“I would raze the planet before I allowed anyone to lay a hand on you. If I have to personally kill every Hydra agent with my bare hands or shoot anyone who tries to bring you in, even a friend, so be it.”
Adult, NOT fluff. I came for the title and stayed for the characterisations. Steve and Bucky are both creatures of violence.
This is why Steve/Bucky is such a wonderful fandom: one line in a sneak peek most people didn’t see just about broke thousands of fangirl hearts… and caused this beautiful gem of a vidlet to be made. Right in the FEELS. (Also features a heartbreaking line from Winter Soldier: Bitter March.)
Where will you be waking up tomorrow morning?
MCU – Steve/Bucky
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Very fast-paced, brilliantly edited – love it! Music by Panic! At the Disco.
James had been undecided, even as he formulated different plans to approach the Captain. The man thought James was someone else, was James Buchanan Barnes, his ‘Bucky’, and James wasn’t.
Adult, post-WS, angst, slow burn. I’m starting to develop a taste for fic where the Winter Soldier never returns to being Bucky Barnes, as well as fic where Steve and Bucky were never lovers but Steve and James turn out to be.
This story is both, as well as an incredibly satisfying (if necessarily angst-laden and at times heartbreaking) look at the long, slow road of recovery from trauma as horrific as James’. And of course Steve himself is far from undamaged himself and has to deal with everything he lost. Plus there are the other people in their lives and the different kinds of relationships that develop in very believable ways.
But through it all, the connection between them is constant, a thing of beauty, and when they’re finally ready to fall in love, it’s well worth the wait..
Even as a die-hard Steve/Bucky shipper, I can agree with the rest of fandom that it’s possible to ship Steve Rogers with just about everyone. This had me in stitches – because really, everybody needs a piece of that oh so fine, star-spangled ass… 🙂 Music: Gold Trans Am, by Ke$ha.
Vid: Freedom Ride: A.K.A. Steve Rogers, Fandom Bicycle 2k15, by sallysparrow017
“In which Steve Rogers loses God and finds God and loses God, and also: Bucky.” Not only is this inspired by the fantastic fic this quote comes from (All The Angels And the Saints by Speranza), it’s an utterly heartbreaking, gorgeous vid in and of itself. Music: Various Storms and Saints, by Florence & the Machine.
A chilling glimpse at the Red Room – the vidder shows us not just Natasha’s tragic background, but tells us of some of her fellow victims by using other sources. Music by Sixx AM.
A tribute to the awesome ladies of Marvel. Especially love the part where it sets Peggy to “break the doors down”, and the Pepper & Natasha scenes, but overall it’s just made of so much win! Music by Ke$ha.
Simply stunning, this vid makes my heart break for Steve and Peggy. I don’t even mind the inclusion of the lyrics as text in the vid, normally a pet peeve of mine. It’s just beautiful and touching. Music by Ed Sheeran.
Steve wakes to a world terrorised by kaiju and steps up to pilot a jaeger. Natasha assists. Bucky wakes as the Winter Soldier and struggles to find a new identity. Steve is entirely unhelpful. And while Steve comes to terms, someone else saves the world.
Mature, AU. I’m a total sucker for Pacific Rim/MCU crossovers – this is unique in that it actually merges the two worlds, and does a very good job, too. This allows the story to focus on Steve learning how to deal with this new Bucky, who is both his old friend and someone very much different.
