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With thanks to some inspiring writers and artists, just a little stucky rec list:

A Helping Hand by @stuckytoyoulikeglue

Black and Blue by @darter-blue and @the1918

For the Summer by CoraRochester, fadefilter, @steebadore

The large and the smol of it by @kalee60

Agent Rogers by @stevieschrodinger

Tin Man by @shadydigress

these, our bodies, possessed by light (tell me we’ll never get used to it) by @voxofthevoid

Ethos Logos Pathos by @im-weapon @elkleggs

Sour as Vinegar, Sweet As Honey by @thiccbuckybarnesfic @call-me-kayyyyy

When the Blood Has Dried by @dontcallmebree and @potterspink

I was alone, I took a ride (I didn't know what I would find there) by @otp-holic

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Oblivious | 10,166 | Stevieschrodinger / @stevieschrodinger

Summary: Everyone knows that Steve and Bucky are a thing. Everyone, that is, except for Steve.

dark into the heat | 10,247 | Nonymos

Summary: Steve breaks everyone out of Azzano, then goes back for one last prisoner who might not be quite human. Everything is going to go just fine.

Circularity | 11,724 | dharmashark / @dharmasharks

Summary: Steve runs his underground cybernetics shop with two rules: 1. Don’t get involved with HydraCorp. 2. Don’t get personal with clients. But when a mysterious cyborg shows up at his front door, Steve decides that some rules are worth breaking—especially if you can take down a big bad mega corporation in the process. (And if said client just so happens to be unreasonably cute.)

Say it louder for the people in the back | 14,864 | redhook

Summary: Steve operates a glory hole. One of his regulars starts to get under his skin.

Please see below for more recommendations!

The Run and Go | 14,960 | lupus (khaleeseas) / @khaleeseas

Summary: When Bucky Barnes first meets Steve Rogers, Bucky's standing half-naked in their apartment complex's laundry room. It's 2 a.m. on a Friday night (or is it considered a Saturday morning?) and for once Bucky is way too sober for all of this. The next thing Bucky knows, Steve is everywhere. Being hot and sarcastic and nice and overall perfect and Bucky is kind of totally and completely screwed.

Caramel Macchiato | 15,450 | littleblackfox / @thelittleblackfox

Summary: "You ate my bees," Bucky says. Because his own tongue fucking hates him.

wipe the blood from your face and your hands | 15,735 | AustinB / @cornerficus

Summary: It’s weird. The whole fucking thing is weird. Steve’s sitting across from a vampire in a diner under harsh fluorescent lighting, and he still looks like a fucking GQ cover. Steve wonders if biting creates some sort of bond like it does on T.V. Maybe he should’ve asked that question before consenting to it. “Do you have some kind of telepathic connection with me now that you’ve drank my blood?” Bucky snorts into his coffee. Steve finds it oddly endearing.

imagine being loved by me | 20,247 | spacebuck / @spacebuck

Summary: Just after 1am - a few hours after he posted today’s photo - he hears the tell-tale sound of a twitter message. Bucky grabs his phone, not checking who it’s from as he opens it because it’s probably one of his mutuals yelling at him as per usual. When he actually looks at his phone, though, it’s not Natasha The ‘verified’ check stares back at him for a long moment before he can even bring himself to process the name on his screen. Steve Rogers is messaging him. Or, he reasons, a very good fake. The handle looks right though, not that Bucky knows. Not that Bucky has Captain’s America’s tweets set up as notifications, or that Bucky’s own display name is set to captain america’s bitch. Not at all. Hey, the first message says. It’s Steve.

Paper Tree | 21,391 | Ellessey

Summary: 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.

Controlled Release | 21,836 | steebadore / @steebadore

Summary: Bucky's just having a little trouble...finishing. Completing the mission. He can squeeze the trigger but he can't make the shot is what he's saying. Which is why he's here, loitering outside a nice brownstone in Park Slope, trying to find the courage to knock on Captain Come Control dot com's door for his three o'clock appointment. You know, just normal Thursday things.

I Just Want to Love You in My Own Language | 22,436 | agetwellcard / @agetwellcard

Summary: Bucky Barnes is Captain America and uses terrible pickup lines. Steve Rogers is Captain America's nurse and is not impressed by the aforementioned terrible pickup lines.

During Business Hours: A Filthy Coffee Shop AU | 25,116 | samanthahirr / @samanthahirr

Summary: Unemployed artist Steve takes a job managing the worst coffee shop in Brooklyn, where the floors are greasy, the coffee beans have expired, the espresso machine’s been sabotaged, and the owners might be Russian Mafia. But the job comes with a few perks, like a generous paycheck, reasonable hours, and one super-hot customer whom Steve can’t resist having dirty, filthy, bad-idea sex with in the bathroom. Steve is pretty sure this job is going to kill him. But what a way to go....

One Caress | 26,160 | fuck_me_barnes / @fuck-me-barnes

Summary: Steve's rarely been touched in a way that didn't equate to some kind of hurt. The cold metal of a stethoscope against his frail chest or the sting of a needle drawing yet another blood sample, when he was a sickly child. The bone-shattering punches thrown by the neighborhood bullies on the playground, or by his own father at home, drunk and wild. His mother, weak and clutching at him as she grew more incoherent with the drugs as the cancer ate away at her insides. Touch was something he shied away from, something he told himself he just didn't want. Except...he did. He just didn't know how. Until he finds a flyer for a local "affection and intimacy services" program.

Season of all things | 26,466 | Claudia_flies / @claudia-flies

Summary: Steve really isn’t sure about sharing with an Alpha but he is starting to run out of options. There are only six Omega boarding houses in the city and Steve has been kicked out of four of them.

Trust Enough | 27,374 | geneticallydead

Summary: “Saturday. Yeah, that’s good,” Steve says, and actually scuffs his shoe at the ground. Like a ridiculous shy superhero damsel. “Say eight? I live-“ “Yeah, big building with the A on it,” Bucky says, and can’t help a big stupid grin. Steve stares at him, looking a little dazed, and after their whole conversation it’s only now that Bucky’s brain catches up and realises Steve finds him quite attractive. So. Win for Bucky. “Let me get your number,” Steve says finally, after they’ve stared stupidly at each other for about three hours, taking out his phone. So they exchange numbers, and then Steve says he should go, and Bucky agrees, and they kind of stare at each other for a bit more, then Steve actually does go, but not before taking Bucky’s hand and squeezing it warmly in a way that makes Bucky want to shiver all over. Then Steve is gone, and Bucky is standing alone in the alley, grinning to himself. Right up until the moment he remembers that Steve thinks Bucky is an escort he’s just hired. Well fuck.

How To Embrace A Swamp Creature | 27,625 | littleblackfox / @thelittleblackfox

Summary: Steve washes his hands with the sliver of soap left by the sink, and takes a long hard look at himself in the mirror. The cut on his brow has scabbed over, and the bruises around his eye are blotchy red and sore to the touch. Stupid. His hands are no better, and he grips the edge of the sink to keep them from shaking. The scabs on his knuckles open up again, blood welling up starkly against his bone white fists. He holds them under the running faucet and watches the water circle the drain before pulling himself together. Just a little bit further, a little bit longer

Through The Open Window | 28,661 | 74days

Summary: Steve Rogers gave up on joining the army and worked for Stark Industries writing policy letters by hand. It's a dull job, right up until the office across the fire escape is given to an attractive stranger with one arm and no personal boundaries. Was going to be PWP but then there was like... a little plot? Steve and Bucky if Steve & Bucky never met as kids, I guess.

Agent Rogers | 31,348 | Stevieschrodinger / @stevieschrodinger

Summary: The Winter Soldier has been captured and is being rehabilitated. Steve Rogers really likes his job in the Shield archives.

The Daily Rogers | 32,154 | Nonymos

Summary: College AU. May contain exchange students, a Starbucks addiction, daddy issues, anger issues, closets and how to get out of them, the ever-ominous influence of social networks, various levels of betrayal, awfully poor life choices, but also, ultimately, real chunks of love.

miles to go before i sleep | 34,079 | obsessivereader / @yetanotherobsessivereader

Summary: Vietnam vet Bucky is just trying to get a hot meal, and maybe a job, in the small town of Hope, but the local law enforcement has other ideas. When their brutality triggers a flashback, Bucky snaps and escapes from their custody. Hunted, exhausted, injured, he finds shelter for the night next to a cabin in the middle of the woods. He means to be long gone before the cabin's occupant awakes. Things don't turn out quite the way he expected.

we are the things that we do for fun | 35,585 | Nonymos

Summary: Going to a professional Dom may be one of the weirdest things Bucky’s ever done. Especially since this skinny Steve Rogers guy doesn’t really look the part. But hey, they might just find a way to make this work.

The Devil's Acre | 40,636 | littleblackfox / @thelittleblackfox

Summary: “I’m sorry, you want me to what?” Steve sits back in his chair and tries not to glare at Hill across the conference table. “Track down a cryptid.” Agent Hill repeats, tossing a dossier onto the table. Steve has to stretch out an arm to reach across for it. “A cryptid,” Steve repeats doubtfully.

only one my arms will ever hold | 41,561 | wearing_tearing / @wearing-tearing

Summary: Like most stories about Bucky Barnes and his questionable and sometimes terrible life choices, this one starts because he decides not to listen to Natasha’s cryptic and mostly annoying advice. He decides not to listen, and he hunts down and kills a deer during that month’s full moon run with his pack and leaves its dead body on Steve Rogers’s front step. Steve, the man Bucky kind-of-possibly-maybe-absolutely is in love with. Bucky would try to smother himself after that one, but he’s learned that werewolves are hard to kill.

Karma's A Fake Orgasm | 51,637 | daisymondays

Summary: There’s another abandoned mug, festering with mould in the living room — Steve offically has the world's worst roommates. And complains about them. Often. Bucky, tired of his lack of action, decides it’s time to avenge Steve's sleepless nights and unsanitary conditions once and for all. They’ll pretend to be the world’s most annoying couple: excessive PDA, loud fake sex, and general repugnance. The plan sounds easy enough; it will be strictly platonic. Or will it?

Like the Tide | 53,950 | Deisderium

Summary: There's no SSR anymore. It's SHIELD, now. The worst part is, it's named after him in some way, Peggy's idea of a memorial to honor his sacrifice. He hates the thought of it, because it makes him feel like a hypocrite. His shield was only ever a prop, not something to base an agency around. But he's been mythologized differently. They give him files to read on this thing that Peggy and Howard built, and his story is a part of it—or anyway, the story that Peggy and Howard chose to tell about him. It shouldn't matter; they thought he was dead. They never thought he would see what they turned him into.

Catchweight | 56,418 | notlucy / @notlucy

Summary: For the most part, Steve’s life is fine. Sure, his job is tedious, he lives with his mother, and he can’t quite get over thinking he’s wasting his potential, but maybe that’s just part of being twenty-three. Then, one day—one totally dull day—the archetypal cliche of a tall, dark, and handsome beefcake walks up to his counter, bringing with him more questions than answers, and a duffel bag full of cash.

Through The Woods | 64,082 | VenusMonstrosa / @venusmonstrosa

Summary: There’s a legend in Mansewood, nearly as old as the town itself, about a pack of werewolves that once lived in the forest. They say only one survives; a monstrous and snarling beast with fur like a blizzard and fangs the size of daggers. They say it guards the lands and all creatures in it, and no hunter has faced it and lived to tell the tale. Steve doesn’t care about any of that. He only wants to know if it prefers T-Bone or ribeye, and would it please stop tracking dirt through his house? He just mopped the floor.

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Author: @steebadore Artist: @kittyandmulder Date: 01 Jul 2019 Chapters: 5/5 (38981 words)  Fandom: Captain America (Movies) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers Characters: Clint Barton, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Sam Wilson (Marvel), Sarah Rogers Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern Setting, Amputee Bucky Barnes, Pre-Serum Steve Rogers, but like if he had modern medical care and good food, and went to the gym a lot, Meta, Mentions of Cancer, Canonical Character Death, Grief/Mourning, Explicit Sexual Content, Getting Together, Inspired by Fanart, Embedded Images, way less heavy than these tags make it sound Summary:

Bucky flips to the next page, and the world around him grinds to a halt as his brain struggles to process what he's seeing. The noise of the train fades and static fills the inside of his head as he looks down at the sketches of the metal-armed guy without the mask. It's—that's him. It's Bucky's own goddamn face staring back at him from this stranger's sketchbook.

"What the fuck."

  (Or, as I like to refer to it: two absolute disasters figure out how to use their words and touch mouth parts.)

Written for the 2019 Captain America Reverse Big Bang

Bookmarker's Notes:

Two broken people find each other, recovering is not easy but it's possible. Really nice echos with canon via comics art as part of the bang

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Exes To Lovers Masterlist

all i'll never know is if you want me (ao3) - ilovethatforme mj/peter T, 7k

Summary: She locks her phone, sitting up on the couch as she frowns at him. It’s not her angry frown, it’s her disappointed frown. The one she always gives him. She gets off the couch, walking to her room and his chest aches as he realises he won’t hear her voice again today unless she calls someone from her room.

But she turns to look at him before she enters her room and he allows himself to hope. It’s foolish really.

“Don’t fucking talk to me.”

OR

Roommates after nwh

'cause I've got the love (ao3) - plutosrose steve/bucky E, 11k

Summary: Three months after breaking up with him to pursue his photography career, Bucky shows up on Steve's doorstep with an unexpected announcement - he thinks he's pregnant.

Come Loose Your Dogs Upon Me (ao3) - powerfulowl (StuckyFlangst) steve/bucky E, 57k

Summary: Steve’s gaze ran up and down across Bucky’s naked skin. Every time, no matter how many hundreds, maybe even thousands by now, times Steve had looked at Bucky naked, Bucky felt bashful and exposed. No one else had ever looked at him like Steve did, so slowly and deliberately, savoring every part of Bucky even though he’d tasted them so many times before.

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Bucky and Steve have been together for years - married in the Fall of 2011. Steve is sick a lot and Bucky works hard to support them both, spending weeks away from home, always coming back to Steve. But when Steve gets the opportunity to receive a new treatment, it will change everything - not just his body, but their relationship and the life they have together.

Exes and Doughs (ao3) - maximoffs steve/bucky T, 11k

Summary: Captain America could have decided to walk into any donut shop on that Tuesday afternoon, but he had to walk into Bucky’s. “Your life isn’t Casablanca,” Bucky said to himself, out loud, counting out the drawer in the back.

OR (to the tune of Taylor Swift's "You Belong With Me"): He's a donut-maker and Steve's on the Avengers ♬ OR: Bucky Barnes, ex-assassin-turned-donut-chef, gets a visit from his ex-boyfriend-turned-protector-of-the-People, Captain America.

For the Summer (ao3) - CoraRochester, fadefilter, steebadore steve/bucky E, 44k

Summary: Fifteen years ago, Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes had been two teenagers in love, spending sweltering summers in Eagle Inlet, Steve's sleepy lakeside hometown way up in the Adirondacks. Sure, Bucky's rich family only came up in summertime, but they were off to college soon and they'd be together forever, right?

Not quite.

These days, Bucky's back in town for the summer and it turns out, some hurts—and firsts—are hard to get over.

... There was something venomous and fiery chasing itself through Steve’s veins, choking the life out of his common sense. He put a hand on Bucky’s waist, small and tight, shifting with Bucky’s quick breathing and he squeezed, trying to ground himself. It didn’t work. There was hardly any space left between them. Bucky’s hair brushed the tip of his nose. It was citrus and sweat and like a gut punch of memory. “We could see if I’m any better now,” Steve said. “I’ve had a little more practice since then.”

(if only in my dreams) (ao3) - jehans steve/bucky, natasha/sam E, 45k

Summary: Bucky’s eyes fall on a DM from a Twitter user that hasn’t ever interacted with his highly secret ‘model account’ — where, under the pseudonym ‘Winter,’ he teases and sells artistic photos of himself from the mouth down, in very naked and compromising positions — but one that he knows instantly. One that he knows well.

User @art_mad91. The dorkiest username in the world. A personal twitter account, with no real name attached to it, belonging to one Steven Grant Rogers.

Steve, Bucky’s best friend in the entire world, and the secret love of his life since they lost their virginities to each other when he was seventeen, just DMed Bucky on his porn account.

Shit.

i still miss someone (ao3) - powerfulowl (StuckyFlangst) steve/bucky E, 27k

Summary: Bucky Barnes left Steve Rogers at the altar on their wedding day. Years later he appears back in Steve's life, almost dead, in a hospital bed. A story of two broken hearts.

knew we'd be alright (ao3) - burning_brighter steve/bucky E, 82k

Summary: In 2012, Steve is a man out of time, trying to battle his demons and build a life in a new century when he meets Bucky, an FDNY Lieutenant helping with cleanup and rescue after the Battle of New York.

In 2014, Bucky is a fire Captain, trying to get his life back on track after a rough break up with his super soldier boyfriend.


Going back and forth between past and present, see how they fall in love, how their relationship falls apart and how it inevitably falls back into place.

Mr. Right and Mr. Right Now (ao3) - iam93percentstardust steve/tony E, 50k

Summary: Radio host Steve Rogers knows it's a bad idea to keep falling into bed with his co-host. He can list the reasons with his eyes closed: they work together, they already tried dating, their breakup had been so explosive they hadn't spoken or even seen each other in ten years despite working in a relatively small field - there are a million of them. But he can't seem to stop himself, and since Tony can't seem to stop either, surely it can't be that bad of an idea, right? It's just sex. It doesn't matter that he wants to stay, that Tony wants him to stay too. But when the owner of the station announces big changes coming to their show, Steve is forced to confront his lingering feelings for Tony - and whether he's waited too long to confront them.

Some Things Should Never Change (ao3) - spideysmjs mj/peter E, 20k

Summary: "She’d watch him love and protect the city for so long, right before her eyes and from hundreds of miles away. The city is Spider-Man’s responsibility, Spider-Man is Peter Parker, and Peter Parker is her responsibility."

Michelle Jones' life with Peter Parker through the years – she finds herself, loses herself, and finds herself along the way.

Space Oddity (ao3) - crinklefries, cyclamental art (cyclamental), nalonzoo steve/bucky M, 147k

Summary: After the world ends, things happen to Bucky in this specific order: he helps defeat Thanos, he rejects Steve’s attempt to address Feelings, he watches Steve volunteer to put the Infinity Stones back in time, he waits for Steve to come back, he is sad when Steve does not come back, he realizes that everyone thinks Steve disappeared in 2012 (???), he gets taken to space by Carol Danvers (!!!), he meets up with a depressed literal alien Norse God, he and the depressed literal alien Norse God travel through space, he and the depressed literal alien Norse God hit a wormhole and fall into the--Multiverse.

What the fuck.

This is the story of how Bucky and Thor pick up the pieces of their lives, find their own worth, find their own person, and find their way out of a multiverse of 100 realities stitched together with 100 tropes. There’s love, there’s friendship, there’s an extreme amount of Tesseract fuckery, but most importantly there are sexy vampires. Bon Appetit.

Stay Inside My Heart and Live Inside My Memory (ao3) - deadto27 steve/bucky M, 47k

Summary: The thing is, Bucky Barnes would have waited forever for Steve Rogers. He thinks he could have handled it. If only Steve had just compromised a little. But the thing is, he never did. And Bucky has to finally be strong, because they can't keep going like this. He can't. So he leaves. And now he's just left with memories.

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Steve clenches his jaw and goes for the box, unfolding the top flaps to see what’s inside. And what’s inside is…well, it somehow feels like all the oxygen leaves the room as he sees what’s inside. Because it’s his things and clothes and trinkets and memories. Things he left at Bucky’s place. Things he gave Bucky. Things Bucky treasured. Shoved into a box haphazardly.

Steve swallows as he stares at the items in the box, because suddenly this all makes sense and it’s the kind of sense that makes Steve feel a little like he’s dying. “D-did he say anything else?” he asks, voice cracking. “Bucky?” he clarifies. “When he was here?”

“Yes, Captain,” Friday answers. “He said to say goodbye.”

The only heaven I'll be sent to is when I'm alone with you (ao3) - Thorkyriebabes mj/peter E, 3k

Summary: When MJ comes careening back into his life a year after their post-highschool breakup, it’s easy to fall back into love (and bed) with her. It’s significantly harder to figure out the pattern of the mysterious murders that start popping up in the following months.

today must be my lucky day (baby, you are the prototype) (ao3) - tvfanatic97 mj/peter E, 10k

Summary: Or: A decade after breaking up, MJ is reunited with her ex when she finds him bleeding out in a dumpster, re-awakening dormant feelings.

when the chips are down (ao3) - brideofquiet steve/bucky E, 52k

Summary: “Steve, Christ, it’s just a small thing, okay? You don’t need to worry about me.”

“What if you end up back in prison?”

“I’m not gonna—”

“Well, how do you know that? Just tell me, or I’m gonna think you’re in with the fucking mafia or something.”

“Jesus, it’s not the mafia.”

“Gang. Drug cartel.”

“Oh, lay off! I’m fine, Steve, I’m not in a gang and I’m not going to end up in prison again. Please just calm down.”

“How do you know?”

Bucky exhales violently. His voice comes strained and halting through the phone. “Because—because I’m working for the guy who put me there last time.”

[cricketsong1985]

Controlled Release [podfic]

podfic of steebadore’s hilarious Stucky fic ‘Controlled Release’ is now complete (approx 2h10min), and I am super stoked that quietnight was kind enough to make some excellent cover art to go with it as well. Listen HERE on A03

Summary: Bucky's just having a little trouble...finishing. Completing the mission. He can squeeze the trigger but he can't make the shot is what he's saying Which is why he's here, loitering outside a nice brownstone in Park Slope, trying to find the courage to knock on Captain Come Control dot com's door for his three o'clock appointment. You know, just normal Thursday things.

LISTEN on A03

[mitsususu]

I tried to go and leave you behind, what did I find? I took a trip on a train and I thought about you. If these two break up, they’ll get back together eventually. Below are my Top 5 Favorite stories:

“Come Home to Roost” (M, 4k) by Nejinee

Seeing your ex at a party is bound to be awkward. Seeing your ex, whom you're still deeply, desperately in love with, at a party, is a whole other level of awkward.

+ Modern AU. Two years after they break up, Bucky gets high and waxes rhapsodic about Steve’s dick to anyone that’ll listen. 

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“Runaways” (T, 4k) by crinklefries

He is inconsolably, terribly, horribly hung up over his ex.

It doesn’t help that his ex is his co-worker.

It doesn’t help that his ex is Captain Fucking America.

+ Shrunkyclunks. Shield Agent Bucky runs into his exes at a midnight grocery run. Hilarious, with an assist from the bodega man

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“Keep it together” (T, 4k) by Nejinee

"Is this the Bucky who stomped all over your precious star-spangled heart and left it for dead by the side of the highway?”

What do you do when your (clearly traitorous) friend invites your ex to dinner? You fake it, that's what. You pretend to totally have your shit together. You pretend to not stare, to not notice how your ex hasn't gotten decrepit and gross with age. No, you instead focus on how mature and cool you are now without them. You also realize you haven't gotten over them, not even a little and that seeing Bucky Barnes again is probably the sickest joke the universe has ever played on you. Your life, Steve Rogers, is a shitshow.

+ Modern AU. Another one by Nejinee!! A double date with Sam and Nat goes off track. Protective friends, fancy food, alley sex, and getting back together.

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“For the Summer” (E, 44k) by CoraRochester, fadefilter, steebadore

Fifteen years ago, Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes had been two teenagers in love, spending sweltering summers in Eagle Inlet, Steve's sleepy lakeside hometown way up in the Adirondacks. Sure, Bucky's rich family only came up in summertime, but they were off to college soon and they'd be together forever, right?

Not quite.

These days, Bucky's back in town for the summer and it turns out, some hurts—and firsts—are hard to get over.

...

There was something venomous and fiery chasing itself through Steve’s veins, choking the life out of his common sense. He put a hand on Bucky’s waist, small and tight, shifting with Bucky’s quick breathing and he squeezed, trying to ground himself. It didn’t work.

There was hardly any space left between them. Bucky’s hair brushed the tip of his nose. It was citrus and sweat and like a gut punch of memory. “We could see if I’m any better now,” Steve said. “I’ve had a little more practice since then.”

+ Modern AU. Bucky is on track to take over the family business when he runs into his ex from 15 years ago. Steve and Bucky still yearn for each other and want to make it work this time around.

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“Exes and Doughs” (T, 11k) by maximoffs

Captain America could have decided to walk into any donut shop on that Tuesday afternoon, but he had to walk into Bucky’s. 

“Your life isn’t Casablanca,” Bucky said to himself, out loud, counting out the drawer in the back.

OR (to the tune of Taylor Swift's "You Belong With Me"): He's a donut-maker and Steve's on the Avengers ♬

OR: Bucky Barnes, ex-assassin-turned-donut-chef, gets a visit from his ex-boyfriend-turned-protector-of-the-People, Captain America.

+ Canon divergence. Childhood lovers before the war, but Shield took Steve and the CIA took Bucky and used them in and out of cryo. Steve still loves him even after they went their separate ways. 

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+ More Exes to Lovers in the High School Reunions, Apocalypse, Fake Dating, and Doctors lists

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steebadore replied to your post “for your meme: queer”

Chad, consider: Ezra Miller twinking up bucky barnes, original flavor

oh my FUCKING god. 2018 Captain America film, Bucky Barnes is played by Ezra Miller, Peggy Carter is jennifer lawrence. Steve Rogers is Owen Wilson

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I am spoiled for choice. I can’t decide between ASMR Steve or Nearness of You (!!!!!! Sequel!!!)

ASMR Steve snippet:

“I need you to find someone for me.”

“Is this a Hydra thing? I thought you’d cleared the ranks pretty thoroughly during your whole world vengeance tour. I reviewed the intel when we were still trying to find you, and there was a lot of satellite footage of various smoking craters.”

“Someone else. A man.”

“Okay, so who is he?”

Bucky stalled for time. “He’s on YouTube.”

Tony clapped his hands together in front of his chest like he was praying, but the light in his eyes was decidedly unholy. "Please tell me this is a cam boy you've fallen madly in love and/or lust with. It would make my entire year, please, you owe me this."

"I don't owe you shit," Bucky retorted.

"Come on, every other Avenger has had at least one torrid sex scandal since coming aboard, even Bruce got caught with his shirt off in Betty Ross’s lab, it's one of our most reliable team bonding experiences. But you!" Tony stabbed an accusing finger in his direction. A part of Bucky's brain automatically calculated the angle of force that would be required to grab his finger and use it to pin Tony against the nearest wall, but even he recognized that would be an overreaction to the current threat level. "You're like a monk, and you're making all the rest of us look bad. Make me the happiest man on earth and admit this is some kind of tawdry sex thing."

And Nearness of You chapter 3 (the one that’s done but has an emotional cliffhanger so I’m holding it back until there’s an actual resolution) snippet:

When Bucky wakes up, Steve isn't there.

There's an instant of fear, automatic and inescapable, before Bucky can tamp it down. Sometimes he wakes up without Steve. Sometimes Steve is in the kitchen, or the shower, or on a run with Sam Wilson. If Steve isn't in the blanket fort, it doesn't mean that he's in danger. It doesn't mean Bucky's alone.

Bucky rolls off the pile of cushions he slept on. He crawls through the entrance and into Steve’s bedroom. Steve and Bucky had moved the blankets and pillows and sheets into Steve’s room a few days after Sam Wilson visited for the first time. Bucky likes sleeping in Steve’s room. He likes it better when he wakes up with Steve next to him, face creased with blanket lines and nose whistling just a little, but even when Steve isn’t there the room smells like home and safety.

Steve used to snore, Bucky remembers; rattling snores when he was sick and congested, wheezing snores when his asthma was acting up. Bucky had spent long hours listening to Steve breathe, getting his worrying done in the dead of the night when Steve wouldn’t see or smell him doing it.

[stfustucky]

Here, have some bomb-ass Stucky fanfiction

I’ve been reading tons of fic the last few weeks in all the haze and craze of IW, and have come across some real gems. Time to make a rec post and share the love with all of you! Enjoy xx

Note: SOME FICS CONTAIN IW SPOILERS, so check the tags before you read! This post will be spoiler free.

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Grab Your Things (I’ve Come to Take You Home) by belovedmuerto 22,310 words, complete Explicit, no archive warnings apply ----->  Steve getting hit with some sparkly purple sh*t during a battle and left with all of his old ailments gives Bucky the opportunity to do something he's been meaning to do for ages.

the way your face could light the bitter dark by Lizzen 2,760 words, complete Mature, author chose not to use archive warnings -----> Steve finds Bucky a year after the end of Infinity War. Fix-it fic ***CONTAINTS IW SPOILERS***

the cold never bothered me anyway by icoulddothisallday 75,562 words, complete Explicit, no archive warnings apply -----> Bucky Barnes has spent his whole life in a state of mild hypothermia. Steve Rogers has spent the last 70 years in the ice. The two things aren’t related until, suddenly, they are. Shrunkyclunks soulmate AU Author’s tumblr: @icoulddothisallday

So Alive by GottaSaveBucky 108,976 words, complete Explicit, -----> Steve is a comic book artist and creator of the character Captain America and only visits this bookstore because of the superior baked goods, honestly, not the gorgeous manager. Bucky designs the comic book displays in his little shop and tells everyone he meets about his favorite author, Steven G. Rogers.

The City in Which I Love You by magdaliny 5,209 words, complete Explicit, no archive warnings apply -----> Steve and Bucky raise baby goats together in Mongolia and everything is rainbows and sunshine and peace. Author’s tumblr: @magdaliny

Moosebumps by rohkeutta 4,207 words, complete Teen, no archive warnings apply ----->Steve and Bucky are road cyclists who don’t know each other until Bucky crashes into a moose and Steve has to go to his rescue. Author’s tumblr: @rohkeutta

Just Dropkick the Shame by MissyPJ, Rohkeutta 7,909 words, complete Explicit, no archive warnings apply ----->Bucky has a kind-of sort-of thing with his boss Steve Rogers, and also drunk-tweets about Captain America’s daddy level sometimes. Turns out those two hobbies may be more related than he thinks. Author’s tumblr: @rohkeutta

M is for Murder by Rohkeutta 4,196 words, complete Mature, no archive warnings apply ----->Bucky’s having a hard time paying rent and turns to tumblr for help. I’m pretty low on funds and need to make ends meet this month. I’m taking commissions for hits in the New York City area. Will Not Kill: Captain America or other Avengers. Will partially refund payment if target turns out to be HYDRA. Will not go to Jersey. No dismemberment or killing children. Message for negotiations and payment details. Author’s tumblr: @rohkeutta

Collateral by Aylwyyn228 13,384 words, complete Explicit, author chose not to use archive warnings -----> Thanks to Hydra’s mindfuckery, Bucky can’t be penetrated without a lot of pain and yet can’t achieve orgasm without getting fucked. He’s really trying to figure this shit out, though, preferably without breaking Steve’s heart in the process.

Darling Wolf by cleo4u2, xantissa 15,605 words, complete Explicit, no archive warnings apply -----> When Bucky put on the mask and browsed the clubs, he just wanted to find Steve. All he wanted to was to let go, to finally relax. He didn’t expect to find so many disappointing doms. All but one. The one he’d been looking for. The one he was afraid would find him. Authors’ tumblrs: @cleo4u2, @xantissa

Controlled Release by steebadore 9,073 words, complete Explicit, no archive warnings apply -----> Bucky's just having a little trouble...finishing. Completing the mission. He can squeeze the trigger but he can't make the shot is what he's saying. Which is why he's here, loitering outside a nice brownstone in Park Slope, trying to find the courage to knock on Captain Come Control dot com's door for his three o'clock appointment. You know, just normal Thursday things. Author’s tumblr: @steebadore

Mokusatsu by Shadesfalcon 125,492 words, complete Explicit, author chose not to use archive warnings -----> Clint Barton has been strung along from abusive relationship to abusive relationship all his life. Now, being trapped in a bureaucratically mandated relationship with not one but two doms is going to be difficult and dangerous. Especially since these two doms are both members of the Avengers themselves. He hopes that whenever he disappoints them, they’ll have at least a little pity on him, even though he knows he won’t deserve it. ***PLEASE READ TAGS CAREFULLY, CONTAINS VIOLENCE AND PAST ABUSE but it’s so so good. just like, be careful if you’re triggered by such things, okay?*** Author’s tumblr: @polyamoryavengers 

The Changes we dread (are the changes we need) by araydre, sapphire_escapist 32,370 words, 3/12 chapters as of 5.7.18 Mature, no archive warnings apply ----->  In a world where superhero IDs are still secret, Bucky Barnes and Steve Rogers are both Captains America, and Bucky has had enough of SHIELD controlling their life since they woke up from a 70-year-old nap under the ice. So they do the only sensible thing to do and start auditioning to find the "third" Cap... which goes exactly as well as you'd imagine. Author’s tumblr: @cpt-winniethepooh

Carpe Noctem by GoldBlooded 68,169 words, 22/27 chapters as of 5.7.18 Explicit, creator chose not to use archive warnings -----> When the world’s power grid is shut down thanks to a terrorist organization, the world is plunged into an apocalyptic return to violent, domineering alphas and omegas who have to fear for their lives. Alpha!Bucky and Omega!Steve wind up on the run together hiding out in a bunker in the middle of nowhere, finding connection with each other in the midst of the world falling apart. Author’s tumblr: @duelingnebulas

How to Draw Fallen Angels by BetteNoire (WeAreWolves) 17,627 words, 4/? chapters as of 5.7.18 Explicit, no archive warnings apply ----->  Steve Rogers, smol angry artist, helps out a guy having a panic attack in a museum café. No good deed, as they say, goes unpunished.

[film-in-my-soul]

Warmth in Winter | 1,304 | theladyingrey42 / @thefangirlingrey

Summary: Steve always put up the token protest, but they ended up this way as often as not in the winter, sharing covers and space and heat and not freezing to death. If anyone were to walk in, it would seem reasonable, even. It was the best.

The Clothes Make The Man | 1,410 | KiiKitsune

Summary: Steve is wearing Bucky's shirt.

Not the Needle, Nor the Thread | 2,017 | steebadore / @steebadore

Summary: Bucky wakes to a noise. No, Bucky wakes to the noise. It's not the hoarse shout of nightmares born of battlefields and blood that so often tear them both from sleep. No, this is smaller. Bitten off. Choked back. A furtive, strangled keen, nearly silent but pitched at a frequency that would raise Bucky from the dead.

Sparklers for Candles | 2,296 | zetsubonna / @zetsubonna

Summary: ANONYMOUS ASKED: for lil steve's twenty-first birthday he wants to tie bucky's hands behind his back and ride him. bucky thinks this is the best thing ever. (bonus points for makeshift bondage with a shirt or something) *is so anon*

The Daily Grind | 2,521 | notlucy / @notlucy

Summary: In a perfect world, the need to rut and an omega in heat would line up every time. Bucky's world is rarely perfect. Steve puts up with him regardless.

Please see below for more recommendations!

i know you (i fucked with you once upon a dream) | 3,081 | obsessivereader / @yetanotherobsessivereader

Summary: Steve wakes to the feeling of a hot, heavy body pressing him into the mattress. Hands slide up under his shirt; one warm and callused, the other smooth and cool. “Hey now, Stevie. Why’d you go and put all your clothes back on? I just got them off.” Oh no. He’s dreaming of Bucky again. Of course it’s a dream. Why else would he be in Bucky’s bed. Bucky’s bed… Something about that detail niggles at him— “Let’s lose the shirt, hmm?” Bucky skims his hands under the hem of Steve’s shirt, sliding them slowly up. “Come on, baby. Up.” Baby? Steve stares at Bucky in surprise. That’s a new one. Dream-Bucky is usually pretty quiet. Not that Steve minds the endearment. He’ll cop to being more than a little jealous whenever Bucky had called his dates ‘sugar’ or ‘sweetheart’.

For a Man That's So True | 3,666 | zetsubonna / @zetsubonna

Summary: Bucky decides he's in the mood to give Steve a good working over. Steve overheats.

Deep as a secret nobody knows | 4,286 | This Girl Is (non_sequential) / @this-girl-is

Summary: To be fair, Steve is moderately drunk the first time. Not smashed, but drunk enough to make Tony and Clint’s ideas sound brilliant and hilarious.

blood orange | 4,532 | brideofquiet / @bride-ofquiet

Summary: It’s a game, always. Chase me, take me, remind me I’m yours.

It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year | 5,186 | attackofthezee (noxlunate) / @attackofthezee

Summary: “You should come over for a drink.” Christmas Stealing Hot Neighbor says instead of answering Steve’s very valid question. “I really don’t think I should. Sounds like fraternizing with the enemy.” Steve says, even as he’s abandoning his tree and moving towards the gate. “Look at is as a know thy enemy thing instead,” Christmas Stealing Hot Neighbor says before flashing Steve a smile and oh, oh no, Steve is screwed.

Happy Little Accidents | 5,291 | seapigeon

Summary: Steve Rogers is on a mission to get dicked down after a shitty week at work. Bucky Barnes tries not to think like the Soldier anymore, but this is one time he's more than happy to be a mission assist.

What if? | 5,905 | Stevieschrodinger / @stevieschrodinger

Summary: November 1943 “Sergeant Barnes?” Bucky’s groggy, mouth cottony dry and head just as confused. He’d swat at the vision swimming before him if he wasn’t strapped to the damn table, “who’r you?” He’s got to be dreaming, or hallucinating, because the dame doesn’t even bother with the buckles, just rips the straps clean off the table instead, “we have a mutual friend, and, luckily for you it seems, he made me promise to come find you once I got out here.”

Led To Sea | 5,969 | littleblackfox / @thelittleblackfox

Summary: Bucky snatches up a loose stone and throws it at his prey. It strikes the book, bouncing off the pages and landing in the prey’s lap. He finally looks up, heavy brows furrowed over bright blue eyes. Bucky throws another stone, which catches him on the shoulder. “Hey, ya little punk!” Bucky yells, his voice a harsh rasp. Oh. Fuck.

A Handful | 6,763 | Ellessey

Summary: "What do you think I'm doing?" Steve says with a little smile that's just a hair too soft to be a smirk. "Makin' me nervous as hell." "I just told you I need you, Bucky, how much more clear can I be?" "Say you want me," Bucky says without stopping to think it through. And then he says it again, because Steve's biting his lip and holding Bucky's waist so tight, and this is as close to the deep down marrow of the truth as it gets. "Say you want me, like I want you."

Americas Favorite Pastime isn't Baseball | 6,900 | 74days

Summary: Steve takes off on a road trip after the events on the Helicarrier - disillusioned with S.H.I.E.L.D and needing to get away. He suspects he is being followed, but when he wakes up with the Winter Soldier in his room, things go a little differently than he expected.

The Shadow Realms | 7,094 | Claudia_flies / @claudia-flies

Summary: As soon as he enters the cave the soldier feels it, the wrongness in the air. Like the world shifted just enough to unnerve. The others seem to feel it too. Rumlow and Rollings and the other agents fidgeting, clutching their weapons convulsively. Disorderly and undisciplined.

Nine Lifetimes | 7,853 | otter

Summary: So maybe trying to please his accidental cat and impress his hot neighbor aren't the best reasons for Bucky Barnes to get his shit together. The end result's the same, right?

Babydoll | 7,901 | thistels

Summary: Bucky comes home early from work and finds Steve wearing a dress. I think you know what happens next.

Ain't Quite Pretty Woman | 8,062 | orphan_account

Summary: There was a thick wad of cash on the stand beside the door, the clock was ticking closer and closer to nine, and Bucky was already regretting this decision. He fell onto the sofa, the tense feeling of anxiety twisting and clenching in his gut. It pulled him forward, pulled his hands to grip into his hair and dragged a low groan from his throat. What the hell had made him think this would be a good idea?

Locked Doors | 8,128 | 74days

Summary: Steve Rogers wakes up to find his best pal Bucky missing and a fella that looks just like him in his place. It seems that something weird is going on, and this new Bucky has a plan of his own...

magical milk | 8,652 | wearing_tearing / @wearing-tearing

Summary: “What the fuck?” Steve curls into himself, hands coming up to clutch at his chest, feeling wet and hot and sticky. “Woah,” Bucky gasps, eyes round as he stares down at his fingers. “Is this… Is this milk?”

practice my maintenance (as hard as you can) | 8,665 | notlucy / @notlucy

Summary: Bucky's nearly thirty and has never been spanked. For most people, this wouldn't be a pressing concern. Bucky is not most people.

Good Talk | 8,805 | seapigeon

Summary: When Steve created a secret side business to sell his art, he probably should have anticipated that one day, someone would commission him to draw Captain America. Naturally, he accepts.

Friday I'm in Love | 8,961 | betts / @bettsfic

Summary: barefootbucky: heyyy! sorry it took me so long to reply. hope you got the last few postcards i sent. ok so i’m in istanbul now and there’s a dirt cheap direct flight to dc. thinkin about stopping by for a bit. mind if i crash with you? the road is great and all but i think i need some time to recoup.

A Dream to Keep You Smiling | 9,078 | zetsubonna / @zetsubonna

Summary: Originally requested by tumblr user je-ne-suis-pas-mignon; the working title of this was "Experiments in Buckyvoice," as it was an exercise in polishing the way I write pre-war Bucky. Major thanks to bluandorange for character-verification.

The Perfect Man | 9,251 | Ellessey

Summary: "I'm Steve, by the way." Steve. That's cute. Steve's really fucking cute, and he's falling into step beside Bucky on the way to his apartment. "Bucky," Bucky remembers to say after a noticeable pause. "Huh. And you didn't go with FuckyBucky for your handle?" "I really don't even want to talk about my handle," Bucky admits, and when Steve laughs it's loud and it makes his nose crinkle up. Bucky can barely believe this is happening.

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[westiec]

14 & 15

14. What’s your coffee order?With cream & sugar if it’s drip, or a cappuccino if I’m somewhere nice

15. What’s a question you get asked constantly?“Oh my gosh, how tall are you? Did you play basketball?” (6'0" and yes)

Thanks for askin!

[cricketsong1985]

new podfic!

steebadore’s fantastic Stucky fic ‘Controlled Release’ is now a podfic! I’ve recorded chapter 1 of 3, and the rest will be following very soon. 

Summary:  Bucky's just having a little trouble...finishing. Completing the mission. He can squeeze the trigger but he can't make the shot is what he's saying. Which is why he's here, loitering outside a nice brownstone in Park Slope, trying to find the courage to knock on Captain Come Control dot com's door for his three o'clock appointment. You know, just normal Thursday things.

Check it out here. Feedback is most welcome!

[girlbookwrm]

“holy shit a year ago next week.” I never considered how in-advance your writing is from publication. I gotta know how does it feel watching people read, for the first time, words that you are so long-term, intimately familiar with?

[thedamageofherdays]

This week's (16-08-2021 - 22-08-2021) reading log is here. This week's reading log is super duper long and filled with lots of good things (my apologies for the long post, I really could not find a good spot to do a read more). I discovered some new favourites and re-read some old favourites and while I had an intense week personally at least the fics I read were absolutely phenomenal. I do recommend checking out the warnings as some fics are a bit heavier/angstier and you might wanna be prepared. Most of these fics are Stucky but there are a couple of other ships in between.

If you are looking for more fun and/or good things make sure to check out the @marveldisabilitycelebration as well to see all the awesome art, fics, meta, etcetera people created! And while I am mentioning events I am a mod for let me also just quickly mention that sign-ups for the @stuckygiftexchange are still open until the end of the month <3

Favourites are marked with a 🌻 Fics that are only available to AO3 users are marked with a 🔒 and Tumblr fics are marked with a 🍀

🌻 The Bends by dreamsinthewitchouse @dreamsinthewitchouse [Danbeau, side Stucky, 2k words, Teen]

Memory is not a house you can just walk back into after finding the key you thought you’d lost. It’s a thing you wade into and out of, rewriting it as it rewrites you.

It’s not without its rewards, either - recovering a memory about Maria and Monica, about her life, feels better than socking a thousand bad guys in the face, better than all the photon blasts in the world.

Then again, realising there’s still memories she can’t access, even after all this time, feels like drowning in space.

Not the one out there - the one inside her.

🌻 Sweet & Salty by musette22 @musette22 [Stucky, 3k words, Teen]

Idiots in love. That's it. That's the fic.

When life gives you lemons by moonythejedi394 @moonythejedi394 [Stucky, 34k words, Explicit] (11/15 chapters)

Or 13 Terrible Things to Do With Lemons Other Than Making Lemonade

Steve Rogers is a home health nurse. He works for an agency, which assigned him to the aging Winifred Barnes, the one and only Silent Era Hollywood darling. As her needs increased, she requested the agency assign Steve to her full-time. She could pay for it, so she got it. Steve then moved in with her, becoming her caregiver; he cooked, he cleaned, he managed her medications, he made sure she was comfortable.

Winifred's children treated him less than ideally. He was the help, after all. And then Steve had the audacity to go and turn out to be eldest son James Barnes's soulmate. No one saw that coming.

🍀 SamRhodey Tumblr Fic by ipoiledi [SamRhodey, ? words, Teen?]

“Wilson, this is Rhodey; Rhodey, Wilson,” Tony Stark says, and suddenly some six foot tall sexy guy is shoved right in front of Sam, and they both stumble a little, bumping into each other. This is a crowded party. “You guys have things in common, right?” Stark asks. “Uh, Army stuff. Talk about that. I hate wallflowers; stop wallflowering and talk to each other.”

Shorteralls by moonythejedi394 [Stucky, 6k words, Explicit]

The first time Bucky ever saw Steve Rogers, he was struck by how Neanderthal-like his response was. It was immediately followed by a bout of mental scolding. The second time was just about the same. The third time, it was actually appropriate for Bucky to start a conversation with him, at which point he was determined to be the gentleman.

No such luck. Steve Rogers is, always has been and always will be, a relentless flirt. These days, Bucky's Neanderthal-ist feelings about Steve are consensual and highly appreciated. More so now that they're having a baby.

what the fuck are perfect places anyway by tigerlilycorinne [Stucky, 6k words, Teen]

Steve clears his throat and stands. “Well, I should head in. I might want to begin packing.”

Bucky stills. “You won’t,” he says, trying to sound commanding. It only comes out uncertain. “Don’t.”

Steve shakes his head. “Maybe not tonight,” he says, and Bucky knows they’ll be discussing this again soon.

“Then stay. Play… play cards with me or something.”

Steve’s eyebrows jump up, his mouth tugging up in another of his bemused smiles that do things to Bucky’s insides, but he drops his hand from the doorway and steps back into Bucky’s room. Somehow, Bucky feels as if he’s won—not the war, just the battle.

Steve won’t stay forever. But he’ll stay for cards.

Steve and Bucky, on the run after Civil War (with a few alterations to canon), are laying low in Wakanda. But they can’t stay there forever.

🌻 honestly thought i’d be dead by now, but what you can trust is that i need your touch by moonythejedi394 [Stucky, 105k words, Explicit]

Bucky is 37 years old; he’s unmarried, hasn’t had a Sub of his own, is definitely not ripped, comfortable at his job as an Advanced Practice RN at Brooklyn General ER, and just got his Five Years coin from AA.

Steve is 26 years old; he’s unmarried, his last and only Dom has Alzheimer's, he's worryingly muscular, uncomfortable in his job as the government’s poster Alpha for masculinity and strength, and worries more than he should about his BMI.

Unfortunately, Steve and Bucky meet initially in a not-cute moment. Bucky’s tired as shit thanks to the sudden alien invasion that shook New York and Steve is tired as shit because he hasn’t slept more than 20 minutes at a time in – well, since 1936, probably. Bucky’s Alpha instincts get irritated at the sudden presence of another "Alpha" into his territory and Steve’s suppressed submissive tendencies latch onto this grumpy bachelor Alpha and he only suppresses it further.

Bucky’s grumpiness and Steve’s duckling impressionism aside, both of them are a mess. But since both of them are a mess? Their messes seem to fit pretty well together.

Deep Sea Diving by Aida Ronan [Stucky, 5k words, Explicit]

Steve's wallowing in heat-related misery under a shade tree in Central Park when a man walks by in bright red booty shorts and a crop top. RIP Steve Rogers. It was nice knowing you.

honey, make this easy by steebadore [Stucky, 8k words, Explicit]

Bucky likes the way he looks. His silk button up with the tiny gold polka dots feels soft on his skin and is tailored perfectly; no pulling at his chest or belly. His hair falls in shiny dark waves and his skin is smooth and dewy. He looks expensive. He looks taken care of. He looks like Steve’s.

🌻 let's take it back to the start by howdoyousleep @howdoyousleep3 [Stucky, 6k words, Teen]

How it all began.

This sleepwalking through my life. by barthelme [Stucky, 1k words, Explicit]

The internet is an interesting place and when Bucky came home (or, when he came to live with Steve), Steve did a lot of research. Apparently, it’s not safe to wake a sleepwalker. He assumes that waking a sleepwalker with traumatic dreams and PTSD is beyond just being frowned upon.

And he tells himself--has told himself--that this is safer for Bucky. That if he were to stop him and wake him up, that Bucky would be mortified to be slurping on his best friend’s cock. That all of the improvements he’s made would be lost, would be repressed, would be just--

They’d be back at square one.

So he lets Bucky do it.

🌻 the way i've been craving by howdoyousleep [Stucky, 3k words, Explicit]

"Lunch break at 12:30. My office. Hope you’re hungry…"

It’s the ellipsis that sends Bucky’s insides swimming warmly, his heart beating twice as fast against his ribs where he sits in class. Senator Rogers is concise, direct, to the point. Without an ellipsis this is lunch, this is a meeting. With it though?

This is a booty call.

nasty but classy by howdoyousleep [Stucky, 4k words, Explicit]

“No, you don’t have to know the purpose, that doesn’t matter. Nat showed me this challenge where couples drink a lot of wine and get drunk together but they can’t touch each other. And whoever touches the other first has to...has to give the other head.”

🌻 Put It on Repeat, It Stays the Same by giselleslash [Stucky, 20k words, Explicit]

Steve and Bucky have a one night stand that turns into a friends with benefits situation. A weekend snowed in at Bucky’s apartment brings to light how much that really doesn’t suit either one of them.

Greetings to the New Brunette by victoria_p (musesfool) [Stucky, 10k words, General]

"You said he should have a hobby. That it would help."

"I meant, like, knitting or coin collecting. Motocross, if he was feeling antsy. A baby's not a hobby. It's lifetime commitment."

🌻 Rogers & Barnes: Partners by triedunture [Stucky, 10k words, Teen]

Steve and Bucky have to pose as a couple for a mission. Nat insists it really is the only option. She's checked.

The complication: unbeknownst to even Natasha, Steve and Bucky's friendship has been rocky ever since Bucky confessed his tender feelings and Steve left him out in the cold. Can asexual, completely-in-love-with-his-angry-best-friend Steve complete the mission and win Bucky's heart?

(The answer is yes. Yay!)

this will be our year (took a long time to come) by biblionerd07 [Stucky, 4k words, General]

Bucky's therapist is worried he's using Steve as a crutch and wants him to try going on outings without Steve. It wouldn't be terrible, honestly, if Bucky could just manage to open his mouth and say something to Steve.

I'll hold my breath by Little_Lottie (tfwatson) [Stucky, 8k words, Mature]

Sometimes Bucky’s hands flex in Steve's direction. Neither of them knows exactly why, but at least one of them has a hunch.

Bucky touches everything but Steve, even though Steve is all he really wants to touch.

Start from the Beginning by Mumble_Bee [Stucky, 13k words, Explicit]

What about a sex pollen fic where the pollen-ed one doesn’t remember getting hit in the face with a sex flower, and wakes up midway through the depollenating?

Or: the one where Steve wakes up on his back with a stranger buried balls-deep in his ass.

Match by emphasisonem [Stucky, 4k words, Mature]

The situation’s actually kind of funny from the right perspective, Bucky thinks as he reads the message for what feels like the hundredth time. He’s finally matched with a hot, funny guy. Tall and broad and clean cut. An absolutely breathtaking smile. Bucky’s walking wet dream. And he’s good. They haven’t messaged on the app, but Bucky already knows him.

He knows him because Steve Rogers is an art history professor at his university. His art history professor.

Best friends and married since childhood by StuckySituation [Stucky, 1k words, General]

Inspired by @/peterssquill's post in tumblr: "bucky and steve got married on the playground when they were like eight and though neither of them would ever admit it to anyone, even each other, they still consider it official"

~♥~ ♥~ ♥~

“Natasha, stop trying to set me up with every woman you meet, I’m-”

“Too shy? Too scared?”

“No, I’m-”

“Too busy? You’re mostly retired these days, not a good excuse anymore.” Natasha smirks and then drawls: “Or just too gay?”

Steve flushes at that, even if isn’t true -- he’s bisexual, not gay. “Let it go, Nat, I’m not looking for anything. I’m already married, for fuck’s sake.”

Clearly not what she expected. “What.”

Steve grimaces. He didn’t mean to tell anyone that, ever.

“Sorry, can’t talk about it right now!” he says and jumps out of the plane.

Nobody Should Be Alone on a Holiday by emphasisonem [Stucky, 2k words, Teen]

“So, um-” Bucky begins speaking again, pulling Steve from his less-than-work-appropriate thoughts. The brunet has shoved his hands into the pockets of his dark slacks, and he’s shifting from one foot to the other as he smiles shyly. “I have a question for you.”

“Shoot,” Steve grins, leaning back in his chair and crossing his arms over his broad chest. Bucky swallows deeply as one of his hands comes up to pull at the collar of his button-up, and Steve can’t help following the motion of his Adam’s apple.

“I was, uh-” Bucky continues- “That is, I heard you don’t have Thanksgiving plans?”

In which Bucky finds out that Steve's going to be alone on Thanksgiving and invites his coworker to spend the holiday with him.

🌻 It's Been A Long Season Through by thiccbuckybarnes @thiccbuckybarnesfic [Stucky, 49k words, Explicit]

Bucky Barnes is in desperate need of a change in scenery, which is why he makes the foolhardy decision to quit his job, leave his asshole of a fiance, pack up his life, and move to his grandfather’s old farm all within a single day.

He expects confusion, hardship, and maybe even failure. But love? He wasn’t expecting that.

--

Or, a Stucky Stardew Valley AU that nobody but me wanted and that’s ok.

oh, peach pit, where'd the hours go? by thiccbuckybarnes [Stucky, 10k words, Explicit]

Can't see the forest for the trees.

--

Or, Steve learns that just because he and Bucky got their happily ever after, it doesn’t mean the past won’t come back to bite them.

I'll find my way by rainbow_nerds [Stucky, 725 words, Teen]

Steve had watched Bucky fall, and nothing had been the same since.

AU-gust day 19: Daemons

special delivery by glim @glim [Stucky, 6k words, Teen]

It's not that Steve's bad at taking care of himself when he gets sick; he just wishes he didn't have to all the time.

At least he can order most of what he needs online. That's some small comfort, that he can have soup and ice cream and everything else brought to his door.

at first chance i'd take the bed warmed by the body by spacebuck @spacebuck [Stucky, 8k words, Explicit]

This close, Steve can see exactly how beautiful his hands are. He’s never really noticed before, or at least he’s never really had a reason to notice, but the man’s hands are large, tanned like he works outside all day. There’s an endearing callus on the heel of one of his palms, and Steve can’t quite work out when calluses became endearing.

Steve pauses the video. Swallows hard. Casts his eyes around for anything that’ll keep his mind off the hands on his screen, off the words inked into those hands, the delicate shape of a bird’s wing, the curling edge of a vine.

He looks down. The name of the channel is right there, blaring the man’s name right into Steve’s brain until it feels like he’s known it all along.

Bucky Barnes.

OR: the one where Bucky's a youtuber who solves puzzles on camera, and steve's smitten and horny

🌻 Rock On! by millesable @marvelousescapism [Clintasha, 700 words, General]

“Hey, Romanoff!”

He lifted his hand, index finger and pinky finger raised, thumb out, all other fingers tucked. Their secret sign; their confession for the world to see, safe in the knowledge that the world wasn’t listening.

“Rock on!”

🌻 You Like the Way I Look by dontcallmebree @iamthe-wo-manwhocan [Stucky, 2k words, Explicit]

Bucky sidles up to him, hand boldly coming to rest on his chest. “What about you, big guy? Care for a dance?” Steve watches Bucky’s eyes twinkle with satisfaction, somehow already knowing he’s got Steve on the hook.

A decade out of the ice, Steve Rogers returns to New York. Reeling from a battle against the Chitauri, a night with the troublesome Bucky Barnes might be just what he needs.

Join the Rebellion by rainbow_nerds [Stucky, 765 words, Teen]

Bucky knew he shouldn't be out after curfew, but he couldn't resist the urge. He didn’t know where he was going, but he knew it was where he wanted to be.

AU-gust day 20: Dystopia

🔒 Five Days in December by mywingsareonwheels @mywingsareonwheels [Evanstan, 4k words, Teen]

“Shit shit shit shit...” muttered Chris to himself, glad that the sound of piped Christmas carols was drowning out his swearing amid the picture books. Most of the store was heaving even though it was Sunday, he’d been recognised at least three times, finding presents for all of his nieces and nephews was proving far more of a headache than expected, and he’d just sent a pile of copies of "Strictly No Elephants" tumbling off the bookshelf.

He scrambled about trying to pick them all up, and then dropped them again as someone bumped right into his backside. He lost his balance, caught himself against a bookcase, and a landslide of "Carter Is a Painter’s Cat" joined "Strictly No Elephants" on the floor. He yelped.

“Ah fuck, I’m so sorry… Chris!”

* * * * * * * * * *

London, December 2021. Amid cats, books, and the cold English drizzle, Chris finds everything he was hoping for and thought he would never have.

* * * * * * * * * * * *

Reaching for Fire by dixons_mama @dixons-mama [Stucky, 7k words, Explicit]

Bucky has always felt a fire in his heart (and other body parts) when it came to his boss, Steve Rogers, but he's made sure to never feed those flames. When he finds out about Steve's second job, though, he's tempted to let that fire out.

i've been dreaming of a face like yours by thiccbuckybarnes [Stucky, 3k words, Explicit]

Bucky is about to busy himself with making a small dinner for himself when he stops in his tracks at the figure drinking a cup of coffee in the kitchen, leaning against the counter and smirking at him.

It’s Steve.

“Surprise, sweet boy,” he says before setting his cup down.

--

Or, PWP reunion sex

🌻 Somewhere, Under Your Skin by thiccbuckybarnes [Stucky, 16k words, Explicit]

Bucky Barnes treats himself to a one-night stand after having a very bad no good day.

The sex is good--great, even. Might be the best sex of his life.

But Bucky wouldn’t have slept with the guy if he had known that he was going to continuously run into him every day for the next fucking month.

--

Or, a Big Grump Bucky has a hot one night stand with a college kid who is popping up everywhere in his everyday life and he doesn’t know how to deal with it.

(Written for HYBB Bingo Square: Grumpy Bucky)

i've played heartstrings before but not in your key by thiccbuckybarnes [Stucky, 11k words, Explicit]

He glances down, seeing a folded couple of papers, before peering up at Bucky. The older man is biting his bottom lip, making it pretty and red. Steve wants to run his tongue across where his teeth are digging into his flesh.

"What's this?" Steve asks, setting his phone down, emails forgotten. Bucky shrugs and looks away.

"I dunno. You tell me, genius," he says, sounding bratty enough that it makes Steve's dick twitch in his pants. Jesus, there has to be something wrong with him.

Steve glances once more at Bucky, who now has his arms crossed against his chest and is pointedly not looking at Steve, before picking up the stack of folded papers. He opens them, seeing a collection of maybe five or six sheets of paper. His eyes immediately land on the list of familiar words with negative next to each one. -- Or, Steve Rogers is a jealous, possessive little shit that wants nothing more than to mark up his boyfriend and stake his claim. And Bucky knows it. (And he likes it.)

🌻 I'm Home (With You) by BonkyBornes @padfoot-and-the-marauders [Stucky, 2k words, General]

In any other circumstance, the apartment would've been perfect. But it was today, and the fact that he was here meant he wasn’t out searching. He knew they hadn’t had any leads for weeks and he knew Natasha was right; all three of them were exhausted and a break would do them good. It just felt wrong to Steve that he was comfortable while Bucky was still out there—somewhere. Probably cold. Probably hungry.

The knock came again. Sighing, Steve unwrapped his hand from the dog tags and remembered how to move. Cold wind and snow greeted him when he opened the door. The solitary figure was walking down the steps, collar popped against the chill.

“Did you need something?” he called.

The person stopped. They were still. And then they turned. *

Or, the Christmas Steve deserved after Winter Soldier.

The portrait by rainbow_nerds [Stucky, 915 words, General]

Steve Rogers has a Gift. He can help people find their soulmates, all he needs is some art supplies, a quiet place, and eye contact.

AU-gust day 21: soulmates

Maybe A Muse by buckybarnesdeservestobehappy [Stucky, 2k words, Mature]

When Bucky Barnes needs extra money, he’s appalled that his best friends think he should become a model for the art department on campus. Shy, nerdy, and socially awkward, he’s not sure that’s something he feels comfortable doing. Still, he needs money, and he likes the idea of becoming someone’s muse. The problem is he had no idea two things would happen. First, one of the students in the class is exactly his type; second, he has to model nude.

[westiec]

sufjan and bjorky lmao 😂

Crackship is where the ship itself is cracky like perhaps Tony/Loki or Jemma Simmons/Bruce Banner/Hulk

I don't know if I have any good FWB fics, but here's a lovely bit of canon-verse mutual pining for you: The Language of Joy

3, 5, 12 for fanfic asks :)

3. Do you prefer canonverse or AUs?i read and love both, but i if i had to choose it’d be canon. the stakes are so much higher on every level.

5. What’s a crackship you love?help, what is a crackship? i love one (1) ship and that is sufjan and bjorky.

12. Friends with benefits or secret dating?ughhhhhh i love both. i think maybe friends with benefits because THE P I N I N G is usually off the charts + they’re obviously having sex and i am, as you know, a pile of garbage.

fic asks

[bookgeekgrrl]

My media this week (10-16 Apr 2022)

📚 STUFF I READ 📚

😊👂 Weather Girl (Rachel Lynn Solomon, author; Sarah Mollo-Christensen, narrator) - I enjoyed this sweet romance (though it did lose a few points from me in the epilogue because I hate a public proposal. But that's definitely a 'me' thing. And in no way spoiled the book at all)

😍 Ulysses (girlbookwrm) - 00Q, 89K - excellent slow burn reimaging of Skyfall & SPECTRE

😍 👂 The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet (Wayfarers #1) (Becky Chambers, author; Rachel Dulude, narrator)

😍 Litanies series (emilywithoutY) - 84K, Stucky close canon-divergent AU - "With the Snap undone, the stones returned and the shield passed on, Steve Rogers would ask for nothing more than a quiet, simple life for them in Brooklyn—much like the one they had before. There’s just one thing he hasn’t factored into his plan: Bucky." - excellent job working in all recent canon events, plus some online dating/identity porn. Main story: Spelling Out Desire, 78K + a very hot stand-alone epilogue: the part where I push you flush against the wall, 6K

😊 Fictitious (Tripping) - Ariel Bishop - love this universe - it's usually hockey-centered; I liked that these characters were the hockey-adjacent friends! (another public proposal, though!)

🥰 Season's Change (Trade Season #1) (Cait Nary) - hockey romance - I really loved both these characters but especially oblivious himbo Benji. Talk about a SLOW BURN.

💖💖+105K of shorter fic so shout out to these I really loved 💖💖

Sweet Sugar (this_wayward_life) - MCU: stucky no powers AU, 8K - adore this flip on the sugar daddy thing with a subby older accidental sugar daddy bucky & bossy determined sugar baby steve - this fic has ALL THE GOOD STUFF [reread]

[Podfic] unsportsmanlike conduct (quietnight) - MCU: stucky, 1.6K - stellar podfic of a stellar fic by steebadore [reread]

Save a Horse, Ride a Captain (galwednesday) - MCU: shrunkyclunks, 2.7K - bucky proves that sometimes you should just ask for what you want, featuring my fave modern Howlies group chat [reread]

📺 STUFF I WATCHED 📺

Legends Of Tomorrow - s3, e17

Hot Ones - Gordon Ramsey

Hot Ones - Jeffrey Dean Morgan

Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse

Sense8 - s1, e11-12; s2, e1-7

🎧 PODCASTS 🎧

Twenty Thousand Hertz+ - Liquid Terror

Twenty Thousand Hertz+ - 20th Century Fox

Twenty Thousand Hertz+ - I'm Lovin' It

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Museum of Innocence

Ologies with Alie Ward - Environmental Microbiology (TESTING WASTEWATER FOR DISEASES) with Amy Kirby

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - The Rotary Jail Museum

The Atlas Obscura Podcast - Watts Towers

Unexplainable - When reality broke

Desert Island Discs - Robert Plant, singer and songwriter

Overinvested - Ep. 153: Rosemary's Baby

Partners - Lin-Manuel Miranda & Thomas Kail

Strong Songs - The Music of The Legend of Zelda

Switched on Pop - A Higher Power Ballad

🎶 MUSIC 🎶

Saving All My Love for Me

Hail Satin [Dee Gees]

The Linda Lindas

Juliana Hatfield Sings Olivia Newton-John

Olivia Newton-John

Grease (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Xanadu (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)

Sneaker Pimps

Charter Boat Fishing

Presenting Crosby, Stills & Nash

Easygoing Weekend

Presenting Billy Joel

Soul Food Kitchen