After the destruction of the Incident in New York in 2012 Steve couldn’t get back on his feet. Even though the Avengers had prevailed, he felt flat. People were grieving, a lot of them still angry.
Maybe it was his lack of a sense of direction now that everything was essentially returning to business as usual for the city.
Then he heard someone call his name...
Steve Rogers/Original Female character (reader)
Unnamed female character who can be read as female reader
Tony Stark, Natasha Romanov, Clint Barton
Slow burn Romance, mystery, angst, Grief/Mourning, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Bodyguard Steve Rogers, Suggestive Themes, Psychological Trauma, References to Depression, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Body Positive, OC of any ethnicity, Sex, there was only one bed, Canon-Typical Violence, Steve Rogers Needs a Hug, Artist Steve Rogers, Implied/Referenced Self-Harm.
Post-Avengers (2012) Pre-Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Chapter Masterlist (Ao3)
1. The First Night
2. The First Day
3. The Second Night
4. This is the Place to Start
5. Two Reflections
6. What Lies Beneath
7. When the Levee Breaks
8. Tell me Lies
9. Down and Out
10. The Kindness of Strangers
11. Black Widows
12. Promises, Promises
13. Hidden Things
14. Playing with Fire (TW)
15. Crazy Stupid Fine
16. Devil in a Blue Dress
17. Fight or Flight
18. Taken by You
19. One More Night
20. The Point
21. Time to Heal
22. Epilogue
Fetish
Steve Rogers x Peggy Carter, Drabble, rated T, sexual content. Fluff, humour, romance.
before we get an official announcement on who is replacing biden as the nominee, im just going to put this out there: do not mess this up. i don't care how little you like politics. i don't care if this new nominee isn't your first choice.
our alternative is trump. third party splits the votes, and abstaining is just going to fuck the entire united states over. your vote (AND support) matters, and i better see anyone who doesn't want trump to be elected and the United States to become a fascist, authoritarian regime throwing their full support behind this new nominee.
we have three months to go. we're in crunch time. if you don't want to lose your rights, support this new nominee with everything you've got.
edit: just in case this somehow wasn't obvious, this is NOT the post to be a pessimist on. don't say we're fucked. say TRUMP is fucked. we can't go back and change the nomination timeline, but we can absolutely support our new nominee and ensure they get elected.
For the past couple of months I've noticed a huge increase in activity on my fics on here, both old and new. I've gained new followers, I see blogs Liking their way through my entire masterlist (thank you for that) and I even get the occasional reblog now (thank you even more for that).
But through all of this boosting activity something has been strangely missing: comments.
Not one single person who read my fics in these past months left a comment. Not one, in a sea of daily Likes. Not even a gif or an emoji, nada. Complete silence.
Is this how we do fanfic now??
I am not a content creator, I don't write for Likes, I am a fellow fan who loves writing and wants to share that with other fans and see their reaction to my silly little stories and ideas. That's why I got hooked on sharing my fics on here.
Atm I'm no longer hooked, and I don't want to sound ungrateful for all those Likes but they do not motivate, encourage or inspire me.
I'm an older generation, I grew up before the Insta/Tik tok mentality took hold. I've read fanfic for over 10 years in different fandoms and I very rarely don't leave a comment when I've loved a fic.
As writers we work hours, days, weeks or months on those stories and share them with you all, for free. Is it not the least you can do when you enjoyed the work to leave a few words? Like, that's basic human decency to me and it takes you less than a minute.
Can we bring this back, please? Before more and more writers decide it's just not worth the effort anymore.
there should be a hug button where you can tell your mutuals its going to be okay instead of liking their vent post and hoping they realize ur not agreeing that they should die
they planted berries, root vegetables, leafy greens, herbs, all sorts. they label each plant and the sign said "free to take, leave some for others to enjoy!"
and people did. they took a bit, but left some for others.
it also fed the homeless people living around there.
bearing in mind this is a tourist town, so i half expected to see the plants gone. but nope, there's always some left.
people aren't naturally selfish, and they will share. the initiative works
And honestly? Most people who don't need it won't bother to stop and pick fruit. It's only people who actually need it who will devote the time. People with money still have grocery stores.
"Urban food forest" is something I'm hearing more and more. Do some poking around, there may be an opportunity to help with or start something like this near you.
My friend explained the spoon theory to our DM and he was like “ohhh so it’s like when you’re out of spell slots and you need to take a long rest to regain them all” and now I keep thinking of myself as being out of spell slots instead of out of spoons
It’s perfect actually because taking a shower is like a 2nd level task, whereas making an important phone call is a 5th. If you’re out of 5th level task slots, you can’t do that phone call. However you can expend higher level slots to take that shower if you’ve spent your lower task slots on dishes, eating, and getting dressed.
Also if you don’t finish a long rest (ie sleep well, taking your meds as directed etc) you do not regain spell slots and the next day you’re working with what you had left over from yesterday
there are also ritual spells ! where if you’re allowed enough time and a comfortable, quiet environment you might be able to accomplish something without loosing a spell slot ! 😌
And there are some spells you’re never going to be able to cast, because your class doesn’t allow for it. Sure, you can maybe level up to the point where you can take a feat and learn one or two of spells - if you’re in a campaign that allows feats - but for the most part, if it’s not on your list, it’s not on your list, and that’s all there is to it. No matter how simple it seems to someone else, or how useful it would be to you.