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Hiii! I love ur page and I was wondering if u could rec some fics with a pregnant reader? Thank you sm hon 🫶

Pregnant Reader

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These Hands Are For You by @majestyeverlasting

The raking of leaves, muffins, and baby kicks on a fall afternoon. A very warm and fuzzy domestic piece filled with lots of love.

Always Back to You by @majestyeverlasting

After coming home a little roughed up, Bucky seeks forgiveness for not being candid about a mission in D.C. But all you truly care about is the fact that he's okay and made his way back to you.

Two Becomes Three by @sleepypanda27

“I’m pregnant”

Chocolate Chip Cookies by @sleepypanda27

Bucky wakes up in the middle of the night only to find that you’re not in the bed, because you're craving chocolate chip cookies.

Scent of Home by @pherelesytsia

Bucky attended one of Tony parties and returns to his small family.

small bump by @bucky-bucket-barnes

Bucky has fought literal armies, survived multiple murder attempts, and still nothing worries him like his pregnant wife.

Paint + Ladders by @mvtthewmurdvck

Bucky comes home to find you not where you're supposed to be, and instead in the nursery, doing exactly what you shouldn't be.

two little lines by @duuhrayliegh

the reader is pregnant, this is how she tells bucky and the rest of the avengers.

Here To Help by @itsjustmelainey

Your super baby is so heavy that you’re uncomfortable, fortunately Bucky might have found the solution to help you.

Any day now by @randomperson351

Bucky didn't think he could have the life he does, and he's grateful each and every day.

happy secret by @bentobarnes

bucky is having lunch with Nakajima after 2 years of not talking with him. Yori wants him to go on a date with Leah (the bartender) but encounters a pleasant surprise.

Breath With Me by @planetofawe

You and Bucky decide on a home birth however you’ve got to do it all alone as your midwife is stuck in some traffic!

Oh Baby! by @fairydxll

You tell Bucky the big news.

Support You by @marvelmushroom

Bucky finds a way to take some of the weight off of you during pregnancy. Literally.

Daisy by @chrisevansredbelt

bucky gets you pregnant. complications ensue?

Names by @softlyspector

Bucky and Y/N are expecting a baby, and soon, but they still haven’t decided on a name.

One In A Trillion by @softlyspector

Bucky is sterile. Or, so they had been told, that was basically what he was. There was a one in a trillion chance of them ever conceiving, completely impossible.

Expectations by @softlyspector

Bucky is overprotective of the reader, who is pregnant with his baby.

one plus one equals… by @lokiskitten

after waking up from a nap, Bucky requires a hug. He then gets the chance to learn that you are pregnant.

actually… you can help by @classylo

you were miserably pregnant and knew of only one way to get the baby out of you.

“Alexa, Play Go There With You” by @touchstarvedirl

Bucky’s been having a hard time being okay with your work schedule now that you’re pregnant. An arguments ensues and after you only have one thing on your mind, so Alexa helps you set the mood.

Daddy’s Home by @starshipsofstarlord

whilst with Wanda, you go into labour. Bucky is on his way home from a mission with Steve and Vision, you’re just worried that he won’t make it on time.

we’re gonna need a bigger house by @sunmoonandeddie

You find the courage to tell Bucky about your latest ultrasound.

Come Back to You by @buckyalpine

What happens when a time travel mission ends up with a version of Bucky from the 40′s standing on the time travel platform.

Imagine by @buckyalpine

Imagine Bucky finding his adorably, heavily pregnant girl perched onto kitchen counter rummaging for snacks like a little gremlin in the middle of the night.

Be(tter) in Reality With Me by @t-lostinworlds

Bucky needed to remind you how he would never ever betray you, especially when the him in your dreams was showing you otherwise.

All I Ever Wanted by @majestyeverlasting

You and Bucky visit a park in Brooklyn that stirs up some nostalgic memories. But what he doesn’t know is that, later that night, he’ll learn that he’s going to be a father.

Relax by @itsapeterthing

while the avengers help you and bucky move, you attempt to help carry something only to have your overprotective husband get in the way

The Three Times They Think She’s Pregnant by @skyeisawitch

Hopelessly Pregnant by @kiritella

Light Carries On Endlessly by @marvelingatthewonder

Bucky goes back under after cacw and you’re pregnant. 8-ish months later you give birth to a beautiful baby girl.

#bucky barnes fic rec #bucky barnes x reader #bucky barnes x y/n #bucky barnes x you #bucky barnes x f!reader #bucky barnes series #bucky barnes smut #winter soldier x reader #bucky barnes x pregnant reader #bucky barnes x wife!reader #husband!bucky barnes #bucky barnes fluff #bucky barnes angst #bucky barnes oneshot

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ao3feed-sambucky · 1 month

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Taking It Slow

read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/xVmkbWe by Anonymous Sam makes a surprise visit to New York to check up on Bucky and winds up doing something he never thought he would: telling him how he really feels. It doesn't go as terribly as he thought it might. Words: 9675, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: M/M Characters: James "Bucky" Barnes, Sam Wilson (Marvel), Alpine (Marvel), Yori Nakajima, Sarah Wilson (Marvel) Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Sam Wilson, James "Bucky" Barnes & Yori Nakajima Additional Tags: POV Sam Wilson (Marvel), POV Bucky Barnes, POV Alternating, Post-Avengers: Endgame (Movie), Old Steve Rogers (Avengers: Endgame) is A Skrull, Sam Wilson Loves Bucky Barnes, Bucky Barnes Goes to Therapy, Friends to Lovers, Developing Relationship, Mentioned Steve Rogers, Worried Sam Wilson (Marvel), Bucky Barnes's Metal Arm, Bucky Barnes Has Issues, Bucky Barnes Has Nightmares, Hurt Bucky Barnes, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Cat Owner Bucky Barnes, Consent, Insomniac Bucky Barnes, Awesome Sam Wilson, Grief/Mourning, Moving On, Past Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers, Feelings, First Kiss, Sad Bucky Barnes, Interracial Relationship, Insecure Bucky Barnes, Trust Issues, Soft Bucky Barnes, Getting Together, Denial, Town of Delacroix Louisiana (Marvel), Mild Sexual Content, Dry Humping, First Time, Kissing, Sweet Bucky Barnes read it on AO3 at https://ift.tt/xVmkbWe

#Bucky #Captain America #Winter Soldier #Sam Wilson #James Barnes #Falcon #SamBucky #BuckySam #IFTTT #ao3feed

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lightning-writes · 4 months

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good heart (faulty machine of a man) - 17/30

fic summary: bucky meets someone at therapy

chapter summary: there are amends and apologies.

word count: 1887

tags: post endgame, pre tfatws, slow burn, canon divergent, canon compliant, au

warnings: transphobia

a/n: a quick dip into TFATWS canon. also rue's last name is david (like dah-veed) - she is of Indian-descent, I just haven't decided specifics.

AO3 MASTERLIST X

Bucky remembers them all.

All of the people he’s killed, maimed, hurt. All of the corruption, extortion, affliction. All of the fear, shock, indignation. All of the cries, the trembling, the fighting - all of their will to live, to survive. He remembers snuffing out the good and upholding the immoral.

If someone received a swift death, it wasn’t because the Winter Soldier was merciful. It was because he had a mission to complete and would not tolerate deterrence.

When Raynor tells him to write down every person affected by the Winter Soldier, Bucky writes for days. She then tells him to cross off the people who had died by the hand of the Winter Soldier or by the hand of time. He’s left with a page of the victims’ family members and corrupt persons in substantial power.

She gives him two rules and a script that they create together:

I am no longer the Winter Soldier. I am James ‘Bucky’ Barnes, and you are a part of my efforts to make amends.

The rules are simple - nothing illegal, no one gets hurt. He disagrees, knowing that some people on this list deserve illegal and harmful things done to them, but he will play by her rules.

(For now.)

////

(The assignment gives him a new purpose, something he realizes he misses.)

Bucky starts right away. He contacts the independent digital investigator he had used in the past to find targets. Mikhail Novikov, known as Жаба, The Toad, has been on both sides of civilian uprisings, systematic rebellions, political wars. His loyalty is to the payment, never an organization or government.

He delivers his amends list to Novikov in person and, at the last minute, adds one more name, with the special request to do a full deep dive.

(Dread and guilt flood his brain as his pen falters. Ruby David. He’s conflicted between thinking he shouldn’t do this and he should have done this sooner.)

Жаба produces locations of each person; Bucky will do the rest. He tells Bucky the deep dive will take more time and will cost more money. Bucky reminds him he’s Novikov’s only ally in times like this.

With some basic research, he finds Yori Nakajima. The father of one of the Winter Soldier’s victims. Bucky remembers his son. Hell, he’s dreamt of his son, his feeble attempts to escape.

(The swift execution he received.)

Bucky doesn’t approach Nakajima for days. He takes his time slinking around the old man’s neighborhood, tailing him through the park to markets and restaurants. He notes who he interacts with, what kind of person the man is.

Bucky’s memorized Nakajima’s routine when he finally lets himself be spotted.

“I think you and I are the only regulars here, at this time.” Yori’s smile is kind, drawing lines across his whole face. He shuffles his way to Bucky’s small table in the corner of Izzy’s, a Japanese bar Yori frequents.

(Bucky’s throat seizes, but he offers a weak smile.)

“I’m Yori.”

“James.”

“Do you mind if I sit with you, James?”

“Uh…”

(Bucky knows he shouldn’t entertain the man. It’s like a predator playing with its prey. The news Bucky had to deliver will gut this old man, and it would be a twisted knife if they become friendly first.)

“Yes, you can sit here.”

“Thank you.” Yori waves over to the bartender. “Have you had Sake before?”

“Can’t say I have,” Bucky lies.

“It’s the best part of my day,” the old man admits with a sheepish chuckle.

(Bucky was going to hell for this, but what is one drink with a kind old man compared to his lifetime of sins?)

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“Hey - I’m hungry.”

Rue hasn’t texted him since Thanksgiving, which was only a week ago, but when he had walked into the waiting room, she barely looked his way either. She’d been busy on the phone, taking notes, or on the computer, typing diligently. She’d offered him a terse smile upon his arrival, but her eyes never meet his.

(He’d take it as a coincidence if he didn’t know any better. But he knew the intricacies of shame, so he’d given her space.)

This is why her declaration throws him off as he exits the therapy room.

“You should eat then.”

(His statement is surly. He feels out of rhythm with her, which is foreign to him. He knows the main reason is he’s afraid of what Novikov will find. His learned predisposition to be suspicious has been both life-preserving and eternally daming. He feels like he’s stepping into dark water, not knowing if his foot will land on solid ground or something sharp. His gut has been pointing out the inconsistencies with her, but… isn’t it just human to be inconsistent? He feels like there’s more at stake here… and he doesn’t know what he’ll do with that information.

Another reason, he thinks, is the way he wanted to end the pretenses that night and give in to the charged moment between them.)

“Are you hungry?”

Despite her matching his energy, he recognizes the veiled invitation.

“I’m… not,” he admits, “but I could join you.”

“Well, I don’t want you to ‘join me’ if you have plans or–” She’s fighting with her coat, and he sees her frustration with the garment, with him, with herself. “If you’re hungry, we go. If you’re not–”

Bucky offers his gloved hand. She’s fixing her collar when she notices it. He’s half worried she’s going to scold him for being behind the desk again, though technically, he’s adjacent to it. She shoulders her bag and grabs his hand.

“Let’s go,” she drags him out of the room.

(Bucky can’t fight the smile growing on his face as he follows along.)

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She says she’s craving Indian food, so they go to a pretty famous restaurant twenty minutes away. The place is loud and packed, and Bucky is bombarded by the crazy Christmas lights piled onto the ceilings, some hanging low enough to graze his head. Surprisingly, there isn’t a wait.

“I’m dying for some tikka masala,” Rue tells the waiter with a more polite smile than her usual flirty one. She looks to Bucky, with a meek expression he’s never seen before. “Are you sure you don’t want anything? This place is amazing, and it’s my treat.”

“I’m okay for now.”

(He sees recognition from Thanksgiving, the last time he’d said that, flash over her face. Her gaze flits away but gives a clipped smile to the waiter.)

Now that they are in close proximity, Bucky really looks at her. She looks… rough, like she hasn’t been sleeping. When they aren’t making mundane comments to one another about the restaurant or the weather, her expression is flat. Eyes sullen, almost heavy. The corners of her mouth slightly down.

“Sorry I’ve been so quiet,” she finally says. Again, her eyes barely meet his. “Like, texting and stuff. I’ve been swamped at my other job. The holiday season and all.”

“That’s fine.” Bucky leans into his chair as much as space will allow. He combs his hair back with his fingers. “Raynor gave me a project, so I’ve been working on that.”

“A project?” There’s humor in her tone but not on her face. “She’s graduated from homework to a project, then?”

“Yeah, it’s for my amends.”

Her food comes incredibly fast, Bucky notices, and she hums with delight. She thanks the waiter, with a more genuine light in her eyes, and starts to eat. She offers him a forkful, but he just shakes his head.

“I haven’t had good Indian food in forever,” she mumbles through a mouthful. “My brother was going to hook me up with some this Christmas, but a few days ago, he told me they decided to go to his in-laws at the last minute.”

(Bucky feels something when he sees how Rue is with him. Open, untethered. Vulnerable. It makes him feel less… monstrous.)

“What about your parents?” Bucky ventures. He’s never cared to figure out her ethnicity, but her features lean South Asian.

She doesn’t skip a beat when she spits, “Fuck them.”

“Oh.”

“Sorry,” though she doesn’t sound it, “that’s just my knee-jerk reaction when talking about them. We don’t talk to them since they kicked Mikey out for being trans.”

“Oh,” he repeats with understanding. Her gaze is wary. “When did he come out?”

(Rue gives him a brief yet approving look as she drinks her water. Pride buzzes in his chest.)

“When he was sixteen. I was nineteen.” She combs both hands through her hair, locking them in, leaning on her elbows. “It was a wild time. I was training for this really big job, and I had to drop out when I was almost done, to take care of him.” He watches her remember. “I started working at Waterway Brewery, where I still work, and I had to pick up a bunch of little odd jobs to put food on the table, pay for rent. I wouldn’t allow Mikey to get a job, and when he got into MIT on a full ride scholarship, it had been worth it.”

“That’s a pretty good school,” Bucky says thoughtfully, “or, at least, it was, back in the ‘40’s.”

Rue laughs for the first time of the night. Her face is soft and rosy from the Christmas lights, and despite the large crowd in the cramped restaurant, she still garners curious looks from nearby diners.

(And Bucky loves it.)

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Rue’s skittish energy reappears as she fumbles with her keys.

(He stands with her on the top landing, both protective against people walking by and the cutting wind.

It’s then he suddenly realizes it’s his proximity that’s making her so nervous, not the cold.)

He takes a step down, not wanting to crowd her, ready to leave the moment she’s in. She turns once the door is unlocked, making no moves to open it. Her eyes fall to him, a few inches shorter than her.

(If he notices disappointment, it’s gone before it registers.)

“Thanks for walking me home,” she says. She puts on her usual grin and says, “You know, you didn’t have to. I know how to defend myself.”

Bucky’s brow furrows deeply. “That’s news to me.”

She swats his shoulder with a laugh. “I’ve… taken a few classes.”

“You’ll have to show me sometime.” Despite the icy night, the air between them is thick. He finally says, “Have a good night, Rue.”

She grabs his shoulder before he’s off the steps. She’s on the last one, so close, he sees the smile lines at the corner of her eyes when the wind blows, and she squints them shut. Her hand slides from his shoulder to his chest before falling away.

(The buzzing is back.)

“I’m… sorry. For the other night.” Her voice is low, fragile. Her eyes are on her shoes. “I was drunk, and…” she huffs a laugh, pressing a hand to her forehead, “and horny, for a lack of a better word. I was being… messy and destructive–”

“Don’t be sorry.” Her eyes snap to his, finally. Like magnets. He sees her pupils, nearly lost in her dark eyes. She’s not searching. It’s like she’s been waiting for him to just say it. “There’s nothing to be sorry about.”

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stuckybingo · 1 year

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Stucky Bingo Round-Up #13 (December 18th - January 1st)

Don’t forget to fill out the submission form to be a part of the round-ups and to get your bingo badges!

Stucky Bingo December 2022 Round Robin by buckybarnesdeservestobehappy, Politzania, froggo, jessybarnes, Sivan325, buckyismybicycle Square filled: Yori Nakajima, "Open wide", Winter, "I still don't know how to dance.", Huddling for Warmth, AU: Coffee Shop Ao3 rating: General audiences Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Alternate Universe - No Powers, Fluff, Domestic Fluff, Christmas Fluff, Just all the fluff, Tooth-Rotting Fluff, Boys In Love, Steve Rogers being a dork Summary: It's December. The weather is cold. Time to reminisce with hot chocolate and dancing. Format: Round Robin

wish for a silent night by Froggo Square filled: B5 - AU: TV show/Movie/Book Ao3 rating: Explicit Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: christmas, strangers to lovers, post-break up Summary: Steve and Bucky meet on the way home to New York. Neither really wants to leave the other when the plane has landed. Neither really has any Christmas plans except for being raging workaholics. And, neither really wants to start the conversation about why that is when there's so many more exciting things to get up to together. Format: Part of a multichapter fic

I was alone, I took a ride (Chapter 30) by otp-holic Square filled: N5 - Stark Expo Ao3 rating: Explicit Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: slow burn, friends to lovers Summary: Steve finds out something unsettling. Format: Part of a multichapter fic

Eight Nights by bugsandcoffee Square filled: B3 - AU: Shrunkyclunks Ao3 rating: General audiences Warnings: No archive warnings apply, Punching nazis Major tags: Shrunkyclunks, Hanukkah Fluff, Getting Together, Jewish Steve Rogers, Jewish Bucky Barnes Summary: Steve meets Bucky and spends eight nights of Hanukkah with him. Format: Medium oneshot (1000 - 5000 words)

Lost and Found by leavinghope Square filled: I3 - 1940s Ao3 rating: General audiences Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: 1940s-AU, first kiss, love confessions, post Captain America: The First Avenger Summary: Steve Rogers aimed the Valkyrie at the ice, but then he heard a voice he never thought he’d hear again. “Bucky?” Format: Medium oneshot (1000 - 5000 words)

Dashing Through the Snow by hanitrash Square filled: Adopted Square Dec - Kink: Hate Sex Ao3 rating: Explicit Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: A/B/O dynamics, Enemies to Lovers, snowed in, one bed, Alpha Bucky Barnes, War Veteran Bucky Barnes Summary: Steve hates Bucky. Bucky hates him, too, so that’s fine. But when they’re forced to work together and co-teach a class, that anger begins to fade as they slowly learn more about each other. A work trip gone wrong, though, forces them to become much closer than either one ever expected… Format: Long oneshot (over 5000 words)

I'll put his picture down and maybe get some sleep tonight by Girl Back There Square filled: G3 - AU: Shrinkyclinks Ao3 rating: Mature Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: A/B/O Dynamics, Shrinkyclinks, Alpha Bucky, Omega Steve, Fake Marriage Summary: Steve thinks it is the dumbest plan on the planet when Bucky proposes they get married so Steve can have health insurance. ""We don’t tell anyone and no one is going to figure it out. We live together, I already go with you to most of your appointments. It will be fine. We get married, you get on my insurance, and get your heart surgery. When you graduate in the spring, Stark’ll hire you, and then you’ll have your own insurance. Besides, I’m deploying for a year in September. We can get a divorce when I get back. No one ‘ll be the wiser. Let me take care of you in this way.” And Steve says yes. Not for the insurance, but because he has been in love with Bucky since before he knew what that meant. Format: Long oneshot (over 5000 words)

Infinity by Andrea1717 Square filled: I4 - 2023 Ao3 rating: General audiences Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Fluff , New Year's kiss, Post Captain America:The Winter Soldier Summary: Bucky and Steve spend a very special new year's eve together. Format: Medium oneshot (1000 - 5000 words)

it's been a long lonely december by Galks Square filled: O4 - AU : Shrunkyclunks Ao3 rating: Explicit Warnings: No archive warnings apply, Mention of Past Injuries Major tags: Shrunkyclunks, Speed Dating, Bottom Steve Rogers, Top Bucky Barnes, Natasha Romanov Is a Good Bro Summary: The second Bucky sits down, he’s overcome with the need to bolt at the same time as the want to never leave this chair if it means he gets to look at the man across from him. The man – the big, blond, beautiful man – is looking at him a little timidly through his eyelashes, his head angled down slightly. It looks way more adorable than it should. “I’m Bucky.” If someone asked him how he managed to get those two words out without stumbling all over his words, he wouldn’t know how to explain it. “Steve,” the other man says, reaching across the table with one big hand, offering it to Bucky to shake. That too, is way more endearing than it has any right to be. “Nice to meet you.” Bucky manages to shake the man’s hand without doing something stupid, like spill his drink or let out a whimper or something. Because, honestly, Steve ‘Nice-To-Meet-You’ Rogers is even more breathtaking in person than he is on paper or on TV – which is something, because Bucky is pretty sure the Captain was part of his big sexual awakening a couple decades ago. Format: Long oneshot (over 5000 words)

Till It Bleeds Daylight by cable-knit-sweater Square filled: B5 - AU - Detectives Ao3 rating: Explicit Warnings: No archive warnings apply, watermelon Major tags: AU - Detectives, AU - Mob, Steve joins Hydra, Angst with a happy ending, Hurt/Comfort, Summary: Steve has been undercover with Hydra for a couple of months, slowly getting deeper into the organization . As he tries to figure out what they’re plotting and tries to take them down, he struggles with his past, loneliness, and keeping his cover. When he finds out about a mysterious contractor, the Winter Soldier, Steve figures he or she is the key to Hydra’s plans, but getting more information is not without risk. But well, Steve is anything but risk averse - just ask his secretive one-night-stand turned regular hookup turned …something, James “Bucky” Barnes. Or, going undercover with the criminal organization that haunted your neighborhood growing up, a Steve Rogers guide: Step 1 - Don’t make it personal; Step 2 - Don’t take unnecessary risks; Step 3 - Don’t lose your cool; Step 4 - Don’t fall in love with a hitman; Step 5 - Ignore rules 1 to 4, especially 4. Format: Part of a multichapter fic

I was alone I took a ride by otp-holic Square filled: N4 - Becca Barnes Ao3 rating: Explicit Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: au, completed Summary: The epilogue. Format: Part of a multichapter fic

Complementing by BBD2BH Square filled: I3 - Dysfunctional Relationship Ao3 rating: Explicit Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Threesome-M/M/M, Domestic Fluff, Sexual Role-Playing, Modern AU, Domestic Bliss Summary: Of the three of them, Bucky’s the least likely to deserve the happiness he shares with his husbands, but Steve and Tony don’t ever make him feel like he doesn’t belong. The three of them complement each other, even if Bucky’s positive he’s the weak link. Format: Medium oneshot (1000 - 5000 words)

What I Think A Hallmark Stucky Movie Would Be by Every-Marveler-Ever Square filled: O2 - AU: Hallmark/Lifetime Ao3 rating: General audiences Warnings: No archive warnings apply, Mention of death and hospital Major tags: Holidays, Lawyer Bucky, Hallmark Movie Plot Summary: Bucky is a lawyer, Steve works for ends meat, Bucky moves his parents into a new home and never visits, and Steve is their next-door neighbour and makes himself helpful. Christmas is slightly awkward when you haven’t been home in years and you are fairly sure you’re parents are replacing you. Format: Short oneshot (300 - 1000 words)

Reckless Behavior by ralsbecket Square filled: I5 - Secret Filming Ao3 rating: Explicit Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Quarantine, Sex Tapes, Porn Watching, Masturbation Summary: How Bucky got the footage wasn’t much a mystery; it seemed like all the videos were of them engaging in their many, many activities (Bucky did always love watching Steve and Tony in every way he could). It felt like a violation of their privacy in some way, watching the videos, yet Steve couldn’t find it in himself to look away. Format: Medium oneshot (1000 - 5000 words)

Bucky remembers Steve by Nivelle Square filled: I4 - Silver Fox Bucky Ao3 rating: General audiences Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: post-canon Summary: Sometimes when Bucky looks at old photos, it feels like Steve is looking over his shoulder. Format: Art

A Very Strange Monday Morning by Andrea1717 Square filled: B2 - America's Ass Ao3 rating: General audiences Warnings: No archive warnings apply Major tags: Married Couple, Comedy, Fluff Summary: Steve experiences a very special Monday morning. Format: Short oneshot (300 - 1000 words)

#stucky bingo #stucky bingo round 4 #round up 13 #weekly round up #don't forget to fill out the submission form

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shirtlessjohnnysidols · 8 months

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Nakajima Kento

Lageri Yori Ai wo Komete (2022)

part 1

#nakajima kento #sexy zone #中島健人

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tobiasdrake · 1 year

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I had some harsher things to say about Bucky's arc, but I'm actually going to reserve judgment for now, because I might have been allowing my own personal baggage with certain tropes to color the way I experienced it.

Here's my thing: I have a lot of problems with how redemption tropes are used, and one of them is combining redemption arcs with brainwashing arcs. I don't like the idea that a character brainwashed into doing something wicked must then atone for the evil thing they did under the influence of brainwashing.

Like. Bucky is as much a victim of Hydra as anyone that the Winter Soldier harmed. The Winter Soldier murdered RJ Nakajima, not Bucky. That Bucky has to live with those memories is further victimization from Hydra. He is not, in any way, morally culpable for anything the Winter Soldier did and I don't like the implication that he must atone for the Winter Soldier's crimes.

I've seen this trope in a lot of things and I hate it. It always reeks to me of writers wanting to have their cake with a corrupted hero villain and subsequent redemption arc, but not being willing to commit to having the character in question actually go down a dark path for any sort of real, character-based reason.

But I'm watching this with fresh eyes and I'm noticing things. Particularly, Bucky himself doesn't actually seem motivated by any insistent desire for atonement. If anything, atoning for the Winter Soldier seems to be an expectation placed on him by the U.S. Government as a condition of his pardon.

Bucky's main problem in this first episode is existential ennui. His life is his own again, but he doesn't have anything worth living for. The Winter Soldier defined almost a century of his life. He literally does not know who he even is outside of that structure.

He's not scratching off names from the Winter Soldier's list out of some sort of cosmic moral obligation. He's doing it because it's a thing to do with himself, and he seems uncomfortable doing it. He's combative with his therapist and reluctant to come forward to Yori, who he's ended up befriending rather than confessing to. His heart really isn't in this.

He's a man burdened by extensive knowledge of the people who profited and the people who suffered from the intense personal violation committed against him, trying to figure out what kind of life there even is for him to live.

I don't know. Maybe I'm seeing things that aren't there, or maybe I'm seeing what is there for the first time. Either way, I'm going to try and keep an open mind with Bucky's arc.

#marvel #marvel cinematic universe #the falcon and the winter soldier #bucky barnes #winter soldier

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