Snowflake Challenge - Day 2
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przedDay 2
Rec at least three fanworks that you didn’t create.
Again, this is tough because there is so much good fic out there, but here are three of my longer current faves, plus a bonus one.
Roll On (89113 words) by jaxington
Summary: In 1938, there's a bar in Brooklyn called Sully’s where people are safe to be themselves. Behind the bar, a girl pours drinks. She's always got a big smile for Steve and she says queer like it's a good thing. On a regular basis, she takes his shoulders in her hands and tries to shake sense into him, saying, "When will you do something about that best friend of yours?"
This story, and its subsequent sequels, are quite possibly my favourite fic in all of Marvel fandom. Both the past and the present are beautifully drawn, and jaxington makes me care deeply about not just Steve and Bucky, but Bucky's family, and Steve's best friend, Rachel Rosenbaum. The final story in the series, Thin Blue Flame, is a WIP, but each chapter is a satisfying read on its own.
A Pretty Boy with a Bird Tattoo (100646 words) by Kryptaria
Summary: Bucky Barnes is the wholesome, handsome boy next door, complete with the engineering major and the beloved younger sister (or three). Steve Rogers is the punk artist loner with an unkindness on his arm and a never-ending fight against the world. His best friend, Natasha, is best left unmentioned, though there are rumors that if you kiss the Black Widow's spider, she'll give you a tattoo for free. But she never said where or what. They shouldn't work together, until they do.
A really fantastic OT3 story that is both incredibly sweet and smoking hot. The way Bucky's quirky family adopt Steve and Nat is a good party of what I love about this story.
Do Every Stupid Thing (108286 words) by thepartyresponsible
Summary: Jason doesn’t mean for the Winter Soldier to be a present for Tony Stark. The youngest Stark isn’t supposed to be involved at all. The plan is simple: intervene before the Winter Soldier can murder Howard and Maria, tranq the Winter Soldier until he’s sufficiently incapacitated, and then drag him off for further study and let the Starks carry on with their fraught, bourgeoisie bullshit.
A DC/Marvel crossover, and another OT3, this time with Bucky Barnes, Tony Stark, and former Robin, Jason Todd. Bucky is often written as a blunt, sarcastic asshole (and I mean that in the fondest way possible) but thepartyresponsible's Jason Todd takes that to a whole new level and I love him for that. Of course, Jason's extreme snark is hiding a lot of emotional baggage, and seeing Jason, Bucky and Tony work through the various horrors they've lived through is what makes this fic so awesome. I found this recently, read to the end of the series, then went back and read it all again.
undersell, overcommit (10222 words) by silentwalrus
Summary: Steve goes so hard for Bucky that he becomes a licensed, practicing massage therapist.
A bonus rec. A short(er) story than the previous three, and one that totally plays to my competency kink. If Steve Rogers is going to become a licensed RMT just to help Bucky, of course he's going to become the best RMT out there. I love how Steve accumulates a community of people around him, all of whom, of course, adopt/are adopted by Bucky as well.
Rec at least three fanworks that you didn’t create.
Again, this is tough because there is so much good fic out there, but here are three of my longer current faves, plus a bonus one.
Roll On (89113 words) by jaxington
Summary: In 1938, there's a bar in Brooklyn called Sully’s where people are safe to be themselves. Behind the bar, a girl pours drinks. She's always got a big smile for Steve and she says queer like it's a good thing. On a regular basis, she takes his shoulders in her hands and tries to shake sense into him, saying, "When will you do something about that best friend of yours?"
In 2012, Bucky’s gone, but Steve’s not, and the girl’s hands are too old to shake him. She does her best to make him see sense anyway.
Steve had people who loved him before the war, and it turns out a few of them are still around when he finally comes home.
This story, and its subsequent sequels, are quite possibly my favourite fic in all of Marvel fandom. Both the past and the present are beautifully drawn, and jaxington makes me care deeply about not just Steve and Bucky, but Bucky's family, and Steve's best friend, Rachel Rosenbaum. The final story in the series, Thin Blue Flame, is a WIP, but each chapter is a satisfying read on its own.
A Pretty Boy with a Bird Tattoo (100646 words) by Kryptaria
Summary: Bucky Barnes is the wholesome, handsome boy next door, complete with the engineering major and the beloved younger sister (or three). Steve Rogers is the punk artist loner with an unkindness on his arm and a never-ending fight against the world. His best friend, Natasha, is best left unmentioned, though there are rumors that if you kiss the Black Widow's spider, she'll give you a tattoo for free. But she never said where or what. They shouldn't work together, until they do.
A really fantastic OT3 story that is both incredibly sweet and smoking hot. The way Bucky's quirky family adopt Steve and Nat is a good party of what I love about this story.
Do Every Stupid Thing (108286 words) by thepartyresponsible
Summary: Jason doesn’t mean for the Winter Soldier to be a present for Tony Stark. The youngest Stark isn’t supposed to be involved at all. The plan is simple: intervene before the Winter Soldier can murder Howard and Maria, tranq the Winter Soldier until he’s sufficiently incapacitated, and then drag him off for further study and let the Starks carry on with their fraught, bourgeoisie bullshit.
A DC/Marvel crossover, and another OT3, this time with Bucky Barnes, Tony Stark, and former Robin, Jason Todd. Bucky is often written as a blunt, sarcastic asshole (and I mean that in the fondest way possible) but thepartyresponsible's Jason Todd takes that to a whole new level and I love him for that. Of course, Jason's extreme snark is hiding a lot of emotional baggage, and seeing Jason, Bucky and Tony work through the various horrors they've lived through is what makes this fic so awesome. I found this recently, read to the end of the series, then went back and read it all again.
undersell, overcommit (10222 words) by silentwalrus
Summary: Steve goes so hard for Bucky that he becomes a licensed, practicing massage therapist.
A bonus rec. A short(er) story than the previous three, and one that totally plays to my competency kink. If Steve Rogers is going to become a licensed RMT just to help Bucky, of course he's going to become the best RMT out there. I love how Steve accumulates a community of people around him, all of whom, of course, adopt/are adopted by Bucky as well.
