Everybody wants to be a cat, because a cat’s the only cat who knows where it’s at! Below are my Top 5 favorite stories:
“What Greater Gift” (T, 4k) by cydonic
Steve Rogers watching Bucky Barnes watching a cat.
+ Post WS. Bucky gets a pet cat. So soft!
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“Heckin’ Chunker for Love” (T, 2k) by canistakahari
On the inside of the big floor to ceiling window of the office across the street, someone has used Post-it Notes to spell out a message:
W H A T I S Y O U R C A T ’ S N A M E ?
+ Modern AU. Bucky has an utterly delightful unit of a cat and Steve is in love
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“Cat Nap” (T, 8k) by galwednesday
Objectively, losing the Bucharest safehouse and its contents was the least of Bucky’s problems. The balding agent he’d seen directing the raid was apparently affiliated with SHIELD, which was a shadowy government agency that made representatives from other shadowy government agencies suddenly remember urgent appointments when Bucky tried to bribe, threaten, and otherwise shake them down for information on what the hell SHIELD might want with a former brainwashed assassin. Dodging SHIELD should be his number one priority.
Subjectively, he wanted his fucking cat back.
+ Shrunkyclunks. Captain America and the Winter Soldier co-share a cat
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“and i’m so willing to care for you” (T, 12k) by rooonil_waazlib
“Um,” Steve says, and Bucky looks back at him, a cat perched on each shoulder, a third one climbing up his jeans. “Do your roommates mind the cats? Is that—is that the problem?”
“What?” Both of Bucky’s hands are occupied with helping the kitten climbing him. Another cat has detached from the group and is standing in front of Steve, looking up at him. He looks down at it. It’s a light orangey-yellow, and it has no tail. “No, Steve—these are my roommates.”
Or, wherein Bucky owns a lot of cats.
+ Post WS. All the fight-y kittens are called Steve
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“Strays” (M, 33k) by snarklyboojum
After finding himself alone for the first time in decades, the Winter Soldier learns how to be a person again. Mostly through caring for an orphaned kitten, countless rounds of YouTube roulette, and stalking Captain America.
Or: Bucky Barnes, accidental millennial.
+ Post WS. A story of Bucky through time and the cats (and Steve) who loved him
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*More Cat stories in Firefighters, Neighbors AU, and Leveragehunters lists
