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Publicity Stunt Series - On Hiatus // Updated 01.24.2022 You’re a post-quantum computing scientist who is on the brink of success when your ex-boyfriend slams you in the press. It’s a media frenzy of epic proportions - one you and your new boss, Tony Stark, plan to combat with a little good press. Will a couple of highly-visible dates with Captain America clear your name in the court of public opinion? 

A Mixtape for Steve Rogers Series - On Hiatus // 06.03.2021 Your love story with Steve, from start to finish, told through a collection of John Mayer songs in independent one-shots.

Call Sign: Renaissance Series - Complete // 08.09.2020 After a rescue mission gone wrong, you retire as a pararescue airwoman. When an old friend of yours comes calling, asking you to spearhead a disaster response team for the Avengers, you have to decide if you can let go of the past in order to save lives. Will you move on and possibly fall in love? Or will the demons of your past come back to haunt you? 

Driver’s Seat One-Shot // 08.26.2021 You drive across the country in your Fiat Spider to start a new job in New York. She keeps breaking down and men keep insisting on fixing her.

The Promotion One-Shot // 01.22.2021 Sam, Bucky, and Steve are all called in for a critical mission, but you’re mysteriously missing.

Could’ve Fooled Me Drabble // 08.25.2020 It takes almost losing you before Steve admits how he feels. Never mind that he was the one who told the HYDRA agent to kill you.

Thalassophile One-Shot - Fernweh Collection // 06.22.2020 Years spent working side by side, you and Steve have maintained a strictly professional relationship even though each of you harbor secret feelings for the other. Can the salt air and island life change that?

Wayfarer One-Shot - Fernweh Collection // 05.25.2020 With a second lease on life, you and Steve cross off an item on your bucket list in Peru.

Healing Through Music Challenge, One-Shot // 03.09.2020 After the Battle of New York, you perform at a fundraising benefit hosted at the newly dubbed Avengers Tower where you meet Steve Rogers for the first time.

Tequila Confessions Challenge, One-Shot // 02.10.2020 Getting drunk and confessing your feelings for Steve Rogers really wasn’t your plan for the night, but Kevin Bacon and Whitney Houston had other ideas.

West Philadelphia One-shot // 01.17.2020 The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is a classic and it’s really important to you and Sam that Steve watches it.

An Easy Fifty Bucks Challenge, One-shot // 01.01.2020 An impromptu invitation to a gala at Stark Tower offers you the chance to meet Steve Rogers. And win a bet.

‘Tis the Season to be Married Challenge, One-shot // 12.02.2019 As a New Yorker, it was always your dream to get married in the city at Christmas. You just didn’t think the actual day would be better than your imagination.

Losing My Religion One-Shot // 11.21.2019 When everything Steve had faith in abandoned him, he abandoned you. But a close-call makes him second guess his decision. 

Christmas in the District  Challenge, One-Shot, Coffee Shop AU // 11.07.2019 Christmas makes you want to be with the people you love. Will you and Steve finally admit your feelings for one another? 

Still Feel Like Your Man Challenge, One-Shot // 11.04.2019 You weren’t an easy girl to get over, not that Steve wanted to do that anyway. 

No Supervision Required Challenge, One-Shot // 11.01.2019 You’re fiercely independent and exceedingly capable. You’re also undercover. Why can’t Steve Rogers see that?

Lay Me Down  One-Shot // 11.01.2019 The Sokovia Accords split up the Avengers and forced Steve into hiding with you still in New York.  He leaves a letter behind, asking you to wait for him. But just how long is a girl supposed to wait?

The Air That I Breathe  One-Shot // 10.31.2019 Steve loves you, but he never really let Peggy go. When he left to return the infinity stones to their proper places in time, he knew he wanted to stay. But that meant he was leaving you behind.

Hot & Cold One-Shot // 12.10.2022 There’s something about an old flame that keeps Bucky warm in December. 

Moksha One-Shot - Fernweh Collection // 06.15.2020 At Stephen Strange’s suggestion, Bucky travels to Kathmandu in search of peace. Before he finds it, he finds you.

Solivagant One-Shot - Fernweh Collection // 06.01.2020 Bucky is sent to Antarctica on a highly-classified, fact-finding mission. He has trouble keeping his intentions a secret from you, a lovely but skeptical biologist.

The Prerogative (to Have a Little Fun) One-Shot // 04.07.2020 Karaoke is infinitely better with your girls by your side and Bucky Barnes in the audience.

Power of Ten Challenge, One-Shot // 03.17.2020 Bucky gets a new neighbor at the compound and has a battle of wills over the volume of music.

Pages of the Soul Challenge, One-Shot // 01.27.2020 With help from a Wakandan therapist and his journal, Bucky begins to heal from his traumatic past while finding his way back to you.

Birthday Battle Royale One-Shot // 01.12.2020 Bucky isn’t one to celebrate his birthday, so the cake you were baking was a surprise. Until it wasn’t.

Killer Queen One-Shot // 11.15.2019 You were the assassin that got away. Bucky wouldn’t be able to get you off of his mind until he got you into his bed.

Keeping Barnes Warm Drabble // 11.08.2019 Bucky is asked to go on a mission somewhere he’s not entirely eager to return to.

Delicate  One-Shot // 11.03.2019 Bucky explores his path of renewal with you in Bucharest.

Stop This Train  One-Shot // 10.31.2019 Saying good-bye to Natasha was impossible. You find comfort in Bucky as the two of you figure out what life looks without your two best friends.

Memory Loss Mini-Series // On Hiatus // Updated 05.23.2021 Sam Wilson isn’t the only one on the hunt for the former Winter Soldier. Always two steps ahead of him is a runaway assassin from the Red Room looking for revenge. Can Sam convince you that Bucky Barnes deserves to live?

Abbiocco One-Shot - Fernweh Collection // 06.08.2020 In one of the most romantic places in the world, you and Sam spend your honeymoon learning to make pasta, drinking wine, and lingering in bed.  

Fernweh Collection: We may not be able to board a plane and travel like we’d like in this virus ridden world, but we can still use our imaginations to explore far off places with some of our favorite characters. Join Steve, Bucky, Sam and others in this collection of independent one-shots with a common theme: travel.

Recommended Reading: I use the tag #fic rec for every story I read. There are some talented writers in this fandom and I loved every one of these stories. Go check them out!

Don’t Call It a Comeback (Tour): I had been gone from tumblr for a few months and missed the community here so much. I desperately wanted to get the gang back together and this writing challenge was the perfect way to do it.

You heard he was coming back from a mission. That was the only reason you agreed to come to this party in the first place, because you thought he wouldn’t. Turning around, you find him standing in front of you with his hands deep in the pockets of his tux and his head hung low. Every bit as handsome as the day you first met him. When he asked if you were okay, you shouted loud enough for the whole city to hear you.

“No! I’m not okay! Are you happy? Are you satisfied?”

The pained look he gives you is exhausting. Exhausting because this is a situation of his own making and you were just trying to do your best to avoid him. You can’t bear to look at it anymore so you spin back towards the city. 

“You left me. When you told me you weren’t ready for this, that it was too much, I respected your choice. But now you’re looking at me. Stop looking at me.”

It was right after the fall of SHIELD. He lost trust in the institutions he put so much faith in. The best friend from his childhood returned, but he didn’t know him anymore. Pushing you away must’ve felt like the best way to protect himself from any more pain.

“I almost died today.”

Clenching your eyes shut, tears stream down your face. You can hear his footsteps inch closer to you, finally feeling his hands grasp each of your arms.

“I almost died today and the only thing I could think about was you.”

His mouth is close to your ear as he utters the words. A gentle hand moves down to yours and silently asks you to turn around. To look at him.

“Steve....”

Both of his hands move to your face as he pulls you closer, lips crashing onto yours. A small gasp escapes your throat at the surprise of it all. When he moves his arms down to your back, your fingers slide up his neck and into his hair. A small smile creeps onto his face and you can feel it in between each kiss.

Peace-building missions like this are your speciality: get in, negotiate, and get out. The humanitarian nature of it is fulfilling, but it also means you aren’t sticking around for long. 

Just as well. After awhile, you really start to miss home. Something about this nomadic life has always been a little lonely. 

"Si a cada lado se le otorgan dos escaños y la ONU emite el quinto voto, ¿todas las partes involucradas lo considerarían justo?"

Translation: I get it, each side needs fair representation. Two seats each on the Security Council ought to do it.

Through conversation and compromise, the two political parties have found some common ground. The future of Neruda depended on it, after all. With your help, a constitution was drafted and free elections scheduled. The last thing to do was determine the make-up of the Security Council that oversaw the military. 

"Estupendo. Ahora, sea un encanto y firma este acuerdo, en el que se ilustra los términos ... " 

Translation: We’re so close. Sign. The. Fucking. Documents.

Throughout the course of the mediation, you communicate regularly with Mosley. He receives updates on pretty much everything: personality profiles, points of contention, terms of agreement, leadership choices. As a consultant, it’s your job to keep him in the loop.

In your last summary, you notified Mosley that you hoped the negotiations would soon be coming to a close. All that was really left was for each side to lend their signatures to the joint resolution you drew up. 

A hush falls over the room as an aid comes in and makes his way to you, slipping you a piece of paper that reads “urgent phone call, line 1.” 

You excuse yourself, rushing to your office down the hall as a knot begins to form in the pit of your stomach.  Did the mission you wrapped up in South Sudan come apart? Maybe the leaders in Kosovo weren’t seeing eye to eye anymore. Or worse - what if something happened to the guy you left back at home?

The last person you expect on the other end of the line is Sam Wilson. 

“Renaissance! Do you have any idea how hard it was to track your ass down?” 

You pull the receiver away from your face as your old friend starts barking in your ear. 

“Two tours in Afghanistan together, I thought we were close. Can’t even send a brother a Christmas card.” 

Oh, you think to yourself, it’s going to be one of those phone calls.

You wait patiently as Sam nags at you, tapping your fingers against the desk in your makeshift office. Cardboard boxes full of old files line the back wall and the sole window in the place overlooks a parking lot. For a temporary setup, it wasn’t bad. You’ve certainly seen worse.

A quick survey of your desk finds a collection of papers along with a photograph of your old squadron.

It was taken in a bar in the middle of New Mexico. You’re propped up against a piano and the guys are crowded around you, Sam leaning into your side as he laughed. For a brief moment in your life, those men were your family. So much has changed since then.

Between reminiscing and thinking about the conference room conversation, you must’ve tuned Sam out.

“Y/N! Did you hear what I just said?” Sam clamors, clearly exasperated with you. 

What else is new?

You snap back to attention, “Ya know, Sam, I’m so glad we got the chance to catch up. We really ought to do this more often, but I have to get going…” 

You almost hang up the phone when you hear him calling your name. You bring the receiver back up to your ear, sighing, when you hear him say, “Y/N, you’re not going back into that meeting. You’re coming to New York. Now pack your damn bags and meet me at the airport.” 

With that, he hangs up and you are thoroughly confused. 

What in the hell did I miss? How did he know about the meeting?

Not even a minute later, you get a notification on your cell with an email from Mosley thanking you for your work and wishing you the best of luck with the Avengers. 

Damn it, Sam. 

You grab a duffle out of the cabinet from behind your desk, quickly shoving a bunch of your personal items in it, making sure to include the old photograph. 

As you walk down the hall to leave, you hear the yelling resume in the conference room. Looking over your shoulder, you see a single-file line exit the meeting. In a matter of minutes, chaos replaces hope for the future of the country.

Meanwhile, Sam begins the descent into Neruda and in the Quinjet’s cockpit with him is Steve Rogers. “You’re sure she’s coming? Ross seemed pretty insistent that it had to be her.”

“Oh yeah, Cap. She’ll be there.” 

Pausing, he adds, “I just can’t promise she’ll be thrilled about it.”