#mcu!bucky

[buckyseternaldoll]

just something short for anyone who’s not in a great place right now. i hope you stumble into the kind of comfort that makes you feel a little lighter—whether it’s a moment, a person, or something small that makes you feel okay again 💖❤️‍🩹

The apartment was quiet, save for the low hum of the AC unit and the sound of rain tapping gently against the windows. You sat curled on the couch, knees drawn to your chest, staring at a spot on the floor like it had all the answers you couldn’t find in your own head.

Bucky knelt in front of you without a word, warm hand finding your shaking ones. He didn’t ask what was wrong—he could see it. That look in your eyes. The one that said you were drifting somewhere dark, somewhere far from him.

“You’re doing it again,” he murmured gently. “Thinking yourself into a corner that isn’t real.”

You blinked, trying to speak, but your throat closed up. The words felt too messy. Too small. He squeezed your hands.

“You’re not imagining things, doll. You feel things deeply—that’s not a flaw, that’s not you being broken. That’s just… you being human.”

“But maybe I’m just bad at it, Buck,” you whispered, the tears finally coming. “Maybe I was never meant to connect with people. I keep thinking I’ve made something real, but then I doubt it all. Like maybe none of it was real. Like maybe I made a mistake letting people in again…”

His brows knit together in that way he did when your pain became his. He moved up onto the couch beside you, tugging you into his chest. You went willingly, burying your face in his shirt.

“You didn’t make a mistake,” he said, voice low but steady. “Not with me. Not with anyone. People… they’re messy. But your heart? It’s kind. You were just alone for so long, you forgot that opening up doesn’t mean you’ll always be understood. But that doesn’t mean you’re wrong for trying. Doesn’t mean you’re unlovable.”

You swallowed hard, clutching his shirt. “I just don’t want to keep losing people.”

“You won’t lose me,” he promised without hesitation. “I’ll keep reminding you that you’re not alone in this world—not now, not ever. Even if your mind tries to lie to you… I’ll be right here, holding on.”

[lokiinmediasideblog]

Loki and/or Bucky fanart be like:

The 'every dark-haired guy will be drawn like Gerard Way at some point' phenomenon.

[peacefulofskye]

I didn’t know that I needed Clint/Bucky, but now that I’ve found it, it’s become my new favorite ship. Especially when they’re a-spec & not cis.

I need more fics of this asap, so if anyone has any rec’s lmk.

[yawpyawp]

other bucky specific headcanons: > bucky loves all animals especially cats and lizards and after he's substantially healed and readjusted to modern life he works at a pet shop > he's noise sensitive to organic sounds (shouting, clapping, thunder is really bad) but takes a big comfort in mechanical/electronic noises and likes to hide in tony's workshop and listen to him work > when he was younger he was the kid who ate bugs on a dare

BUCKY AND ANIMAL THERAPY IS SUCH A FUCKING HUGE THING FOR ME oh my god he would be THE CUTEST PET SHOP EMPLOYEE EVER he would be so gentle and so GIGANTIC omg om g i am WEEPING

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OKAY I AM OBSESSED with this second headcanon because I have a lot of Feelings™ about recovering!Bucky and ASMR. (Silence is probably TERRIBLE for him.) I can totally picture him finding a warm corner in Tony’s workshop and listening to the ambient noises and falling asleep ; A ; (and Tony is like “lol deadly assassin look at this kitten”)

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VERY YOUNG BUCKY WOULD ABSOLUTELY EAT BUGS ON A DARE FOR ATTENTION. I especially have a lot of emotions about 616!Bucky doing that as a kid – like growing up as an army brat and being the only kid on the army base and being kind of the mascot. I always kinda wonder what that does to a person’s sense of self/their idea of how they fit in with the world. I can TOTALLY see him eating bugs on a dare for attention/approval at a young age before we went all Lt. Hendley (HOOBOY GREAT ESCAPE) and started smuggling contraband for everyone. (After that I doubt he’d feel the need to do weird dares.) 

But yeah MCU!Bucky definitely ate bugs as a kid because he’s a showboat. XD

[triflesandparsnips]

(part three)

There’s been something of a breakthrough. Not with the multiverse stuff -- that’d be too useful. Just... between the Buckys. 

Bucky seeks out Barnes in the kitchen. They stand looking at each other for a long moment.

“You talk to yourself,” Bucky says.

Barnes shifts slightly. “You track an invisible thing.”

Neither of them move. 

It’s finally Bucky who says, “My dog. Her name’s Aoife.”

Barnes frowns a little, distant. “Familiar,” he says. He focuses again, and taps his forehead. “Mission. Briefing. Barnes.” He hesitates. “There might be a couple others. Not real sure.”

Excellent. Bucky has a copy of the DSM-IV, the list of requirements for supplemental security income, and a lot of time on his hands. Who knows how long these guys are gonna be around. Better to start the application process now.

“So if that’s us,” Bucky says, “then what’s James got?”

Barnes calls up a screen showing James sitting in his room, looking out his window at the New York skyline. His notebook is on the floor. Barnes’s finger hovers over it.

“Think that might be it,” he says. The pages are bent where the book landed wrong. And there’s a dent in the wall above it.

“Fuck,” says Bucky.

“Confirm,” says Barnes.