Weekly Fic Rec: Where the Light Comes In by DrowningByDegrees

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Author’s summary:

 

When Steve finally finds Bucky in the Russian wilderness, it seems entirely reasonable to join him on his mission to destroy a Hydra base. The plan is solid, and whatever Bucky remembers of him or of them, they still work well together.

 

Only things go sideways, and Steve is gravely injured, leaving him stuck in a wreck of his own making with a former lover who may not even remember him and no way for them to call for help.

 

Words: 13448, Chapters: 1/1

 

Fandoms: Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe

Rating: Mature

Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence

Categories: M/M

Characters: James “Bucky” Barnes, Steve Rogers

Relationships: James “Bucky” Barnes/Steve Rogers

Additional Tags: Angst and Hurt/Comfort, Trauma, Established Relationship, Happy Ending, Post-Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Not Captain America: Civil War (Movie) Compliant, Canon-Typical Violence, Self-Sacrificing Steve Rogers, Everyone Needs A Hug, Bucky Barnes Recovering, Bucky Barnes’s Post-Winter Soldier Hydra Revenge World Tour, Blood and Injury, Cuddling & Snuggling, Talk about tag whiplash

My notes:

 

I especially like the contained time frame of this story, and how the progress of their interactions comes very naturally as events unfold.

Fic: love’s not controlled by the weather

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Things have settled down in Steve’s life. The team of Avengers is functioning, he has a lovely house in Brooklyn, and good friends to spend time with. Bucky is safe and free, well enough to get by on his own. In comparison, it should be a small thing that he hasn’t wanted to spend any more time with Steve than he’s had to over the last couple of years.

 

Steve should be happy, yet the winter has been wearing him down, and it’s only getting worse after the holidays. He knows he’s struggling, but doesn’t know how to turn it to better. A Friday night in early January offers a surprise, though, in the form of Bucky asking to spend some time together.

 

Words: 11385, Chapters: 2/7 WIP

 

Fandoms: Captain America (Movies)

Rating: Mature

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: M/M

Characters: Steve Rogers, James “Bucky” Barnes

Relationships: James “Bucky” Barnes/Steve Rogers

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Post-Captain America:, The Winter Soldier, Friends to Lovers, Slow Burn, Recovery, a winter romance

 

Notes:

 

We’re having a dismal winter in my corner of the world (more precisely, we haven’t really had a winter at all, just an endless November), but at least I can write a lovely winter romance for Steve and Bucky.