The Avengers Masterlist - Bucky x Steve
“Your subscribers seem nice,” Bucky says, interrupting the silence that had settled over them. Steve rubs a hand over his face.
“Yeah, they’re pretty cool,” Steve says, sitting down next to Bucky. “Should I tell them about us or just let them keep guessing?”
Bucky grins mischievously. “Yes.”
(760): I literally cut myself out of my pants. Waste. Of. Money. — 6.6k
Hey friend of Sam’s can I get an opinion on this outfit? Bucky texted, attaching the selfie taken in Sam’s bathroom mirror.
He received an answer almost immediately. Bucky was almost expecting a lecture, or at least a concerned question about who had stolen Sam’s phone.
He got neither.
New text from Steve:
What do you want it to say?
Or: Bucky strikes up a flirtation with a stranger over text message in the month leading up to Valentine's Day.
5 Times Bucky's Friends Heard About Stevie and 1 Time They Met Him — 2.9k
5 times Bucky's friends in the Army think he's got a firecracker of a girlfriend waiting on him back home + the time they actually meet 'Stevie' and realize how wrong they were.
“I’m breaking up with you.”
Bucky uses his free hand to toss another Takis into his mouth, “That’s great, honey.”
A Complicated Affair of Love and Obliviousness — 44k
Bucky Barnes is a former sergeant, honourably discharged after being seriously injured, turned custom furniture maker. With his studio in Red Hook, his brownstone in Brooklyn, and his memories of his time in Afghanistan, his life may not be the easiest but at least it's quiet. When the new neighbours move in, he doesn't expect his life or Jack's (dog/best friend/good listener/chewer of sneakers) to change all that much. That was before he befriended the blond neighbour, the one who seemed like he might have been born a couple of hundred years ago. The blond guy that, if he wasn't so oblivious, Bucky might have noticed had a lot in common with Captain America. Alas, nothing comes easy in Bucky's life. Not even love.
A dream is a wish (your heart makes) — 8.8k
“I’m in love,” Steve whined. “I’m so fucking in love.”
“We know, buddy,” Clint sighed. “We know.”
“He said I looked beautiful.”
“Yep, we heard.” Clint continued to pat his back.
“He kissed my hand!”
“He kissed all our hands,” Nat drawled, sitting down next to Steve. “You aren’t special, Rogers.”
A Lesson from Russia (With Love) — 64k
When Steve notices that Alexei's grades in English aren't too good and are constantly dropping, he offers to tutor the young Russian boy to help him back on his feet. Because he is a caring and worried teacher, of course. Also, did he mention that Alexei's dad is really hot? Oops.
And If The World Comes To An End (I'll Be There To Hold Your Hand) — 4.2k
Steve slowly opens his eyes only to come face to face with a frying pan. He shoots up, trying to sit upright and failing miserably and only becoming more tangled in the blankets. He looks up to find the man holding up the frying pan defensively, with a bemused expression on his face.
also known as the au in which steve accidentally drunkenly climbs into Bucky's apartment instead of his own
Asshole neighbourTM — 4.3k
“What’s new, Bucky?”
“I fucked up, Becs.” He groaned falling onto the couch.
“I asked what was new."
“I keyed Captain America’s motorcycle last night and he caught me in the act.”
“You did what now?” Becca shouted.
Bucky continued. “And he’s so unbelievably hot and cute-”
“Did you get his number?”
“What? No!” Bucky spluttered.
Steve frequently sends out care packages for the troops, and when he learns about the penpal program, he's quick to fill out an application. He's assigned Sergeant James Buchanan Barnes. Everything grows from then.
At the point of intersection — 4.8k
Steve stepped forward. He extended a massive, courteous hand. Black and blue smudged all over his fingertips, like he’d been drawing in ink or paint. Maybe painter had been the truth, then. Nat had long since learned that looks could be deceiving.
“I’m Steve,” he said, shaking Clint’s hand first, “Buck’s told me a lot about you all.”
“You’re Captain America,” Tony said, something choked in his voice that none of them can quite decipher. Steve smiled, then, all teeth, not all friendly.
“I’m Steve,” Steve repeated, “I haven’t been Captain America in a long time.”
The Avengers Hate Club — 52k
Bucky Barnes is 99% certain that if he hears one more Avengers song, it could be fatal.
He's also 99% certain that the stranger with the bright smile and blonde hair he met at the cafe walked out of his dreams.
Starting an Avengers hate club with a man who buys you cake to combat your mental break down at hearing a stupid song one too many times seems like a fine idea, what could go wrong? It's not like either of them knows the Avengers....or that either one of them is in the band....right?
Or
The one where Bucky falls hopelessly for Steve and starts an Avengers hate club with the lead singer of the Avengers.
Barnes & Rogers and the Goddamn Truth — 18k
There are three well-known facts at Shield High:
1. The history teacher Mr. Barnes is a stone-cold terror, and it’s not even because he only has one arm.
2. The other history teacher, Mr. Rogers, is a mysterious enigma, and it’s something to do with the body of a Greek God and contradicting stories of his past. (They’re all rumours, anyway.)
3. Mr Barnes and Mr Rogers hate each other.
Bucky wouldn’t have it any other way.
Steve Rogers is woken from a doze by a scream from the apartment upstairs. Grabbing his bat and heading up the fire escape he's more than ready to face down serial killers and / or burglars - but not what he actually finds...
Bucky had mostly forgotten about it. It was a stupid bet he’d lost during his college years ago, and nothing had happened with it since. So imagine his surprise when he opens his phone during his lunch break and sees a text from an unknown number.
Unknown Number: Um, hi. I found your number in a book at the library.
Bingo! You found a boyfriend — 2.1k
Let it be known that Bucky didn’t want to spend his first Friday night off in months at Bingo night with his grandmother.
Or that time Bucky's grandma forced him to go to Bingo Night and he didn't realise they met the Avengers.
In which Bucky is just trying to live life and enjoy his unofficial official table at the obnoxiously hipster coffee shop, but some guy named Steve stole his spot.
Or, the time that Bucky unintentionally befriended the Avengers and had no idea.
Bucky Barnes Has His Shit Together (and Other Lies He Tells Himself) — 14k
You’d think a guy who owns one of the most successful bakeries in Brooklyn, has a million-dollar smile and that antiquated good ol’ boy charm, blond hair and blue eyes and biceps for days, would know what’s what.
But don’t let that fool you: Steve Rogers is a mess.
Captain America Likes Boys (and More Obvious Headlines) — 24k
“I’m gonna live with a bunch of super-powered people for a month, after which I’m supposed to write about whether they’re good enough at their job or not! What if they actually turn out to be villains?” he gasped. “They’ll torture me to keep me quiet and then—!”
Sam snorted. “Okay, I really don’t think they’re villains."
“What if I say they are qualified, then a month later they blow up the moon?”
In which Bucky Barnes, a journalist for The New York Times, is assigned to write a detailed article on the Avengers. To do this, he lives with them for one month.
Captain Hot Perfect Teacher — 6.1k
Steve is a fifth grade teacher. Bucky is a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, whose son is in Steve's class. They meet at a parent-teacher conference. There's blood involved.
Critical Feline Mass — 39k
Adjusting to civilian life is hard for any military veteran — especially for one ex-sniper with a cybernetic arm, a classic Harley, and friends who keep trying to ‘help.’ When Sam Wilson at the VA sends Sergeant Barnes to rent a room from the hottest guy in the DC area, Bucky thinks maybe civilian life is worth it after all. And then he finds out Captain Rogers is everything Bucky’s not: a real hero, a Medal of Honor recipient, and an all-around nice guy. Bucky doesn’t have a chance in hell with him.
Sam was a huge help to Steve Rogers when he left the military. In the spirit of ‘pay it forward,’ Steve decides to rent out his basement room to a vet in need. But when Sergeant Barnes shows up on his doorstep, he knows he’s in for a world of trouble. Barnes is exactly what Steve never knew he wanted, from his bedroom eyes to his wicked innuendos. And he’s Steve’s tenant.
A love story in twelve chapters, including two Harley-Davidsons, a guardian angel, multiple snipers, the only woman who can scare them into behaving themselves, spontaneous kittens, and one attacking sheep.
Coming Out At The Ripe Old Age Of 99 — 22k
The only reason Wanda knew Steve was gay was because she had invaded his mind, it never would have been something she guessed. He hid it so well, like it was second nature to him, as easy and subconscious as breathing. She never would have known. She had violated his privacy in so many ways and spoke a secret he held close to his chest into existence without a thought. She had been under the impression that Steve was out, just not super talkative about his love life in the same way he was about essentially all of his personal life, but that wasn't the case at all.
And even if it was just one other person she had revealed the truth to, it was still two more than Steve had thought would ever know, and she had still, unintentionally, outed him.
The decades of someone else's repressed emotions hit her all at once.
May contain exchange students, a Starbucks addiction, daddy issues, anger issues, closets and how to get out of them, the ever-ominous influence of social networks, various levels of betrayal, awfully poor life choices, but also, ultimately, real chunks of love.
Don't Leave Me Asunder — 31k
Like many other war veterans, Bucky Barnes is alone. He doesn't talk to his family, he has no friends and his only human interactions are with his cleaning crew from Avengers Tower. Plagued by nightmares and pain, he lives each day in isolation. Until the Avengers bring their fight at home and Bucky gets to meet the famous Captain America. To his surprise, both their lives change forever after that.
Or: the janitor listening to music and ignoring the battle around him AU that no one asked for.
Don't Threaten Me With A Good Time — 22k
"Who knew that the Avengers could throw such a rager?" The hotel receptionist commented as she dug around in her desk.
“The Avengers?” Bucky squeaked.
“Oh yes, I mean, that was the only party here last night. That must have been the one you went to, right?”
Bucky and his unit hadn’t just crashed a fancy party.
They had crashed a fancy party hosted by the fucking Avengers.
Bucky had been too distracted looking into the guy’s eyes as they chatted to notice what he was doing with his hands, automatically taking his clothing out of the dryer and doing his best to lean casually against it and look attractive while holding his own underwear. The man’s name was Steve, and his eyes crinkled wickedly when he made one of the sarcastic comments that made up 60% of their conversation.
“Wait, what do you mean he asked for me?”
“He asked if the cute male nurse with the ponytail was working today. I assume he meant you.”
Fate Will Play Us Out — 30k
Bucky has landed himself a job with Stark Industries. He doesn't know yet that the job is actually being the PR manager for the Avengers.
Bucky has also started dating Steve Rogers. He also doesn't know yet that Steve is Captain America.
Bucky's life is about to get a whole lot more exciting.
James Barnes should be just like any other patient Steve sees in his Brooklyn clinic, but the mob enforcer bleeding all over his waiting room chair apparently didn’t get the memo.
Friendly or Flirty? — 3.6k
Bucky isn't sure if the guy sending him Snapchats is flirting with him or just really likes taking shirtless photos. Either way, he's enjoying them!
Fucking Anne Rice Bullshit — 12K
Bucky's just a normal guy. He teaches the second grade, drinks too much coffee, and spends his free time writing fanfiction about the semi-fictional comic books based on the life of Captain America.
After publishing his latest fic, he expects a certain amount of backlash for some of the choices he made regarding canon. He doesn't expect to arrive home from work only to find SHIELD agents waiting on his doorstep, or to be kidnapped and taken in for questioning because of what he wrote.
Or: the one where Bucky accidentally predicts Steve's return from the ice through the medium of fanfiction.
High schoolers like to gossip about what’s hiding under their gorgeous art teacher’s grandpa clothes.
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Or when Steve accidentally took Bucky’s laptop with him to class and his background, a picture of Steve and him at the beach, appeared on full display on the board.
Have A Dapper Day! — 2.7k
Bucky Barnes sings lead in the barbershop quartet known as the Dapper Dans down in Disneyland's Main Street, USA and has the biggest crush on the artist in Fortuosity Shop window. Unfortunately, the rest of the Dans decide to help him out.
Hey, Asshole! A New York City Love story — 14k
Bucky's running late for the bus and he's stuck in line behind some ridiculous shoulder to waist ratio bastard who's too busy flirting with the baristas to get his frickin' order in. After he tells the dude off, completely in his rights he feels, the damn oversized puppy-faced ass keeps following him around and trying to apologize. And okay, dude is hot like burnin', but Bucky just doesn't have the time or patience for soothing the wounded ego of some gymrat wannabe with an obsession for dressing like he's hiding from the mob and... why are you laughing, Sam?
Hey, I Just Met You — 4.9k
During the height of the Covid-19 lockdowns, Steve and the Avengers are helping to raise funds for first responders and other groups. Unfortunately for Steve, he mis-dials the phone just as he's put on a live stream. The young man who answers leaves Steve tongue-tied and thoroughly flustered, and he's thankful for the call to end. The last thing he expects is to meet that same man by chance eight months later - this time with far different results.
"Bidding will start at $5,000, ladies and gentlemen. $5,000 for an evening spent in the charming company of one of the most eligible bachelors in all of New York. The winning bidder will be chauffeured to Mr. Barnes' private yacht, where you'll both share a meal exquisitely prepared by his own personal chef, and a sunset cruise around the harbor. Who says romance is dead." The MC smiled, looking like nothing so much as a very hungry shark.
"$50,000!" Steve called, shocking everyone in the room – and himself – into silence.
The MC blinked. His perfect, plastic smile melted right off his face. "Uh...could you...I'm sorry, what was that?"
Home Is Wherever I'm With You — 88k
This is what happens when you buy a house to flip having only seen the online images: you get more than you bargained for. Bucky Barnes brings all the tools to handle a dilapidated home, but he's hardly prepared for a smart-mouthed child (with poor aim), a crying baby, and the hottest dad he's ever seen in his life living right next door.
How Buzzfeed Helped Bucky Barnes Get A Boyfriend — 40k
In which Bucky Barnes, Iraq war veteran and bicycle enthusiast, streams Overwatch on the side for fun under the handle President15, and one day his friend-of-a-friend FalconKnight introduces a new player to the crew, THECapRogers. It would be totally absurd for the actual Captain America to hang out in his stream and argue about baseball, right? ...right?
I'd like to tell you something (but i have to think of something first) — 3.7k
Attention focused solely on the book, he moves forward, one slow, pretend-casual step at a time—he’s seen enough movies to know that moving fast will draw people’s attention.
Five feet. Four feet. Almost there.
He’s a bare three feet away when Rogers fucking materializes out of thin air, cuts right in front of him, and heads straight for the book.
“Hey,” Bucky whispers furiously, “I want that book!”
Rogers freezes. His head snaps around, and he gives Bucky a look filled with horror.
He points a finger at Rogers. “I don’t care how hot you are, or how ripped,” Bucky growls. “My assignment is due today, and I will fucking fight you for the book if I have to.”
Before Rogers can recover from his surprise, Bucky leaps forward, grabs the book, and clutches it to his chest.
I eat oil paintings when security guards aren’t looking — 1.4k
“I’m sorry sir, but you have to leave or change your clothes.”
Steve frowned and looked down at himself. He was wearing a simple T-Shirt with a print, a flannel and his bisexual pin. He looked at the security guy.
Steve stumbles across Bucky’s TikTok and it leads to them meeting. They get along perfectly and it's the start of something beautiful.
It's Impossible To Read That Guy — 5.5k
Barnes had been transferred into the precinct on an idyllic July afternoon when the sky was cloudless and the breeze was perfect, which Tony can remember because they'd been perfect conditions for plenty of time whiled away on the roof, possibly perfecting dubiously legal chemical mixtures.
Tony had, only naturally, been curious. And he’d only grown more curious about the mysterious new arrival when he’d not brought over a single personal item for his desk (Scott, who was happily violating the ‘two items and two photographs’ rule by plastering the ceiling above his desk with pictures of his small and smiling daughter, maintained that this was unnatural and horrifying), and invariably responded with a flat negative when asked out for lunch, coffee, dinner, breakfast, tea, hot chocolate, cold chocolate, and, on one occasion, a sleepover.
or: the brooklyn 99 inspired au that nobody really asked for
When Bucky forgets about his clothes in the dorm laundry room, he discovers they have a laundry bandit on their hands--but this bandit doesn't steal your clothes; he dries and folds them for you.
Live For The Way That You Cheer and Scream For Me — 1.2k
“Jesus, you're buff.” He snatched his hand back again, blushing. “Christ, I can't keep my mouth shut. Sorry. It's just, you could be Cap himself with those arms.”
Aka the one where Bucky is dressed like Captain America at a Captain America convention and doesn't realize he's talking to Captain America.
Prompt: "You're a vet and I'm pleading with you to save my goldfish and you're the first vet I've visited not to ask me if I'm sure I don't want to go and buy another goldfish for three dollars" AU
I.e., Bucky's goldfish needs some serious help.
Bucky Barnes has a few problems with his new neighbor:
1. He's hot
2. He's loud
3. He might be a secret superhero
“Look, that was not my fault,” says a deep voice, crackling over the mic. Bucky jumps and clutches at his chest, heart pounding.
“Holy shit, you’re using the in game chat?” Bucky croaks. No one uses Destiny’s in game chat.
Much Tattoo About Nothing — 14k
Steve Rogers gets a lot of email requests, but never one like this: James Barnes wants to use his healing factor to practice tattoos.
Turns out tattoos give Steve boners.
Nothing To Be Nice — 7.6k
Steve thinks that maybe his date with Natasha wasn't a total failure, but after dialing the number she'd given him at the end of the night, it looks like he was so, so wrong. The guy on the end of the line though, seems to need a little bit of help and it costs nothing to be nice...
Nowhere You’d Expect — 1.4k
“As soon as the plane touched down, the door opened and Tony could hear a dog barking from the inside of a farmhouse to their left.
“Bucky?” The avengers all turned to see a small man standing on the porch of the house, a german shepherd barking at his feet.
James smiled, something the Avengers didn’t see much.
“Hey, Stevie,”
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OR instead of going to Clint's house in AoU, Bucky takes the Avengers to his and Steve's house on the countryside
This is part of a series. Reading them in order is recommended, though this can be read as a stand-alone.
Of Devious Daughters and Ballet Teachers — 6.3k
When Steve's daughter gets cast as Clara in The Nutcracker, Steve meets her new ballet instructor, Bucky Barnes.
It all goes downhill from there.
He was a skater boy, Steve said let's get bagels, boy.
Steve wants to start doing this twenty-first century thing properly. He gets help in the form of skateboarding, skateboarders, bagels, and Sam Wilson.
The One Where Bucky Barnes is a Hot Dad And Steve Rogers is an Elementary School Teacher — 9.8k
Steve Rogers is in his early 40s and hasn't dated anyone in years- not since the war. He has no interest in dating. His life is devoted to teaching elementary school.
He finds himself getting attached to a particularly smart, quiet girl who he is sure is ahead of the class. He decides to have a talk with the girl's parents about her exceptional intelligence and her antisocial tendencies.
What he doesn't know is that she is the child of single father, fellow war veteran, James "Bucky" Barnes.
Open Up the Door That's Shut (We Make Our Own Luck) — 16k
After coming back from the war, Steve and Bucky open a diner together in Brooklyn. They're scraping by just trying to keep the business and each other together when Tony Stark stumbles through their front door.
Pennies and dimes for a kiss — 13k
Bucky is getting some grub after a night of drinking when none other than the Avengers walk into the place.
With them the man responsible for every wet dream he had since 16.
He's not sure if it's insanity or the alcohol that makes him do it (probably a bit of both), but he scribbles down his number and walks over to him.
The Pineapple Text To Rule Them All — 3.7k
Bucky texts a random number to see what happens. Lucky him, he gets Captain America.
Or
The one where Steve talks in Tolkien and Bucky woos him with pineapples - kind of
Princess Perfect Pony Palace — 3.3k
It's Christmas Eve and Natasha's daughter has just admitted to her parents that she asked Santa for a Princess Perfect Pony Palace. Which is currently out of stock in every store within 50 miles.
It's time for Uncle Bucky to step up and deliver the most wanted gift of the season - he just didn't think he'd have to fight a hot blond for it.
Quarantine 101 with Dr. Rogers (and the Husband) — 5.5K
Like every university professor worldwide, Dr. Rogers of NYU is adapting to online classes during quarantine.
It is during this time that Dr. Rogers' students discover their professor's stunningly beautiful husband and other key aspects of his private life that is usually kept locked tight.
Rescue Me and Hold Me In Your Arms — 6.7k
Bucky is on the worst date of his life, and what he really needs of for this waitress to get the message he's sending her with his mind to rescue him.
She doesn't, but she does send someone to extract him from a night of torture...
Rudeness Will Not Be Tolerated In This Starbucks — 2k
Bucky's pretty sure that the Starbucks barista is spelling his name wrong on purpose.
Steve ISN'T doing it on purpose. Well, okay, maybe he is.
Save a Horse, Ride a Captain — 2.7k
Bucky tapped him on the shoulder, swaying back and forth a little as he waited for the man to turn around. “Hello,” he said, and then promptly forgot what else he was going to say, because this guy was fucking beautiful. “Wow. Good face.” Two of the guy’s friends, a man wearing a suit that fit so well it had to be bespoke and a man with a cute little gap between his front teeth, started cracking up. The petite redhead sitting next to them cocked her head to the side and pulled her phone out of her handbag. Beautiful Face just looked kind of pained, so Bucky redirected. He was a gentleman. He could take a hint. No hitting on beautiful guys who were uncomfortable with that sort of thing, no matter how lickable their jawlines were. “Hello,” he repeated, doing his best to mind his manners. “I’m very sorry to bother you. Can I have a piggy-back ride?”
When Steve glances over at Hot Guy again, Hot Guy catches his eye and gives him a tentative smile. Steve’s brain shuts down and he looks away. But the serum gave him great vision, so out of the corner of his eye, he sees Hot Guy stand up, take two steps, get his foot caught in a backpack strap, trip, and fall down.
Steve’s out of his chair and next to Hot Guy before he even has time to think. "Oh my God, Hot Guy! Are you okay?"
His hearing is sensitive enough to pick out Sam’s whispered “Did you just call Hot Guy ‘Hot Guy’?” at the same time as he realizes what he just said.
Hot Guy blinks up at him from the floor, probably too confused to stand up. "Did you just call me ‘Hot Guy’?"
Side bitch out of your league — 2.5K
“I tried to call Sam,” Captain America says, bewildered. He’s sprinting like Usain Bolt and doesn’t sound even a little out of breath. Fucker. “Who’re you?”
“Someone who’s watching you live on TV,” Bucky tells him as the tiny patriotic figure on the screen takes the turns like he instructed. Bucky should probably be a lot more freaked out about this, but honestly? After a tour in the Middle East and six years as a nurse in New York, even this isn’t enough to ruffle him. One sees a lot of shit in the ER. “Also, you better hang up now, that thing is behind the next bend.”
“Uh, okay,” Captain America says. “Thanks?”
“Whatever,” Bucky says, disconnects the call and turns the TV off to get ready for his shift.
Simple Braids for Single Dads — 6.4k
Steve needs help - his daughter Louise is being teased at school for her messy hair and he's completely clueless at how to do even the simplest of styles. Luckily, neighbour Natasha gives him a link to an online YouTube tutorial with the hottest dad on the planet...
"What do I do?” Steve appealed into the phone. “I’m freaking out.”
There was silence on the other end of the line. It lasted so long that Steve pulled the receiver away from his ear and frowned at it. Pay phones were old. Maybe this one wasn’t working despite the obvious dial tone when he picked up.
“Ok,” a stranger’s voice said over the phone. “First acknowledge the fact that you dialed the wrong number, but be quick about it because my cab is a few blocks away from my own plans and I’m about to drop some truth bombs on you.”
Someone I can't leave behind — 31k
It starts when Steve is on his way back from a mission.
He’s sitting on a corner of the Quinjet, alone, as he always does after missions, trying to clear his mind, when his phone pings: "Hey, number neighbor! I’m Bucky and incredibly bored. What are you up to?"
Someone To Watch Over Me — 1.3k
Everyone knows Mr. Barnes is married.
Starbucks For Three Months — 2.7k
A big blonde buff dude keeps appearing in the ER on Bucky's shift.
Starbucks Is Canon — 8.3k
Bucky's been trying to book Captain America actor Steve Rogers on his show for longer than he can remember. But when the actor does agree, he's not expecting their first meeting to be quite so... well documented... by social media.
Steven Grant Rogers, Expert on All Things 21st Century — 6.8k
Steve; HEY, SAM! guess who finally figured out how to import all his contacts on his new iPhone 7:DD!!
Sam; well. clearly not you, since you're assuming this is sam.
Stitch Me Up Right — 5.9k
The Avengers have a new fashion designer and suddenly Bucky has a lot of problems with his suit.
Darcy looked at the pattern he had on his lap and then stared at him in horror. “Bucky, are you insane? Have you not heard of the Sweater Curse?”
Bucky’s eyebrows flew up in surprise at Darcy’s comment. “The Sweater Curse? What’s that?”
“Holy shit, how can you not have heard of it? It’s when you make a sweater for a significant other and they dump you. Are you trying to get dumped by Steve?”
You Make Eating Space-Food (slightly) Better — 2.9k
“Let’s go camping, Bucky,” he mocks, “It’ll be fun.” Bucky brushes the dirt off of his clothes as best as he can. He glances up to the sky and wonders how the hell he gets himself into these situations.
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The man looks like he just stepped out of one of Sam’s cheesy outdoors magazines. Bucky squints at him in the warm glow of the fire. Is he wearing a flannel? He’s definitely wearing a flannel. He looks like a fucking lumberjack. The dude’s wearing a beanie, he’s got a beard and his pants are loosely tucked into his untied boots. Bucky’s mouth opens, but he doesn’t know what to say. He sighs again. His life, man.
You Put the Cool in Tentacool — 7.4k
“I was here first, so you answer first.”
Steve wrinkled his nose but conceded to himself that the stranger did have a point. He sat up and tried not to look embarrassed as he muttered, “Fucking Charizard is around here somewhere.”
The guy’s eyes lit up, and he suddenly launched himself over the dumpster, dropping to his feet on Steve’s side. “I can’t find him anywhere,” the stranger said, raking a frustrated hand through his hair.
What's Left of Kisses — 86k
Bucky Barnes, history teacher and sometimes Human Disaster, has absolutely no major expectations of his class trip to the National Museum of American History.
But, a chance run-in with Steve Rogers irrevocably changes the course of his life.
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Steve loves his teammates - especially the Maximoff twins, whom Tony has dubbed Steve's "freaky ducklings" - but it's not until he stumbles across a shy, handsome man in the Howling Commandos' exhibit that he realizes what's been missing in his life.
(And when Steve falls, he falls hard - and for always).
Who Prays for The Devil? — 79k
When Steve Rogers does something nice for the wife of one of the largest Russian mafia families, Winifred sends her son, James Buchanan Barnes, to offer him a 'favor' in return. But Steve, who is incapable of seeing the bad in anyone, ends up missing the fact that Bucky's in the mafia entirely and thinks that this brick house of a man wants to go on a date. Bucky, finding this clueless yet confident coffee shop owner refreshing and adorable, decides to give it a shot.
What blooms is a lovely romance between the two, where Steve is constantly surprised that they always have the best seats at restaurants, that Bucky seems to know everyone in Little Odessa, and that Bucky has a crap ton of guns in his apartment. But why do all of Steve's friends go pale when Bucky comes around? How does Natasha know Bucky? And when Steve's health starts to get in the way, how far will Bucky go to make things right?
Brought to Brightness — 10k
Army veteran Bucky Barnes has fallen in love with Steve, a guy he met online a few months after he returned from Afghanistan. Only problem is, he doesn't know Steve's last name or even what he looks like.
When his sister helps him send his story into MTV's Catfish, he's hoping they can help him meet Steve or, at least, let him move on with his life if Steve isn't real. Little does he know, Steve and Captain America have more in common than just a first name.
When Steve first met Sergeant James Barnes during the New York invasion, he flipped Steve off for calling him a civilian, then roundhouse kicked an alien in the face.
They haven't stopped talking to each other ever since, and Steve thought it was normal for him to latch onto the first person who befriended him after coming out of the ice.
Nope, turns out he was just pining.
The Future Is Hipsters and Ugly Dogs — 16k
Steve Rogers gets defrosted, and the world celebrates, but no one helps him adjust. He's left on his own to figure it out. At least he's got the internet. He knows that Grindr is for hookups, not dating. Bucky is too busy at work for a relationship and just wants to let off steam. Man, they sure do screw that one up.
How Buzzfeed Helped Bucky Barnes Get A Boyfriend — 40k
In which Bucky Barnes, Iraq war veteran and bicycle enthusiast, streams Overwatch on the side for fun under the handle President15, and one day his friend-of-a-friend FalconKnight introduces a new player to the crew, THECapRogers. It would be totally absurd for the actual Captain America to hang out in his stream and argue about baseball, right? ...right?
On the cold christmas eve of 1944, the Howlies are talking about sweethearts, when Bucky suddenly speaks up.
"My girl's blond."
Steve is working undercover for Hydra when he gets an unexpected promotion.
To the Winter Soldier Project.
Steve Rogers Versus the Classics — 34k
Steve narrowed his eyes. “I’m beginning to suspect I’ve been set up.”
“I would never,” Natasha said, feigning shock.
Steve sighed.
“God fucking dammit,” he heard someone say and looked up.
AKA
An AU in which Steve is still Captain America and Bucky is the unfortunate history professor selected to help him understand those references
Bucky lost everything when aliens attacked New York. His home, his job, his goddamn arm. It seems he’ll have to live out his days alone and depressed, barely getting by in a tiny, crappy apartment.
And then, one day, news about the wealth and prosperity of Wakanda shocks the world. Bucky doesn’t pay it much attention until a job offer finds him. It seems like a joke. Who would want him - a crippled, penniless engineer - to work for them? But the thing is, Bucky has absolutely nothing else to do. So he takes a chance.
And that’s how Bucky comes to meet his teenaged boss (who also happens to be a princess), gets a dream job making gadgets for the Avengers, builds a new life in Wakanda, and last but certainly not the least - meets Captain America, or, as he has a pleasure to call him, Steve.
Touch Me I’m Going to Scream — 107k
Only a few days have passed since the Winter Soldier put Sam into a hospital bed but Steve is ready to find HYDRA’s assassin and bring him to justice.
Things won't go according to plan once the Avengers find the infamous man.
It's a Love Story, Baby Just Say Yes — 1.8k
"Eyes on the prize, Widow: we're getting Captain America and Bucky laid, with each other. That's the op. Got it?"
Nothing's As Sweet As Super Soldiers In Love — 12k
“Captain America’s mystery lover! That’s what everybody’s talking about.”
Bucky turned around as soon as he heard ‘Captain America’, only to see Tony had on some entertainment news report and his latest photo of sleeping Steve was flashed up on the screen beside the person talking. “Hey, what’s that?” he asked, hopping over the back of the couch to land beside Stark.
“Your Cap lovin’ gone viral, I guess,” Tony said, turning up the volume.
“Rumors spread like wildfire with the first photo of Steve Rogers, Captain America himself, was posted to a comically named Instagram called ‘GodBlessAmerica36’.”
When Bucky hears Captain America hold a speech on tv, it activates Bucky's half of their Soulbond.
But how does an one armed vet get close enough to the Captain to say his words to him? This is where his team and a Plan come into action.
Steve's always loved his words; they've given him hope since he could read them, and they added fuel to the fire in his soul. When he went into the ice, his one regret was leaving a soulmate out there that would never ever know what had happened to him. These days, he still holds that regret as he tries to do the right things and fight the right fights and not get sucked into any of the wrong wars, but it's starting to feel like there are no right wars anymore. When he gets home from yet another mission, he's expecting pizza and to be endlessly teased by his teammates as they watch the never-ending list of movies he hasn't seen; he's not expecting to meet his soulmate, he's definitely not expecting this.
For Words to Say it Right — 25k
Turns out when you're missing an arm, everyone asks are you okay? all the damn time. And when your soulmark is one of the most common questions in English, it's even worse.
Generic soulmarks are a bitch.
Bucky Barnes lives with the soulmate words “Listen man, you’re not my soulmate.” in clear handwriting on the inside of his right arm. Steve Rogers, Captain America, accidentally revealed his words to the world, and now anyone and everyone is saying them to him in hopes of being his soulmate.
They both have a bad day and find themselves in a cafe.
Hi.
That’s it. That’s Steve’s word. You’re supposed to meet upwards of eighty thousand people in the course of a lifetime, and that’s all Steve gets.
Hi.
There’s nothing else. No time, no date, just the first thing said to him by his soulmate seared in neat black letters across the middle of his wrist.
You know how many people say ‘hi’ as a way of introducing themselves to someone they’ve never met?
A lot. A lot of a lot.
It's a problem.
Old Situations (New Complications) — 21k
A soulmate AU where your soulmark is the first thing your soulmate thinks when they meet you.
Bucky is a normal, Level Six SHIELD agent who stumbles into a time machine while on a mission. When he travels back sixty-four years and lands ass-up on the wartime desk of one Agent Carter, his soulmark—“Who’s that with Peggy?”—goes from fairly distinctive, as thoughts go, to maddeningly common.
This Feeling We Carry In Our Souls — 26k
Bucky hasn’t seen his own soul mark in seven years, not since a doctor sawed off his left arm to save his life. So it’s a little bit of a shock when he walks into Stark Tower and sees at least a dozen people with his soul mark proudly emblazoned on their skin.
And that’s how Bucky finds out he’s soulmates with Captain fucking America.
Bucky found out who his soulmate was when he was still young. "I’ve never liked bullies. It doesn’t matter where they’re from," his words read. He was at a museum when he heard them said by a recording of Captain America, the only problem is that Captain America died during the war.