Weekly Fic Rec: watch them rolling back by napricot

Link to AO3

Author’s summary:

 

Bucky was just here, he was right here. This can’t be all that’s left.

 

Well, it’s not all that’s left, not quite. There, in the pile of ash that used to be Bucky Barnes, already drifting to scatter across the soil of Wakanda, to dissipate in the air, to be nothing but dust on Steve’s hands and in his gasping mouth and in his lungs—left there, in that ash and dirt, are his gun, and his left arm, gleaming dully in the sunshine.

 

Words: 16991, Chapters: 1/1

 

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

Rating: Teen And Up Audiences

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M

Characters: Steve Rogers, Natasha Romanov (Marvel), Tony Stark, Shuri (Marvel), Rocket Raccoon, Thor (Marvel), James “Bucky” Barnes, Nebula (Marvel), Wanda Maximoff, Gamora (Marvel), Sam Wilson (Marvel), Bruce Banner, James “Rhodey” Rhodes

Relationships: James “Bucky” Barnes/Steve Rogers

Additional Tags: Post-Avengers: Infinity War Part 1 (Movie), Avengers: Infinity War Part 1 (Movie) Spoilers, Canon Divergence - Avengers: Infinity War Part 1 (Movie), Grief/Mourning, Road Trips, Temporary Character Death, Bucky Barnes’s Metal Arm, Fix-It

My notes:

 

Fair warning, you’ll get your heart broken for Steve while reading this, but over the story it also gets mended, and you’ll have read a great post-IW story, so it’s a win. The various depictions of grief as well as character interactions are rich and fascinating, and the ending is very satisfying, and it mixes in just the right amount of lightness (including a reckless goat named Steve).