[fic] When Lilacs Last (Captain America, Bucky and Eli, Civil War)

[glossing]

Title: When Lilacs Last
Summary: "I hear your notes, I hear your call, I hear, I come presently, I understand you": War makes brothers. Kills them, too.
Characters: Captain America, Bucky Barnes and Eli Bradley [ pairings]
Setting/spoilers: Truth: Red, White, and Black, Young Avengers, and Cap v.5, through Civil War and its immediate aftermath.

Comments

[jubilancy]

This is well worth the time you've spent on it; craft shines through every line like a Shaker chair.

Much, much love.

[glossing]

Thank you very much. I learned an inestimable amount throughout this process, and you were a big part of that.

*hearts a hell of a lot*

[mizzmarvel]

Oh, hell. My heart just grew three sizes - along with my love for Bucky. At the core, he's just as displaced and confused as Steve, but even more broken. You captured that sense, and Eli in general, very nicely. Really, reading this gives me a better sense of Eli's character than most comics he's appeared in.

[glossing]

Wow, thank you.

he's just as displaced and confused as Steve, but even more broken
Yes. Damn Russkies. ;)

a better sense of Eli's character than most comics he's appeared in.
That's a wonderful compliment and I'm going to treasure it - about halfway through the revision process, I re-read all of YA and started wondering if I was even writing the guy on the page.

[caiusmajor]

This is BEAUTIFUL, and I'm not *just* saying that because it has Cap/Falc in it, although that certainly helps a *lot*. This is excellent Eli and excellent Winter Soldier and excellent making sense of Civil War.

And sad and hot and lovely.

Although. In re your footnotes and capitalization therein: I've got to ask. Cap/Justice? I mean, I'm sure Vance has a crush, but I don't think he was in the fic. :)

[glossing]

I'm so glad that the Cap/Falc works here for you; I have such fondness for their long, long friendship and trust. I would love to see some fic with Bucky and Sam, as a matter of fact.

I've got to ask. Cap/Justice?
Ahahaha! No, more like her, though I agree that just about everyone probably has crushed on Steve at one point or another.

Thank you so much.

Patriot

[katarik]

Oh.

I don't know the Young Avengers, but you make me wish I did.

I love how this section is as much about Eli's team -- family -- as it is Eli.

I love your quiet, quick, perfect description of Bucky in the graveyard.

I love the mention of Malcolm, because that kinda had to go there.

I really really want to know more about Eli's grandmother, because wow does she sound impressive.

And I just. Wow. Eli. I'm a little scared of him, but only because the sense I'm getting is of someone so *intense*, and that kind of mental force is scary. I think he'd be a nice guy if he was on your side, but not someone you'd really get to know.

(I squeaked kind of a lot at the civil war thing. !!!)

Re: Patriot

[glossing]

*owes you email, too*

someone so *intense*, and that kind of mental force is scary. I think he'd be a nice guy if he was on your side, but not someone you'd really get to know.
I am really glad that this helped you like Eli - he's a fascinating kid, stubborn and fierce and just so damn smart. He's damn good at enforcing personal boundaries, for a host of reasons.

And his grandma Faith rocks my world. Do check out Truth: Red, White, & Black if you can get your hands on it.

Thank you for this.

Re: Patriot

[mistressrenet]

We clearly need to get you into Young Avengers.

Bucky/ies

[katarik]

Oh, *Bucky* -- the subway names. I may have yelped.

Slave name. !!! I. Um. Yeah, I may need to sit here for a minute at how perfect that was.

Oooh. LeRoi Jones. I've read LeRoi Jones, and I've read Amiri Baraka. It makes for an interesting contrast, and I kind of want to sit down and just listen to Eli *talk*, you know?

Kid brother. I. !

!!!

Negroes. Part of me winced at that, and the rest of me knew it was right, because Bucky *is* an anachronism.

The kiss. Oh, the kiss. I want fanart, I admit it. And then the handjob going to blowjob, and oh *Eli*. Oh, Eli. I want to hug Eli. I also want to steal your brain so that I can write the way you do.

Bucky is my boy, my Marvel dear. I adore him, and the Bucky you write is... darn it, I cannot even tell you, I love your Bucky so much I cannot do anything besides flail.

Re: Bucky/ies

[glossing]

Bucky's more of an anachronism than really seems possible, you know? It makes my chest hurt.

I want fanart, I admit it.
OMG, now I *do*, too. So very badly!

Thank you for this - Bucky's a dear, a scary, highly-trained sneaky little feral dear. <3