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Bucky automatic reflex: MUST PROTECT STEVE!

Steve automatic reflex: MUST PROTECT BUCKY!

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[marsrcver-deactivated20160409]

former soviet soldiers do not need bath time, steve. 

(couldn’t format this in the ask right, sorry!)

[epicstuckyficrecs]

Weekly Recap | February 21st-27th 2022

My thoughts are with the people of Ukraine this week 💙💛 As always, I hope you enjoy this rec and may the fics provide you with distraction, comfort, whatever you may need… Take care of yourselves and each other, don’t forget to leave kudos and comments! And if you’re able to, donate to charitable organizations to help the people in Ukraine.

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💙 Crash and Burn by HaniTrash/ @hanitrash (A/B/O AU, Shrunkyclunks | 74K | Explicit): When you’re the most feared assassin in the international spy world, who happens to also be an Omega, it’s not exactly easy to scrounge up a willing partner. After all, everyone assumes you’re an Alpha based on your size and generally grumpy nature. The website is an online matching service that seemed doubtful to his skeptical mind, but all he’s looking for is a cock to ride out his heats with instead of doing all the work himself. Should be simple enough, right? (Part 1 of 💙Embers)

Emotional Support Penis by HaniTrash/ @hanitrash (A/B/O AU, Shrunkyclunks | 3K | Explicit): The story in which Bucky buys a giant soft squishy penis pillow and asks Steve to scent it for him…. (Part 2 of 💙Embers)

A (W)hole Lotta Love by HaniTrash/ @hanitrash (A/B/O AU, Shrunkyclunks | 6K | Explicit): “Hey, sweetheart, here you—Bucky, why are you sitting on the pillow?“ "I thought… Steve, you bought me a round pillow with an opening in the middle that looks just like an asshole. I have a penis-shaped pillow that I make you scent regularly for me to snuggle when you’re on a mission without me. Was that not what you wanted me to do with this?” (Part 3 of 💙Embers)

Lightning Strikes Twice by HaniTrash/ @hanitrash (Steve/Bucky/Thor, A/B/O AU, Sex Pollen | 6K | Explicit): Steve, Bucky and Thor get sex pollened on a mission. That’s it. That’s the fic. (AKA the A/B/O sex pollen threesome that nobody asked for) (Part 4 of 💙Embers)

sometimes you only get one chance by endofadream/ @endofadream (Shrunkyclunks, PWP | 8K | Explicit): It takes a few songs, but soon Steve is finally starting to relax and really let himself go, closing his eyes and letting the beat move him. It’s when he opens his eyes at the end of a song that he sees him.

💙 We have not touched the stars by sangha (Shrunkyclunks | 22K | Explicit): Steve is still adjusting to life in the 21st century. His life nowadays is mostly lonely. Though he appreciates her good intentions, he always rebuffs Natasha’s efforts to set him up on a date; he simply isn’t interested in pursuing anything romantic. At least, until Steve gets drunk on Asgardian liquor and a ridiculously handsome stranger at the bar catches his eye.

I Wanna Be That Guy by plutosrose/ @plutosrose, yammz (Porn AU | 9K | Explicit): Steve is feeling uninspired at his porn studio, where his director has him on countless shoots pretending to take his coworker’s virginity. That is, until he meets Bucky Barnes, actual cam boy, actual virgin, and partner in his next shoot.

Ride the Lightning by HaniTrash/ @hanitrash (Steve/Thor, PWP | 4K | Explicit): Or: Steve gets drunk on Asgardian liquor and hits on Thor, and ends up getting absolutely, very happily wrecked by Thor’s giant cock

All the things yet to come are the things that have passed by sangha (Post-Endgame | 9K | Teen): Peter gets underestimated. Everyone calls him “kid,” as if he’s not part of the Avengers. Well anyway, contrary to what the others may think, he does notice things. Being in high school is good for something. Noticing when people have crushes, for one.Nobody else seems to notice the way Captain America looks at the Winter Soldier. Peter is still not sure how to act around Cap. He’s a little intimidating, not a very approachable guy. He always looks very severe and serious and to be honest, Peter’s arms still hurt when he thinks about the fight at the airport. But when Steve’s looking at the Winter Soldier, he looks a lot more approachable. Softer, somehow. Peter likes him better that way. Not that he’d ever dare say that to Captain America’s face. He’s not in any hurry to die again. Anyway, the point is, Cap clearly has it bad for his best friend.

Re-Read

💙 This Charming Man (when the charm hits the fan) by chicklette/ @chicklette (Shrunkyclunks, Friends with Benefits | 10K | Explicit): When Bucky sees the gorgeous blonde at the gym, all he can think is how much he wants to get his mouth on the guy. He’s not one for relationships, preferring to get out before feelings get involved. So he can’t really be blamed for not understanding this weird ache in his chest, can he?

💙 Lessons in Normality by relenafanel/ @relenafanel (Shrunkyclunks, Spy Bucky | 38K | Explicit): Things Steve knows about his boyfriend Bucky: How he looks with his face relaxed in sleep. That he can perfectly flip pancakes. The way he’s open about things Steve is still adapting to, like therapy and depression and sex toys and being a millennial. The way he laughs with his mouth wide open and his eyes squinted, and the cheerful way he cheats at cards and loses at laser tag. The way he seduces Steve with a knowing glint in his eye. The way Steve responds to it, stronger each time, taken by his beauty and competence and snark and compassion (or the compassionate way he boots Steve in the ass when he needs a push). Things Steve doesn’t know about his boyfriend Bucky: That he’s an undercover operative gathering intel on Hydra, SHIELD, and which Steve is affiliated with.

[ohwaugh]

How to Use Fancy Fonts on Ao3

So…  I’ve recently tried to figure out how to do some of the more advanced stuff on Ao3.  The stuff that requires a bit of knowledge of HTML and CSS.

Some of this stuff was not terribly intuitive, or easy for beginners to figure out.  So I put together a little guide to help others do some of this stuff.

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[petiteallemande]

But O heart! heart! heart! O the bleeding drops of red, Where on the deck my Captain lies, Fallen cold and dead.

[petiteallemande]

Steve? | Sketches

[aosceru]

Here's your bingo card, friend! Remember you have until February 1st to exchange squares 1 time.

[aosceru]

Title: miles to go (moodboard) Creator(s): Ceru Card number: SB008 Link to fic: https://archiveofourown.org/works/30757433 Square filled: I5 "Torture" and moodboard prompt "Fresh" Rating: M Archive warnings: psychological depiction of torture Major tags: Smoking, Outside, Campfire, Torture, Reflection

[plutosrose]

[aosceru]

Title: my heart in the still winter air (moodboard) Creator(s): Ceru (with art by Mira https://twitter.com/clandestinemira/status/1460741358596104196 and u_krbs https://twitter.com/u_bullpen/status/1395764618425888771) Card number: SB008 Link to fic: https://archiveofourown.org/works/31739245 Square filled: N1 "Snowed In" Rating: G Major tags: Alpine (Marvel), Barbershop Quartet, Snowed In

[whimsicalrogers]

More Sebastian Stan locks in this style requested by @honeyvbarnes, hope you like them!

More locks with this look Set one, Set two

[bewitchingmoonlight]

Steve Rogers in 1944: I know I've never seen combat and have actually never won any kind of physical fight, ever but I'm going to go alone 30 miles behind enemy lines and defeat an entire factory full of squid Nazis by myself in order to save Bucky because I refuse to believe he's dead

People in 2016: We sent a SWAT team after Barnes and we know Rogers will be upset but we told him to chill out so we're sure it will all end well without any grown men crying on the floor in Siberia

[5ummit]

Important HTP Fandom Announcement

One of the tags that’s now banned under tumblr’s newest censorship mandate is #hydra trash party.

This means that anyone using the iOS app can not only NOT search that tag anymore, all posts tagged as “hydra trash party” (either by the reblogger or by OP) will NOT show up on your dashboard. The only way you will be able to see it is if you have post notifications turned on or if you visit a blog directly.

As mentioned in my previous post, this is extremely aggravating and counterproductive because that tag is very well-established at this point and is specifically used by the HTP fandom as a way to let people who don’t want to see that content filter it out. By choosing to ban this tag, all they’re doing is encouraging people who want to share that kind of content to use an alternative less well-known tag (or no tag at all), thereby making it more likely for someone to encounter it when they didn’t want to.

I originally considered switching to #HTP since the abbreviation is a common term that people are likely to search or block. However, it’s used for quite a few other random topics that are entirely unrelated, which means our garbage would end up mixed in with the search results for other fandoms. This is obviously not ideal. With this in mind, myself and many of the other HTP blogs have decided to switch to #hydratrashparty going forward. Please block this tag if you do not wish to see HTP content! The transition is going to be a little awkward at first, but the more people we can get on board using the same tag, the better it will be for everyone in the long run.

Unfortunately I can’t tag this as “hydra trash party” or the people who need to see it the most won’t see it, so I’m just going to rely on you all to help spread the word to the rest of the fandom. Feel free to reblog this post if you want, but remember, do NOT put “hydra trash party” anywhere in your tags because even reblogs tagged with banned words will be blocked.

[goddessofidiocy-deactivated2019]

i rewatched captain america the other day

[peppermint-goldfish]

Do you ever just

Look through your likes and see shit you know you’ve reblogged before but it’s too fuckin funny to not do so again

[leisurelypanda]

Is this not how the movie went?

[wolfwithapencil]

I´m crying

[profoundalpacakitten]

CA:TFA, in a nutshell

[dreadnought-dear-captain]

Bisexual Steve Rogers and Fandom Misogyny

CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR CHAPTER 33 OF BAGHDAD WALTZ AND FRANK DISCUSSION OF SEX

I received an interesting comment on this latest chapter of BW that got me thinking a bit about writing a bisexual character, as well as thoughts about misogyny in the fandom. Now, I’ll admit out the gate that this may be a troll comment, but I kind of suspected that I might get some kind of blowback for Steve sleeping with Sharon in this chapter, and I wanted to write something on this subject eventually. I figured it these comments would be more like “HOW DARE” or something of that nature. What I did NOT really expect was  something like “you fucked up, that was disgusting,” which was the nature of this particular comment on Ao3. And while I think the “HOW DARE” comments are completely justified, the whole “eww gross” angle was frankly perplexing, and it made me want to dust off some old thoughts that I’ve had about writing a bisexual character in a fandom that claims to have this robust BISEXUAL STEVE ROGERS thing going for it.

First off, this person claimed that although they “read hetero,” they were still so grossed out by this scene that they refused to even read past it to find out what happens in the rest of the chapter. Godspeed, good reader. They didn’t even remark specifically on being disturbed by the fact that Steve was with Sharon, just on how disgusting the sex was. Now, you can ask my beta - I tried and tried to get away with writing their scene with less detail and enthusiasm, but she held me to task and insisted that I write this with as much detail as I would write Steve sucking cock and enjoying that. Because this character would enjoy both very, very much. And given that this is the deep third person POV, Steve’s enjoyment is paramount and the most important part of the scene. It is essentially a sexual reawakening for him, after being emotionally and biologically shut down for months and months, and so yeah, he needs to get INTO IT in order for that to happen. I believe I did four drafts this scene before it was passable, and I still probably could have done better at conveying his enthusiasm.

The word “disgusting” is maybe the most disturbing part of this reader’s comment, because why is enjoying giving oral sex to a woman “disgusting”? I will give myself a little credit that I didn’t write it so poorly that I belong in porn prison, and I didn’t dance around the details or avoid frank language because… why? He clearly has a thing for oral service, which is highly consistent with his overall character. If he was slobbering and moaning over Bucky’s cock, and it was important that he be drawn to the experience viscerally to pull him from his haze of depression and emotional deadness, I wouldn’t cut the details. I could have included so much more, even. I honestly just wanted to move on and finish the chapter. If it was a cock he was going down on, I also probably wouldn’t have received feedback that it was disgusting. Because Cocks are Good. More on this below.

My beta brought up this point - Why are we often more comfortable with the idea of someone eating ass - where literal shit comes out of - than we are someone going down on a vulva? And don’t get me started on how much nasty ass-eating goes on fics, like eating ass after, say, being in the field for days, unshowered, presumably after taking at least one shit in some cat hole somewhere. (Nom nom nom. So hawt.) Oh, but someone enthusiastically enjoying cunnilingus? FILTHY. Because lady parts are ugly and smelly and disgusting and we should only refer to them (uh, ironically??) as “m’lady’s flowering garden” (thanks for the inspo, @passioninthevines) or some other weird euphemism. Or, better yet, let’s just not have any of that yucky stuff at all. Hetero sex for bisexuals should be penis-in-vagina only, behind closed doors, in the past. Or, better yet, let’s just have it be an idea - a vaguely written jerk-off fantasy about Peggy Carter that never becomes anything.

I’m wondering if some readers throughout the course of BW have had a problem with actually seeing this kind of behaviorally bisexual character, one who truly is very sexually attracted to two genders, rather than one who is just like, yeah, I was into Peggy back into ’40s, who is now old or dead and definitely not a sexual object, but now I love cocks (ALSO?) so I am now an OFFICIAL BISEXUAL STEEB ROGERS! Hooray! Give me all the cocks! Or just whatever OTP cock the author chooses for me to suck/fuck exclusively.

As an important aside, I also don’t want to presume that there’s any “right” way to be bisexual, because we bisexual people already have too many stupid “rules” that we are supposed to follow and we’re never gay or straight enough for anyone. Steve in BW is just one manifestation of a bisexual person. Some bisexual people may be largely attracted to men and only have some minor interest in women or other genders. And/or other permutations of attraction and behavior! But this chapter had two major sex scenes for Steve - one with Sharon and one with Bucky (via fantasy) - in part to demonstrate his equal enthusiasm for both women and men. I even warned everyone at the beginning of this fic that he has an enthusiastic sexual interest in Sharon. This is what that looks like. This is not the first commenter throughout BW history who has expressed problems with Steve’s frank sexual interest in Sharon, though this is the first chapter where it’s been so thoroughly portrayed.

I feel like this is one example of bisexual Steve Rogers getting shit (via me, the bisexual author) for being bisexual because he’s not being the right kind of bisexual. He needs to be a collected, well-behaved bisexual, the kind who has tidy PiV hetero sex behind closed doors, in the past, quietly, with a grimace, while thinking about Bucky Barnes with longing and dismay at how fucked his life is. He can’t actually be into women still. That breaks the rules. Women are supposed to be a concession for the man he can’t have. Because women can’t just be desirable - especially not mothers. And they can’t be sexual beings. They don’t deserve pleasure, anyway, and they definitely don’t deserve to be eaten out with wild enthusiasm by an attractive man who wants them.  

Whether this is a troll or not, I can’t help but think that this speaks to the thick core of misogyny that runs through this fandom. It shows up in the wanton (often violent) killing off of Sharon Carter, the “good bro”-ization of major female characters to ensure they are written as de facto men rather than women, revulsion over hetero sex and vulvas, and the marginalization of bisexuality when it means having enthusiastic, genuine sexual and romantic interest in women as well as men. This is just to name a few. I’m sure there are many more places this insidious problem shows up.

I will gladly buy criticism of Sharon and Steve in this latest chapter of BW for other reasons, like huh, this was a really bad idea, perhaps. This wasn’t considering Steve’s attachment issues. But calling sex “disgusting” because one person possesses a vulva? (Because let’s be honest, trade out Sharon for Bucky or Matt or any other random dude, and I doubt this would even be a comment.) This saddens me more than anything. Honestly, I think this scene turned out well. It was written true to Steve’s POV, and it was very important for his character and for his development at this point in the story.

At the end of the day, it’s not really about whether we think their sex is hot or disgusting; it’s about the POV character and his experience and what it means to him. And whether you like the fact that he likes it or not, Steve is a behaviorally bisexual person (though, interestingly, not a self-identified one, at this point in the story). And this is BW. I don’t know what else people were expecting [shrug emoji]

Thoughts?

[thestuckylibrary]

As a newbie to the fandom, are there any fics that are considered must reads? There are so many on ao3 and I'm not sure where to begin.

*updated January 2017*

We’ve put together a few posts for new readers before here and here. Everything in our personal faves post is beloved by at least one of us. 

I’m not gonna say any of them are must reads, since you shouldn’t read a fic you don’t like for the sake of me so these are the ones that I see both highly acclaimed and widely discussed in the fandom:

4 Minute Window (E) Speranza WC:24127

“Look, if they catch me,” Bucky muttered, “they’re either going to kill me or they’re going to put me in a box with a little window and—Steve, I can’t.”

5 Times Steve Got Arrested and 1 Time They All Did (T) heartsdesire456  Words:5K

What it says, 5 times Steve Rogers ended up in jail (with and without Bucky) + 1 time all of the Avengers got arrested with him.

Ain’t No Grave (M) spitandvinegar WC:86k+ (WIP)

It’s six in the morning, and Steve is heading out on a run when he nearly trips over a bouquet of sunflowers on the front steps of his brownstone.

For a second paranoia takes over, and he kicks the flowers a little, waiting for them to explode. They don’t. They also came with a card, which he picks up. The front of the card has a tasteful picture of the Brooklyn bridge at sunset. It’s very nice and sedate, like the kind of card you would buy to give to your boss. On the inside someone has written a short message in big, shaky block letters.

I AM SORRY FOR SHOOTING YOU.

Steve sits down hard on the steps.

but hey, you’re all right (M) beardsley Words: 5K

‘This is not my fault,’ Tony lies. ‘It was supposed to be a joke! Christ.’

‘Thanks to your joke,’ says Coulson, ‘we now have a code three-four-delta, with the variable being a Russian immigrant. We’re checking his background right now, but it might take a while. Meanwhile, I suggest you civilian-proof the Tower. If any SHIELD intelligence is compromised, I will hurt you.’

Yes, this is the story where the Winter Soldier is a Russian mail-order bride. Everything goes about as well as you’d expect.

cross this river to the other side (T) defcontwo Words: 

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.

Gravitation (E) Odsbodkins Words:10K

“He couldn’t remember when he first started feeling the pull. Perhaps it was too long ago, or perhaps it had been gradual, something that crept up on him. But by the time he was sixteen, Bucky knew that the axis of his world spun around Steve Rogers in the worst possible way.”

Inspired by finding out that in the prequel comics for Captain America: The First Avenger, Steve and Bucky are in art class when the news breaks about Pearl Harbor.

Hands of Clay (T) Mhalachai WC:200k+ (WIP)

James Barnes leads a busy life as a single working father in New York. But when his childhood best friend Steve Rogers falls back into his life, James will have to re-learn what love, friendship and and family are really all about.

it’s a strange courage (E) mambo Words:27K

“The question the entertainment world is asking themselves today is… Who is Steve? Hollywood superstar Bucky Barnes was spotted at a wrap-party last night, serenading someone named Steve onstage. Not only was Barnes more than a little tipsy, but he also sang a song from the Disney Channel Original Movie that started his career–a bold move, considering the fact that he always dodges questions about it. But who is Steve? Why did Bucky leave the club alone? What does this mean about the rumors of a relationship between Barnes and his co-star Natasha Romanoff? And is everyone’s favorite poster boy gay? All this and more after a quick message from our sponsors!”

I’ve Been Careless With a Delicate Man (M) Paraxdisepink Words:9K

Steve lets SHIELD think he and Bucky were boyfriends so they’ll let him see the Winter Soldier in medical.

The man on the bridge (M) boopboop Words:107556 

Steve Rogers turning up at Tony’s door in the middle of the night might be a bit out of character, but it’s not completely out of the realm of possibility. Stranger things have happened.Steve Rogers turning up at Tony’s door with an amnesiac assassin - who may or may not have some of Tony’s personally designed hardware attached where his arm should be - well that’s just far too interesting to turn away, even if Tony is trying to avoid all things S.H.I.E.L.D these days.

Mistake on the Part of Nature (T) Words:1K by idiopathicsmile

Steve takes in Bucky’s betrayed look and Sam’s confusion, follows Sam’s gaze to the pile of mangled fruit in the trash can. Sudden comprehension fills his face.

“Oh,” he says. “Bucky found out about bananas.”

In which an American icon is mourned. But probably not the one you’re thinking of.

Not Easily Conquered-series (M) dropdeaddream, WhatAreFears WC:71225

In 1945, Steve Rogers jumps from a nosediving plane and swims through miles of Arctic Ocean to a frozen shore.In 1947, Steve Rogers marries Peggy Carter.In 1966, the New York Times finds the lost letters of Sergeant James Buchanan Barnes.

perfectly right wrong number (T) melonbutterfly Words: 31K

It all starts because Steve is too dumb to handle his smartphone.

A wrong number AU in which Bucky Barnes doesn’t enter Steve’s life (meaning: Bucky wasn’t born until the eighties, but Steve is still Captain America) until Steve accidentally dials the wrong number. Wherein there is a lot of texting, some advice via Natasha and Darcy, a bit of pining, and a first date in an amusement park. Oh, and on top of being a disabled veteran, Bucky is a professional catwalker. Literally.

Only Good Things (G) Jain Words:2K

All of their neighbors think that Steve and Bucky are dating.

Our Golden Age (E) augustbird WC:147825

Wherein Bucky is the crown prince and Steve still becomes a hero.

Schrödinger’s Romance (M) InTheMiddleOfNowhere WC:19K (underage, rape/noncon)

“It could be a relationship, it could not be. You can assume either until you see for sure the results.”

We all know those moments. Those moments when your family all gathers around you and asks “So, do you have a boyfriend yet?”. Bucky knows these moments all too well and, quite frankly, he’s sick to death of them. Unfortunately, being a 21 year old college student makes it harder for him to come up with excuses, and with Christmas coming up he needs to think of a way out fast. A chance encounter with a stranger through an old library textbook could just be the kind of miracle he needs to make it through the holidays with his last shreds of sanity intact.

Sing Me the Alphabet (T) thesardine Words:78K

There wasn’t anything left to salvage. That’s what Fury believed. It would have been a kindness to put him down.

When SHIELD finally releases Bucky from custody, he is not the man anyone expects him to be. The ruthlessness of the Winter Soldier is gone, replaced with a seemingly child-like wariness as he struggles to communicate his warped understanding of who he is and what was done to him. But with Hydra scrambling to regroup, SHIELD takes dangerous measures to secure Zola’s algorithm to use against them, and Steve is dragged back into battle, forced to weigh what’s best for Bucky against what’s best for the fate of the free world.

Then Bucky is abducted.

Steve races to recover his friend before the man who was Bucky is gone forever, but the rescue stalls, he starts to crumble under the weight of everything he has lost and everything the war has taken from him.

Meanwhile, Bucky confronts a terrible piece of ex-SHIELD tech that was in development long before Project Insight, but in order to survive, he must decide who he is going to be: the vulnerable Bucky Barnes or the indomitable Winter Soldier? It turns out there might not be as big a difference as everyone seems to think.

Slide To Answer (M) by relenafanel Words:8K

“What do I do?” Steve appealed into the phone. “I’m freaking out.”

There was silence on the other end of the line. It lasted so long that Steve pulled the receiver away from his ear and frowned at it. Pay phones were old. Maybe this one wasn’t working despite the obvious dial tone when he picked up.

“Ok,” a stranger’s voice said over the phone. “First acknowledge the fact that you dialed the wrong number, but be quick about it because my cab is a few blocks away from my own plans and I’m about to drop some truth bombs on you.”

Steve Rogers at 100: Celebrating Captain America on Film (gen) eleveninches, Febricant, hellotailor, M_Leigh, neenya, tigrrmilk WC:10228

“Heil Hydra,” the enemy agent shouts.“Heil this, motherfucker,” says Captain America, shooting off a rocket.Steve and Bucky find out Hollywood has been busy since they went away. A historical survey, including but not limited to: one set of exploded genitals, a brief interlude in France, Mel Gibson and other masterworks of casting, eight Academy awards, several dinosaurs, and something Tony Stark has ominously dubbed “the masterpiece.” Art included.

Steve Rogers’ Dad Face and Other Common Hazards (T)  AggressiveWhenStartled  Words:5K

Today, Peter was honest-to-god going to see Captain America himself up close, in person, and not from a rooftop or tiny crevice like a creepy stalker fanboy.

Even better, he was going to watch Steve Rogers make history by soldiering his beleaguered way through the most intensely awkward and honestly ridiculous press conference in the history of ever– jaw thrust out and spine ramrod straight. Trying hard to be polite and respectful in the face of adversity.

While a bunch of assholes with cameras and microphones shouted at him about Iron Man’s adolescent dick.

Things SHIELD Never Told Captain America (T) tolieawake Words:3K

The thing is, Tony quickly realised, there are certain things that SHIELD never told Captain America. Sometimes small things, sometimes big things. But things, nonetheless, that they thought he wasn’t quite ready to know.

When Steve finds out about one of those things during an interview - his reaction isn’t anything like anyone was expecting (except maybe Natasha, because she’s scary like that).

OR, how the world found out about Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes.

This, You Protect (T) owlet WC:64326

The mission resets abruptly, from objective: kill to objective: protect

To be Vulnerable is Needed Most of All (M) perfect_plan WC:118362

Steve is a shy comic book artist and meets his new neighbour, Bucky Barnes.In which there are awkward longings, meddling best friends, comic conventions, heartache, lemons, video games, dorkiness, dancing and two cute boys.

this city bleeds its aching heart (E) Renne Words: 34K

The one where Steve and Bucky pose as a happily married couple while on a mission for SHIELD, to catch an international arms dealer hiding in a suburban neighbourhood.

United States v. Barnes, 617 F. Supp. 2d 143 (D.D.C. 2015) (T) fallingvoices, radialarch WC:20605

The Associated Press @APWinter Soldier set to stand trial for Washington D.C. massacre and treason apne.ws/1og6SWE

When I Put Away Childish Things (M) hansbekhart WC:14367

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.

[peardita]

Sam Wilson’s house, first floor floor plan

If you ever wanted to know the general layout to Sam’s house, but didn’t want to spend all day staring at screencaps, here you go. I threw together the floor plan with the Homestyler free online software (x). The other slides are to give a partial idea of where I got stuff from. I didn’t measure or calculate anything, I just used the software’s defaults for how big doors, windows, and appliances were, and moved things around until it looked pretty close. I assume the bedroom/shower is upstairs, but we don’t actually see enough of it for me to do a floor plan. If you have any other questions let me know!

Part 2: bedroom/bathroom floor plan here (x)