Conman!Bucky AU: Small town police chief Bucky Barnes is good at his job. He keeps up appearances, helps the elderly and donates heftily to local causes. The people of Silver Lake don't question where he gets his money, or how he came to run the police department at 30 years old. What they don't know won't hurt them. On the side, Bucky is a conman. He lives a separate life of glamour and lucrative heists. And he's good at hiding it. Until he isn't. Willow Foster arrives in town newly divorced and looking for a fresh start, one she finds in Bucky. The corrupt cop quickly learns just how difficult it can be to balance his two lives and a potential blossoming romance. But when Willow finds out what he really does, she wants in and the threat of his whole world falling apart becomes very, very real. The question is, can Bucky keep up the longest con of his career?

Bodyguard!Bucky AU: Sophia Stark is the daughter of high profile politician Tony Stark, except she doesn't act like it. Unfazed by the attention her family brings, she lives life like any other college student. When she decides she wants to go travelling around Europe alone for the summer after graduation, her father is quick to shut down the idea, despite the fact that he was just as reckless and wild in his youth. So they come up with a compromise. She can go, but she has to be escorted. Enter James Barnes, Shield Protection's top bodyguard. Skilled and discreet, he's usually hired to mind the most powerful names in politics. Now, he's traipsing around Europe with a twenty-four-year-old who has made it her mission to cause him nothing but trouble. How long will it take before he breaks?

It's 2025, two years post blip and photography student Rosie Dylan is still learning how to rebuild her life. She's just trying to get to graduation and make enough cash to pay her rent. But then Captain America leaves her an unexpected voicemail. In Louisiana, Bucky feels more like himself than ever but he's stuck in a rut. He likes the lifestyle he lives, he's a free agent - both in work and play. But with Sam settling down, he starts to question what's next. When he meets Rosie, she intrigues him and she sparks something in Bucky that changes everything. There's something there, even if it takes a little while for Rosie to come around. As the wedding weekend comes to a close, a betrayal of trust sees Rosie ready to walk away. Except she needs a subject for her senior photography thesis and a mission involving a mysterious drug ring brings Bucky back to New York. As they navigate through the underground and upper-class circles of the city, they find that maybe they were meant for each other after all. Takes place two years after TFATWS.

Musician!Bucky AU: Violet Rogers has lost count of the rejections. Of the three-hour waits for auditions only to be turned away before she has the chance to even step into the room. After a few one-off roles on TV shows and off-off-Broadway ensemble gigs, she ditches her agent and decides a move to LA needs to happen if she wants to make her dream a reality. When her brother mentions that his best friend, Bucky, happens to live in LA and is looking for a roommate, Violet jumps at the chance. Between auditions, late-night diner shifts and shitty studio execs, Bucky and Violet attempt to overcome everything it means to be struggling artists in Los Angeles. They just so happen to fall in love along the way.

☾ once again dubious timeline or sort of "modern" [not rlly modern] royal/old money au ☽ ( tbh whatever my little brain desires. ) Bucky Barnes x OC Dawn Rogers wasn't a fan of tradition, she always yearned for something more to life than all the womenly duties they bestowed upon her, but not being one to disappoint her family she finds herself in one big of a pickle she has tried to run away from her whole life. Her arrange marriage to the one person she can't stand, James Buchanan Barnes. Enemies to lovers | 18+ u know the drill :)

18+ In his way of attempting to get over his morbid past Bucky Barnes moves to the snowy slopes of Alpine Groves, a small town miles and miles away from any big city. He dives into the world of lumberjack's and snow storms to find out who he really is, he really didn't plan to be-friend anyone, much less, fall in love? Bucky Barnes x OC (alternative universe)

Perihelion (noun: /ˌper.ɪˈhiː.li.ən/) The point in the orbit of a planet, asteroid, or comet at which it is closest to the sun. Bucky Barnes left the army three years ago on medical discharge and he's still struggling to move on. He puts on a brave face and throws himself into the business he runs with his best friends Steve and Sam. He may be fooling some, but his friends can see right through it. He's fine. And no attempt from them to persuade him to step out of his comfort zone of work and home, and maybe put himself out there, is going to sway him. Then he meets Ava at Cosmic Coffee, her tiny coffee shop, one he walks past every day but never enters until the day everything seems to direct him inside. They get talking and it turns out they're both in need of something the other can offer. It seems too easy as a deal is made over coffee and a Fleetwood Mac record but Bucky might just end up getting more than he bargained for. Modern AU (SugarDaddy!Bucky)

Mafia Forbidden Romance AU || Mature Content (NSFW 18+) Brooklyn, 1947 A few years out of high school, Bridget Maher is trying to find her place in the world. She wants to be free. Her father, a chief in the NYPD, wants her married. A chance encounter with infamous mobster James Buchanan Barnes earns Bridget the freedom she wants and the danger she craves. But all freedom comes at a price. Is Bridget willing to pay up?

BuckyxStevexOC AU || mature content (18+) || Growing up, Lilly had two best friends: Bucky Barnes and Steve Rogers. Inseparable from their first meeting, the friendship turned into something more as the trio navigated high school. It was perfect...until a heartbreaking decision puts an end to their fun. Now in college, Lilly takes on a job working for the incredibly wealthy Barnes family. When both men return to New York, Lilly realizes that there are two bad habits that she can't seem to break.

a Bucky Barnes × OC story || Dark Themes || Mature Content Mara is an archivist, collecting and preserving artifacts belonging to Captain America Bucky Barnes is trying to rebuild the Avengers with a new Captain and some even newer additions, including Mara's best friend and sister Kate Bishop. When bodies start appearing in New York with messages for Sergeant Barnes, Mara is forced closer to the man behind the Soldier and learns more about him, and herself, than she could have imagined.