i have no excuse for this
steve/bucky fic for tiffany (and others who have fallen into this pit of despair)
(NOTE: all of these are by amazing authors and i didn't double-rec any authors bc they're all good!!! a couple personal faves are caughtinanocean and renne and beardsley and victoria_p and just EVERY AUTHOR ON HERE)
http://archiveofourown.org/works/724350 for operational reasons: SHIELD decides that the best way of keeping the Winter Soldier as their most valuable covert agent is to let (almost) everyone think he's dead or disappeared. 4k. (EXTREMELY ADORABLE!!!)
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1665494 you were standing there: Bucky accidentally breaks into the wrong house while drunk. The wrong house happens to belong to Steve Rogers. 15k. (this is so cute and bucky/nat friendship and bucky is a HOT MESS GOD BLESS i love it)
http://archiveofourown.org/works/437007 till i wake your ghost There's a kill order on the Winter Soldier and Steve Rogers has been acting kind of strangely lately. 2.5k.( HEARTBREAKING AND SOUL-HEALING AT ONCE)
http://archiveofourown.org/works/503002 in another life In which Steve & Bucky meet three times and the last time is for good. Utterly self-indulgent, hand-wavey fluff. 2.5k. (there is nothing i repeat NOTHING that i believe is as important in this world as a good soulmates au)
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1501418 run until the road runs out Sam's along for this ride because he's not about to let Steve Rogers go it alone, but Steve's not the only one who needs a friend. 5k. (maybe the first steve/bucky fic i read that made me cry??? i don't know. i cried, is the point)
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1436017/chapters/3019867 hold me tight In the old days, before the war, Steve got cold at night. That was all it was, at first. 11k. (this is vitally important)
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1679630/chapters/3568478 critical feline mass A love story in twelve chapters, including two Harley-Davidsons, a guardian angel, multiple snipers, the only woman who can scare them into behaving themselves, spontaneous kittens, and one attacking sheep. 40k. (THIS IS SO IMPORTANT. OH MY GOD, THIS IS VITAL. THE HEALING POWER OF KITTENS!!! GOD)
http://archiveofourown.org/works/662973 if your bones made it home alright Making it back from the war is not the same as making it back alive, but it's a start. Mechanic AU. 5.5k. (if i was FORCED to choose a number one favorite ever fic, it would probably be either this one or "this is not a drive by". it's just amazing)
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1568312 this is not a drive by Otherwise known as: The Bucky Barnes Hot Dad AU or The One Where Steve Crashes All Of Bucky's Dates Without Really Trying. 24k. (gOD this pairing needs more kidfic. thank u based god that we have this. i can't even begin to describe how much i love it)
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1546748 flying too close to the sun In which Steve is a flight attendant and Bucky keeps showing up on his flights and they fall in love without meaning to. 9k. (super sweet and nerdy and just good)
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1669439 brooklyn "Captain America, what's your stance on gay marriage?" Everyone knows that, by now. Everyone but Bucky. 9k. (CUTE. THESE CUTE DUMMIES. I LOVE THEM)
http://archiveofourown.org/works/1960890 greetings to the new brunette "You said he should have a hobby. That it would help." "I meant, like, knitting or coin collecting. Motocross, if he was feeling antsy. A baby's not a hobby. It's lifetime commitment." 10k. (this is SO CUTE i read it during my break at work and died a beautiful death. more kidfic!!!! steve bein sooooo ridiculous and oblivious god perfection)
THERE IS NO EXCUSE FOR THIS AND IT'S ONLY LIKE LESS THAN A QUARTER OF THE TABS I HAVE OPEN. I'M SO SORRY.
some more links here on my delicious acct that desperately needs to be updated. happy reading boo :****
