What better way to celebrate Steve’s birthday than with a Stucky Fandom Classics fic rec? :DDD (Edit: ok. I’m late. But I started it on July 4th so it counts!). I also made this list because it was requested a few times in my ask box.
Disclaimer: there’s no official criteria to qualify what constitutes a “Classic” or not. Of course, kudos and hits on ao3 count for a lot to determine a fic’s popularity, but not necessarily its quality. Although again, quality is subjective! So TDLR: take this list with a grain of salt :)
Without further ado, here are some Classic Stucky fanfics! :D
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Mistake on the Part of Nature by idiopathicsmile
In which an American icon is mourned. But probably not the one you’re thinking of.
Can you believe this is the Stucky fic with the most kudos? XD Not much plot, but quite fun :P I couldn’t not put it there!
United States v. Barnes, 617 F. Supp. 2d 143 (D.D.C. 2015) by fallingvoices, radialarch
The Associated Press @AP
Winter Soldier set to stand trial for Washington D.C. massacre and treason
The format is interesting, unique, and despite the fragmented nature of a media fic, there’s a great narrative link throughout!
I love you like rlb by tolieawake
In which Tony goes insane trying to figure out why that phrase affects the Cap so much, Bucky teases the press, and Steve and Bucky love each other like rlb.
Why isn’t “I love you like rlb” as famous as “womb to tomb sweetheart”???
4 Minute Window by Speranza
“Rogers goes off the grid for more than four minutes, I want to know about it—and I want a team standing by, armed and ready to take the Winter Soldier down.“
Ain’t No Grave (Can Keep My Body Down) by spitandvinegar
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.
I AM SORRY FOR SHOOTING YOU.
Steve sits down hard on the steps.
A Long Winter by dropdeaddream, WhatAreFears
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.
what would a stucky fic rec be without NEC, duh.
This, You Protect by owlet
The mission resets abruptly, from objective: kill to objective: protect
Forever one of the best post-WS fics!
If They Haven’t Learned Your Name by silentwalrus
Basically this is a murder comedy feat. Avengers, assholes, weirdness and a very angry Bucky serving sweet, sweet revenge.
Idk if I’m biased because it’s probably one of my favorite fics, but this writer is just so fucking hilarious, I can’t get over it!!!
The Night War: 60th Anniversary Edition bypraximeter (Zimario)
In 1947, Master Sergeant James B. Barnes’s surviving field journals were posthumously published as the classic war memoir The Night War. Now a high school history classroom mainstay and required reading at West Point, this highly anticipated 60th Anniversary Edition presents the original, unedited text alongside detailed historical notes that provide important context to the extraordinary wartime heroics of Captain America and the Howling Commandos.
I was going through all the Stucky fics by kudos and I gave up on finding this one on page 30. What the hell guys? Do you know what masterpiece you’re all sleeping on?!? I’ll keep saying it, this fic is so goddamn underrated, at least in numbers. Everyone who’s read it has probably fallen in love with it. This is pretty much the ultimate canon fic, and that’s why it’s a classic to me.
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God this is a lot harder than I thought it would be??? so I’m gonna stop there.
But I wanna give an honorable mention to some writers who aren’t on this list but who consistently write some amazing stucky fics: boopboop (@boopifer), OhCaptainMyCaptain (@ohcaptainmycaptain1918) , biblionerd07 (@biblionerd07), relenafanel (@relenafanel), Kellyscams (@thebestpersonherelovesbucky) , Nonymos (@thattaway), BetteNoire (WeAreWolves) ( @bettenoire) , cleo4u2 (@cleo4u2) & xantissa (@xantissa) , thepinupchemist (@sergeantscarlett) , thecommodore_squid ( @thecommodoresquid), Quarra (@quarra), L1av (@buckmebxrnes), spoffyumi (@spoffyumi), debwalsh (@debwalsh)
If you have any other fics that you consider “classics”, add them in the comments! :)
romaincrisis
jbbartram-illu
titsay
blakekathryn
2087
areudirty
turnnoffyourmind
dailybridgerton
jacobvanloon
