Author: shirasade

The first time a replacement asks about it–because Major Cleven doesn’t seem the type to collect odds and ends–Demarco barks a laugh and buys the replacement a drink.

“It’s not Cleven’s collection. Well, it is. But it’s not.”

The replacement stares at Demarco. “Uh-huh. Clear as mud.”

Demarco sighs. “They’re all his, but he didn’t pick them, okay?”

“That’s no clearer.”

Demarco shrugs. “You’ll figure it out.”

Source: Love Tokens, by Perpetual Motion (perpetfic) – Masters of the Air (TV 2024) [Archive of Our Own]

G, outside POV, no homophobia. This is an absolutely adorable look at Buck and his darling magpie Bucky.

Buck reads people, and these pilots are tired and drunk and a little pissed off because they wanted to do the jobs themselves. He can sympathize. He really can.

But it’s one thing to tease about how Bucky touches. It’s another to imply that it’s wrong somehow. Bucky’s touch is one of the few things that brings Buck a little quiet in this fucking war, and he won’t have it insulted.

So, there’s going to be a fight.

Source: A Kiss with a Fist, by Perpetual Motion (perpetfic) – Masters of the Air (TV 2024) [Archive of Our Own]

G, canon-divergence. So, what if Buck had taken the fight against the RAF guys? This is a short, gorgeous, slightly feral Buck POV.

“Come to London with me,” Bucky says to Buck, leaning in extra-close so his mouth just brushes Bucky’s ear. “If you’re lucky, maybe I’ll let you come by the time we fall asleep tonight.”

Buck makes a near-silent strangled noise. He straightens and cuts Bucky a sharp look. Bucky licks the corner of his mouth and meets his gaze, challenging Buck in the way that always makes him arch his back the tiniest bit if he knows what to look for.

“We’ll take a Jeep,” Bucky says once the back arch has been achieved. “Maybe we’ll stop on the way, see how you’re feeling.”

Source: A Tease too Far – Chapter 1, by Perpetual Motion (perpetfic) – Masters of the Air (TV 2024) [Archive of Our Own]

Adult. Bucky is a fucking tease. Buck can’t help responding. Delicious, delicious semi-public filth…

Bucky expects guards and guns, maybe a fight. He keeps his seat even as the door opens, ready to spring up if needed but trying to hold himself in check.

There’s two sets of footsteps, and then Bucky looks to his left where they stop.

It’s a guard, all right. And next to him, still in his uniform, is Buck. He’s bruised and busted, though not as badly as Bucky. He’s standing at ease, like he’s not shocked to see Bucky.

But Buck looks not shocked to people who don’t know him a lot of the time. Bucky, though, he can read that face like his favorite book. And Buck’s face is stoic, but there’s mayhem in his eyes.

Source: A Daring Escape, by Perpetual Motion (perpetfic) – Masters of the Air (TV 2024) [Archive of Our Own]

Teen, canon divergence, established relationship. I wish this was longer, but I have a serious competence kink, and there’s something delicious to Bucky and Buck being all “efficient and stabby” when killing Nazis, as the tags on AO3 say. Also, background polyamory mention.

Bucky’s the first to admit he had some pre-conceived notions about Buck’s sex life when they first kissed. Because Buck had kissed him soft and a little clumsy, and so Bucky had figured Buck was a virgin or near enough.

And then Buck dropped to his knees and pulled Bucky’s dick out of his trousers and sucked him dry in about two minutes flat.

And. Well.

Source: Surprise Suprise – Chapter 1, by Perpetual Motion (perpetfic) – Masters of the Air (TV 2024) [Archive of Our Own]

Adult. As I said in my comment: Short, hot, and delightful!

John had grown up poor and loved and knew how to give it out. Buck had been raised poor and hated and all he knew was how to lap it up like a stray dog. He’d bitten many a hand that had fed him but not John’s, never John’s.

Source: press your tired hands against my lips darling, by Swifty_Fox – Masters of the Air (TV 2024) [Archive of Our Own]

Teen, introspective Gale POV after he escapes without Bucky. This is pre-slash of the best kind (which in my head absolutely leads to a happy ending), an amazing, totally believable Gale and an emotional alternative version of the conversation in the cockpit in episode 9.

The phone numbers are fixed, but it doesn’t stop John from hovering around like a large and annoying fly.

He’s respectful of business hours, likely because he too is working. And, at least on weekdays, their closing times line up with each other. The bell will ring sometime around six-fifteen, monday through wednesday and Gale could feel John’s presence fill the studio without even having to look up. Two parts voice, one part scent; rich and wood and planty. Like a hike after a good rain. Warm. John comes in, charms Benny and Macon with easy smiles and easier humor, which means Gale can’t cold-shoulder him without criticism.

Not that he dislikes John.

Source: the heart is a muscle – Chapter 1, by Swifty_Fox – Masters of the Air (TV 2024) [Archive of Our Own]

Adult, tattoo and flowershop AU. Every fandom needs at least one of those, and this was is a great Gale POV as the tattoo artist finds himself pulled out of his shell by the neighbouring florist.

He didn’t want to be Marge, exactly, but he’d been jealous of her plenty of times before. She somehow held Buck’s attention even when she wasn’t there with him, and he marveled at her ability to do that. John wondered what it would take for him to capture Buck’s attention like that.

Maybe he could pretend, just for today, that Buck’s letter had been for him. As he considered it, the simplicity of letting Buck decide what to have for breakfast seemed appealing.

Source: Putting Words to It – Chapter 1, by Impala_Chick – Masters of the Air (TV 2024) [Archive of Our Own]

Adult, soft D/s. Bucky stumbles across a surprisingly demanding letter from Gale to Marge and decides to follow the instructions in it. Yep, my love for gentle dom!Gale and subby-but-in-character!Bucky is thriving!

There’s something that soothes John as soon as Gale’s pressed boot to thigh to arm at his side, washing over him like a cool wave. He wonders if Gale feels it too.

A quick glance throws that notion out the window. Gale’s boot taps restlessly, knees bent to half–hunch over them, only his lower back leaning against the wall of the plane. He picks at the skin of baby–soft lips, staring out to the edge of the wing with glazed over eyes, and John’s heart twists.

He can think of a hundred and one ways to distract him, but not a single word of reassurance. He’s not good at that sort of thing; that’s Gale’s area of expertise. He feels useless.

Source: Breathe Me In (Exhale Slow), by johnslittlespoon (quickcatton) – Masters of the Air (TV 2024) [Archive of Our Own]

Teen. I’m not a fan of smoking in any form, but oh, this fic is so soft, and the shotgunning really is just a first, desperate attempt from John to distract Gale. I just love how this progresses.

It’s not like the others haven’t ended up huddling in each other’s bunks for warmth on the harsher nights; winter in the stalag is brutal, and any reservations fly out the window pretty fast when you start to lose feeling in your extremities. And Gale can feel the cold down to his bones even beneath the blankets, so he thinks maybe the added warmth wouldn’t be the worst thing in the world.

“Fine,” he grumbles, jabbing an elbow back. “Get up.”

Source: I Don’t Wanna Be Alone Tonight, by johnslittlespoon (quickcatton) – Masters of the Air (TV 2024) [Archive of Our Own]

Adult, set in the Stalag. Just a lovely first time in the dark. Gale POV.