MOD’S READS: MAY 2018

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Here’s the list of everything the Mods have read this past month!

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From What Seemed Like A Ruin by alby_mangroves, rohkeutta (complete | 25,400 | G )

When Barnes stumbles into a small town in Maine at summer's end, he's been running a long time and doesn't expect to stay. But as weeks pass, he starts wondering whether all this time he hasn't been running away from, but towards something - the kindness of strangers, quiet fields, and a curious, yellow-eyed goshawk.

i heard love is blind by girl0nfire (complete | 1,159 | M ) 

Steve keeps bringing home guys that look like Bucky; Bucky keeps bringing home guys that look like Steve. Sam just wants to drink his coffee in peace. (Guest appearances by nearly every character Sebastian Stan and Chris Evans have ever played. Really.)

the inaccuracy of historical wartime dramas* by Mici (noharlembeat) (complete | 3,039 | M ) *includes brief Steve/OMC

There was nothing wrong with Howling Commandos, not really. It was new and shiny, made only six months before Steve woke up and on the brink of cancellation until it was announced that Captain America was found, at which point ratings skyrocketed. Steve would have heard of the series, except that he was too busy figuring out his phone, handling alien invasions, and battling crippling depression (that he would not admit to anyone, even himself). The result was that 25 episodes later, Howling Commandos was the most popular television shows about the war on the planet, with a loyal following, and Steve was almost totally oblivious.

(or: Steve has feelings, and shouldn't ever watch television)

Hell-raiser by Nejinee (complete | 5,206 | M )

If you said Steve Rogers has the scariest boyfriend on the planet, most of the Avengers would agree with you. Not all of them, but most of them.

but you only get half of the story* by Hazloveshisboo (complete | 2,008 | G ) *shrinkyclinks 

The Soldier gets hurt on a mission and the last person the Avengers expected shows up - the Soldier’s very angry boyfriend.

There Is No Shortage of Blood* by alby_mangroves, Dira Sudis (dsudis) (WIP | 178,051 | E )*discussion of past noncon ; self harm ; dark themes 

The long slow recovery of Bucky Barnes after his escape from HYDRA.

(And the longer, slower recovery of his sex life.)

Scents and Sensibility: The Working Assassin's Guide to Supersoldier Seduction by galwednesday, silentwalrus, skellerbvvt (complete | 25,348 | M ) 

Captain America wakes up from the ice in 2013. The Winter Soldier wakes up in 2009, or rather defects from HYDRA, for a value of defect that’s closer to decimate. He ends up working for SHIELD. In April 2014, he’s assigned to Captain America’s mission as a sniper.

Steve’s just trying to get some kind of life together. Bucky is too, or at least he was until tall, blond and Captain shows up and starts just - being there, all the time. It’s terrible. It’s the worst. He has to do something about it.

today, the same sky by Tippet (complete | 14,862 | M )

He thought about how strange it was that the smallest things kept bewildering him: the bar of soap in the red clay dish, the toothbrush with the bristles already fraying, the wide-toothed comb left on the lip of the bathtub.

(Steve and Bucky, after the war.)

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Always 1895 by DarkCaustic (complete | 2,004 | T)

After that, he finds, well.

The good stuff, as he likes to call it.

Stories about before. Before the avengers, before the war, even.

Before, before.

Other lives. All that potential, never reached.

Stories about him, about them about–

Bucky.

Once you've fallen from classical virtue by lanyon (oneshot | 4,588 | M)

And, yes, there, leaning against the kitchen table, cradling a mug of coffee between two massive hands, is his blonde mystery man.

“I know this is going to sound strange,” he says, immediately. “But I don’t suppose you know who I am?”

The blonde man blinks and the corners of his mouth turn down. “Damn. I was hoping you could tell me who I am.”

Ricochet by greenbergsays (oneshot | 2,853 | T)

Bucky Barnes has been a patron of Ricochet since it opened. Steve Rogers, the owner and head chef, has had a crush on him nearly as long.

From What Seemed Like A Ruin by alby_mangroves, rohkeutta (complete | 25,400 | T)

When Barnes stumbles into a small town in Maine at summer's end, he's been running a long time and doesn't expect to stay. But as weeks pass, he starts wondering whether all this time he hasn't been running away from, but towards something - the kindness of strangers, quiet fields, and a curious, yellow-eyed goshawk.

Part 1 of what seemed like a ruin

cross this river to the other side by defcontwo (complete | 14,575| T)

Here is the truth about Captain America and the Howling Commandos that every World War II historian must come to accept at one point or another: we will never know everything. We won’t even come close.

So much was lost with the untimely death of Captain America. While the man beneath the uniform sunk to the bottom of the North Atlantic, the myth lived on, only to grow bigger and more unwieldy as the years went by. Now, it is near impossible to tell fact from fiction, to separate out truth from propaganda.

In 1943, the Howling Commandos wrote goodbye letters to be given to their loved ones in the event of their deaths.

In 2014, Sharon Carter finds those letters in a tin can in an abandoned HYDRA base.

Parent Pick-Up Zone by OriginalCeenote (WIP | 92,586 | M)

Good fences make good neighbors. Good friends become great lovers when Steve's daughter plays Cupid.

Tumblr prompt: Person A is a single parent whose life is very busy with their full-time job and their child(ren). Person B is someone they've known for a long time and they are very close and Person B is good at helping out with Person A's child. One day, Person A's child announces to Person A that Person A is in love with Person B. (Bonus: Person B is currently in another relationship. Possibly with Person C.)

Dream of Caramel: or, A Recipe for Disaster by gwyneth rhys (gwyneth) (oneshot | 17,037 | T)

But none of that explains why right now Clint’s pants are literally on fire and Barnes is pitching an entire five-pound bag of pastry flour straight at Clint’s crotch with his metal arm

Easy Work For Easy Pay by AustinB (complete | 45,719 | M)

Bucky's working his way back up through the ranks at S.H.I.E.L.D. after a mission took his left arm and Stark gave him a new metal one.

So when Fury tasks him with integrating the newly defrosted Captain Rogers into the 21st century, he jumps at the promotion.

they say love is a virtue by agetwellcard (complete | 22,697 | M)

“I have a bet,” Tony announces to the room. He stands up, repeating himself a few times so that everyone is forced to stop the game and look up at him. He looks straight into Bucky’s eyes when he goes, “I bet you fifty dollars that you and Steve can’t spend a whole week pretend married without realizing that you’re both in love with each other.”

Six Months by EtLaBete (complete | 12,549 | T)

Bucky's trying to hide from the Fourth of July fireworks in Natasha's basement when he meets Steve, who's trying to do the same thing.

Screaming Words (Left Unspoken) by L1av (complete | 41,600 | E)

Living as a fugitive is hard. Living as a man who has to wake the love of his life from cryo is harder. Why? The codes in Bucky's brain don't have a fix yet, but Steve has worse news to deliver. Bucky's dying slowly from self-destruct protocols inside him. Now, it's a race against time to save Bucky once and for all.

And maybe finally tell Bucky that Steve's been in love with him since he was a sixteen-year-old kid in Brooklyn. Oh and not get extradited by the UN from Wakanda. That'd also be great.

Cool Beans by emphasisonem (complete | 29,164 | M)

“Guy looks a little like a hobo,” Pietro smirks, and a whoosh of breath leaves the young man as his sister elbows him in the stomach.

“Be kind,” Wanda admonishes him. “He’s very handsome, Steve. He looks strong.”

“Don’t be gettin’ any ideas there, Wanda,” Steve smiles at his friend. “I’m doing just fine on my own. I have the shop to think about. I don’t need any romantic entanglements right now.”

“We’ll see,” Wanda’s lips turn up at the corners, and Steve can’t help but laugh at the mischief sparkling in her eyes.

In which Steve owns a coffee shop and Bucky is a carpenter who buys the property next door.

Tomorrow Is Another Day by charlesdk (complete | 75,862 | T)

When Bucky got the door shut in his face by a tiny, barely awake blond, he never thought that said tiny blond would become such an important part of his life. Or that he would fall deeply, hopelessly in love with him way too quickly.

Repeal and Replace by ElChupacabra (complete | 35,867 | E)

The Republicans are repealing the Affordable Care Act, and Steve Rogers is going to lose his health insurance -- bad news, because Steve Rogers has Every Disease. After thinking through his options and getting no responses to dozens of job applications, Steve's best friend Bucky Barnes has an idea: what if they get married?

Hiraeth by Pyx (WIP | 31,565 | E)

In which Steve Rogers is a soft spoken kindergarten teacher. And Bucky is the loud mouth uncle of one of his students. Enter pining and a whole slew of uncomfortable misunderstandings

Scars where all my sins bled by Little_Lottie (tfwatson), tfwatson (complete | 97,171 | E)

Complete

An Underworld movie AU

Two hundred and six years ago to the day, Bucky became a vampire. Fuelled by vengeance, he has become his coven’s greatest weapon in the immortal war against the lycans.

Following an anonymous tip, Bucky saves Steve Rogers for the sake of his coven, and maybe for reasons he refuses to examine too closely. But then Steve is bitten and now they stand on opposite sides of an unending blood feud.

There isn't a world for a lycan and a vampire, but somewhere between a subway station and a safe house, a Black Widow bite and the rising tide of lost memories, Bucky finds himself doubting everything he thought he knew - including that age-old rule about never falling in love with a werewolf.

In The Next Life We'll Be Good by Nori (series, ongoing | 83,018 | M) (reread)

Steve is resurrected 500 years into the future. Humanity is on the brink of extinction, hostile aliens are clawing at the door, and the only thing standing in the way are Guardians. Figuring out how, exactly, to be a Guardian doesn't come easily for Steve, no matter how much he wants to protect the innocent. Luckily for him, he has friends who're more than willing to show him the way.

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Breaking your hand doesn’t actually help in any way,” a voice says from behind him. Steve twists at the waist, less surprised than he probably ought to be.

“Hey,” Steve says, feeling a smile breaking over his face. “You’re all about clandestine meetings, huh?”

“Maybe I wanted to be a spy in my last life,” the scout replies breezily, drifting like a shadow to stand adjacent to Steve.

The Amazing Adventures of Bucky Barnes by impossibletruths (oneshot | 11,515  | T)

Steven G. Rogers writes and illustrates the Amazing Adventures series, a set of super obscure children's books about superheroes. Bucky’s daughter thinks these books are the best thing to grace the earth since hot chocolate. Unfortunately, they're nearly impossible to find. But when Nat asks for a signed copy of the new book for her birthday, Bucky promises to do whatever he can to make it happen.

It all sort of escalates from there.

bucky barnes: tsa employee extraordinaire by deceptivesoldier, Lovesfic (me23) (oneshot | 28,653 | M)

When Bucky Barnes decided to take a job with the TSA working nights at baggage claim, he fully anticipated his job to consist of answering dumb questions (“The luggage is behind you, sir”) and sitting on his uncomfortable chair while keeping an eye out for any suspicious behavior.

To his aggravation, however, once it was revealed that Captain America had arrived from the 1940s through ice-travel, Bucky’s routine starts to include “Villain Babysitter”, as wannabe villains begin coming through the airport in hopes of destroying Cap. As a point of professional pride, Bucky takes it upon himself to keep them from leaving the airport.

At least until someone above his pay grade can come by and deal with them.

He did not expect that someone to be Steve Rogers himself.

Steve, who for some reason, likes coming to the airport. Given that the man is a national treasure, from his smooth mouth to his patriotic ass, who is Bucky to argue?

Sorry, Not Sorry by DrowningByDegrees-Art (DrowningByDegrees), SoftObsidian74, The_She_Devil (complete | 51,580 | E)

All Steve Rogers ever wanted was to do what's right. So when he drops in to volunteer at the Brooklyn VA Outpatient Center, he’s surprised to learn some veterans actually resent Captain America and everything he represents. One veteran in particular is determined to make sure Steve understands just how much he dislikes him.

We Know Where We Belong by Hazloveshisboo (series, ongoing | 25,386 | T-M)

The Soldier gets hurt on a mission and the last person the Avengers expected shows up - the Soldier's very angry boyfriend.

last night, while I slept, they rearranged the streets by victoria_p (musesfool) (oneshot | 3,138 | G)

It's like the oblivious leading the clueless.

Death & Taxes by TheFemale_Accountant (WIP | 8,466 | E)

Bucky is a rich, good-looking partner at the accounting firm Fury & Coulson LLC. Steve is a new tax associate coming into the firm. One look is all it takes to ignite something they never saw coming.

Full Metal Sasquatch by newsbypostcard (complete | 20,803 | M)

Bucky is walking out of Starbucks when he sees a Captain America signal hanging in the sky.

"Uh," Bucky says, stopping dead on the sidewalk. "Huh."

For one thing, he doesn't have a Captain America signal.

So… that seems like kind of a bad sign.

*

(Bucky!Cap, doing his best.)

Brooklyn in the summer by ravensarefree (oneshot | 6,446 | T)

If you looked, really looked for the shop, maybe you’d be able to find it.

It was tucked away in a corner, a set of stairs leading down to it. The shop did no advertising, no marketing, fancy blackboards with elaborate chalk scribbles or fliers or daily special announcements.

It was simple.

If you needed to go in, you went in.

Dream a Little Dream by DrowningByDegrees-Art (DrowningByDegrees), velleities (complete | 16,460 | M)

Steve's MO for living his 21st century life is: keep it simple, fight the good fight with SHIELD and the Avengers, sketch the world around him whenever possible, forget to think about love and all things romance.
Steve's 21st Century Life has different plans: a certain charming waiter, a bistro that almost becomes Steve's second home, and an attraction that sends Steve swooning as he starts dreaming of a less lonely existence.

Let's Take a Thousand Pictures (Like a Hype Beast Now) by Cryo_Bucky, meils121 (oneshot | 8,190 | E)

“Bucky.” Steve pants out.

“Hang on.” Bucky pulls his phone out of his pocket. “We gotta prove to Tony that Captain America fucking loves coat closets. Or loves fucking in coat closets.”

Steve manages to roll his eyes, but he lets Bucky send a Snap to Tony. Bucky might just save the picture too, just because he needs something to look at on the nights when Steve’s away on a mission.

Or: the story of Bucky and Steve’s relationship, as told through an inappropriate use of social media.

Good morning by jbbarnes-is-gq (Be_eating_you) (oneshot | 4,536 | E)

Steve turned in his arms, reaching up with one of his large hands to grab the back of Bucky’s head, his hair pulled tight in his fingers. Bucky instantly felt like his legs had turned to jelly. He let out a little whimpering sound, which only made Steve tighten his grip. 

Sugar Lips and Sinful Hips by TheFlailing (oneshot | 20,446 | E) (reread)

Bucky Barnes is a successful New York businessman, and at a glance, it looks like he's got everything a man could want. But deep down, underneath the money and the pretty face, the truth is this: he's lonely. Enter one Steven Grant Rogers: starving college student, just trying to make ends meet - and hot as fuck. Bucky desperately needs to be in his pants. And that's all; nothing more. Right?

All About Sarge by Izulkowa, myfailsafe (oneshot | 19,314 | E)

Still struggling to heal their minds from the war, Steve and Bucky find themselves in the company of a furry friend. Though time heals all wounds, sometimes you need something to point you in the right direction to heal properly and speed up the process. Sometimes, that something, is a puppy with a horrible name.

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Where There's Smoke by lambchop33 (complete | 95,102 | E)

Steve is a Brooklyn firefighter who is about to be saddled with a new, rookie crewmate. James Barnes is that rookie, just looking for a fresh start at a new station. Steve's friends think they know what's best for him...start dating his new crewmate. Steve thinks they're crazy...or possibly right. But events from James's recent past may pose a threat to any designs they have on each other.

This is the Perfect Time to Panic by emij1s, Slenderlock (oneshot | 8,784 | E)

James, the golden voice says. We can’t tell you where you are. But we can tell you that you’re dead.

Fuck his entire life. Except he doesn’t have a life to fuck anymore, apparently. So he can’t really do himself any harm by back-talking the Infinity Stones, can he?

“No shit,” he says.

or: Finding the infinity stones and restoring half the universe is the boring part. The fun part comes next.

So Alive by GottaSaveBucky (Cosmic_Entity_1of4) (complete | 108,976 | E)

A man wearing a light denim jacket over a dark blue shirt came into the shop, a box tucked under his right arm. Despite it being late afternoon, he was wearing sunglasses with bright blue lenses, and his long, dark hair was pulled back in a messy little bun. A few strands had escaped, framing his strong, unshaven jawline. The man looked into the café, smiled widely, and waved in Clint’s direction as he kept walking into the bookstore, and Steve’s mouth went completely dry.

Beautiful, was the only word to describe that smile; straight, white teeth framed by full, lush, red lips, bracketed by laugh lines and an adorable dimple in his right cheek, a charming little chin cleft just visible under the light stubble—Steve was struck literally speechless. And that was before he got a glimpse of the man’s backside. Slim hips and a round, firm-looking ass led to long, lean legs that were encased in snug, dark blue jeans.

“Guh,” Steve said, watching the dark-haired man continue on to the back of the store

Study Date by liionne (oneshot | 6,263 | T)

Bucky is pretty sure that the hot guy at the group tables lives in the library. One day he decides to find out.

American Bombshell by writeonclara (oneshot | 3,010 | M)

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.

take a (stock) photo. it'll last longer. by mambo (oneshot | 1,032 | T)

Steve is an artist who uses Bucky's stock photos as inspiration for his paintings.

Bucky is a stock photo model with a crush.

should you choose to accept by layersofsilence (oneshot | 5,068 | T)

Okay,” Tony says. “Okay, okay. This is fine. This is a mission, should you choose to accept, I accept, let’s do this.”

“You’re drunk,” Steve says muzzily, though not without an element of hypocrisy because he too is very drunk. “What’re we doin?” Then his meandering thoughts go right back to Bucky, and he sighs again. “He’s just so –” he says on yet another exhale, and makes a totally incomprehensible hand movement, and feels slightly like he might cry with trying to find a word that properly describes his new roommate.

“Yes,” Tony says. “That. We’re going to calculate your chances that he wants to bone you, and then we’re going to calculate how it’s going to be done. For science!” he tries to yell, and falls off his chair.

The Beginning of Our Line by Ravenmaster (oneshot | 1,876 | T)

Steve Rogers had never been to a dance before.

That was the first thing that this stranger told him, too. “You’ve never been at a dance before,” he pointed out, grinning, with a hand extended to him. “Come on, I’ll show you.”

Snoogums-Boogums, You're the Apple of my Eye by galwednesday (oneshot | 1,558 | T)

Bucky took the other flute. “There more where this came from, or is this a one-and-done kind of deal?”

“It’s an open bar,” Clint said.

“Fuck, yeah,” Bucky said, and drained half his glass in one gulp. “Steve, I take it back, your holiday parties are the best.”

Tunnel Vision by rightings (oneshot | 1,095 | M)

“So,” Sam says, all eyebrows and grins, “which one of you dumbasses confessed?”

Bucky, 1/2 of the dumbasses in question, smiles proudly, “Me.” Nobody asks him to, but Bucky elaborates, “I made sure it was sweet and simple.”

“You threw your slipper at me and yelled, ‘Listen here, you little shit, I’m in love with you and it’s about time you acknowledged it’.”

Bucky brushes Steve’s comment off, “So? It was said with love.” He continues to congratulate himself on his chivalry.