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After-Action (ao3) - gigantic E, 39k

Summary: Bucky’s developing something of a rhythm. He goes to therapy, attends to a name on his list, and then finds Sam, laying the adrenaline at his doorstep. And each time Sam has let Bucky come in and take him apart.

a heavy heart to carry (ao3) - merlypops T, 62k

Summary: Bucky laughs, the sound distinctly watery as his fists tighten in anger. Sam grips Bucky’s shoulder gently, his palm settling on the vibranium through sun-warmed leather. Bucky tenses, waiting for the disgust to saturate Sam’s face at the reminder of the metal arm and all of the carnage Bucky wrought with it. The disgust never comes. Sam’s hand slips up higher instead, so that the pad of his thumb can gently brush the warm skin at the nape of Bucky’s neck. Bucky shivers, eyes falling shut.

Bucky feels broken. Sam helps him carry on.

Set throughout The Falcon and the Winter Soldier.

birds flying but i’m still there (ao3) - overnights N/R, 45k

Summary: “Shit,” Sam says, staring at the thin golden ring on his finger. He blinks quickly, like he’s pushing through it all: the hangover, the too-bright sunlight, the pure insanity of this moment. Bucky watches the dark curl of his eyelashes, staring for just a second too long.

Sam blinks again, then starts to laugh. “Shit. Well, I guess we’ll have to file for annulment.”

And maybe it’s the leftover buzz of the alcohol, or maybe it’s the way that Sam has started to feel like safety to him, but something makes Bucky blurt it out; he clears his throat and says, “Yeah, or we could just stay married.”

Final Lap (ao3) - kumotsukii sam/bucky, peggy/steve, carol/maria T, 192k

Summary: Sam Wilson gets to Formula 1. He is expecting things to go normal until he witnesses the worst crash in history. The number one driver, his idol, Bucky Barnes crashes and goes MIA.

Can he find Bucky? And when he does what adventures come along with it?

gator around the warm beds of beginners (ao3) - napricot E, 39k

Summary: “What no one told you about miraculously coming back from the dead was how it was a total goddamn shitshow. Because yeah, Sam was alive, and yeah, the apocalypse had been averted, sort of—he wasn’t clear on if it counted when the apocalypse had still happened but all the people who’d died came back. But at his last count, Sam had lost: five years, two best friends, a home and/or place to live, practically all of his stuff, and—okay, this one wasn’t so bad—his fugitive status. Sam had gained: Captain America’s shield and Bucky.”

How Sam and Bucky get by, after Thanos is defeated. Or: the story of how two idiots become roommates, partners, friends with benefits, and maybe something more, if they could just stop being so oblivious, while they wait to find out if their Steve’s ever coming back from his trip through time.

ghosts that we knew (ao3) - wilsonsnest T, 46k

Summary: Sam (reluctantly) agrees to do a commission for Steve’s rich but extremely reclusive friend, James Barnes.

Sam just stared at the other man, the feeling of being watched suddenly overcoming him. God, what kind of weirdo didn’t even come to greet their guests? It was one thing to be a rich recluse, but another thing to just completely ignore people wandering around your house.

“Steve, this is really weird.” Sam stressed. “This isn’t weird to you?”

Grow To Be (ao3) - Sororising T, 110k

Summary: Sam flops back down onto the bed, shoving a few of the pillows behind his head and upper back - there’s way too many for one bed; if you multiply that by thirty bedrooms there must be -

“I can’t do math when I’m drunk,” he says mournfully. “Bucky, come here and help me do math.”

Bucky lets out a small laugh. “Bet you say that to all the girls.”

Sam doesn’t know how to unpick that sentence. He isn’t even going to bother trying; he just waves his arm around in Bucky’s general direction, hoping that he’ll make contact eventually.

I’ll explain everything to the geese (ao3) - napricot E, 50k

Summary: Bucky is so competent that it hurts my feelings is not a rational complaint to have about a person, and yet, after a year of being Captain America and partnering up with Bucky for the new and improved, post-Blip Avengers, that’s kinda how Sam’s feeling.

It’s not great. It maybe leads to Sam making some rash, ill-advised decisions like claiming he has a previously undisclosed superpower, and then getting caught in a web of lies when he ends up actually developing that surprisingly inconvenient superpower. Talking to birds had seemed like a harmless superpower, but it turns out that birds have a lot of opinions, and they don’t hesitate to tell Sam about them, especially when it comes to his supposedly subpar courting skills. Which is ridiculous, because Sam isn’t courting Bucky. Right?

I’ll Keep What I Wish For (ao3) - sassyseme E, 129k

Summary: Sam’s brother Gideon returns one night after years of silence, and he doesn’t approve of Sam being with a former Winter Soldier or that his younger brother is gay…

Is Not General Incivility the Very Essence of Love? (ao3) - KK_Banyu sam/bucky, steve/sarah T, 141k

Summary: This is my take on a “Pride and Prejudice”-inspired AU, set in modern day Washington, D.C, in which Sam fills the shoes of Elizabeth Bennet and Bucky Mr. Darcy

i will soar, then (ao3) - pinballbrain T, 61k

Summary: Bucky Barnes gets a new therapist. But he’s not the only one who needs to. aka bucky gets his shit together and does right by sam.

Life is too Much Like a Pathless Woods (ao3) - Epitome_of_the_Username M, 172k

Summary: Bucky has a long way to go to fit into the present. As his therapist keeps telling him, recovery isn't a straight road. Sam's insisting on being an annoying part of his life, refusing to let him disappear. He hates it as much as he relies on it. Sam's pretty great for a guy he hates. Maybe hate is a strong word. And it might be untrue. He might actually like him a little. Okay--a lot. But no one needs to know that.

Excerpt: Sam looked nice in his suit, that was a plus. Bucky maybe stared for a second too long, taking in every inch of Sam—ignoring the look Sam gave him when he was caught. Bucky stared at everything. This wasn’t news. Sam could get over it. “Are you always so perky?” Bucky asked, diverting attention from his staring, he’d gotten good at looking as long as he wanted and then starting a fight with Sam to throw him off balance. It was not flirting, he kept telling himself.

Pick a Star on the Dark Horizon (ao3) - artist_artists T, 38k

Summary: In 1945, a Hydra experiment gone wrong sends their prisoner Bucky Barnes to the year 2025, where he meets Sam Wilson for the first time.

In 2025, Bucky is stolen from his happy life living and working with Sam and sent back to his Hydra cell in 1945.

Both of them love Sam, and both of them are trying to get back to where they belong without destroying the universe.

Running with Knives (ao3) - eden22 E, 108k

Summary: On his last tour in Afghanistan, Sam is sent on a mission with an external contractor, an aggravating and secretive man named James Barnes. The fact that the mission goes completely FUBAR is in no way helped by him hooking up with Barnes afterwards, though at least he can comfort himself with the fact that he won’t ever have to see him again.

Almost thirty years after escaping HYDRA, Bucky is still in survival mode, avoiding any real connections with other people as he tries his best to keep existing in the aftermath of what was done to him. Sam Wilson should be just another in a long string of meaningless hookups, someone he will never see again.

But when has anything in either of their lives ever been that simple?

sounds like an angel (he might be a demon) (ao3) - wikiangela M, 150k

Summary: When Sam agreed to help Steve find the Winter Soldier, he’d never expected what would happen and how fucked he'd be. And it all started with a phone call.

Or, Sam and Bucky's story through the years 2015-2024.

Start Here (ao3) - howlingbuchanan (penmarks) M, 110k

Summary: “Tell him you will never know any better. Pretend to understand why that isn’t good enough.”

or

An exploration of grief and trauma through Bucky Barnes and Sam Wilson, who also happen to be accidentally, absolutely, and unconditionally in love.

Take Off the Foo Foo (ao3) - Motashu M, 41k

Summary: Bucky’s old life tracks him down to Chinatown, NYC, and Sam kind of throws a wrench into things.

The Promise of Cheesecake and a Decent Wine (ao3) - QuestinWitchFace E, 217k

Summary: Bucky convinces Sam to go on a fake date to a fancy restaurant because he wants to take advantage of the two-for-one date night special the restaurant is running for queer couples during Pride Month. After a photo of the two of them on their "date" gets out, Sam and Bucky must navigate a world that thinks they're dating, as well as their own feelings about themselves and each other.

Tags subject to change as needed; CWs at the beginning of chapters that need them.

to be alive (ao3) - napricot E, 113k

Summary: An alternate take on canon where Sam and Bucky have been secretly meeting up since after CATWS.

we could jump the state lines (we only get the one life) (ao3) - notcaycepollard E, 33k

Summary: It starts in Paris.

“You can’t steal things just because you like them,” Sam tells Bucky, feeling innately that this is a losing battle, and Bucky cocks his head to the side, considers Sam very thoughtfully.

after all the things that I've done wrong (ao3) - starrytoast

Summary: Six years after Dan and Phil's university relationship ends in flames, they find themselves unexpectedly reunited when Dan is set to have an author's signing at the bookstore where Phil works.

All or Nothing (ao3) - phansauce97

Summary: On the surface, it looked like Dan and Phil had everything they could ever want. Sure, some things had changed, but everything still appeared to be pretty perfect - to the Internet, at least. Dan and Phil had incredible YouTube careers and had toured around the world, Dan had successfully raised his daughter despite having her so young, was still best friends with his daughter's mother even though they were no longer in a relationship, Phil also had wonderful relationships with them both, and now...Dan was engaged. To a woman named Heather. Beautiful, charming, good with Dan's daughter, but something just...wasn't right. Or maybe that was just Phil's jealousy talking. The day of the wedding though, Phil is approached by Dan's daughter with a secret about Dan, and as a result, there's a pretty good chance that everything is going to start falling apart. Luckily...Phil is a pretty good confidant.

By Definition (ao3) - obscuringmirror

Summary: By definition, Dan Howell is not mentally well. He’s slowly losing hope and realizing that he’s not capable of having a ‘normal’ life with the list of mental disorders that suffocate his will to live.

Honestly, Dan isn’t sure if it’s really worth it to try and survive.

Until Phil Lester involuntarily steps into Dan’s life and by Phil’s definition, Dan’s more than worth it.

Grey Wings (ao3) - phansauce97

Summary: Angels and demons walk among us each day, though they mainly choose to remain unseen. Relations with humans have caused some issues in the past, resulting in the fairly well documented half-angel-half-human species known as the Nephilim, of whom Phil Lester currently rules over. Once thought to have been wiped out, the Nephilim were merely hidden in a realm of their own, where they now thrive and live happily.

On the boarders of the Nephilim Kingdom though runs a large wall, and on the other side, a city of slums where the other half-breeds reside: the Cambions, half-human, half-demon. Dan Howell is their ruler, desperately wanting to liberate his people. So desperate, in fact, after making a terrifying discovery, that he finds himself with no choice but to ask for help from someone he can't stand: the Nephilim King, Phil Lester.

Yet Dan's idea is genius, and Phil can't deny that. What begins as a political alliance though, slowly builds into something much more heated...and much more terrifying.

If You Ain't Mine Baby, Then Whose? (ao3) - homegrownlesbian

Summary: Phil works at a dyke bar in London. Dan is a divorced transbian who likes to visit dyke bars in London. Phil likes her quiet, modest life, and she's not really dating right now - especially not customers! Especially not rich ones. Dan is guarded, moneyed, and lonely. She's not looking for a relationship - they're nothing but trouble. Of course, nothing ever goes according to plan.

Sink Or Swim (ao3) - dnpcoffee

Summary: Phil Lester is the smart, nerdy kid. Days being spent in the library, reading any book he can get his hands on.

Dan Howell is a jock, the best swimmer the school has seen.

Dan starts to do poorly in his English class, Phil is assigned to help Dan to get back on track.

you might be the type if i play my cards right (ao3) - phovaries (bringthesin) 

Summary: Frat boy Dan and his English TA Phil decide to make a deal.

part one, part two

30 Minutes That Changed Everything (fanfiction.net) - Radaslab T, 352k

Summary: AU. Year 2148: Gobal Population: 1. He made a mistake 150 years ago or so and now the human race no longer exists. For a century or so, he has sought a way to fix it all. Can he, or is the end of the world inevitable?

A Change in Perspective (ao3) - RoozetteR Draco/Harry M, 115k

Summary: Once there was a Potions accident…. Ha! Harry turns five, much to the distress of the “I Don’t Want To Be A Death Eater” brigade.

A Childhood Well Spent (ao3) - Isscha Lucius/Narcissa T, 157k

Summary: "The boy’s sobbing had faded by now and Severus realized the child had fallen asleep whilst snuggled into his neck. How on earth had he been one to receive this letter over the mutt, or the wolf, or any of the other order members?"

Severus Snape makes a different decision that fateful night and raises Harry as his own.

Tread Lightly (fanfiction.net) - an-alternate-world M, 157k

Summary: Healing after a truck bombing, breakup, pulmonary embolism, tsunami and lawsuit is a slow process when you're afraid to talk to your team when it feels like the world is crumbling in on you. Finding your way out of the crippling darkness is a lonely process when you're afraid you'll get benched again for something beyond your control. Learning to love again is a terrifying process

part one, part two

Days in the sun (ao3) - Calumthoodshands (tndart) Luke/Calum, Ashton/OFC M, 200k

Summary: Calum liked his life. He liked his tiny, old house, liked drinking wine with his friends and filling his notebook with sketches of whatever he came across. It suited him, and he didn’t expect anything — or rather anyone — to change it up. Until Luke, a singer, a man from a world that couldn’t be any more different from Calum’s, shows up. And changes, well, everything.

Ékécheiria (ao3) - paperstorm Michael/Luke E, 102k

Summary: Noun Origin: Greek 1. "the laying down of arms" 2. Armistice, truce, and cessation of hostilities during the Olympic games

Green Light (ao3) - SpencerKnight OT4 E, 181k

Summary: Class is an age old concept–almost as old as the concept of human slavery, and in a world where buying humans is a standard behavior by those who can afford it, Luke’s only hope as a member of the lower class is that he falls into the hands of a decent buyer–the hands of Ashton Irwin and his partners. Luke knows he has one chance to please his buyers or he risks getting put back on the market, but he’s thrown for a loop when Ashton admits that Luke is the one that gets to call the shots. In an attempt to find security with the trio, Luke braces himself and gives them the green light to do whatever they want with him.

He had no idea they would refuse.

Maelstrom (ao3) - merlypops Luke/Ashton, Michael/Calum E, 225k

Summary: Ashton is struggling, Luke is hiding, and Michael and Calum just want to make things work. (And maybe Ashton and Luke fall in love too. Maybe.)

Muke smut/fluff (ao3) - orphan_account Michael/Luke M, 106k

Summary: A collection of Muke smut&fluff (mainly smut)

off track (ao3) - galacticsugar, kaleidoscopeminds Luke/Calum E, 113k

Summary: Calum’s bumped into exes before, of course, but not all his exes are Luke Hemmings, who’s the sort of person that Calum had gotten used to the idea of never seeing again. And Calum had long since reasoned that it’s probably for the best that he doesn’t see him in the flesh ever, because Luke Hemmings is an itch in the back of his brain that never quite goes away, that he’s never been able to scratch, the someone that features in his dreams when he lets his subconscious take the reins.

He’s Calum’s the one that got away.

oh nostalgia (be your own spotlight) (ao3) - nightskeletons Calum/Ashton, Michael/Luke E, 142k

Summary: Born and raised New Yorker Calum Hood is temporarily reassigned to a job site in the middle of nowhere New Jersey for six months. After accepting his fate of being miserable the entire time, he ends up meeting a group of three boys who quickly become some of his closet friends and help him to see all the things he's been missing by never leaving his own backyard.

Cue a playlist of early-2000s emo music, unexpected farm animals, summer nights under the stars, discovering who you are, falling in love, and a whole lotta nostalgia.

Promise (ao3) - boomercal Calum/Ashton, Sierra/Luke, Michael/Crystal, Calum/OFC M, 121k

Summary: Live music photographer Calum does one favour for a friend (filling in last minute for a show), and his life changes for good. Finding his muse, world-famous pop/rock sensation Ashton Irwin. He thinks once the shows are over, he can pack it in and forget all about it, but a Google search and a phone call set him up on a North American tour where he'll see the man every day... Too bad his Google search revealed the man of his every fantasy has a purity pact with God. So what's a..promiscuous young man to do? Repress it? Sure, that'll work.

Rare as Gold (ao3) - FalseDevotion Calum/Ashton T, 230k

Summary: Growing up is hard and scary and you may find yourself lost more often than not. But if you surround yourself with good people, you can always find your path.

The Drug In Me Is You (ao3) - wickedarcher_08 Luke/Ashton, Harry/Louis E, 119k

Summary: After jumping from a cliff, Louis and Harry fight for survival. Ashton and Luke, they just fight because they can't seem to get it right.

there ain't no rest for the wicked (ao3) - lucashemwow Luke/Ashton M, 100

Summary: He thought he'd escape this when he escaped Sydney, the feeling of being too small in a city too large, but the buildings and the vast blue sky make him feel vulnerable, open and fragile. He doesn't like it, never has, probably never will. He doesn't like the feeling of being lain out like this. At least here, in this unknown city where he has no idea what will await him, no one will know his name. He can start over, the way he's dreamed of for so long.