Fandom: Captain America (Movies), Captain America - All Media Types, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types, Iron Man (Movies)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers, James "Bucky" Barnes/Original Male Character(s), Pepper Potts/Tony Stark
Characters: James "Bucky" Barnes, Steve Rogers, Sam Wilson (Marvel), Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Happy Hogan, Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, Maria Hill, Clint Barton, Sharon Carter (mention), Nick Fury (mention), Pepper Potts, Howard Stark (historically referenced), Daisy the dog - Character, Original Male Character(s)
Additional Tags: Steve and Bucky Discover Fan Fiction, Steve and Bucky Discover Porn, Mutual Pining, Retirement, Courting through Porn Links, Not Captain America: Civil War (Movie) Compliant, Not Avengers: Age of Ultron (Movie) Compliant, Not Avengers: Infinity War Part 1 (Movie) Compliant, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Bucky Barnes Recovering, Bucky Barnes Feels, Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers Feels, Howard Stark Post-War Retreat, Putting Down the Shield, Discovering Life after the Avengers, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Stucky AU Big Bang 2018, Unresolved Sexual Tension, Unresolved Romantic Tension, Angst with a Happy Ending, Hurricane, Civilian Life, Frottage, sex by the fire, Adoption by Dog, Resolved Sexual Tension, Resolved Romantic Tension, Fluff and Smut, Fluff and Angst
Summary: Ā When Bucky approaches Steve about fan fiction - that kind of fan fiction - and suggests that maybe thatās what they could be together, Steve decides to hang up the shield for a while to explore the potential. Itās a long road to happiness, punctuated by a move to a New England island retreat owned by Howard Stark, adoption by a local dog, civilian domesticity, new friends and old discoveries, misunderstandings, and finally, figuring out just who they are to each other, and what they want out of the next hundred years together.
Written for the Stucky AU Big Bang 2018, illustrated by Lisa Mott, and beta read by bethofaus. Thank you, ladies, for helping to bring this story into the world. I could not have done it without the both of you.
