Weekly Fic Rec: brooklyn born and bred by gossamernotes

[stellahibernis]

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Author’s summary:

 

When Steve comes back to Brooklyn, he leaves his old life in Washington and creates another.

 

His new apartment is bare, but the air outside still curls into his lungs the same.

 

This, he knows, is not home.

 

Not yet.

 

[The story wherein Steve moves back to Brooklyn and struggles to come to terms with the home he once lost. Everyone else in Brooklyn, however, just wants to take care of their own.]

 

(or, a CA:TWS AU.)

 

Words: 3929, Chapters: 1/1

 

Fandoms: Captain America (Movies), Captain America - All Media Types, Captain America (Comics), Marvel Cinematic Universe

Rating: General Audiences

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Categories: Gen, M/M

Characters: Steve Rogers, James “Bucky” Barnes, Sam Wilson (Marvel), Natasha Romanov

Relationships: James “Bucky” Barnes/Steve Rogers

Additional Tags: Steve Rogers and the 21st Century, Steve Needs a Hug, Brooklyn takes care of their own

My notes:

 

This is such a lovely story of returning home, and how something can be different and still important as ever.