Hey! I read through your swimming recs (thanks for compiling) and there's a couple more recent ones on ao3 that I def rec for your followers. One is called Lane Lines by Sparkagrace and the other is Everything The Water Can Be by Jehans. Both really good!
Thank you for writing in!
lane lines by sparkagrace (WIP | 44,429 | M)
Steve Rogers has spent his entire life swimming and now is poised to take the Wakanda 2024 Olympics by storm. The only thing he’s missing is a friendly rival to help get him there. Enter Bucky Barnes, who doesn’t seem to take the sport quite as seriously despite his raw and enviable talent.
Steve hates him. Bucky doesn’t care. That makes Steve hate him more.
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aka: the Olympics swimming AU that nobody but me asked for
everything the water can be by jehans (oneshot | 5,632 | E)
“Tell you what, big guy,” Bucky purrs, matching Steve’s tone, “if you win this thing—”
“This is practice,” Steve interrupts like a dumbass, “there is no winning.”
Bucky’s lopsided smirk pulls at the corner of his mouth. “Yeah,” he concedes, still in that slow molasses drawl, “but you guys all keep track of your time, right? I’ve watched you all compare notes after practice.”
Steve laughs. They’re a team of competitive little shits, they absolutely do that. “Yeah, okay, fair enough,” he relents.
“So,” Bucky continues slowly, his blush deepening, “you get the best time today...,” he takes a breath, drops his voice even lower, and soughs, “I’ll let you take off my clothes. All of ‘em.”
Steve suddenly realizes what a fucking moron he is for having initiated this line of flirtation here at the pool and right before practice.
