stellahibernis | Weekly Fic Rec: There Is No Shortage of Blood by alby

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Author’s summary:

The long slow recovery of Bucky Barnes after his escape from HYDRA.

(And the longer, slower recovery of his sex life.)

Words: 246613, Chapters: 57/57

Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America (Movies)

Rating: Explicit

Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings

Categories: M/M

Characters: James “Bucky” Barnes, Steve Rogers, Original Characters, Clint Barton, Tony Stark, Stark Robots (Marvel), Sam Wilson, Natasha Romanov (Marvel)

Relationships: James “Bucky” Barnes/Steve Rogers

Additional Tags: Rape Recovery, Rape Aftermath, Rape Fantasy, Flashbacks, Suicidal Thoughts, Self-Harm, unsafe bdsm practices, Bucky’s Broken Dick, Sexual Dysfunction, Established Relationship, Bucky Barnes Recovering, Winter Soldier Trial, Army, Therapy, Catholic, Bucky Barnes, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Post-Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Avengers Tower, Bucky Barnes’s Trigger Words, Autoerotic Asphyxiation, Other Additional Tags to Be Added, Additional Warnings In Author’s Note, Blood and Injury, Knifeplay, No Safeword, (just this once), Risk Aware Consensual Kink

My notes:

Please take the tags and other warnings seriously, because this is a rough ride, but in a meaningful way, and the victories down the line are extremely satisfying. The whole story is crafted incredibly well, and there is a lot of lovely art, too.