Colorful balls of yarn, soft sweaters, warm scarves, and a lot of time and love. Below are my Top 5 Favorite stories:
“How Bucky Barnes Became The Sock Fairy” (G, 2k) by Maia_saura
It started out with Steve. Everything always did.
+ Pre-WW2 to WS. After the train, Bucky upgrades to the god of socks for lost soldiers
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“Between Their Names” (M, 20k) by Sproings
What would a background check have turned up about Steven Grant Rogers?
Hopefully not the fact that Bucky could still remember the guy’s middle name. But certainly the fact that Steve and Bucky (and Jesus how their names still flowed together in his head) had spent three years living on the same street, going to the same school.
And now they were strangers.
AKA The one where Steve teaches a knitting class, and Bucky hides in a tree, and there's a cat named Peepers
+ Modern AU. Reunited childhood best friends, mutual pining and requited love. Bucky spends one (1) day in Steve’s house and he’s never leaving. Bonus outsider POV sequels
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“First Place In The County Fair Of My Heart” (M, 2k) by attackofthezee (noxlunate)
“No.” Steve says as his eyes fall upon the very soul that stole Steve’s yarn, the man who has now upset Steve from his spot as a first place winner, standing next to the pieces that beat Steve’s. “It was him.” He says, raising one accusing finger to point in the direction of James Buchanan Barnes, now a thief of both yarn and dignity.
In which Bucky is Steve's knitting nemesis and very little actual knitting occurs.
+ Modern AU. Enemies to lovers. Steve is competitive and Bucky thinks he’s cute
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“Knit One, Purl Two” (NR, 32k) by mollus
What do you get when you mix knitwear, senior citizens (of several varieties), and social media together? Pure, unadulterated fluff arising from the best of intentions and some minor misconceptions. Featuring recovery through crafting, The Facebooks, and The Orange Hat of Destiny.
+ Defrosting to Post WS. Steve and Bucky get adopted by a seniors knitting group. Soft Bucky and domestic snippets
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“taking up the tangled threads (and spinning something strong and true)” (E, 10k) by IamShadow21 and kath_ballantyne
Since his birth, Bucky has been surrounded by magic. Passed down through his mother's line, Bucky has the gift - the inborn ability only a handful possess - to take fibre and craft it into cloth that has the power to help the wearer.
It's a sin.
It's shameful.
It could be the only thing that gets Bucky and Steve home from the war alive.
+ Pre-WW2 to WS. Bucky knits protection and safety. Instead of the train, it’s the Six Swans curse with nettle shirts
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