ROGERS: An American Musical, by HopeNight
So here’s the real question: How does a half-dead orphan born in the middle of a forgotten spot in the tenements of New York without a father and raised by a single mother grow up to be the first and only super soldier?
Teen, AU. Lin-Manuel Miranda writes the latest great American musical – it’s not about Hamilton. This is genius, for real.
Change is Hard (and Harder, so much Harder), by dogtagsandsmut
“Steve,” the strange man says. “I – Buck, it’s Steve.”
“Nice try, you Nazi piece of shit.” You’re reeling but you shove him away as hard as you can. “Steve’s my wife.”
Adult, AU. What if Steve had been born Stella Rogers? Seriously, this is so amazing!
The snap of a twig drew her attention. A boy emerged from between the trees, black of hair, with dark paint across his eyes. From either side of his forehead a pair of antlers branched out.
Mature, AU. This is truly magical!
Steve has a fuckin’ swear jar. A swear jar.
It’s the most ludicrous thing Bucky’s ever heard in his life. They never had a swear jar; they didn’t have enough money for a fuckin’ swear jar. Every damn dime they had wouldda gone into it.
Teen, humour. I love troll!Steve fics, and these two are golden.
Bucky gets on a Manhattan bound train around 2:30, heading to 8th St. He watches the Lady far off on Liberty Island as they roll over the East River. The train is crowded and people smile at him, pleased to see a handsome young man in uniform. He smiles back, pleased with the world and everything in it. He wonders where Steve might want to go for lunch. What he’d say if Bucky asked him if he’d ever thought about treating this thing between them as real.
He comes out of the subway a little before 3 o’clock, and the world has changed.
Mature, pre-war. The texture and depth of this… Breathtaking.
Bucky used to be an avid reader, before the war. Now he gets distracted real easy.
James Barnes keeps forgetting that he can’t remember.
G, angst. Like, seriously, this might just be the most heartbreaking thing I’ve ever read.
“Yesterday.” Wilson looks washed out and Bucky’s heart kinda goes out to the guy. It’s his first time dealing with Steve dying. God knows Bucky wasn’t calm his first time.
Mature, post-CW, zombie!fic. Yep, that’s right, Steve Rogers is a zombie… I love stories where the boys do anything for each other, and selling your soul definitely counts! 🙂
But now, of course, there’s Steve.
Bucky lights up a cigarette with one hand and thinks about where it all went wrong. Vampires aren’t supposed to be good.
Mature, AU, locked for AO3 users. Excellent vamp!Bucky fic, seriously.
“You look like him. So did Pierce.” His voice is soft, gravelly from disuse. “Is that why they picked you?”
Steve’s heart plunges like an elevator with the cables cut. “Buck, it is me.”
The hard line of Bucky’s mouth softens just a little. “Sure,” he says.
Mature, post-WS. I’d read the terrifying meta that inspired this, pointing out how much a young Robert Redford / Pierce resembled Chris Evans / Steve, but this just… broke me. Excuse me while I ugly-cry.
Marvel, you didn’t give it to me, so I give it to the fandom
and I regret nothing!!! (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ
♥
No words.
