Title: The Buckland Shore Drew Nearer
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: Teen
Word count: 865
Pairing: James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers
Major Tags: Post-College AU, Rom-com, Established Relationship, Flirting in Lord of the Rings, Fluff, Humor, Financial Issues, Bookstores, Kissing

Summary: When lost in a labyrinthine used bookstore with your Tolkien obsessed boyfriend, where else would you find him other than lusting after used copies of books he already owns?

Or Part 3 of the Lord of the Rings-scholar College rom-com AU no one was expecting.

Notes: Thank you to my prompters beaarthurpendragon and softestbuck for leaving the prompts Stucky + shiver + bookstore and library + “oops” + Stucky, and inspiring me to revisit my LotR Nerds! (Which, okay, I've been looking for the smallest excuse and "bookstore/library" was it.)

Written for SteveRogersBingo, "Free Space."

Thanks in this series also always goes to softestbuck, who has approved the continued use of their beautiful Elvish chapter headers and to sopdetly who not only provided a quick beta but inspired this AU in the first place. 💙

Disclaimer: As always, I do not know Elvish and for this installment relied on the resources provided by Parf Edhellen. Previous installments used Quenya, but the Elvish here is Sindarin, specifically the fan extrapolation for the word "sweetheart."

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Title: Not Thinking About That
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe/Stargate Fusion
Rating: Teen
Word count: ~6,500
Pairing: James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers
Additional Characters: Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, Natasha Romanov
Additional Tags: Stranded, Sharing Body Heat, Injuries, Angst, Pining, Not Actually Unrequited Love

Summary: MCU/SG-1 Fusion. A rough landing on the wrong planet leaves Bucky and Steve injured and woefully unprepared for the quickly descending temperature. There's no DHD, no Stark or Natasha, and seemingly no rescue. But Bucky's not giving up so easily—not on a rescue, not on Steve, and certainly not on ignoring his romantic feelings for his commanding officer.
Inspired by the Stargate: SG-1 episode "Solitudes."





Notes: Many thanks to ScrambledScript & Brokenwords for brief beta reviews.

Written for SteveRogersBingo, prompt "Army Steve." (But little A "army," since the SGC is run by the Air Force.)

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Title: Open Mouth, Insert Foot-long
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: Teen
Word count: ~800
Pairing: James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers
Additional Tags: Shrunkyclunks, Banter, Flirting, Food Trucks, Innuendo

Summary: Aside from serving the best gourmet hot dogs in town, Bucky's food truck is famous for one other thing: attracting Captain America. Even though perfect Steve Rogers is obviously way out of Bucky's league, he's still there every day after his run. Weird, right?

Notes: Thanks to velvetjinx and sopdetly for giving me the thumbs up.

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Title: Nothing Said
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: Mature
Word count: ~8,300
Pairing: James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers
Additional Characters: Abigail Brand, Super Doctor Astronaut Peter Corbeau
Additional Tags: Canon Divergence, Not Avengers: Endgame (Movie) Compliant, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV) Compliant, Stranded, Moon, Pining, Angst, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD, Panic Attacks, Love Confessions, Masturbation

Summary: There’s always been another war, another reason for Steve to keep his feelings to himself and keep moving on. For all his wishes to do things differently, he never figured out how. Which is why following Fury to the moon, passing on the shield, and leaving Bucky to discover himself seemed like the right answer. When Steve gets caught in a force field surrounding a crumbling civilization, he starts to realize everything he thought was wrong.





Notes: I have some problems with the end of Avengers: Engdame, and thus I am ignoring those aspects of canon! Does Steve still leave Sam and Bucky? Yes, and this fic addresses why and gives credence to Torres's rumors that Steve's off doing "moon stuff." 😉

Written for CapRBB 2022 and Steve Rogers Bingo, prompt "Space."

Thanks for a magnificent art prompt and collaboration with Alby_Mangroves. And thanks to HaniTrash and sopdetly for alpha and beta reading.

If you need more information about the coverage on Anxiety and PTSD in this story, please see the end notes.

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Title: If Only Ikea Was Their Biggest Problem
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: General
Word count: ~400
Pairing: James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers
Additional Tags: Canon Divergence - Captain America: Civil War (Movie), Banter, Humor, Domestic Fluff, IKEA

Summary: All Bucky wants is a new bookshelf. All Steve wants is his boyfriend to stop dragging him around Ikea with not-so-subtle hints that he's messy. What they get is Hydra disrupting everything.

Notes: Inspired by nospheratt.

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Two fics from the same AU, so they get the same post.

Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Pairing: James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers
Series Tags: Alternate Universe - Politics, Canon Divergence - Captain America: The First Avenger, Iced Together, Presidential Candidate Steve Rogers, Campaign Manager Bucky Barnes


Title: The Buck Stops Here 💵
Rating: Teen
Word count: ~450
Additional Tags: Comfort, Banter, Basically Married

Summary: The presidential campaign trail has been tough on Steve Rogers, luckily his campaign manager and best guy is along to take care of him.

Notes: Written as a "100-word" prompt from sopdetly: campaign trail + hotel
also inspired by the two-seconds of background in a What If...? episode of Steve taking the Oath of Office.

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Title: Fly Commercial ✈️
Rating: Mature
Word count: ~1,000
Additional Tags: Seductive Bucky Barnes, Banter, Basically Married, Teasing, Quinjet

Summary: When Bucky booked a flight home to take a break from the campaign, he thought the most difficult part would be pulling Steve away from his responsibilities, not convincing him that a presidential candidate shouldn't fly coach.

Notes: Written as a "100-word" prompt from ransomdrysdale: commercial flight + dinner

written for Steve Rogers Bingo, square C4: quinjet

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Title: Riding the Pine
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: Teen
Word count: 500
Pairing: James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers
Additional Characters: Natasha Romanov
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Hockey, Team Bonding, Banter, Surprise Kissing, Relationship Reveal, Horny Steve Rogers

Summary: It's been two months since Beer League Hockey ended and two months since Steve and Bucky finally started dating, but Steve can't keep his eyes off his favorite winger.

Notes: Written as a response to Get Your Words Out 2021 Yahtzee; Prompt: Chirp

And as a "100-word" prompt from sopdetly: ice rink + penalty

Thanks to sopdetly for the brief beta.

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Title: Again
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: Mature
Word count: ~300
Pairing: James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers
Additional Tags: Alternate Universe - Modern: No Powers, Pining, Hands, Implied Sexual Content, Confessions

Summary: Bucky resists Steve like he always does… very poorly.

Notes: Written for StuckyBingo, "Pining"
And for the Post D*C Thingie McChallenge, "062 Fingertips"

Thanks to Faro for encouragement to write from more prompts and to sopdetly for a quick lookie-loo before posting.

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Since I haven't been posting fic here, I think it's time to catch up....

Title: I Can Carry You
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Rating: Mature
Word count: ~15,500
Pairing: James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers
Additional Characters: Becca Barnes, Natasha Romanoff, Clint Barton, Sam Wilson

Summary: Living with his perfect boyfriend isn't all prancing ponies. Steve doesn't have a job, Bucky's struggling with his class load, and Valentine's Day is around the corner! What Bucky needs is the time and resources to give his special guy an Elvish Valentine's Extravaganza, but everything is thrown off course when Bucky fails a test and starts having terrible stomach pains he assumes is a new anxiety symptom. Spoilers: it isn't.

Or Part 2 of the Lord of the Rings-scholar College rom-com AU no one was expecting.



Notes: Thank you to my prompters from Cupid's Stupids, ransomdrysdale, BritBrit99, and rainbownerds! You've been so patient as I wrote this thing that only sort of resembles your prompts. 😅

Thank you to deisderium who has continued to lend her talents to this world in the form of gorgeous illustrations, and to softestbuck, who has approved the continued use of their beautiful Elvish chapter headers and scene break graphics. I don't think it could be a Stucky LotR Nerds fic without those details.

Thank you also to Michael who gave the most thorough alpha read I think I've ever received, and to sopdetly who nitpicks my words exactly the way I like to be nitpicked (thoroughly).

Disclaimer: I continue to not actually know Elvish and rely heavily on the resources provided by The Council of Elrond and Parf Edhellen. Also, I watched a YouTube video that informed me Legolas speaks Sindarin, not Quenya, which is just further proof I do not know wtf I'm doing with Elvish. (It's fine, I always planned that Bucky and Steve probably know both, and it makes sense for Steve to use Quenya for his poetry, though I stuck with Quenya for everything because I already learned some, dammit!)

As in the previous installment, I double checked every Lord of the Rings quote before bastardizing it, and every piece of LotR ephemera mentioned is a real thing that exists. (And I might have owned most of them.) The Star Wars items are a mix of things I know exist and things that likely exist.

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It has come to my attention I have completely neglected posting any fic here for like 2 years. Oops.

Title: No Apologies Until You’re Dead
Fandom: Marvel Cinematic Universe/Stargate Fusion
Rating: Teen
Word count: 1,118
Pairing: James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers
Additional Characters: Steve Rogers, Bucky Barnes, Tony Stark, Natasha Romanov

Summary: MCU/SG-1 Fusion. When Bucky's on loan for a long-term assignment on P3X-888, Steve's back on Earth doing paperwork… until a frantic message comes through that Bucky's been abducted by a hulking monstrous alien known as an unas. Steve follows the trail, positive Bucky's still alive, even if he's not sure how his second-in-command boyfriend is getting out of this one.
Inspired by the SG-1 episode "The First Ones."



Notes: Prompt from ransomdrysdale: Stucky + P3X-888 + Goa'uld (someone knew exactly what they were prompting)

Written for StuckyBingo, "Whump"
And for the Post D*C Thingie McChallenge, "010 Precious"

Many thanks to sopdetly for looking over this ficlet and continuing to support this bizarre AU.

While this fic is part of a series, the series is not in chronological order and can be read as stand-alone installments or in any order. (You'll be equally confused either way! \o/) If you'd like to read in chronological order, you can find the order listed here.

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Title: Do Not Meddle in the Affairs of Grad Students (for They Are Caffeinated and Quick to Nerd Out)
Rating: Mature
Word count: ~46,200
Pairing: Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes
Additional Characters: Becca Barnes, Natasha Romanoff, Peggy Carter

Summary: As a student returning to finish his bachelor’s degree and pick up the scattered pieces of his trashed life, Bucky has a few problems: he’s nearly ten years older than the other students, he has lingering pain from shattering his arm, and his Tolkien-obsessed roommate Steve Rogers is way too hot for his own good. If Bucky's going to get through this degree and get his life back on track, he cannot afford the distraction. Nope. No way. No distractions.

Or the Lord of the Rings-scholar College rom-com AU no one was expecting.

Notes: Thanks to Nospheratt for the alpha read and to sopdetly for beta reading and prompting this fic in the first place. (Little did she know what her innocent ask of "what's happening in this picture" would produce.)

Thank you to my wonderful artists, deisderium and softestbuck. I cannot begin to express how much their art helps the whole project.

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written for notanotherstuckybb 2020

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Title: Ever Ever Coming Home
Rating: Teen
Word count: ~1,870
Pairing: Steve/Bucky

Summary: Bucky must feel the tether between them. He may not understand it, but he hasn't strayed. Even followed Steve from D.C. to New York. That has to mean something. Steve knows: that has to mean something.

Notes: Many thanks to sopdetly for betaing and for thinking when I was much to tired to think. Written as a response to getyourwordsout 2020 Yahtzee; prompt: Patient

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Five-part fic series "Five Kisses Across Time" is complete! Each fic is technically standalone, though they share an emotional arc to be read as a series. All fics are rated Teen, except for #3 which is Mature for naked kissing.

Thanks to sopdetly for betaing all five fics and for putting up with all my angst.


Title: What Does Bravery Taste Like
Rating: Teen
Word count: ~1,070
Pairing: Steve/Bucky

Summary: 1940. Steve's never shied from the consequences of his actions—stand up for someone, take a punch, get back up. But for as happy he is to wear a shiner on his face, there's one consequence he can't accept. (It's Bucky finding out how much he's into him, if you needed that spelled out.)

Notes: Written as a response to getyourwordsout 2020 Yahtzee; prompt: Strong

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Title: Just Once
Rating: Teen
Word count: ~875
Pairing: Steve/Bucky

Summary: 1944. Steve's used to his squad's lack of sleeping habits, but it's still a surprise when Bucky slips out of the shadows and sits next to Steve. It's even more of a surprise when Bucky kisses him. (This summary does not sound as angsty as this fic is.)

Notes: Written as a response to getyourwordsout 2020 Yahtzee; prompt: Warm

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Title: Losing You Has Never Felt Like Hope
Rating: Mature
Word count: ~1,360
Pairing: Steve/Bucky

Summary: 2016. Fresh from the fight with Tony, Steve gets a surprise visitor in the shower who remembers more about their past than Steve hoped. (Or, that time when the Winter Soldier snuck into Steve's shower to be maudlin and make out.)

Notes: Written as a response to getyourwordsout 2020 Yahtzee; prompt: Damp

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Title: Grounded
Rating: Teen
Word count: ~790
Pairing: Steve/Bucky

Summary: 2016. Before now, coming back from a mission never felt like coming home, but when Bucky's waiting by his Wakandan hut, goats and sun-touched grass around him, Steve can't help admitting he knows where he belongs.

Notes: Written as a response to getyourwordsout 2020 Yahtzee; prompt: Tinkle

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Title: Grand Declarations
Rating: Teen
Word count: ~1,000
Pairing: Steve/Bucky

Summary: 2012 via 2023. When Bucky joins Steve on his mission to return the Infinity Stones to the timestream, they steal a moment for themselves and Steve considers all the time they've lost. (Or, the one when Steve finally pulls his head out of his ass and wears his heart on his sleeve.)

Notes: Written as a response to getyourwordsout 2020 Yahtzee; prompt: Playful

Also the narrative convenience at the end of Endgame is so dumb. Why send ten heroes to retrieve the stones and only one to put them back? Pfft.

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Title: Few and Far Between
Rating: Teen
Word count: ~1,810
Pairing: Steve/Bucky

Summary: MCU/SG-1 Fusion. When the fire rain seemingly destroys the stargate on Edora, Steve has to contemplate life on an alien planet... while separated from Bucky. Inspired by the SG-1 episode "A Hundred Days."

Notes: Many thanks to sopdetly for inspiring this fusion and for putting up with all of the angst. Also, I don't think I've ever written a Jack/Daniel Hundred Days fic, but it would pretty much look like this.

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I promised princessofgeeks I would provide Stucky recs, and instead sopdetly suggested I write a Stucky Stargate AU and now I have a fusion series. Oops. (Also, go figure the way I bust into writing for this fandom is by mushing it with my favorite thing ever.)

Title: Home Is Never Where You Left It
Rating: Teen
Word count: ~1,350
Pairing: pre-Steve/Bucky (or, post-Steve/Bucky? look, there's memory loss involved)

Summary: MCU/SG-1 Fusion. (SG-MCU, if you will.) Things go pear-shaped on a mission to P8X-325. Steve's scientists are pinned down and separated from them, and Bucky seems to remember this planet. Doesn't remember his relationship with Steve, but one thing at a time, Rogers.

Notes: Many thanks to sopdetly for the prompt and then for beta reading what immediately spilled out of my head. (And yes, I will be writing more of these, including the "A Hundred Days" retelling that rudely suggested itself.)

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