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The masterlist of all of the rec lists I have done is linked in my bio! (currently under construction)

If you would like a rec list for a specific trope, or if you would like an update on a list I have already done, send an ask! 

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Hello, I'm not sure if this is the right blog for this, but I remember reading a fic about Steve going after the Winter Soldier to avenge Sam being thrown off the helicarrier but he doesn't know it's Bucky. I can't find it now, and would appreciate your help if you know of this fic. Thanks!

Hi! That fic doesn’t sound familiar to me, but I’d love to help.

Do you remember if you read it on AO3 (if not I probably won’t be able to find it, unfortunately)? Do you remember if there was a relationship in the fic? Were there other characters that played a role, or other tropes you might remember?

Maybe someone else recognizes it?

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I haven’t been active here this whole summer, so sorry about that! I was on vacation (without wifi or data) and then I had summer classes. But now I’m back!

Send in any theme/ship/trope requests your heart desires!

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Heyy, idk if this is the right blog to be asking if u know the title of a fic that I'm looking for...

So it's a hp fic on ff.net. Harry decides to get away from everything and goes on vacation. Except he's accidentally getting really powerful or smth. Like curse breaking, defeating evil ppl and stuff. And becomes well known by his secret identity. And throughout the time he's 'in hiding' (aka travelling) he's completely oblivious to how much he's done.

Do u recognize this? I rly enjoyed it and I want to reread it. The fic was pretty funny I think

Hi! Unfortunately I don’t know much about ff.net (and therefore can’t search for anything on there). Sorry! Hopefully someone else recognizes it?

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Hi! Could you rec some of your favorite Stucky fake dating fics? Thanks!

Of course!

Because of family/friends/ex:

Get Jingle With It by mambo (M, 40K, No Powers AU, Christmas)

Bucky stands alone in a room full of Steve’s coworkers wearing a light-up Hanukkah sweater and holding a plate of terrible spinach puffs. It’s Christmas Eve, and they’ve been snowed-in, stuck with Steve’s coworkers for nearly a week at their company retreat. Steve is flirting with an asshole across the room while Bucky watches one of Steve’s overly-familiar coworkers making his way over to him, probably to ask Bucky about his sex life for the fiftieth time since this week began. Why does everyone keep asking about Bucky’s sex life? Because everyone at this terrible party thinks that he and Steve are not only a couple, but the cutest couple at this whole shindig. And that apparently makes them feel entitled to all of the information about Bucky's private life that they can get.

They aren’t entitled, and he and Steve aren't a couple. But that doesn’t mean that Steve isn’t the love of Bucky’s life.

Bucky nibbles on the edge of the nasty spinach puff and nearly gags.

Worst. Christmas. Ever.

Karma's A Fake Orgasm by daisymondays (E, 51K, College/Uni AU, Pre-Serum Steve, Slow Burn)

There’s another abandoned mug, festering with mould in the living room — Steve offically has the world's worst roommates. And complains about them. Often. Bucky, tired of his lack of action, decides it’s time to avenge Steve's sleepless nights and unsanitary conditions once and for all. They’ll pretend to be the world’s most annoying couple: excessive PDA, loud fake sex, and general repugnance. The plan sounds easy enough; it will be strictly platonic. Or will it?

Captain Fantastic and the Pineapple King by buckyfuckybarnes (T, 30K, 5+1, No Powers AU, Disaster Steve)

Shit. She hadn't noticed him yet. Maybe he could turn and leave without them noticing – Sam would understand. Sam was the most empathetic person he knew. He wouldn’t scold Steve for coming home spice-less to avoid an awkward encounter with an ex. Surely. They drew closer. Fuck. Please don't notice me, please don't notice me, please don't notice me... "Steve?" Fuck. In which Steve is saved from his ex in a grocery store, Bucky Barnes is Way Too Chill about absolutely everything, and Sam has had enough of all of these goddamn pineapples in his fucking house. Or: The five times Steve received a pineapple (and one Piña Colada) and the one time he didn't

Because of a job:

Call Boy by L1av (E, 149K, No Powers AU, Escort Steve, Sexuality Crisis)

Bucky Barnes was skyrocketing through promotions at his advertising firm. Now, a partnership position is opening and if Bucky wants to see his name on the building, he needs to impress not only Mr. Tony Stark, but his wife Pepper. To do this, it takes a team, a couple to be exact. Bucky asks his ex-wife Natasha to set him up with the perfect girl, blonde, tall, thick thighs and huge tits, but with the personality that’ll get Pepper all smiles.

What Bucky gets? Tall, blonde, thick thighs…and a penis. Can this male escort pretend to not only be Bucky’s fiance but also impress Pepper enough to win Bucky the promotion? Is he going to impress Bucky enough to get him to sleep with him?

Steve loves working for his tip.

turn back into stars by crinklefries (T, 56K, Sports AU, Enemies to Lovers, Slow Burn)

Their rivalry begins like this: they’re teenagers, skating the same circuits, competing in the same competitions. What happens is that they compete against each other for the novice boy’s title in the North Atlantic Regional Figure Skating Competition and they both somehow tie for first place. There are no ties in competition, but their scores are identical across the board.

Steve hates that Bucky took his win from him and Bucky hates that Steve thinks he won instead of tying, like the results said. The ensuing verbal scuffle had cemented what would come to be a slightly unhealthy long-term skating rivalry.

The intervening years don't help.

***

Perennial rivals since childhood, Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes face off against each other to achieve their Olympic figure skating dreams. But when bad luck and bad falls get in their way, Steve realizes there might only be one way to make it to Wakanda after all.

It's reckless and it's definitely incredibly stupid, but to win Olympic gold, these two enemies will need to come together as a pair--on the ice and off.

Songbird by chicklette (E, 70K, No Powers AU, Celebrity Bucky, Coming Out, Slow Burn)

At 43, James Barnes is a washed up old man. He’s got a dozen Grammys in the hall closet, an agent that can’t get him a deal, a decade-old case of writer’s block, a moody teen-aged daughter, and the gorgeous actress Natasha Romanova for an ex-wife. Well, one of them anyway. He’s a man who’s given up on finding joy in his life, and if it wasn’t for his kid, he’d have probably found a way to quit the world a long time ago.

Enter Steven Grant Rogers, struggling twenty-something, orphan, and someone who has no idea who Barnes is, other than some musician his mom liked a lot. The two men meet by accident, doing nothing more than passing the time in a quiet bar. But when a pap gets a shot of the two men embracing, Bucky takes it as a chance to finally come out as bisexual, and his agent makes him a proposition: Ten new songs and one very sweet boyfriend will get him a new record deal that will maybe, just maybe put him back on top.

Now all he has to do is write the songs, convince the kid, and not fall in love. Should be easy, right?

Marriage of convenience/Mutual benefit:

just say you do by biblionerd07 (T, 173K, No Powers AU, Slow Burn, Veteran Bucky, Pre-Serum Steve)

Steve just wanted a job. He wasn't expecting a marriage proposal. And he certainly wasn't expecting to accept.

Put On A Slow, Dumb Show For You by starclipped (T, 27K, No Powers AU, The Proposal AU, Enemies to Lovers)

James Buchanan Barnes is about to be deported. The only solution is to marry his assistant, Steve Rogers. It should be easy. It's not.

[The Proposal AU]

Anatomy of a Scandal by Rena (E, 31K, Regency AU, Pre-Serum Steve, Mutual Pining)

When Steve Rogers returns to Brooklyn, the marriage arranged for him having proven to be a sham, he is desperate; desperate to regain his footing in Society, desperate to secure a wealthy spouse capable of paying the costly treatments that keep his mother alive and settling his family's debts. But how is he to do that when people view him as nothing more than damaged goods, someone to be sneered at, ridiculed, looked down upon, or pitied at best?

An opportunity presents itself when Lord Barnes, the renowned carefree Casanova of Brooklyn, forgets himself during one night of drunken stupor, sending Steve a letter that flouts all laws of common decency. An agreement is soon made: in return for Steve's discretion, Lord Barnes will pretend to court him, taking him to the most fancy events of the season where Steve can be introduced to potential suitors. It all works out perfectly, until Steve comes to understand that Lord Barnes is not as pompous and self-absorbed as he believed....

You're the One That I Want by PR Zed (przed) (M, 53K, No Powers AU, Friends to Lovers, Hurt/Comfort)

"You don't have to worry about not having good health insurance," Bucky says. "I'll pay. Whatever your treatments cost, I'll pay it." He'd pay anything to save Steve.

"I can't let you do that," Steve says. "I can't let you drain your savings when we both know I'm going to die eventually anyway."

"Don't say that," Bucky says. This is a problem. He can solve problems. He solves problems at work all day. That's what he does.

And then it comes to him. The wonderful, horrible solution to this catastrophe.

"Let's get married," Bucky blurts out.

When Steve's heart starts failing, Bucky's gold standard Stark Industries health insurance gets Steve the treatment he needs. But Bucky finds that when you're secretly in love with your (maybe dying) best friend, things get a lot complicated, fast.

if i'm evil, still you're right beside me by lacunalady (E, CNTW, 105K, No Powers AU, Mob Boss Bucky, Nurse Steve)

“How can you say that?" Steve shudders, turning away. "I know the things you’re capable of. You’re not...a good person.”

There is a beat of silence after that. Steve is afraid for a moment that he’d angered a powerful man, one to whom he had his back turned. “You don't know me,” Bucky says finally, his voice very soft. "I can prove myself to you."

****

Steve Rogers didn't mean to stumble into mafia business that night--but stumble he did. After saving the life of infamous mob boss James Barnes, Steve finds himself trapped in a Brooklyn alleyway with a target on his back and nowhere to run. That is, of course, until Barnes offers him a deal; in return for saving his life, Barnes will offer him protection from Rumlow's retaliation. The twist? They have to convince the rival mob (and all of New York's juiciest tabloids) that they're madly in love.

It's a mission/they're (an) agent(s):

sometimes everything is touch and go by santanico (E, 14K, No Powers AU)

Bucky and Steve's mission is to infiltrate a suburban neighborhood as a married couple. In theory, it should be difficult, but it also kind of isn't.

Bucky hesitates. “It’s undercover. We’ve done undercover before.” He shrugs.

Steve laughs again. “This isn’t exactly the same as infiltration under the guise of being regular civilians. What is it again – what did Fury’s email say?” Steve pauses, tapping his chin with his index finger. “ ‘Mr. and Mr. Rogers are a couple who have recently moved into a neighborhood in northern Colorado. You are to maintain an image of high-standing and societal grace.’ That’s not exactly your scene, is it, Buck? Especially the part about being Mr. Rogers.”

Thirty-Eight Days and Counting by thecommodore_squid (orphan_account) (M, 40K, No Powers AU, Witness protection, Agent Steve)

It didn’t escape him that Steve shared his assumed last name. “Are you gonna be my cousin?” Bucky asked dully.

Steve frowned. “Husband, actually,” he said easily, holding up his left hand to show a typical golden band.

Bucky scowled and closed the door.

AKA An AU in which Bucky is put in the witness protection program and Steve is the agent hired to protect him/pretend to be his husband.

this city bleeds its aching heart (E, 34K, Post-Avengers, Unrequited Love)

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.

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Hi there! I've had the most stressful week....and it's only been a day ! Could really use a nice warm cozy fic! I would definitely love a good Stucky rec.

Maybe a nice long (40k+) recovery fic? What are your faves? Dazzle me! The more the domestic Stucky the better!

Thank you!

Hi!! Sorry for the delay, hopefully your week didn't get worse!

I had a little trouble with this one, because the angstier the better for me, but I have a few here. 

These are all Bucky recovering (and Steve recovering), with some fluffier than others.

Shorter than 40,000:

Need to Mean It, Concede It by hjbaltimore (M, 2K, Post-CATWS, Touch-starved Bucky, Praise Kink, HTP (but not really))

"You’re so beautiful. You’re so amazing Buck. What’d I ever do to deserve you,” he mumbled into to crook of Bucky’s neck, letting his voice drop as low it could, feeling the vibrations bounce off Bucky’s skin.

Bucky writhed underneath him. “You’re such an embarrassing sap,” he said, almost trying to sound annoyed, and failing.

Bucky just wants to have a normal sex life, one that Hydra took away to ensure a more compliant soldier. Steve just wants Bucky to be happy. When you're as starved for positive attention as Bucky is, only the gentlest touches will do.

For a prompt where Bucky can only get hard from praise and attention to non-erogenous parts of his body.

The First Rule of Book Club Is You Absolutely Talk About Book Club by Deisderium (T, 4K, Post-CATWS, POV-Outsider)

The first man to participate in Janelle's book club is a very shy long-haired guy who's probably a vet, given the prosthetic arm. She really wants the book club ladies to be his friend, and is delighted when he invites his tall blond--friend? Boyfriend? to come to book club too.

we'll eat cake by the ocean by NoStringsOnMe (T, 6K, Established Relationship)

“It’s all patience and learning, m' darlin’,” she’d say and lay a gentle kiss into his hair. “But the real special ingredient is love, you hear me, James Barnes? When you mix in your love, it turns a pauper’s meal into a king’s feast.”

|| Bucky Barnes has been to hell and back. But he's healing. Through his newly rediscovered love of cooking, he starts to come back to himself in ways he could never have anticipated.

we carry our lives around in our memories by biblionerd07 (Gen, 8K, Post-CATWS, PTSD, Memory loss)

James doesn't remember why he has a metal arm. The doctors say he had an accident and has brain damage. Sometimes he wishes he could remember. But every morning he gets to eat breakfast with his friend Steve, so it's not so bad. James thinks he and Steve might be dating, kind of. It's alright if he doesn't remember everything. Steve doesn't mind.

if you keep reaching out (then i'll keep coming back) by unicornpoe (T, 10K, Shrinkyclinks, Artist Steve, Neighbors)

“Do you mind if I work a little, Bucky?” He says Bucky’s name as often as Bucky says Steve’s, like maybe he likes the feel of it, the music of it—like maybe it’s at the top of his list, too. He’s using strong-looking hands to pick up the satchel he’d been carrying when he came over, lifting it up and sitting it on his lap. “I’m an artist, and I’ve got a couple commissions I hafta finish up here soon.”

Artist. Of course he is.

“I don’t mind,” Bucky says. He doesn’t. He likes the idea of sitting across from Steve while he works, sipping his coffee, finishing the book he was reading, and maybe looking up and meeting Steve’s eyes every now and again.

His shock-blue eyes. His eyes framed with golden lashes, like seagrass.

The Winter Soldier, and a man made of spun-strong gold.

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Artist Steve Rogers moves in next to the Winter Soldier, who has been missing from the news for two years. Steve wants to paint him more than anything.

His Unspeakable Mercies by betts (M, Violence, 15K, Modern AU, Tattoo artist Steve, Veteran Bucky, PTSD)

Natasha gestures to his shoulder. “The scars. The stump. Put some art on it.” “Oh, sure. Great idea. Point me to the magic markers and we’ll make a day of it.” “Cap the sass, Barnes. I mean like a tattoo.”

Rhapsody in Pink by the1918 (E, 28K, Post-CATWS, Dom/sub)

After being chemically castrated for the entirety of his time as Hydra’s Winter Soldier, Bucky is attempting to recover his life—with the help of his oldest and best friend—when seventy years of a denied libido suddenly comes raging back in a series of graphic hallucinations. Steve is there to help.

(Or: Bucky Barnes’s dick wakes up after a seven-decade nap. It is very interested in Steve Rogers.)

* * * Post-CA:TWS / AOU canon divergence, set at the Avengers up-state facility.

Longer than 40,000:

The Best Way to Wake by LeeHan (E, 42K, Post-CATFA, Friends to Lovers, PTSD)

James Buchanan Barnes lay in a glass pod in the middle of the table, frozen since he fell. Steve’s hands were on the glass before he realized he’d moved. “Wait, Captain!” “Get him out,” Steve whispered, his hands searching for a clasp, a keypad, something. “Captain, we need to keep him in stasis—“ “I said get him out!”

In which Bucky Barnes lay frozen in the Alps for seventy years only to be woken up a year after Steve Rogers was uncovered from the Arctic.

Citius, Altius, Fortius (Faster, Higher, Stronger) by MarcellaBianca (M, CNTW, Underage, 50K, Sports AU, Slow Burn, Friends to Lovers)

Steve Rogers. James Barnes.

One, an NHL star with dreams of finally capturing an Olympic gold medal. The other, a former World champion and Olympic silver medalist, now a current coach and choreographer for the top flight figure skaters in the Russian Federation.

But before all of that..they were Steve and Bucky.

Until they weren't.

Catchweight by notlucy (E, 56K, Shrinkyclinks, Dom/sub undertones, Falling in Love)

For the most part, Steve’s life is fine. Sure, his job is tedious, he lives with his mother, and he can’t quite get over thinking he’s wasting his potential, but maybe that’s just part of being twenty-three. Then, one day—one totally dull day—the archetypal cliche of a tall, dark, and handsome beefcake walks up to his counter, bringing with him more questions than answers, and a duffel bag full of cash.

a road less traveled by Claudia_flies, cyclamental art (cyclamental), maichan, zilia (E, CNTW, 75K, Post-Endgame, Post-Avengers, Domestic Avengers)

Steve wakes up on the cold stone floor of the foyer. He scrambles up; there’s glass shards everywhere and they crunch under his gloved hands. People are staring, holding themselves back. They must have seen the fight, must have seen two of him.

His own voice rings in his head.

“Bucky is alive!”

It’s all gone FUBAR in 2012.

There Is No Shortage of Blood by alby_mangroves, Dira Sudis (dsudis) (E, CNTW, 246K, Post-CATWS, Established Relationship, please read the tags for trigger warnings)

The long slow recovery of Bucky Barnes after his escape from HYDRA.

(And the longer, slower recovery of his sex life.)

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i have asks in my ask box and i’m going to work on them this weekend! sorry for the wait

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if anyone would like a rec list (for a ship, or a specific trope, or a fandom, etc) please send one in! i’m on break and have literally nothing to do!

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(I had to repost this because it wasn’t showing up, sorry the ask is all weird now)

Hi!

despite the threatening sky and shuddering earth (they remained) is one of my favorite fics ever, and Adjustments is fantastic as well.

However, unfortunately these are some of the only fics that I know of with this exact premise. In this list I tried to include a combination of post-CATWS fics where Bucky is taken in, and some fics where the trauma from his experiences as the Winter Soldier are treated, and some where he is at first misunderstood. Hope some of these are what you meant!

Wheels Won't Turn by hansbekhart (Steve/Bucky, M, CNTW, 15K)

There was a reason that he ran, but he doesn’t remember anymore. He was on his way to the extraction - waiting for night to fall so that he could travel inconspicuously - crouched in a hollow on the roof of an old brick building - a warehouse, maybe - and the fading light - the light caught - on a blond head down below on the street. Laughter, and a cadence to the man’s speech that sounded familiar, misplaced R’s and blurry Th’s, quarter, water, this, that, the other one.

Idioglossia by hotelmichelle (Steve/Bucky, M, CNTW, 20K, Slice of Life, Codependency, Domestic Avengers)

“James and Steve. If I have to tell you one more time to stop talking, you will be separated. Do you understand?”

Bucky stares up at Mrs. Wheatley with the face that gets him out of trouble when his ma is in a good mood. Steve becomes suddenly fascinated with his correction work. It would have been convincing enough, if their papers weren’t blank.

Or: Steve and Bucky make up a secret language

The Ungraceful Art of Falling by buckyfuckybarnes (Steve/Bucky, E, CNTW, 149K, Slow Burn, WWII era)

Bucky Barnes was cold.

He felt like he’d been cold for months now; doing nothing but experiencing one unending chill after another. He’d been cold in England, and again in Italy, and again especially in Austria – both while he was kept in an underground cell, and when he was strapped without cover to the unforgiving metal of Zola’s lab table.

But Steve… Steve Rogers was sunshine. Everything about him was warm, from his crinkly-eyed smile to his white-hot rage. Steve was Coney Island on a summer’s day; lying back on high rooftops to watch fireworks on the 4th of July; drinking stolen whiskey in his parent’s living room…

Loving Steve was a fact – simple and plain, like breathing air or bleeding red; loving Steve was soldered into his skin like a tattoo – it buzzed in his brain like its own kind of high. It was a part of who he was.

**there must have been a moment where we could have said no by magdaliny (Steve/Bucky, M, V, 154K, WS era)

The Soldier remembers this: he wakes up in the snow.

**United States v. Barnes, 617 F. Supp. 2d 143 (D.D.C. 2015) by fallingvoices, radialarch, (Steve/Bucky, T, 20K, Media fic, Social Media)

The Associated Press @AP Winter Soldier set to stand trial for Washington D.C. mass*cre and treason apne.ws/1og6SWE

**tin soldiers by idrilka (Steve/Bucky, T, 19K, Media fic, Social Media, POV Outsider)

In his 2009 book on Captain America comic books, war photography, and American propaganda, Everett claims: “There is nothing to suggest that either the graphic novels issued during the war or the photographs taken during Rogers’ stay with the Howling Commandos can serve as a basis for a queer reading of Rogers and Barnes’ relationship. But even more importantly, there is nothing to suggest that such a relationship ever existed in the first place, and as such, those queer readings are not only misguided, but also libelous” (197).

[from: Lynn E. Anderson, Captain America: Behind the Mask. Steve Rogers and the Contemporary Hero Narrative (New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012), p. 242.]

In the aftermath of Steve's return to the world of the living and the battle of New York, the academia and the Internet react.

**Ipseity series by SkyisGray (Steve/Bucky, E, V, Non-Con, Dissociative Identity Disorder, WS era)

Even the strongest personalities, when subjected to great physical, emotional, and s*xual abuses, can splinter, or dissociate.

Bucky Barnes lives a nightmare after falling from a train and being recovered by Hydra. His mind deals with the trauma by splintering into the soldier, the prisoner, the patriot, and the assassin.Years later, they team up to save Steve Rogers.

Nameless by AvaKelly (Clint/Bucky, M, V, 101K, WS era, Tattoos, Past Meetings)

A gun is pointed at him before he can even move from his position, the Soldier's metal arm steady in its aim. Clint sighs.

"Nemo," Clint says. "It's tattooed on your wrist, right here," he lifts his right hand and taps his left index finger where his palm ends.

The Soldier's eyes widen. "How do you know this?"

"I put it there."

**Nobody Lost, Nobody Found by ClaraxBarton (Clint/Bucky, E, 108K, Soulmate AU, slow burn, BAMF Clint Barton)

"Look, dude, I get it. You’re fucked-up. HYDRA fucked you up. I’ve been there. But you’re my fucking Soul Mate!"

“I can kill you. I could kill you without even realizing what I was doing. I’m not fucked-up, I’m a monster. I’m a nightmare. You can’t be here. You can’t- All the people I’ve killed- I will not murder my Soul Mate too. Not after everything else I’ve-”

Clint worked his left hand between their bodies and managed to land a punch to the man’s right side, forcing him to shift his weight, and Clint brought his right hand down on the place where the man’s metal arm met his torso - hidden by the shirt he wore, but on full display in the video Clint had watched.

The man released Clint with a grunt of pain, and Clint pressed his advantage, landing another punch to his abdomen, backing him up against the opposite side of the RV and then pressing the kitchen knife he had pocketed while cleaning up earlier to the man’s throat.

“Like I said, I’m not a Boy Scout. I’m plenty dangerous myself. We clear on that?”

OR: This looks bad, because it is.

OR: How Clint Barton met his Soul Mate

**I'll Keep You Safe Here With Me. by sara_holmes (Clint/Bucky, M, CNTW, BAMF Clint Barton, PTSD)

Yes, Clint is avoiding the other Avengers. No, he does not want to go back to New York. But then again, he didn't exactly want to be kidnapped by the Winter Soldier either. Really, he just wants to go back to bed.

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hi Liv! I know you're not doing reclists anymore but I was just wondering if you've done any recs where Harry and Draco were so deeply in love with each other that they'd die for each other and do anything for each other, regardless of the consequences? hope you have a great week :) !

Hi anon! Unfortunately nothing comes to mind right now, I’ll leave this one to my followers :)

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This fic comes to mind!

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

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AYO i'm gonna ask u for some kinky drarry fics this time 👀 i don't care who tops or bottoms so have at this prompt !! - jae x

here you go!

Dom/sub or power play

Higher and Higher (Temptation) by birdsofshore (EWE, 28K, E, Auror Harry, Curse Breaker Draco)

Only Harry Potter could manage to put on a magical collar on impulse and find himself unable to take it off again. Now following Draco’s direct orders gives him intense pleasure, and Draco has a whole heap of troubles to deal with, not least the way Potter looks when the collar has him gasping with bliss. The whole situation would test the morals of a saint... and Draco’s no saint.

Sex, Lies, and Veritaserum by lettered (EWE, 17K, E, kink negotiation, established relationship)

This entire fic is one long conversation about sex.

**Far From The Tree by aideomai (8th year, 112K, E, CNTW, Time Travel, Secret Relationship)

The arrival of Harry Potter’s children—snapped back in time, the children themselves guessed, twenty or so years—was the most interesting thing to happen at Hogwarts for years.

Inside Your Mind by lazywonderland (8th year, 36K, E, first time, PTSD)

Goyle's taken it upon himself to act as Malfoy's personal, one-man guard and Harry can't help but feel like it's only making the bullying worse.

(Not) In Control by loveglowsinthedark (EWE, 4K, E, established relationship)

He doesn’t question it, Harry, when Draco doesn’t relinquish his grip on Harry’s wrists, willingly tipping his head back and sighing with each laving suck Draco bites into his neck, little tremors wracking him by the time Draco lifts ruthless teeth off his thoroughly bruised throat.

“Keep your hands here, hm?” Draco cajoles, finally releasing his wrist, and Harry blinks, a tiny crease appearing between his bushy eyebrows, the slight haze of intoxication still evident in his eyes despite the shower, but keeps his hands, palms up, on either side of his head. Draco smiles softly, nuzzling his jaw before gnawing his way up, stubble scratching his lips and tongue, and running the tip of his nose around the curve of Harry’s ear. “Sometimes you’re not in control, Harry. And that’s okay.”

Tonight, Draco takes the reins; Harry yields, willingly.

**If an Injury Is to Be Inflicted by shealwaysreads (onereader) (EWE, 44K, E, Violence, BAMF Harry, BAMF Draco, Morally Grey Characters, Dark Characters)

If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.

Harry Potter disappeared a year after the Battle of Hogwarts, and with him went all hope for true change in magical Britain.

Three years later, Draco indulges himself and attends his first Dog Fight—the infamous underground fights with no rules, no referee, and no points system bar blood on the floor. The game was simple: you win, or you die.

A glint of green amidst the blood-red changes everything.

Other

The Invisible Man by Faith Wood (faithwood) (EWE, 9K, E, Voyeurism)

Sometimes unforeseen side effects aren't the worst thing that can happen to a person.

I Feel You (8th year, 23K, M, Hate sex, dub con)

Harry and Draco take a potion that is supposed to link their hearts together, but end up connecting a different type of organ entirely.

**In Pieces by dysonrules (EWE, 85K, Ghost Sex, Professor Harry)

Harry returns to Hogwarts as the new DADA instructor, only to find his teaching efforts thwarted by a very familiar ghost.

Aural Gratification by birdsofshore (EWE, 10K, E, aural kink, coming out)

Harry's not gay – he just likes listening to exciting stories about Aurors. It's not his fault that the narrator's voice is so smooth, so expressive... and really rather hot.

Career choices: Harry: Ministry of Magic desk job; Draco: m/m romance narrator

Like Cinderella, But With Cock by loveglowsinthedark (EWE, 8K, E, PWP, Humor)

”Oh, shit,” he groans, “This is like Cinderella, isn’t it?! Like Cinderella, but with cock. Cock instead of slippers.”

Where Harry’s hexed so that he can’t lose his erection until he sleeps with his soulmate. If only those were easier to find.

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Hellooo, I will love you forever if you could rec me some post war Drarry fics (any trope will do just no kids pls) that also really explore the wizarding world in depth. Thank you💕

I tried to rec fics that particularly intrigued me regarding worldbuilding/magic theory, but some may have those as less of a focus than others. (check out my Drarry favorites list which has other fics with fantastic world building!)

As always, a ** signifies a favorite

(while making this list I completely forgot that “post-war” also included 8th year. Oops. You can find more 8th year fics in the rest of my Drarry rec lists, which can be found in my masterlist!)

Let us begin!

**Tea and No Sympathy by who_la_hoop (E, 70K, Time loop, time travel, coming out)

It's Potter's fault, of course, that Draco finds himself trapped in the same twenty-four-hour period, repeating itself over and over again. It's been nearly a year since the unpleasant business at Hogwarts, and Draco's getting on with his life quite nicely, thank you, until Harry sodding Potter steps in and ruins it all, just like always. At first, though, the time loop seems liberating. For the first time in his life, he can do anything, say anything, be anything, without consequence. But the more Draco repeats the day, the more he realises the uncomfortable truth: he's falling head over heels for the speccy git. And suddenly, the time loop feels like a trap. For how can he ever get Harry to love him back when time is, quite literally, against him?

Cool world building elements: magical theory, muggle/wizard relations, post-war life

Higher and Higher (Temptation) by birdsofshore (E, 28K, Dom/sub undertones, Auror Harry, Curse Breaker Draco)

Only Harry Potter could manage to put on a magical collar on impulse and find himself unable to take it off again. Now following Draco’s direct orders gives him intense pleasure, and Draco has a whole heap of troubles to deal with, not least the way Potter looks when the collar has him gasping with bliss. The whole situation would test the morals of a saint... and Draco’s no saint.

Cool world building elements: magical artifacts and wizarding jobs

**Soup-pocalypse and The Great Curry Cataclysm by SquadOfCats (E, 104K, Veela Draco, Enemies to Lovers, Auror Harry)

Eleven years after the war, Draco Malfoy leads a quiet, boring, and perfectly respectable life, thanks very much. Or, at least he does, until a sudden and very unexpected veela awakening causes him to throw soup all over Harry Potter in the middle of the Ministry cafeteria.

Cool world building elements: Veelas, life in the Ministry of Magic

Nearly Lost Things, Carefully Tended by SquadOfCats (E, 46K, Slow burn)

Three years after the war, Harry is lost, drifting, and feeling left behind. In an effort to get control of his life, he commits to cleaning out Grimmauld Place top-to-bottom and forcing it to be a home, whether it likes it or not. The rotten old house is stuffed full of antiques, and Harry is shocked to discover none other than Draco Malfoy running the local antique shop. Malfoy is polite -- too polite, and Harry soon finds himself with a mission: to annoy and bother Malfoy with the most hideous, absurd antiques he can find. But along the way, Harry comes to appreciate Draco, his work, and the power of connecting to the people who came before him. It's a hard lesson, but Harry learns that if he wants to build a future, he has to reconnect to his past, and Draco might just be the one to help him do it.

Cool world building elements: Grimmauld Place, magical artifacts

I could be wrong, I could be ready by harryromper (M, 57K, Angst, Pining)

At first Harry wonders if they’ve managed to destroy his vaults and are trying to tell him in the most oblique way possible. But when he turns the page he realises they’ve found a vault. A vault in the name of Lily and James Potter.

The parchment trembles a little in Harry’s hand. He takes another gulp of wine.

Harry Potter left Britain after the war and didn’t look back. Ten years later, when Gringotts discovers a vault containing his parents’ belongings—including their badly spell-damaged wedding rings—he’s forced to face up to friends and family who’ve grown in ways he could never imagine, a wizarding London rebuilt beyond his expectations, and the anniversary of the Battle of Hogwarts. And if that wasn’t enough, there’s the entirely unforeseen problem of Draco Malfoy.

Featuring pureblood wizarding traditions, ancestral magic, open mic nights, marriage equality, a diner in Brooklyn, and the return of Fleamont Potter.

Cool world building elements: magical theory, Pureblood culture, wizarding traditions, house magic

**If an Injury Is to Be Inflicted by shealwaysreads (onereader) (E, 44K, Graphic Descriptions of Violence, BAMF Harry, BAMF Draco, Morally Grey Characters, Dark Characters)

If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.

Harry Potter disappeared a year after the Battle of Hogwarts, and with him went all hope for true change in magical Britain.

Three years later, Draco indulges himself and attends his first Dog Fight—the infamous underground fights with no rules, no referee, and no points system bar blood on the floor. The game was simple: you win, or you die.

A glint of green amidst the blood-red changes everything.

Cool world building elements: Wizarding politics and conspiracies, house magic, wizarding underground world

**you've got the antidote for me by Kandakicksass (M, CNTW, 20K, Soulmate AU, Terminal Illness, Angst with a happy ending)

When Harry Potter unintentionally severs their soulbond before it can fully form, Draco Malfoy resigns himself to a slow death and decides not to burden Harry with a soulmate he's made it very clear he doesn't want.

He's never been selfless before, but for Harry, he can try.

Cool world building elements: soulmates, wizarding jobs, post-war life

**In Pieces by dysonrules (M, CNTW, 85K, Enemies to Lovers, Professor Harry, Ghost Draco)

Harry returns to Hogwarts as the new DADA instructor, only to find his teaching efforts thwarted by a very familiar ghost.

Cool world building elements: magical theory, Hogwarts

**Running On Air by eleventy7 (T, 74K, Mystery, slow burn)

Draco Malfoy has been missing for three years. Harry is assigned the cold case and finds himself slowly falling in love with the memories he collects.

Cool world building elements: magical theory

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HELLO HELLO!!!! any fic recs along the lines of "severus snape adopts harry potter" or found family type of fics like that? 👀 -jae 🤍

hi! I haven't read any fics where snape adopts harry, but I do have some HP found family fics!

Draco/Harry

The Nightmare Club by Elle Gray (Elle_Gray) @diligent-thunder (8th Year, E, 85K, Fake/Pretend relationship, Secret Relationship, PTSD, Coming Out)

Hermione and Ron are going back to Hogwarts to do N.E.W.T.s, Ginny isn't. Harry hasn't decided, until he has, in front of the Wizengamot and now he's responsible for Malfoy as well. A tale of enemies who learn to get along, get it wrong and get it on. Everything is purple, some things are on fire and no-one is sleeping properly. But don't worry, there's tea!

Evitative by Vichan (5th year, T, 222K, Re-Sorting, Slytherin Harry)

In the summer before his fifth year at Hogwarts, Harry is drawn to a room in Grimmauld Place. Like the Gryffindor he is, he enters the room without fear. The room is a library, and Harry is surprised to find that he’s eager to learn.

Then he gets the bad news: he’s been accidentally expelled from Hogwarts, and he needs to be sorted again. Everyone is confident that he’ll go straight back to Gryffindor, but with what he's been learning, Harry’s not so sure.

Nice Things by aideomai (8th year, M, 22K, CNTW, PTSD, Drug Use)

The first thing that happened was Theodore Nott came back from France.

Hermione Granger's Hogwarts Crammer for Delinquents on the Run by waspabi @waspabi (Canon Div, T, 93K)

'You're a wizard, Harry' is easier to hear from a half-giant when you're eleven, rather than from some kids on a tube platform when you're seventeen and late for work.

Golden Age by zeitgeistic (8th year, M, 52K, Re-Sorting, Hufflepuff Harry, Magic Theory)

The Celtic druids once made a decision that kept magic in abundance in Britannia, but they couldn’t account for the technological advances Muggles would make centuries later. Now magic is dying on the isles, and this is not a dark lord that Harry can fight. OR: Harry Potter doesn’t save the world this time, but he does get a lot of hugs.

The one where all of the 7th and 8th years are re-sorted and this fic becomes a love song to Hufflepuff.

Soup-pocalypse and The Great Curry Cataclysm by SquadOfCats (EWE, E, 104K, Veela Draco, Enemies to Lovers)

Eleven years after the war, Draco Malfoy leads a quiet, boring, and perfectly respectable life, thanks very much. Or, at least he does, until a sudden and very unexpected veela awakening causes him to throw soup all over Harry Potter in the middle of the Ministry cafeteria.

Neville/Draco

Trying by aideomai (EWE, T, 11K, Drug Use)

Neville had hoped when he left Hogwarts that he’d never have to see Draco Malfoy again; he’d barely even seen him in that last, terrible year, when Malfoy had dropped out somewhere around the Easter term. But then Harry, Ron, and Hermione came back from their delayed seventh year and with them, pale and sneering and sharp-tongued as ever, came Malfoy.

[froggie-recs-fics]

How about a winterion fic rec- preferably post cw and anti the rest of team cap? I loooove those (also wanted to say thank you for what you do! Happy holidays! ♥️)

Aw it is completely my pleasure! And thank you <3!

Honestly, I don't read many anti-team Cap fics, but I have some winteriron post-CW fic recs. I'll organize them the best I can! All of these are post-CW :)

Thanks for sending in a request!

Anti-Team Cap

Changing Fate by Wix (T, CNTW, 27K, pre-slash, Time Travel)

Tony dies in Siberia under the hands of Captain America, but fate doesn't leave it there. He opens his eyes several years earlier amidst the threat of Loki's invasion and the first assembling of the 'Avengers'. Tony may not understand why he got this second chance, but he's going to do better with it - and he's decided that he's going to share it. With a Winter Soldier who could really use a different hand than he was dealt.

Never let it be said that fate doesn't have a sense of humor.

Forms of Love by bear_bell (E, 33K, Dissociative Identity (WS and Bucky are different people))

Months after the Avengers' dispute in Germany, the team returns to the US and moves back into the tower. As always, everyone pretends that nothing happened. Tony is just fine with this. He's used to pretending, and he'll be damned if he lets any of them see him flinch.

Tony's the bad guy, after all. He's used to it. He's fine with it. He's good at it.

Only now, there's something far worse loitering around the tower - The Winter Soldier. No one notices the guy at first, but when they do, Tony figures that he should have the soldier's back.

Birds of a feather should flock together, and the bad guys should start a book club.

The Mistletoe Kiss Polka by RayShippouUchiha @rayshippouuchiha (M, 11K, Angst, Holiday)

“That’s a damn shame,” Tony says, voice practically dripping with insincerity. He has zero interest in playing whatever party game Wilson’s come up with in order to try and boost team morale.

Tony already knows how well that particular situation would likely play out if he was involved.

“They engaged in the game known as Secret Santa,” FRIDAY keeps going. “Since you were not available the last name in the pot was to be assigned to you automatically.”

“Of course it was,” Tony waves a hand absently in the air around him. “Look FRI you can pick whatever for whoever I’m getting saddled with and be done with it. Just … throw some money at them or something. I don’t actually care.”

“Actually, Boss,” FRIDAY cuts in. “I believe you’re going to want to handle this one on your own.”

Just Let Me Breathe by ali_aliska (M, 9K, Hanahaki Disease, Friends to Lovers, Angst)

James didn’t notice the first itch in his throat, too enamored by the sight of Tony, too distracted by his selfish wishes to have this man’s love.

He didn’t realize this would be the end until the first red petal fell from his lips.

A Tug in the Right Direction by ali_aliska (T, 8K, Polyamory, Dissociative Identity (WS and Bucky are different people))

On his way home, Tony finds an injured stray in an alley and despite his best intentions, ends up adopting the dog.

As dogs tend to do, the newest furry Compound resident makes everyone’s lives just a little bit brighter (unless one dares to wish harm upon Tony), up to and including throwing off the whole betting pool and accomplishing what the rest of the team had been unable to do in regards to the three pining idiots.

Team Cap Neutral or Positive

It was Never Just Coffee by TheSopherfly @sopherfly (G, 2K, Fluff)

Bucky starts making Tony coffee. Really good coffee. Finally, Tony asks why.

Winter Wooer by salytierra @fakesheep-luna-blog (M, 8K, Polyamory, Dissociative Identity (WS and Bucky are different people))

Winter may not be the most pleasant guy to live or share your body with, but he isn't nearly as destructive as everybody expected him to be either. He likes to brood in the corners, watch British TV, and freak people out. And Tony. He really, really likes Tony Stark. There's just one problem – Bucky's pretty sure he doesn't feel the same way about the guy.

The only thing you need to know about this story is that no matter how much you like winteriron, you'll never ship them as much as Steve ships them here.

Four Strings and Second Chances by Vashoth (M, Violence, 35K, Fix-it, Angst)

It was reluctance to let one of his finest inventions ever out of his grasp that made him take a couple days over a week to send the arm to Pepper’s office. But all things considered, Tony figured that sending finest prosthetic that had ever come into existence--literally grasping an olive branch--was one of the classiest gifts he’d ever given. He’d included a note and everything. ‘Barnes,

Can help with installation. Or not. Up to you. --Stark'

[froggie-recs-fics]

if anyone would like a rec list (for a ship, or a specific trope, or a fandom, etc) please send one in! i’m on break and have literally nothing to do!

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HELLO can i have drarry enemies to lovers fic recs 🤌 preferably not too angsty and maybe while they’re still in hogwarts!!! ty!! - jae 🤍

Of course my darling

I've split this up between Hogwarts-era and 8th-year era (and some post-War era fics that I included just because I love them so much)

** means its one of my all-time favorite fics :)

Hogwarts-Era

Timeshare by astolat @astolat (M, CNTW, 14K, Forced Bonding)

“It’s not for long,” Hermione said. “By the time we get back to Hogwarts, the Unfettering Brew will be ready.”

“Listen to you!” Ron said. “He’s got to get through a month with the Dursleys and a month at Malfoy Manor. With Draco Malfoy.”

“Yeah, thanks,” Harry said, because he hadn’t just spent the last week contemplating just how much more horrible his summer holidays were about to be than they’d ever been before.

**And I Know the Spark by firethesound @firethesound (E, Violence, 15K, Angst, Secret Relationship)

Review here

All Draco cares about is keeping Potter alive, and he’ll do whatever it takes to make sure that happens.

I know you said no angst but I'm going to ignore you just this once and rec this because it is *chefs kiss*

**Bond by AnnaFugazzi (M, 173K, Forced Bonding)

Review here

I started to write this before HBP came out, and crossed my fingers that HBP wouldn't make it totally non-canon. No such luck, I'm afraid. This, therefore, is an AU story, where (SPOILER) still teaches (SPOILER), (SPOILER) didn't try to (SPOILER), (SPOILER) didn't succeed in (SPOILER), (SPOILER) never dated (SPOILER), and most importantly, (MAJOR ENDING SPOILERS) never happened.

Hee. I think I had a little too much fun writing the above ;)

So this starts around the end of September of an AU seventh year. I was also assuming that Lucius Malfoy wouldn't be in prison very long, what with his various connections with influential people, so he's here too.

8th-Year

Something I Don't Want to Stop by traintracks (E, 16K)

It's Harry and Draco's eighth year, the Houses have been all but demolished in favor of unity, and they're being forced to room together. How ever will they cope?

It takes 36 Questions to fall in love. by gnarf @gnarf (E, 14K)

After returning to Hogwarts for their 8th year, Harry and Draco can't seem to stop fighting, much to the irritation of staff and students alike. Their last fight escalated and Harry and Draco are forced to room together by a pretty angry Headmistress. They will have to stay in their new quarters until they overcome their differences.

But it wouldn’t be McGonagall if she didn’t have a plan. To help them achieve this goal (and to save everyone else from going crazy because of them) she gave them a charmed parchment that will ask a series of personal questions.

Over the next couple of days they'll learn much more about each other than they could ever have imagined.

**Hungry by birdsofshore (M, 24K, Forced Bonding)

Review here

The first thing Harry knew about it was when he woke up lying on a bed in the hospital wing, with his arm firmly stuck to the scrawny, milk-white arm of Draco bloody Malfoy.

I Feel You (M, CNTW, 23K)

Harry and Draco take a potion that is supposed to link their hearts together, but end up connecting a different type of organ entirely.

**Lumos by birdsofshore (E, 41K, forced proximity)

Review here

Harry never expected to spend eighth year listening to Draco Malfoy wanking.

**Mental by sara_holmes @captn-sara-holmes (M, 186K, forced bonding, legilimency)

Review here

Harry has had quite enough of sharing his mind with someone else, thankyouverymuch. A miscast Legilimecy spell says otherwise.

Golden Age by zeitgeistic @lol-zeitgeistic (M, 52K, Re-sorting, Magic Lore)

The Celtic druids once made a decision that kept magic in abundance in Britannia, but they couldn’t account for the technological advances Muggles would make centuries later. Now magic is dying on the isles, and this is not a dark lord that Harry can fight. OR: Harry Potter doesn’t save the world this time, but he does get a lot of hugs.

The one where all of the 7th and 8th years are re-sorted and this fic becomes a love song to Hufflepuff.

Strange Bathfellows by bixgirl1 @bixgirl1 (E, 27K, Forced proximity)

It started with a bath. Or a potions accident. Or maybe it started before that, but who can tell anymore.

Featuring: Uncomfortable wanking, more comfortable wanking, mutual wanking, bath sharing, inappropriate betting, secret shagging, those secrets at Hogwarts that everyone knows, and oblivious Harry who knows one thing: he's falling in love.

**Dwelling by aideomai (T, 83K)

Curses, James and Lily Potter ride again, several Ministry balls, a teenage Summer of Love, a grim young adult dystopian winter, a few different Draco Malfoys, secrets and the problems re: not having any, alternate lives, impossible lives, real lives, allusions to Dirty Dancing, and just because it's not called the Mirror of Erised doesn't mean you shouldn't know better.

Holy shit this fic is amazing and it fucked me up I was virtually catatonic after reading it please read it right away

Post-War

**Waiting By An Open Door by Femme (femmequixotic), noeon (noe) (E, 29K)

Review here

Draco starts following Potterwatch secretly during the War. He wishes Potter would come save him too. But that sort of thing only happens in fairy tales, and Malfoys don't get fairy tale endings, do they?

**Nero su bianco by zuzallove @zuzallove (E, 40K, slow burn, epistolary)

Review here

September 1997. Hogwarts is under the regime of Voldemort and the Carrows. Finding himself alienated by both his friends and his supposed enemies, Draco puts quill to parchment, and writes letters. He addresses them to the only person he can think of, as Hogwarts rapidly falls into chaos and ruin: Harry Potter. He goes to great lengths to ensure the letters are never discovered, and he’s pretty certain he’s done a great job. Until the day of his trial.

**Tea and No Sympathy by who_la_hoop (E, 70K, Time Loop, Coming Out)

Review here

It's Potter's fault, of course, that Draco finds himself trapped in the same twenty-four-hour period, repeating itself over and over again. It's been nearly a year since the unpleasant business at Hogwarts, and Draco's getting on with his life quite nicely, thank you, until Harry sodding Potter steps in and ruins it all, just like always. At first, though, the time loop seems liberating. For the first time in his life, he can do anything, say anything, be anything, without consequence. But the more Draco repeats the day, the more he realises the uncomfortable truth: he's falling head over heels for the speccy git. And suddenly, the time loop feels like a trap. For how can he ever get Harry to love him back when time is, quite literally, against him?