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Please can i rec Time After Time by elle1991? it was finally completed a couple of weeks ago and i love it!

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Time After Time* by elle1991 (complete | 124,026 | E) *graphic violence, major character death

Steve Rogers, Iraq war veteran and long-time loner, feels like his life is stuck in a rut. With no family and a grand total of two friends, he spends most of his spare time alone, painting, jogging or having flashbacks of the war.

Which is why when Natasha invites him to a masquerade party at a kink club, Steve throws caution to the wind and decides to give it a go. There he meets the mysterious Winter Soldier, but as things blossom between them, so does a dangerous undercurrent.

Both are harbouring a big secret from the other, and the fallout could have lethal consequences...

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Do you have any jealousy fics specifically about Sam? Bucky isn't even jealous of him in a "is he banging the guy I want to bang?" way, it's more of a "my memory is still a little clouded but didn't Steve used to be MY best friend? We used to go out for ice cream together like that... Who's this f*cker taking my place?" way. Basically Bucky being jealous of Sam and Steve's friendship until he finds out Steve's in love with him, not Sam. (cue Bucky trying to rub it in Sam's face but Sam keeps reassuring him that he really, really doesn't care)

Found you some:

The BBFF Wars by rinnya (complete | 2,197 | E )

James Buchanan Barnes may have been the Best of Best Friends Forever with Steven Grant Rogers 70 years ago, but that position had been given to Samuel Thomas Wilson 5 odd years ago, and it was a position Sam wasn’t going to give up without a fight. If Bucky was going to suddenly appear and totally whisk Steve away on a white horse and get a happy ever after in their BBFF fairytale. Heck no, not on Sam’s watch.

Sam and Bucky compete for Steve’s platonic affections. Or… at least, that was what was supposed to happen.

Inspired from a tumblr post: A fic in Sam’s POV where Sam and Bucky are trying to prove themselves to be Steve’s REAL TRUE BFF in increasingly ridiculous ways until Sam sees Steve and Bucky making out and is like ohshit the deadliest assassin in the world thinks I’m trying to steal his man.

Don't Take This The Wrong Way by papesdontsellthemselves (oneshot | 2,378 | G)

During their hunt for Bucky, Steve and Sam take to cuddling for comfort. Bucky sees and naturally, he's got some feelings about it.

Green (Heart)-Eyed Monster by TheIntelligentHufflepuff (oneshot | 1,822 | T)

He shakes his head, tries to turn away. But his eyes rove back, insatiable. Steve is spinning Sam, goofily. Sam stumbles, and Steve instinctively grabs Sam to his chest to keep him up.

For a wild, petty moment, Bucky wishes he'd just fall.

[Post-Endgame, except an Endgame where nobody died. Bucky gets drunk and jealous at the after-party, but makes up with Sam and gets together with Steve the next day]

Green-Eyed Monster* by storiesfortravellers (oneshot | 1,917 | T) *chose not to warn

SPOILERS FOR CA2 IN SUMMARY

The Winter Soldier has joined the team and is slowly recovering, but he goes into a jealous rage whenever he sees that Steve is close friends with Tony, Sam, or Natasha. Past Steve/Bucky.

There’s also this Ao3 tag: Frenemies Bucky Barnes & Sam Wilson

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hiii i love this blog & wanted to rec this college au fic "in love with impossibility" /31822246 it's kinda short but it's sweet :-)

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in love with impossibility by deucalionsvision (oneshot | 8,074 | T)

“Barnes is stupid? Agree,” Sam snarked. He’d shoved his chair in so far that Bucky was squished in the corner now.

He turned and narrowed his eyes. “Can you scoot over?”

Without looking at him, Sam said, “No.” He took out his stupid protien drink. “What’re you dumb for, though?”

“I can guess,” Clint sang. He looked like shit, having been checked brutally several times during last night’s game, with a bandage over his nose, split lip, and blackened eye. He tilted his head questioningly at Bucky, and Bucky was feelin’ a little self destructive, so he shrugged and gave a nod back.

Plus, Sam had just taken a big sip of his drink, and Bucky wanted to see him sputter.

“He’s lamenting his big gay unrequited crush on Steve,” Clint told Sam.

In a fortunate twist of fate, Sam actually did a spit-take, getting little brown chocolate drops all over the table and Clint’s face. -

Aka the college ice hockey au no one asked for.

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Do you know of any fics that have a good friendship between Steve and Nat ?

Ao3 has a tag for that!

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Hi, are there any Darcy Lewis and Stucky fics? Thanks!

I’m not sure if you mean platonically or romantically, so have both!

Steve/Bucky/Darcy

Steve/Bucky & Darcy

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Hi^^

Please throw at me any and all stucky fics with bucky and loki being mates, i just think they would make a great team

Have a look through this Ao3 search!

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Can I rec a new a/b/o fic? it's called goodbye future once so bright and it's really goddamn cute

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goodbye future once so bright* by going_going_gone (WIP | 48,021 | E) *past /others

Bucky has a tenuous grasp on his shit, but he's doing the best he can despite that. He has goals, a schedule, a plan of attack, just like his therapist recommended.

Enter Steve Rogers. Steve Rogers is delighting in the fact that he does not, in fact, have anything close to together. He's spent too long getting fucked over by the universe to delude himself with a notion like that. But he's been rolling with the punches since his mom brought him home from the hospital a month early, straining to breathe.

Bucky Barnes is not prepared for Steve Rogers.

But fate has a tricky way of playing with its pieces.

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Letters to Who You Once Were by Riskywrites on Ao3. My God. It’s amazing. works/25429036/chapters/61671436

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Letters to Who You Once Were* by RiskyWrites (WIP | 6,195 | G) *chose not to warn

Dear Bucky,

If you're reading this, then it means that this was a success. That my shot in the dark was worth it. If you're reading this, then maybe, just maybe, some of the damage that they did to you was reversed. Maybe all this hard work was worth it in the end.

I don't know if you'll ever come back to me. I don't know if you'll ever be my Bucky again. But I can hope. And I can try.

We're in this together, buddy. Until the end of the line.

- Steve

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OK!!!! SO!!!!!!!! I GOTTA REC!!!!!!1 IF ONLY YOU COULD SEE ME (FOR THE PIE THAT I AM) BY BITELIKE FIRE (THEOLEO) BECAUSE ITS FUCKING FANTASTIC AND YALL ARE MISSING!!! OUT!!!!!!!!

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if only you could see me (for the pie that i am) by bitelikefire (theoleo) (complete | 35,121 | M)

In which Steve is the proud owner of Frost; a semi famous local bakery in D.C. And despite the overwhelming insistence that it’s about time he start dating, Steve swears up and down he isn’t ready for that.

Or as of recently, just doesn’t have the time because of Mr. Barnes. The highly demanding wedding planner on the phone who keeps asking for nearly impossible deliveries and maybe Steve would like to personally strangle him. Maybe.

(There is pie. And misunderstandings. But a lot more desserts and eye rolls.)

Part 1 of if only you could see me

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i wanted to thank u bc ur doing gods work w this acc, and id also like to rec "the ding dong war" by icewhisper bc its absolutely hysterical and i think everyone should read it

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The Ding Dong War by icewhisper (oneshot | 6,469 | T)

The year Hostess releases their limited edition Star Spangled Ding Dongs, they all suffer. (AKA no one should let Tony Stark have a credit card and history books never covered just how much of an asshole Steve Rogers really is.)

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are there any college au's that also centers around caps quartet as a friend group (or just has this group of friends in it particularly)

Not many, I have to say, so I broadened the search a little:

The Barbershop Quartet as friends in college

The BBSQ as friends

The BBSQ as a polycule in college

The BBSQ as a polycule

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Hi do you know any fics where steve and natasha are best friends?? and natasha is very overprotective of him? still stevebucky ofc

We have a tag for Avengers Friendships and you can have a look through this Ao3 search.

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I'm the anon who wrote in about a college professor AU - just wanted to let you guys know I found it!!! It's called You're So Smart, How Could You Not Know? by dottieapple and it's so good

I’m glad you found it!

You're So Smart, How Could You Not Know?* by dottieapple (complete | 37,047 | E) *chose not to warn

Dr. James Buchanan Barnes is the newest assistant professor at Shield College, a small liberal arts school not terribly far from New York City. Dr. Steven Grant Rogers is that hot jerk who works in the art department. Bucky's not interested in Steve--He's NOT. He just happens to run into Steve all over the place. Steve, who runs the campus in tiny jogging shorts, who has pretty eyes, who is clearly good with his students but doesn't talk much to his colleagues. Will sparks fly for this well-dressed, metal-armed English professor and this stoic, muscular, cargo-short wearing, paint-splattered artist?

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Any Bucky and Peter friendship fics, especially ones where Peter helps/saves bucky after CA TWS

Ao3 has a Bucky & Peter tag, but only one of those is tagged ‘post-Winter Soldier’:

Beautiful Ghosts* by LoversSpit400 (oneshot | 15,206 | not rated) *chose not to warn

Memories were lost long ago, but at least you have beautiful ghosts

*********** After the events on Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Bucky goes to Bucharest and start to remember parts of his past and eventually, he remembers someone that once meant the world for him.

Maybe Bucky & Peter + Recovery also hits the right spot?

There’s also a lot of fics with Peter already recced on the blog.

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Are there any fics where Steve or Bucky meets Matt/Daredevil or Frank Castle? I imagine it would be interesting to compare life experiences at least

Bucky & Frank Castle

Steve & Frank Castle

Bucky & Matt Murdock

Steve & Matt Murdock

Not Stucky, but still fitting, I think: 

The Hell's Kitchen Survivors' Group and Drinking Club*  by onethingconstant (series, ongoing | 13,633 | T) *graphic violence

The collected tales of what happens when Jessica Jones and Bucky Barnes discover they have a lot in common—a traumatic past, a history of mind control, a surly attitude, and a taste for whiskey.

Then they start collecting other street-level heroes, mostly out of dumpsters.

They're gonna need more booze.

Hell’s Kitchen Movie Club.

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Any fics with Peter helping Steve with his mental health. There are so few peter and Steve fics. Any with Peter helping both Steve and Bucky?

Have a look through this Ao3 search!