Stucky Fic Rec : interludes and conversations (series) by Mici (noharlembeat)
Series Title: interludes and conversations Author: Mici (noharlembeat) Rating: M Word Count: 9.4k (each part is ~3k) Contains: brief Steve/OMC, pining, discussion of Steve Rogers/Howling Commandos in media, slots nicely into canon Title: the inaccuracy of historical wartime dramas Summary: There was nothing wrong with Howling Commandos, not really. It was new and shiny, made only six months before Steve woke up and on the brink of cancellation until it was announced that Captain America was found, at which point ratings skyrocketed. Steve would have heard of the series, except that he was too busy figuring out his phone, handling alien invasions, and battling crippling depression (that he would not admit to anyone, even himself). The result was that 25 episodes later, Howling Commandos was the most popular television shows about the war on the planet, with a loyal following, and Steve was almost totally oblivious. (or: Steve has feelings, and shouldn't ever watch television) Title: the evolution of the national pastime Summary: Steve loves baseball. He loves it and Sam is nothing if not a good friend, because lately things have no been going their way and Steve has spent a lot of time moping (although no one would call it moping, because what happens is that he goes quiet and still and stops talking about Bucky and how they’ll find him – an occurrence that the more they look, the more that Sam thinks will happen on the opposite end of never) so he bought two tickets to a home game and presented them, and Steve looked at him for a moment and smiled. There’s a lot to be said about Captain America smiling, and the chief among them is that it’s a sight for sore eyes. (or: Sam takes Steve to a baseball game) Title: the natural progression of the color wheel Summary: The incredible thing, the undeniably overwhelming thing, is that when it’s all over, when the haze of trying to catch the man that killed Erskine subsides and the adrenaline boils out of Steve’s system, is that suddenly he notices color. or: Steve lives his life in tones of monochrome, until something comes to sharpen his sight into color Why I loved it: STEEEEEEVE. God these stories are so full of Steve feels. And not just Steve, but Sam is wonderful, and Bucky is both enigmatic and amazing. The first story takes place somewhere between Avengers 1 and TWS, and really makes you FEEL the man out of time thing Steve has, alone and grieving without feeling able to. The second, Sam takes Steve to a baseball game, but it's really much more about Steve being able to acknowledge how much Bucky meant to him, and why he means so much even now. And the final part just... nnngh the PPPIIIININGGGG it's just *gorgeous* and I love it so.
