#tessabennet

“These City Walls” by TessaBennet on Ao3

This series is absolutely beautiful, I definitely plan on drawing more from it! But for now, I wanted to start at the beginning, the very first chapter!

@tessabennet is incredibly talented, every chapter has me hooked and it’s so bittersweet to see the story finally come to a close and see a happy ending piece together.

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See tessabennet’s existing works here.

Preferred contact methods: Tumblr: tessabennet

Preferred organizations: - International Rescue Committee - Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders) - Palestine Children's Relief Fund - Waterkeeper Alliance - World Central Kitchen (See the list of approved organizations here)

Will create works that contain: slow burn, friends to lovers, hurt/comfort, established relationship, angst with a happy ending, mutual pining, character study, canon compliance, canon divergence, fix-it

Will not create works that contain: major character death, rape, sad ending, porn, kink, omegaverse, most AUs

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Auction ID: 1139

Will create works for the following relationships: Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers - MCU Bucky Barnes & Steve Rogers - MCU Steve Rogers & Natasha Romanov - MCU Steve Rogers & Sam Wilson - MCU Bucky Barnes & Natasha Romanov - MCU Bucky Barnes & Sam Wilson - MCU Clint Barton & Natasha Romanov - MCU Natasha Romanov & Sam Wilson - MCU

Work Description: I'm offering a Steve/Bucky fic, and I'm open to spin-offs to my existing series “What I'm Looking For”, which you can find on AO3. If you want a new fic, I'm open to certain AUs based on canon divergence. Contact me so we can work out what you'd like me to write, based on your suggestions or my own. The fic will have a minimum of 10k words, but depending on what we'll work out this can likely become more. The starting bid for a new fic is 15$. If you're interested in spin-offs to my series, I'll be able to dig into some character moments that didn't make it into the series before, or maybe show some events from a different POV. It'll be entirely up to you to choose what those moments could be. Contact me before bidding so we can check that I'm okay with your ideas. You can also have a fic made up of multiple spin-off chapters. Each chapter will be between 2k and 6k words long, and they don't necessarily have to be connected. Check in with me so we can work this out. If you want one such chapter, the starting bid is 3$. You can also get a set of 3 chapters for 5$. Any additional chapter after that will be 1$. Please contact me for more information or if you have any questions.

Ratings: Gen, Teen, Mature

Can pods bid on this auction? Yes - Podbids welcome!

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ao3! [podfic] These City Walls by TessaBennet alternate: archive.org media player time commitment: about 2.5 hr currently [3 of 30 ch recorded] fic details:

thanks for the tag, @tessabennet!! glad to be finally be getting to it :)

3 fic favorites that I reread recently because they are THAT good:

🌈 make progress together by frankoceansmoonriver @dykeromanroy stevebucky | 24k | complete Author's summary:

He feels like Steve’s mistress. He feels hollowed out. He feels like a jammed gun still trying to go off. When he’s not with Steve he convinces himself he’s ruining Steve’s life, and though he tries, he’s too selfish to stop. When he’s with Steve, he’d fight God himself to keep it, this tangible perfection that makes him drunk and anchors him in ways he did not know existed. Or, the one where they both survived the war, Bucky loves Steve now, has loved Steve since he was fifteen, and the year is 1945.

🌈 honey don't feed it, it will come back by thedoubteriswise @thedoubteriswise stevebucky | 18k | complete

Author's summary:

He lets out a long sigh and watches Bucky. Back home he was always too vain to let more than a day’s worth of stubble build up, but now he’s got about three days of scruff on his chin. He shouldn’t look handsome like this. His eyes are shut, but Steve can tell by his breathing that he’s still awake. The cat is curled up on his stomach and purring like an idling motor. “He’s actually pretty cute.” Bucky smiles softly, too sleepy to make whole faces. “Damn right,” he hums. He’s stroking the cat’s fur, which is soft and fine now that it’s clean. He looks so open and inviting. Steve doesn’t close his eyes, watching Bucky’s gentle fingers and trying to come up with a plausible excuse to go touch him.

🌈 save the undone years by Whitherward @whatanybodygets kanej | 37k | complete

Author's summary:

Rules: Shuffle your playlist and post the first ten tracks, then tag some people!

1. Seasons by Broadside

2. Spiderwebs by Four Year Strong

3. Master Celebrator by No Fun At All

4. Whenever, Wherever by Out Of Date

5. Nice Guys Finish Last by Green Day

6. Under Blackened Skies by Fozzy

7. The Stigma (Boys Don’t Cry) - Reimagined by As It Is

8. Hot and Bothered by State Champs (Holy hell, Derek’s voice has come a long way since this one 😮)

9. Alive by Good Charlotte

10. Crooked Halos by Dragged Under

Certainly some interesting stuff in there 😂 I saved a grand total of 3 Fozzy songs when they were on the Download 2017 lineup, so that fought some pretty hefty odds to pop up. Tbh I don’t think I’ve actually ever listened to that Out Of Date cover before now, it’s part of an album full of punk covers of well-known songs - I just saved it ‘cuz I liked the Wonderwall cover on it. Def some odd ones.

But some good stuff too; Crooked Halos in particular is a FUCKIN’ BANGER!! More folks gotta check out Dragged Under fr, their album from last year was incredible 🤘

Tagging: @bad-entertainment @midnightportals @binders-and-beanies @joshydoesntknow @rais-againstme @meowtalhead AND also anyone else who wants to 😸

I got tagged by @tessabennet, thank you! I remember you tagged me in another music-related thing recently but I didn't quite have the spoons for it, so I'm doing this the day of!

Undigested Lump by Hank Green & The Perfect Strangers Nature Boy by David Bowie (originally by Nat King Cole) Domino Line by Casiopea Englishman in New York by Majiko (originally by Sting) Flugzeuge im Bauch by Herbert Grönemeyer Everything I Wanted by Billie Eilish All That She Wants by Ace of Base The Cult of Dionysus by The Orion Experience Ev Chistr Ta Laou by Gwennyn (originally "Son ar chistr" by Jean Bernard & Jean-Marie Prima) Digital Love by Daft Punk Nur Ein Wort by Wir Sind Helden Inquisitor by Raney Shockne & Elizaveta Life by Haddaway Smooth by Santana ft. Rob Thomas

Rules: no cheating! You’re starting in a movie with the last person you saved in your camera roll. The last song you’ve listened to is the title. Who/what is it

Thanks for the tag @tessabennet !!!

Person: so I’ve been making some state-specific playlists lately, for a holiday I’ve got coming up; I wanted to use Harry Hart going mental in the church while Free Bird plays as the cover photo for the Alabama playlist - hence, he is the last person in my camera roll

Song: Around The World And Back, State Champs

Ooh, maybe an international globe-trotting thriller in which me and Harry are on a spy mission for Kingsman? That worked out quite nicely

Oh gosh, this is so sweet and so flattering! I'm so glad you've been enjoying them! 🥺💖

It's always nice to hear that people like what I do!

I'm in my emotions now. 😭💝 Thank you for this message, darling!