Gloromeien's Sanctuary

Happy 44th, Sebastian!!

“I fear sometimes that people sort of see me a certain way from some of these roles, and I can’t wait for the opportunity to be like, ‘I’m such a dork!’ Really, really — I’m such a dork. I just pretend to be cool.”

Yes we are shown that Steve wasn’t the best with ladies, but that fact remained even after his transformation. Even after he gained a hundred pounds of muscle he still couldn’t talk to them. But even when he was ninety pound wet asthmatic with scoliosis, he was still the same Steve - brave, standing up for the small guy, sweet, passionate, protective, very talented - I highly doubt nobody saw that in him way before he was in his mid-twenties. It’s canon that Bucky dragged him on many double dates and tried to set him up with people, and saying that nobody cared when Steve was disabled (bc let’s be real, MCU likes to ignore Steve’s background as a disabled Irish-immigrant), it’s almost like they’re saying that not only nobody would ever possibly be sexually interested in a disabled character, but also that nobody really cared about Steve’s character, which was the main trait that drew people to him and made them follow him to death, but only about his looks?? The Commandos, who were all POWs and didn’t know Steve before like Bucky did, decided to follow him back to war not bc he was built like a brick house and had a strong jawline, but because he fought for the right thing, cared about people and could show them on the right path, and was a master strategist. But somehow MCU always wants to diminish him as a macho hunk. They always favour Captain America in favour of forgetting Steve Rogers, the man we fell in love with

by Gloromeien a Stucky WIP

Chapters: 5/14 Fandom: Captain America (Chris Evans Movies), Captain America - All Media Types, Marvel Cinematic Universe

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers Characters: James "Bucky" Barnes, Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Sam Wilson (Marvel), Yelena Belova, Kate Bishop, Clint Barton, Original Siblings of James "Bucky" Barnes, Rebecca Barnes Proctor, Original James "Bucky" Barnes Family Members, America Chavez Additional Tags: Shrunkyclunks | Modern Bucky Barnes/Captain America Steve Rogers, Canon Divergence - Post-Movie: Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014), Canon Divergence - Movie: Captain America: Civil War (2016), Steve Rogers as Captain America (Marvel), Modern Bucky Barnes, Protective Bucky Barnes, Big Brother Bucky Barnes, Confident Bucky Barnes, Kind Bucky Barnes, Steve Rogers Needs a Hug, Steve Rogers Feels, Artist Steve Rogers, Steve Rogers and the 21st Century, Modern AU, Steve Rogers Vs His Own History, Steve Rogers Rediscovers Brooklyn, Fluff and Smut, Fluff and Humor, Fluff and Hurt/Comfort, Possibly the fluffiest fic I've ever written, Everyone's beautiful and only Steve hurts for a very brief part of the fic, More like carries the weight of his history on his shoulders for a bit too long, Found Family, Touch-Starved Steve Rogers, Friend-starved too if we're being honest, Slow Burn, not a lot of sex in this one, But it's there, Natasha Romanoff is a Good Bro, Sam Wilson Is a Good Bro, Gratuitous Arnie Roth mentions, Arnie Roth family, Jewish-ish Bucky Barnes

Summary:

Steve Rogers has done a lot of things out of spite throughout the course of his century-long life, but he never thought retirement would be one of them. But somehow, a year after the second fall of HYDRA and his giant middle finger to the U.S. government, he finds himself with a house in Brooklyn Heights and a lot of time on his hands. With his former team stationed on the other side of the world, he's also far away from his support system, forced to ask the big questions for the first time in his life. Question like "What the hell do I do now?" and "What the fuck is my purpose?" and "How do I deal with this soul-sucking loneliness?"

Enter Bucky Barnes, professional wise guy, presser of buttons, and possessor of the prettiest blue eyes in Brooklyn, on a mission to rekindle the artistic spark in Steve's wary, wounded heart, and give him a healthy dose of family besides.

Chapter 5: Transparent Horizon

Snippet:

“About when you found out Great-Granduncle Arnie was, you know, different from other girls,” Poppy saved. Even Steve knew what she’d been about to ask, and did not care to be put on the spot like that, no matter how close he currently felt to the women around him. “If you don’t mind sharing.”

“I don’t,” Steve confirmed, with a pacifying hand on Bucky’s forearm. It physically pained him to have to pull away, but he wanted to give his response his full concentration. “But you might be a bit disappointed in my answer, because it was such a part of who he was that I don’t remember when he first told me, or if he ever did. From the second our parents let us walk home from school by ourselves, we ran in a part of Brooklyn where that was… maybe not an everyday thing, sure, but we knew people. Bachelors who shared an apartment. Neighbor who sang with an all-girl choir. Certain bars in DUMBO and by the Navy Yard. Bohemian types in Brooklyn Heights who held fancy salons, who nowadays you would call trans.” He couldn’t help the wistful smile that twisted his lips. “We were outcasts, Arnie and me, looking for a place to fit in. Ain’t any big scandal that we found it where the queer people were.”

“Did he have any boyfriends, back in the day?” Winnie sat up and leaned toward him, giving Steve her full attention.

“Only a couple hundred.” Steve snickered at the memory. “Arnie was real easy on the eyes."