Introducing: the Inaugural Bucklena Shipping Week, 2023
all credit to the amazingly talented @winterbelovamcu for the phenomenal fanart. thank you for allowing me to share xo
So for the uninitiated, I loooove a good shipping week
Last year I thought it would be fun to a shipping week for Stephen Strange and Wanda Maximoff (aka the ScarletStrange Shipping Week), and it wound up being a lot of fun + we have a lot of amazing ScarletStrange content from those ~7 days. This year, to get into the Halloween spirit, I decided to flex my writing muscles on a whim and write a bunch of Bucky x Yelena content (aka Bucklena) inspired by some of my favorite nostalgic "fall" music (and by "fall" I mean these were songs that were included in the vampire classics of my youth, namely the vampire diaries and twilight).
ANYWHO. This shipping week is literally just an open invitation, for anyone reading this - WRITE! Make a moodboard! Literally any and all Bucklena content, for the next seven days, send it my way so I can give it all of my love! Bonus points if it's Spooky/Halloween themed, but it doesn't have to be!
In any case, click here to read my entry day 1 :) inspired by Mads Langer's "the beauty of the dark"
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I ABSOLUTELY HAVE TO KNOW THE SHIPS AND IF THOR GAVE AGENT MOBIUS A TALK ABOUT NOT BREAKING LOKI’S HEART IF THAT IS ONE OF THE SHIPS pretty please?
ok so lokius isn’t canon in my au bc i honestly don’t ship them but i can’t lie it is pretty cute,, but if it was canon thor would SO do that amdnsjsjsj
anyways anyways, S H I P S
(quite a few of these ships are considered controversial, please don’t hate on me for them. ty!)
r o m a n t i c
pepperony (pepper potts x tony stark)
sambucky (sam wilson x bucky barnes)
parkner (peter parker x harley keener)
sylki (sylvie laufeydottir x loki laufeyson)
danbeau (carol danvers x maria rambeau)
starmora (peter quill x gamora)
bugborg (mantis x nebula)
fosterson (thor odinson x jane foster)
brutasha (bruce banner x natasha romanoff)
bishova (yelena belova x kate bishop)
sifkyrie (lady sif x valkyrie)
wandavision (wanda maximoff x vision)
p l a t o n i c / f a m i l i a l
yelena x bucky
valkruce (valkyrie x bruce banner)
peter/mantis (peter parker x mantis)
bucket (bucky barnes x rocket)
science teens (peter parker x shuri)
science boyfriends (bruce banner x tony stark)
clintasha (clint barton x natasha romanoff)
black pepper (natasha romanoff x pepper potts)
valcarol (valkyrie x carol danvers)
witch family (stephen strange x wanda maximoff x loki laufeyson)
revengers (thor odinson x bruce banner x valkyrie x loki laufeyson)
irondad (peter parker x tony stark)
nebora (nebula x gamora)
maximoff twins (wanda maximoff x pietro maximoff)
science family (bruce banner x tony stark x peter parker)
j o k e
rocket x bucky’s arm
bucky x plums
mobius x jetski
loki x tesseract
and like, so much more, AIJSIWJEIWJW
don’t be afraid to send in any asks about my au, i LOVE infodumping abt it :3
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hi lovely vy could u do headcanons where yelena works for shield and always does missions alongside the avengers (even if she’s like 16/17) and so everyone sees her as super mature for her age but she’s still just a teen and faces some of the normal struggles like body image problems/ depriving herself of food because she’s been told that her worth only comes from her appearance. and maybe steve and tony and bucky all notice at separate times and try to help her and come to the realization that they’ve all been treating a child as an adult
As someone who struggles with body image and an ED I'm incredibly thankful for this request dear. Hope you like the headcanons 💕
Platonic pairings: Yelena & Steve, Yelena & Bucky, Yelena & Tony
Warnings: Body image issues and food restriction, Over-exercising, Self-doubt, Questioning self-worth
Genre: Hurt/Comfort, Platonic Fluff, Angst
She's found a home here, two actually
She's surrounded by people who care for her, people she trusts
She contributes greatly in the city's - or rather world's - security
She's never been at a higher point as far back as she can remember
Then why does this dark raincloud still dangle itself above her head?
Why is it raining down doubt, hesitation and reluctance into her mind?
Why does it leave her sleepless at night?
And why does it get her stuck in front of the mirror a lot longer than necessary?
Yelena's always been treated years beyond her actual age
There's really no other way she could've been approached and treated when all her life she's been seen as some sort of weapon
Now, she's a soldier, an agent, a hero
And the weight of the responsibility has only grown heavier on her back
It was a close call during their last mission, one that could've cost a civilian's life, that sent her down the dark spiral without any harness for her to hold onto or get lifted up to the surface eventually
She's deemed the high viewing adults have of her as something for her to feel complimented by
To be seen as mature, intellectually and physically, past one's age is often perceived as a great admiration of the person's skillset and their ability in a certain field or line of work
But when the person is still just a teenager, one who never got to experience proper childhood at that, the positive aspects of it get thrown out the window
It does more harm than good
Which is precisely the case with Yelena who, despite doubting it, started losing self-regard and care for the sole purpose of being the hero and protector she'd deem 'worth' fighting alongside the Avengers
It took effect drastically
Drastically enough for people to thankfully start noticing
The first was Tony
He picked up on her more than half full plates following every meal, the lack of empty spaces on the plate contradicting her claims of feeling full or stuffed
He'd tried to point it out to her, how she was not rationing her food intake properly with her workout regimen, but she brushed him off with a claim that the protein shakes she drank were making her feel full
When he told her to cut down on them, she'd unconvincingly agreed
Second was Steve
He noticed her excessiveness, the newfound urge to go further and faster with every workout than ever before
He had half-jokingly warned her to slow down to which she almost bitterly replied that if it were him he definitely wouldn't slow down
The nail didn't get hit on the head till Bucky accidentally stumbled across her journal
It had been left in the cafeteria - her newly-scatterbrained self had forgotten it there - and he had flicked it open in hopes of finding any evidence of the owner's identity
He immediately recognized Yelena's neat cursive handwriting and was just about to close it and go return it to her when he noticed what had been written
A workout routine, body measurements, calorie counter comparing intake and the amount burnt during her training sessions
This sent off every last alarm in Bucky's head who, up until that point, had already had a sneaking suspicion that something was awry with the girl
And when he brought it up to Steve and Tony, he was beyond relieved to know he was not the only one
An intervention was bound to take place
And it did when Tony stumbled across Yelena in one of the rec rooms on base
He'd beckoned Steve and Bucky over too with one quick text and the meeting was in order
It took a lot of back and forth, a lot of false convincing from Yelena's side of the table and even more disbelief from her three mentors
When she admitted her struggles finally, tears staining her eyes as she white-knuckled her hands into fists, it felt like a ton of that weight she'd been carrying around, pressing down on her, was lifted
Like that raincloud had finally stopped pouring over her and had lightened up greatly
Her admission was followed by a spiel of genuine reassurance and comfort from the three Avengers
The first step of her recovery from that negative mental space was the burning of that damned journal
From that point on, she promised to trust the three with her workouts and meals as she had done prior to those depleting thoughts' nestling into her head
It's the one thing she's been seeking out all her life
People to trust and rely on
People who actually care
A family
That cloud might still be following her around, but it's pearly white and calm, not a raindrop in sight
But if a storm does start brewing, she'll have someone to shield her from it
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