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just_ann_now requested I put together a master fic list for my favorite Bucky Barnes and Steve Rogers fics, and I've started on it. I'll be splitting into AO3 and a FF.net, because there's terrific non-slash, brotp fics at both sites. For now, it's just the AO3 ones, because I'm out of time. You can read it here, or click on the link to my tumblr post.

Brotp Bucky & Steve Gen Fic Master List, Pt 1 - AO3 Faves

The Space At the End of His Fingers by Owlet. He has been merely an arrow aimed at the heart of HYDRA, so it’s not hard to decide to go down with the plane.

This, You Protect by Owlet. The mission resets abruptly, from objective: kill to objective: protect. Pt 1 of Infinite Coffee and Protection Detail.

Team-Building Exercises by Owlet. Integration into adult human social dynamics requires attention and effort. Especially with this bunch of damaged bozos.(A series of interconnected one-shots.) Pt 2 of Infinite Coffee and Protection Detail.

Miracle on Park Avenue by Owlet. Should’ve stayed indoors, Barnes. That’s where the photographers aren’t.

Wing and a Prayer by Sholio. Bucky and Sam fall out of a HYDRA plane into the Canadian wilderness. Nothing like a hundred-mile walk to civilization while severely injured and being hunted by HYDRA, right?

These Things That I’ve Done by Goody. When the Howling Commandos are captured by Hydra, everyone expects them to take Steve away to experiment on but the the Hydra science division is much more interested in Sergeant James Barnes.

Out of Place by Imbecamiel. He stuck with the smiles and the upbeat messages, for the most part. People liked to hear about how much better the Super Soldier Serum had made his life, and he was happy enough to talk about it. There was so much bad news out there, people needed every win they could get. And his transformation had been a pretty dramatic win - for him, for science, for America.What was much more difficult to explain was just how confusing it all was. Just because a change is for the better doesn’t mean it isn’t hard.

It’s Not Home Without You by DaftPunk_DeLorean. When Steve shuffled down the hall in flannel pajama pants and a tank top, scrubbing his wet hair with a towel, he thought about a lot of things; his day, his search plans, how he wanted to spend the rainy evening. Mostly though, he just thought about Bucky. What he didn’t think was that he would walk into the living room and see a pair of heavy, slate-blue eyes staring back at him.

And I Am Always With You by Lauralot. He tries to reach out to Steve, but he can’t feel his arm. It’s too cold. Everything is cold save for his blood and Steve’s smile.Long after Bucky forgets his own name, he remembers “Steve.”

banish the darkness by AliuIce0814. Steve knows he doesn’t deserve mercy, but Bucky sure does.Steve goes to Mass post-CA:TWS. Someone unexpected shows up. Steve dares to hope again.

We Take Care Of Our Own by bookworm213. The Winter Soldier wanders into a homeless camp after the events in Washington. He gets help and kindness from an unexpected person.

Reconciliation by TheRedStarAtNight. With Steve and Natasha watching his back, Bucky believed he could reconcile the man he was and the man he was becoming.

Caging Demons by TheRedStarAtNight. Follow-up to my previous fic “Reconcilliation”. With new purpose, comes new responsibility for Bucky - along with a mission courtesy of Nick Fury. Even with Natasha, Steve and Sam watching his back, the spectre of his past as the Winter Soldier still haunts Bucky from the shadows.

It’s Okay, Buck by floatingsheep. After Steve rescues the 107th from the Hydra base, Steve and Bucky have a heart-to-heart chat.

happy is what happens when your dreams come true by KiaraSayre. Steve just wanted his best friend back.  He gets it, and it's not easier.

Karma’s a bitch by KiaraSayre. Steve and Sam get Bucky a dog.  The regrets begin almost immediately.

Protection Detail by KiaraSayre. Steve keeps taking reckless risks in battle and getting himself hurt, so Tony hires Darcy to babysit him and make sure he doesn’t hurt himself. Bucky thinks this is the best idea ever, and Steve hates everything.

Old Eyes by Zelos. None of their lives were easy, to be fair, but sometimes he’s reminded that Steve’s been dealt the toughest hand of them all. Written for a prompt at avengerkink:I’d love to see some fic where Steve is maybe whumped, and tired, and looking especially young and vulnerable (I can’t stop seeing him at the end of the battle in the movie, where he’s dirty, and wounded, and stunned, and kind of lost-looking).Tony or Clint POV would be awesome, but, really, I’d love to see someone’s (or several someone’s? :)) thoughts. Just something where they’re suddenly shocked at how young Captain America really is to be thrust into his the role of leadership, especially after all the major life overhauls he’s been through.

A Splintered Tomorrow by Zelos. The fragments and shards and shining, fragile things that makes up each and every one of them, and speaks of things yet to come.A WWII series.

On Your Left by Traveling Roses. Five times someone told Steve to give up looking for Bucky and two times someone didn’t. Alternately, five times someone smacked Steve on the head and said “Don’t do the thing” and he continued doing the thing and two times he listened so he could keep doing the thing.

Kindness, What Is Kindness by bookworm213. 5 times the Winter Soldier is shown the good in the world. Post Cap 2.

James Barnes, Not Bucky by serene_bibliophile. Bucky doesn’t like how Loki keeps trying to kill the Avengers.

AWOL by LaylaPendragon. Some things happen instantaneously. Others take time. Spoilers for CA:TWS. Winter Soldier/Bucky Barnes POV, an exploration of triggers good and bad and the road to identity. Rated M for adult language and content.

Untitled for the time being... I'll title it when I post it to the various archives.

Unbeta’d, probably edit it some more when I figure out a title and ready it to post.

A/N: A completely speculative piece, inspired by all this talk going around about the CA:CW funeral scene. Not calling it canon compliant because that canon doesn’t exist yet. My headcanon (for this story, at least) is that Bucky’s experience post CA:TWS is a mash-up of trying to regain memories, going on a self-assigned solo vengeance mission against HYDRA, and above all else, avoiding Steve because he’s ashamed of all he’s done as the Winter Soldier (basic comic book canon, pretty much). There was no sign of him sniping from the distance during AoU, so I’m running with the idea that Bucky’s been completely off grid and hasn’t yet started showing up at battles to watch Steve’s back. But as CA:CW approaches, maybe now he’s finding himself drawn more and more to Steve, which adds to his misery because it leaves him feeling like he’s being derelict in his true duty of protecting Steve. When he hears about Agent Carter’s passing, he knows he has to come back.

Platonic, since I don’t do romantic Stucky, so no pairings except Peggy & Steve.

Rating: eh, call it T. Nothing graphic. Mention of Bucky’s WWII capture and nightmares.

Warnings: might want a box of tissues if I handled this right?

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