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[pipermae144]

Wrote a WinterGhost story for @ao3herbittersweetness as a thank you for all their kindness and support! I also wanted to write a story that's set in Secret Wars (while also assuming they both survive Doomsday lol) that's more positive/forward-looking than glum lol

Interlude

[zarahjoyce]

omg omg omg OMFG

GUYS @ao3herbittersweetness LITERALLY COMMISSIONED AN ART FOR ME FOR tethered IT'S THE SWEETEST THING ANYONE HAS EVER DONE FOR ME???? OMG I'M SHAKING AHHHHH art for this pairing is so precious for me and I'M SO GLAD THIS EXISTS NOW. SO SO GLAD. @ao3herbittersweetness THANK YOU FOR GRACING MY LIFEEEEEEEEEEE (and for this wonderful, talented artist for bringing this scene to life!)

/brb literally printing this out on a tarpaulin

[pipermae144]

Finally found the time to update Stress Relief, Yay!

[a03feed-winterghost]

A Ghost Who's Touch Starved

Read it on AO3 here: https://ift.tt/6a4IJqz by HerBitterSweetness Ava Starr remembered that once upon a time, she liked hugs. At least, that’s what she was half-heartedly convinced was true. Though it felt like some distant, borrowed memory of warmth that didn’t quite belong to this version of her anymore. Back then, contact hadn’t felt like static crawling under her skin or like the world threatening to tear her apart at the seams. It was warm and made her feel…happy and safe, in a way she couldn’t quite define anymore. She thought she was past the point of missing it until she was hit with a toxin that made her body ache for contact or risk freezing to death. Or: Touch-starved Ava and the Thunderbolts team helping her through it, featuring #WinterGhost and a dash of #Boblena Words: 8735, Chapters: 1/1, Language: English Fandoms: Thunderbolts (Movie 2025), Marvel Cinematic Universe Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Categories: F/M, Gen, Other Characters: James "Bucky" Barnes, Ava Starr, Yelena Belova's Guinea Pig (Thunderbolts 2025), Yelena Belova, Robert "Bob" Reynolds (Marvel), Alexei Shostakov, John Walker (Marvel) Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes/Ava Starr, James "Bucky" Barnes & Yelena Belova & Robert "Bob" Reynolds & Alexei Shostakov & Ava Starr & John Walker, Yelena Belova & Robert "Bob" Reynolds & Ava Starr & John Walker Additional Tags: Bucky Barnes Fluff, Bucky Barnes Feels, Bucky Barnes Needs a Hug, WinterGhost - Freeform, Ava Starr Needs a Hug, Ava Starr Has Chronic Pain, John Walker Gets Bullied by Yelena Belova and Ava Starr, Soft Ava Starr, Yelena Belova & Ava Starr Friendship, Ava Starr-centric, Ava Starr Feels, Ava Starr & John Walker Friendship, Ava Starr Has PTSD, Protective Yelena Belova, Soft Yelena Belova, Post-Movie: Thunderbolts (2025), Thunderbolts Team Members Live in the Watchtower | New Avengers Tower (Marvel), Thunderbolts Team Members as Family (Marvel), Domestic Thunderbolts Team (Marvel) via AO3 works tagged 'James "Bucky" Barnes/Ava Starr' https://ift.tt/W2fyzoT May 29, 2026 at 07:34PM

[pipermae144]

oooh I enjoyed this a lot!

[avastarrwalker]

i need them in a rom-com 😭

[lunaaa-miscellanae]

giving them both some scrap of peace

[pipermae144]

Dead Ringer is updated!

In which Bucky makes a decision about Ava's lookalike mid-mission and the team deals with the consequences by shouting at each other, like always.

[pipermae144]

Stress Relief has been updated!

In which their "arrangement" develops routines and Yelena, unfortunately, moves around them like a shark sensing blood lol

[lunaaa-miscellanae]

lights !!

[tinderbox210]

And then what? What if there's no coming back?

[pipermae144]

His metal hand grabbing her the way she grabbed it fleeing from Sentry

[lunaaa-miscellanae]

nothing left to do but wait

[iwantmybord]

So I made a new WinterGhost fic for the movie’s one-year anniversary 🦾👻

“Then What Are We Waiting For?”

Thanks to you all who keep this ship afloat, including but not limited to @zarahjoyce, @pipermae144, @lunaaa-miscellanae, @anemonue, you guys are wonderful.

[pipermae144]

Aw you're welcome! I love them (and this fic) so much!

[pipermae144]

Dead Ringer is updated!

This wasn't supposed to be part of the story but I went on a spiral about what if Ava dies in the movies and this was the result.

ALSO HAPPY ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY, THUNDERBOLTS!

[lunaaa-miscellanae]

alright I couldn't help myself

the original image has been deleted so it's under the cut

[pipermae144]

Finally got to writing a new fic!

Dead Ringer

In which Ava dies in a facility collapse in Northern Siberia, and six months later the team is still picking up the pieces. Especially Bucky.

[sebsdolly]

These two🔥🔥

[pipermae144]

What if I start a new Winterghost WIP again