thestuckylibrary | MODS’ READS: OCTOBER 2018 (Reply)

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

(We made a post with reads for August and September, but Tumblr ate it.)

Mod Julia

Cheater Cheater Pumpkin Eater by odetteandodile (oneshot | 7,691 | T)

Bucky's first impression of the tall, hot blonde guy is that he's the only other person at Clint's Halloween party who looks as awkward as Bucky feels.
His second impression is that the guy is about to cheat at a dumb game to avoid watching a scary movie.
As for third impressions and beyond? Well, things start looking up from there...

Never Moon A Werewolf by stevergrsno (noxlunate) (oneshot | 4,641 | T)

“You’re gonna be fine.” Steve says, squirming until he can squeeze all six feet of himself into the bed next to Bucky.
“Yeah, sure.” Bucky agrees, but it’s hollow and barely there.
“You are. So you’re a werewolf, big whoop. You’re already terrifying in the mornings, what else is new?”
It pulls a chuckle out of Bucky, rough and a little lackluster, but Steve’ll take it.
Aka Steve Rogers was born with the gift of healing, Bucky Barnes was given the gift of a stubborn ass boyfriend and an unfortunate incident with a werewolf fighting ring that left him with a pesky case of lycanthropy.

We Got A Lovin' Thing by EvensDramaticShenanigans (oneshot | 6,560 | G)

Steve’s trying to think of a good response that doesn’t make him sound pathetic in front of Brock when a flash of leather catches his eyes. His Sandy. The man is only a few feet away, and before Steve can think his actions through he’s striding towards the man and sliding an arm around his waist, pulling him into his side.
Sandy looks like he’s about to say something— probably ask who the hell Steve is and what he’s doing, which would blow the lid off of Steve’s lie. Brock doesn't need more to taunt him about.
So Steve does what any normal person would do. He pulls Sandy in by the waist and leans in to lay one on him.

Narnia Ain't Got Nothing On This by stevergrsno (noxlunate) (oneshot | 4,234 | T)

“I can’t keep calling you Maybe-Maybe-Not A Closet Monster in my head. Give a guy a hand here.”
The Maybe Kind Of Attractive, Maybe Also A Monster That Could Eat Him seems to consider this for a moment, and then says “Buchanan,” in the manner that someone might say ‘Sure, I’ll go swimming in that vat of acid, sounds great.’
“Like the president?”
“Sure?”
“Great,” Steve says, “That’s great. Well, if you’re not gonna eat me or anything I’ve got like two hours to finish a paper that’s only half done, so I’m just gonna go ahead and do that?”
Aka sometimes the magical thing you find in your closet is a whole lot less Narnia and a whole lot more Suspiciously Attractive Closet Monster.

love is like (a heat wave) by obsessivereader (oneshot | 4,032 | E)

“What happened?” Steve asks.
“Fuck if I know. They sprayed me with something. Made my heat came on just like that.” Bucky snaps his fingers. “Then Rumlow walked in already in rut.” His grin is savage. “I guess they thought I’d be too out of my head to say no.”
“You said no?” Steve guesses. He’s not ashamed to admit that his knees are more than a little weak with relief that Hydra’s plan failed.
“With a punch to the dick.”
Steve laughs and nuzzles Bucky’s temple, drawn in by his scent. “No wonder he couldn’t stand straight.”
“Not a good day for Rumlow. I broke his dick, you broke his face.”
Bucky's gone into a forced heat and needs Steve to knot him. Steve's been secretly in love with Bucky since they were kids. That's it. That's the fic.

I just met you (and this is crazy) by littlesystems (complete | 41,783 | E)

After Steve gets outed by a grainy cell phone picture, it takes the media less than 24 hours to discover Captain America’s secret relationship with James Barnes: classical musician, teen heartthrob, and son of a former president.
The only problem? Steve has never met James Barnes in his life.

First Place In The County Fair Of My Heart by stevergrsno (noxlunate) (oneshot | 2,917 | M)

“No.” Steve says as his eyes fall upon the very soul that stole Steve’s yarn, the man who has now upset Steve from his spot as a first place winner, standing next to the pieces that beat Steve’s. “It was him.” He says, raising one accusing finger to point in the direction of James Buchanan Barnes, now a thief of both yarn and dignity.
In which Bucky is Steve's knitting nemesis and very little actual knitting occurs.

It's A Funny Story... by perfect_plan (oneshot | 6,009 | M)

Bucky just had the most mind-blowing sex of his life with a handsome stranger and nothing can ruin his day. That is until he goes out to breakfast with his room mate to meet Sam's best friend who just moved to town.

open book by mcwho (oneshot | 3,704 | E)

“You’re lying,” Bucky says. “Fuck, even if I couldn’t read your mind I’d know you were lying, Jesus, Rogers, are you seriously this bad at lying? Didn’t you used to be part of a major intelligence organisation?”
or, bucky wakes up one day with unlimited access to steve's mind

(me and you) and the world between by talkplaylove (complete | 42,131 | E)

Steve winces. “Long story. We need to get out of here, there’s too many of them and I don’t need you getting caught in the cross—what’s that?”
In the shadows, it looks like there’s a body prone on the floor. Steve squints. “Is that a body?”
“There’s a perfectly reasonable explanation for this,” James whispers.
The footsteps draw closer. Steve breathes. He’s in an alley with a suspect in one of his murder cases, who happens to have another dead body with him. Meanwhile, behind him, gunmen are chasing him down right after he refused Pierce's orders to drop the exact same case.
There’s nobody to trust.
Or the one where supernatural creatures walk the earth, Bucky's a mage, and Steve's the police captain who has no clue.

The Lure of You by Deisderium (oneshot | 2,947 | T)

The prompt here is "You Smell Really Nice."
Bucky can't seem to stop touching Steve and smelling him. Steve is trying to think of baseball. If Bucky is Proust, Steve is the madeleine.

this river of blood congeals by deadeels (oneshot | 5,125 | E)

For one wild, desperate moment he’s convinced that Bucky will be there if he turns around, the Bucky from before everything. Hair slicked back and cocky smile fixed on his face. Why so blue, baby? He’d say, and hold out his arms, and Steve would fall into them like he belongs there.
Steve's got a ghost on his hands.

the only john wayne left in this town by lisainthesky, rooonil_waazlib (oneshot | 3,879 | E)

The M&M hits the floor and rolls under the fridge, but he doesn’t really notice.
Steve’s peeking out from under the wide brim of his cowboy hat, a blush spreading across his cheekbones. Always so shy, even when Bucky’s staring at him with his mouth open like an idiot, even when he’s trying to be sexy, leaning against the wall like that with his thumbs in his pockets and his hips cocked.