#what_alchemy

“Roll On” (M, 89k) by jaxington

In 1938, there's a bar in Brooklyn called Sully’s where people are safe to be themselves. Behind the bar, a girl pours drinks. She's always got a big smile for Steve and she says queer like it's a good thing. On a regular basis, she takes his shoulders in her hands and tries to shake sense into him, saying, "When will you do something about that best friend of yours?"

In 2012, Bucky’s gone, but Steve’s not, and the girl’s hands are too old to shake him. She does her best to make him see sense anyway.

Steve had people who loved him before the war, and it turns out a few of them are still around when he finally comes home.

+ Pre-War to Alt CW. A stunning three part series spanning 300k words. Part 1 focuses on Becca, Part 2 on Becca’s wife, and Part 3 is Post WS to Alt CW from Bucky’s perspective. Bucky Barnes recovers, Found Family, and love true love. It’s not marked as complete, but can be read as such

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“My Brother, The Hero” (G, 16k) by Odsbodkins

Becca Barnes is eight years old, and her big brother can do no wrong.

The events of the two Captain America movies, from the perspective of one of the sisters Bucky leaves behind.

+ Pre-War to Post WS. Becca adores Steve and Bucky, and is heartbroken after the Valkyrie. Decades later, she reunites with them both

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“Now! That’s What I Call 90’s Slow Jams” (M, 10k) by deadonarrival

Steve goes home for the wedding of Becca Barnes and while he’s there he runs into his old crush. Her brother. Except now they are both hot as shit. Oh no whatever will happen.

+ Modern AU. Childhood friends reunited, mutual pining, fake (and not so fake) dating!

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“Geriatric Road Trip, 2015″ (NR, 4k) by what_alchemy

Bucky was the eldest of four.

+ Post WS. Outside POV. Becca’s grandson takes his grandma, granduncle, and grandaunt to see Steve in DC.

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“There Are Worse Ways to Make Friends” (T, 4k) by Alexicon

Becca Barnes breaks into her brother's apartment through his window. She finds out later that it is not her brother's apartment.

+ Modern AU. Steve bonds with an unexpected guest and meets her hot older sibling

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“cascades.” (M, 152k) by orange_crushed

“Holy shit,” Howard says, crackling through the speakers. “You alive in there?” Lying is a sin, of course, but Steve’s not sure what else he can do. He’s already lied to the government and Bucky and God Almighty; and himself, himself most of all. He ought to tell the truth. That he’s not quite what they hoped for. That perhaps they should put him back into the ocean.

“Probably,” he says, instead, listening to Howard’s tinny laughter; and waits for the blast doors to unlock.

+ Post Valkyrie. Steve absorbs the tesseract, comes back with teleporting powers, saves Bucky, saves the world. Reposted from All Time Favorites. 

++“I know it’s crazy. But this is crazy,” he says, and raises his metal hand. “What Steve can do—that's crazy. It’s all crazy. Our whole fucking lives. I have to,” he says, and whips them around a turn. “I have to believe, he’s—I have to.” Rebecca considers it: considers what she’d do, how far she’d go, if she thought there was a chance—even an inkling. A feeling. A sign. She knows that she would drive to San Diego, to Mongolia, to the moon. She’d leave right now, without a bag, without a dollar in her pocket or a forwarding address. Without anything at all but a fool’s hope; without anything at all but deathless, unkillable love.

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“American Bombshell” (M, 10k) by writeonclara

Captain America wakes up in the future and runs straight into a sex shop. Bucky accidentally traumatizes him with novelty silicone dicks.

And then: aliens.

+ Shrunkyclunks. A series where Bucky sees Steve as who he really is and not as Cap. The Avengers crash their date and try to fix what they’ve done, with mixed results

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“Plug It In” (E, 13k) by Kalee60

Bucky was going to hell. There was no question about it. Making a fool of yourself and lusting after your roommate was probably no grounds to end up in Hades playground, but when he finds himself unable to stop *ahem* making his blanket dance while Steve was asleep on the other side of the room - well, he was currently waiting to be struck down.

But what a way to go.

So when Bucky buys a new 'toy' for the first time, he never imagined it might be a catalyst to change their roommate dynamic, and maybe, just maybe Steve wasn’t as oblivious to his feelings as Bucky had first thought.

+ Modern AU. Mutual pining, voyeurism, butt plugs, bedsharing, and fucking. What’s not to like?!

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“Not Another Supersoldier Fantasy” (E, 16k) by triedunture

Bucky finds a popular sex toy modeled on Captain America's own anatomy. Well, isn't this just perfect? Because even after all this time, he still hasn’t seen Steve’s supersoldier cock. But apparently in this day and age anyone with $29.95 can get a decent replica. The unfairness of this is of galactic proportions.

+ Post WS. Bucky tries to tell Steve he’s interested. The Avengers give their advice and support in the own ways

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“just the right fit” (M, 3k) by deceptivesoldier and talkplaylove

“There should be a tetris vibrator. The blue line one! Or the other shapes if you wanna get kinky.” Bucky says, wiggling his eyebrows. He grins, maybe a little bit maniacally. “Clint, we gotta start a line of Tetris-themed sex toys. We could put it up on...on Kinkstarter!”

“We gotta find a designer.”

Famous last words.

+ Modern AU. Steve designs sex toys and Bucky gets a test ride

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“Hale and Hearty” (E, 6k) by what_alchemy

In 1936, Steve is prescribed a set of Dr. Young's rectal dilators. For his health.

+ Pre-War and Post WS. Medical devices inadvertently kick off their sex lives and no one’s complaining. 

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“All Bets are Off” (E, 34k) by OtroAmigo

Steve should honestly stop making bets. The universe loved to prove him wrong, so he doesn't know why he even bothers. That is until a stranger on the train makes him all weak in the knees. And that isn't just the vibrator in his ass talking, he swears.

+ Modern AU. An incomplete series but worth reading for the premise. Bucky picks up Steve’s remote and knows exactly what he’s holding. 

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“Ring the Bell Backward” (T, 13k) by Dira Sudis

"I know how it is," Wanda said. "Being half of something. I would go anywhere if I knew he was there waiting for me."

+ Post CW. Wanda’s magic removes trauma by taking years away. Bucky’s going to get a fresh start at living (not without you)

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“young hearts to yourselves be true” (G, 8k) by ninemoons42

Steve and Bucky are hit with an alien weapon and they're not singed, they're not hurt, they just get turned into their six-year-old selves (with some modifications).

The Avengers cart them back home to the Tower, and it turns out JARVIS doesn't mind being a babysitter.

+ Post WS. Both de-aged, babysat by all the Avengers

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“Clint Barton And The Adventures In Terror Twin Rearing” (G, 3k) by attackofthezee (noxlunate)

“Maybe it’s aliens.” Steve hisses at Barnes.

“Aliens don’t look like people Steve.” Barnes says with all the surety of an eleven year old. And ho boy, does Clint kind of want to introduce this version of these two to Thor.

In which Steve and Bucky are somehow turned into their ten and eleven year old selves and Clint Barton is somehow nominated to take care of them. It goes about as well as can be expected.

+ Post WS. Both are de-aged, babysat by Clint

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“yes you can hold my hand if you want to (’cause i want to hold yours too)” (G, 3k) by liionne

So Sam has no idea what they’re going to be like when they’ve been shrunk down to pint size, but really, he should expect them to be just as weird.

+ Post WS. Both are de-aged, babysat by Sam

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“Mission Parameters” (T, 12k) by what_alchemy

The soldier does not find the Mission. The soldier finds a tow-headed white child, aged approximately five years, unconscious and naked amid the empty Captain America uniform lying charred and bloody in the middle of what used to be a battleground. The soldier finds an expanse of bruised flesh and stubborn cowlicks that shine through the fog in his head.

The soldier lifts the child up and slings it under one arm before running.

+ Post WS. Bucky keeps Steve safe, starts to remember, and learns how to laugh and smile again. Incomplete series since 2014

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