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kayascodelorio's 3.5k celebration đ¶đ + august vachiravit in my love in the countryside àžŁàž±àžàžàčàž§àžĄàžàžžàčàž & taylor swift for @clairedaring
#*3.5k#*#my love in the countryside#august vachiravit#lakornsource#his smile can heal us as a society and also kill us simultaneously love you king#so much fun to gif some lakorns in fun ways like this i was having the time of my life (minus the mental breakdowns i was having over#shades of yellow and gold lol)
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Killing the Space in Between
Title: Killing the Space in Between Pairing: Bucky Barnes x Female Reader Words: 2,514. Rating/Warnings: No real warnings. Rated PG. Summary: The theme for this challenge is ânostalgiaâ, so hereâs my take on it: this takes place after Civil War, but Bucky doesnât go to Wakanda right away. The gang's all healing together. Enter our Reader. Prompt: âAre we on a date right now?â Authorâs Note: Written for @whirlybirbsââ Endgame Fic Challenge! Thanks for hosting, Hope! I love your writing and am so pumped youâre gonna be reading something of mine. Disclaimer: I donât own Marvel, Bucky Barnes, or any other characters/plots from the MCU. I don't own the song âCloser to Youâ by Carly Pearce, which inspired the title. I also donât have any knowledge about Manhattan, so please suspend your disbelief for this fic, please and thanks. Please donât repost my work on any other sites without my permission! This includes AO3 and Wattpad. Reblogs are fine and encouraged, tbh!
Bucky Barnes has sweaty palms.
Well, one sweaty palm. He would chuckle at his own joke if he wasnât so nervous, glancing down to where youâre practically pressed against him on the train.
The train lurches as it comes screeching to a stop, and he grits his teeth as you sway against him, sending him an apologetic smile as he automatically wraps an arm around your shoulder, steadying you.
God. Heâd be ready to flee if you werenât so nice and so warm and looking at him-- oh. Youâve been talking, he realizes, and he feels so off kilter. He canât stand it, but sort of in a good way.
âSorry,â his voice is gruff even to his own ears. âWhat did you say?â
âI was just saying thanks for agreeing to come with me. I know you donât like crowds.â
But I like you, he wants to say. He doesnât. âSure, itâs no problem.â He makes a face at himself when youâre not looking. Thatâs all he could come up with? God. Sam is never going to let him hear the end of this. Steve either, for that matter. If word gets back to them about what an awkward idiot he turns into around you, heâs finished.
Heâs still a little unclear on where youâre taking him, but he jumped at the chance to get out of the Tower for a day. Itâs a little suffocating there. He knows everyone is trying to help him, but thereâs still too much tension between he and Stark, and Steveâs-- heâs trying his best.
Itâs hard for Bucky to know heâs disappointing his oldest friend every day he canât pretend to be the man he was when they were in their twenties. Heâs seen too much. Heâs not the same person, and he knows part of Steve is always going to wish for that version of Bucky.
When Steve found him in Budapest, he barely had two weeks of being relatively back in his own head before he had to fight for his life, for the life he wanted to have.
You were there too.
A year agoâŠ
Steve is banging on the door, Buckyâs right arm locked in his tight grip. Bucky feels woozy, he feels like his brain is being pulled apart. Steve keeps looking over his shoulder and curses under his breath before knocking again, this time harder.
The door is pulled open. Youâre there, hair disheveled, a bruise blooming on your cheek and a cut on your temple. âSorry- had to check.â You say, and then youâre ushering Steve and Bucky inside.
There are no introductions, not really.
Steve is semi-panicking. Bucky might not have a solid grasp on Steve anymore, but he can read the tension radiating off the other man.
âI need to hide him here. No one knows about this place.â
âStark?â
âItâs his tech. Thatâs why I need you to stay here. He shouldnât look for him here, but thatâs the least of our problems. Someoneâs tailing him - they think he set off the bomb. Iâll set the alarm when I leave--â
âLeave?!â Your voice is high pitched, âSteve--â
âI have to try.â He steps closer, voice low. Itâs clearly not meant for Bucky to hear, but he does anyway. âHe saved my life. We took some fire at the apartment -- he wouldnât have done that if he was still trying to kill me and everyone else.â
You look wary, but nod. âOkay. Okay. I-- Steve, Tonyâs serious about this.â
âI know.â His voice is firm, but Bucky can tell Steveâs more upset and rattled than anything else. âI have to go figure out what to do next. The only other person I want you to let through this door is Sam.â
Bucky is overwhelmed. Too many names, too much going on inside his head to make sense of. He feels like heâs going to be sick.
âIâll be back as soon as I can. Just-- keep him comfortable.â Another step closer. Definitely not meant for Bucky to hear, âKeep your gun on you always. Donât go anywhere without it. Donât let your guard down.â
You swallow hard, but you donât look scared. Bucky finds himself wanting to smile as he watches you roll your shoulders back and straighten, determined.
âBe safe, Cap.â
A squeeze of your shoulder and an indecipherable look back at Bucky, and then Steve is gone.
A few uncomfortable seconds pass before you look at him, clearly nervous but trying to hide it. âAre you hurt?â You ask, and Buckyâs knees feel weak.
When is the last time someone asked him that?
âI--â His voice is weak, rough with disuse. âI donât know.â
âIâm a nurse,â you tell him. âI wonât touch you if you donât want me to, but if somethingâs hurt, you should let me help. We might be stuck here awhile.â
His heart is hammering. Heâs-- he feels fear, and heâs not used to that. Heâs used to not feeling much at all. But youâre-- the kindness in your eyes is sending him spiraling. Heâs afraid what he might do. He shakes his head, almost violently.
âOkay,â your voice is soft, placating, âOkay. I wonât touch you. Weâll just wait here for Steve, okay?â
Now
Bucky wonders if youâll ever know how much of a help you were to him that day. You never did anything without his permission, but you stayed close. You respected his boundaries, and you kept an eye out for him, for any sign it was all becoming too much.
When Steve and Sam came back, it was simultaneously the worst and best thing that ever happened to him. They were on the run. There was a rogue Hydra operative trying like hell to unleash the Soldier everywhere they went.
He had to face the truth about the Starks. The fight with Tony.
But in the end, Steve offered him a home, a place to recover. That meant he had to face his past, though. He didnât want to. He didnât trust himself, or anyone else, even Steve.
But you were there too. You helped, and Steveâs friendship never wavered. Soon he had a tentative friendship with Natasha too, forged by a shared past that they both never liked to speak about. He had a weird, wonderful new alliance with Sam.
And you. You were-- he doesnât want to put a name to what heâs feeling, because itâs too much, and heâs not ready for that yet. Not yet.
He forces himself back to the present.
You both walk in comfortable silence down the street, and Buckyâs so, so tempted to let his hand bump into yours, weave your fingers together, hold on tight and just let himself drown in the comfort he feels when heâs with you.
You look lovely in the early winter morning - youâre bundled up in a puffy coat, a scarf wound around your neck, and a knit hat on your head. He wants to memorize all the details of this morning and keep them locked away, so he can revisit them whenever heâs feeling lost.
âI thought weâd check this out-- the exhibit is-- I donât know. I thought it might help.â You say, bringing his attention to where you are. The New York Historical Society. âTwo of Brooklynâs golden boys⊠itâs a wonder they didnât dedicate the entire museum to the both of you.â You say, smiling, talking about him and Steve.
Bucky smiles but doesnât say anything. He doesnât think he deserves to be remembered like this.
He follows you into the museum, trying not to scowl at everyone who turns and looks in his direction, some with awe on their faces, some with clear trepidation. You insist on paying his admission, even when he protests, but the sparkle in your eyes wonât be denied.
If he wasnât so anxious, heâd actually be really enjoying this. Heâs always liked learning and history in general, and thereâs so much heâs missed - he could spend hours here and never know enough.
He can tell when youâre close to the exhibit. You walk a little closer, a little slower, chewing on your bottom lip. âIf you get freaked out, just say the word,â you say over your shoulder, leading him on. âWeâll get out of here the minute you say so.â
He clears his throat. âI trust you.â He says. And itâs the truth. You look momentarily surprised, but try to hide it. Youâre adorable.
The exhibit is everything he hoped it would be and nothing like he expects all at once. Itâs similar to the one Steveâs taken him to in Washington. Itâs a little overwhelming - the music, the voiceovers⊠the photos. His memories come to him in flashes, more now that heâs recovering.
The exhibit with the uniforms is startling. He knows theyâre replicas. Whatever happened to his blue coat after he fell⊠he doesnât want to know. But seeing it there, seeing all of them there, the Commandos⊠itâs a lot. He doesnât know why heâs so emotional. But he misses them. He has flashes of laughing around a fire, of the ear-splitting sound of artillery and the adrenaline of making it out of a fight, the relief of seeing his friends alive and well.
Heâs aware of your eyes on him.
You try to act like youâre looking at other exhibits, giving him space and time to take everything in at his own pace, but itâs the opposite of what he wants right now. He wants you right there beside him, he wants to grip your hand, he wants you to tell him that heâs done alright with his life, that none of this is his fault, that--
âHey.â Your voice interrupts the beginnings of what he suspects would have been a panic attack. âDoing okay?â
He looks down at you. âYeah.â His voice is thick with unshed tears. âI think this is enough for one day,â he says gently, still not used to saying what heâs feeling or drawing boundaries for himself. âCan we--â
âLetâs get something to eat.â You say immediately, brightly, your enthusiasm drawing the dark clouds away.
âI feel like you had ulterior motives for getting me out of the Tower,â he says, elbowing you gently.
âI donât know what youâre talking about,â you reply, prim, and he laughs. It feels-- going from feeling this unavoidable sadness to cracking jokes with you⊠he canât put it into words how it makes him feel. Light. Unburdened. Happy.
.
.
.
Bucky Barnes doesnât think heâs being dramatic when he says this is the best meal heâs ever eaten in his entire life.
Heâs got the biggest slice of pizza, and you. Youâre across from him, smiling as he tells you about the stupid shit he and Steve used to get up to in their Brooklyn neighborhood, your head propped up in your hand as you hang on his every word.
This is-- itâs a day he never dreamed he would have.
He knows he still has to face the music in terms of his recovery. Thereâs the trigger words, and whatever other shit they put in his head that heâs got to find a way to get a hold on. But he feels better knowing he actually has people on his side that want to help him.
Steveâs been talking about the Avengers. About Bucky, and having a place for him there, for as long as he wants one. Heâs been talking about helping people, saving people⊠it seems like a dream.
And then thereâs you.
Youâre always there, eyes shining like diamonds, a bright smile there to greet him whenever he comes into a room. If you were ever afraid of him, you hid it well. He doesnât think heâs ever been more grateful for anything than he is for meeting you, your friendship, and your gentle affection.
He wants to-- he wants to tell you things. He wants to say things to you that are probably too much, too soon, but he wants to say them anyway. He wants to tell you that his heart beats faster when youâre around. He wants to tell you that he thinks about you all the time.
âWhat are you thinking about?â You ask, eyes on your plate as you grab another slice.
âAre we on a date right now?â He blurts, and immediately regrets it. Your wide eyes meet his, and god, he wants the Earth to open up and swallow him whole. âYou donât have to answer that. Sorry--â
âDo you-- do you want it to be a date?â You ask, sounding a little nervous yourself, and Bucky can feel the spirit of his mother practically smacking him in the back of the head for being such an idiot.
But the truth? He does want this to be a date. Heâs scared as hell. But still, he wants it.
âCan I tell you something embarrassing?â You ask, not waiting for him to answer. Letting him off the hook.
He nods.
âI have the biggest crush on you.â Thereâs a blush on your cheeks and you duck your head, and Bucky has never wanted to kiss someone so badly in his entire life. âI know this is the worst timing -- youâre still going through so much, and Iâm so happy just to be in your life--â
âI--â He interrupts you, not even sure what he wants to say, but knowing he canât let you think that he doesnât want you. âI like you.â He admits, and can hear Steveâs snort of amusement in his head. Heâs Bucky Barnes. The Winter Soldier. The Fist of HYDRA. And he tells you he likes you?!
That blush is still there on the apples of your cheeks though, so he takes it as a good sign. âIâm not⊠sure how to do this anymore. Itâs been awhile.â He says, wry, and beams at you when you laugh in return. âI just know that I like the way I feel when Iâm with you.â
You reach for his hand across the table, slowly, giving him enough time to move away if he wants to. He absolutely doesnât.
âI feel that way about you, too.â You tell him. âWe-- we can go as slow as you want. We donât even have to do anything else besides this.â
âI can think of a few other things Iâd like to do.â Bucky replies quickly, and there he is. The James Buchanan Barnes he thinks he was once, the one who was confident and sure.
âThat was terrible,â you say, but the smile on your face is worth it. He thinks heâd do anything to see you smile like that more often. Your face and your voice softens, âLetâs just take it one day at a time, okay?â
On the way home, thereâs absolutely no space between the two of you as you walk to the train station, hands clasped tightly together. No space between you on the train either, one of his arms slung around your shoulders as you sit.
Heâs going to walk you to your room tonight, but he wonât kiss you. Not yet. Heâll save that for another day.
One day at a time, he thinks. One day at a time.
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There's a diamond sky that's waiting for us just outside of town With the moon hanging for me and you, baby We can cut the headlights out when there ain't no one else around Kill the space in between, slide across that leather seat Heart to heart, face to face, you know all I wanna do Is get closer, closer, closer to you
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Apocalypse AUÂ
đ„Â red hands by reveries_passionsÂ
âIâve never told anyone,â Harry murmurs, voice so soft no one else would be able to hear, if it wasnât just the two of them.
âBut youâve told someone,â Louis tells him firmly. âAnd thatâs not gonna fucking happen around here. You donât speak a word of it, or someoneâs going to kill you, and we canât let that happen.â
a dystopian au in which harry, an ex-soldier whoâs escaped from his government run camp, accidentally stumbles across the biggest rebel movement in the country, and louis, one of the rebellionâs mysterious leaders who appears to hate him, seems to simultaneously have an obsession with keeping him alive. or: harry is wanted for treason, niall hasnât changed in four years, liam is always smiling, and louis is angry. like, really angry.
đ„Â youâll always be my thunder by tomorrows (4k)
Louis doesnât let himself think about it. He doesnât think of The List or LA or the cobblestone streets he knows like the back of his hand by now. He ignores the way the sun reflects off the gold band on his finger and decidedly puts on the peppiest, most sickeningly upbeat tunes on his phone. The sound of Anneâs voice was enough for him, he thinks. Now itâs just a matter of coping. He wonders if heâs got the strength to ignore the pain in his chest for that long, until the end of his life, he presumes.
Based on these tags where a two-year long zombie apocalypse finally comes to an end and Louis and Harry donât know if the otherâs survived.
đ„Â A King Beside You by stylinsoncity (26k)
When the aliens invade, the last thing Louis expects is to fall in love.
đ„ With a whimper by kitundercover (132k)
Dystopian AU. Louis has been alone for too long to remember how not to be, and Harry has too much to worry about to deal with a scrawny, wild, stranger. â
The man grips his arm tightly. âYouâre not going to say anything.â Itâs not a question.
Louis shakes his head, his body twitching.
âFine.â Large green eyes survey him before letting go. âItâs cold. Take this. Wear it.â
Louis canât help another flinch as the manâs long scarf is wrapped around his tender neck, itâs still warm. He touches the soft material. âThank you.â
The man bears his teeth. âDonât thank me. Donât ever thank me.â
đ„ build me up and keep me warm by avatarlahey (21k)
Zombie/Warm Bodies AU. One day Harry wakes up and heâs dead. Or undead. Dead, but not dead. Whatever. This is his life and it kinda sucks, but Harry likes to think that thereâs more waiting for him beyond the coldness of his heart.
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The one where Harry yearns for something warm, Louis wonât stop talking, Zayn and Liam are out for zombie blood, and Niall is Harryâs zombie best friend who thinks his name is Naill.
đ„Â Converging Fates by ForeverRememberLarryStylinson (83k)
The one where the world has mutated and become far more vicious, harsh, and deadly than ever before. Itâs a survival of the fittest world, and only those whom are able to conceive children are kept to live. Most who arenât, are left out to die.
Louis Tomlinson can conceive.
Harry Styles is the leader of a cult.
Together, there is fire.
đ„Â When the World Comes Down by blue_marauder (6k)
âI wouldnât breathe the same air as him even if we were the only two people on earthâ
Harry didnât mean that literally. Not until Harry and Louis are the only two people alive on this earth (to their knowledge).
đ„Â whispering of fields half-sown by Eliane (7k)
âAnd how ironic is it that even now, at the end of all things, Louisâ mere presence makes Harry want to believe that anything is possible again. That the earth isnât close to collapsing on itself, that the tomorrows are bright and shining and full of promises. Harry hates Louis for giving him something to look forward to when the sky only keeps getting darker. Harry loves Louis for it. â
[All of his boys come back to him in the end, but itâs Louis, Harry has been waiting for all this time.]
đ„Â Time Is All We Have by evelynegrey, fortunefavorsthebrave (20k)
âOkay, hereâs the deal,â the man whoâd met him outside started, âif you fuck up, or try to sell us out, or use us as bait, youâre out. Okay?â Harry nodded quickly. âAnd we will outsmart you,â he continued. âWe will outrun you, so donât even think about trying.â âI donât want any trouble,â Harry told him, cowering slightly. âGood.â He tossed him his gun and Harry caught it clumsily. âWeâre gonna have to teach him to shoot.â
AU where the world has gone to shit, Harry has accidentally survived, Niall likes root vegetables and no one knows anything about Louis except that they would follow him to the end of the world and back. Zayn and Liam are also there.
đ„Â the riotous failure of our theories by Eliane (4k)
After the world has ended thereâs still, etched on Louisâ skin, a compass pointing to home.
đ„Â bruises on your thighs (like my fingerprints) by ariadne_odair (2k)
itâs the apocalypse. itâs the apocalypse, and louis has her girl by her side, harryâs face buried into her neck, their limbs tangled together so louis couldnât escape if she wanted to. not that sheâd have anywhere to go. itâs the end of the world after all. and sheâd never leave harry. never.
đ„ All The Songs That You Sing In The Dark by pukeandcry (10k)
What happened was that first people got sick.
What happened after that was that they died.
But the worst thing was what happened after that. After they died, they came back.
đ„ things have gotten closer to the sun by starseas (49k)
itâs strange, making the choice to face his pastâit almost feels like heâs heading for the sun straight on, like heâs screaming come on and burn me, i deserve it.
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when a solar flare is announced to end the world in twelve days, harry reunites with the people that he used to know better than the back of his own hand.
đ„ The whirlwind is in the thorn trees by weddingbells (28k)
Louis Tomlinson has enough on his plate without having to worry about a Zombie Apocalypse, thank you very much. Too bad the world doesnât listen to him, and too bad that among the constant fear of getting eaten, he meets someone that changes his life.
đ„ After Our End by missberrycake (23k)
He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has. Epictetus AD 55 â 135
âApocalypseâ unleashes Derren Brownâs most daring plan for a television show yet â to convince internationally renowned boy band One Direction that the country has been overcome by a cataclysmic asteroid strike, that deadly infected now walk the earth and that they are a few of the mere handful of survivors.
In which One Direction have a colossal, apocalyptic trick played on them. It brings their world to a temporary end. Literally.
đ„ The Exceptionals by iwillpaintasongforlou (12k)
The world has been decimated by a nuclear apocalypse. Harry lost his family and the love of his life, and is left with a nasty scar across his face and the mutated ability to heal people with his hands. When raiders come into his village trying to kidnap Exceptionals like him, Harry is forced to flee to people and places heâs never seen beforeâ and maybe find a piece of his past in the process.
đ„ Time Is All We Have by evelynegrey, fortunefavorsthebrave (series)
âOkay, hereâs the deal,â the man whoâd met him outside started, âif you fuck up, or try to sell us out, or use us as bait, youâre out. Okay?â Harry nodded quickly. âAnd we will outsmart you,â he continued. âWe will outrun you, so donât even think about trying.â âI donât want any trouble,â Harry told him, cowering slightly. âGood.â He tossed him his gun and Harry caught it clumsily. âWeâre gonna have to teach him to shoot.â
AU where the world has gone to shit, Harry has accidentally survived, Niall likes root vegetables and no one knows anything about Louis except that they would follow him to the end of the world and back. Zayn and Liam are also there.
đ„ Endure and Survive by literato (62k)
âI donât know if I can give you back to them. Now that this ⊠now that everything between us has happened.â
âAfter all weâve been through. Itâs not for nothing.â
Or
An au where Harry, a young survivor 15 years into a zombie apocalypse, makes a promise to accompany a lad his age to a large group with a huge aim of finding a cure for the society in exchange for a new set of guns doubling what he lost. As they make their way across the country of United States, and out of their safety zones, they experience loss, truth, survival and love.
đ„ purple rain by fondleeds (WIP)
âIâve got the same,â Harry says, pointer finger moving up and down in lazy, little lines as he talks. âIn my notebook, I cross off each day. Write something down.â
âAnd what happens when you run out of pages?â Louis says, a little snarkier than he means it to be, slipping the matchbox closed. He can feel his ribs constricting, curling in to protect his chest.
âWell,â Harry says softly, looking out to the emptiness, to the dry, dead earth. âI hope it doesnât come to that.â
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AU. Itâs the end of the world.
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