#dark philosopher

Vesper Lucien, a first year and Dark Philosopher, of Dark University has released another Dark Romance for the anthology!

Blood and Flowers is their newest piece in a Boarding School series called Love Blooms in the Dark. This body of work is a creature feature with paranormal elements.

Ship: James “Bucky” Barnes/Steve Rogers [Stucky]

Summary: Bucky is determined to make a good impression.

Warning: Age Gap, Dark Romance, Underage Character(s)

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Dark Philosopher, Aspen Blackwood, has done it again!

For Reasons Wretched and Divine is the first chapter from Aspen's, A World so Vicious, so Cruel. The story is set after Avengers: Endgame and has a special twist in the form of non traditional omegaverse. It features gothic and mythological elements with shrunkyclunks!

Ship: James “Bucky” Barnes/Steve Rogers [Stucky]

Summary: A wry glint had peaked through the thousand yard stare that marred Steve’s features that day. He didn’t want to impose then but maybe he should have taken Sam up on his offer.

Warning: Dark Fiction, Dubious Consent

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Vesper Lucien, a resident of Dark University has enchanted us at the Dark Press with a new hit!

Mysteries of the Moonlit Marsh is their newest piece set in a Pre-War alternate universe of Captain America: The First Avenger. This story is features the fae, non-traditional omegaverse, paranormal elements and more!

Ship: James “Bucky” Barnes/Steve Rogers [Stucky]

Summary: A stolen token. A price paid. Steven yearns, James burns, and he is always watching.

The only way for the moon to save the sun is to freely give of itself, to allow the sun to devour it whole.

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Such a strange mantra had been whispered into Bucky’s ears ever since he could remember. The murmurings always danced on the edge of his senses, taunting him with their song. He could never figure out the meaning of the words until the day his best friend got dangerously ill.

Warning: Dark Fiction, Dubious Consent, Nonconsensual Touching

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Dark Philosopher, Aspen Blackwood, has once again graced the curators at the Dark Press with another Dark, Paranormal, Romance!

‘Cuz Once You Said “Don’t Worry” was When I Started to Worry is the first chapter from Aspen’s piece entitled, Devoured (Unholy is the Hunger). The story is set in a post Captain America: the Winter Soldier world. It features creatures, eldritch horror, and gothic fantastical leanings.

Ship: James “Bucky” Barnes/Steve Rogers [Stucky]

Summary: They should have never gone on that fuckin’ mission, Bucky thinks as he tightly grips Steve’s hand. It’s ice cold but somehow it feels even colder than that. It’s as if Steve’s blood has been replaced with liquid nitrogen that seeps through his skin, causing wisps of smoke to evaporate off of him like dry ice.

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Bucky’s hands are frozen by the time he gets Steve out of the water. Tears blur his vision as he presses his lips to Steve’s. They’re too cold but he has to keep trying. Bucky keeps it to himself when Steve starts coughing up black blood. He tells no one that Steve’s skin never gets warm again after.

Warning: Dark Fiction, Nonconsensual Body Modification

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Dark Philosopher, Vesper Lucien, has graced Dark University with yet another Dark Romance piece!

The Weight of Unslumbering Desolation is the newest installment in Vesper's Achillean Romance set in a dark and fantastical version of the well known MCU. This story has creatures and dark themes, what's not to like?

Ship: James “Bucky” Barnes/Steve Rogers [Stucky]

Fic summary: James Buchanan is sixteen when his life falls apart. He is betrothed to Lord Broq Rumlow of Drakestone, a noble in King Alecsander’s court. After a barbaric rite is gifted to his new husband, during their wedding reception, James’ plight seemingly goes from bad to worse.

Warning: Dark Fiction, Non Con, Somnophilia, Underage Character

Chapter summary: Bucky’s realizations bring a certain amount of clarity to his situation that don’t necessarily offer comfort. - Steven Grant is called back to his home in the wilds. Will he bring his new muse with him or will he leave the little one to his human fate?

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The first Dark Philosopher at Dark University to submit a Dark Romance to the first of the dark anthologies, A Stygian Rose, is Vesper Lucien!

A Road Paved in Uncertainty is the first chapter in a new fanfiction story, The Taste of Blood and Wine, taking place in an alternate universe of the MCU. It features a gothic twist to the modern era with a nontraditional approach to the well-known trope, omegaverse!

Ship: James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers [Stucky]

Summary: Bucky Barnes, an unmated omega at 29 and fresh out of grad school, is considered a spinster and way past his prime. When he receives a mysterious package, his luck seems to begin to change.

Warning: Dark Fiction

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Let's welcome, Vesper Lucien to Dark University!

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Dark University applauds another Dark Philosopher that has submitted their Dark Romance to A Stygian Rose!

Heart Made of Glass, My Mind of Stone is the second chapter from, Do You Trust Me With Your Scars Enough to Show Me Your Heart, by Aspen Blackwood. The story is set during Captain America: the First Avenger and follows pre-war stucky through their lives. It features creatures and non traditional omegaverse!

Ship: James “Bucky” Barnes/Steve Rogers [Stucky]

Fic summary: There was always a sweetness that lingered in Steve’s nose whenever he spent time with Bucky Barnes. It was a light floral scent with underlying honey and peach that followed Bucky wherever he went. Steve was never too far behind, low eyes and an intoxicated grin gracing his features every time. It was the look of a boy caught in a snare.

Chapter summary: Steve hesitated by the entryway to the kitchen. Just being around Ma Winnie made him nervous given how he felt about her son. - a dark and twisted fairytale

Warning: None

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Let’s welcome, Aspen Blackwood to Dark University!

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Dark University applauds another Dark Philosopher that submitted their Dark Romance to A Stygian Rose!

You Can Call Me Crazy but I Know that He Craves me is the second chapter from, A Thin Wisp of Scarlet Smoke, by Rhyver Youngblood. The story is set after Captain America: the Winter Soldier. It features a deranged version of Steve Rogers and grapples with consent issues and manipulation!

Ship: James “Bucky” Barnes/Steve Rogers [Stucky]

Summary: It's been awhile since Bucky came in from the cold. He lives with his best friend, Steve, now. Despite coming to grips with what Hydra did to him, Bucky still yearns for more from his old flame. Steve is so careful with him, treating him like he's made of glass. He just needs to figure out how to ask for what he wants, what he craves.

Steve knows Bucky wants more, he can see the boy he used to love haunting him from the tired blue-grey irises of the man he saved. He wants Bucky too, so bad, but he can’t have him. Night after night he’s plagued with nightmares that terrify him. What’s worse? He wants what’s in them. He wants the darkness that’s brimming within him to be unleashed, he wants to take and take and take. How could he allow Bucky to experience that? No, no way. He can’t do it, he won’t.

He does.

Warning: Dark Fiction

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Let’s welcome, Rhyver Youngblood to Dark University!

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