Monday recs
Meta: Clint Baton's Sacrifice by
crankyredhead
There’s a lot of talk about the fact that Hawkeye is canonically deaf in the comics (and uses hearing aids), but there’s rarely any mention of how this happened.
Head Canon: Clint Barton's Namesigns for the Avengers by
pinkninjapj
-Head canon: Clint's Namesigns for Coulson
Head canon: #captainameriBOOTY by
actualmenacebuckybarnes and
corpusmortum
corpusmortum said: I thought about it... but I can't put it into writing, so COULD YOU!? after Steve leaves the hospital, Natasha knows something's up with S.H.I.E.L.D. Heck, she probably knew before. So while she's popping three packs of bubblegum, she blows up the internet with #captainamericab00ty and endorses tweets and anything, all-american and tagged with captain america, and the shield workers have to look at every. single. horrible. one because WHERE IS CAPTAIN AMERICA?
Yankee Buck by
copperbadge
Bucky is overpaid, oversexed, and over here - but the barman doesn’t seem to mind.
Meta: MCU!Tony vs 616!Tony - the reasons they drink by
dannyrandy,
brandnewfashion and
krusca
even though it’s something they both did, even something as seemingly small as the partying thing reveals a completely different psychological profile from the two characters
Head Canon: Alternate Final Council Scene in Cap 2 by
paranormal-peggy,
allisonargentsavestheday and
peskyredhead
you know what would have been awesome? if natasha had gone up disguised as a basic white dude and then kicked ass WITH councilwoman hadley (who turned out to be an insider for fury)
This time tomorrow (where were we?) by
dorcas_gustine
Tony goes to see Wanda, and suddenly Steve is alive and there are Skrulls! Or maybe Tony is just going crazy. Nothing happens in this fic, until the very end. Seriously. There's a lot of talking, mostly at inopportune moments, Tony's views on the acceptable gifts to give people are slightly different from everyone else's and he spends more time than would seem necessary being (half-)naked. What else is new?
Despite the frivolous summary, this is an interesting and well written canon divergence AU for the events of Civil War and Secret Invasion. It's long, plotty, melancholy, and worth your time. I have only a sketchy knowledge of the major events of both arcs, and I was able to follow it easily.
and he tastes like home by
interestinggin
"Love is for children, and she never was a child, after all."
Barton and the Widow; this is the short version.
(You'll never get to hear the long one.)
you give me miles and miles of mountains and i'll ask for the sea by
brandywine421
He tells her he dreams in technicolor. Not quite out of focus, but not real, never real. He feels the blood on his face, feels fingers slipping out of his grip, feels the ice filling his lungs.
She envies his dreams. Her dreams are only red and black.
Jean From Accounting by
sendal
The story of Clint and Phil, as told by the middle-aged cat lady who does Clint's taxes.
mollitious mores by
Etharei
Pepper obliges with, "This is James, my date for the evening."
"James Barnes," says Bucky, holding out the hand that Pepper could have sworn had been full of butterflied shrimp only seconds before. "Pleased to meet you, sir. Ma'am."
The anchor that you can't leave behind by
lanyon
“We’ll have a boy,” she whispers, at night, when it’s as dark as it ever is in this corner of Brooklyn; when it’s quiet as it can be while Mags O’Toole is screaming at her husband for being a drunk and a wastrel. “We’ll have a boy, to play with Winifred’s baby, and he’ll be strong and he’ll take after his da.”
Joseph’s arm tightens around her middle and her heart races over the way he’s still awake. “He’ll take after his ma if he knows what’s good for him.”
the way the guillotine wears gravity by
beardsley
The first day of teaching when he's walking to his first class that morning, with boys who look so impossibly young even though Steve is barely out of college himself, he feels like he's walking to his own execution.
Funny how that works out.
momentum by
beardsley
There are things in the house Sharon isn’t supposed to know about. There are documents and files, mostly, but there are also photos and newspapers; there are guns.
but the fires are coming by
stitchingatthecircuitboard
He does not remember, except that is better than being made to forget, again, and again, and again.
He does not go to Brooklyn.
hey heart, on the run again by
stitchingatthecircuitboard
The thing is, Kate kind of expected it to be a one-time thing. Well. A once-in-a-while kind of thing, because America is lovely - scratch that, America is smoking hot and lovely withered up and died around the time she decided to design her wardrobe around the stars and stripes. But America is gorgeous and funny and sarcastic and known throughout the multiverse for taking shit from no one, and she definitely has better things to be doing than dropping by Kate’s shambles of a life regularly.
you can see it with the lights out by
defcontwo
“Will you believe me if I tell you that this is a normal thing that happens between two guys that are friends?” Sam says, and yeah, he’s pretty sure that that came out as weak as it sounded in his head.
Steve leans up on one elbow, looking down at Sam, that same crinkle around the edges of his eyes noticeable even in the gloom of the motel room light. “I know it’s been seventy years since I last had sex with a man but I’m still pretty sure that’s bullshit, Wilson.”
Sam Wilson falls in love. Like everything else, it's a process.
Captain Rogers and Sergeant Barnes by
Speranza
His eyes were dark and unreadable: there was only a faint ring of blue around the pupils. He stared at Steve down the gun barrel and muttered: "Are you really my friend?"
Stay With Me (home is where your mind is.) by
sara_holmes
Where Steve doesn’t quite die, ends up stranded in the multiverse and would quite like to know how the hell so many versions of himself ended up sleeping with Tony Stark. Well, that’s going to make things a tad awkward when he gets home.
That Reflection Man by
SkyisGray
Political AU - Steve is the son of a Governor and the grandson of a Vice President. At 18, he meets Bucky. At 24, he marries someone else. At 25, he's elected to the House of Representatives, and Bucky overdoses. But their story is really just getting started.
Our Numbered Days by
Vera
Bucky starts over and finds new ways to survive.
The Dangers of Dating a High School Principal by
tawg
Clint has never been a fan of museums, especially not museums where the exhibits are trying to kill him. But he will admit, it's not a bad place to meet people.
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