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[brontes]

coming in with food questions: 2, 16, 18, 19, 26

2. thoughts on veganism?

nah…..meat is good for you

16. thoughts on mint chocolate chip?

I actually hate mint in food so that’s a pass

18. your boba/tea order?

I really like this mango sweet and spicy tea from good earth…..it’s very good and I only add a teaspoon of sugar

19. the veggie you dislike the most?

peas! I generally feel I can find a way to cook anything and make it taste good but peas are impossible!

26. how’s your spice tolerance?

better than it used to be! on the indian restaurant scale of 1-6 I enjoy a 2 (which isn’t much but it used to be nothing and that has opened up a lot of foods to me!)

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[incorrect-marvel-because-why-not]

The Howlies scouting Dum Dum: It’s beautiful out here. Bucky: And quiet. Peggy: Too quiet. Gabe: Did we lose someone? cut to Steve with a bear in a headlock

[timetopanic34]

Sometimes I think about the Howlies and the grief they carried throughout their lives for Steve and Bucky. They never get to see them united. They all died with a hole in their heart.

Also in no way, shape or form did they work with Peggy and Howard and SHIELD after the war. That is a huge nup for me.

They would rather rot in hell then work with an organisation that hired Zola.

You know I’d love an au where somehow they end up in the future with Steve and Bucky. Or I dunno Steve gets defrosted earlier while they are maybe in their 60’s or 70’s and still mostly going strong.

Imagine the entire Howlies - now grandfathers but suiting up to go with Steve and Sam to find Bucky? Cause they would and even Steve knows he couldn’t stop them so he gets Tony to make them good weapons and armour cause he does not want to have to face all those fierce grandchildren (a good number of who are named some version of James or Steve) to explain what happened to their crazy grandads!

Or .. hear me out.

Somehow they all get a low level dose of the serum someway and the only way it really changes them is they heal a bit quicker but it’s enough so that in their 80’s and 90’s they are still physically like 65. That way you don’t have to change the timeline.

Steve wandering the world getting his unit back together and telling them Bucky is alive and they are going to get him. Wouldn’t you read the hell out of that????

Oh I’m excited. I might have to bite the bullet and write something myself!

[matrixx-level]

if steve came out of the ice different (part 1?)

Bucky almost crushes his phone in his grip when he gets the call.

It takes him twenty minutes total to get the rest of the necessary information he needs from the phone call, hang up, call everyone else as he flies out of the building, hop on his bike, and drive all the way to SHIELD headquarters. 

He runs through floors, flies up stairs, pushes people aside, crashes through glass windows, and breaks down doors until he finally finds the area he’s being kept in.

70 years, it’s been. 70 years, and they finally found the love of his life.

“Mr. Barnes! Wait! Let us explain to you first- he’s not the man you knew-“ someone in a white lab coat hurriedly tries to tell him, grabbing his wrist as he’s about to break into the labs where they’ve apparently defrosted him (they waited only until after he was defrosted to call Bucky. They waited this long- God- Bucky could kill them all for hiding Steve from him-)

“Let. Go. Of. Me,” Bucky grits out under his breath, his voice a dark, ugly thing full of bitter rage and unimaginable disappointment. The lab coat immediately releases him, taking a fearful step back before they catch themselves and take back their composure. Bucky doesn’t wait around to see it happen - he slams his metal shoulder into the doors holding him back from seeing his other half and-

Bucky has been recovering from being the Winter Soldier for years now, two decades at least, and even though he has been healing and re-finding himself and making Bucky Barnes anew, making new friends and mourning the old, moving on with his life and not taking this second chance for granted - there was always something missing.

And that something, was Steve Rogers.

They told him how Steve had been lost in the Arctic, and that Howard had been looking for him ever since - and while he hadn’t believed Steve to still be alive (hadn’t wanted to get his hopes up only to find the dead body of his best friend), he hadn’t discouraged Howard from his searches. He’d comforted his old friend, and they had grown close, and Bucky hadn’t turned away whenever Howard had begun to rant about the expeditions to recover Steve - how they had covered a lot of ground and still had a lot left to go, how he theorized this or that, how he could feel that he was getting closer I’m tellin’ ya Bucky, he’s right around the corner, I can taste it.

Bucky was afraid they’d find him, and all that would be left would be an ice cold, frozen skeleton.

But as Bucky physically screeched to a stop in front of a thick, glass-looking wall (though Bucky doubted it was measly glass - SHIELD doesn’t slack on security), the wide open, empty room on the other side holding only one thing, he could officially say his fears were unfounded.

“Stevie?��� he breathes out, his breath stuttering in his chest and his heart skipping a beat before giving out. 

Steve. He was right there. He was right there.

Steve stands in the middle of the room, back facing the glass and Bucky, and he’s completely, unnaturally still. Like, Winter Soldier level still. He’s wearing his banged up, singed suit from the war, because of course he is, and not a single blonde hair is out of place on his head. His fingers don’t even twitch at the sound of Bucky’s voice.

Bucky moves closer to the glass until he’s pressed up against it, his hands flat on either side of his face as his eyebrows pinch, calling, begging, “Steve? Stevie, it’s me, it’s Bucky! It’s me, sweetheart. Could you please turn around, doll? Please Stevie, let me look at you.”

A long, drawn out moment passes, no response coming from Steve as the tension slowly begins ratchet up higher and higher, Bucky tensing as the hairs on the back of his neck start to rise. An uncanny, uneasy feeling shoots through his stomach, and he swallows, uncertain and a little scared.

“Stevie? Baby, please-“

Bucky suddenly cuts himself off as Steve turns around lightning quick, and a loud gasp rips out of his throat as Steve’s eyes light up with a bright blue glow, his body beginning to glow just the same - blue steam seeming to raise off of his suit and swirl through his hair, making it flutter as if in a breeze.

Between one blink and the next, Steve winks out of existence, and reappears right in front of Bucky’s face. He slams his fists against the glass, and Bucky startles so hard he takes a stumbling step back, almost falling on his ass.

“Bucky! Buck…” Steve shouts, drawing out the ‘u’ of Bucky’s name as he bangs against the glass again. His head twitches wildly, the blue energy appearing to emanate from him pulsing in his veins, his eyes, and lighting up the whole space with bright light. He seems to glitch in place, winking out of place and showing up someplace else. 

“Buck…” he calls from the middle of the room again, blinking up at the ceiling as he paces back and forth, restless and twitching and glitching. 

Bucky gapes, his heart racing and the blood rushing in his ears as he just stares at Steve, not understanding what the fuck was happening.

“That’s what I was trying to tell you..” the lab coat from earlier whispers from behind him, cautiously entering the room as they studiously ignore looking at Steve. Bucky wonders if they’re afraid of Steve, and then shakes the thought away when it fills him with rage.

He looks at them over his shoulder, a scowl twisting his lips. “What did you do to him?” he accuses, his jaw clenched so tight it was a wonder it didn’t creak or groan.

The lab coat frowns and huffs out an offended breath, immediately saying, “We didn’t do anything to him!” in response. They quickly lost their bravado, though, as they stole a quick, fearful glance over at Steve before looking back at Bucky. “Not us, anyway.”

Bucky narrowed his eyes. “And what the hell is that supposed to mean?”

The lab coat gulps, shrinking back a little. “It- I- um-“ they look over at Steve again before sighing, and looking down at the ground. They clear their throat. “Do you remember the tesseract? The blue glowy cube that powered Hydra’s weapons back in your day?”

Bucky frowned, nodding in a bid to get them to continue.

They sigh again. “Well, after the mission where you were…lost on the train, Steve went on his own mission to stop Schmidt. While they fought on the Valkyrie - the plane that Steve had crashed - Schmidt had presumably died from the fight and got kicked off the plane, or whatever else theory exists. But the tesseract had stayed on the plane, and when Steve had put it in the water…” 

The lab coat winced, swallowing, stealing another small glance at Steve before looking up at Bucky with big, soulful eyes. “We believe it changed him. It stayed in close proximity with him for over 70 years, assumedly morphing him down to his very cells with just its energy. When we defrosted him, it refused to be taken by us and-“

They winced again, though this time it was closer to a flinch, and Bucky’s scowl only deepened as he barked out, “And what?”

They gulped. “And it…fused with him. Poof. No more tesseract. Only Steve - or, well, whatever’s left of him now that he’s been…possessed? Restructured? By the tesseract.”

Bucky reared back as if he’d been slapped, blinking rapidly and swallowing uncomfortably as he tried to make sense of it all, as he tried to process everything the lab coat had said.

A loud thump behind him made Bucky spin around, and he didn’t know what to feel as Steve stared right at him, his head tilted and his hair floating and his skin pale and lit up blue.

“Bucky…” Steve whispered, and Bucky let himself feel just pure and utter relief.

Why should he care that Steve was different now? That he was more space energy cube than person? Bucky had changed - fundamentally - and now he was navigating the world as best he could. If an ex brainwashed assassin could do it, why not Steve?

He walked back over to the glass, and pressed himself completely against it right where Steve was,  his hands aligning with Steve’s. He sighed out deeply, more relieved than he could ever say, and tears steadily filled his eyes and spilled onto his cheeks.

“Hi baby. I missed you,” he whispered.

And he swore. He swore, that Steve smiled in response before it was gone just as fast. Steve shook his head harshly, hitting himself in the head, and Bucky flinched and tapped against the glass. “No, no sweetheart, please don’t hurt yourself,” he pleaded, wishing he could gently hold Steve’s hands to prevent it himself.

And then he realized. Why was he just standing there, staring at Steve, instead of breaking him out? Jesus, he was off his game today.

“Let him out,” Bucky murmured, not turning to look at the lab coat that he could smell was still there. He was back to gritting all his words out between his clenched teeth, his voice more of a poison than a manner of speech. “Or I will break him out myself.”

Steve held his gaze with something like amusement in his eyes, his expression full of the most awareness Bucky had seen from him so far. Steve tapped against the glass in a merry little tune, bopping his head to it, and he smiled a little, like Bucky was the most marveling thing he had ever seen. “Bucky,” he whispered. “Bucky…I’m with ya ‘til the end of the line, pal…”

Bucky almost choked at those words, at finally hearing those words for the first time in 70 years, but before he could respond, the lab coat shakily replies to his threat, “Sir, we can’t do that, he’s dangerous and completely unprecedented with whatever powers he has now-“

Bucky listens to Steve hum under his breath, and sees him twitch and listen to things no one else can hear and seem to move through space like an anomaly, sees his best friend in the whole world, alive and here in the future with him, and he knows there’s nothing he won’t do to protect him. 

“Let him out…or so help me God, you will meet your maker today,” he spits out, and he means it more than he’s ever meant anything else.

Needless to say, Steve Rogers was released from his SHIELD imprisonment, and Bucky Barnes had never been happier.

(inspired by cascades. by orange_crushed on ao3)

[kalee60]

I was so lucky to find @stuckygeekevents page and join their discord, they have so many fun events, and it's a lovely little community (you should join!) This fic is part of a reverse mini- bang where I was lucky enough to get @evadne01 gorgeous art!

So click here if you like the sound of it and shower some love on my amazing artist ❤️

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Title: watching you, watching me

Rating: T

Words: 5,425

Tags: alternate universe - canon divergent, friends to lovers, Steve needs a hug, from Bucky, fluff, POV alternating, POV Howling Commandos, first kiss, mutual pining

Synopsis:

Steve had always watched Bucky.

From the moment they met there was something about James Buchanan Barnes that caught Steve’s eye, his attention…his everything.

But Bucky was his friend, nothing more, nothing less. So Steve buried his feelings as best he could, happy to steal glances and observe Bucky living his life undetected. Or so he thought.

Or the five times Steve was caught watching Bucky and the one time Bucky noticed.

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[numberonestuckyshipper]

I love the Howling Commandos so much, they’re so underrated if you ask me, especially the awesome dynamic they 100% had. I imagine all of them in very specific ways, some things are based off of fics I’ve read, some of it is just me.

Steve Rogers: Steve is the youngest of them all, he’s also the least experienced one and he hasn’t been part of the group nearly as long as the others considering he came into the picture after Kreischberg. He’s really fun to talk to and he’s as much of a little shit as the others are, being the leader of their group he’s in charge of tacking care of talking to superiors and shit, and he often ignores direct orders to do what he thinks is a better option, he also lets his team get away with things regular soldiers wouldn’t be allowed to do and they love him for it. He often gets yelled at by Bucky after doing stupid shit, the other Howlies often jokingly refer to him as “Dad” when it’s just them.

Bucky Barnes: Bucky has the others’ immense respect from the start, because he’s protective and caring as much as he hates to admit it. He is the only one who has negative amount of problems yelling at Steve after he did some stupid shit, he was the most scarred by Kreischberg but never lets it show. He loves music and always has a song stuck in his head and has fun pissing the others off by butchering the songs when it’s safe to be loud. He trusts Steve more than he probably should and goes with his plans, though he often forces him to modify them and cut down the crap. His protectiveness and strictness when Steve’s being a dumbass gets the others to nickname him “Mom” when they’re in private. He ‘hates’ it.

Dum Dum Dugan: Dum Dum was Bucky’s closest friend after Steve, he has a stupid sense of humor and says way too many dad jokes than is good for his teammates’ mental health. He’s always the first to jump at the opportunity to get his hands on some alcohol (no one complains about that) and he and Jim are the primary clowns of the group. He loves to tease the others, especially “Mom” and “Dad”.

Jim Morita: Jim is the one in charge of their immediate medical problems and small tech involved stuff, like Dugan, he has a shit sense of humor and they often get into battles of who can out dad-joke the other.

Gabe Jones: like Dum Dum, Gabe has known Bucky since before Azzano, and is the one in charge of languages, he speaks French and German more fluently than the others do and in the beginning he was usually in charge of dealing with Jacques’ bullshit.

Monty Falsworth: Monty is the only official member of the Howlies who isn’t broke (he is often teased about it). He could be considered the most sane of the Howlies (though not by far) he is the most experienced of the group to talk about strategy and often helps Steve and helps Bucky knock some reason into the little shit. They like to tease him for living up to every British stereotype and is often asked to ‘translate’ what Peggy says. He has a sister named Jaqueline who is a spy for the SOE.

Jacques Dernier: Jacques was a member of the French resistance, he’s from Marseille and is fully fluent in English but refuses to speak it. He understands everything the others tell him but speaks to them in French and lets them deal with it, after over a year of dealing with him all of the Howlies are more or less fluent in French. They call him a fucking pyromaniac because of his love of explosives and his talent with them. He also has a shit sense of humor that rivals with Dum Dum and Jim and is probably the most batshit crazy member of the team (though the others are pretty close behind him).

Howard Stark is considered an honorary member of the Howlies idc about any contradiction: rule n°1 when it comes to Howard Stark; don’t leave him alone with Jacques Dernier. They will set something on fire or worse. He and Monty are often laughed at for having money and they tease back by talking about rich people problems in front of the others. He is called a lot of names by the Howlies such as things like “Gadget”, “Engineer”, “Civilian”, “Civy” and things among those lines making fun of him not technically being a part of the military. He is involved in a lot of the Howlies’ inside jokes including the “Mom” and “Dad” thing.

[gfawkesphoenixchokingonashes]

Look what @beardoesdoodles created for The Shield Bearer (E).

Chapter 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |

(Steve and Bucky catching the sights on a vacation from the war).

Steve eyed the spectacular view with rapturous enthusiasm. Hands on hips in that now-familiar pose, his chest thrown out, it appeared he didn’t have a care in the world. Bucky, of course, knew that wasn’t true.

When he finally spoke, it was melancholy. “Do you think,” he began, allowing his hands to fall to the side and shuffling closer to Bucky. “If there wasn’t a war, and we hadn’t been shipped over here –”

Bucky knew exactly where Steve was going. If they had been themselves, back in Brooklyn, would they have traveled together to Greece to take in the sights?

It was highly unlikely. What, with Steve’s precarious health and him taking his Ma’s death so hard –

“Sure,” Bucky answered before the rest of the question was asked. “I could see us standing here under better circumstances.”

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[sketchnskribbles]

French Leave

Link Here: [ AO3 ]

A Post-CATWS AU | We're Up All Night To Find Bucky~

Characters: James Buchanan “Bucky” Barnes, Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanoff, Sam Wilson, Dr. Arnim Zola, Brock Rumlow, Jack Rollins, Baron Helmut Zemo, Original Character(s)

Words: 5,764 | Chapters: 2/?

Chapter Summary (2):

Steve is desperate to begin his search. Staying still for so long has been forcing his mind to settle down and reflect; something that he hasn't really been willing to do since before the ice.

Natasha and Sam just really want their friend to get better.

Summary:

Steve Roger’s and his allies are recuperating after the harsh fight against Project Insight. The Captain only becomes all the more restless, the longer that he is forced to stay in the hospital. In his eyes, the more time he’s stuck there, the more time is lost in finding Bucky. Hydra struggles to catch their footing after their massive defeat served by the hands of Captain America and his most trusted allies. Leading them to delve back into long sealed secrets from their past, in hopes of ensuring their future. Both sides are very clear in their intent to regain the missing Winter Soldier. What lengths will Steven Rogers need to go to finally bring back the last family he has left in this crazy world?

French Leave: [ AO3 ]

[galatially]

❝𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒎𝒐𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒄𝒚𝒄𝒍𝒆 𝒄𝒍𝒖𝒃❞

𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒇𝒓𝒐𝒎 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒓𝒂𝒅𝒍𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒗𝒆, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒉𝒐𝒘𝒍𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒂𝒏𝒅𝒐𝒔 𝒓𝒊𝒅𝒆 𝒐𝒏

welcome to destino

𝑖 𝑚𝑖𝑠𝑠 𝑦𝑜𝑢, 𝑑𝑜𝑛'𝑡 𝑐𝑎𝑙𝑙 𝑚𝑒

𝑠𝑢𝑚𝑚𝑒𝑟 𝑙𝑜𝑣𝑒𝑟

𝑔𝑜𝑙𝑑𝑒𝑛 ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑟

𝑠𝑙𝑜𝑤 𝑏𝑢𝑟𝑛

𝑑𝑒𝑎𝑟 𝑠𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑚𝑎𝑡𝑒

[incorrect-marvel-because-why-not]

During the War:

Bucky, holding up flask: You want some of this?

Dum-Dum: Sure

Dum-dum: Is this soup? What the fuck-

[timetopanic34]

I’m reading a Stucky fic set during the war.

I was absolutely delighted that the author mentioned Hedy Lamarr.

Steve is telling the Howlies that she and Howard Stark were working on some stuff together.

Because in the MCU world that isn’t at all out of the question. In fact, the two of them together could potentially do more than either of them might do separately.

So I was just “chef’s kiss” to this piece of brilliance. I’m surprised other fic writers hadn’t thought to do it.

Of course Howard might try to seduce her but I’m certain she would just punch him and tell him to get back to fucking work (well actually I dunno if she cursed. I’d like to think so 😉)

[greekgeek24]

Putting this here so I don’t forget it:

“You didn’t say your favor was Steve Roger!” James Mortia, named after his father and his old war buddy, hissed.

Jim shrugged. “What’s it matter? He’s a damn good nurse.”

“Have you watched the news?” James exclaimed. “He’s all over it. An accomplice of the Winter Soldier! He helped him escape.”

“Son, there’s more going on here than you think. Cap’s a good friend, and he needs help.” Jim looked at his son, a reflection of the past. “Please, I wouldn’t be asking if it wasn’t important.”

James wanted to scream. ‘You ask too much! You always have…’ but he’d never seen his father look like this. He’s never seen his father ask for help. And he couldn’t find it in him to refuse. “Fine.”

[bromcommie]

I need a whole separate movie from that howlies montage + dernier looking increasingly way too excited about blowing nazi shit up

[hainethehero]

So...I'm rereading Sugar Sweet Steven for the umpteenth time 🥰🥰 and I suddenly have many thoughts:

Stevie and the Howling Commandos! 👀

In this verse, did Steve and Bucky have to hide their love for each other from the outside world, or was it more acceptable as dom/subs exist? I saw that you mentioned Howard and Peggy helping out with Steve, but what about the Commandos? Do you think Bucky shared stories with his team about his sweetheart waiting back home for him? How did they react to this sweet boy saving their lives? Did they all take turns making sure their pretty Captain was taken care of, or did Steve cling to one particular person outside of Bucky?

I have so many questions about Steve and Bucky's pre-war and WWI days! But I'll leave at this for now. 🥰

Oh wow I've never actually thought about this. Good idea though! Because I absolutely love thinking about Steve in the pre-war days!

In the SSSverse I'd like to think Steve and Bucky don't have to hide their relationship. It's pretty normalized in this world. Dom/sub dynamics are definitely the norm.

I think Steve was Bucky's boy only. But he definitely sought comfort and shelter with his fellow Howlies. Especially Dum Dum, Gabe, Morita and James Falsworth. Whenever Bucky was occupied on base or away on something, Steve would have trouble sleeping. And so he'd cuddle with Dum Dum mostly, because he's a huge teddy bear and Steve gets clingy with his stuffies.

If Dum Dum was unavailable, he'd cosy up in between Falsworth and Gabe not only because they keep him warm but also because they tell the best stories for Steve to fall asleep to. (Sam reminds Steve of Gabe which is why he trusted Sam so quickly in the first place)

Jacques Dernier (a sub) teaches him French- which is why he knows certain phrases in French and can generally understand the language.

Before the rescue, the Commandos are all talking about their dames/lads back home. Bucky tells them of his little Stevie, the light of his life and also the bane of his existence because he's so darn stubborn and feisty. He describes Steve's love for art and his passion for protecting people. And he says he can't wait to get back to America because he's going to ask Steve to marry him and accept his collar.

So, you can imagine their utter shock when Steve, aka Captain America rescues them and he isn't at all like the skinny sub Bucky described. On the drive back, they all climb over each other to impress the pretty blonde who's blushing at all the attention and hiding behind Bucky's shoulder.

"I mean, you didn't say he was that pretty, Barnes," Dum Dum rumbles.

"Yeah," Morita chimes in, "instead of pretty little dame, he's tall, blonde and gorgeous."

Gabe says, "He's beautiful."

And Jacques recites something in French that has Steve blushing even harder.

Bucky goes, "Quit it y'all, my baby's shy."

And Steve just gives Bucky the look that just says, 'yeah, I like em.'

[strangeunknownarbiter]

The amount of times this man adjusts his glasses has me in a chokehold.