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Plus One by Sholio for scioscribe
Fandoms: Murderbot (TV), The Murderbot Diaries - Martha Wells
10 Feb 2026
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I had a limited number of my humans to choose from for this. The only ones of my humans available in this particular instance were Mensah, Arada, and Gurathin. Of the options, I selected the one who would never, ever want to talk to me about it later.
I enabled my "act like a human" code in full as I descended on Gurathin. The only warning I gave him was an abrupt Look natural in our private feed before I -- ugh -- put my arm very suddenly around his shoulders.
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10 Feb 2026
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This makes me wish I was familiar with Murderbot! Time for a new fandom?
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Certain Hope Remains by pollybywater
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe/The Sentinel, Marvel, The Sentinel (TV), Iron Man (Movies)
09 Sep 2018
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The Norns decide to prevent Ragnarok and enlist some help to get the new weave just right.
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03 Feb 2026
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Totally unbelievable premise, but excellent comic situations and banter. Entertaining to add Blair and Jim to the Marvel Mix.
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The Famous National Mall Frisbee Game of 2014
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28 Jan 2026
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I love this! For some reason, my mind's eye sees it happening at the Hatch Shell on the Boston Esplanade, instead of the National Mall.
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Save a Horse, Ride a Captain by galwednesday
Fandoms: Captain America (Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
19 Jan 2018
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Bucky tapped him on the shoulder, swaying back and forth a little as he waited for the man to turn around. “Hello,” he said, and then promptly forgot what else he was going to say, because this guy was fucking beautiful. “Wow. Good face.”
Two of the guy’s friends, a man wearing a suit that fit so well it had to be bespoke and a man with a cute little gap between his front teeth, started cracking up. The petite redhead sitting next to them cocked her head to the side and pulled her phone out of her handbag. Beautiful Face just looked kind of pained, so Bucky redirected. He was a gentleman. He could take a hint. No hitting on beautiful guys who were uncomfortable with that sort of thing, no matter how lickable their jawlines were.
“Hello,” he repeated, doing his best to mind his manners. “I’m very sorry to bother you. Can I have a piggy-back ride?”
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24 Jan 2026
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Modern Commandos put modern Bucky up to asking Steve for a piggy-back ride. Fun to juxtapose Howling Commandos and Avengers.
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And There But For the Grace by leveragehunters (Monkeygreen)
Fandoms: Captain America (Movies)
22 Jun 2016
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Magical Realism AU where demons exist and Steven was an angel lured to Lucifer's side in the war in Heaven. After the war, they threw him down into Hell, no longer an angel, but a demon.
Some humans know demons exist, summoning them out of Hell to use as weapons. Desperate to escape Hell, Steven answers a summons only to find himself bound to serve HYDRA. When they send him to possess Agent Peggy Carter, the encounter doesn't go as HYDRA expects and Steven is set free to roam the earth.
Sixty years later, frantic to escape another summons, willing to do anything to stay unbound, he takes refuge inside the killer sent to slaughter the summoner. The killer has a metal arm and a mind like broken glass and Steven soon discovers he isn't the only one hiding inside of it: he finds the man the killer's body belongs to. Fragile and lost, the more Steven seeks him out the stronger he becomes, until the day he remembers his name: Bucky. Determined to protect him, Steven will do everything in his power to set him free and keep him that way.
(Chronologically, this stretches from before Captain America: First Avenger to a year or so before the first Avengers movie but has spoilers for Civil War.)
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- Part 1 of And There But For The Grace
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21 Jan 2026
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Odd and complicated world-building that eventually settles down into a Steve & Bucky caper. I enjoyed the Hawkeye guest appearances.
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"Steven Grant Rogers," a voice said from somewhere near Steve's front door. "Professional inker. Maybe you'd like to explain why you're leaving us messages about our good friend Bucky?"
The redhead currently pinning Steve to the couch said, "Really?"
"Alright, her good friend Bucky. My tolerated friend Bucky."
"My phone's on the table," Steve ground out. "Grab it, have a look at the last picture."
The guy grabbed it, and his obvious double-take would have been funny if Steve wasn't being crushed into his couch. He held it out and the redhead peered at it. "It could be fake."
"That's right," Steve said, digging down for all the sarcasm that existed in his skinny body. "I scribbled all over my own thighs and took a photo so I could lure a pair of hostile weirdos to my apartment. That's how I enjoy spending my time."
"You know what this means, right?" the guy said, sounding deeply bemused. "Bucky has a soulmate."
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20 Jan 2026
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The one where Steve gets the Winter Soldier off of the boat by being his clingy soulmate; the reason I started watching Leverage.
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Keep The World At Bay For Me by torakowalski
Fandoms: The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
24 Oct 2014
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Finding out that Phil's alive and working with a new team isn't easy for Clint, and neither is helping Captain America track down the brainwashed Hydra assassin that used to be Bucky Barnes.
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10 Jan 2026
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Another explanation of where Clint was during CATWS, and what happened when he and Coulson got mixed into the hunt for Bucky afterwards.
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Without A Net Upon The Wire by torakowalski
Fandoms: The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Hawkeye (Comics)
26 Oct 2013
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Since he was abandoned by his brother and then the circus, Clint Barton has resigned himself to making his own way in the world. So when he ends up living on the streets of New York in the middle of winter, he’s not expecting to be taken in by injured army veteran, Phil Coulson, or accidentally involved in an escalating war against the Russian mafia.
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- Part 1 of Homeless Clint 'Verse
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10 Jan 2026
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AU prequel, with underage Clint.
“So I don’t know exactly what it is you do, but if I told you I had a whole bunch of drug dealers tied up in a scary Russian girl’s storm cellar, could you help?” Clint asks, all in a rush.
There’s a really long pause at the other end of the line, long enough that Clint hopes he didn’t call the wrong number. This would be a really unfortunate time for that.
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all I ever meant to do was to keep you by napricot
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America (Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
09 Nov 2021
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Sam really thought that being in a successful romantic relationship with Bucky would cut down on the level of avian meddling in his love life. Unfortunately, it has not.
“I don’t know why you stay in this dump of a nest, I really don’t,” says the distinctly disapproving looking pigeon on Sam’s fire escape. Its two friends are also staring at him with their judgmental, and somehow also disappointed, beady little eyes.
Sam and Bucky investigate a birdnapping. Meanwhile, the birds of New York continue to have some strong opinions about Sam’s love life.
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- Part 2 of I'll explain everything to the geese
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to be alive by napricot
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America (Chris Evans Movies), The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV)
17 Jul 2025
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“You’re gonna have to come in eventually,” says Sam, then he takes a deep breath and steps away from Barnes, back towards the club. “But it doesn’t have to be now.” Barnes’ eyes widen, and he goes utterly still. “I’ve got some conditions though, if I’m gonna let you go.”
A year after the helicarriers go down, Sam finds not the Winter Soldier, but Bucky Barnes, who's trying his best to live and not just survive while on the run. Sam finds him and keeps finding him, and eventually, Sam finds himself too.
An alternate take on canon where Sam and Bucky have been secretly meeting up since after CATWS.
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- Part 1 of to be alive
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28 Dec 2025
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Some beautiful observations from Philosopher Bucky, giving Sam an itinerary for living more mindfully.
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like heaven stood up in you by napricot
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America (Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
03 May 2019
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“You said you were gonna miss him,” says Bruce slowly. “He was supposed to be back in five seconds, but you hugged him and said ‘I’m gonna miss you.’”
Bucky’s face is serene again now, and gives nothing away. “I know Steve,” he repeats. “You think you can hand him a time machine and some rocks of unspeakable power and he’s just gonna go put ‘em right back where they belong?”
Steve does put the Infinity Stones right back where they belong. He just does a couple other things too. Or: three timelines and a Reverse Time Heist.
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- Part 1 of you had your soul with you
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22 Dec 2025
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Another inventive fix-it! If you have a time machine, I guess there's an infinite number of possible universes in the interstices.
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Ever since she’d been small, Hermione’s reward for good marks had been a rampage through a bookshop, so the day she tore open her O.W.L.s results and triumphantly brandished the eleven Outstandings, her beaming mother said, “We’ll go to Foyles tomorrow,” without any discussion required.
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- Part 13 of Harry Potter works
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22 Dec 2025
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Awesome demonstration of "All politics is biology trying to get out" (Bujold). Actually reminiscent of Bujold, and also Sayers's Gaudy Night,
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"I'm so in love with you," John says, a statement of fact. "I will never not be in love with you."
Realistic first time. They love each other so much.
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Peter Parker: Pure of Heart, Dumb of Ass by lightningbugqueen, person_with_no_name
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
15 Feb 2021
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“Alright everyone!” Mr. Harrington clapped his hands and grinned hugely. “I have some great news for you all! The team trip for this year has been decided, and thanks to some generous sponsors, we will be going to none other than Stark Tower!"
Peter’s ears rung. His breath stopped. His heart pulsed loudly in his chest. Stark Tower. The Tower. His home.
Fuck.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(Previously titled "The Field Trip")
This is the first fic in a series we're building. It begins with the obligatory Field Trip Fic, but will grow into something more.Series
- Part 1 of You're My Dad! Boogie Woogie Woogie!
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Bill Weasley and the Heir of Ravenclaw by livnlearnphx
Fandoms: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (Movies), Sherlock Holmes & Related Fandoms
05 Feb 2023
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15 Mar 1992 (Gregorian) - Ancient detection wards tied to the ley lines of Britain alert a senior manager at Gringotts Bank that the prophesied heir of one of their most important clients has arrived in England…
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- Part 1 of The Cassandra Project
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30 Nov 2025
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Interesting and thought-provoking AU. WIP Ch. 9. Confusingly written; fascinating world-building;sketchy plot and characterization.
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Harry is accused of burglary. The Dursleys leave him to rot. Dumbledore sends Snape to remedy the situation. Harry finds himself in the care of an irate Snape. Not slash, gen-fic w/ focus on Sevitus relationship. Angst galore. Warnings: coarse and suggestive language, mentions of abuse/neglect. Un-betaed and un-Britpicked.
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- Part 2 of Crime and Punishment
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5 Times Peter Made Tony Laugh Out Loud by grilledcheesing
Fandoms: Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017), Spider-Man - All Media Types
05 Aug 2017
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... and one time he did not.
Post Spider-Man: Homecoming — Tony is just trying his damn hardest to keep this reckless kid from Queens safe, but it's hard when Peter is, occasionally, ridiculous as all hell.
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I can hold the weight of worlds (if that's what you need) by bluesweatshirt
Fandoms: Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
10 Feb 2021
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Tony Stark was awake, and he was looking for his son.
Every radio station was talking about it, much to her annoyance. She flipped through, trying to find a station that was playing some actual goddamn music, to no avail.
“According to Stark, Peter is sixteen, about 5’8” tall, and he has brown hair and brown eyes.”
“Oh, great,” Alejandra scoffed. “That really narrows it down.”
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Or, Peter thinks that Tony died during the final battle against Thanos and he runs away from home to grieve.- Language:
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24 Nov 2025
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Tearful outside observer reunion AU, with good remix.
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Tony Stark is on his way to becoming the coolest and awesomest supervillain New York City has ever known...until a pipsqueak in a onesie webs him to a rooftop in Queens. Next thing he knows, he’s accidentally acquired an intern with puppy-dog eyes and a heart of gold. Which, as it turns out, is not compatible with a five-year supervillain career plan.
Written for Winterturtle for the 2021 Friendly Neighborhood Exchange
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24 Nov 2025
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When Harry finds an injured Snape on his doorstep and must hide him from the Dursleys, he has no idea that this very, very bad day will be the start of something good.
Harry and Snape are thrown together by annoying relatives, a series of strange dreams, and Voldemort's latest hunt for Harry, but their greatest challenge may well be surviving each other. This will be a long summer unless the two can find a way to work together. A slow-burn enemy-to-mentor story.
Alternate 6th summer (and part of the school year): post-OotP; ignores HBP and DH. No slash, no romance. NOW COMPLETE!
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24 Nov 2025
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Interesting AU with lots of elaboration on Occlumency and Legilimency (and mind-melds). Maybe a bit too much elaboration on emotional trauma and healing, but not non-canonical -- or rather, what canon needed but didn't provide.