Weekly Fic Rec: What Others Only Catch a Glimpse of by Ghostlymissions

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Author’s summary:

 

“He didn’t allow himself to look anymore - couldn’t risk getting caught, didn’t want Bucky to ever know - but it was all he wanted to do, to memorize the lines of Bucky’s face, the angles, trace them onto paper and keep it close. Bucky was the most beautiful person Steve had ever seen.”

 

Or: Five times Steve drew Bucky.

 

Words: 10735, Chapters: 1/1

 

Fandoms: Captain America (Movies)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Relationships: James “Bucky” Barnes/Steve Rogers

Additional Tags: First Time, Period-Typical Homophobia, 5+1 Things, Oral Sex, Bottom Bucky, Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Artist Steve Rogers

My notes:

 

This is all kinds of heartbreaking, with the two of them struggling with their relationship and what they can and can’t be for each other, but the very hopeful place they end up in is all the more satisfying for it.