Hiya! Hope it's okay, I wanted to rec one of my favorite Stucky writers on AO3, Allie_J. They're incredibly talented and their writing and characterization are A++. Specifically, the fic "fo·lie à deux" is one of the best asylum/mental ward fics i've read. But "Heartbeat At My Feet" is an adorable/pining fic where Bucky owns a dog salon. And "Between" is a unique piece involving ghosts/afterlife. They haven't updated in a while but still totally worth reading and could use the love, imho!
thanks!
fo·lie à deux by Allie_J (WIP)
“James, can you tell me where we are?”
He smiled a little at that.
“We are in a facility designed by HYDRA to break me,” he answered.
And he could bear it, if they didn’t have Steve, too.
Heartbeat At My Feet by Allie_J (WIP)
Bucky is a mostly-recovered war veteran who opened a dog grooming salon so that he could spend his days with a maximum of dogs and a minimum of people.
Natasha is his salon manager and walks a dangerously thin line between her hiring duties and meddling in Bucky’s non-existent love life.
Steve just needs a job.
Between by Allie_J (WIP)
The Winter Soldier is a ghost.
Something is haunting Steve not just in his dreams but in his apartment. Footsteps, voices, shadows - he comes to accept that the presence is Bucky. One possibility - his best friend is dead. Another - he was recaptured by Hydra and found a way to separate his consciousness from his body while in cryostasis, meaning that if Steve can find a way to communicate with him directly, Bucky could lead him to his body.
Sam has a third theory. That Steve may need some professional help.
