Weekly Fic Rec: Where the Light Comes In by DrowningByDegrees

[stellahibernis]

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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.