#ca:ws rewrite

[buckets-and-trees]

Game: match the character with the trope & give a little explanation why you paired them/how you would go about writing that type of fic 🩷

Bucky Barnes, Steve Rogers, Ransom Drysdale, Ari Levinson & Nick Fowler

Forced proximity, forbidden love, fake dating, hidden identity & arranged marriage

Okay, this was fun, Em! And at least this time I didn't get TOO carried away...

ARI LEVINSON - FORCED PROXIMITY - I don't know... maybe this 2500-imagine-ish pitch that spilled out of my fingers this weekend? Hahaha

BUCKY BARNES - HIDDEN IDENTITY - I think this could happen over many different period of Bucky's life, but I'm especially interested in Bucky on the run after Winter Soldier and before Civil War. I love reading fics that take place during this time, and I've got a fic that I started and need to go back to (and maybe rewrite so I can complete it) that would be him hiding for short periods of time in cabins/rentals/vacation homes as he makes his way out of the DC Metro area those first months after CA:WS and while he's crashed at one particular place, Reader shows up, and they spend a few days or maybe a week together before moving on to the next place (and the next and the next until he eventually ends up in Romania).

RANSOM DRYSDALE - FAKE DATING - When a petition citing some extenuating circumstances/technicalities/the manner in which his confession was coerced/etc, a judge is willing to review it due to Ransom's good behavior (read: MONEY) while he's been serving time, and he gets him out of jail. You are immediately hired to be his Cinderella-image of a girlfriend so he can become the public's wronged and misunderstood Prince Charming because Linda won't have any more bad press - it's affecting all of the family businesses. Why are you willing to take the deal? You came up in an initial pool of suitable eligible females in the local area and it just so happens that one of the editor's at Harlan's publishing house (still overseen by Walt) has been considering one of your novels for publication, and this presents an opportunity for them to sweeten a proposal for this PR relationship by offering you a six-novel publishing deal as long as you maintain the relationship with Ransom for at least 18 months.

NICK FOWLER - FORBIDDEN LOVE - You're a detective working for Interpol. You know the trouble he's caused. Even though he was able to cover up his deeds initially with the CIA, once the Chinese/MSS took him into custody, it all came out. But he's managed to escape. He's managed to find his way to Romania, which is where you just so happen to be stationed now. You worked a case closely with him six years ago in Portugal, and...though you both kept it professional, his charm was undeniable. He had no idea you were in Romania, but he's not mad about that in the slightest now that he's spotted you. He could have some fun with this. Are you ready to play with fire?

STEVE ROGERS - ARRANGED MARRIAGE - In a Steve Stays scenario, if he's going to refuse to be Cap, he's being lobbied to still use his influence and power to help bring some order to this post-Blip society. He went tried to retreat and fade into the background, but things are escalating, and Pepper - who had also tried to stay in the background - is concerned that there are things happening maybe because of their inaction. She's got an idea. She wants to get Steve into political office, and she's going to appeal to his sense of duty (which she can do because it's the guilt she's also feeling). He'll agree because he trusts her judgement. For the best image, he's going to need a wife - this is a harder sell, but - again - he trusts Pepper Potts, he doesn't even need to vet the candidates, because if he's all in on this idea, he'll be all in, and he knows Pepper will pick someone who will fit the bill as his suitable trophy wife. You.

would... well would anyone be interested in any of these if I thought about actually writing them?

#steve rogers imagine #nick fowler imagine #bucky barnes imagine #ransom drysdale imagine #ari levinson imagine #aspen's extended anniversary sleepover #sleepover dare #em/writing for marvel

[comfortbucky]

𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵: 𝘀𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 ⋆｡˚ ☁︎ ˚｡⋆｡

gif credit: @buckysbarnes

pairing: bucky x fem!reader

summary: the reader was a pararescue along with sam and riley and was engaged to riley. what happens when she gets roped into the world of captain america? or when she meets bucky barnes? (basically a rewrite of the captain america movies with a reader insert)

warnings: canon-level violence, angst, grumpy bucky, PAINFULLY SLOW BURN, friends to lovers hehe, endgame steve (grr), references to kidnapping (held captive, torture, things of that nature), 18+ fic!!! minors DNI!!!

A/N: the series will follow the canon events of the captain america movies (ca:ws and ca:cw) as well as (hopefully if i make it this far lmao) get to the events of tfatws! this one is going to be a slow burn...so buckle up....(babes i’m doing an outline and let me just say……. we don’t get much bucky x reader interaction until like chapter 5 …. forgive me)

also…i’m probably going to skip over parts that don’t include bucky only bc this is a bucky fic BUT if y’all want headcanons of certain time gaps lmk hehe :)

disclaimer: this is honestly more of a rewrite than anything else so if that’s not ur style u probably won’t enjoy this 🤣

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sneak peek

ca:ws

chapter 1

chapter 2

chapter 3

ca:cw

chapter 4

chapter 5

chapter 6

wakanda

chapter 7

chapter 8

infinity war/endgame

chapter 9

tfatws

chapter 10

chapter 11

chapter 12

chapter 13

chapter 14

chapter 15

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#bucky barnes #bucky fic #bucky barnes fic #series masterlist #bucky x reader #bucky x fem!reader #captain america #ca:ws #ca:cw #platonic!steve rogers x reader #platonic!sam wilson x reader #platonic!steve rogers #platonic!sam wilson #sam wilson #steve rogers #rewrite #bucky x avenger!reader #bucky barnes x avenger!reader #avenger!reader #redwing #captain america rewrite #bucky fanfic #bucky barnes fanfic #fem!reader #bucky barnes x fem!reader #bucky barnes x female reader #bucky x you #bucky x y/n #bucky barnes x y/n #fluff

[post-modern-prometheus]

(I was rewatched CA:WS and I decided to do a little rewrite of the dialogue in the ‘you know me’ scene but with Erik and Peter instead of Steve and Bucky. It probably sucks, but oh well)

“You know me, Peter.“

”No I don’t!”

”Peter... You’re my son. We met at the Pentagon. Charles had you break me out. Please.. just listen to me!“

”Stop it!”

”Your name is Pietro Django Maximoff. But you started going by Peter when you were ten.”

”SHUT UP!”

”Im not gonna fight you, Peter. You’re my son.”

”No I’m not!”

#i have actual tears in my eyes tho like wtf #peter maximoff #erik lensherr #dadneto #winter soldier peter au

[madetobeworthy]

truly cannabis is my muse i just got super stoned and then banged out another 500 words on this winterhawk mcu rewrite/canon divergence fic and i’ve got more coming i just need to gather my thoughts

this one takes place right after avengers, deals with more brainwashing from the scepter, and brainwashed assassins being assassins while brainwashed through ca:ws, all the way up to let’s hang out in Wakanda after ca:cw and the working title is Dangerous but I may switch it up to one of those bullshit lyric titles (with brackets) because lbr I’m a sucker for it

and yes I may have a half cocked idea to follow through all the way to endgame but I’m not committed to that much truthfully. it’s gonna be a lot of writing already and 500 words is like pocket change.

i’m rambling 

#it's probably gonna be a 2 parter #and then anything after black panther is seriously low commitment priority #we'll see how this goes #idk do I need content warnings on saying I'm stoned or whatever idk??? #lemme know #winterhawk

[letsallsleepoverwork]

@sambuckyevents

Title: a(void) me Square Filled: O4 - Doppelganger  Warnings: CA:WS agnst and hopeful ending. Summary: The Asset knows the mission and nothing else. The Asset needs nothing else... until he finds that he wants. 

A Captain America: Winter Solider movie rewrite from the Winter Soldier's point of view and some fantasy folklore thrown in.  @buckybarnesbingo Title: a(void) me Collaborator(s): meingo Square Filled : Y3 - Happy Ship/Main Pairing: Bucky Barnes & Sam Wilson Rating:Gen Major Tags/Warnings:  CA:WS agnst and hopeful ending. Word Count: 3268 Summary: The Asset knows the mission and nothing else. The Asset needs nothing else... until he finds that he wants. 

A Captain America: Winter Solider movie rewrite from the Winter Soldier's point of view and some fantasy folklore thrown in.

#sbbingo1 #bbb2020 #bucky barnes #winter soldier #ca:ws #captain america: winter soldier #mei writes #sam wilson #sambucky bingo #fantasy bingo

[themonkeycabal]

SPOILERS IN  THE SHADOWS? OH NO! THEY’RE HERE! . . . . .

staceyunknown said

Hey, it's me (again). So I watched Endgame and it has me ALL kinds of messed up. I guess all I wanna ask is are you going to incorporate it into Run'verse? Can you help my poor battered heart at all? As always - love your work.

I feel like a lot of this just doesn’t quite work in the Run ‘verse. By the time I got here, so much will have changed. Like, I can see elements being similar, but so much would be different, too, that it’s not worth it to try and fit them together so tightly. I would, genuinely, have to go back and rewrite parts of the Run ‘verse to reset things to head towards Endgame as it is. 

It was important to me at the beginning to make the Run ‘Verse plausible within the MCU and keep them as close as possible, but, they diverged somewhere during CA:WS and Earthquake Weather. And while I’d still love to keep them close, it’s more about borrowing bits and pieces here now. Run is all off on its own, doing its own thing, living its own life. They diverged around EQ, but it became really it’s own universe (in my mind) somewhere in Ain’t Gonna Drown. 

And, frankly, I’m not even going to begin to try and untangle the time travel mess they made. Bless ‘em, but holy cow. lol

#staceyunknown #a4 spoilers #avengers endgame spoilers #endgame spoilers #a fistful of spoilers

[sol1056]

three anons: what the hell was all that in S7

Picking out the three that are most to the point for this answer, but I’ve got another dozen or so that overlap. Not sure I’ll have time/energy to answer the rest individually, so hopefully this meta will be sufficient. 

I mean it could be that they had different execs back then who were better at their jobs and kept Shiro around. No one disliked black paladin Shiro, even the DotU fans were ok with it, and the writing in s1-2 was mostly very good. Changing all that was a bad idea. I would have left on the spot if Shiro died or was benched, like now, I'm only around for closure. Maybe they were different execs with this decision & the EPs leaped at the chance. Well, we know who's also gonna be in trouble if that's the case.

With your theory on how storyboards were reused and characters shuffled around for cost cutting, might this not also partly explain the Adam flashback scene and how it was staged? I mean, they were originally supposed to be roommates and the scene was meant to appear in season 2 but got cut. What if they just reused the storyboard (or even animation, if it was already mostly done) the way it was and then just changed the dialogue? This could explain the lack of intimacy in the staging, too. Ezor and Zethrids interactions were more openly intimate maybe not (just) because they‘re villains who die immediately after, but because the decision to make them an item came before storyboarding was done, so the staging is more suggestive. I mean, if you think Shiro was mostly pasted in in the first half of s7, that might make sense.

If cost was the issue and they already had the black paladin Shiro version written, and got the greenlight to change it to Keith then things don't add up. Because they changed it once more! Which could have been avoided if they stuck to the Shiro one. And it goes without saying it would be better written to follow canon instead of the mess we got, like, I cant imagine this NOT discussed. So if it wouldn't be cost effective to change it again for Keith and it would be badly written, why did it happen?

Behind the cut: the most likely chronology of revisions, the clues in S7 as to its original form, and what this means for S8 and the Black Paladin position. 

This is everything I’ve been able to figure out between interviews, podcasts, tweets, plus researching the industry and a few reality-checks with friends more familiar. As always, any mistakes are my own. 

version 0: "five teenagers"

This would’ve been the first pitch after getting the green light, and probably only a loose synopsis, with just the pilot given a rough storyboard. A post-apocalyptic Earth conquered by the Galra, who are seeking Blue. The execs rejected JDS' mechanism for the discovery of Blue, in favor of simply having Keith ‘sense’ Blue. The execs also rejected the idea that Shiro would die only a few episodes in. This summary seems to be the basis of the "five teenagers" part of the teaser.

version A: "shiro kicks the bucket"

Timelines would've dictated moving onto an outline pretty quickly, detailed down to the episode level, including bits of dialogue, motifs, turning points or emotional beats. In this revision, Shiro dies/leaves at the end of S2 and does not return. This is the “originally we wanted him to kick the bucket” version, which the execs rejected.

version B: "shiro goes away for awhile"

If I'm interpreting the hints correctly, the "does Shiro die or not" question got tossed back and forth all the way into S1/S2 pre-production. Rather than rearrange everything, the easiest fix would've been to leave most of the story intact and write only a new ending where Shiro returns. The execs reject this rewrite, saying Shiro can’t be gone that long. This is the “we tried to just have him gone for awhile, but the execs said he had to come back sooner” version.

version C: "enter the clone"

Again, easiest fix is to insert Shiro/Kuron, remove Keith, and reverse that just before Shiro's return in version B. This impacts only the middle seasons (S3-S6); the clone compromise satisfies the execs. Kuron's characterization makes a lot more sense if it’s Keith, in visuals (ie Kuron leaning against the wall in Keith fashion), dialogue (fighting with Lance), and action (leaving without consulting the team). It's also why no one mentions Keith's absence. Because in the original version A, Keith was standing right there.

version D: "wtf is going on", aka Season 7

When JDS mentions having a full season written with Shiro as Black Paladin, it didn't make sense how they'd have a script and not use it. With @ptw30's visual detective work, I think I may've figured it out.

Technical notes: first scripts are all written for a season, then voices are recorded, and then the combined script+recording is used to storyboard. Production seasons are 26-episodes, independent of actual broadcast seasons; VA may be recording scenes across two 13-episode seasons completely out of order, since the recording schedule's going to be based on who's available, not chronology of the file numbers. The biggest staff changes are usually in April ('staffing season') when new shows get the greenlight and start sharking around to catch writers, designers, directors, etc.

In March of this year, S5 was released. At least some of the storyboarders were released in time for staffing season; in April, Hedrick moves to a new project. With S7/S8 being unchanged since version B, I suspect Hedrick delivered the scripts for S7 and S8 by winter of last year, at latest. Even that would be tight, since that's expecting animation to deliver 26 episodes in an 8-month timeframe. [edit: probably delivered much earlier, given the studio leaks show images we can recognize from S7/S8, so some amount of these seasons were in production by then.]

In June, S6 dropped, and a week later, Hamilton was announced as the new story editor via the Lets Voltron podcast. With the lead time required in production, there doesn't seem to be any reason to even need a story editor, at this point. All the pre-production work should be done.

In August, S7 dropped. Hedrick's editor credit is only for the first half of the season; Hamilton gets it for the second half. That means the last six episodes were written after Hedrick's departure. (May Chan's S2 script was reused in part, and she gains a belated co-writing script credit for that. Hedrick should've received the same; it's standard.)

Let's recap a few things we know (and a few we can intuit) about S7:

The season was already written with Shiro returning as Black Paladin, possibly also recorded and storyboarded. 

S6 reversed the S4-S5 trend, lending strength to exec arguments that Shiro is necessary in the story.

After S6 dropped, the EPs said the wolf's name was a spoiler. See this post from @pwt30; tl;dr is that perhaps the EPs intended the wolf to be Shiro's spirit. 

Despite Shiro's return, he's absent for the majority of the first half; when he is present, he barely speaks a half-dozen words, and none are plot-relevant. See @ptw30's post for more details. 

There's a glaring incontinuity when Allura says the paladin armor protected the team, yet Shiro is frozen with the other non-paladins despite wearing armor. 

Keith never offers for Shiro to pilot, nor mentions it, nor even seems to consider it an issue.

Not everything dovetails since I don't have the full picture, but here's my theory: S7 was originally outlined with Shiro's spirit in the wolf, rather than Black. I have no idea when/how JDS would've thought up the CA:WS parallels for his sole writing credit, but Shiro's "I died" and Lotor's psychotic breakdown are squeezed into S6E6, which was written by Josh Hamilton, Hedrick's later replacement. The only other Shiro-in-Black point is a few minutes at the end of S6's final episode. Shifting from Shiro-in-wolf to Shiro-in-Black really only affects one episode, with a bit of editing for another.

Anyway, S6 ends version C, and we segue to version B. For the first half of S7, the clone's body may have been in stasis while the team traveled through its various non-adventures. The episode we now know as S7E1 may have been the mid-point, with about six episodes of Shiro being unconcious. After watching the numbers drop from S3 to S6, the execs may've rejected another six episodes of where-is-Shiro and insisted he come back ASAP.

S7 only has two episodes that must be in order; the rest are pretty rearrangeable. All they had to do was insert Shiro into the background and record a few lines. (Several lines are pure voice-over, which also saves cost/time by not needing to animate moving mouth.) But the moved episode is only his memory/awakening, and the logical next episode would be Shiro's reconnection, and the rest of the season would roll from there. Without moving the entire second half of the season to the start, moving only his awakening episode would mean Shiro does nothing for 5-6 episodes and then abruptly reconnects.  

In a recent interview, JDS said at first the execs weren't enthused until JDS talked up the new mecha they'd give Shiro to captain. Honestly, there's no way JDS got to be EP without giving a really good pitch, but there may've been another element to his argument: nostalgia. The EPs seem certain everyone suffers from their same nostalgia dementia, which if you do, then you probably have been waiting for any glimpse of that og!Keith. If Shiro returns at the start of S7, then Keith's time in Black has been limited to a few disastrous episodes in S3, and a single big battle in S6. The beginning of S7 is the only time we'd ever see the Voltron84 formation working as a unified team, and returning Shiro too soon would defeat the whole purpose of showing how the team has grown in his absence.

The solution seems to have been to remove Shiro's reconnection completely, and keep Keith in Black. That would mean re-recording Shiro's lines from the midpoint onward, and editing in Keith over Shiro. The savings would be that only half the seaon would have to be reworked, not all. The loose end of the space wolf --- an artifact of version B --- was left in place.  

What I'm not sure of is whether the following are significant enough changes to warrant removing Hedrick's name and replacing it with Hamilton's. It could be, if supervising the revision process is enough to override the previous credits. I have no idea about that part of the industry, and it's the kind of edge case you're just not going to find a lot of blog posts about, so if you know, tell me. Otherwise, your guess is as good as mine.

Anyway, this would've meant Shiro was switched in for Allura, Allura was put back in a lion, and Keith was switched in for Shiro. This would explain why Shiro speaks as the leader of Voltron despite no longer being a paladin, and the uneasy sensations a lot of people got about the characterizations. It was most striking in the last three episodes: Shiro felt like Allura v2, while Keith felt like Shiro v2. And that further, the Altean-Earthian ship just 'lighting up' for Shiro --- and becoming that oversized white mecha --- may've meant as Allura's fourth (fifth?) deus ex machina.

I'd be willing to bet that mid-battle, Allura repeated her stunt from the end of S2, heading out to destroy Sendak's crystal by herself. She wouldn't need Sam to hack her brain, and then we'd also have a call back to when she got knocked down by the crystal-ball thing on Naxzela. If she was the one meant to go toe-to-toe with Sendak, that would explain the bizarre neutrality of Sendak's words --- he says nothing personal to Shiro, at all --- and the even more bizarre silence on Shiro's part. Allura's words wouldn't fit Shiro, so he's silent.

And lastly, it'd mean that the one leaping out of Black to cut down Sendak wouldn't have been Keith. It would've been Shiro.

Where would the story go from here?

If I look at the events of S7, the first half is terribly disjointed, really. If Shiro was supposed to wake at the midpoint, an episode (or two) is missing. One for him to reconnect with Black, and a second that would provide some minor conflict to settle him back into position. Those two episodes were likely replaced with the unexpected and frankly over-told two-parter of the Earth flashbacks.

Two problems with that, one technical, one structural.

First, the flashback two-parter has a lot of moving parts. Brand-new designs, characters, and backdrops. It's far too elaborate to be done in an ultra-compressed timeframe, not without several heart attacks and therapy bills on the part of the animation staff. (Plus, the US-based storyboarding team is already downsized, so fewer hands to do the work.)

Second, it doesn't make a lot of structural sense, especially against the big revelations in S6 of an existing Altean colony. Within the story, there's no reason to halt everything and travel across the universe to take however long to build a new castle, when the Altean colony question is far more pressing. Returning to earth also violates the structure, because it's really just a standard milieu: start on earth, head out to have adventures, and return home at the end.

But here, they're returning home and then possibly leaving again. That's just... a rather peculiar and imbalanced way to do it. It doesn't help that doing so means literally telling Romelle her people are just gonna have to rot, the paladins are certain they need the castle more. Why would you take one of the more compelling storylines you've come up with, only to background it again, and wreck the traditional bookending milieu structure at the same time? Especially if that means coming up with major set-pieces and brand-new designs in the space of several months, after a chunk of your core staff are already onto other things.

I think those two flashback episodes -- and the rewritten finale episodes --- may've been cribbed from S8. In other words, the second half of S7 was the original end of S8. That would mean repurposing already-created storyboards and animation artifacts, so there's a huge time savings there (not counting the need to re-record voices and edit the visuals to match the changed-around parts). 

[note: if there’s anywhere you want to frontload introductions for the spin-off, it’d be in the final season, not the penultimate season. Here it feels like a big honking distraction, rather than an organic segue into the next iteration.]

That change necessitated that utterly bizarro mecha that appeared out of nowhere with the most ridiculously impeccable timing. There needed to be a reason to pull the team back out to space to deal with Haggar and/or the alt-Alteans and/or Lotor or whomever else it turns out to be.

So... where we go from here depends on when S8 gets released, because that’ll tell us how much they did (or did not) edit the episodes. Another clue will be whose name gets listed as head editor for an episode; if we see Hedrick’s name reappear at the top, we’ll know we’re dealing with episodes that are enough unrevised to qualify as being Hedrick-edited, that it’s a version B episode. 

My expectation? They’ll move Shiro’s reconnection to the first part of S8, and add an episode or edit pieces of another, to blend it into what would’ve been the first half of S8 (probably with filler to mask the gap). Then add an episode to segue into the version B finale of S7, where we’d end with the original VLD lineup. With the time needed for animation, that’d be the easiest (if potentially awkward) way to repurpose as much as possible of existing artifacts. 

If we don’t get S8 in the next 1-2 months, though, all bets are off, and there’s a much greater possibility that the entire final season is being redone from scratch. I’d expect Keith to stay in Black, in that case, but I’m always willing to be pleasantly surprised.  

edited to add: see this followup for another detail that supports the reversed-seasons theory

#vld #voltron #analysis #story structure #television production #come for the sugar stay for the salt #sol thinks about stuff

[spacey-acey-artemis]

✨✨wip tag✨✨

I was tagged by @lissadiane and I’m gonna talk about my Time Loop fic. Basically, Clint and Bucky (and later Steve) get stuck in a time loop about a month after the events of CA:WS.

1. what’s your fave thing about writing your current wip?

I definitely love writing from Bucky’s POV. It’s really interesting to capture the way he thinks as he transitions from The Asset into someone new, someone who gets treated like a real person because he’s never had that before so he’s got no idea how to respond to it. Especially when he also has to deal with the warm fuzzy feelings that he gets in his chest whenever Clint’s around. 

2. have you got a name yet / what’s your process for finding one?

I haven’t got an official name for it yet - it’s currently titled ‘Time Loop WSB’ in my files. I’ll probably end up naming it something that someone in the fic says, or an inside joke from the fic - or I’ll completely ignore everything I’ve written and come up with something random and completely unrelated.

3. is there a scene you’re stuck on?

Not so much a scene, more of a question. It’s passed now, thank fuck, but it was the question of whether or not to bring Steve into the loop now or later. Bringing him in now means that we get some insight when it comes to his feelings and stuff, but bringing him in later means that I would have to rewrite the heartwrenching scene when Steve discovers Bucky has been with Clint this whole time.

4. is there a scene you can’t wait to write

Honestly? I have about as much of this thing planned as I do for all my fics - that is, absolutely nothing. I pretty much just plot and plan as I go along, and hope that there are no major plot holes when I do editing at the end. What can I say - I live life on the edge. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

5. what’s your process when you get stuck? are you rational or do you flip your metaphorical writing desk and storm out?

I don’t really flip a desk but I’m not completely rational either. It depends on why I’m stuck, to be completely honest. If it’s a plot-stuck, then I talk it out with whoever will listen to my inane ramblings until something gets knocked loose and I can write again. If it’s an inspiration-stuck, then I sort of just... leave it? I stop writing it for an undetermined period of time and go write other stuff, then come back to it when I feel like it. I’ve got a few WIPs that are years old because of this tactic, but I just can’t bring myself to change it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

I’m gonna tag @redsector-a @angrydollface and @flowerparrish !! Do the thing, y’all!

#saa rambles #thanks for the tag!! #wip tag

[comfortbucky]

𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗲 𝗻𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗵: 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗽𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝟯

gif credit: @buckysbarnes <3

summary: we get some reader x riley action in this chapter! also a lot of character development for the reader so once again i know this is literally the slowest of burns but pls bear with me guys :) also! this is the last chapter that will be following ca:ws, so the next one will be taking place during ca:cw. i'm skipping over movies that do not have bucky bc if i didn't..... we would be here for A WHILE folks 🤣

but i am more than willing to write headcanons about certain time periods!!!! :)

pairing: bucky x fem!reader

warnings: canon level violence, we go into detail regarding the readers time in HYDRA's captivity so mentions of that, violence, things along those lines

A/N: i skipped over steve saving bucky on the helicarrier and then bucky saving steve from the river at the end of winter soldier only because i wouldn't want to change a single thing to the scene (it is perfect and should remain untouched!!!!!!!!!) and i don't think i could truly do it justice by rewriting it 🤣 so if u want to see it u should definitely!!! go back and rewatch it :)

as always i would love to hear any feedback, comments, or suggestions u guys have!!!!!!!!🥰

if u would like to be added to the taglist, pls send me a message! :)

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Y/N, Steve, Sam, and Agent Hill made their way over from their secure hideout to S.H.I.E.L.D. headquarters. Once they had arrived, they were able to infiltrate the comm system room where Steve started speaking into the PA system.

“But the price of freedom is high. It always has been. And it’s a price I’m willing to pay. And if I’m the only one, then so be it. But I’m willing to bet I’m not.”

The last few sentences of his speech elicited a repressed memory in Y/N’s brain.

She knew she should have listened to Riley, but she had seen some movement in the trees below and wanted to do a quick surveillance check. Y/N loved him, unbeknownst to Riley, but hated how he always seemed to be right. Her stubbornness had led her to have her flight suit pack shot, forcing her to crash land. The impact of her landing caused her comm systems to malfunction as well, leaving her stranded. Riley and Sam knew the general area that Y/N flew towards, but the forest was so vast, it would be a while before they could track her.

Y/N groaned as she started to stand up, body sore from her, not-so elegant, landing. She’d only recently started to learn how to use the Falcon suit. Before she could begin to assess her surroundings to try and figure out where she was, Y/N heard rustling noises from her left. She froze, hoping that whoever or whatever was nearby, wouldn’t be able to sense her presence if she held her breath. Unfortunately for her, a nearby HYDRA agent was using thermal imaging cameras which gave her away. Y/N felt the back of her head being hit before passing out.

When she awoke, she found herself sitting in a chair, hands handcuffed behind her and her feet chained to the chair. Panic washed over her but she quickly took a deep breath to relax. She knew that getting worked up would only make things worse for her.

Riley and Sam will find me.

Riley and Sam will find me.

She shut her eyes and repeated that statement over and over again in her mind, almost as if saying it enough times would summon them.

“Sergeant L/N, you’re finally awake.” Y/N’s eyes shot open at the sound of an unfamiliar voice. Standing in front of her, was a man dressed in a black military-style suit with an octopus logo on his collar. HYDRA.

“Ah, Lieutenant Asswipe, how lovely to see you,” Y/N smirked as the man’s face bunched up in anger.

“You may want to choose your next words wisely, Sergeant.” The man moved his face closer to hers, in an attempt to intimidate her. “Or your life won’t be the only one in danger,” he said, smirking. Y/N glared at him, hoping he didn’t see the fear in her eyes from his threat. She knew that Riley and Sam were probably in the surrounding area, and if HYDRA had spotted her and taken her in, there was no reason for her to believe they could do the same to them. The man stepped back and started to pace back and forth as he continued. “As long as you cooperate with us, we shouldn’t have any problems.”

“What the hell do you want?” Y/N hissed at him. He paused his pacing to turn his head towards her.

“The EXO-7 Falcon suit. Tell me how it is manufactured and operated.”

“I don’t know.” Y/N’s reply was met with a slap to her face. Her eyes began to fill with tears from the stinging pain, so she bit her lip to prevent any tears from falling before looking back up at the man.

“I will ask you again, and you may want to reconsider your previous answer.” He bent down to meet Y/N at eye level. “Tell me about the EXO-7 Falcon suit.”

“I already told you, I don’t know.” This time, the man punched her across the face. Y/N spit blood that had started to pool in her mouth from her now split lip. The man sighed and turned around to exit the room. He took a couple of steps before pausing to speak, keeping his body facing forward.

“You’re not ready to talk to me. That’s fine. But you will want to be ready by the time someone else returns.” He left the room and Y/N heard the door lock behind him. She immediately went to work, trying to escape from her chains.

After about an hour of trying to break loose, Y/N realized her efforts were useless. Even if she was able to release herself, there was nowhere to go. She was trapped inside a concrete room, with the only port of exit being the locked door in front of her. Y/N muttered curses to herself as her mind raced, trying to figure out what to do. She wasn’t sure how much time had passed, with no frame of reference to try and determine what time of day it was before she realized she had no escape options.

Every round of interrogation was worse than the last. Once a day, she assumed, as she still had no reference of time, someone would come in and try to find out information about the Falcon suits. Y/N didn’t have to look at a mirror to know she looked like shit. She had been starved for what felt like weeks, receiving the occasional piece of stale bread and some water. On top of that, she had been beaten to a pulp. Her left eye bruised, she had a split lip, probably a broken nose, fractured or broken ribs, and last, but certainly not least, a long cut on the side of her abdomen.

Y/N had finally started to feel her body give out. She wasn’t sure how much longer she would last in HYDRA’s hands. Eyes closed shut, Y/N allowed her body to relax in her chair, trying to feel some semblance of peace. Suddenly, the door swung open, causing her eyes to shoot open and see a cloud of smoke blocking her view. Adrenaline pumped through her body, preparing her for another beating. She wasn’t sure if she could endure another interrogation, but hell if she wouldn’t go down fighting.

“Y/N?” A sense of relief washed over her. Riley.

“Riley?” She managed to croak out, coughing from the smoke entering the room. Y/N saw a figure move towards her, eventually being able to see Riley’s face emerge from the smoke. “Riley.” Tears immediately started to stream down her face as Riley embraced her in his arms. He pulled back to look at her and his heart immediately broke after seeing her injuries.

“I’m here, I’m here, Y/N,” Riley said, as he moved pieces of Y/N’s hair out of her face and rested his hand on her cheek.

“My knight in shining armor,” She teased.

“Glad to see HYDRA didn’t take your humor from ya, princess.”

Y/N ignored the warm feeling she got from hearing Riley’s term of endearment as he helped her get out of her handcuffs. Once she was released, he grabbed her hand and started to lead her towards the exit. She suddenly stopped and Riley quickly turned around to see what the hold-up was.

“My Falcon suit! We can’t leave it here.”

“It self-destructed as soon as HYDRA tried to take it apart; the Air Force embedded it as a security measure. Come on!” Riley gently pulled Y/N’s arm and she quickly followed behind. She would follow him anywhere. Before they made it out of HYDRA’s base, the man who she spoke to when she first got captured was waiting by the exit. Riley defensively stood in front of Y/N, arm extended out to shield her. The man in front of them chuckled.

“Several of your team members have paid with their lives in exchange for yours. Is that the price of your freedom? Are you really worth that much?”

Y/N clenched her fists, glaring at the man. She was about to reply with a snarky comment when Riley spoke up.

“She’s worth the world.”

Y/N quickly turned to face Riley in response to his confession. He kept his eyes forward, staring intently at the man. The man began to chuckle before his laughter was abruptly cut off by a blow to the head. He was effectively knocked out and fell forward, revealing Sam to be standing behind him.

“Someone needed to shut him up,” Sam shrugged. “And we need to get the hell out of here.”

The three of them quickly escaped the facility, with Sam and Riley taking flight with their Falcon suits, Riley holding Y/N, bridal style, in his arms. She felt her eyes close, exhausted from the torture she had endured for the past several weeks. Riley felt her muscles relax and held her a little bit closer to him. After having her gone from him for so long, he realized he never wanted to be that far apart again.

Y/N woke up in an infirmary bed, eyes fluttering open to see Riley sat in a chair next to her, asleep. She smiled and started to attempt to sit up in bed, wincing from the pain. That was enough to wake Riley up and he shot out of his chair to help her.

“I’m fine, Riley.”

“You’re hurt, you need help,” Riley grabbed her hand and placed his other one on the small of her back as he helped her sit up. Y/N’s cheeks flushed red as she held onto his hand. He smiled softly at her and she immediately melted. She waited for him to release his hand from hers, but he never did. Instead, he pulled up his chair with his free hand, keeping a firm grip on hers. She gave his hand a light squeeze as she stared into his eyes.

“Thank you for saving me.”

“Anytime, princess.”

Y/N quickly shifted her gaze down, feeling her face heat up. She felt a hand gently cup her cheek and looked up to meet Riley’s eyes again. If it were anyone else, she probably would have flinched, after having been tortured by HYDRA, but she felt safe in his presence. Y/N studied Riley’s eyes with hers. She had always found them to be so beautiful, emerald green with specks of gold scattered throughout. Her thoughts were interrupted by Riley’s voice.

“I meant what I said back there,” Riley slowly leaned closer to her, watching for any signs from Y/N to stop. There weren’t any, so he continued, speaking in almost a whisper. “You’re worth the world, Y/N.”

Y/N let go of Riley’s hand to hold his face with both her hands and closed the space between them as she placed a gentle kiss on his lips, careful to not further injure her already split lip. They pulled away, resting their foreheads on each other.

“You’re my entire world, Riley.”

“Did you write that down first, or was it off the top of your head?” Sam’s comment pulled Y/N back from her memories. Steve gave Sam a smile before heading out to the launch pad, Sam and Y/N following behind.

“Hey, Cap, how do we know the good guys from the bad guys?” Sam asked, running beside Steve and Y/N.

“If they’re shooting at you, they’re bad.”

“I figured that’d be obvious,” Y/N shot Sam a smirk and he rolled his eyes in response.

The three ran off a ledge, Y/N and Sam taking flight in separate directions, while Steve landed on a lower level of the launch pad. As Sam approached one of the helicarriers, the sensors started to fire missiles at him.

“Hey Cap, I found those bad guys you were talking about.”

“You okay?” Steve spoke into his earpiece, seeking cover behind storage crates.

“I’m not dead yet.”

“Be careful, Sam.” Sam could sense the worry in Y/N’s voice. After losing Riley, he knew she was always concerned about him. He was about to reply when Agent Hill’s voice came onto the comm system.

“Falcon 1, status?”

“Engaging.” Sam flew towards the helicarrier, skillfully dodging the bullets fired at him.

“Wait, why does he get to be Falcon 1?” Y/N interjected.

“Not the time, Y/N.” He made his landing, kicking a guard in the process. He turned around to shoot at another armed guard, surveilling the area. “Alright, I’m in.” Suddenly, a jet turned the corner and started to open fire on Sam. “Oh, shit!”

Y/N whipped her head around to locate Sam upon hearing him yell. She was taking cover from the shots being fired at her from the helicarrier she was targeting. Y/N watched as Sam stepped off his helicarrier backward, shooting at the jet as he fell back. He caught himself, wings spreading out. Y/N didn’t take a moment to think before flying towards him.

They flew side by side, dodging the bullets being shot at them from the jet.

“What the hell are you doing?”

“I’ll distract them, just get your target blade in.” Y/N didn’t give Sam time to object before flying in the opposite direction, firing off at the jet to gain its attention.

Steve’s voice came on the comms, “Alpha lock.”

Agent Hill spoke next, “Falcon 1, where are you now?”

“Had to take a detour,” Sam replied. “But I’m in now.” He accessed the mainframe of the helicarrier, replacing one of the target blades with his. “Bravo lock,” He said, before diving off the platform to catch up with Steve.

“Two down, one to go,” Agent Hill updated the trio. “Falcon 2, what’s your status?”

Y/N was attempting to land on the last helicarrier when the jet behind her set off heat-seeking missiles, forcing her to divert her course.

“Kind of in the middle of something right now.” She flew towards another incoming fighter jet, missiles following right behind her. Before crashing into the oncoming jet, she folded her wings up at the last second, free-falling, as the missiles collided with the jet. The original jet wasn’t able to slow down in time and crashed into the debris, causing an explosion. Y/N quickly spread her wings out to take flight again and headed back towards the last helicarrier.

Sam had flown Steve over to the last helicarrier, waiting for Y/N who had the last chip.

“You know, you’re a lot heavier than you look,” Sam stated, dropping Steve onto the landing platform.

“I had a big breakfast,” Steve replied back. “Y/N, we’re at the last helicarrier. Meet us here and I’ll get the last target blade in,” Steve spoke into his earpiece, before getting shoved off the platform by the Winter Soldier.

“Steve!” Sam yelled, leaping to rescue him from falling. Before he could, the Winter Soldier grabbed a hold of one of Sam’s wings, throwing him back. Sam regained his balance in the air and began to fire at the Soldier. He retreated, allowing Sam to fly away, before using a grappling hook to wrap around Sam’s foot and slam him down on the ground, ripping off one of his wings. The Soldier ran to Sam, kicking him off the platform. As Sam was hurtling towards the ground, he released his other wing from his pack and launched his parachute to land safely on the ground.

As Y/N approached the last carrier, she saw Steve hanging off a ledge and immediately streamlined towards him. She grabbed him and brought him back onto the ledge.

“Cap! Y/N! Come in, you guys okay?” Sam’s panicked voice came through their earpieces.

“Don’t worry, I got him, Sam,” Y/N replied, giving Steve a pat on the back, as she took a moment to catch her breath. Steve grinned before responding to Sam.

“We’re on the helicarrier, where are you?”

“I’m grounded,” Sam said in defeat. “The suit’s down. Sorry guys.”

“Don’t worry,” Steve replied back, placing a hand on Y/N’s shoulder while he gave her a reassuring smile. “We got it.”

Agent Hill noticed Rumlow on the security cameras, headed towards the Council, where Natasha and Fury were, and informed Sam. He ran off to take care of Rumlow while Y/N and Steve rushed to place the last target blade.

Y/N ran across the catwalk to put the chip in before getting shoved to the side by the Winter Soldier. The target blade flew out of her hands, landing in the space between where Steve and the Soldier were standing. They were facing each other, on opposite ends of the catwalk. Y/N remained on the ground, scared that if she moved a muscle, the Soldier would attack. She knew it wasn’t really Bucky who was standing before her, carefully thinking about her next move.

“People are gonna die, Buck.” Steve was met with silence, as the Soldier stared blankly at him. Steve continued. “I can’t let that happen.” Y/N watched as the men continued to stare at each other, neither of them making the first move. “Please don’t make me do this,” he said, his eyes silently begging the man before him to let him pass peacefully. The Soldier’s face remained unchanged, forcing Steve to narrow his eyes and throw his shield at the Soldier as he quickly launched himself forward to grab the target blade. Y/N took that as her signal to get up and help. With the Soldier focused on fighting Steve, Y/N entered the code to access the rest of the helicarrier’s target blades. She took one of them out, a spot waiting for Steve to place the last one in.

She turned to see the Soldier tackle Steve, throwing them both off the ledge and onto the glass panels below. Y/N launched into action, flying down to distract the Soldier in order to give Steve a chance to put the last chip in. She swooped in, kicking the Soldier in the process, as Steve scrambled to grab the target blade that slipped out of his hands.

“One minute!” Agent Hill’s voice shouted into their earpieces, causing Steve to start climbing back up towards the catwalk to insert the last target blade.

The Soldier recovered quickly, latching onto Y/N’s foot with his metal arm to slam her to the ground. She kicked out of his grasp and stood up to stand face to face with the Soldier. He swung a punch at her and she dodged but ended up getting stabbed in the shoulder from a knife in his other hand in the process. She yelled out in pain before landing a kick to his chest, pushing him away from her. Y/N held pressure over her wound, panting, as the Soldier started to charge towards her again. She swiftly dodged him, moving out of the way, using her wings to jump onto his shoulders, pulling him to the ground, holding him in a chokehold. The Soldier’s arms frantically clawed at her legs, trying to free himself, but she held on tight, slowly feeling him lose consciousness. She let out a sigh of exasperation as she released him from her grip and slowly started to stand up. Y/N looked up at Steve, watching as he put the last target blade in.

“Charlie lock.” Steve turned to see that Y/N had flown up to the catwalk to meet him.

“Okay, guys. Get out of there,” Agent Hill said as she got ready to initiate the helicarriers attack on themselves. Steve turned to Y/N.

“You need to get out of here now.” Y/N shook her head furiously.

“You’re coming with me,” she shot back with a hint of desperation in her voice. Steve sighed.

“I’m not leaving him,” Steve glanced in Bucky’s direction, realizing that he wouldn’t be unconscious for much longer. “I can’t.”

Y/N wanted to refuse to leave, not wanting to possibly lose Steve like she lost Riley. But she thought about how she might act if she were in Steve’s position, with Riley in place of Bucky. And she knew then what she had to do. She threw her arms around Steve, tears forming in her eyes. They pulled away from each other before Y/N flew up, stealing a quick glance at Steve, watching him make his way over to Bucky.

“Fire now,” Y/N heard Steve state firmly through her earpiece.

“But, Steve…”

“Do it! Do it now!” Maria hesitated for a moment, but ultimately obeyed Steve’s orders, initiating the attack sequence. Y/N watched the helicarriers start to fire at each other, taking each other down, as she flew away from the wreckage.

Y/N and Sam spoke softly in Steve’s hospital room, in an attempt to not wake him up from his sleep.

“It’s not like you were the first one to put on the suit,” Y/N whispered, crossing her arms over her chest. Sam sighed.

“Well, we can’t both be called Falcon.”

“Just seems a little condescending to be called ‘Falcon 2.’”

“Then we’ll call you something else,” Sam paused to think. “What about Redwing?”

“Redwing,” She said softly to herself, testing out the sound of her new name escaping her lips. It felt right, like it belonged to her. Her regular therapist appointments, since she had come back from overseas, had revealed to her that she had no idea who she was without Riley. Since her capture, she’d become dependent on him, seeking comfort in following whatever he was doing. When she returned with Riley gone and had to adjust to civilian life, Y/N had struggled to find who she wanted to be, what she wanted to do. Sam was a huge help during her recovery, encouraging her to try new things to find what she was passionate about. She’d be able to find a couple activities she enjoyed doing, helping out at the VA with Sam and working part time at a daycare, but nothing felt quite as right as fighting alongside Steve, Sam, and Natasha. She smiled to herself. Y/N knew who she was now.

“On your left.” Y/N and Sam quickly looked to their left to see Steve with an exhausted smile on his face. They smiled back at him, both letting out sighs of relief.

“I’ll go tell your nurse you’re awake,” Sam said, standing up and leaving the room. Y/N scooted closer to Steve and rested a hand on his arm. She felt her eyes swell with tears as Steve placed his other hand on hers.

“I’m alright, Y/N,” he said in response to seeing her eyes glossy with tears, causing them to both chuckle.

“I’m so glad you are.”

He let out an exhale before saying, “He pulled me from the river,” he paused. “He remembered me.”

“You’ll find him, Steve.” She said, giving his arm a squeeze. They shared a smile as Sam returned with Steve’s nurse.

Y/N, Sam, and Steve were standing at Fury’s grave, as the man himself approached them from behind, walking past them to get a good look.

“So, you’ve experienced this sort of thing before,” he stated, referring to Steve.

“You get used to it.”

Fury kept his gaze on his tombstone as he spoke. “We’ve been data mining HYDRA’s files,” he turned to face Steve. “Looks like a lot of rats didn’t go down with the ship. I’m headed to Europe tonight.” Steve looked at Fury before looking back down at the ground. “Wanted to ask if you’d come.”

Steve kept his focus on the ground. “There’s something I got to do first.” He looked back up at Fury, who had already turned to Sam.

“How about you, Wilson? Could use a man with your abilities.” Sam glanced over at Steve before turning to reply to Fury.

“I’m more of a soldier than a spy.” Fury nodded and looked at Y/N, already knowing her mind was made up from the look in her eyes.

“I think I should stay here,” she said, looking at Sam and Steve before shifting her attention back to Fury. “Keep an eye on these two.”

Fury chuckled, “Alright, then.” He turned to shake the trio’s hands. “Anybody asks for me, tell them they can find me, right here,” he stated, tipping his head in the direction of his grave.

“You should be honored,” The three of them turned to the sound of Natasha’s voice. She walked over with a grin on her face as she continued. “That’s about as close as he gets to saying thank you.”

Y/N and Sam gave the two space to talk. Sam crossed his arms as he exhaled.

“I have a feeling that I’m gonna have to tell Carl to take over my sessions at the VA.” Y/N chuckled in response.

“Carl has big shoes to fill and crappy snacks to give out.” They shared a laugh together before a wave of silence washed over them.

Sam broke the silence, "I'm really glad you're here Y/N." She smiled.

"Me too."

They watched as Natasha handed a file to Steve and kissed his cheek before walking away. Y/N and Sam made their way over to Steve.

“You’re going after him,” Sam watched as Steve opened the file Natasha had given him.

“You don’t have to come with me,” Steve spoke as his gaze was locked on a small, wallet-sized, picture of Bucky from the 40s.

Y/N and Sam shared a look between each other before turning to Steve.

“We know.” Y/N placed a hand on Steve’s shoulder. Sam took a step forward to stand next to Steve.

“When do we start?”

chapter 4

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