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''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1478791 tabula rasa]]'' by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/dance_at_bougival/pseuds/dance_at_bougival dance_at_bougival]]
* Recommended by: fakescorpion
* Summary: Bucky Barnes screamed himself hoarse on that table and screamed falling off that train. He screamed when they programmed him and screamed and screamed until he isn’t Bucky Barnes anymore, not really. He is still screaming, a trapped rat running around a labyrinthine machine, clawing at the doors and running into dead ends. He has been screaming for seventy years.
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[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1461145 Mandatory Leave of Absence]] by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/solomonara/pseuds/solomonara solomonara]]
* Recommended by: starwolf, caughtbluehanded
* Synopsis: What happened to Councilwoman Hawley between the airport and the Triskelion?
* Comments: A brief look at how grabbing a member of the World Security Council might go. Also, Renata may have been more important than anyone realized.

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[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1461145 Mandatory Leave of Absence]] ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1504124/chapters/3176834 And I Am Always with You]]'' by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/solomonara/pseuds/solomonara solomonara]]
org/users/Lauralot/pseuds/Lauralot Lauralot]]
* Recommended by: starwolf, caughtbluehanded
fakescorpion
* Synopsis: What happened Summary: ''He tries to Councilwoman Hawley between the airport reach out to Steve, but he can’t feel his arm. It’s too cold. Everything is cold save for his blood and the Triskelion?
Steve’s smile. Long after Bucky forgets his own name'', he remembers "Steve."
* Comments: A brief look at Realistic brainwashing, StockholmSyndrome, and how grabbing a member of the World Security Council might go. Also, Renata may have been more important than anyone realized.
psychological wounds heal and reopen and scar.



''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10265615/1/Reconciliation Reconciliation]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/5652526/TheRedStarAtNight TheRedStarAtNight]]
* Recommended: Tropers/TheWildWestPyro
* Synopsis: With Steve and Natasha watching his back, Bucky believed he could reconcile the man he was and the man he was becoming. Set Post-The Winter Soldier.


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[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1461145 Mandatory Leave of Absence]] by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/solomonara/pseuds/solomonara solomonara]]
* Recommended by: starwolf, caughtbluehanded
* Synopsis: What happened to Councilwoman Hawley between the airport and the Triskelion?
* Comments: A brief look at how grabbing a member of the World Security Council might go. Also, Renata may have been more important than anyone realized.

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10265615/1/Reconciliation Reconciliation]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/5652526/TheRedStarAtNight TheRedStarAtNight]]
* Recommended: Tropers/TheWildWestPyro
* Synopsis: With Steve and Natasha watching his back, Bucky believed he could reconcile the man he was and the man he was becoming. Set Post-The Winter Soldier.
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''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1710950 the nightmare from which I am trying to awake]]'' by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/Speranza/pseuds/Speranza Speranza]]
* Recommended by: fakescorpion
* Pairing: Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes
* Summary: "You gotta bring him in, Cap." Tony Stark, distant: on speakerphone. "You can come in to me, or you can go to—well, I don't know who else is left. But you gotta bring him in."
* Comments: Post-Winter Soldier fic, an unique take where Steve and Bucky are both alright... it's everyone else and the world at large that's the problem.
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''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1926288 Goodbye Piccadilly, Farewell Leicester Square]]'' by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/Speranza/pseuds/Speranza Speranza]]
* Recommended by: fakescorpion
* Pairing: Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes
* Summary: Time travel fic. Natasha wanted to tell him the whole story of wartime London and the pub and seeing who Steve Rogers was before he lost everything, and meeting The Winter Soldier only to find out that he was just a young charmer named Bucky Barnes.
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''[[http://archiveofourown.org/series/118750 Ipseity series]]''([[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1815529/chapters/3897427 Chyetirye]], [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/2062218/chapters/4482393 Chasm]]) by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/SkyisGray/pseuds/SkyisGray SkyisGray]]

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''[[http://archiveofourown.org/series/118750 Ipseity series]]''([[http://archiveofourown.series]]'' (''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1815529/chapters/3897427 Chyetirye]], [[http://archiveofourown.Chyetirye]]'', ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/2062218/chapters/4482393 Chasm]]) Chasm]]'') by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/SkyisGray/pseuds/SkyisGray SkyisGray]]



* Comments: Detailed [[SplitPersonality Dissociative Identity Disorder]] and extremely subtle StockholmSyndrome, dark and serious but also surprisingly [[GallowsHumor humorous]] at time. But mind the warnings!!

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* Comments: Detailed Very detailed [[SplitPersonality Dissociative Identity Disorder]] Disorder]], great research, and extremely well-written subtle StockholmSyndrome, dark StockholmSyndrome. Dark and serious but also surprisingly [[GallowsHumor humorous]] at time. But time, but mind the warnings!!
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''[[http://archiveofourown.org/series/118750 Ipseity series]]''([[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1815529/chapters/3897427 Chyetirye]], [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/2062218/chapters/4482393 Chasm]]) by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/SkyisGray/pseuds/SkyisGray SkyisGray]]
* Recommended by: fakescorpion
* Pairing: Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes
* Summary: Even the strongest personalities, when subjected to great physical, emotional, and sexual abuses, can splinter, or dissociate. Bucky Barnes lives a nightmare after falling from a train and being recovered by Hydra. His mind deals with the trauma by splintering into the soldier, the prisoner, the patriot, and the assassin.
* Comments: Detailed [[SplitPersonality Dissociative Identity Disorder]] and extremely subtle StockholmSyndrome, dark and serious but also surprisingly [[GallowsHumor humorous]] at time. But mind the warnings!!

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''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1533116 your favorite ghost]]'' by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/augustbird/pseuds/augustbird augustbird]]
* Recommended by: fakescorpion
* Pairing: Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes
* Summary: It's harder than Steve ever expected to bring Bucky home.
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''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1799623/chapters/3859159 A Long Winter]]'' by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/dropdeaddream/pseuds/dropdeaddream dropdeaddream]] and [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/WhatAreFears/pseuds/WhatAreFears WhatAreFears]]
* Recommended by: fakescorpion
* Pairing: Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes, Steve Rogers/Peggy Carter
* Summary: AU. In 1945, Steve Rogers jumps from a nosediving plane and swims through miles of Arctic Ocean to a frozen shore. In 1947, Steve Rogers marries Peggy Carter. In 1966, the New York Times finds the lost letters of Sergeant James Buchanan Barnes.
* Comments: Read this, [[TearJerker you will cry]]. A story of Steve Rogers through the Cold War, 911 Attack, Vietnam War etc. and all the winters in between.

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[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1419573 this black and white photo never captured my skin]] by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/bittereternity/pseuds/bittereternity bittereternity]]
* Recommended by: caughtbluehanded, KomodoClassic

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''[[http://archiveofourown.org/series/38432 Freezer Burn]] series'' by Domenika Marzione
* Recommended by: KomodoClassic
* Pairing: Bucky Barnes/Natasha Romanov in later stories
* Summary: Steve Rogers: soldier, artist, foodie, friend, heart of the Avengers, and a guy whose past keeps creeping into his present and dictating his future. A series of stories about him and the people he has chosen to build his life around.
* Comments: Not MCU compliant past The Avengers. Steve's life after, his work for SHIELD, his friendships with the other Avengers. And the Winter Soldier, whose first appearance comes on the tail end of ''Freezer Burn'', the second story. Each can be read independently of the others; you'll miss a few references, but each is a fully-contained story.

''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1422997 I'll close my eyes when the sky falls]]'' by Spylace
* Recommended by: KomodoClassic
* Pairing: Fleeting Bucky Barnes/Natasha Romanov
* Summary: In dreams, the Winter Soldier is always falling. It’s not the crash that kills him.
* Comments: Origin story of sorts for the Winter Soldier. Not told in chronological order. Short, quick read.

[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1419573 this black and white photo never captured my skin]] org/works/1434274/chapters/3015958 The man on the bridge]] by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/bittereternity/pseuds/bittereternity bittereternity]]
org/users/boopboop/pseuds/boopboop boopboop]]
* Recommended by: caughtbluehanded, Scullery, [=SuddenFrost=]
* Pairing: Steve/Bucky, Tony/Pepper, Clint/Natasha
* Synopsis: Steve Rogers turning up at Tony's door in the middle of the night might be a bit out of character, but it's not completely out of the realm of possibility. Stranger things have happened. Steve Rogers turning up at Tony's door with an amnesiac assassin - who may or may not have some of Tony's personally designed hardware attached where his arm should be - well that's just far too interesting to turn away, even if Tony is trying to avoid all things S.H.I.E.L.D these days.
* Comments: A multi-chapter fic exploring the (many) fall-outs immediately following CA:TWS, through the eyes of Tony Stark.
** [=SuddenFrost=]: Eventually, the rest of the Avengers [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and the Falcon]] become involved in preventing Bucky from falling back into HYDRA's hands. Tony's characterization and narrative voice are remarkably well-done.

''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1427173/chapters/3000040 miles to go before i sleep]]'' by Avelera
* Recommended by:
KomodoClassic



* Synopsis: The Winter Soldier wakes up and his eyes are dead, dead, dead.
* Comments: Set after the events of the film. A gorgeous character study of Bucky as he slowly comes out of his brainwashing. It is beautiful, and you will probably cry.

[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1429213 we did not make ourselves]] by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/M_Leigh/pseuds/M_Leigh M_Leigh]]
* Recommended by: caughtbluehanded

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* Synopsis: The Summary: Steve finds Bucky outside of the Smithsonian and invites him home. A hurt/comfort, wish-fulfillment sequel to "The Winter Soldier". Also contains angst because, really, how could it not?
* Comments: A two-shot featuring the
Winter Soldier wakes up and his eyes are dead, dead, dead.
* Comments: Set after
Captain America living in the events of the film. A gorgeous character study of Bucky as he slowly comes same house and trying to figure out of his brainwashing. It is beautiful, and you will probably cry.

what they're going to do with their lives.

[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1429213 we did not make ourselves]] org/works/1507499 Parallel Constructions]] by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/M_Leigh/pseuds/M_Leigh M_Leigh]]
org/users/freshbakedlady/pseuds/freshbakedlady freshbakedlady]]
* Recommended by: caughtbluehandedScullery



* Synopsis: ''It is like steel, the determination inside of you that tells you you will achieve this, that you will find him. Nothing will stop you. You are two sides of the same coin, you and he: he cannot escape you forever.'' Bucky runs. Steve follows.
* Comments: A novella-length exploration of Steve and Bucky's relationship, told entirely in the second person and largely in flashbacks, eventually leading to events that take place after the end of the film. The flashbacks are filled with wonderful details of the time period (it had never before occurred to me that Steve and Bucky came of age during TheGreatDepression). Don't be put off by the second person--everything is very much in-character for Steve, and beautifully written besides. Also, it will break your heart.

[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1507499 Parallel Constructions]] by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/freshbakedlady/pseuds/freshbakedlady freshbakedlady]]
* Recommended by: Scullery
* Pairing: Steve/Bucky



[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1434274/chapters/3015958 The man on the bridge]] by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/boopboop/pseuds/boopboop boopboop]]
* Recommended by: Scullery, [=SuddenFrost=]
* Pairing: Steve/Bucky, Tony/Pepper, Clint/Natasha
* Synopsis: Steve Rogers turning up at Tony's door in the middle of the night might be a bit out of character, but it's not completely out of the realm of possibility. Stranger things have happened. Steve Rogers turning up at Tony's door with an amnesiac assassin - who may or may not have some of Tony's personally designed hardware attached where his arm should be - well that's just far too interesting to turn away, even if Tony is trying to avoid all things S.H.I.E.L.D these days.
* Comments: A multi-chapter fic exploring the (many) fall-outs immediately following CA:TWS, through the eyes of Tony Stark.
** [=SuddenFrost=]: Eventually, the rest of the Avengers [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and the Falcon]] become involved in preventing Bucky from falling back into HYDRA's hands. Tony's characterization and narrative voice are remarkably well-done.



''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1427173/chapters/3000040 miles to go before i sleep]]'' by Avelera
* Recommended by: KomodoClassic

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''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1427173/chapters/3000040 miles to go before i sleep]]'' [[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1419573 this black and white photo never captured my skin]] by Avelera
[[http://archiveofourown.org/users/bittereternity/pseuds/bittereternity bittereternity]]
* Recommended by: caughtbluehanded, KomodoClassic



* Summary: Steve finds Bucky outside of the Smithsonian and invites him home. A hurt/comfort, wish-fulfillment sequel to "The Winter Soldier". Also contains angst because, really, how could it not?
* Comments: A two-shot featuring the Winter Soldier and Captain America living in the same house and trying to figure out what they're going to do with their lives.

''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1422997 I'll close my eyes when the sky falls]]'' by Spylace
* Recommended by: KomodoClassic
* Pairing: Fleeting Bucky Barnes/Natasha Romanov
* Summary: In dreams, the Winter Soldier is always falling. It’s not the crash that kills him.
* Comments: Origin story of sorts for the Winter Soldier. Not told in chronological order. Short, quick read.

''[[http://archiveofourown.org/series/38432 Freezer Burn]] series'' by Domenika Marzione
* Recommended by: KomodoClassic
* Pairing: Bucky Barnes/Natasha Romanov in later stories
* Summary: Steve Rogers: soldier, artist, foodie, friend, heart of the Avengers, and a guy whose past keeps creeping into his present and dictating his future. A series of stories about him and the people he has chosen to build his life around.
* Comments: Not MCU compliant past The Avengers. Steve's life after, his work for SHIELD, his friendships with the other Avengers. And the Winter Soldier, whose first appearance comes on the tail end of ''Freezer Burn'', the second story. Each can be read independently of the others; you'll miss a few references, but each is a fully-contained story.

''[[http://archiveofourown.org/series/107477 your blue-eyed boys]]'' by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/lalaietha/pseuds/Feather Feather]]
* Recommended by: genisgone, Scullery

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* Summary: Steve finds Bucky outside of the Smithsonian and invites him home. A hurt/comfort, wish-fulfillment sequel to "The Winter Soldier". Also contains angst because, really, how could it not?
* Comments: A two-shot featuring the
Synopsis: The Winter Soldier wakes up and Captain America living in the same house and trying to figure out what they're going to do with their lives.

''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1422997 I'll close my
his eyes when the sky falls]]'' by Spylace
* Recommended by: KomodoClassic
* Pairing: Fleeting Bucky Barnes/Natasha Romanov
* Summary: In dreams, the Winter Soldier is always falling. It’s not the crash that kills him.
are dead, dead, dead.
* Comments: Origin story of sorts for Set after the Winter Soldier. Not told in chronological order. Short, quick read.

''[[http://archiveofourown.org/series/38432 Freezer Burn]] series'' by Domenika Marzione
* Recommended by: KomodoClassic
* Pairing: Bucky Barnes/Natasha Romanov in later stories
* Summary: Steve Rogers: soldier, artist, foodie, friend, heart
events of the Avengers, and a guy whose past keeps creeping into his present and dictating his future. film. A series gorgeous character study of stories about him and the people Bucky as he has chosen to build his life around.
* Comments: Not MCU compliant past The Avengers. Steve's life after, his work for SHIELD, his friendships with the other Avengers. And the Winter Soldier, whose first appearance
slowly comes on the tail end out of ''Freezer Burn'', the second story. Each can be read independently of the others; you'll miss a few references, but each his brainwashing. It is a fully-contained story.

''[[http://archiveofourown.org/series/107477 your blue-eyed boys]]''
beautiful, and you will probably cry.

[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1429213 we did not make ourselves]]
by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/lalaietha/pseuds/Feather Feather]]
org/users/M_Leigh/pseuds/M_Leigh M_Leigh]]
* Recommended by: genisgone, Scullerycaughtbluehanded



* Synopsis: ''It is like steel, the determination inside of you that tells you you will achieve this, that you will find him. Nothing will stop you. You are two sides of the same coin, you and he: he cannot escape you forever.'' Bucky runs. Steve follows.
* Comments: A novella-length exploration of Steve and Bucky's relationship, told entirely in the second person and largely in flashbacks, eventually leading to events that take place after the end of the film. The flashbacks are filled with wonderful details of the time period (it had never before occurred to me that Steve and Bucky came of age during TheGreatDepression). Don't be put off by the second person--everything is very much in-character for Steve, and beautifully written besides. Also, it will break your heart.

''[[http://archiveofourown.org/series/107477 your blue-eyed boys]]'', ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/series/132585 (even if I could) make a deal with god]]'', by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/lalaietha/pseuds/Feather Feather]]
* Recommended by: genisgone, Scullery
* Pairing: Steve/Bucky



* Comments: Also, the best post-Winter Soldier fanfic you will ever read. It takes everything seriously, it’s heartbreaking and awful and hopeful and at times bitterly, terribly funny and at other times idiosyncratically adorable and also filled with NightmareFuel and every twisted hard one-step-forward-three-steps-back moment in recovery. Also it celebrates the women in the MCU. Also Sam Wilson is 100% the best friend ever. Also Steve is not, in fact, all that innocent. Also Tony Stark is at times ridiculously perceptive. And Game of Thrones puns. And a twelve-almost-thirteen-year-old chocolate selling neighborhood girl. And an almost religious reverence for really shitty coffee. Warnings for everything terrible one might expect to have happened to the Winter Soldier and beyond.

''[[http://archiveofourown.org/series/132585 (even if I could) make a deal with god]]'' by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/lalaietha/pseuds/Feather Feather]]
* Recommended by: genisgone
* Pairing: Steve/Bucky
* Summary: Shorter followups to the above-mentioned ''your blue-eyed boys''; they range from childhood pre-War to after the end of the main story. They also range from light and adorably fluffy to to absolute NightmareFuel of the implied or outright-stated variety.
* Comments: Do yourself a favor and read Feather's work. Her grasp of the nuance of human interaction and particularly trauma is...rare, for a writer of comic-book movie fanfiction, if not unprecedented, and her stories will make you come away hopeful, and thoughtful as well.


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* Comments: Also, the best post-Winter Soldier fanfic you will ever read. It takes everything seriously, it’s heartbreaking and awful and hopeful and at times bitterly, terribly funny and at other times idiosyncratically adorable and also filled with NightmareFuel and every twisted hard one-step-forward-three-steps-back moment in recovery. Also it celebrates the women in the MCU. Also Sam Wilson is 100% the best friend ever. Also Steve is not, in fact, all that innocent. Also Tony Stark is at times ridiculously perceptive. And Game of Thrones puns. And a twelve-almost-thirteen-year-old chocolate selling neighborhood girl. And an almost religious reverence for really shitty coffee. Warnings for everything terrible one might expect to have happened to the Winter Soldier and beyond. \n\n''[[http://archiveofourown.org/series/132585 (even if I could) make a deal with god]]'' by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/lalaietha/pseuds/Feather Feather]]\n* Recommended by: genisgone\n* Pairing: Steve/Bucky\n* Summary: Shorter followups to the above-mentioned ''your blue-eyed boys''; they range from childhood pre-War to after the end of the main story. They also range from light and adorably fluffy to to absolute NightmareFuel of the implied or outright-stated variety.\n* Comments: Do yourself a favor and read Feather's work. Her grasp of the nuance of human interaction and particularly trauma is...rare, for a writer of comic-book movie fanfiction, if not unprecedented, and her stories will make you come away hopeful, and thoughtful as well.

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''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1704596/chapters/3629213 lonely houses off the road]]'' by Etharei
* Recommended by: KomodoClassic
* ''Synopsis'': (From Ao3) In which various people deal with things they never signed up for, but at the end of the day no one's particularly surprised.
* ''Comments'': Chapter 1: The Winter Soldier unexpectedly shows up at Sam Wilson's workplace. Chapter 2: Each of the Avengers meets the Winter Soldier in a different way.
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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10265615/1/Reconciliation Reconciliation]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/5652526/TheRedStarAtNight]]

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''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10265615/1/Reconciliation Reconciliation]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/5652526/TheRedStarAtNight]]
* Recommended: Tropers/TheWildWestPyro
* Synopsis: With Steve and Natasha watching his back, Bucky believed he could reconcile the man he was and the man he was becoming. Set Post-The Winter Soldier.
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no, seriously, read her. you won\'t regret it, and as i can atest, it will in the long term make you a better person


* Comments: Also, the best post-Winter Soldier fanfic you will ever read. It takes everything seriously, it’s heartbreaking and awful and hopeful and at times bitterly, terribly funny and at other times idiosyncratically adorable and also filled with nightmare fuel and every twisted hard one-step-forward-three-steps-back moment in recovery. Also it celebrates the women in the MCU. Also Sam Wilson is 100% the best friend ever. Also Steve is not, in fact, all that innocent. Also Tony Stark is at times ridiculously perceptive. And Game of Thrones puns. And a twelve-almost-thirteen-year-old chocolate selling neighborhood girl. And an almost religious reverence for really shitty coffee. Warnings for everything terrible one might expect to have happened to the Winter Soldier and beyond.


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* Comments: Also, the best post-Winter Soldier fanfic you will ever read. It takes everything seriously, it’s heartbreaking and awful and hopeful and at times bitterly, terribly funny and at other times idiosyncratically adorable and also filled with nightmare fuel NightmareFuel and every twisted hard one-step-forward-three-steps-back moment in recovery. Also it celebrates the women in the MCU. Also Sam Wilson is 100% the best friend ever. Also Steve is not, in fact, all that innocent. Also Tony Stark is at times ridiculously perceptive. And Game of Thrones puns. And a twelve-almost-thirteen-year-old chocolate selling neighborhood girl. And an almost religious reverence for really shitty coffee. Warnings for everything terrible one might expect to have happened to the Winter Soldier and beyond.

''[[http://archiveofourown.org/series/132585 (even if I could) make a deal with god]] by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/lalaietha/pseuds/Feather Feather]]
* Recommended by: genisgone
* Pairing: Steve/Bucky
* Summary: Shorter followups to the above-mentioned ''your blue-eyed boys''; they range from childhood pre-War to after the end of the main story. They also range from light and adorably fluffy to to absolute NightmareFuel of the implied or outright-stated variety.
* Comments: Do yourself a favor and read Feather's work. Her grasp of the nuance of human interaction and particularly trauma is...rare, for a writer of comic-book movie fanfiction, if not unprecedented, and her stories will make you come away hopeful, and thoughtful as well.

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* Recommended by: caughtbluehanded

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''[[http://archiveofourown.org/series/107477 your blue-eyed boys]]'' by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/lalaietha/pseuds/Feather Feather]]
* Recommended by: genisgone
* Pairing: Steve/Bucky
* Summary: Post-Captain America: Winter Soldier recovery fic.
* Comments: Also, the best post-Winter Soldier fanfic you will ever read. It takes everything seriously, it’s heartbreaking and awful and hopeful and at times bitterly, terribly funny and at other times idiosyncratically adorable and also filled with nightmare fuel and every twisted hard one-step-forward-three-steps-back moment in recovery. Also it celebrates the women in the MCU. Also Sam Wilson is 100% the best friend ever. Also Steve is not, in fact, all that innocent. Also Tony Stark is at times ridiculously perceptive. And Game of Thrones puns. And a twelve-almost-thirteen-year-old chocolate selling neighborhood girl. And an almost religious reverence for really shitty coffee. Warnings for everything terrible one might expect to have happened to the Winter Soldier and beyond.

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* Recommended by: caughtbluehanded

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''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1427173/chapters/3000040 miles to go before i sleep]]'' by Avelera
* Recommended by: KomodoClassic
* Pairing: Steve/Bucky
* Summary: Steve finds Bucky outside of the Smithsonian and invites him home. A hurt/comfort, wish-fulfillment sequel to "The Winter Soldier". Also contains angst because, really, how could it not?
* Comments: A two-shot featuring the Winter Soldier and Captain America living in the same house and trying to figure out what they're going to do with their lives.

''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1422997 I'll close my eyes when the sky falls]]'' by Spylace
* Recommended by: KomodoClassic
* Pairing: Fleeting Bucky Barnes/Natasha Romanov
* Summary: In dreams, the Winter Soldier is always falling. It’s not the crash that kills him.
* Comments: Origin story of sorts for the Winter Soldier. Not told in chronological order. Short, quick read.

''[[http://archiveofourown.org/series/38432 Freezer Burn]] series'' by Domenika Marzione
* Recommended by: KomodoClassic
* Pairing: Bucky Barnes/Natasha Romanov in later stories
* Summary: Steve Rogers: soldier, artist, foodie, friend, heart of the Avengers, and a guy whose past keeps creeping into his present and dictating his future. A series of stories about him and the people he has chosen to build his life around.
* Comments: Not MCU compliant past The Avengers. Steve's life after, his work for SHIELD, his friendships with the other Avengers. And the Winter Soldier, whose first appearance comes on the tail end of ''Freezer Burn'', the second story. Each can be read independently of the others; you'll miss a few references, but each is a fully-contained story.
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[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1599293 Steve Rogers at 100: Celebrating Captain America on Film]] by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/eleveninches/pseuds/eleveninches eleveninches]], [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/Febricant/pseuds/Febricant Febricant]], [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/hellotailor/pseuds/hellotailor hellotailor]], [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/M_Leigh/pseuds/M_Leigh M_Leigh]], [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/neenya/pseuds/neenya neenya]], [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/tigrrmilk/pseuds/tigrrmilk tigrrmilk]]
* Recommended by: caughtbluehanded
* Pairing: Steve/Bucky
* Synopsis: ''"Heil Hydra," the enemy agent shouts. "Heil'' this, ''motherfucker," says Captain America, shooting off a rocket.'' Steve and Bucky find out Hollywood has been busy since they went away. A historical survey, including but not limited to: one set of exploded genitals, a brief interlude in France, Mel Gibson and other masterworks of casting, eight academy awards, several dinosaurs, and something Tony Stark has ominously dubbed "the masterpiece." Art included.
* Comments: Easily one of the most entertaining fics I have ever read. I laughed harder every time at Steve and Bucky's mounting horror, disgust and confusion at each new film. Extremely thorough and immensely fun. And do follow the authors' suggestion to click all the links. It is ''so'' worth it.

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[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1461145 Mandatory Leave of Absence]] by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/solomonara/pseuds/solomonara solomonara]]
* Recommended by: starwolf
* Synopsis: What happened to Councilwoman Hawley between the airport and the Triskelion?
* Comments: A brief look at how grabbing a member of the World Security Council might go. Also, Renata may have been more important than anyone realized.


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[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1461145 Mandatory Leave of Absence]] by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/solomonara/pseuds/solomonara solomonara]]
* Recommended by: starwolf
* Synopsis: What happened to Councilwoman Hawley between the airport and the Triskelion?
* Comments: A brief look at how grabbing a member of the World Security Council might go. Also, Renata may have been more important than anyone realized.

[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1485853 The Care and Feeding of Traumatized Ex-Assassins]] by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/Sholio/pseuds/Sholio Sholio]]
* Recommended by: Tropers/GlassSpires
* Synopsis: Steve starts to notice someone's been in his apartment while he's not there. Set after Winter Soldier; spoilers.
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** [=SuddenFrost=]: Eventually, the rest of the Avengers [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and the Falcon]] become involved in preventing Bucky from falling back into HYDRA's hands. Tony's characterization and narrative voice are remarkably well-done.

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* Synopsis: Steve Rogers turning up at Tony's door in the middle of the night might be a bit out of character, but it's not completely out of the realm of possibility. Stranger things have happened.
Steve Rogers turning up at Tony's door with an amnesiac assassin - who may or may not have some of Tony's personally designed hardware attached where his arm should be - well that's just far too interesting to turn away, even if Tony is trying to avoid all things S.H.I.E.L.D these days.

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* Synopsis: Steve Rogers turning up at Tony's door in the middle of the night might be a bit out of character, but it's not completely out of the realm of possibility. Stranger things have happened.
happened. Steve Rogers turning up at Tony's door with an amnesiac assassin - who may or may not have some of Tony's personally designed hardware attached where his arm should be - well that's just far too interesting to turn away, even if Tony is trying to avoid all things S.H.I.E.L.D these days.

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* Comments: 70 years of brainwashing and torture can unmake a man, and maybe that isn't something a person can ever fully recover from. I love a post-WS fic where Bucky is both and neither the Winter Soldier and the James Buchanan Barnes that Steve remembers.

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* Comments: 70 years of brainwashing and torture can unmake a man, and maybe that isn't something a person can ever fully recover from. I love a post-WS fic where Bucky is both and and/nor neither the Winter Soldier and the James Buchanan Barnes that Steve remembers.remembers.

[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1434274/chapters/3015958 The man on the bridge]] by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/boopboop/pseuds/boopboop boopboop]]
* Recommended by: Scullery
* Pairing: Steve/Bucky, Tony/Pepper, Clint/Natasha
* Synopsis: Steve Rogers turning up at Tony's door in the middle of the night might be a bit out of character, but it's not completely out of the realm of possibility. Stranger things have happened.
Steve Rogers turning up at Tony's door with an amnesiac assassin - who may or may not have some of Tony's personally designed hardware attached where his arm should be - well that's just far too interesting to turn away, even if Tony is trying to avoid all things S.H.I.E.L.D these days.
* Comments: A multi-chapter fic exploring the (many) fall-outs immediately following CA:TWS, through the eyes of Tony Stark.
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[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1507499 Parallel Constructions]] by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/freshbakedlady/pseuds/freshbakedlady freshbakedlady]]
* Recommended by: Scullery
* Synopsis: In the absence of orders, the man wearing the face of Bucky Barnes must figure out who he will be. The answer, mostly, is "somebody Steve Rogers can love." Nothing so easy should ever take this much work.
* Comments: 70 years of brainwashing and torture can unmake a man, and maybe that isn't something a person can ever fully recover from. I love a post-WS fic where Bucky is both and neither the Winter Soldier and the James Buchanan Barnes that Steve remembers.
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Synopsis: What happened to Councilwoman Hawley between the airport and the Triskelion?
Comments: A brief look at how grabbing a member of the World Security Council might go. Also, Renata may have been more important than anyone realized.

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[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1461145 Mandatory Leave of Absence]] by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/solomonara/pseuds/solomonara solomonara]]
Recommended by: starwolf
Synopsis: What happened to Councilwoman Hawley between the airport and the Triskelion?
Comments: A brief look at how grabbing a member of the World Security Council might go. Also, Renata may have been more important than anyone realized.
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[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1429213 we did not make ourselves]] by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/M_Leigh/pseuds/M_Leigh M_Leigh]]
* Recommended by: caughtbluehanded
* Pairing: Steve/Bucky
* Synopsis: ''It is like steel, the determination inside of you that tells you you will achieve this, that you will find him. Nothing will stop you. You are two sides of the same coin, you and he: he cannot escape you forever.'' Bucky runs. Steve follows.
* Comments: A novella-length exploration of Steve and Bucky's relationship, told entirely in the second person and largely in flashbacks, eventually leading to events that take place after the end of the film. The flashbacks are filled with wonderful details of the time period (it had never before occurred to me that Steve and Bucky came of age during TheGreatDepression). Don't be put off by the second person--everything is very much in-character for Steve, and beautifully written besides. Also, it will break your heart.
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Please be advised that these fics contain '''major''' spoilers for the film.
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[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1419573 this black and white photo never captured my skin]] by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/bittereternity/pseuds/bittereternity bittereternity]]
* Recommended by: caughtbluehanded
* Pairing: Steve/Bucky
* Synopsis: The Winter Soldier wakes up and his eyes are dead, dead, dead.
* Comments: Set after the events of the film. A gorgeous character study of Bucky as he slowly comes out of his brainwashing. It is beautiful, and you will probably cry.
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