#sharonbucky

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💯 A fic that makes you think #writergoals

Ok I'm going to go with something a little unexpected here:

The Art of the Possible by @burberrycanary & @village-skeptic | 8K, Mature

This is tagged as Sharon/Bucky (and it is), but really it is more of character study of Sharon, spanning the years 2016-2024. In it, she confronts herself and the reader with some really ugly truths about some of our most beloved characters, and what it really means to work for a US Intelligence agency. And. It. Is. Brilliant. It is so smart, and so well-written, and the way the narrative is constructed is so clever and interesting. Down to the individual sentences--almost every line a piece of art. I’m really in awe of this story.

To quote my own comment on this fic because I can’t put it any better than this: I don't even go here. I have (had?) no real interest in Sharon Carter and know next to nothing about her other than what we got to see in the MCU and that was...not great, to put it kindly. You know how people often say “this is the story I never knew I wanted?” Well, this truly is the story I never knew I wanted. But oh, am I glad I got it! I would happily read another 50K of this.

💘 A fic you couldn't stop reading once you started

To prove that I don’t only read sad shit all the time, let’s go with something fluffy (I’m full of surprises!):

summer slipped us underneath her tongue by cydonic | 10K, Mature

This is just a really sweet and funny Modern AU, in which Bucky is a Romanian tourguide and Steve is an artistic frat boy. Together they travel through Europe in the summer and fall in love. That’s it, that’s the fic. It’s a lovely bit of escapism that you can read in one go, and that will make you forget everything else around you because you will be so enchanted by these two adorable dorks.

😭 A fic that ripped your heart out (but it hurt so good)

Haha, I have so many candidates for this one, I don’t know where to start. Ok, let’s focus on the ‘hurt so good’ part, so it’s gotta be a fic that brings the angst, but also comes with a 100% happy ending (so nothing sad or ambiguous):

Demobilization by @743ish | 41K, Explicit

A No-Powers AU where Steve never became Captain America and Bucky comes home from the war in 1945. This is one of those fics that just seems like it was made for me--it pushes ALL my buttons in all the exact right ways. And on top of that, the writing is simply GORGEOUS. I’ve reread this several times already and I still cannot get enough of it. 

Now, this story will hurt you. It will break your heart, and make you ugly-cry multiple times, but it will also give you an ending that is so beautiful, so cathartic, and so goddamn romantic. It’s perfection.

Sam: And?