History FanficRecs / CaptainAmericatheWinterSoldier

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* Recommended by: SecretAveniu

* ''Status'': In Progress

''[[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

* Recommended by: KomodoClassic

''[[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/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
* ''Status'': Complete

''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1752638/chapters/3745571 This, You Protect]]'' by owlet
* Recommended by: KomodoClassic

* ''Summary'': The mission resets abruptly, from objective: kill to objective: protect.
* ''Comments'': Or, the one where Bucky snaps out of it on the helicarrier and follows Steve from a distance on a protection mission. He drinks coffee, eats grilled cheese, makes friends with old people, and sasses his way through being Steve's anti-Hydra guardian angel.

''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/5924602 Kilt Your Green Kirtle]]'' by nautilicious
* Recommended by: fruitstripegum
* ''Status'': Complete

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

''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1871955/chapters/4031307 Out of the Dead Land]]'' by emilyenrose
* Recommended by: Lemia
* ''Status'': Complete

* Trope page: Fanfic/OutOfTheDeadLand
* Summary: Someone is building machines that look and act like people. Meanwhile, the Winter Soldier tries to be Bucky Barnes.
* Comments: This fic does a fantastic job of delving into the Winter Soldier's fractured psyche and giving him an extremely distinctive voice that shows how deeply ingrained his programming has become in his thought processes but how there's still more human feeling in him than he's willing to believe at the same time. In addition, the robot plot is well-crafted and ties in seamlessly with his internal "should I try to be Bucky Barnes, the Winter Soldier, or neither?" conflict without feeling contrived at any point. Also: Natasha is awesome in this fic, especially in her interactions with Bucky.

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

* Recommended by: caughtbluehanded, KomodoClassic

''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1704596/chapters/3629213 lonely houses off the road]]'' by Etharei
* Recommended by: KomodoClassic

* ''Synopsis'': (From Website/ArchiveOfOurOwn) 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.

[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/1461145 Mandatory Leave of Absence]] by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/solomonara/pseuds/solomonara solomonara]]
* Recommended by: starwolf, caughtbluehanded
* ''Status'': Complete

''[[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

* Comments: [[TearJerker Have tissues on standby.]] The one sneaks up and pulls the emotions out of you.

* Comments: One of if not ''the'' best Bucky recovery fics ever. Bucky's trauma is handled in a very sensitive, realistic way that somehow manages to be both awful and hopeful. Warnings for everything you'd expect Bucky to have been through and beyond, in particular sexual abuse and it's aftereffects, though its not esspecially graphic (and manages to be more effective for not being gratuitous "look at how much i can hurt this character!" fic), and self-harm and suicidal ideation in some chapters. You will probably cry, but it will be worth it.

* Summary: Steve is a fifth grade teacher. Bucky is a S.H.I.E.L.D. agent, whose son is in Steve's class. They meet at a parent-teacher conference. There's blood involved.

''[[https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10383781/1/In-the-Time-of-Need In the Time of Need]]'' by [[https://www.fanfiction.net/u/1600907/Issay Issay]]

* ''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: The verisimilitude in this story will hit you immediately if you've spent any time in Internet fandom. Told in a series of tumblr posts, Instagram pictures, Tweets, and LiveJournal comments, Steve himself is mostly on the periphery, although obviously everyone is talking about him primarily. Read if you like meta, because this is dripping in it, between the very self-aware spot_your_cap LJ comm and the scholarly texts about how the world perceives Captain America as a man and as a propaganda tool. This fic is a part of a series, the sequel ''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/2137026/chapters/4667610 the gravedigger's handbook]]'' tells the same story from Steve's perspective, but in a more conventional format. ''the gravedigger's handbook'' is a great, well-written story, but if you've read a lot of Bucky recovery fics, several of the plot beats will feel familiar-- the only things that really differentiate it from a lot of the other fic on this page are the worldbuilding details from ''tin soldiers''.

''[[http://archiveofourown.org/works/7910536 Except it Abide in the Vine]]'' by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/spitandvinegar/pseuds/spitandvinegar spitandvinegar]] with illustrations by [[http://archiveofourown.org/users/alby_mangroves/pseuds/alby_mangroves alby_mangroves]]