Winterhawk Big Bang 2024 Rec List
1. Not just a Mask 2. Escaping the Mind of the Winter Soldier (And Setting Yourself Free) 3. Surprise Attraction 4. Spring Dawning 5. love song (for a girl) 6. Soul Mambo Jumbo 7. Every Breath You Take (Scars Edition) Summaries and links to all fanworks below!
1. Not just a Mask by 42donotpanic (Teen And Up Audiences, 28k words)
Summary: When Clint meets yet another person from an online dating site he didn't expect him to change his life as much as Bucky did. Not that he's complaining. The man is just too cute...
* two art pieces by ivvic: [link]
* a lookbook (illustrated guide) with a playlist by daisytarget: [link]
* a podfic by 42donotpanic: [link]
2. Escaping the Mind of the Winter Soldier (And Setting Yourself Free) by Iam_giraffe1123 (Explicit, 28k words)
Summary: When an easy job turns south and Clint is captured and thrown into a cell with a man he didn't think he would ever see. Trying to survive with the conditions they are in. With many years later, another mission turns south and Clint has to guide his way out of his captures clutches and save the one person he always wanted to protect.
* a podfic by 42donotpanic: [link]
* an art piece by kissitbetter: [link]
* an art piece by LaguNerd: [link]
3. Surprise Attraction by ivvic (Mature, 27k words)
Summary: Clint ends up with a baby while working at the circus and is not coping well with single parenthood. Bucky steps in and offers them a place to stay.
* an art piece by c_Art: [link]
* two art pieces by OriginalCeenote: [link #1] [link #2]
* a moodboard by endlesstwanted: [link]
4. Spring Dawning by ArtaxLivs (Explicit, 16k words)
Summary: “Two lovers separated by the light, both an animal and a man in darkness,” Clint easily recited, having heard it hundreds of times over the years, “A woman with no past, running in a life that isn’t her own. A god in exile, unable to trust his own strength. A genius whose mind is lost to a dragon. A leader frozen in time in a lake above the clouds. And the bard with no heart cursed to speak the truth but never know it.” OR - Ladyhawke? I think you meant Winterhawk.
* two art pieces by ivvic: [link]
* an art piece by ruinscollector: [link]
* a lookbook (illustrated guide) by daisytarget: [link]
5. love song (for a girl) by daisytarget (Explicit, 39k words)
Summary: Jamie Barnes is a competent sort of woman. She does her therapy, she cooks her meals, she stabs her own enemies. She doesn't need much in the world, because her independence is her greatest treasure. And then she meets Cat Barton, all sweet smiles and butch build and slow drawl and helpful instincts, and all that kind of goes out the window, because while she doesn't need, she certainly wants. She really wants. Cat Barton has no idea what's coming to her, stuck on the prettiest lady she's ever seen who makes her feel - well, not needed, because she'd surely fuck that up. But wanted. Yeah. It makes her, against her life's advice otherwise, really want Jamie Barnes back.
* two anonymous art pieces: [link]
* an art piece by amoredition: [link]
* an art piece by kissitbetter: [link]
6. Soul Mambo Jumbo by ElloPoppet (Teen And Up Audiences, 16k words)
Summary: “Well, to keep it simple, Clint – you know Clint, Barton? – well, I might have accidentally gotten his soul stuck in an Astral Dimension. I could use some help finding him and, ideally, bringing him back.” If Bucky hadn’t lived the lives he’d lived (so many lives in his hundred-plus years), he might have dropped the box of tea in his hands, or let the vortex of confusionconcernshockfearexhaustion that Bruce’s explanation stirred within him show on his face. But he’d had practice at this, at living through moments like these. He placed the box gently on the counter and inhaled deep enough to hurt. “Okay,” he said on the exhale. “And how do we do that?” - Or, Bucky's soul does find Clint's in the Astral Dimension, but the 'bringing him back' part of the mission takes time.
* an art piece by ivvic: [link]
* an art piece by frenchfriedgiraffe: [link]
7. Every Breath You Take (Scars Edition) by Reremouse (Mature, 18k words)
Summary: Scars tell a story about where we’ve been and what we’ve experienced. Soulmates only meet after that life experience has been lived. That doesn’t necessarily mean they’re ready for it. Shortly after the takedown of Project Insight, Steve turns up at the tower with a quieter Bucky looking for a place to recover himself. It’s a solid plan, at least, until Clint walks right into Bucky, triggers their soul bond, and pretty much tosses Steve’s entire Bucky recovery plan out the window. Bucky is probably not ready to further complicate his life with a soulmate, so Clint does the only decent thing and retreats to his apartment in Bed Stuy. Maybe he should have consulted with Bucky first. A story about soulmates, friends in a tower, enemies in tracksuits, Steve looking out for Bucky, Tony looking out for everyone, the Winter Soldier on his own mission, and Clint.
* two art pieces by Rufferto (embedded in the fic)
* an art piece by Wyxan (embedded in the fic)
* an art piece by kissitbetter (embedded in the fic)
