Bucky Barnes-centric Masterlist
A Year in the Life of Sarge's Person (ao3) - BlueSimplicity steve/bucky E, 189
Summary: This is the tale of a year in the life of Sarge’s person, AKA James Buchanan Barnes, as he tries to recover from everything that’s happened to him over the past eighty years. During that time, he is forced to deal with bad therapists, people with their own agendas, memories he doesn’t want, horrible losses from his past and almost insurmountable odds.
But this is also the story of all the crazy people Bucky meets along the way, who help him when he’s at his lowest, point him in the right direction when he feels lost, make him laugh, grow to love him for who he is, and most importantly, give him hope when he needs it most.
It’s a long and difficult journey, as Bucky works not just to let go of his past, but to also rebuild his own identity and a future for himself. And with Sarge at his side, Bucky slowly comes to realize that not everything he once loved is lost, and if he can just have enough faith in himself and those around him, he might, just might, get his very own happy ending.
Bucky IS Sarge’s person after all. As the once abandoned puppy Bucky saved one night from freezing to death, he knows, more than anyone, just how much Bucky deserves it.
Call to the Colour-blind (ao3) - dwell_the_brave steve/tony, bucky/clint, darcy/natasha, jane/thor, pepper/sam T, 36k
Summary: The Winter Soldier surrendering himself in the lobby of Stark Tower is the first step in getting Bucky Barnes back.
Come Back To Me (ao3) - orphan_account steve/bucky E, 6k
Summary: “Bucky?”
Again Bucky made no movement. The only sign that told Steve he was listening was the dip in his shoulders, and the upturn of his head.
“They said you wanted to see me,” Steve said, stepping forwards, “did you?”
Bucky looked up then. Steve’s heart dropped into his stomach, because behind the steely gaze, he could see the soft blue that had looked into his as they kissed and made love in the quiet and peace of their home, fearful of the neighbours hearing them.
Did he remember that? The way Steve clung to him and moaned? The way they kissed and kissed, the way Bucky’s thrusts would quicken when Steve’s breath hitched. The way Steve would pant and whine, helpless in Bucky’s arms, the way Bucky would whisper sweet nothings in Steve’s ear as they both came, with Bucky finishing inside him.
“You were smaller,” Bucky noted, bringing Steve back to the present, “and you…were sick a lot of the time.”
From Grit to Pearl (ao3) - BlueSimplicity steve/bucky E, 160k
Summary: He does not have a name.
He has been called many things over the years; a weapon, a ghost, HYDRA’s Fist, the Soldier, and from what they have told him his work has shaped the century.
But he does not have a name. His name, like so many other things, has been taken from him, stolen.
Forgotten.
Until the day it is not, and remembering, he breaks free, killing his handler and making his escape in a desperate bid for freedom.
Frightened, lost and hurt, he seeks out the last person in the world he can trust, his baby sister, now an almost eighty-year-old widow, somehow knowing she is the only one who can help him.
It is a difficult journey, one filled with pain, tears, and things that should not be possible. But also with recovery and redemption, rebirth and miracles, family and hope.
This story is a love letter between Bucky and his sister Rebecca, the world, and eventually his childhood best friend, Steve Rogers, the boy he once loved. But ultimately, it is the love letter Bucky writes to himself, as he reclaims who he once was, discovers who he is now, builds a new life for himself and realizes he might, just might, be as strong, as beautiful, as precious as a pearl.
Hearts Like Ours (ao3) - FindingFrancis, wearing_tearing steve/bucky E, 100k
Summary: Today, of all days, is the day Bucky is going to meet the love of his life. Imagine his surprise when it turns out to be Captain America. Or: The Adventures of Bucky Barnes, the Shitty Psychic.
Here, There and Everywhere (ao3) - fremma M, 278k
Summary: What if Hydra experimented on the Tesseract in the same base where they were keeping the Winter Soldier?
What if something went wrong?
What if....the Tesseract left something behind in the Winter Soldier?
Or, Hydra accidentally give Bucky additional powers from the space stone.
I've Heard That Song Before (ao3) - Pokimoko steve/peggy T, 95k
Summary: In the year since he broke free from HYDRA, Bucky Barnes has been trying to rediscover himself, searching for who he was in the words of history books and within the memories he is slowly recovering. While journeying through Hungary, he meets a mysterious old woman who promises to help him. He accepts, not realising that her idea of helping involves time travel.
He gets sent back to 1944, into the body of his younger self. Bucky, with no clear idea of how to return to the future, tries his best to rediscover the Bucky that Steve, Peggy, and the Howling Commandos know him to be, whilst also having to deal with a mission straight out of his worst nightmares.
Play Date (ao3) - Akira_of_the_Twilight bucky/tony T, 17k
Summary: “Forgive me, Captain," FRIDAY said. "I needed a moment to be certain I hadn’t erred, but based on my facial recognition systems, I can safely say that Mr. Barnes and Mr. Wilson have located Tony.”
“What the fuck?” Bucky rose to his feet.
The kid tried to run, but Sam caught the rugrat and restrained him.
“Let me go!” The kid struggled. “My dad isn’t going to pay any ransom. You’re just wasting your time.”
Ransom? Facial recognition?
Bucky stared at the kid—really looked at his face.
Amber eyes, oval face, olive skin, strong but narrow chin, a slightly larger than normal forehead, and a nose somewhere between small and medium in size.
“Oh, fuck. Tony?”
The tears were back in Tony’s eyes. “Fuck you, you assholes!” He wiggled one arm free and punched Sam in the kneecap.
proprietary information (ao3) - notlucy steve/bucky E, 85k
Summary: Okay, so Bucky Barnes has a crush on Steve Rogers. The guy’s gorgeous, talented and, oh yeah, the Chief Design Officer of the biggest tech company in the world. In other words: he’s so far out of Bucky’s league that he might as well be in a different stratosphere.
Shadows In The Spotlight (ao3) - Jmarvel24 sam/bucky M, 49k
Summary: After the events of Captain America: Brave New World, Bucky Barnes has taken on an unexpected role as a congressman, fighting for the rights of veterans and those left behind by the government. When a particularly rough day in office threatens to push him over the edge, Sam Wilson—now Captain America—pays him a visit under the guise of a professional check-in. As they navigate the pressures of their respective roles, their secret relationship remains hidden behind closed doors. But in the world of politics and heroism, nothing stays secret forever.
Stem (ao3) - IamShadow21 bucky/tony T, 7k
Summary: Bucky Barnes discovers sugar, demands coffee, makes a variety of involuntary noises, cuddles up to Steve Rogers, regrows a limb, and fakes it 'til he makes it at being a person.
Strong enough to trust (ao3) - Enmuse (Scifiroots) bucky/tony T, 30k
Summary: Steve makes a life-altering choice, and Bucky wakes up from cryostasis to better circumstances than he could anticipate: Mind free of triggers, name cleared, fully pardoned, and a ticket back to the USA. It's far more than he deserves, but with no other plans or ties, he finds himself relocating to the Avengers Initiative Compound alongside Stevie's rogue superheroes.
He begins establishing a new life - friends, work, maybe even love - but doesn't realize that the castles he is painstakingly building are ones in the sky.
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"I... don't understand," Bucky admits in a murmur.
Stark's gaze drops to the silver-plated shoulder. "I fix things," he says. His fingers drum restlessly against his chest. "And this is something I broke. You shouldn't have to just live with the consequences when something can be done about it."
The Fool in the Mirror (ao3) - thepinupchemist steve/bucky E, 111k
Summary: The Avengers, SHIELD, and the world at large have underestimated the pain that Steve Rogers is in.
The night after a near brush with a suicide attempt, Steve discovers the world of support omegas, and in his desperation for relief from the battlefield of his brain, demands to have one.
Enter Bucky Barnes: retired marine, millennial, amputee, brother, son, and support omega. He maybe, just maybe, can help a broken alpha heal in the twenty-first century.
The Unseen Toska (ao3) - Badpenny E, 150k
Summary: Bucky Barnes is haunted by what he has done, what they made him do. But in all those years as Hydra's slave he wasn't alone. He left someone behind and now the time has come for him to repay that debt. However he was stupid to think they'd ever really let him get away.
Velletta, the Last of Asgard's valkyrie, has been a prisoner on Midgard for too long. She longs for home, she longs for vengeance, she longs to be worthy once more...but, in time, it will cost her her heart.
Thirty Seconds (ao3) - leo_lullaby T, 23k
Summary: Bucky has been brainwashed as a weapon too many times to forget the rules. Don’t act until instructed. Don’t take prisoners unless told. Don’t question or fight authority… The list goes on. But above all else, never let your charge get harmed during a mission.
to memory now I can’t recall (ao3) - Etharei steve/bucky E, 102k
Summary: While on a mission storming a HYDRA facility, James Buchanan Barnes touches one of the many strange alien devices collected by the Red Skull. He does this, in fact, twice— in the past, and in the future.
Next thing he knows, Bucky Barnes is opening his eyes in the 21st century, which is full of great gadgets and coffee, and at least includes his old pal Steve. (And, inexplicably, a different Stark.) Meanwhile, the Winter Soldier finds himself in the middle of World War Two, helping Captain America hunt down HYDRA (which is at least familiar), pretending to be Bucky Barnes (which is not), and figuring out the very noisy group of soldiers who call themselves the Howling Commandos.
What Has Been Done (ao3) - Tahlruil bucky/tony T, 16k
Summary: Bucky has lived with the Avengers for a while now, and he's mostly settled in. During the process, he fell for Tony Stark - hard - but he can't quite bring himself to admit it to the brilliant engineer. So he just does what he can to take care of and protect him, hoping that maybe the other man will fall just as hard for him... and be the one to take their relationship to the next level. In the meantime, he's noticed that there's one member of the team that Tony seems afraid of, and he is definitely not pleased by the notion.
Once he finds out what Wanda did to cause that fear, she might wish she'd never left Hydra.
Winter Wooer (ao3) - salytierra bucky/tony, steve/sam M, 8k
Summary: Winter may not be the most pleasant guy to live or share your body with, but he isn't nearly as destructive as everybody expected him to be either. He likes to brood in the corners, watch British TV, and freak people out. And Tony. He really, really likes Tony Stark. There's just one problem – Bucky's pretty sure he doesn't feel the same way about the guy.
