Cha cha slides, cake slices, and the bouquet toss! If Steve or Bucky is at a wedding, the other is not far away. Below are my Top 5 Favorite stories:
“Welcome to Oblivious, Population: Two” (T, 11k) by leveragehunters (Monkeygreen)
Steve is a wedding photographer in need of an assistant. Bucky is unemployed and in need of a job. Sam and Natasha, in what turns out to be a successful attempt to solve both problems, arrange an introduction.
In a moment of frustrated brilliance, Bucky sets Steve on the path to incredible popularity and the two of them--and their relationship--on the path to complete obliviousness.
+ Modern AU. Steve and Bucky’s personal space rapidly dwindles. They share chairs, share beds, share food, and don’t know they’re already dating
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“A Fishy Deal” (E, 31k) by esaael, QueenoftheRandomWord42
James Buchanan Barnes was a man of many talents. He was a fantastic shot, could speak several languages, was skilled in a few martial arts, really passionate about space and science museums, Fuck Buddy of Steve Rogers, and was a proud owner of a few betta fish.
Things changed when Bucky's sister charged in to talk to her brother and wound up inviting Steve to the wedding as his plus one.
But Weddings bring out the best and the worst in people, will their relationship survive?
“What just happened?” Steve asked as he ducked back into the bathroom.
“I think you just got invited to my sister’s wedding in my ex-boyfriend’s stead…” Bucky said blinking.
+ Shrunkyclunks. Friendship with benefits, mutual pining, and developing relationships. Betta fish and Great Uncle Arnie Roth
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“You can't hurry love” (E, 8k) by obsessivereader
“Jesus!” Steve hurries forward. “I’m sorry, I didn’t mean to startle you.” Before he’s even halfway into the room, the man’s already on his feet and turning around. He has a face as perfect as his ass. High forehead, square jaw, pink lips with a hint of a natural pout. Short, wavy, dark brown hair. His wide, deep-set eyes are a clear and luminous gray. Those eyes widen as the man takes in the sight of Steve staring at him.
Something about that wide-eyed, slightly nervous look catches at Steve’s memory. “Bucky?”
Steve remembers a shy, sweet teenager, with soft round cheeks, eyes too big for his face, and a wild head of hair. If this really is Bucky, some time in the last few years, he grew into his face and is now so gorgeous that Steve’s having a little trouble breathing. The lean, toned body beautifully displayed by a black shirt and gray pants don’t help the breathing situation either.
“You… have a beard now,” Bucky says faintly.
or, Bucky finally gets to do something about his decades-long crush on his best friend's older brother...
+ Modern AU. Bucky’s childhood dream (crush) comes true! Grinding on the dance floor and intercrural.
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“The Wedding Planner('s Assistant)” (T, 40k) by crinklefries
Bucky Barnes is in a bit of a conundrum.
For example, on the one hand, he’s the former extremely polished, brutally efficient, and impressively ruthless brainwashed weapon of mass murder for the secret Nazi arm of the United States government.
On the other hand, he has an uncontrollable crush on the cute blond wedding planner who lives next door.
What do you do when HYDRA agents keep climbing through your window and the Avengers can’t seem to leave you the fuck alone? Volunteer to help with wedding planning, he guesses.
This won’t be difficult to balance at all.
+ Shrinkyclinks. Winter Soldier Bucky throws himself into wedding planning hell because it makes modern Steve’s life easier. Featuring a very amused Cap Sam and the Avengers team
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“if only you could see me (for the pie that i am)” (M, 35k) by bitelikefire (theoleo)
In which Steve is the proud owner of Frost; a semi famous local bakery in D.C. And despite the overwhelming insistence that it’s about time he start dating, Steve swears up and down he isn’t ready for that.
Or as of recently, just doesn’t have the time because of Mr. Barnes. The highly demanding wedding planner on the phone who keeps asking for nearly impossible deliveries and maybe Steve would like to personally strangle him. Maybe.
(There is pie. And misunderstandings. But a lot more desserts and eye rolls.)
+ Modern AU. Enemies to lovers with hidden identity. Steve is a stubborn baker who falls in love with Bucky, someone with an equally busy schedule.
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*More other people’s weddings in the Proposals, Seasonal Sampler, Singer AU, Sex Work (others), Life Drawing, Rebecca Barnes, and President lists
