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[jazzplusplus]

The Empress | Instant Composure (2024)

Pureum Jin (as), Lauren Sevian (bs), Erena Terakubo (as), Chelsea Baratz (ts), Steve Ash (p), Joey Ranieri (b), Pete Van Nostrand (dr)

[cheekybarnes]

˖⁺‧₊˚ CHEEKYBARNES MASTERLIST

hello & welcome! i’m ash, a fic writer in my mid 20s and living in the pacific northwest. i mostly write marvel x reader fics—heavy on bucky barnes, but more to come!

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disclaimer: many of my fics are intended for mature audiences and deal with dark or intense themes, so please read the warnings and proceed with care!

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↓ masterlist below the cut ↓

bucky barnes ˏˋ°•*⁀➷

˗ˏˋ drabbles + headcanons ˎˊ˗

five times he almost did → five times bucky didn’t say "i love you", and one time he did.

˗ˏˋ short reads ˎˊ˗

✧ margin of error → you skip the med bay after a mission that left you bleeding to keep bucky from finding out you’re hurt—not realizing he’s home early.

✧ promise without ceremony → bucky gave up on marriage a long time ago. but one day, when he pulls a bullet from your leg, he accidentally proposes.

tactical comfort → when your period hits early during a mission, you try to power through it. but, bucky notices everything, and he refuses to let you suffer in silence.

interim measures → (thunderbolts/bucky x reader) after officially moving into tower, the team is still figuring out how to coexist. game night helps!

pressure points → bucky never misses a tell and hiding an unexpected injury during a mission debrief forces both of you to confront what the two of you are really doing.

something worth holding → you bring bucky flowers for his birthday, and what starts as a simple gesture turns into something far more significant.

under the snowfall → snowed in at a safe house, you start a snowball fight with bucky, sam, and joaquin, and chaos quickly follows.

˗ˏˋ long reads ˎˊ˗

✧ a place to land → after a night out goes violently wrong, you call bucky—without knowing what you’re even asking for. he shows up anyway, until you finally start to believe you’re safe.

✧ hold fast → a mission goes sideways, forcing you to cross a frozen lake. the ice doesn’t hold, and when you go under, Bucky is the only thing between you and the dark.

✧ comms interference → the team knew something was off about you, the one who kept hijacking their comms and saving their asses with pop music. what they don’t know is that you’re bucky’s secret wife.

high water → you’ve stopped keeping track of the bruises. bucky hasn’t—and he doesn’t say anything, not until the patterns start looking too much like his own.

into the void → inside the void, nothing is real, but the trauma is. as memory turns to ruin, bucky is found by the only person who ever made him believe he could survive what was done to him.

what stays → after disappearing for days, you didn’t expect bucky to show up at your door again, let alone help you through the spiral without judgment.

fault lines → after getting laid off from your job, you're doing everything you can to keep it together. bucky refuses to let you go through the unraveling alone.

the shape of a life → you didn’t plan to become a guardian overnight—and you never planned to ask bucky for help. he wants a future you’re not sure you believe in.

no way but through → a snowstorm swallows the world whole, leaving you and bucky stranded in the middle of nowhere during a mission with no way out.

a love letter to stone → you were bucky’s fiancée in the 40s, spending decades at his grave, never moving on. when he finally comes home, you’re already gone.

salt in the blood → you live in a fishing town far from the mess of global conflicts, until a stranger with a metal arm shows up at your dock asking for a boat.

˗ˏˋ series ˎˊ˗

a seat at the table | congressman!bucky x journalist!reader

journalism was supposed to be about the truth. politics was supposed to be about power. when bucky barnes—former assassin, reluctant congressman—leaves you with more questions than answers, you find yourself caught in a different kind of story. leads into thunderbolts* part 1 | part 2 | part 3 | part 4 | part 5

point of impact | civil war!avengers/bucky x transported!reader

in your world, the avengers are fiction—comics, movies, nothing more. when a lab experiment goes wrong, you wake up mid-civil war with no way out and no script to follow. part 1 | part 2

it’s not what you think | avengers tower au

OLD FIC! you come to the avengers tower late at night with a black eye and bucky finds out it was caused by your abusive boyfriend. (old fic, beware of subpar writing!) part 1 | part 2 | rewrite coming soon???

bob reynolds ˏˋ°•*⁀➷

˗ˏˋ short reads ˎˊ˗

the quiet that follows → (thunderbolts/bob x reader) you can dampen emotions, and you do it to keep the team steady. they try to show up in their own clumsy ways, bob just does it the quietest.

steve rogers ˏˋ°•*⁀➷

˗ˏˋ long reads ˎˊ˗

a place to burn → you and steve were lovers until the accords split the team. now three years after the snap, a failed mission forces you back into his orbit, where five years of silence finally demands an answer.

[paintedpatroclus]

friend’s forever, right?

this work has been in my drafts for forever but i got to join @xpaperheartso in making work for their fic for the steddie bang!

(i’ll add the link when the fic goes up asap!!)

[bestanimal]

Round 3 - Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes

(Sources - 1, 2, 3, 4)

Our first order of rays are the Myliobatiformes, or “Stingrays.” This order includes the families Zanobatidae (“panrays”), Hexatrygonidae (“Sixgill Stingray”), Dasyatidae (“whiptail stingrays”), Potamotrygonidae (“river stingrays”), Urotrygonidae (“American round rays”), Gymnuridae (“butterfly rays”), Plesiobatidae (“Deepwater Stingray”), Urolophidae (“round rays”), Aetobatidae (“pelagic eagle rays”), Myliobatidae (“eagle rays”), Rhinopteridae (“cownose rays”), and Mobulidae (“devil rays”).

Myliobatiformes are characterized by their enlarged, expanded pectoral fins being completely fused to their head and body, called a “disc”. Their disc shape ranges from diamond to subrhombic to lozenge-shaped. They are also characterized by the presence or absence of a single small dorsal fin, a long whip-like tail, and one or more stinging spines on the upper tail base (some species have secondarily lost this spine). As a defense mechanism, stingrays will flail their pointed or barbed tails and lodge the spine within a potential predator while they escape. The spine eventually grows back. As rays, their eyes and spiracles are on the dorsal side of their body while their gill slits, nostrils, and mouth are on the ventral side. Most myliobatiformes have blunt, pavement-like teeth for crushing hard-shelled prey and bony fish, though Manta Rays are planktonivore filter-feeders. They give birth to live young, usually 1-10 per litter, depending on species. This is a highly diverse group, and the second largest order of batoids (rays).

Myliobatiformes arose in the Early Cretaceous.

Propaganda under the cut:

Most stingrays are not aggressive if left alone, and some are even curious and friendly. The Cownose Rays (Rhinoptera) especially are known for this behavior, and are often the species of choice for touch tanks in public aquariums, as they will actively seek out attention. In my family’s experience, my sisters and mother were swimming in the ocean two Summers ago, and my sister patted what she thought was my mom’s foot after it bumped her on the back. She then realized it was a Cownose Ray (Rhinoptera bonasus) when another one tripped my other sister! A school of them was playing in the shallows and had decided to mess with my family. (I only ever get pinched by crabs and spooked by jellies when I enter the ocean ;_;)

Uniquely for its family, the Porcupine Ray (Urogymnus asperrimus) lacks a venomous tail spine. Instead, it defends itself with the many large, sharp thorns found over its disc and tail. Due to its thorny hide, this now endangered ray has historically been a very valuable source of shagreen.

The Giant Oceanic Manta Ray (Mobula birostris) is the largest stingray, growing up to 9 m (30 ft) long, 7 m (23 ft) wide, and weighing about 3,000 kg (6,600 lb), though the average size commonly observed is half that.

Around 35 cm (14 in) in width, the Bluespotted Ribbontail Ray (Taeniura lymma) is one of the most venomous species of stingray and is known to have an excruciating sting. Nevertheless, it is popular with home aquarists for its small size and beautiful coloration. Despite this, it is not well suited for captivity, being a very shy species and prone to refusing to feed. Seldom have hobbyists been able to keep one alive for long in home aquariums. Professional, public aquariums have had much better luck with the species, even maintaining breeding programs.

The composition of venom in freshwater stingrays appears to differ from that of marine stingrays.

Stingrays that live in the deep sea, such as the Deepwater Stingray (Plesiobatis daviesi) and the Sixgill Stingray (Hexatrygon bickelli) are flabby and almost goopy, with a skate-like appearance. The deep sea changes folks.

When threatened, the Crossback Stingaree (Urolophus cruciatus) raises its tail over its disc like a scorpion, as a warning.

Spotted Eagle Rays (Aetobatus narinari) sport 2-6 venomous, barbed spines at a time, but the most danger they have presented to humans so far is via their leaping from the water at the wrong place/wrong time! On at least two occasions Spotted Eagle Rays have been reported as having jumped into boats, and in one incident this sadly resulted in the death of a woman in the Florida Keys. Otherwise, these rays appear to be curious about humans and will sometimes slow down to inspect snorkelers if the human is not acting threatening.

The Chilean Devil Ray (Mobula tarapacana) is one of the deepest-diving ocean animals, traveling from the surface to feed at depths of up to 1,896 metres (6,220 ft). A veined structure of blood vessels warms the ray's brain at colder depths. These rays stay near warmer surface water for at least an hour both before and after deep diving, suggesting that they are soaking up heat to prepare for and recover from their descent into colder water.

Manta Rays (genus Mobula) are incredibly smart. They were the first “fish” in the world to pass the “mirror test” (ie show self-awareness by recognizing themselves in a mirror rather than seeing the reflected image as another manta ray). They also have highly-developed long-term memory, form friendships, and play with each other by blowing bubbles and breaching out of the water.

Steve Irwin’s death was a freak accident. He was swimming and passed overtop a 2 m (6.7 ft) long Short-tail Stingray (Bathytoshia brevicaudata), and the animal reacted reflexively to his shadow by stabbing its barbed tail repeatedly into what it perceived as a predator. By an insane stroke of bad luck, the spine from the stingray’s tail pierced right through into Steve’s chest. (And no, the barb did not become lodged and he didn’t pull it out; that’s a rumor. Venom or no, there’s not much you can do about being stabbed in the heart.) Fatal stings are very rare, and only around 20 stingray-related deaths have been recorded in history. Steve loved all animals and would not have wanted people to hold his death against literally all species of stingray, let alone the single one that accidentally took his life. Even as a joke, using Steve Irwin to hate on an animal does a great disservice to his legacy. So if I hear a word of stingray-hate in Steve’s name, I’m calling the guards. >:C

[marioggy]

"Every day discovering something brand new"

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Also old art for reference

[lucillesremains]

🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride guys!

my favourite queer ships :)

📼: Twin Fantasy (Those Boys) -Car Seat Headrest

[axolotl-on-rice]

So what was that about?

[adtmnt]

Bucky Barnes: [feeling his prosthetic arm turning into ash] Steve?

[Bucky suddenly stumbles over, and collapses into ashes, much to Steve's shock; Steve mourns Bucky's death.]

[sambadeamigosgato]

hey. don't cry. poker night 2 characters tposing.

[hawkinsbnbg]

Eddie: Your argument is invalid.

Steve: Babe, back me up.

Robin: So here's my input in Steve's point–

Eddie: Wait, that's not how it works–

[sunwarmed-ash]

Whump April: Day 2

Brave face-|-Branding-|-Self-sacrifice-|- ��Pick on someone your own size”

Act my age? what does that mean anyway?

Billy doesnt mean to stare. Really. He was just on his way back to his bedroom but Susan is helping Max with her hair in their shared bathroom which is on the way. 

He doesn't mean to stare. And Max’s immediate whip and glare towards him tells him he’s not welcome to anyway. This is a private, formative moment for her, getting ready for her first dance, and Billy and his shithead attitude will not be allowed to ruin it. 

They haven't spoken, since that night. Not really. Not outside of compulsory answers when Neil demands that Billy speak. 

These days his father walked around their home from that point forward with an undeserved sense of accomplishment, believing he was the one who finally put Billy’s smart mouth in its place. But it wasn’t him. It was Max. She knew it, Billy knew it, and even worse all her little dipshit friends knew it. Billy’s never felt so humiliated in his life. 

Again, he doesn’t mean to stare. It’s just so weird, living in a space where such dichotomous child-raising styles exist. When was the last time he felt the gentle guiding hand of a parent? Probably not since he was younger than Max. 

He knows he’ll be on the hook for driving her tonight, even if both Susan and Neil are home.  Freedom on weekend nights was not a teenage luxury that ever extended to him. 

---

”HELLO! BILLY!” Max shouts again and Billy grits his teeth so hard he can hear them click under the strain. 

“What?” 

“When do I need to be back?” she asks again, but Billy doesn’t respond. He’s too busy looking out the dash at the out of place car across the street. 

“I don’t know, what did your mom say?”

“Whenever it's over,” she says.

“Well then that's your answer,” Billy says too preoccupied to check if its a lie or not. He’s been good at avoiding Harrington at all costs since that night, but here he is, parked right across from them, talking up the curly-haired kid.

“What, you aren’t going to threaten me with walking in the snow if I’m late,” Max sasses.

Billy scoffs but doesn't humor her with an answer. 

Max finally keys into what, or more who, he’s looking at before shooting him her own hateful glare. He can feel it burning on his skin.

“Don't even think about it,” Max threatens, interpreting his interest in Steve revenge motivated. Billy’s frown deepens. 

“Fuck off.”

“I warned you,” she reminds him, but he cuts her off with a shout of,

“GET THE FUCK OUT,” before turning his music knob all the way up so he doesnt have to listen to this anymore. 

---

Billy’s been sitting in his running car smoking and spying on Steve from his spot for the past ten minutes. The time to leave if he wasn’t planning on waiting out the dance for Max has passed and now he just looks like a weirdo. Hanging around a middle school in the dark. 

But he doesn’t want to go home. Even sitting in his car freezing his ass off despite the cars working heater is better than being anywhere near Neil tonight. Or really any night. Unemployment hasn't been treating him well and Billy’s tired of being on the other end of his anger. 

Billy's eyes find Steve’s car again. He’s surprised he’s still here, surely he’s got better things to do on a Saturday night, but it looks like he’s staying. Not only staying, but getting out of his car walking over to Billy’s car, staying. 

Billy wishes now he had kept the window closed. The car would have stunk and Max would have bitched the whole drive home but that still would have been better than navigating the impending panic attack looking at Harrington is causing. 

“Uh, hey,” the man says shyly, pushing his hand through his long hair. It's so naturally Steve Harrington and so unnaturally not them it sets Billy on edge. 

“Sup.”

“Sorry, um, can I uh, bum one of those?”

Billy’s opens his mouth to tell him to fuck off but his tongue stops working. He holds out the pack instead, lucky as fuck his hand isnt shaking.  

Steve smiles and Billy forgets how to breathe. 

“Mind if I get in the car,” Steve asks, “It's uh, kinda cold.”

Billy’s tongue is numb. So he just nods. 

Steve gets in the car and immediately warms his hands against the heater.  

“Did you drop off Max?”

“We don’t need to talk,” Billy says, passing the lighter. “We can just smoke.” 

“Thank god,” Steve chuckles, lighting up the cigarette. “I’ve never been very good at it.”

Steve takes a drag before rolling down his own window a little, blowing his smoke out of it. 

Billy either. And if he starts talking who fucking knows what will come out…

5 minutes pass in silence, and then Steve looks at Billy like he cant decide if he wants to ask for another or leave. 

“Need something Pretty Boy,” Billy is aiming for flirty, casual, normal. But months of lack of use and the number of cigarettes hes smoked tonight harshes his vocal chords and it comes out sounding irritated.

Whatever Steve was going to say changes in the next moment. Billy bites hard into his tongue. 

“Nothing, uh, thanks, for the cigarette.”

Billy can’t pretend it doesn't hurt. Even if nothing was offered, Billy knows what rejection looks like. He can't say he disagrees with Steve’s choice. So when he turns to leave, Billy doesn’t stop him. 

---

Evidently ‘until it's over’ was not the time agreed upon by Neil and he made that known the second the two teens walked into the house. 

The strike catches them both off guard. Billy more than anything, because for the first time in the history of ever, he’s not the one being hit. 

Something changes in Billy then. A protective fierceness he couldn't even arise for himself awakens. And then before he knows it, his hands are on Neil, grabbing his jacket and yanking him further into the house, but most importantly away from Max. 

“What the fuck do you think you’re doing boy,” Neil spits but Billy can’t hear anything over the pounding in his ears. 

“Why don’t you fucking pick on someone your own size,” Billy growls, reeling his fist back and letting it snap-punch into Neil’s face. 

Blood runs down his fathers nose and into his mustache, stains his teeth that are now twisted into a smile. Almost like Neil has been waiting for this moment, the moment Billy’s anger finally awakened and he became the monster he was always destined to be being Neil’s bloodline. 

A moment's hesitation as Billy reconciles with that fact is all the window Neil needs to gain the upper hand. Two hits and Billy’s on the ground. There's no sign of Max or Susan, which is good, ya know, for them. Bad for Billy, because the neighbors are accustomed to the blowouts between the two Hargrove men. No one will bother calling the sheriff. Not when it almost always ends with Billy yielding in a matter of seconds. 

But not tonight. Billy doesn’t think he will survive the night if he yields now. 

---

School the next day sucked. Billy could barely muster enough energy to put on his clothes this morning let alone shower and get him and Max to school on time.

They didn't speak the entire car ride. What would they even say to eachother? The only thing the two step siblings had in common were the bruises on their faces. 

---

Billy’s on his way to skip third period when someone catches his arm in the hallway. 

“Hey,” Steve says, smiling at him in a way that only filled Billy with confusion.

“Um, hey?” he asks, because Steve Harrington cannot be talking to him, at school, can he? 

“I have something for you.”

Billy didn't think he could be more surprised than he was a minute ago, but here he was, mouth agape like a blobfish as Steve fishes into his pockets. 

“I dont need-” Billy tries to insist before Steve pushes a brand new pack of Marlboro Reds into his hands. 

Billy blinks at the plastic wrapped box in confusion.  

“You only smoked one.”

“I know,” Steve chuckles, “but you didn't have to share. Coulda told me to fuck off.”

“Kinda wishing I had now,” Billy mutters.

“Oh come on,” Steve laughs, so light and carefree it makes Billy’s gut burn with hateful jealously. “just say thank you and you can go back to being a dick to me.”

It isn’t until Billy looks up to thank Steve does he reailze the gravity of his mistake. Because Steve can now see his face. Damaged, scabbed, rubbed raw in a very predictable kind of way. 

Steve’s smile drops and suddenly It feels like all the air has been sucked out of the room. 

Billy drops his chin and shoves the cigarettes into his hoodie, intent to cut and bolt, only to be caught by Steve’s hand once more.

“Whoa, hang on, look at me.” 

Billy tries to pull away but Steve’s holding him firm. His nervous system begs him to go limp, yield to avoid more pain. His pride tells him they have already interacted for the maximum allowable time. Any more and Steve is going to see more than Billy ever wanted him to. 

“I-I gotta go.”

“Who did that to you?”

“None of your fucking business!”

“Billy, you’re-”

“I fucking know what I look like,” Billy snaps before shoving Steve hard. “I didn't ask for a fucking savior!”

Billy leaves Steve flabbergasted in the hallway, intent on smoking the entire new pack in his car with the windows rolled up. 

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[jazzplusplus]

The Empress | But Not For Me [Alt Take] (2024)

Pureum Jin (as), Lauren Sevian (bs), Erena Terakubo (as), Chelsea Baratz (ts), Steve Ash (p), Joey Ranieri (b), Pete Van Nostrand (dr)

[dna-repo]

froot loops

[wintersafehouse]

Ashes to Ashes

I have made a page that will have all the chapters for this fanfiction. I hope this makes it a little easier!

Chapter 1: Coffee and Consequences

Chapter 2: Two to Tango

Chapter 3: Cameron

Chapter 4: Get Used to Her

Chapter 5: One Night Stand

Chapter 6: Twins?

Chapter 7: Pepper's Wedding

Chapter 8: Reception

[stevesbipanic]

For my favourite matchmaker, happy birthday @thelastwalkingsoul

If there's a world where time travel was possible Robin Buckley wishes she was in it.

Not to stop the Upside Down or save lives no she wishes she could go back in time and help Eddie Munson graduate so she didn't have to watch him make heart eyes over the Family Video shelves at one Steve Harrington.

Steve hasn't even noticed Eddie has been in the store for the last ten minutes. He's had his headphones on and has restacked the candy bar five times since the day has had a grand total of zero customers.

Finally, against her wishes, Eddie approaches the desk, the tape in his hand has a lot more teen heartthrobs and a lot less gore then he usually rents. The gooey lovesick expression is still plastered over his face. Steve still stacks the candy at snail pace, his head bobbing along to whatever is playing, probably the mixtape Eddie gave him last week.

"Sixteen candles, interesting choice, Munson."

The metalhead just sighs, his eyes still glued to Steve.

"Oi doofus, making goo goo eyes at dingus."

She slaps his arm which thankfully breaks his focus, Eddie doesn't even look sorry.

"Oh Birdie! Hey, do you think Steve would like this one?"

"You're not even going to watch it and you know it."

She wheeled the chair over to Steve giving his arm the same slapping treatment, "Steve your boyfriend wants to know if you'd like Sixteen Candles playing while you make out."

A dopey expression falls over Steve's face as he takes his headphones off and looks over at Eddie who shares the same dumb look.

"Aw Eds we could've had The Thing playing and I'd still want to kiss you," Steve says wandering over to him, leaning over the counter.

"Well I got to pick last time sweetheart it's only fair."

Steve quickly rings it up and puts his own cash in the till, "Well only fair that I pay then, sunshine"

"Baby you treat me too well, I'll buy us dinner on the way over."

"I'll show you how well I can treat you late-"

"STOP! I don't want to hear about you two bumping butts or anymore pet names, I'm melting away here."

"Aw Robs, don't worry you're still my snookums," Steve says a mischievous look in his eye as he walks over and squishes her cheeks together.

"Birdie, our lesbian love, our queen, you can pick our next make out movie so you don't feel left out."

"Ah!" Robin yelled and she decided now was the perfect time for her break leaving the two lovers to giggle and return to their heart eyes.

Maybe she didn't need time travel, as long as Steve kept that smile on his face, Robin was happy too.

[wwprice1]

Awesome covers coming from Marvel in December!