#stucky song recs

[soliloquent-stark]

🎶 you are the sweetest melody i never sung by soliloquent

5,6k words // pairing: bucky barnes & tony stark & steve rogers

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“A soft tune cuts through his thoughts and seeps right in between the cracks of his broken mind. It sounds like a slow, gentle piano song, and it soothes his senses, numbs his tension, and lulls him to the smooth edge of sleep.”

or: Bucky struggles with insomnia, Tony plays the piano, and Steve just wants the two most important men in his life to get along.

written for @sunnysideprincess as part of the @stuckonyvalentinecards 2024 event

[basnatural]

Needing to ask a favour if I can stucky tumblr friends…finally getting the inspiration to write the next part in my Admit Defeat series (I know it’s been a moment…) so was wondering if you guys could give me some song recs that make you think of or remind you of our two crazy guys? It would be much appreciated. I want to make a playlist to listen to as I write ☺️

[its-tortle]

13 and 88 for the spotify wrap? 💕

i answered 13 here, but here's 88 :)

and if you see me in the darkness i hope you know i'm not alone i carry you with every breath i take

send me a number between 1-100 and i’ll give you my wrapped song and favorite lyrics from it!

[rainbow-nerdss]

100 fic celebration:

Mistaken identity

Ooh, I have the perfect fic for this!

I couldn't know him better (if I knew his name)

Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes (MCU), 17k Neighbours, Childhood friends, penpals, You've Got Mail inspired

Nine year old Steve Rogers signed up for a school pen-pal programme hoping to make a friend who would like him as he was. He found so much more, but life got in the way. Now pushing thirty, Steve has a good life, but still wonders what could have been if he hadn't lost touch with his old penpal-turned-best-friend (turned hardcore teen crush). When an email comes from Bucky, all these years later, he falls back into friendship all too easily. He only wishes that his obnoxious new neighbour would stop being so distracting.

[musette22]

hi minnie! i'm relatively new to the fandom and you probably have answered this before, but are there any songs that make you think of stucky?

Hi lovely! A belated but no less warm welcome to the fandom 🥰

This is such a lovely ask, thank you so much! <3 I have answered this before, but I've updated the list more recently with some other songs, so I don't mind sharing them again! I know some people have entire playlists, which is awesome, but I've just got a few that always make me think of them, and that I love a LOT. Hope you like these too! 💖

505 - Arctic Monkeys (I even did a - very bad - gifset based on this one a few years ago)

The Bones of You - Elbow

NFWMB - Hozier

Moment's Silence - Hozier

Hourglass - Catfish and the Bottlemen

Stuck on the Puzzle - Alex Turner

Secretly - Jimmie Rodgers

Somewhere - The West Side Story

[buckymilf]

I need to tell everyone that ‘love letter from the sea to the shore’ by Delaney Bailey is a stucky song thank you. I do Take constructive criticism but I am sensitive

well, now you're making me want to desperately listing to it, I'll listen on Spotify!

[booksandabeer]

Stucky Recs: Road Trips!

Well, well, well. Look at that! After only three months of constant whining about having no time to do it, I've finally managed to put together a new rec list! Yay.

The theme of this list was requested by multiple people and really, who doesn't love a good road trip story, right? And let me tell you, there are so many good ones, this post could've been twice as long. I'm actually already hoarding fics in my little folder to do a part two later this year.

But for now, please enjoy my effusive ramblings about the following 10 Road Trip fics + 1 Rail Trip fic:

🚗 you're gonna have it your way or nothing at all by biblionerd07 | T, 15K

Author's summary: Steve and Bucky aren't really much of a Steve and Bucky anymore these days. Steve's sure it's because Bucky doesn't see himself as the same guy who used to love Steve. In a desperate attempt to prove him wrong, Steve begs Bucky to go on a road trip together, the way they used to dream about, and does his best to remind Bucky of who he is.

A post-CW canon divergent fic that's in a lot of ways very soft, but with just enough of an edge to keep things interesting and the reader uncertain as to how everything will play out in it. This starts with a somewhat disaffected Bucky who has not (yet) regained all of his memories and a Steve who, in his desperation to reconnect with him, tries so hard but ends up saying and doing all the wrong things. As they travel around the country, they both find ways to let go and to unlearn and relearn each other. Features moments of heart melting yet tongue-in-cheek sappiness (so the absolute best kind of sappiness) and a fun background Sam/T'Challa pairing.

🚗 a black sky prickled with small lights by emilywithoutY | M, 26K

Author's summary: There's this: The July heat. A wide open road. An obnoxious country song on the radio. Bucky in the driver’s seat.

Or: Two hundred-year-old men and their Great American Road Trip

The ultimate, unashamed Steve-and-Bucky-visit-the-Grand-Canyon wish-fulfillment fantasy—and I mean that in the best possible way. The summer road trip vibes are impeccable. This is technically the third part in the Litanies series, but it absolutely works as a standalone. However, if you ask me whether you should read the entire series, the answer is obviously a resounding yes. It's not only one of the best EG-Fix-Its I've read but also comes with an additional fun and sexy twist on how to get these two to finally get their heads out of their asses. Anyway, in this installment, they have already done that and now they get to enjoy the road, their freedom, and most of all, each other. Includes: healing along the way, long overdue conversations, and the attempt to reconcile the joy of finally having all that time with the bittersweet reality of having all that time.

🚗 Blue Moon by what_alchemy | E, 15K

Author's summary: "Now are you gonna run away with me or not, Rogers?”

God, this story (this author, really)! I’ve read this fic so many times I’ve lost count. It features one of my favorite post-WS characterizations of Bucky. One where he's still—somehow after everything—a romantic at heart, but also clear-eyed and unsentimental enough about certain things to not shy away from laying out some uncomfortable truths for Steve and the reader alike (there’s one line in particular that is seared into my brain and every time I read it I personally feel so called out). Steve may be a bit more cautious and softer about it, but oh, he gives back just as good. Nobody is handling anyone with kid gloves here. A story about learning how to be together (again), defining one's very own version of 'Happy Ever After', and about being very much in love, and also very horny for each other.

🚗 Not Language but a Map (The Grammar of Sensation) by dorian_burberrycanary | E, 20K

Author's summary: Steve has never felt right running away from a fight, even if the fight is with unanswered questions. But it’s not running if it’s a road trip and the oldest, thorniest unanswered question is along for the ride.

If you follow my blog you will probably already know that I am head over heels in love with this entire EG-Fix-It Series. This third story is finished, but Steve & Bucky's road trip continues in part 4, which is currently being posted (updates weekly). I believe this fic can be read as a standalone but, really, why would you deprive yourself of even a single word of this absolutely magnificent series? Every word, every detail, every narrative choice feels deliberate and well thought out. It's a masterclass in subtle storytelling and yet so rich in its themes, characterizations and descriptions of people, places, and food. This fic will make you hungry in so many different ways. A lot happens between the lines which may require some patience at times, but when the emotional payoff hits—it really, really hits. I cannot recommend this enough. Spectacular all around.

🚗 where the days are longer by endofadream | E, 13K

Author's summary: And maybe that’s what they’re running from. Those ghosts. That minefield. The suffocating pressure to live up to who they used to be when who they used to be has now become stale, recycled words in textbooks and museums and clickbait online articles.

They fuck off to the coast, trying to put as many miles between them and D.C. as possible. New York is loud and claustrophobic at the best of times, but California has the open skies and roads that make Steve ease a little more into his skin.

I have such an immense fondness for this story. There are some very minor problems with shifting POV in the first chapter, but please don't let this deter you from giving this story a chance—it's got so much heart. This is a slow and meandering piece that can be best summed up as: Steve and Bucky being so very much in love. Set in some undefined period post-CATWS, in a world where the events of Civil War never happened, Steve and Bucky decide they’re tired of fighting and conforming to what everyone else wants them to be and just get in a car and drive all the way to California. There, they start figuring out how to live in the future while also accepting that they can never quite leave the past behind, and that time, indifferent to the tragedies of (not quite) mortal men, will inevitably keep marching on—whether they want it to or not. To quote directly from the story itself: They’re both men out of time, so they make their own.

🚗 Lightning in a Bottle by odetteandodile | E, 63K

Author's summary: The problem, Steve thinks, isn’t so much his motorcycle giving up the ghost on a lonely stretch of highway through a lonely stretch of the country. He doesn’t mind stretching his legs or the prospect of hitchhiking.The problem is the roiling black blanket of storm clouds slowly spreading itself over the landscape headed his direction…

Steve Rogers is looking to hitch on a highway abandoned by everyone smart enough to avoid a looming storm. Bucky Barnes is the professional storm chaser who offers him a ride. It gets more complicated from there. 

This AU offers an intriguing twist on the The Road Trip as a genre, Shrunkyclunks as a trope, and modern!Bucky as a character—it's an electric ride from start to finish—in more ways than one… *wiggles eyebrows* ...yeah ok, I’ll see myself out. It was either this or something about 'chasing all kinds of storms together' and I just couldn’t resist. Anyway, this story is a clever and unique take on canon events (not just limited to the CA movies!) and I don’t really want to give too much away and spoil all the fun, so I’ll just say this: If you are in the mood for a thrilling sci-fi/adventure/romance hybrid-story with beautiful evocative writing, characters that actually act like the smart, competent grown-ups they supposedly are, sex scenes that are both hot and emotional, and a touch of spy/mission fic to go along with a free crash course in weather phenomena—this is the fic for you!  

🚗 The Only Familiar Thing by brideofquiet | E, 39K

Author's summary: Steve takes a breath, steels himself, and asks, “Where are we going, Buck?”

Bucky raises an eyebrow. “You’re the one driving, Steve.”

And before Steve can protest, Bucky gives him that broad, toothy grin again. The worry pitted in his stomach ebbs, and he decides—what the hell? Why not? Steve pulls his helmet on and swings a leg over the bike. Bucky settles in behind him, and he cranks the engine to life.

A Post-CATWS fic, in which Bucky has returned to Steve after being on the run for a while. They are together, share an apartment in Brooklyn, and Bucky has regained most of his memories—so yay! All good, right? Well, things are going…uh...let's say they're going. See, Steve and Bucky are still very much in love—the thing is, they're pretty good at the being in love part but pretty awful at the talking about it (and everything else that matters) part. So much so that they accidentally on purpose non-communicate and out-stubborn each other into going on a road trip, where things will eventually—inevitably—come to a head. Throughout the trip, the tension between them builds and builds until finally they have to admit that sometimes being partners, lovers, best friends, and knowing someone better than anybody else in the world, still doesn't mean that you can *actually* read their mind. Sometimes you gotta use your words. The author skillfully manages to create a story that treats its characters and their conflict seriously, while also infusing it with a healthy dose of humor and romance to always keep the readers on the right side of 'frustrated' (i. e. invested, not irritated).

🚗 old college try by kafkian | E, 19K

Author's summary: Bucky wonders if it’ll ever stop feeling like stealing: Steve Rogers, Captain America, the hope of a nation tucked into Bucky’s right hand. It’s the heist of the century.

In which Bucky Barnes remembers himself, Steve, and what it means to be selfish – not necessarily in that order.

Another old favorite of mine. Set post-CACW, this fic starts with a recently defrosted Bucky and a somewhat unmoored Steve in Wakanda, as they try to figure out what to do next: Keep fighting the never-ending wars of other people or run away, see the world, and retire to a quiet life? Well, since this is a road trip fic, I think you can guess which option they go for. It's a beautifully written story about Steve and Bucky's journey across continents and decades, and their ultimate arrival in a life that they never dared to hope they could have one day. This was written in 2016, so right between the fanfic avalanche caused by TWS and the frenzy of EG-Fix-Its. Re-reading this for the first time in quite a while made me realize that—aside from being a fantastic story in its own right—it's also an interesting commentary on popular Stucky fics that came before it (you can see clear influences but also some gentle rebuttals to popular fanon of the time) as well as very much a product of its time. And I don't mean that in a negative or disrespectful way at all, but simply, that it also serves as a fandom artifact; a text that reveals and reacts to certain trends, shifting attitudes, and developments in Stucky fanfiction over the years. Either way it's definitely well worth a read.

🚗 The Long Way: A Stucky Fancomic by BeaArthurPendragon, LittleWolf82 | T

Authors' summary: After Thanos is defeated, Steve doesn't stay in the past. This is the story of where he and Bucky go next.

A little something different here: a road trip fancomic! And oh, it's only one of my favorite fic writers teaming up with one of my favorite artists—what's not to love? This is an EG-Fix-It that simply ignores the last five minutes that Ruined It All and instead tells the story of what could've or should've happened to Steve and Bucky after EG. A story that is infinitely kinder and truer to these characters. Sweetly told and beautifully drawn—an absolutely wonderful collaboration.

🚗 i need a forest fire by tomorrowsrain | T, 65K

Author's summary: In which Tony Stark makes a reckless decision, becomes a wanted fugitive, goes on the run with the former Winter Soldier, and learns how to forgive. For his part, Bucky Barnes is just trying to hold himself together. AU, post-Civil War.

This is the only fic on this rec list that does not have Bucky and Steve going on a journey but instead it's Bucky and...Tony. WAIT! Hey, come back! I know that for a lot of Steve and/or Bucky fans the idea of reading a 65K fic that heavily features Tony Stark does not really sound like an enticing prospect. BUT! Hear me out. This is a fic that runs with one of the core concepts of fix-it fanfiction, which is: What if these characters actually talked to each other for a change? And yes, it gets messy and complicated and often painful—nothing is glossed over and no one is let off the hook easy. What you get here is a fantastically written story that is simultaneously an intimate & slow character study of both Bucky and Tony, a grand sweeping road trip fic with a thrilling plot that will have you on the edge of your seat (there is a moment in this where I really thought it was all over), AND a decade spanning tale of epic love. If you're worried that there is too little Stucky or Steve in this, don't be. Even before he shows up around the halfway mark of the fic, Steve is very much present the entire time. It's incredible what the author pulls off here. This is one of my all-time favorite fics. I love it a totally not normal amount.

🚂 Will There be Any Freight Trains in Heaven? by phoenixflight | E, 56K

Author's summary: It's summer of 1934, a quarter of all Americans are unemployed, and record numbers of migrant workers are hopping freight trains to seek their fortune out west. What are two boys from Brooklyn to do?

Or, Steve and Bucky ride the rails, become socialists, and fall in love, in no particular order.

This story is a bit of an outlier on this list because not only is it the only fic that's set in the pre-war period, it's also not strictly a road trip fic, but a rail trip fic. Usually the road trips in these stories are either (1) a last ditch effort at saving a friendship/relationship, (2) a way of finding oneself and/or making peace with one's past, or (3) the 'we survived all this and here we are together in the future, so let's go and actually see some of that world we fought so hard to save' victory lap. The impetus for travel in this fic, however, is born out of sheer necessity. It's the height of the Great Depression and Steve and Bucky are really poor and really desperate—so desperate even that they're willing to leave behind Brooklyn, their families, and their lives as they know it to go look for work in the West. This is not a fic that's always easy to read, circumstances are dire, attitudes are, ahem, authentic to the period, and the nostalgia-tinted glasses about the good old days before the war will get firmly knocked off your face. It's also a story that will show you time and time again that sometimes you will find kindness, love and almost overwhelming humanity in the places you least expect it. And listen, if period accuracy and a very political Steve Rogers do not convince you, let me tell you that there's also a lot of pining in this. So. Much. Pining.

Ok. This was fun.

Next up: Short fics under 10K

[sparkagrace]

Happy spooky season! I hope everyone is looking forward to the turning of the season (I am!)

september

390,977 words read over 36 fics (average of 10,860 words per fic, not including wips) 📈 up 29% from August

current total for the year: 2,296,745 words

a handful of fic recs

Two of a Kind, the Perfect Pair by @stfustucky shrunkyclunks | E | 78.4k

if the bad times are coming let 'em come by @suzukiblu shrinkyclinks | E | 5.8k

Maybe Our Kind Don't Fit Round Here by Rainne shrunkyclunks | E | 5.8k

the price we pay by @dontcallmebree stucky | M | 1.5k

we never had a shotgun shot in the dark by @voxofthevoid shrinkyclinks | E | 2k

you were far from the truth by @teenytabris stucky | M | 6.6k

If I could hold you for a minute, Darlin’, I would do it again by @cable-knit-sweater stucky | M | 2.4k

Are You Aware, Wolf? by @leveragehunters stucky | T | 12k

series rec

Song of the Rolling Earth by @the1918 shrunkyclunks | 5 fics | E | 154k

be kind, rewind

As You Seep On In And Keep Me Down by @thiccbuckybarnesfic shrunkyclunks | E | 8k

i'm gone in such a blaze by @thiccbuckybarnesfic shrunkyclunks | E | 1.3k

Public Offering by Brenda shrunkyclunks | E | 7k

non-mcu recs

Let Them Eat Cake by @rohruh FirstPrince (RWRB) | E | 1.7k

(did my love aid and abet you?) by alasse FirstPrince (RWRB) | T | 12k

Didn't know what time it is, the lights were low by @dreamsinthewitchouse FirstPrince (RWRB) | E | 3k

Not the tide (series) by @dreamsinthewitchouse RWRB RPF | 3 fics | M | 4k

[valyrfia]

i'm so compelled by your steve and tony thesis on the tags under this post https://www.tumblr.com/valyrfia/761331351932829696/exactly-if-i-wanted-best-friends-i-would-be-into?source=share that i (after having spent my teenage years reading stucky) want to try it out. do you have any fic recs to get me started?

Oh boy anon I haven't read stevetony since 2020, but it's such a formative ship to me that a few fics still stand out in my mind. If you're interested I'll leave them and comments on the impressions they left on me below the cut.

Quick disclaimer that Marvel is often treated as a multiverse to differentiate between comics and movie canon. The main comics canon is 616, and the movies are just the MCU. There are other comics canons and multiverses, but 616 is the main one you need to get your head around for a lot of these comics-related fics. The MCU is vaguely based off of 616, but the most important aspect to wrap your head around if you want to delve into fic and don't want to read the comics is that Civil War in 616 ended with Steve almost killing Tony, not able to bring himself to do it and surrendering, Steve getting shot on the way to his trial and dying, Tony becoming director of SHIELD and becoming severely depressed over Steve's death, and then via other plot happenings having to delete his memory INCLUDING the fact that Steve died, and Steve resurrecting via sci-fi shenanigans. This arc along with The Confession and The Oath are what mainly fuel stevetony.

Okay, now that the primer is out of the way without further ado here are some fics I read in my teenage years that irrevocably changed my brain chemistry with regard to how I choose to ship anything ever.

When I Think (Oh It Terrifies Me) by celli - 8k, E

Look, some mornings you wake up and little green men are invading New York City; some mornings you wake up and you can hear Captain America's voice in your head. Tony has been an Avenger long enough that he saves his freakout for important things.

This is the first fic I ever bookmarked on ao3. It's short and snappy and fun and serves as a great little primer, especially since it's MCU!

almeno tu nell'universo by silkspectred - 114k, E

Tony drives off. Well, he wants to. But he can’t. Because. Steve Rogers is in front of his car. Steve fucking Rogers. Is in front of Tony’s fucking car.

Complete change of pace from the one above, but still MCU–this is Steve and Tony locked up together in the Italian countryside after the events of Civil War where Italy herself is as much a character as anything. I had the absolute privilege of reading this as it was released chapter by chapter and just remember it being breathtaking.

The Last Love Song of Anthony E. Stark by jibrailis - 42k, M

After contracting an Asgardian virus, Tony starts forgetting things. And people. And Steve.

All I remember of this is that it was the first fic I ever properly sobbed my little heart out to. I would recommend a thousand times over, I remember the settings and character work especially being really well done. It's also MCU!

wear it like a message by starvels (dinosaur) - 10k, E

Steve and Tony have some negotiations about how to wear rings and dog tags on your person when you’re a superhero badass wearing skin tight body armor. Also, they kiss a lot.

There's a common trope in stevetony that is vaguely described by 'peak battle couple', and I think that's definitely one that you would enjoy especially if you come from a Lestappen background. It's 616, but I seem to remember there's not a lot of actual plot knowledge required.

America Isn't Chicken by Dr_Amuly - 130k, E

After a Civil War, death, rebirth, a takeover by Osborn, brain deletion, and the fall of Asgard, Steve and Tony might just be starting to get back on solid ground with one another. Things aren't perfect, not yet, but they can be in the same room as each other without resorting to violence, and they've even managed to share a smile or two. Seems like the perfect time, then, for Tony to try and fuck it all up with a stupid game of gay chicken. Meanwhile, as if he didn't have enough to worry about, Tony realizes some kind of supervillainous trouble is brewing when increasingly advanced armors start popping up all over Manhattan, looking strangely reminiscent of his tech. On the other side of the world, Steve gets news that Zola is on the move in Russia, with some sort of nefarious plan at work. Which will ruin them first? Will it be this unknown armored villain who is after Tony's tech? Or will it be Zola unleashing his mysterious plan on the world? Or will Steve and Tony prove to be their own worst enemies, destroying the tentative truce they managed to forge with their own stubbornness?

Don't be intimidated by the length of this, or by the fact that it's 616. Amuly was long a famous author of the fandom because they have a real gift for crafting excellent, engaging, and accessible novel-length fics. I would actually say this is the perfect primer for getting to grips with the world and universe of 616 while also being a hot and hilarious fic.

Belief Space by magicasen - 59k, M

The Time Gem appears not when it is wanted, but when it is needed. Steve learns this the hard way. (Or: an Infinity #6 AU where Thane refuses his birthright and the Avengers are doomed - until the Time Gem shows up within Captain America's grasp.)

I would definitely caution that you need to be pretty familiar with 616 canon to enjoy this one, but I gained all my knowledge through fics and context clues so once you've established that return here. THIS is my favourite fic of all time. I can't NOT recommend it. That is all.

[damnyoucully]

Just finished a re-read of this fic aaaaaah it’s one of my faves and this art???????

unearthed what could probably go 9 rounds in the ring as my fav CA fic yesterday, felt a breath of fire.

treat yu self 👉👉👉   The Dud // by @nimmieamee

[lilyflowerpot]

introduction post ✧

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hi! I'm ellie :) (nicknames include el, ells and red). i'm 17, bisexual, and an absolute fandom fanatic.

i've recently logged back into this account after a brief (long asf) hiatus, so im looking for some more mutuals who are active and have the same interests as me, so we can all chat and have a good time :)

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ao3 is lilyflowerpot, and i love writing fanfic and hearing what people think of it!! i've linked it right there :P

here is where i talk when i probably shouldn't

this is my mutuals hall of fame <3

and this is where i write

song rec/recent fic inspo/random song: drama by spencer sutherland (THIS SONG *IS* SIRIUS BLACK, THANK ME LATER!!)

time zone is GMT +1... i think? idk, but i live in the UK!

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fandoms: the marauders, agents of shield, pretty little liars, pitch perfect, the mcu, six of crows

favourite things to do: read, write, play guitar, and do nothing but listen to music and *think*

favourite characters/kins from each fandom: lily evans and james potter's love child, fitz, simmons and lance hunter, spencer hastings, beca mitchell, peter parker, and nina zenik <3

ships: jily, jegulus, pandalily, wolfstar, dorlene • spoby and haleb • bechloe • FITZSIMMONS, natasha romanoff x maria hill, pepperony, parkner, stucky

favourite foods: ice-cream, pepperoni pizza, and pancakes

music interests: fall out boy (my first concert, i saw them live! :D), billie eilish, destroy boys, james marriott (i saw him live too!), måneskin, and random songs i pick up from my favourite films/tv series lol

youtubers i watch: dan and phil, joe and caspar, zoe sugg, dylan is in trouble, probably more i just forgot

fun facts about el: i'm a natural redhead and have never changed it, if i find a series or a film i like then i hyperfixate on it so hard until i feel empty because i'm not as passionate about it anymore, and i'm an extremely picky eater since forever :)

oh, and james potter is my husband. enough said.

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so... yeah. this blog will either become my diary or i'll forget about it. let's hope that doesn't happen :)

thanks for reading, and I hope to meet some cool people! <3

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[rainbow-nerdss]

Enchanted, Taylor Swift

I had a few choices for this one, but let's go with this!

Around the World (And Home to You)

Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes (MCU), 25k

Prince Bucky, Retired Cap Steve, meet-cute, misunderstandings, and just wonderfully sweet falling for each other in a short period of time.

Bucky is prince of a small European nation, and he takes a diplomatic trip around the world. On a rare day off, he meets Steve, and they spend the day together. Neither of them realise that the other more than just a regular person on the street.

[musette22]

I have a sudden urge to read a fic of Seb and Chris or Steve and Bucky making Christmas cookies together.

Oh my god, yes please 😭 Domestic Stucky is one of my ultimate weaknesses, and I ADORE fanart and fic of the two of them cooking or baking together, it's just the cutest thing 🥹 💕 It's an adorable thought for Evanstan too of course, but I particularly love it for Stucky!

I love the idea of neither of them knowing what they're doing but just giving it their best shot and ending up with inedible cookies and flower everywhere (all over the kitchen, in their hair, and also lots of white handprints on buts and chests too, of course). But I also love it when one of them (usually Bucky) got really into baking after his recovery, and he's great at it and loves making all sorts of sweet treats, which Steve very happily and gratefully devours while he heaps a blushing Bucky with praise 🥹❤️ Ugh, just imagining Steve coming up behind Bucky where he's standing at the counter, pressing himself against his back and kissing his neck and saying Bucky smells and tastes even better than those cookies... I'm melting 🫠

And the two of them baking CHRISTMAS cookies specifically?? (like Chris was recently (sort of) doing for Red One promo 😉) That just adds a whole level of comforting coziness to the whole affair 🥰✨️🎄❤️ Whether they both celebrate Christmas or Bucky just indulges Steve (and Steve of course does the same for Bucky for Hanukkah), you know they'd have the most wonderful time together listening to old Christmas songs, decorating a big tree they never could've afforded when they were little, and eating so much delicious food, including those cookies they bakes together 💕💕 Aahhh I just love the idea so much, thank you for sharing this thought with me nonnie! If anyone has any fic recs like this, please do feel free to share 🫶🏼

[polizwrites]

PoliZ’s Seasonal Self-Recs -  Holiday/Christmas/New Year’s Eve Edition

With Christmas Eve a week away, here’s some seasonally appropriate fics I’ve written/participated in - arranged by pairing.  A/N:  I’m somewhat surprised I haven’t written any Stony Christmas fluff - guess I ought to fix that… 

WinterIron Bingo Round Robin - December 2023 (Bucky/Tony, General, 2055 words)   Tony and Bucky decorate the tree during their first Christmas together – will Morgan approve? And what else does Bucky have planned?

Letters To Santa  (Bucky/Tony, General, 754 words)  When Morgan insists that her daddy write a letter to Santa, Tony asks for a Christmas miracle - to somehow run into that handsome kind-hearted man from the coffee shop again.  (Sequel to An Act of Kindness) 

Silver And Gold (and Hot Rod Red) (Bucky/Tony, General, 360 words) Bucky and Tony share holiday memories as they decorate their tree; Tony provides the finishing touch. (bonus fanart!) 

Itching to Celebrate (Bucky/Tony, General, 100 words) Bucky surprises his boyfriend Tony with a fully-decorated Christmas tree in their living room. The surprise doesn't go quite as planned.

Where the Love Light Gleams (Bucky/Tony, General, 1352 words) Tony's minor mishap caused by flying back to the Tower through a blizzard results in an unexpected (but very welcome) Christmas gift. (Featuring matchmaking by JARVIS and the 'bots.)

I’ll Wait Up For You, Dear (Bucky/Steve, Mature, 385 words) After a business meeting the day before Christmas, James gets a flirty video call from his sugar baby, Steve.

Stucky Bingo December 2022 Round Robin (Bucky/Steve, General, 2178 words)  It's December. The weather is cold. Time to reminisce with hot chocolate and dancing.

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Bucky/Steve, Teen, 1100 words) Bucky leaves a New Year’s party and runs into a stranger with a problem; he goes out on a limb to offer some help.

Muddling Through (Steve & Bucky, General, 1266 words) "Those aren’t the right words... to that song.” He didn’t know how he knew it, but it was true. He didn’t know how he knew a lot of things. Memories came back at random, so he was keeping a notebook, trying to piece things together.

I Make Toys (But I Have Aspirations) (Steve & Tony, General, 346 words)  It wasn’t that Tony didn’t like working for Santa. It’s just that he wondered sometimes if maybe he was meant for more. One day, his friend Steve asks for his help, and Tony finds his true purpose. 

Better Be Good for Goodness’ Sake (Bucky/Sam, Teen, 358 words) Bucky over-reacts to a Christmas morning conundrum; Sam is not surprised, but mildly amused.

Things Are Looking Up (Bucky/Sam, General, 551 words) Bucky’s reaction to a Wilson family tradition gets Sam to check in with his teammate and friend; crystalizing their connection.

In Case I Stand One Little Chance (Bucky/Steve/Tony, General, 485 words - ficlet + moodboard)  Steve and Bucky 'help' Tony pick out gifts for each other; Tony misunderstands their reasoning.

[between-a-ship-and-a-hard-place]

fic writer tag game

Thank you for tagging me @somanywords 🥰

Rules: Fic authors self rec! When you get this, reply with your favorite five fics that you've written, then pass on to at least five other writers. Let’s spread the self-love 💖

I'm doing favorite = most enjoyable to write & reread. Self-indulgence, baby!

📱🔥Spelling Out Desire (post-endgame stucky fix-it)

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. “If you want a life as someone other than Captain America, maybe you should get to know people as someone else. As Steve Rogers. Or—as anybody.” “That's your grand plan: catfishing people on a dating app?” Or: the one where Steve Rogers experiences 21st century online dating and learns some things about himself along the way. This is a story about guilt, forgiveness and rebuilding.

🚙🌙a black sky prickled with small lights (post-endgame fix-it cont.)

There's this: The July heat. A wide open road. An obnoxious country song on the radio. Bucky in the driver’s seat. Or: Two hundred-year-old men and their Great American Road Trip.

☣🦾it’s bloody and raw (but I swear it is sweet) (stucky, post-apocalypse au)

The rifle was a hard, solid line across his back. Somewhere above his head the sun was still floating high in the sky. Everything further than ten paces was covered in the same brown, putrid soup. They called it fog, but it was more like a gaseous sludge rolling up from the bay, the smell of burning chemicals and garbage left out to rot on a hot summer day. In a world that's gone to hell, everybody needs something to anchor them in the moment. Sometimes that thing is the person you thought you'd let go. A rescue mission gone badly might be what tips the scales.

🕺🕺East Coast Swing (pre-war stucky)

“Please?” “Quit it, Buck.” Bucky pulled out the second chair and straddled it with his elbows resting on the table. If Steve looked up he’d no doubt see him batting his eyelashes. (They were longer and thicker than any girl’s he’d seen, which wasn’t really fair any way you looked at it.) Some moments that define a relationship. And Bucky, who just wants a dance with his best guy.

🏰👻Don't let the past haunt you, my dear (wartime stucky feat. spooky season)

The sight of the castle with its towers and turrets shifted him into a state of surreality; like they'd somehow stepped onto the pages of a novel, Arthurian knights or undead Romanian nobility waiting behind those walls. Dernier was the first to open his mouth, letting out a string of rapid French interspersed with curses. He switched the grip on his gun to his left hand and crossed himself. "He's sayin' it's haunted," Gabe translated helpfully.   Or, finding quiet moments in the dark.

I feel like I missed most of these when they went around so I'm just tagging some ppl and would love for you to point me to your posts if you already did this 😘 @dharmasharks @voylitscope @hipsterdiva @dreamsinthewitchouse @sparkagrace @cable-knit-sweater

[wolveria]

May I make a song rec to my fellow crosshunt shippers? It’s one of my top stucky songs but it really fits crosshunt. Angsty but hopeful.

Resistance by Muse

A love that must be kept secret but is their form of rebellion and their escape. In the end they run away together. I’m in my every song is a crosshunt song era lol.

In my head tech and wrecker (and later echo) would know about and support them. But the Kaminoans/outsiders can’t be trusted.

“(It could be wrong, could be wrong) To let our hearts ignite

(It could be wrong, could be wrong) Are we digging a hole?

(It could be wrong, could be wrong) This is out of control”

“Love is our resistance

They'll keep us apart, and they won't stop breaking us down

Hold me

Our lips must always be sealed”

“We can't pretend

We must run

We must run

It's time to run

Take us away from here

Protect us from further harm

Resistance”

Muse is always a good choice, and that's a perfect Crosshunt song!