Baby, I was born this way! Celebrate love and resilience! Below are my Top 5 Favorites stories:
“American Values Remix” (T, 2k) by phoenixflight
Steve accidentally joins the NYC Pride march, makes some new friends, and thinks about old ones.
+ Avengers to Post WS. “To be able to touch each other, dance together, hold hands, kiss in the corner - it was heady, terrifying, triumphant, that feeling of being seen and known by others who were like you.”
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“No More Shame” (T, 3k) by thepinupchemist
“I think the Winter Soldier is going to our synagogue,” Billy said, apropos of absolutely nothing.
Or: Billy Kaplan helps Bucky Barnes find his way.
+ Post WS. Bucky learns something new and gets his man
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“Brooklyn” (T, 8k) by togina
"Captain America, what's your stance on gay marriage?"
Everyone knows that, by now. Everyone but Bucky.
+ Avengers to Post WS. If Steve knew Bucky was still alive, maybe he wouldn’t have let them make a movie about his unrequited love
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“the person fifty-year-old me will be proud to have known” (E, 11k) by moonythejedi394
Steve is trans. Bucky is a supportive boyfriend. Well, soon to be his former boyfriend. Because you see, when Steve and Bucky were tiny children, they swore to both of their families that one day, they'd get married. One day is apparently the day of New York's Pride Parade.
Also, Bucky breaks Kaitlin Bennet's camera.
+ Modern AU. Oh, to be young and in love!
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"Pride” (E, 7k) by lockedlocke
So here he was, at Pride despite the fact that he’d rather be at home. It’s hot, boiling and his feet hurt a bit from standing all day. Converse might be nice shoes, but Jesus they were terrible for his knees.
He had lost Natasha a little while ago, and had given up on finding her. He just wants to sit down for a moment. As soon as he spots an empty bean bag by one of the workshops he sinks down in it and opens his Coke bottle. He’s exactly one sip down his drink when someone slides down beside him on the ground.
“Can I draw on your cast?” A blond man asks with a toothy grin. There’s a light sunburn on his shoulders and Bucky can see the faint hint of freckles on it.
+ Modern AU. Bucky meets the man of his dreams and gets an artistic booty call
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-☆- And a freebie where they didn’t make it out the door -☆-
“I saw you there, I saw you then” (E, 19k) by cleo4u2 and mantissa
An accidental slide of a thumb brings Steve and Bucky back together.
+ Shrunkyclunks...or is it? Reincarnated Bucky dials a wrong number, befriends Steve, and gets his past memories back
Winger Cupid Painted Blind by Kittendiamore
When Laurent's cousin - the soon to be fiancée of King Damianos of Akielos- elopes with her lover, Laurent hatches a plan to avoid a war. Masquerading as his cousin, Laurent must be as politely unlikable as possible to make Damen decide to call off the wedding. Unfortunately, Damianos happens to be one of the most amiable men he's ever met.
Courts, Crowns and A Little Game of Chess by waywardwriter
In an attempt to diffuse the rising tensions between Akielos and Vere, Prince Auguste invites a group of Akielon ambassadors to the Veretian court. He expects many things to come out of this visit: trade agreements, festivities and celebrations, and perhaps the emergence of better diplomatic relations between the two nations. What he did not expect, however, was for his younger brother to take an interest in the Crowned Prince of Akielos.AKA: The fic where Laurent is a reserved, bookish, hero-worshipping boy who meets Prince Damianos for the first time.
Paradigm Shift by Just_Another_Day
After years of coming to terms with how misplaced his unrequited teenage crush on Damen probably was, Laurent finds that Damen starts actually paying attention to him after all. Laurent's not very good at dealing with the change. (Nor is Damen, for that matter.)
love me tender, love me true by stillwaterseas (phoenixflight)
People made certain assumptions, looking at Damen - he was used to it. The broad shoulders, the height. He’d disappointed lovers in the past before he’d learned to make it clear that he liked someone else to take charge in bed.
Sometimes Damen just wanted a break from the responsibility and pressure of his job and the rest of his life. He’d never really considered it as a lifestyle thing, except as an occasional jerk-off fantasy. He hadn’t expected to ever meet someone he trusted enough, who was compatible in that way. And then he’d met Laurent.
You know what’s sexy? A good book. Below are my Top 5 Favorite stories featuring the boys reading books:
“The First Rule of Book Club” (T, 28k) by Deisderium
The first man to participate in Janelle's book club is a very shy long-haired guy who's probably a vet, given the prosthetic arm. She really wants the book club ladies to be his friend, and is delighted when he invites his tall blond--friend? Boyfriend? to come to book club too.
+ Post WS. Bucky moves to a small town and befriends a group of ladies who want him to be happy
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“Beyond the Yellow Book Road” (T, 30k) by crinklefries
Before he was Captain America, he was Steve Rogers, knobby kneed and wild-eyed, with scrapes on his knuckles and a book in his hands.
In 1942, he leaves for war and eventually crashes the Valkyrie.
That's only the beginning of his story.
In 2011, Steve's body is dragged from ice off the coast of Greenland.
In 2015, he meets a bookstore clerk.
This is what happens when a superhero loses his way home and the only way back is through the Yellow Book Road.
+ Shrunkyclunks. Everything in the future is different, except the one bookstore that holds a special place in his heart
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“Long Overdue” (G, 1k) by phoenixflight
"Bucky, it’s been seventy years. It’s...” Steve sat up and squinted at the analog clock on the nightstand. “It’s three in the fucking morning.”
“And?” Bucky pulled on a black shirt, the gleam of his arm vanishing under the fabric. “Books don’t get less overdue.”
+ Post WS. Bucky remembers he never returned his library books
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“Never go to bed alone when you have a library card” (T, 4k) by relenafanel
Tall, blond hottie (in a sweater) was back, staring at the wall of new and popular titles with a thoughtful expression on his face. He came in every Tuesday night like clockwork, read through the summaries on the back of a handful of books with his profile turned just enough towards the front entrance that Bucky could see the slope of his nose and take joy in watching those arm muscles minutely flex as he shifted the book in his grasp.
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Steve is an attractive library patron who is far too competent to ever ask librarian!Bucky questions. Bucky likes that in a man.
+ Modern AU. If the guy Bucky’s crushing on never needs help, however will they talk?
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“Tall Tales” (G, 1k) by pascals_wager
“You’re going to be the next Dr. Seuss,” Stark parrots off the review on the book’s back flap. He sounds horrified. Bucky, who’s peering over his shoulder, bursts into laughter. Stark sends him a dirty look.
“Did you know about this?” he demands of Bucky, his tone accusing.
(Bucky and Steve write picture books.)
+ Post WS. Bucky writes, Steve draws, and nothing hurts
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*More book fics in the Epistolary and Kid Fic list
36, 38 and 39 for the ask game! -- Tünde from the Phoenixflight System (it's not our main blog, we're closeted on main and that's why we're anon, but if you want me I'll reblog this from the system blog.)
36. Name your favourite quality of all the members you can think of! Including yourself! ;)
waugh okay. this is gonna be kinda long probably
me (michael): i like how i'm good at thinking of ideas for writing-related stuff!!
ryan: cute<3 also h3's really funny
noah: really good at being a gatekeeper/protector and like. he cares so much about the system and that's really cool
jeff: generally just a really cool guy i think
portia: really good fashion sense
jason: my brother <3 he sucks. but i like him
doug: also my brother <3 hes so fucking funny dude. he could be a standup comedian
thomas: also Also my brother <3 really fun to hang out with and also he has a really good taste in music
mabel: she's good at art
ted: has the ability to annoy my husband with awful puns
pete: big neopronoun fan which is rly cool
theres definitely more but that would take forever to do
38. Is it easy for you guys to be co-conscious?
yeah it's pretty easy!! sometimes it gets more complicated if there's a lot of people co-con, though
39. Are you blurry often? How do you deal with blurriness?
we get blurry kinda often, usually it isn't really in a distressing way, just like. "huh. i dunno who i mostly am right now" and that gets kinda annoying, usually we can use front triggers to un-blur a bit more though
