#fallingvoices

[mitsususu]

There are over 50,000 Stucky fics on AO3. If you’re new, it’s easy to get overwhelmed when there is so much to read. All this talent; where to begin? Below are 5 stories to get you started:

“This, You Protect” (T, 64k) by owlet

The mission resets abruptly, from objective: kill to objective: protect

+ Post Winter Soldier, this story is part of a series spanning 264k words. It follows Bucky as he discovers coffee, navigates his identity, makes new friends, and reconnects with Steve. 

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“4 Minute Window” (E, 24k) by Speranza

"Look, if they catch me," Bucky muttered, "they're either going to kill me or they're going to put me in a box with a little window and—Steve, I can't."

+ Post Winter Soldier, this story is part of a series spanning 148k words. Bucky has regained his memories. Through covert communication, Bucky and Steve work together to escape the intelligence agencies trying to lock Bucky away.  

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“The S. Rogers Memorial (it’s NOT a shrine) to J. B. Barnes” (T, 18k) by SkyisGray

When the Avengers realize that Steve doesn’t have anything to remind him of Bucky Barnes, they embark on a project to track down Bucky memorabilia. But it seems that Steve isn’t the only visitor to the (unofficial) J. B. Barnes memorial (which is totally NOT a shrine, Tony).

+ Post Avengers (2012). As the summary says, the Avengers give Steve thoughtful and meaningful items to cheer him up. Their kindness inadvertently foils Hydra’s plans.

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“before we can breathe easy” (T, 22k) by belovedmuerto

No one touches Steve.

Bucky sets out to do something about that.

+ Post Winter Soldier, this story is part of a series spanning 76k words. Bucky has not fully recovered, but tries his best to give Steve more hugs. A soft story about stepping beyond comfort zones to make steady progress towards healing.

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“United States v. Barnes, 617 F. Supp. 2d 143 (D.D.C. 2015) (T, 20k) by fallingvoices and radialarch

The Associated Press @AP Winter Soldier set to stand trial for Washington D.C. massacre and treason apne.ws/1og6SWE

+ Repeated from the Winter Soldier Trial list. A courtroom drama as told by tweets, interviews, trial transcriptions, e-mails, and news broadcasts. Love declarations of the century.

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*More Stucky Recs here

[avengersbeyondstark]

United States v. Barnes, 617 F. Supp. 2d 143 (D.D.C. 2015)

by fallingvoices and radialarch

T, 20k, Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes, Complete

Summary:  The Associated Press @AP Winter Soldier set to stand trial for Washington D.C. massacre and treason apne.ws/1og6SWE

My comments: This story is an absolute classic in the fandom, or at the very least it should be. Written back in the era fresh off the release of the Winter Soldier, it contains a lot of the tropes I think the fandom has come to associate with that time period of fanon: fake-though-oddly-realistic social media posts, snippets and pieces of full-on academic papers on the morality of punishing a man who was brainwashed into being an assassin, and all of the painful ambiguity that would and should be present in a story where the Winter Soldier is brought to trial for crimes he never would have committed if he’d had the choice. Steve and Bucky are reunited amidst the courtroom drama, and America is torn on what to think of it’s national hero being in love with such a dangerous “villain”. This story has been in my Fic Recs list for literal years. Well worth the read!

media fic, Courtroom Drama, mentions of torture, mentions of Natasha Romanov/Sam Wilson, Social Media

(Please feel free to REBLOG as a signal boost for these authors and this story if you enjoyed it!)

[audreyroscoe]

Yeah I'm talking about n.e.c.! 😊 Agree with everything you said honestly, the characters and relationships were so well written (i love semi canon compliance), and the writing so poetic, I'm a huge fan of that. Those quotes you mentioned are forever ingrained in my mind (or heart)! God, this series is definitely one of my favorite fanfics I've ever read. Also i'm glad how you read it just when you needed it 🌟 Do you have any other favorite stucky fics? Oh and what did you think about endgame?

Hello! <3 Thank you for your ask! I’m happy my rambling didn’t scare you off..

Yes me too! Semi canon compliance is what always gets me because I usually look for fanfiction after finishing a movie or a book, simply because I wanna stay in that “world” a little longer and see what else these characters can do and feel and how relationships can evolve.

And I’m totally with you, these quotes feel like a stab every time I read them, but in a good way (is that weird?) They just make me feel so many things.

And thank you so much for your kind words! <3 It really helped a lot and definitely is a big reason for why I’m addicted to these earth-shattering kind of love stories, especially with their whole beautiful poetry.

I was so happy when I saw you asking me about my recommendations because I know I fell in love with so many Stucky fics and talking about them again makes me happy! :D

Ain’t No Grave by spitandvinegar

The first one I have to mention after n.e.c. is “Ain’t No Grave”, because that story buried me in feelings. I have to give a warning (just like the author, so please mind the tags and author’s note), that this story deals with a lot of heavy topics. I have to admit that I don’t recall all the details anymore, but it deals heavily with Drug Abuse, Past Rape and especially PTSD. Bucky deals with what happened to him and it’s also abstract from time to time but absolutely worth the read. 

The author describes his feelings and his struggles so well and so painfully, and then there’s Steve who’s trying his best to help.

United States v. Barnes, 617 F. Supp. 2d 143 (D.D.C. 2015) by fallingvoices and radialarch

One thing I loved about “Not easily conquered” was the way the authors embedded not only writing but Twitter posts and different forms of media.

This story does that but in an even grander scheme: Bucky’s trial for everything he did as The Winter Soldier is portrayed through interviews, articles, twitter posts, transcripts etc. It makes the whole story feel alive and also devastatingly real - I wanted to be there the entire time to just yell at them all to shut up and protect Bucky already. It makes you feel like you’re in the middle of all the mess, watching along in horror with Steve and the others. Please mind the tags!

This, You Protect by owlet

One of, if not the most heart-warming Stucky fic I’ve ever read. Bucky deals with what happened in The Winter Soldier, when suddenly his mission protocol fails him and he’s left with a more or less free will. The author did a great way of having the mission there as basically a second protagonist that Bucky talks to, feels betrayed by and always looks to for agreement or disapproval. It’s sad sometimes but mostly it’s adorable and funny, especially with Steve and an adorable group of older people in the mix, who always look out for Bucky.

Those are the stories I remember off of the top of my head! I hope you’ll like them and I would be super happy to read some of your recommendations as well! <3

About endgame… 

Honestly, I really, really liked it. I liked what they did, I liked the way they put in references and humour and absolute heartbreak, but the ending is what still makes me question and rethink it all again and again. I loved Steve in the whole movie but his relationship with Bucky, which they build and build from the beginning until Civil War, kept fading and left me a little disappointed in Endgame. I also, as many others, can’t imagine Steve going back and basically leaving Bucky alone (when he eventually dies)… (which is why I kinda rewrote my own ending). 

I actually agree with the people that say that Tony’s heroic death perfectly fit with his character and I really liked how they did it, but I also wish he could have had a happier ending… 

What do you think? 

(hope this wasn’t too much oops)

(might come back to this and add things)

[mitsususu]

In the fantasy trilogy His Dark Materials, “daemons” are external manifestations of a person’s soul that can talk and behave independently. They take the form of different animals and shape shift until settling on one during puberty. Below are my Top 5 Favorite Stucky AUs: 

“Out of the Skin into the Soul” (M, 5k) by radialarch

Neither of them end up with the daemon they expect. It turns out all right, in the end.

+ Pre-WW2 to Post WS. Lion&Eagle. Daemon sharing and switching, Bucky’s daemon goes with Steve into the ice. 

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“Cleave” (T, 14k) by trinityofone

"Do you think they had him severed?" Steve's throat seizes on the word. "Bucky's dæmon. She was big enough that we would have seen her if she was there. If she was still—"

"There are other ways," Natasha says faintly.

+ Pre-WW2 to Hydra revenge tour. Chinook&Rat Terrier. The search for Bucky’s missing daemon and going back to the four of them.

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“Honey Badger Don’t Care” (T, 1k) by zetsubonna

Steve Roger's daemon is a honey badger.

+ Pre-WW2 to Defrosting. Honey Badger&Wolfhound. Steve doesn’t know what animal his daemon is, but he doesn’t let that stop him

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“the shadow & the soul” (M, 7k) by fallingvoices

Brooklyn evenings in their Red Hook flat were naturally similar: black coffee, windows open, radio on. Bucky read aloud from cheap pulps with extraordinary titles: Dark Avenger, Exit For A Dame, Star Maker—or else sat with his hand against his mouth, eyes dark, watching Steve draw.

On the floor their daemons lay all tangled up in one another, stroking each other, telling small, laughing stories in their daemon-voices.

+ Pre-WW2. Unsettled&Dog. Of friendships and unfailing love

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“from dust to dust” (G, 4k) by dirtybinary and sonatine

A collection of drabbles about superheroes and their daemons. 

+ Pre-WW2 to Post CW. Lion&Rabbit. Bucky’s daemon is a white bunny called Marshmallow. (Not all chapters are Stucky)

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*More Stucky Recs here

[mitsususu]

Is Bucky responsible for things he did under Hydra brainwashing? All signs point to NO. Below are my Top 5 Favorite Stories: 

“United States v Barnes, 617 F. Supp. 2d 143 (D.D.C. 2015)”  (T, 20k) by fallingvoices and radialarch

The Associated Press @AP Winter Soldier set to stand trial for Washington D.C. massacre and treason apne.ws/1og6SWE

+ Post WS. The Big One. You’ve probably read this, and for good reason! Grand declarations of love and a dramatic reunion. 

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“cross this river to the other side” (T, 14k) by defcontwo

In 1943, the Howling Commandos wrote goodbye letters to be given to their loved ones in the event of their deaths.

In 2014, Sharon Carter finds those letters in a tin can in an abandoned HYDRA base.

+ Post WS. Both trial *and* epistolary. “I love you. That’s the important part, I guess. That’s all I really needed to say. I’m so fucking in love with you”

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“In defense of the second chance” (T, 8k) by StuckySituation

“-rnes? Wake up. We’ll be back in HQ in ten minutes.”

Steve is still half-asleep, and not ready to let go of his dream. It was a nice dream.

The details are already slipping away from him, though, no matter how much he tries to resist forgetting the dream. There were other kids? He was in school? Steve groans, and mutters, “Fuck off.”

“I hate to wake you, but dude, you need to shake this off,” the stranger continues, his voice gentle and laced with worry. “You’ll need to go prepare for your trial as soon as we land.”

+ Shrinkyclinks. Reposted from the Shrinkyclinks list. Bucky switches bodies with his most outspoken defender 

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“Tint & Shade” (T, 25k) by forestofbabel

The man blinked, slow and heavy. His pale blue eyes didn’t seem to be seeing the world around him. “Joe?” Steve took the peroxide out of the man’s hands and shook his head. “I’m not –” "How’d you make it out?” Steve stilled for a moment before putting the peroxide aside and peeling back the man’s hoodie. The guy was delirious. “I thought Hydra killed you,” he murmured. Steve got one arm out of the hoodie, relaxing a bit at the man’s words. Whatever he’d been through, he wasn’t on Hydra’s side. “Fearless Captain Rogers. Course you made it out. Bet you kicked those Nazis right in the head.” Steve pulled back. Captain Joe Rogers? Joseph Rogers. That was his grandfather’s name. He’d died in World War II. This guy couldn’t possibly be talking about him.

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Somewhere between the fall of Shield due to a long running Hydra infiltration, finding out that his land lord is an Avenger, and being commissioned for some truly gaudy paintings, Steve finds himself harboring the worlds most wanted.

+ Shrinkyclinks. Artist Steve helps humanize Bucky to the public

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“Guilty on All Counts” (G, 100 words) by Dira Sudis 

(no summary, this is only 100 words)

+ Post WS. A fun little “What If” based on the title :D 

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*More Stucky Recs here

[fanficovers]

United States v. Barnes, 617 F. Supp. 2d 143 (D.D.C. 2015) by Fallingvoices & Radialarch

Summary: The Associated Press @AP Winter Soldier set to stand trial for Washington D.C. massacre and treason apne.ws/1og6SWE

[amorbidcorvid]

United States v. Barnes, 617 F. Supp. 2d 143 (DDC 2015) - fallingvoices, radialarch

Given Summary - Winter Soldier set to stand trail for Washington DC massacre and treason. 

Rating - Teen and Up

Relationship(s) - James “Bucky” Barnes/Steve Rogers

Tags - Media Fic, Courtroom Drama, Mentions of Torture, Social Media

Chapters - 3

Word Count - 20,605

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The Associated Press @AP Winter Soldier set to stand trial for Washington D.C. massacre and treason apne.ws/1og6SWE

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