Sam x Bucky
©haflacky
***So everything by napricot (ao3) is sambucky required reading, but the below are my favs.
still feel the pull of you
Rating - Mature
Word Count - 44,382
Summary - "The frantic pulse of fear doesn’t ease until Sam catches sight of Barnes for the first time since the end of the battle: he’s dirty and disheveled, and still, somehow, impossibly, the best thing Sam’s ever seen. The gallop of Sam’s heart slows, and the tightness in his lungs eases so suddenly that it’s like he’s gone buoyant, ready to float away without the help of any wings. Barnes turns as if he can sense Sam looking at him, and when he meets Sam’s eyes, he smiles, and it’s the brightest damn thing on this battlefield, a shock of sweetness in the midst of so much dark bitterness and confusion. Sam smiles back, giddy with joy and relief.
He thinks, thank God Bucky’s okay.
Then he thinks, wait, what the fuck?"
After realizing there are some unexpected side effects for those who've been brought back to life after the Snap, Sam and Bucky slowly but surely learn that if they want to be loved, they must submit to the mortifying ordeal of being known [via soul bond].
Status - Complete
Comments - soulmate/bonded trope done well is my everything.
when you sneak into a wake and you see a beefcake
Rating - Explicit
Word Count - 8,775
Summary - "Sam is pretty damn sure that spend a not insignificant amount of time thirsting after your best friend’s best friend is nowhere on the list of right ways to grieve, and he’s near certain that have wild, life-affirming, bad decisions sex with your best friend’s best friend is not a well-adjusted thing to want to do after a funeral.
"aka Sam's Bad Post-Funeral, Post-Coming Back from the Dead Decisions, and how they might not be so bad after all.
Status - One-Shot
we're awesome, totally genius
Rating - Teen
Word Count - 3,920
Summary - At this point, Sam’s scanning the coffeeshop for an exit strategy from this terrible date; maybe he can trip a customer into spilling coffee on one of them, or pretend like he’s seen a friend, something, anything. His eye lands on the white guy sitting at the table behind Mike, directly in Sam’s line of sight, but not visible to Mike himself. And okay, hello, stranger. He’s gorgeous, and he’s looking up from the stack of papers on his table, right at Sam. Hot Stranger’s thick-lashed blue eyes are wide, and a pen is dangling from his fingers as if the nonsense happening at Sam’s table has shocked him into interrupting his work.
What the fuck, mouths Hot Stranger.
Sam's on a first date that starts weird and only gets weirder. Thankfully, there's a hot bystander who's ready to be a hero and save Sam from the horrors of app-based dating.
Status - One-Shot AU. Meet-Cute.
***all of notcaycepollard is also a must for this ship (ao3), and i do mean ALL, but the below four are my favs.
you touch me within and so i (know i could be human once again)
Rating - Explicit
Word Count - 12,444
Summary - It’s inevitable, the way it goes. He’s my friend, Steve says, and he is, he is, he must be. Sam’s best friend is Steve, and Steve’s best friend is a werewolf, that’s just how Sam’s life works now.But once he realizes he’s attracted to Bucky and Bucky can tell, everything becomes, like, a thousand percent more difficult to negotiate. Sam’s just trying to live his life, that’s all, and he keeps getting confronted by Bucky Barnes in a soft flannel shirt, sleeves rolled up, hair all soft and shiny. Bucky glances over at him and smirks, and this is really very embarrassing, how Sam can’t hide his attraction even if he keeps a totally straight face.
Status - Long One-Shot
Comment - so um. this fic made me sweat. because it’s hot. like scorching hot.
we could jump the state lines (we only get the one life)
Rating - Mature
Word Count - 33,533
Summary - It starts in Paris.
“You can’t steal things just because you like them,” Sam tells Bucky, feeling innately that this is a losing battle, and Bucky cocks his head to the side, considers Sam very thoughtfully.
“Really,” he says. “I’m stealing you, aren’t I?”
Status - Long One-Shot
Comments - bittersweet.
warm blood (feels good, i can't control it anymore)
Rating - Mature
Word Count - 4,492
Summary - Sam's just chilling watching TV one evening when Bucky comes in and stares at him silently for a minute or two before sitting down on the couch. He's pretty close to Sam.
Okay, he's really close to Sam. Like, Sam would be using the word 'cuddling' if it wasn't so bizarre.
"What," he says, carefully not looking at Bucky, and Bucky huffs a sigh.
"Steve's not here," he says as if it's obvious. "Don't make it weird. Just- shut up."
Status - One-Shot
from winter, a boundless spring
Rating - Mature
Word Count - 21,063
Summary - Steve looks around and Sam suddenly sees what he's seeing. Even though Sam built that damn bookcase Bucky's still got a habit of leaving his books lying around in piles, Virginia Woolf and Murakami and the shitty scifi pulps he still loves all in stacks together, glasses abandoned on top of them. The cats are sprawled out sleepy over an afghan Nat knitted - the only afghan Nat ever knitted, because she picks up skills and drops them depending on who she's being that month - and Sam's Arabic homework is strewn across the coffee table, a coffee mug set down on top of it. Oh. Oh jesus. It's not Bucky that Steve wants, it’s not even just them, it's this, all of this, and how could he not. What they've built, it's goddamn gorgeous.
You can, he thinks, you could, we’d give you this if you let us, and he doesn’t know how to say it. Doesn’t know what Steve would do if he did.
Status - Complete
***ok. so if you want stomach clenching sambucky feels, read ALL fic by @glittercake (ao3). The below four are my favs:
Like Soldiers Do
Rating - Explicit
Word Count - 14,319
Summary - Their relationship is a beautiful secret they keep; it's something only the two of them revel in. And before they even started this thing, they agreed it wasn't something anyone needed to know.
Here they're just Sam and Bucky; they're colleagues who are roommates and kind of get along. It's been fun keeping it up. There's a delicious thrill in hiding it, as well as a particular, terrifying fear they both share
Status - Complete
take it easy, baby (make it last all night)
Rating - Explicit
Word Count - 5,176
Summary - "Get on your knees."
"Make me." Comes Sam's reply. Like a symphony, a language all their own. Permission to proceed.
The sudden snap of Bucky's leather belt against the tile resounds brutally through their apartment.
"I said, on your knees, Captain."
And with a sly, satisfied, lopsided smirk, Sam goes down.
Status - One-Shot
Comments - i still think about this fic. a lot. quite possibly the hottest fic i’ve ever read in my life. NSFW!!
Back to you
Rating - Explicit
Word Count - 2,414
Summary - "I, uh, know you," Sam says, "In the future." Bucky looks at him intrigued. "In another life, no one saved you from that fall."
Bucky laughs like he's not shocked at all, "I always knew I wouldn't make it home from this war."
OR
Sam goes on a rescue mission... in 1944
Status - One-Shot
Comments - i am weak for the time-travel trope. esp when done well.
did you butt dial me, 'coz that ass is calling
Rating - Explicit
Word Count - 2,286
Summary - Steve orders them a round of shots, and the barman refills their drinks. He throws the tequila back like a pro, and they tap their glasses on the bar with a laughing grimace.
Cute Stranger glances sideways, raises his drink at Steve, and Sam.
Steve nods at him, grinning, and pokes Sam in the ribs. Sam elbows him back and smiles courteously at the guy before turning away.
Status - One-Shot AU. Meet-Cute.
a snowball running
Rating - Teen
Word Count - 2,301
Summary - Bucky shrugs with one shoulder, the good shoulder. He’s not really sure how to explain that he doesn’t like the guy because he was talking to Sam, making him laugh- that that should’ve been Bucky. Even as he thinks it, it sounds ridiculous. He has no claim over Sam, and really, it shouldn’t matter who’s making Sam laugh, just so long as he’s happy. God, Bucky wants him to be happy.
Status - One-Shot
kind of faded but i feel alright
Rating - teen
Word Count - 2,563
Summary - Bucky pushes off the frame to stand up straight. “What if I share?” he asks. He’s going along with this stupid charade - like he actually got caught doing something he’s not supposed to be doing - and he’s doing it with a devious smile, like this was his plan all along.
“Are you trying to bribe me with drugs?” Sam asks, just to keep the banter going.
“Just offering to help you feel good,” Bucky says and Sam is about to ask exactly what he means by that - hello, innuendo - when Bucky moves forward and pulls Sam’s shirt up to reveal the gash in his left side. “This can’t feel nice.”
(Or: Winter Falcon + shotgunning)
Status - Long One-Shot
A Dangerous Lifestyle
Rating - Explicit
Word Count - 18,666
Summary - They're fugitives, on the run from not one but several of the most powerful and dangerous organizations in the world. And that's not even what's going to be the death of Sam.
(It's Bucky. Bucky is going to be the death of Sam.)
Status - Complete
act of love
Rating - Mature
Word Count - 3,078
Summary - Bucky closes his eyes and presses a kiss to Sam's forehead. He doesn't have many positive feelings about God anymore. He doesn't know if he even believes anymore. But if he did, he'd be sure that God sent Sam straight from heaven.
Status - Complete
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