in which bucky barnes, still bleeding from washington, stumbles upon a cabin in the woods and the woman living there seems to know far too much for a supposed vet [bucky barnes x fem!oc] [post ca:tws → cw au] [slowburn romance] © -𝐨𝐟𝐜𝐛𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐲

𝐈𝐍 𝐖𝐇𝐈𝐂𝐇 howard stark's younger sister becomes an inventor and falls for the blue-eyed super-soldier steve rogers x grace stark (oc) captain america: the first avenger ━ avengers: endgame mcu published: 11/23/22 finished: ©wp_lucy2022

After time in Wakanda, Bucky Barnes returns to the Avengers Compound - a place full of familiar faces, but nothing that feels like home. He's not looking for redemption. He just wants to keep his head down, follow the rules, and stay in control. But Elizabeth Carter, the team doctor with a sharp tongue and no time for ghosts, has other ideas. What happens when the person you least expect becomes the only one who sees through the silence? He's not a soldier anymore. He's not a weapon. Bucky just wants to be... something human.

──── And how odd it is to be haunted by someone that is still alive! Bucky Barnes x fem!oc Thunderbolts © lanxosc 2025

Heartbreak made me reckless. Loving him made me whole. When Steve Rogers broke my heart, I wasn't sure I'd ever recover. He was my everything, until he wasn't. So I pieced myself back together the only way I knew how. With anger. With mistakes. With fire. And with someone I never expected-his best friend. James Barnes is complicated. Dangerous. Broken in his own ways. But he's the one who stayed. The one who chose me. This isn't a fairytale. It's messy. It's devastating. And it's real.

When Steve's long lost friend Bucky Barnes appears, his fellow Avenger (y/n) (l/n) helps him to keep Bucky safe. From there (y/n) swears to help Bucky through his hardships and scarring history as the brainwashed 'Winter Soldier', and sparks fly between the two. Life however has a way of throwing obstacles at those trying to regain happiness - will their relationship survive? This is a Bucky Barnes X Reader romance story! This story will include adult content and dark themes, please be prepared for this before reading. It will begin with Civil War and work through Bucky's timeline, but more information will be shared in the description! *completed*

Bucky Barnes has walked through decades of violence, shadows, and silence. Haunted by memories he can't escape and a past he never chose, his soul is fractured. But one thread holds steady - a presence, a warmth, a name whispered in the dark. Angela. He doesn't know her. Not yet. But she's out there. His soulmate. His light. "Some stories are born in fire. But the best ones are planted in light." Published: 3/8/2025 Finished: 2/9/2025 1k reads: 4/9/2025 #33 in buckybarnes 5/8/2025 #2 in buckybarnesfanfiction 6/8/2025 #1 in buckybarnesfanfiction 9/8/2025 #1 in thefalcon 21/8/2025 #1 in thefalcon 25/8/2025

in which the thunderbolts* gain yet another antihero with a complicated past, and bucky barnes takes that personally [bucky barnes x fem!oc] [thunderbolts x fem!oc] [slowburn, found family] © -𝐨𝐟𝐜𝐛𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐲

in which peter parkers sister is haunted by ghosts from her past [bucky barnes x fem!oc] [post ca:tws] [slowburn romance, found family] © -𝐨𝐟𝐜𝐛𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐲

in which james buchanan barnes falls for an ex-shield operative and he can't seem to stop leaving her [bucky barnes x fem!oc] [post ca:tws → tfatws] [slowburn lovers reunion] © -𝐨𝐟𝐜𝐛𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐲