#thereoncewasagirlnamedjane

[navybrat817]

navyyy 💙 for the wip game, care to tell us more about—?

Tell Me Something Sweet

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Okay, Janie, you lovelies may laugh at me. I'm prepared for that. 😂But you know The Chocolate Guy, Amaury Guichon? My vision for Tell Me Something Sweet is Bucky as a chocolatier who makes similar videos, but you never see his face and his followers don't know his real name. You get the chance to meet him and create a masterpiece together, as long as you promise not to post any photos of him or post his name (which you keep, of course).

And, of course, sparks fly between you two and the meeting may just end with a date.

Feel free to laugh, lovelies. It's okay.

Love and thanks! ❤️

WIP Title Ask Game

[navybrat817]

Oh, Steve. 😭 He has such a caring partner by his side. ❤️

this could be a dream.

‣ pairing — steve rogers x gn!reader

‣ contents — drabble, post-ca:cw, angst, tiny bits of fluff if you squint, hurt/comfort, established relationship, tw: grief?

‣ summary — you find out why steve hasn’t been sleeping lately.

‣ word count — 513

✩ read on ao3 ✩ masterlist ✩ library blog

On the surface, it doesn’t seem like much has changed.

He walks into the safe house and people see their ever-dependable captain, his back straight and chin lifted, oozing authority and control even if he’s not technically captain anymore. 

But you see it—the dark circles, the slight drooping of his shoulders, the irritability, the pained rubbing of his temples when he thought no one was looking, and the off-by-a-millisecond slowed reaction times out in the field. 

He’s tired. Steve hasn’t been sleeping. 

It has been a hard couple of months; being on the run takes its toll, but there’s a hint of something else in his features you just can’t seem to place. 

When you gather the courage to ask him, he brushes you off. When you stand there, dejected, watching his retreating back with resignation and sadness, Steve turns towards you just before he steps out into the night. 

He offers you a sad smile, forced and unnatural, before promising you that everything is fine. For the first time, you don’t believe him. Steve has always been a terrible liar. 

When you tiptoe into his room late one night, you’re not at all surprised to find him on the floor. Sometimes he preferred it there, but this time you pause for a second.

Bucky is lying fast asleep just mere inches away, his metal arm curled under his head, his dark brown hair splayed out across a pillow.

You almost smile at the sight of the two recently reunited best friends sleeping on the floor like they’re two boys at a sleepover. 

Except Steve is awake. He looks too afraid to even blink, let alone sleep. 

He doesn’t acknowledge you until you’ve settled down on the floor quietly behind him. Your hand splays carefully over his shoulder, and then he’s leaning back against you. 

Bucky stirs, a sleepy sound escaping his lips, but doesn’t wake from what looks to be his first peaceful slumber in decades. 

Steve gasps softly, releasing a shuddering breath. 

Realization dawns. However improbable, someone he loves isn’t dead. Someone he loves has come back to life. Now that the chaos of it has died down a little, Steve needs some time to process that life-altering information. 

“This could be a dream,” he whispers, his eyes wide and terrified. 

“It’s not,” you whisper back. Heart wrenching, you lean down to wrap your arms around him, tears springing to your eyes when his tense shoulders begin to tremble.

“How do we know?”

“Sleep, Steve.”

“What if—what if he’s gone when I open my eyes?”  

“I’ll keep an eye on him for you,” you swear as you lean down to kiss his temple. Despite his fears, his eyelids begin to droop. 

“Promise?” He asks, sounding much smaller than he is.

“Promise.”

By the time you’ve finished speaking the word, Steve has finally drifted off, entrusting the personification of his very own heart into your two hands. You watch over them both until morning.

By sunrise, they are rested again.

And the sky is new.

fin.

© 2024 by thereoncewasagirlnamedjane

[candystevegrams]

Dear @thereoncewasagirlnamedjane

Happy Valentine’s Day lovely 💜

I saw this prompt for these candy grams and it got me thinking about your writing 🍬 What's your favourite piece of their art with Steve in it? 🍬

I feel like all my praise of your beautiful stories has been for your Bucky fics, but I love love love your characterisation of Steve so so much. This has got to be from such a long time ago, but your fractured fairytales series, specifically Just Like Magic, captured my heart beyond belief - I live for fairytales/Disney princesses, anything related to that realm, and your skinny!steve x eccentric princess!reader has always had my entire heart. The insecurity of skinny Steve and how he believed Bucky was the object of readers affection, but in reality it was him all along 😭 the set up and execution of everything related to the couple chapters I got to read of that story were so perfect, I still think about them to this day.

I have loved you and your blog since our very first interaction and it makes me so happy that you’re back on tumblr 💜

Love you always, Em xoxo

@thereoncewasagirlnamedjane You have a candygram! 🍬

[elixirfromthestars]

last photo & song ✨

you’re starring in a movie with the last person saved in your camera roll and the last song you listened to is the title…who/what is it?

Thank you for tagging me @arcane-vagabond !! 🫶🏼

So…um…I can explain 🫣 I’m listening to Tate McRae’s new album while working on making gifs for my blurb requests, and now I have ended up in a movie that is most certainly way out of my comfort zone 😅🩷

no pressure tags: @whatever-lmaoo @flowersforbucky @writing-for-marvel @marvelstoriesepic @elvenrin @thereoncewasagirlnamedjane

[intrepidacious]

🌴- CYM as your favourite fanfic tropes 👀

*cracks knuckles* alright let's do this

as you're about to be able to tell, i have a lot of favourite tropes 😌

you, my dear @targaryenvampireslayer, get monsters and cryptids (which includes vampires and werewolves and all that good stuff). it's a classic and i eat it up every time

@scrumptious-delusion your trope is fake dating because i still think about That Scene at the end of part three of the little bird series too often

@brandycranby you get fuck or die. it's incredibly fun. you're the only person i'm comfortable assigning this one to. there we go <3

@thereoncewasagirlnamedjane it's hurt/comfort for you 🥺 you're incredible at finding the right balance between fluff and angst

@aphrogeneias your trope is mutual pining. it's maybe my favourite trope of all time and you deserve nothing less

@barnesafterglow yours is arranged marriage because will i ever stop thinking about cosmic love? of course not

my dear @marvelettesassemblenow you get fix-it fics. the backbone of our society

@sanguineterrain your trope is "person a fell first / person b fell harder". i don't know how to shorten that but you know what i mean

@demxters you get time loops and i think you know why 💚 (it's your drabble requests. of course it is.)

@youremyfriend-youremymission it is enemies to lovers for you. the quintessential angsty starter pack

@levans44 your trope is childhood friends to lovers. another staple for a reason, i love this one so much

@nickfowlerrr yours is a royalty au because of your witcher fic that, i think, rewired my brain permanently i'm not joking

@krirebr you are the queen of slow burn so of course that's your trope

@fandoms-writings your trope is "there's just one bed". i'm giggling just thinking about that one

@wildlivelychild yours is friends with benefits. another classic that just slaps every time

@bubbly-moonwarrior you get the fairytale au. the vibes are vibing !!

last but certainly not least, @obsidianvibranium your trope is amnesia. underrated but beloved <3

thank you for joining the sleepover

[itistimeforusalltodecidewhoweare]

10 people i'd like to know better!

thank you for tagging me @barnesafterglow and @demxters ily both!!! 🥺💛

Last Song - would that i by hozier (i'm on a real wasteland baby trip lately)

Favourite Colour - sunshiney yellow <3

Last Book - just started these violent delights by chloe gong

Last Movie - ? ? ? honestly it's been a while, it might've been three wishes for cinderella

Last TV Show - the witcher

Sweet/Savoury/Spicy - yes

Relationship Status - so single i downloaded bumble (but haven't made a profile yet)

Last Thing I Googled - scrivener delete project

Looking Forward To - being DONE with my LIS degree !!!

Current Obsessions - fully been getting back into the witcher again. but also my planners. i adore my planners <3

no pressure tags!! @just-french-me-up @avisalix @levanswrites @catofthebarricades @fandoms-writings @youremyfriend-youremymission @thereoncewasagirlnamedjane @jaqui-has-a-conspiracy-theory @bigtreefest @sweetdreamsbuck

[navybrat817]

WIP Tag Game

Thank you to @krirebr @thereoncewasagirlnamedjane and @buck-star for the tags!

rules: In a new post, post the names of all the files in your wip folder regardless of how non-descriptive or ridiculous. Let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet or tell us about it. Tag as many people as you have wips.*

I have... so many. Some I've referenced on a WIP poll.

Lights, Camera, Action Perfectly Misaligned A Perfect Day Blood in the Water Smile Pretty Tangled Up in Your Trance Cleanse Me With Pleasure Tagalong Dream With Me Past, Present, and Future Pick Me Up Star-Crossed No More Mr. Nice Guy Bucket List Deal With the Devil Begin Again Breaking Free Bring the Fire A Fiery Delicacy Let's Get Swallowed Whole Falling in Reverse Too Good to Be True Tell Me Something Sweet In His Sights Monster in Your Head *Okay, I stopped at 25. I have a lot more. I'm not tagging that many of you lovelies. 😂

NPT: @ghotifishreads @clairewritesandrambles @writercole @vunblr @drabblesandsnippets @sashaisready @deliciousangelfestival and anyone seeing this who wants to play!

[harbours-lighthouse-recs]

જ⁀➴ february's list of amazing works by wonderful people, Marvel edition!

Steve Rogers:

i. "This Could Be A Dream" @thereoncewasagirlnamedjane ii. "Moonlit Silver" @hawthorne-bias iii. "Dusty Pink" @hawthorne-bias iv. "Ivory Mist" @hawthorne-bias

Doctor Strange:

i. "Midnight Miseries, Muttered Comforts" @starks-hero ii. "Dream A Little, Dream of Me @starks-hero iii. Stark Revelations (part two to the above) @starks-hero

[candystevegrams]

dear @elvenrin,

happy valentine’s day!! do you know i always do a little happy dance whenever i see you leave a beautiful comment on one of my steve fics, or in my notifications at all?? i appreciate you so much, you know!! i’m so glad i met you and i hope your day is sugary sweet, just like you 😌

love, janie <3

@elvenrin You have a candygram! 🍬

[buckbuckbarnesstuff]

You deserve it, dear!!! Thank you so much for reblogging and sharing your work 💜💜

One-Shots - part ll

Get yourself a snack, enjoy the second part of these wonderful one-shots and leave some love for the creative writers :)

♤ - includes sexual themes

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Road trip [1.6k] @munsster

Bucky x reader

Summary: You think Bucky is shallow for rejecting a pretty stranger in North Dakota. Little do you know.

{personal comment: We love oblivious idiots interacting with each other. This is lovely}

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Pick Up & Delivery [5.3k] @sweetascanbee

Modern!Bucky x reader

Summary: You order pizza from your favorite shop, and a little surprise comes with it.

{personal comment: This is endearing and I had so much fun reading it. Also, I enjoy fics that include Bucky's sister and I love her character here}

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Life starts all over again [4.9k] @fatbottombucky

Biker!Bucky x reader

Summary: "Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall" Promt: Farmers Market

{personal comment: Such a cute fic. I love Bucky with a leather jacket and that date was the sweetest}

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Pucker up, Buttercup [6.9k] @witchywithwhiskey

Sunshine!Bucky x Grumpy!Reader

Summary: It's been a long day of working at your lemonade stall during the town's busy summer festival and making the day worse is all the unwanted attention and come-ons you've gotten from customers. By the time bucky barnes tries his own tired pickup line, you've had enough—but then he goes and spills a fresh pitcher of lemonade and offers to make a new one. You're reluctant to admit bucky might not be like all those other guys. in fact, he might be someone you could see yourself spending the rest of your life with.

{personal comment: Love how the reader is the grumpy one and how she warms up with his help. Also, this has really great summer vibes}

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Set me free [6.4k] @intrepidacious

40s!Bucky x Nymph!Reader

Summary: Once upon a time, a soldier fell from a train. Thankfully, this time, he is found by gentle hands, and a beautiful voice keeps him safe from the cold.

{personal comment: This is so mystic and captivating and incedibly beautiful written. I love the idea of this fic, it’s so unique and creative, I enjoyed every second}

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When you’re ready, come and get it @nickfowlerrr ♤

Bucky x reader

{personal comment: I enjoyed the bickering and the way Bucky grows concerned. There is so much heat in this, I love it}

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Blurred lines [43.2] @ellemj ♤

Bucky x reader

Summary: When choosing a female agent to send back in time to gain young Sergeant Barnes's trust, everyone's in agreement that it should be Sharon. Until Bucky, the man that you barely get along with, speaks up and lets everyone know that it could only be you.

{personal comment: Got blown away with this piece, it's fantastic! I was so enamored, I couldn't put my phone down for a second. This idea had me hooked before I even started reading it and it didn’t disappoint in the slightest}

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Hint dropped @rocketrhap3000 ♤

Bucky x reader

Summary: While looking at rings online, you accidentally click a “send a hint” feature addressed to Bucky’s email, despite never having that conversation with him and not even knowing whether or not that’s something he wants, but his reaction surprises you

{personal comment: This is so good! I felt the nervousness so deeply but Bucky is such a sweetheart and definitely husband material}

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Six days [4k] @tmpestuous

Avenger!Bucky x Avenger!Reader

Summary: You make the effort to avoid Bucky during a mission after he upsets you in an argument, but things quickly take a turn for the worse. 

{personal comment: This tugged at my heartstrings, but I'm so glad there's a happy ending! It was exciting to read}

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A Night of Frights & Delights [7k] @elixirfromthestars

Athlete!Bucky Barnes x Artist!Reader (College AU)

Summary: It’s Friday the 13th and the college kids in town decided to host a weekend camping trip on the outskirts of town. Your best friend convinced you to go much to your reluctance. What could go wrong when the one guy you can’t stand is also there?

{personal comment: Got so excited over this, such a lovely fic. Their banter is endearing and Bucky being smitten and protective is just chef's kiss}

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Treacherous [16.8k] @scrumptious-delusion ♤

Outlaw!Bucky x Reader

Summary: you’re asking yourself why he keeps coming back, he’s asking himself why you keep letting him in. it’s a treacherous slope but neither of you can turn back now.

{personal comment: I'm stunned with this work! Everything is so beautifully described and detailed. The story is so creative and enchanting, I enjoyed every second. I'm smitten with Outlaw!Bucky and isn’t he just perfect here}

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Fight me [1520k] @writingcroissant

Bucky x Reader

Summary: Bucky and you get in a fight. You go to sleep on the sofa and Bucky refuse/can't go to sleep on fighting terms.

{personal comment: This is so sweet. I love Bucky so much}

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Together [2k] @valkyriesryde

Bucky x Reader

Summary: You've got some news but are too scared to tell Bucky but he’ll find out one way or another

{personal comment: I don’t read a lot of things about pregnancy, but this did me in. I'm loving this relationship}

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One More Night [3.4k] @marvelouslizzie

Bucky x Reader

Summary: You and Bucky Barnes are fuck buddies for a while. The problem is you have feelings for him but you don't think he reciprocates and it just makes it impossible to continue your relationship. Little did you know how much he wants you and how hard he's trying to keep it casual.

{personal comment: That conversation was everything! It was authentic and genuine and I highly enjoyed it}

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Requiem [3.1] @thereoncewasagirlnamedjane

Captain Hook!Bucky x Fairy!Reader

Summary: A fairy without her wings and a captain without his crew—two misfits manage to find each other in the cruel dark world that is Neverland.

{personal comment: This is so tragically beautiful and enchanting. I am loving his subtle tenderness, the way he so slowly warms up to having her around. This is pure magic and I devoured every word}

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[saiyanprincessswanie]

Tag Game

Thank you @gremlin-girly & @thereoncewasagirlnamedjane for the tag

rules: in a new post, post the names of all the files in your wip folder regardless of how non descriptive or ridiculous. let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet or tell us about it.

tag as many people as you have wips.

WIPs (will probably change the titles)

Taking Chances

Never Wanted to Say Goodbye

No pressure tags:

@nekoannie-chan @americasass81

[buckbuckbarnesstuff]

since the 2024 is ending, what are your favorite fics from this year? 🤗 (also the ones you've wrote too)

You're so lovely for asking me this, thank you so much!! ❤

These are some of my favorite fics I've read this year and still think about on occasion:

Treacherous by @scrumptious-delusion

A Night of Frights & Delights + Lines Crossed + The Biker's Tulip + Boulevard Confessions by @elixirfromthestars

Blurred Lines by @ellemj

Cold libraries create warmer hearts + second part by @elvenrin

A dish served cold + Me & the Devil + Smog & Spirits by @artficlly

Time after time + About that night (the bugs and the dirt) by @intrepidacious

Unsolved by @shurisneakers

Requiem + Of all the ways to die by @thereoncewasagirlnamedjane

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And as for my own I think it has to be Two with College!Athlete Bucky in a corn maze au. It’s actually the one fic where I immediately started writing after the idea popped up in my head and I managed to write it all in one sitting. I also enjoyed how my most recent fic turned out. Whumpcember (day 12). I've never written about something like this and it was actually really fun!

[elixirfromthestars]

ten people I’d like to get to know better ✨

thank you so much for tagging me @flowersforbucky ☺️🩷

last song: dolce by cazzu

last book: men who hate women by laura bates (still currently reading)

last movie: twisters 2024 (had to do a little rewatch for a certain cowboy 🤭💗)

last tv show: daredevil (just started my rewatch before the new show starts!)

last thing googled: neurosurgery procedures and other surgery related questions for a fic

favorite color: baby pink/lilac

sweet/savory/spicy: probably savory, but I have a big sweet tooth too

currently looking forward to: a cabin trip I’ll be taking at the end of march to celebrate my uncle’s birthday 🎂✨(it’s what’s getting me through these last few weeks of winter lol)

current obsession: bucky barnes, I don’t think it’s an obsession that’ll ever leave 😂🩷

no pressure tags: @writing-for-marvel @arcane-vagabond @thereoncewasagirlnamedjane @perdidosbucky-yyo @mrsbuckybarnes1917 @treatbuckywkisses @lomlbuckybarnes @whatever-lmaoo @nameless-ken @barnesafterglow

[navybrat817]

“To everyone else, even to you, he was always just that scrappy little nobody from Brooklyn. But to me?” You are weeping now, your voice thick with grief even though he’s right next to you. “To me, he was everything. I don’t want Captain America. I want Steve. My Steve.” 

You did such a beautiful job navigating the changes of post-serum Steve and the emotions that came with it! ❤️

small worlds.

✩ read on ao3 ✩ masterlist ✩ forget-me-not creative campaign ✩ library blog

PAIRING — 1940s!steve rogers x f!reader

CONTENTS — one-shot, hurt/comfort, somewhere between fluff and angst, mild sexual content, established relationship

SUMMARY — all he ever wanted to do was the right thing. it never occurred to him that doing the right thing could possibly hurt someone he loves.

W/C — 1.5k

NOTES — this is my submission for my own creative campaign lmao 😅 i just got inspired looking at those prompts again, okay? and these are my missing pre-serum!steve hours 😭 and after the week i’ve had, i need some comfort~

prompts used: ✩ geranium = returning joy ✩ plumeria = “well, this is new.” ✩ zinnia = mourning your absence

Bucky had been wrong. 

His best friend predicted that you would be thrilled to see the new him. After all, the girls at the SSR couldn’t seem to stay away, nor could the flight nurses out on the frontlines, no matter how many times he told them he had a girl back home and just wasn’t interested. 

Howard was the only one who knew well enough to warn him; given how Steve had left things with you before he took off on his tour across the country, he shouldn’t expect everything to be sunshine and rainbows when he got back. 

The two of you had fought, the biggest one in the history of your relationship, and hadn’t spoken to each other in days before he had to leave. His efforts to lie his way into the army was always a source of friction between you, and this, being selected as the subject for Project Rebirth, was just another straw on the camel’s back. 

Steve knew you were just afraid for him, as anyone who mattered to him would be, but it was something he knew he had to do. Unfortunately he couldn’t be convinced, but it didn’t mean he wasn’t also terrified of facing the consequences. 

“Be prepared to grovel, Rogers, like you’ve never done before,” Howard warned, giving him a grave look before waving him off. “Hell hath no fury.” 

So, he showed up at your door only days before he had to leave for Italy, holding a bouquet of flowers and shuffling nervously on his feet as he waited. Steve didn’t know what to say when you opened the door, feeling a little awkward himself at nearly two feet taller and about a hundred fifty pounds heavier. 

You stared at him for a moment, almost as if you didn’t recognize him. 

“Hi,” he said sheepishly, giving you a hesitant but hopeful smile. You looked like you might reel back and punch him, no doubt still angry about the way things went down and how he’d returned to you looking like an entirely different man, but then your face crumpled. 

There were downsides to the serum, he realized, as he could smell the salt of your tears before they even reached your lashes. He leaned down, bending at the waist, something he never had to do before, letting you wrap your arms around his widened shoulders. He could taste the relief in your tears as he kissed them away. 

In the hours that followed, however, you remained distant. He caught you staring thoughtfully at him from across the kitchen, only to quickly avert your eyes when he looked up from the hearty dinner you made him. 

You pulled away subtly when he reached for your hand or the soft dip of your waist, flinch when he moved to kiss your cheek, and returned all his dumb jokes with tight smiles. 

“Well, this is new,” he grinned softly as he stepped behind you, his chest firm against your back, grabbing a jar on a high shelf that you were struggling to reach. 

It took you a few moments too long to turn towards him, your lips curving upwards ever so slightly but it never quite touching the rest of your features. 

Even when he lay next to you that night, it felt like you were miles away. He was leaving soon, all the way to Italy and then to god knows where else, and he didn’t want to leave things this way. He didn’t want to go yet, not while he was uncertain about whether you’d welcome him back next time. 

But as always, it’s like you hear the thoughts in his head without him ever needing to speak them. It’s why this works; he broods and you see through him, as though you have a map directly to his heart. 

“It feels strange,” you confess in hushed tones, the two of you lying in the darkness of your bedroom. When the two of you touch, it feels foreign. You feel guilty, as though you were somehow being unfaithful to a version of him that would never come back. 

“I know,” he says, reaching for you. His heart sinks when you pull away. He lays there in silence, his enhanced vision capturing you so clearly in the dark, staring up at the ceiling as your bottom lip quivers. 

“You took him from me,” you whisper, eyes shining so brightly with anguish in the moonlight. It takes a moment for him to realize what you mean. He can hear the tears sliding down your temples and dripping onto the pillow. 

All he ever wanted to do was the right thing. It never occurred to him that doing the right thing could possibly hurt someone he loves. 

“I’m still me,” he murmurs, his fingers desperate to wipe them away, his arms itching to find their place around you once again. 

“To everyone else, even to you, he was always just that scrappy little nobody from Brooklyn. But to me?” You are weeping now, your voice thick with grief even though he’s right next to you. “To me, he was everything. I don’t want Captain America. I want Steve. My Steve.” 

Steve swallows hard. You always were the only one who did. 

“He’s still here,” he pulls you close and this time, you don’t fight him. You fold yourself against him, crying harder when you are met with the hard sharp planes of his new body, instead of his usual soft edges that always seemed to embrace you right back. “I’m right here.” 

He lets you cry into his chest until, after what seems like hours, you finally drift off into an uneasy sleep, the front of his shirt still damp with your despair. 

But it doesn’t take much longer to find a new normal. 

He still smiles at you the same way as the day you met, a little sheepish and a little shy even after all this time. 

He still does that thing where he intertwines his fingers with yours, his touch a little evasive, teasing you a bit before finally pressing your palms together. 

He still holds you for as long as you need, always letting you be the first one to pull away. 

He still quietly fills the pages of sketchbooks that he hides on your bookshelf. 

He still eats so slowly, taking his time at your dining table because even a slightly bigger portion than normal used to make him sick. 

He still looks at the most terrible parts of humanity and decides that the world is worth saving. 

You slowly get used to the fact that he can reach the higher cabinets in your kitchen now, that he no longer falls ill at each turn of the season, and that while you will never get to see your Steve again—even though you think of him often—this Steve is right: he never really left. 

And when you’ve forgiven him, because there really was no question about it, when you’re ready to give yourself to him again, you’re both a bit nervous and awkward. 

It takes a little bit of dancing to get used to each other’s bodies again; you’re much smaller compared to him now, and he’s afraid he’ll forget his newfound strength and inadvertently hurt you somehow. 

But, much like you did before when he was small and inexperienced, he guides you and you eagerly follow. He lets you come to him, allows you to set the pace and boundaries of how far you’re willing to go, and he always looks at you the same. He even says it again—

“I can’t believe you’re here with me,” he croaks, so close you can smell his aftershave. 

It’s moments like these when you fully realize that while the serum changed him on the outside, it never touched what was inside. As always, he handles you with the utmost care, pulling you cautiously onto his lap, his hands gently cradling either side of your face as he drinks you in, eyes darting back and forth across your face before he finally leans in to kiss you. 

His eyes never once leave yours, even as you abandon your dress and undergarments on the bedroom floor. His fingertips slide down your sternum in a featherlight touch, down the valley between your breasts, before turning his hand over to brush his knuckles lightly over your rib cage, raising goosebumps in his wake. 

You stare into his familiar eyes, the ones that fill your vision with the clearest blue—as if you’re looking into a cloudless summer sky, just like the day you met the boy with a heart ten sizes too big for his chest—and you sigh in relief. 

“There you are,” you purr against his lips. 

His lips stretch into a smile, coaxing yours into doing the same. He remembers a promise he’d made to someone else not that long ago, and he promises it again—to you this time. 

That you will stay who you are. 

That he will never lose your Steve. 

fin.

[gremlin-girly]

tag game

thank you the sweetest @thereoncewasagirlnamedjane for tagging me 🥺🫶🏻

tag as many people as you have - I.... no. I can't. I have 150+ WIPs 😭

rules: in a new post, post the names of all the files in your wip folder regardless of how non descriptive or ridiculous. let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet or tell us about it.

not all of these are confirmed titles :)

Tagging @steviebbboi @mrs-elsie-barnes @vunblr @stargazingfangirl18 @saiyanprincessswanie @buckets-and-trees @late-to-the-party-81 @darkficsyouneveraskedfor @darsynia @brunchable @buck-star anyone else who wants to join in (because I forgot to tag before going out 🫠🫣)

When I Get Low I Get High

Cigarettes and Feelings

Bud

Mary Jane

Blackberry Wilds

Sea Shell

Adventures in Babysitting

Blood Moon

Irresistible

Strawberry Moon

Learning Curves

Beyond the Dark Woods

Meat Cute

Needful Thing

Resident Yapper

Bearskin

Work Antics

Curl Up & Dye

Cowboys & Aliens

The Tide is High

Works in Friction

Hack Off

Nine Lives

Ski Chalet

No Charge

Lady of the Lake

Angelfish

Mine

Branded

The Mysterious Case of the Cartoon Boxers

The Lady is a Tramp

Nightmares

The Winter Stripper

Love to Hate You

The Neighbour

Daddy Day Care

Roommate Diaries

[intrepidacious]

tag game

rules: in a new post, post the names of all the files in your wip folder regardless of how non descriptive or ridiculous. let people send you an ask with the title that most intrigues them and then post a little snippet or tell us about it.

tag as many people as you have wips yeah no lmao

you know what i said i wouldn't ever do an honest version of this tag because it's frankly ridiculous how many docs/wips i have, but i saw someone else post the entirety of their wip folder and found it inspiring so. thank you for tagging me @writing-for-marvel 💛

no pressure tags <3 @brandycranby @thereoncewasagirlnamedjane @fandoms-writings @nickfowlerrr @krirebr @levanswrites @scrumptious-delusion @demxters @sanguineterrain

here goes, adhd at its finest. changing font colours per character. also some of these are themselves folders with documents inside so this is still not an extensive list lmao 🫠

time after time

a witch for all seasons

vampire bucky

the bad days

tired

friendship breakups / the way we were / tangents meeting

wayward guide for the untrained eye

to home afar

smile

trivia

electric boots

more of you

timeless

color me

sing me a song

pouring rain

[untitled 40s bucky]

caught in the undertow

fair

winter soldier

summer loving

daisy jones

something to rely on

leaving on a jet plane

pancakes for dinner

snow child

jones

rewritten!bucky

librarian!bucky

librarian!bucky - haircut

half past six

the stars in your eyes

dandelions

stick season

after westview

fae!bucky

holding cell

fake dating

lotr au

something bout you

dust settling / lucky for me

call me but love / unconquerable

not yet

wishes / nineteen twenty-five

forty-three

death becomes him

lights out

come fly with me

ghost light

battle cries

[untitled angst]

wishing

private eye!steve

outlaw!steve

rewritten!steve

[untitled spice]

royal librarian steve / hearts of gold

a smile that cold

occupy my brain

too sweet

poison in my pocket

ready when you are

the horror and the wild

victorian!ransom

royalty au

pirate captive

[untitled drabble]

there's always tomorrow

[untitled fairy tale retelling]

sweet diversions / on the bride's side

westworld

the space between atoms

solar system

earth rover

that unwanted animal

second wind

not mine

why'd you only call me when you're high

welly boots

farewell wanderlust

dancing

pietro

marbles

wild blue yonder

the rockrose and the thistle

unmarried

watch the sunlight fade

secret agent au

the horror and the wild (2)

and we all still die

against all odds

scars

hurt/comfort

to play with fire

velen

a nature such as his

a common place

til the darkness has gone

just fairer than death / through the darkness-1

accidental marriage

circe

one day's head start

sub!james

formal dinners

eye of the storm

make up for lost time

ex wife

fine | b.b.

on the town | b.b. (tat)

crimson and clover | b.b. (tat)

| j.n.

must be the season | w.m.

in the absence of falling | b.b.

just like your dad | r.d.

hockey au | b.b.

| s.r./b.b.

library | b.b.

staring contest | b.b.