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I’ve exhausted all of my searches, so I was wondering if you have any long fic recommendations? Like 80k+? Thank you! :)

Ao3 allows you to filter for word count! I’ve pulled the ones with more than 80K words for you, you can add extra tags or filters as you wish. You could also have a look through our Over 50K tag (Here on the Archive), which also has many that are over 80K.

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Hi can I rec turn back into stars by crinklefries on ao3? I just finished reading it and it's so good!

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turn back into stars by crinklefries (complete |56,374 | T)

Their rivalry begins like this: they’re teenagers, skating the same circuits, competing in the same competitions. What happens is that they compete against each other for the novice boy’s title in the North Atlantic Regional Figure Skating Competition and they both somehow tie for first place. There are no ties in competition, but their scores are identical across the board.

Steve hates that Bucky took his win from him and Bucky hates that Steve thinks he won instead of tying, like the results said. The ensuing verbal scuffle had cemented what would come to be a slightly unhealthy long-term skating rivalry.

The intervening years don't help.

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Perennial rivals since childhood, Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes face off against each other to achieve their Olympic figure skating dreams. But when bad luck and bad falls get in their way, Steve realizes there might only be one way to make it to Wakanda after all.

It's reckless and it's definitely incredibly stupid, but to win Olympic gold, these two enemies will need to come together as a pair--on the ice and off.

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Please can i rec Time After Time by elle1991? it was finally completed a couple of weeks ago and i love it!

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Time After Time* by elle1991 (complete | 124,026 | E) *graphic violence, major character death

Steve Rogers, Iraq war veteran and long-time loner, feels like his life is stuck in a rut. With no family and a grand total of two friends, he spends most of his spare time alone, painting, jogging or having flashbacks of the war.

Which is why when Natasha invites him to a masquerade party at a kink club, Steve throws caution to the wind and decides to give it a go. There he meets the mysterious Winter Soldier, but as things blossom between them, so does a dangerous undercurrent.

Both are harbouring a big secret from the other, and the fallout could have lethal consequences...

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I just wanted to recommend that people read "from tralfamadore with love" by newsbypostcadd. It is my favourite fanfiction to date and I have read it numerous times. I can not rave about it enough and I think more people should read it and its sequel. It is my most favourite Steve and Bucky. Thank you!

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From Tralfamadore, With Love* by newsbypostcard (complete |106,544 | E) *past /others

In 2018, Steve, Sam, and Bucky embark on a mission to explore a Hydra-owned warehouse when a kid with mutant powers sends Steve 18 years into the future. After figuring out where (and when) he is, Steve tracks Bucky down in 2036 to find he’s become a successful business owner and an impassioned advocate for mutant rights. Steve’s just as in love with Bucky as he was when he left, but for Bucky it’s been a long 18 years. It’s hard to accept when Bucky keeps him at arm’s length… but Steve’s never met a challenge that he didn’t take.

As he gets used to life in 2036 and the flaws in Bucky’s idyllic life expose themselves, Steve also has to manage a suspiciously ubiquitous security force, a Brotherhood of Mutants, and old competing loyalties among his aged friends. There’s a Bucky in 2018 waiting for him to come home, but if he does that, it means leaving this Bucky behind for a third, unforgivable time. How can he choose?

What’s Bucky not saying?

How can he face losing everything – again?

Part 1 of From Tralfamadore

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might never be normal again (but who cares) by napricot

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would like to rec Secret Identity by lesbuchanan for that anon looking for modern getting-back-together fic! https://archiveofourown.org/works/14705864/chapters/33984083

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Why aren’t many people talking about ”1984: Our Love Was” by CarburetorCastiel???? I LOVE IT. It is set to be read as a tv show with seasons, which is a nice new concept (for fanfic). Check it out!

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1984: Our Love Was by CarburetorCastiel (WIP | 796,006 | E)

Steve is a closeted Brooklyn cop looking for someone to settle down with and finally have his family. Bucky is an alcoholic who works at his friend's record shop and is the only guardian of his two little sisters since their parent's died. When the youngest Barnes gets lost in Brooklyn, Steve and Bucky have a rushed but significant first encounter that ends in a promise for more. Set in the 1980s, this chronicles their days of falling in love, staying together against opposition, and fighting for what they want.

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53151 words, rated E, complete

After a S.H.I.E.L.D. mission gone bad, Bucky is left with no memory of the past year, which includes his and Steve’s divorce. Steve, who has never really gotten over his ex-husband, is left to navigate the fine line between helping and hindering Bucky’s recovery while trying to protect himself. At the same time, both men are fighting to uncover the truth of Bucky’s disappearance, what was done to him, and why.

I’d like to recommend this beautiful, heartwrenching story that kept me up til 3am last night/this morning. It’s an exes getting back together fic with just the right amount of action/adventure plot on the side, and it utterly destroyed me. The premise of this fic offer a whole new level of mutual pining when it’s so clear to both that they love each other, yet also aware there was a reason they separated, even if neither quite remembers what that reason is, anymore. 

Anyways, highly recommend. So very worth your time, and this deserves so much more recognition.