât have go before talking to you, it wonât happen again. I wonât go anywhere againâ he said honestly, tearing up a bit.
âI forgive you. I hope you do tooâ you gave him a short peck before he whispered back.
âI already didâ Turning you over on the couch so he was on top, just with one arm to hold his weight not wanting to crush you. Working fast on each other clothes he kissed you everywhere he could reach and skin was exposed. A warm tingly feeling making you both feel like finally home.
The whole night filled with making up, kisses and soft moans as you never wanted to leave this couch again. Neither of the both of you got much more sleep afterwards and decided to get ready for the day after you cuddled before falling asleep in each other arms again. Finally.
One day after a refreshing hot shower with Bucky later you walked into Archers room to dress him. He was of course already up and out of his bed cause apparently he is in an age where he would try to climb up everything that was in his way.
"Archer. What did I say about climbing out of your bed on your own?" You raised your brows at him and sat down besides him.
"No climbing" you repeated your words as he refused to answer. And as quick as that he was in a bad mood.
"What do we do now?"Bucky asked at the breakfast table as everyone just munched on their pancakes happily, besides him who had his head stuck in the clouds. Overthinking the future and what might be.
"I don't know. We could go to the lake?" You suggested but he just sighed out, giving up on the pancakes.
"No I am mean like in general. Do you want to stay here or not?" Bucky had trouble choosing the right words as you turned your attention now fully on him.
"You don't like it here?" You asked suspicious now.
"No. Not exactly...I mean I love it in Wakanda but not here in this apartment...like not; God why is that so hard? I was just thinking we could maybe look for something further away from the city" he laughed nervously and stuttered like a schoolboy. As he started with that sentence you almost catched a heart attack thinking that he didn't like this with you anymore.
"Choose your words wisely next time buddy" you laughed putting a hand over your heart as a joke.
âSorry, sorry. Didnât meant to scare you and no offense to your apartment but I donât want to live...hereâ at this point he just gave up and leaned onto the table, hiding his face in his hands.
âIs daddy ok?â Archer whispered to you and you nodded your head before reaching across the table to him.
âItâs alright. I donât like here either. What were you thinking exactly?â you assured him to let him rise his head again.
âJust wanted to talk with you first about it..uhm- maybe build a house?â he offered suddenly.
âYou want to build a house?âyou asked surprised, not that you thought it was a stupid idea but you had no idea about building a house and you didnât really think that he had much of an idea about it either. Either way it would cost a lot of money too.
âYou donât think I can handle this doll?â he teased you smirking.
âNo I mean itâs a house and itâs probably expensive as hell and we had to ask for permission...yâknow since we kinda live here for free already and all?â you counted multiple more reasons why this maybe couldnât work out while you started to clean the table, letting Archer play on the ground for a bit while you had a âgrown upâ talk.
âDonât be mad but I already asked...â he mumbled and the dishes in your hand slipped out of your hands back into the water.
âWhen?â you laughed out, turning back to him.
âAfter I woke up from cryo..â Bucky said with this innocent look on his face but also like he was waiting for the explosion.
âSo right after you woke up..your first thought was to build a house here for us?â
âYes so what do you think?âYou stood there speechless and just had nothing else to say then: âI love it��� you grinned excitedly at Bucky who was the standing there now.
âReally? Youâre not upset or anything?â
âNope. Letâs do itâ you shrugged with your shoulders and the widest grin on your face.Both of you now standing there in the kitchen before he stepped forward and sealed the deal with a kiss.
Several months later the small house was done.
It was further away outside of Wakanda near a field surrounded by a couple of trees, it was the perfect size for your little family and looked like a modern log house. You loved everything about it the second you moved in there. Bucky decided to also once the house was done to live without the metal arm, if he was comfortable with it and could handle this than you were happy too. He took his time for the both of you now and retired from fighting. Instead he helped on a couple of farms that are nearby to at least not sit around the whole day, Shuri also came by every once in a while to check on things. Actually a lot people did. Steve would often sleepover and have dinner, Wanda more oftenly disappeared to spend her time with Vision traveling the world and if she would visit than they would bring gifts from different places every time, Nat and Sam were still fighting and doing god knows what alongside their Captain of course. For now it seemed like you had settled down and you would take in every day as much as you could cause well you never know.
âMommy!! Uncle Steve is back!!â Archer called for you who sat at the window waving excitedly before rushing off to the door, with you following.
âSteve..wow. That beard suits youâ you chuckled as he came up the stairs greeting the two of you. He hasnât been visiting for a couple of week but you didnât think it was that long.
âYeah somethinâ else right?. Hey Buddy how are you doing?â he smiled and ruffled his hair before looking back up with a rather serious look.
âWhat is it, should I get Bucky he isnât far away? Is the rest ok?â you asked and looked past him worried but nope it was just him. âNo donât worry, everyone is fine. Can we maybe sit down?â he sighed heavily and you nodded, it made you anxious seeing him like this. So you set down on the front porch with Ice tea and cookies.
âSo what is going on? It better be something goodâ you joked, rubbing your hands together nervously.
âIt is about your parents, your biological parents. We found themâ
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