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There Is Only One Braincell In This Quartet And They Forgot Who Had It Last

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[mitsususu]

Yeah, we danced on table tops and we took too many shots. Think we kissed, but I forgot. Sometimes, romance happens under the influence. Below are my Top 5 Favorite stories:

“in the morning i'll be sober and you'll still be mine” (T, 2k) by mcwho

Steve always marveled at how people lost all their inhibitions after they got a little alcohol in them.

And then Thor gets him drunk on Asgardian liquor. Events unfold.

+ Post WS. Steve gets drunk and can’t contain his pining anymore. Bucky doesn’t mind at all.

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“Let's Fall in Love” (T, 3k) by Desdemon

“I really am sorry, dollface,” Bucky said, his eyes huge and stupid. “I’m just flapping my gums, you know what a chucklehead I am.”

+ Post WS. Steve and Bucky go to a themed bar, and get really into roleplaying.

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“the place where you were in my heart is not closed” (T, 3k) by shestepsintotheriver

Steve and Bucky used to spend every summer together, but when Bucky didn’t turn up for his last year at summer camp, Steve had no way to contact him.

Seven years later, a semi-drunken toast brings them back together.

+ Modern AU. Steve’s made friends at college, but still pines after his long lost childhood crush. Turns out his crush is right down the street.

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“Save a Horse, Ride a Captain” (T, 2k) by galwednesday

Bucky tapped him on the shoulder, swaying back and forth a little as he waited for the man to turn around. “Hello,” he said, and then promptly forgot what else he was going to say, because this guy was fucking beautiful. “Wow. Good face.”

Two of the guy’s friends, a man wearing a suit that fit so well it had to be bespoke and a man with a cute little gap between his front teeth, started cracking up. The petite redhead sitting next to them cocked her head to the side and pulled her phone out of her handbag. Beautiful Face just looked kind of pained, so Bucky redirected. He was a gentleman. He could take a hint. No hitting on beautiful guys who were uncomfortable with that sort of thing, no matter how lickable their jawlines were.

“Hello,” he repeated, doing his best to mind his manners. “I’m very sorry to bother you. Can I have a piggy-back ride?”

+ Shrunkyclunks. Captain America carries drunk Bucky back home and makes him coffee in the morning. The Howling Commandos are thrilled

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“Bubbling up” (T, 4k) by Niitza

"And that's the story of how Captain America drove safely to the French zone libre, with the rest of his team three sheets to the wind, while being fearfully saluted by Nazis."

+ Post CW. Bucky is slowly recovering his memories, and finds out drinking champagne brings back a nice one 

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-☆- And a freebie when they’re sober!! -☆-

“When You're Drunk” (M, 3k) by Kellyscams

Seventy years ago, Bucky Barnes was in love with Steve Rogers and could only express his love for him under the misguided courage of drunken nights.

Seventy years ago, Steve Rogers was in love with Bucky Barnes, and could only have Bucky's love under the misguided courage of drunken nights.

Seventy years later, what happens when a drunken night is nearly impossible?

+ Post WS. Bucky has a hard time telling Steve how he feels, so he tries for a little liquid courage. Turns out Steve has enough courage for both of them (the angsty prequel is here)

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+ More Alcohol fics in College AU and Seasonal Sampler lists

[stellahibernis]

Saturday morning fic rec:

Author’s summary:

It started with shawarma.

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A story about food, memory, and how Steve Rogers carved out a place for himself in the 21st century.

Words: 43837, Chapters: 1/1

Fandoms: Captain America (Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, James "Bucky" Barnes, Peggy Carter, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Sam Wilson (Marvel), Clint Barton, Original Characters

Relationships: James “Bucky” Barnes/Steve Rogers

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, The Avengers (2012) Compliant, Captain America: The Winter Soldier Compliant, Not Avengers: Age of Ultron (Movie) Compliant, Not Captain America: Civil War (Movie) Compliant, Food, Cooking, Steve Rogers and the 21st Century, Steve Rogers Needs a Hug, Steve Rogers Feels, Memories, Jewish Bucky Barnes, Hydra, Past Torture, Past Starvation, Food Issues, World War II, Angst with a Happy Ending, Fluff, Domestic Avengers, Self-Discovery, do not copy to another site

My notes:

This is such a great look into Steve’s process of acclimatizing into his new life, and i really like the angle of taking a food journey, which helps him get along.

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The Knights and their Bees by Niitza

Summary: A series of ficlets taking place in the universe spawned by this tumblr post:

"Whelp I’m stuck imagining an AU where Cain is Cas’ dad and together they raise bees and make honey and wax candles in the middle of nowhere, Kansas - and Cain is totally onto that young hooligan who just moved here for some reason with his black monstrosity of a car and his leather jacket and who has the gall of making Cain’s boy smile, honestly, what the Hell, you better watch your back, boy, I’m watching you *squints*"

Not in chronological order.

Comments: 8/10. 50 chapters of pure fluff. Not much plot and no smut, just sweet domestic fluff. Perfect for a pick-me-up after a particularly angsty fic. I feel that it is a little too long to read in one go though, the unending domestic fluff can get a little repetitive, so I recommend taking a break once in a while.

[mitsususu]

Trying to be someone else was harder than it seemed. Secret identities, mistaken identities, and identity reveals. Below are my Top 5 Favorite stories:

“Take You For a Ride (On my Garbage Truck)” (T, 20k) by GoodbyeBlues

"This is it," Bucky murmured to no one but Mother Earth herself, blades of greenery tickling his lips as he sang his dying whale song into the ground. "This is where I perish." ... Despite how it often looks, dramatic millennial Bucky Barnes is not actually homeless. He's just really, really bad at flirting.

+ Modern AU. Hilarious misunderstandings. Steve is the sweetest guy alive, Sam is a Good Bro, and Bucky’s a Disney princess

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“How to Woo the Winter Soldier” (G, 21k) by writeonclara

“I think I’m ready to date again,” Steve said.

“What,” Natasha said.

“What?” Clint said, lowering his binoculars. He blinked at the dumbstruck look on the Captain’s face, then followed his gaze to where he was staring dopily at—at the Winter fucking Soldier.

“Steve, no,” Clint groaned.

Or: Steve courts the Winter Soldier.

+ Post Avengers. Steve falls in love with Bucky (again) and gets questionable courting advice from the internet. Bucky’s reluctantly charmed despite himself

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“Strange Visitor (From Another Time)” (E, 51k) by Niitza

James Barnes, rising star reporter of the New York Bulletin, has a plan. One, find out all there is to know about New York's newest vigilante Nomad, starting with his true identity. Two, write a masterful piece about it. Three, win a Pulitzer and become the envy of all his peers. Four, enjoy.

Or, you know, something like that.

One thing's for certain, though: he sure as hell isn't going to let that fucking asshole newbie Grant O'Connor steal his spotlight.

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Or: the Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman AU no one asked for.

+ Shrunkyclunks. Love has a way of throwing ambition off track. (Names may change, but hearts stay the same)

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“the secret circuit home” (E, 3k) by ftmsteverogers

In which Bucky escapes Azzano on his own with the other Howling Commandos, rough around the edges, but alive. He makes it back in time to watch Captain America's godawful performance, not knowing that it's his best friend up there in tights.

Then he hits on him after the show.

+ Post Azzano. Steve takes Bucky back to his trailer for a personal morale boost

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“Dirty Pics” (M, 3k) by lillupon

There’s this one guy Bucky slept with three months ago who still sends pics of his ass whenever Bucky asks. What can he say? Grant’s got an ass that just won’t quit.

+ Shrunkyclunks. Hookup to friends to potentially more, if Steve ever finds the right time to tell the truth. 

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-☆- And a freebie! -☆-

“Metallurgy” (M, 22k) by eyres and TheFriendlyPigeon

The battle quieted for the moment, the great metal giant turns, at last, and sees Steve. Dark, almost human hair frames a sharp, steel face - but, Steve is caught by its eyes. They’re bright silver, sparking in the sunlight, shot through with gray and blue, visible even at this distance. Something about them nags at Steve, calls to him, reminds him of…

Instead of making the Winter Soldier, Hydra transfers Bucky's consciousness to a metal body, locking his mind within a prison of steel and programming. However, Bucky is stronger than they could've ever imagined.

+ WW2 to Avengers. Reposted from the Robot List because it’s a gorgeous story. Bucky can’t even say Steve’s name, but Steve figures it out anyway

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*More identity fics in De-Serumed, Teacher AU, Spy AU, Hitman AU, Sign Language, Video Games, Weddings, Other People’s Weddings, Medieval AU, and Mythology lists

[mitsususu]

Good Food and other home cooking. Food is the language of love! Below are my Top 5 Favorite stories:

“The Way to a Man’s Heart” (T, 43k) by Niitza and whatthefoucault

It started with shawarma. - A story about food, memory, and how Steve Rogers carved out a place for himself in the 21st century.

+ Avengers to Post WS. This is the food love story. Steve eats his feelings way through New York, cooks for the team, takes instagram photos, and gets his Bucky back

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“my heart beets for you” (G, 1k) by canistakahari

Bucky makes Steve a birthday dessert. Steve really commits to enjoying it.

+ Post WS. Jello salad hilarity. Oh, the things we eat for love

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“Dream of Caramel: or, A Recipe for Disaster” (T, 17k) by gwyneth rhys

But none of that explains why right now Clint’s pants are literally on fire and Barnes is pitching an entire five-pound bag of pastry flour straight at Clint’s crotch with his metal arm.

+ Post WS. Bucky secretly learns how to cook gourmet meals for Steve. The Avengers ship Stucky and do their best to help

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“Snickerdoodles Are the Way to Steve’s Heart” (T, 15k) by HMSLusitania

Steve can't help but be a little annoyed when Natasha signs him up for a cooking class - a couple's cooking class. At least, he's annoyed until he meets the instructor, who might just be the most attractive man Steve has ever laid eyes on.

Featuring chef!Bucky, bitterly single Steve, and their meddling friends.

+ Modern AU. Steve and Bucky have more in common than they think. Delicious food, too many mutual acquaintances, fail dates, and happily ever afters

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“Salt & Sugar” (E, 19k) by GoldBlooded and stfustucky

Steve Rogers is a bigshot celebrity chef in New York City, and Bucky Barnes is a classically trained pastry chef in Moscow.

When billionaire and mutual friend Natasha Romanoff calls on them to collaborate for her Memorial Day Benefit Gala, they both brace themselves to spend the week working with some jerk they're bound to hate.

Except... Steve makes a burger that could bring Bucky to tears, and Bucky makes tartlets so beautiful Steve's sure they qualify as art.

Maybe, just maybe, together they could make this a night to remember.

+ Modern AU. Enemies to lovers, competency kink, and lots of kitchen flirting

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*More Cooking fics in the Thanksgiving, Biblionerd07, Only One Bed, Witches, and Firefighter lists

[mitsususu]

The Great Defrosting: everything is bright and shiny and new and all his friends are dead. Below are my Top 5 Favorite stories. 

“Where the Need is Greatest” (T, 19k) by Niitza

In which Steve Rogers takes one look at the history of American military interventions since the end of World War II and nopes straight out of it, follows in his Ma's footsteps to become a paramedic, joins Doctors Without Borders, gets sent on an unsanctioned humanitarian mission to Syria, and somehow still ends up being a determining factor in Hydra's downfall - all of this without throwing a single punch.

Somehow, he's okay with it.

+ Shield and Hydra learn not to underestimate Steve Rogers, but by then it’s too late

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“Easy Work For Easy Pay” (M, 45k) by AustinB

Bucky's working his way back up through the ranks at S.H.I.E.L.D. after a mission took his left arm and Stark gave him a new metal one.

So when Fury tasks him with integrating the newly defrosted Captain Rogers into the 21st century, he jumps at the promotion.

+ Shrunkyclunks with mutual attraction, battle couple-ing, amnesia, and a wedding

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“can’t hardly weight” (T, 3k) by attackofthezee (noxlunate)

When Steve Rogers woke up in the future he was given a phone and shown how to use social media.

Well, no, in all actuality he was given a two week crash course entitled The Future And You, a six hour sensitivity course, a brand new id, and a credit card.

In which Steve gets a crush on an instagram gym thot and laments over it a lot to the intern stuck with him.

+ Shrunkyclunks with a lot of thirst and awkwardness

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“turn me up when you feel low” (T, 13k) by faerietell

Steve Rogers is a man out of time, in a city that used to be his home, a city he no longer recognizes. Through charming radio host, Bucky Barnes, he relearns his city, adopts a dog, and falls in love.

+ Shrunkyclunks where Steve listens to the radio for advice, conversation, and connection

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“The New Age” (T, 6k) by AustinB

“You’re good at the future,” Steve says, a little downcast.

Bucky doesn’t notice. He grins, “I always thought I would be.”

(AU: Bucky and Steve were both on the plane when Steve put it in the Arctic.)

+ They will always come back to each other no matter how different their perspectives are, or how far apart they drift

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-☆- And a freebie -☆-

“Surveillance” (G, 7k) by Sproings

If there are ears everywhere, that means it's somebody's job to listen.

I hate my job.

+ Steve’s apartment was bugged and this is that outsider’s POV. Part 1 is defrosting, Part 2 covers events of WS.

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*More Stucky Recs here

[mitsususu]

Sometimes you just want muscles and sweat. Below are my Top 5 Favorite Stories:

“Howitzer” (E, 111k) by spacebuck

Bucky Barnes, figure skating champion, is forced to switch his skates for hockey ones when he leaves for college. Problem is, he's never played hockey before, and now he has to be good enough to get the scholarship he needs. Enter Steve Rogers, Carter University Men's Hockey player, who's decided that he'd do anything to get this guy on his team.

Cue five am runs, overwhelming classes, new friends, plenty of snow, and a sport that's fast becoming a way of life.

+ Modern AU. Figure skater turned hockey player Bucky and hockey captain Steve

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“Moosebumps” (T, 4k) by rohkeutta

Steve feels like he’s in some wild fever dream as he walks closer and says, “Hey, you all right?”

107 looks up. He looks even prettier up close, even (or especially, Steve’s mind supplies unhelpfully) with his cheeks flushed with the exercise and sweat beading on his forehead. He does look a little crazy, though.

“Huh,” 107 says, looks down Steve’s body, then up again. “I know we just met, but your dick looks like it’s getting strangled.”

+ Modern AU. Cyclists,  Bucky holds a grudge and Steve is enamored 

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“Dodging the Question” (T, 6k) by Deisderium

Steve Rogers knows that he's in a recreational league, intellectually. Emotionally, he wants to completely destroy the other team. It's stupid, and when he's not actually in the middle of the game, he can admit that to himself and to others. But while he's playing, all he can focus on is completely ruining his opponents.

This is true no matter what game he's playing. It's true during basketball season, it's true in singles tennis, and it is certainly fucking true when it's time for summer dodgeball.

+ Modern AU. Dodgeball, Steve is incredibly thirsty

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“The Baisodrome Theory” (T, 8k) by Niitza

Rumors abound about the Olympic Village. Some say it's like a college campus, only worse because it's abroad and almost everyone is of legal age. Some say it should be re-baptized Fuck City. Some say it's unsanitary and not up to security standards and refuse to move in (we're looking at you, Australia).

Bucky doesn't care. Unlike some people (read: Clint), he's not here to relive his not-so-long-lost youth or to entertain his dick. He's here for the sport. He's here for his teammates, for his family and for the guys back home. He's here to enjoy a once-in-a-lifetime experience: the Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Nothing more. Too bad life rarely gives you what you want—or actually expect.

+ Modern AU. Olympic AU. Steve on discus and Bucky on rifles

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"Maybe the Real Gold Medal Was the Friends We Made Along the Way” (E, 18k) by thedishandthespoon

Steve is at his first Olympic games and he's determined to prove himself. Bucky is at his last Olympic games and trying not to think about his retirement. They meet. Steve gets to call Bucky "Sir." It's nice.

+ Modern AU. Olympic AU. Steve is adorable and thirsty as hell. Age difference, just the tip, and happy endings  

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*More Stucky Recs here