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[hitorimaron]

Inspired by despite the threatening sky and shuddering earth (they remained) by @praximeter

[hazel-wand]

Story time. @amazingstuckylibrary was asked what was the first Stucky fic they read. I saw this and thought that since I've only been on the Stucky bandwagon for 18 months or so, it'd be easy to go through my AO3 history and find out what my first fic was.

So.

This is not my first fic. My first Marvel story was some kind of Spiderman whump, and I've no idea how I got there. My second Marvel fic was an explicit Steve/Tony/Bucky and I REALLY don't know how I got there (although I vividly remember my first ever fanfic I read was a Snape/Harry fic where everyone cried a lot. It contained the phrase 'greasy little lover'. I hadn't searched for it, didn't realise it was Snarry until I'd got somewhat interested in the plot, and didn't read fanfic again for Quite Some Time).

Anyway. My third Marvel fanfic was Mistake on the Part of Nature, and I don't know if I just searched for the most popular Stucky fic on AO3 or if I started at the top of a rec list somewhere.

But my FOURTH Marvel fanfic was this one (by the same author). I'd forgotten reading this fic, but I just reread it and I think is a pretty perfect first foray into the world of fandom Stucky.

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

Hot on its heels, I discovered the newbie starting point list on the Stucky Library, and read 4 Minute Window and despite the threatening sky and shuddering earth (they remained) and a lot of other amazing stories which made me fall in love with this ship.

[moonykat]

This fic by @praximeter has made me take a look back at what the But I knew him scene could've been like had Bucky been unable to remove the mask. I did this after reading the whole fic in one night. It's gorgeous and heartbreaking, go read it.

[mitsususu]

Don’t underestimate the importance of body language! Below are my Top 5 Favorite stories:

“Idioglossia” (M, 20k) by hotelmichelle

“James and Steve. If I have to tell you one more time to stop talking, you will be separated. Do you understand?”

Bucky stares up at Mrs. Wheatley with the face that gets him out of trouble when his ma is in a good mood. Steve becomes suddenly fascinated with his correction work. It would have been convincing enough, if their papers weren’t blank.

Or: Steve and Bucky make up a secret language

+ Pre WW2 to Post WS. Steve and Bucky are going find ways to communicate with each other whether you like it or not

-☆-

“But you were always gold to me” (NR, 13k) by Scout924

In which Steve finds Bucky (or does Bucky find Steve?) after Bucky pulls him from the river, and Steve will do whatever it takes to find his old friend in the Winter Soldier. Bucky finds a less-painful way to communicate.

+ Post WS. Steve’s home is wherever Bucky is, and Bucky will stay.

-☆-

“despite the threatening sky and shuddering earth (they remained)” (E, 71k) by praximeter (Zimario)

“They really didn’t want the mask to come off.” Hill thumbed through the scans, and pulled out a film that she then handed over to Sam, face mostly expressionless but for the flat line of her pursed lips.

Sam accepted the film and held it up to the light, angling so both he and Steve could see it, squinting at the outline of the Winter Soldier’s skull, and the blips of unnatural white that showed up, God, in his brain, not to mention about half his teeth, plus the mask, with its thin protrusions—

“Those are pins,” Steve realized. He looked over at Hill. “The mask—it’s nailed to his face.”

Hill’s face was as unmoved as ever. “Like I said. They really didn’t want it coming off.”

+ Alt WS. Identity porn and body trauma. This story hurts so good, but the ending is sweet.

-☆-

“Give Me A Sign” (G, 1k) by orphan_account

Bucky loves knowing more than one language. It certainly helps him pine over strangers.

+ Modern AU. Bucky has the biggest crush on the guy at the coffeeshop, and he loves to sign about it

-☆-

“Signs and Signals” (T, 1k) by EachPeachPearPlum

For the prompt: "X was talking to a friend in sign language in public transportation, using both hands so not holding anywhere, bus/train suddenly stops and X falls onto Y, who catches him. X immediately turns his face to his friend to quickly sign "He's so damn hot", without knowing Y is fluent in ASL, then apologetically types "I'm so sorry" in his phone, holds it to Y's face. Y signs "It's okay", X is horrified and he blushes like hell"

(In which Clint hates the subway, his job, and days when he loses his hearing aids, but is greatly cheered up when his dumbass best friend falls into the lap of a handsome stranger.)

+ Modern AU. An adorable meet-cute on the train with fantastic friends

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-☆- Bonus Freebie! -☆-

“Every Tree That is Pleasant” (T, 13K) by spitandvinegar

“As near as we can figure,” Tony said, “we had two incredibly ridiculous things happen at once. The first was Cap and murderbot activated a device that was sort of the juiced-up remote version of the thing that they used to scramble Barnes' brains back in the day. The second is that Mad Madame Mim here panicked and tried to get the universe to move them out of the room, and instead accidentally sent them to outer space.”

“To another dimension,” said Wanda, as if that was the point that made all the difference.

+ Post WS. Steve and Bucky spend 20 feral years alone together and make their own language. 

*More Stucky Recs here

[fics-i-like]

Despite the threatening sky and shuddering earth (they remained)

By praximeter (Zimario)

Category: M/M

Pairing: Bucky/Steve

Rating: Explicit

Word Count: 71532

Chapters: 20/20

Summary: “They really didn’t want the mask to come off.” Hill thumbed through the scans, and pulled out a film that she then handed over to Sam, face mostly expressionless but for the flat line of her pursed lips.

Sam accepted the film and held it up to the light, angling so both he and Steve could see it, squinting at the outline of the Winter Soldier’s skull, and the blips of unnatural white that showed up, God, in his brain, not to mention about half his teeth, plus the mask, with its thin protrusions—

“Those are pins,” Steve realized. He looked over at Hill. “The mask—it’s nailed to his face.”

Hill’s face was as unmoved as ever. “Like I said. They really didn’t want it coming off.”

[iamnmbr3]

What is The Night War?

Oh it’s an awesome fic by @praximeter that is in the form of Bucky’s wartime diary entries, which, in the world of the fic, later get published and achieve great recognition. The fic is extremely well researched and heart wrenchingly emotional.

The Night War: 60th Anniversary Edition by praximeter (Zimario) (complete | 109,105 | T )

In 1947, Master Sergeant James B. Barnes’s surviving field journals were posthumously published as the classic war memoir The Night War. Now a high school history classroom mainstay and required reading at West Point, this highly anticipated 60th Anniversary Edition presents the original, unedited text alongside detailed historical notes that provide important context to the extraordinary wartime heroics of Captain America and the Howling Commandos.

Barnes, James B. The Night War: The Wartime Memoirs of a Howling Commando. Ed. Harold Miller. 60th Anniversary ed. New York: HarperCollins, 2005. Print.

[girlbookwrm]

An Archive of Our Own, a project of the Organization for Transformative Works

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[crvggio]

The Night War: 60th Anniversary Edition

Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Captain America (Movies) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: James “Bucky” Barnes/Steve Rogers, James “Bucky” Barnes & Steve Rogers, James “Bucky” Barnes & Barnes Family Characters: James “Bucky” Barnes Additional Tags: Christmas, Memory Loss, Identity Issues, Family, Bucky Barnes Recovering, Bucky Barnes Feels

As you all know, I love making edits for my favorite fanfics and here is the book cover sleeve for The Night War: 60th Anniversary Edition by @praximeter. I’mma go back to my hole and await more updates for the maskfic goooddbbyyeee