30k-50k Masterlist 2
part one
all too well (ao3) - iam93percentstardust steve/tony M, 46k
Summary:
Cause there we are again when I loved you so Back before you lost the one real thing you’ve ever known It was rare, I was there I remember it all too well
~
“This is the young man I was telling you about,” Khan says, turning to someone behind him. Tony can’t quite make them out yet. “The new professor you’ll be working with on the 380 to 740 class. He’s just come to us from MIT, very good reviews, and Dr. Jarvis speaks very highly of him too, I’m sure you’ll both do marvelously.” The other person steps out from behind the dean, and Tony’s breath catches in his throat. “Tony, this is—”
“Steve,” Tony breathes.
Steve Rogers, bearded now and just as beautiful as he’d been the day he left, looks back at him with wide blue eyes.
a long winter (ao3) - dropdeaddream, WhatAreFears steve/bucky, steve/peggy M, 35k
Summary: 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.
also, nightingale (ao3) - The_Cimmerians bucky/steve/sam E, 32k
Summary: Post Civil War: life in Wakanda is full of surprises. And eventually smut.
awake, aware (ao3) - Misaya steve/tony T, 36k
Summary: Before Steve Rogers disappeared off the face of the Earth, he agreed to an experimental procedure devised by Howard Stark that, if successful, would be used primarily for helping comatose patients wake up. It didn’t appear to work, and so Howard put the project and Steve out of his mind.
So when the technology did begin to work, only Tony Stark, barely able to string three words together, was there to see it.
a world without (ao3) - fundamentalBlue steve/tony T, 30k
Summary: Tony snaps—and then he wakes up.
bated breath (ao3) - karedeviltrash matt/karen M, 46k
Summary: A step forward is suddenly interrupted by an unfortunate event.
can’t help the way i melt around you (ao3) - adoctoraday, RiotFalling, WhiteIronWolf (adoctoraday) tony/bucky E, 46k
Summary: Tony and Bucky both know there’s no straight path when healing from trauma, but it can be an easier path to walk when you’ve got someone to rely on, to trust in, to care for.
chemistry (ao3) - deadto27 steve/bucky E, 49k
Summary: Bucky Barnes just wanted a good one-night stand. It didn’t even have to be great, though he’d had high hopes hot Steve would be fantastic.
He’s hugely disappointed.
And Steve seems to really like him, so now he’s stuck trying to let him down gently and hoping he never sees him again. Of course, the universe has other plans.
—–
But it’s okay, he thinks, trying to convince himself, as Steve plants a kiss to his cheek and tells him to sleep well, flicking off the lamp. It’s nice to be cuddled sometimes—Bucky basically never gets cuddled—and the bed’s pretty comfy. He’ll just leave in the morning. No big deal. They may have died a sexual death, but Steve’s a sweetheart regardless and Bucky can’t bring himself to be an asshole.
This is just more polite.
come over (we don’t need no reason why) (ao3) - anyorangeslices scott/hope E, 39k
Summary: ‘Hope van Dyne really hates dating apps, but she doesn’t let that stop her from using them.’
Hope matches with Scott on Tinder. They try - and fail - to keep things casual.
fairytale of new york (ao3) - iam93percentstardust bucky/steve/tony M, 40k
Summary: After a bad breakup on Christmas, Bucky Barnes swore off both relationships and Christmas for good. Years later, he’s now the world’s leading expert on how to survive being single in a world designed for couples (tax breaks, anyone?). He’s got a movie deal coming up for his bestselling book, Facebook Status: It’s Not That Complicated, and his own talk show where he offers advice to struggling singles.
He’s got exactly two problems in the world: Steve and Tony, his very attractive, very married neighbors who think that love is the greatest thing since sliced bread and Christmas is the world’s best holiday. But it’s fine because, for the most part, he can ignore them and they can ignore him.
And then a wrench gets thrown into his plans when his sister foists her two children, Kate and Harley, off on him for the holidays. Here’s the thing—it doesn’t matter if you don’t celebrate Christmas when the kids do.
So Bucky finds himself swallowing his pride and knocking on his neighbors’ door, asking for help with this whole Christmas thing. But in Steve and Tony’s cozy apartment, Bucky slowly starts finding himself enjoying Christmas again—and maybe even falling in love.
how to (try to) lose a guy in 10 days (ao3) - rohruh steve/bucky E, 39k
Summary: “I like it,” Carol snaps her fingers and points in Bucky’s direction. “Let’s give it a deadline. How long do you think you’ll need to get someone to break up with you, Barnes? 10 days?”
This actually sounds kind of fun. It’s been a while since Bucky has felt this kind of excitement towards any of his work assignments.
“How to lose a guy in 10 days,” he says with a bit of wonder.
“How to lose a guy in 10 days,” Carol agrees, sharing a wicked smile with him.
“I won’t need all 10, though,” he tells her with certainty. “I’m sure I can scare him off way sooner than that.”
i think i missed a step (‘cause i’m fallin’ for you) (ao3) - mokuyoubi peter/wade, steve/bucky E, 41k
Summary:
There’s a weird familiarity about the kid’s tone and posture, and it’s true that Wade is pretty far from home today but he’s also certain he’d remember that baby-face if he’d seen it before. On the other hand, he has spent the better part of the past few years feeling like he’s missed a step, so this conversation isn’t exactly anything new. [[A hot guy is willingly talking to us. Go with it.]] [Don’t make an ass of yourself.] “Shaddup,” Wade grumbles, though Yellow has a point… OR Peter thinks Wade knows his secret identity, and Wade is really confused by the hot coed who keeps popping up and hanging out with him.
just between us (did the love affair maim you too?) (ao3) - dharmainitiative sam/bucky E, 33k
Summary: “So, guess you’re headed back to Wakanda?”
“I might,” Bucky says. “Honestly, I was banking on going back to Brooklyn. Closest thing I’ve got to home, so, just made sense. But seeing as I’m a fugitive…” He glances over at Sam with a wry smile. “Why, what about you?”
“Rhodey found a spot,” Sam says. “Some safe house on the outskirts of the city. Hasn’t been used in a few years, so, gonna head there and stay low till the pardon is official. Or try to, anyway.”
Bucky is quiet for a minute before he turns to Sam and asks, “Want some company?”
lovestruck (ao3) - frogboyfrog steve/tony, peter/omc M, 38k
Summary: on the recovery from a traumatic past, peter stark-rogers was doing better than ever. his two loving, doting dads were his sole supports, but if anyone could hold a fourteen year old boy up, it was iron-man and captain america.
and then everything got worse again.
enter: high-school.
no more in darkness, no more in night (ao3) - OllieoftheBeholder steve/bucky, clint/phil T, 37k
Summary: He is the Asset.
He is the Winter Soldier.
He is a weapon, a blade honed to perfection and then kept in a sheath, a gun cleaned and loaded and then locked in a cabinet, an object to be used and put away until needed. He is a machine, a thing, an it.
He is a man without a country, without a past, without a face, without even a name.
He is running.
And someone is catching up…
publicity parent (ao3) - Bowtiez G, 36k
Summary: Tony’s losing his credit with the public. Pepper’s got a plan to fix it.
Enter Peter Parker, eight-year-old orphan from Queens, New York.
Tony has no idea how children work, so why is he so drawn to little Peter Parker?
thermotemporal equations (ao3) - Blinky the Tree Frog (blinkytreefrog) T, 48k
Summary: Bucky Barnes is used to strange happenings; his time with the Howling Commandos has guaranteed that. He’s therefore not totally thrown off balance when he wakes up in an extraordinary tower in a seemingly impossible year. He can’t help but be worried though, no matter how much reassurance he’s getting from Steve and his new team.
we always know (ao3) - bangyababy steve/bucky, bucky/thor M, 32k
Summary: Steve and Bucky were best friends until middle school when Steve overheard Bucky saying it was weird he didn’t talk. Soon after, Bucky moved away and they never spoke again. Almost fifteen years later, they’ve somehow managed to become roommates.
would’ve, could’ve, should’ve (ao3) - Shelios28 steve/bucky M, 31k
Summary: Or, when the Winter Soldier takes an injured Captain America with him after the events at the Triskelion.
wrapped up in clover (ao3) - FestiveFerret steve/tony, clint/phil T, 54k
Summary: It’s been seven years since Steve and Tony split up, and Steve’s sure he’ll never see Tony again. He’s finally managed to put their failed relationship behind him and move on, focusing on his friends and building his business. But then his best friends, Bucky and Clint, decide to get married, and their wedding week at a cabin resort in Vermont turns into a minefield of heartbreak for Steve.
