#deadonarrival

“Roll On” (M, 89k) by jaxington

In 1938, there's a bar in Brooklyn called Sully’s where people are safe to be themselves. Behind the bar, a girl pours drinks. She's always got a big smile for Steve and she says queer like it's a good thing. On a regular basis, she takes his shoulders in her hands and tries to shake sense into him, saying, "When will you do something about that best friend of yours?"

In 2012, Bucky’s gone, but Steve’s not, and the girl’s hands are too old to shake him. She does her best to make him see sense anyway.

Steve had people who loved him before the war, and it turns out a few of them are still around when he finally comes home.

+ Pre-War to Alt CW. A stunning three part series spanning 300k words. Part 1 focuses on Becca, Part 2 on Becca’s wife, and Part 3 is Post WS to Alt CW from Bucky’s perspective. Bucky Barnes recovers, Found Family, and love true love. It’s not marked as complete, but can be read as such

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“My Brother, The Hero” (G, 16k) by Odsbodkins

Becca Barnes is eight years old, and her big brother can do no wrong.

The events of the two Captain America movies, from the perspective of one of the sisters Bucky leaves behind.

+ Pre-War to Post WS. Becca adores Steve and Bucky, and is heartbroken after the Valkyrie. Decades later, she reunites with them both

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“Now! That’s What I Call 90’s Slow Jams” (M, 10k) by deadonarrival

Steve goes home for the wedding of Becca Barnes and while he’s there he runs into his old crush. Her brother. Except now they are both hot as shit. Oh no whatever will happen.

+ Modern AU. Childhood friends reunited, mutual pining, fake (and not so fake) dating!

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“Geriatric Road Trip, 2015″ (NR, 4k) by what_alchemy

Bucky was the eldest of four.

+ Post WS. Outside POV. Becca’s grandson takes his grandma, granduncle, and grandaunt to see Steve in DC.

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“There Are Worse Ways to Make Friends” (T, 4k) by Alexicon

Becca Barnes breaks into her brother's apartment through his window. She finds out later that it is not her brother's apartment.

+ Modern AU. Steve bonds with an unexpected guest and meets her hot older sibling

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“cascades.” (M, 152k) by orange_crushed

“Holy shit,” Howard says, crackling through the speakers. “You alive in there?” Lying is a sin, of course, but Steve’s not sure what else he can do. He’s already lied to the government and Bucky and God Almighty; and himself, himself most of all. He ought to tell the truth. That he’s not quite what they hoped for. That perhaps they should put him back into the ocean.

“Probably,” he says, instead, listening to Howard’s tinny laughter; and waits for the blast doors to unlock.

+ Post Valkyrie. Steve absorbs the tesseract, comes back with teleporting powers, saves Bucky, saves the world. Reposted from All Time Favorites. 

++“I know it’s crazy. But this is crazy,” he says, and raises his metal hand. “What Steve can do—that's crazy. It’s all crazy. Our whole fucking lives. I have to,” he says, and whips them around a turn. “I have to believe, he’s—I have to.” Rebecca considers it: considers what she’d do, how far she’d go, if she thought there was a chance—even an inkling. A feeling. A sign. She knows that she would drive to San Diego, to Mongolia, to the moon. She’d leave right now, without a bag, without a dollar in her pocket or a forwarding address. Without anything at all but a fool’s hope; without anything at all but deathless, unkillable love.

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