Summary:
Steve meets Bucky at a bar when his marriage stagnates. He can't help being drawn to the younger man, and he begins to remember what it is like to truly love someone.
I have compiled a playlist of all the songs alluded to in the chapter titles, as well as other songs that have motivated me and kept me going. It is incredibly varied, but every song has influenced my writing in some way. Feel free to listen to it, and let me know what you think in the comments :) YouTube Playlist
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Fic name from "Come On Get Higher" by Matt Nathanson
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Summary: When Steve Rogers starts a new job at Stark Industries (after a lot of pestering from Tony) he has to meet a lot of people, and some leave more of an impression than others - and mostly for the wrong reasons. Brock Rumlow is one of those people. But then Steve meets Brock's Omega - James Barnes - and that's where the trouble starts.
Summary: Featuring Steve's horrible driving, worse plans, and how everyone is left to deal with him - or - 5 times Steve stole a car to get away from trouble and 1 time he didn't need to.
Summary: How to get yourself into a pickle (if you're Steve Rogers) in 6 easy steps: Step 1: suspect your wife of cheating on you Step 2: Snoop on your wife's laptop and discover her secret kink for m/m porn Step 3: discover her Only Fans account and, in turn, discover a very cute adult entertainer who goes by the name 'Bucky' Step 4: create your own Only Fans account to get even with your wife. Request nude photos from Bucky Step 5: start video chatting with Bucky on the regular, then agree to meet in person Step 6: fall in love with Bucky and start an affair (Congratulations, Steve Rogers, you are now in a pickle.)
Summary: “Oh...” It’s so soft, the sound Bucky makes. One tiny word, more breath than anything else, yet it somehow holds all the sentiment of 'of course' and 'how have I lived without this', and Steve is ruined for it. He’s sixteen again, realising that want begins and ends with Bucky Barnes. He is seventeen, discovering that the only thing better than getting his hands on Bucky, is getting his mouth on him. He is eighteen, and nineteen, and twenty; bone-deep certain that for him, there will only ever be Bucky. “Stevie,” Bucky sighs. He reaches gentle fingertips to brush the hair back off Steve’s forehead; traces the stretch of Steve’s lips around him with all the tender wonder of their youth. ...Steve is thirty-nine, and he will never come back from this.
Summary: Steve Rogers and Bucky Barnes both work for Stark Industries and are lucky enough to have been invited on the company Christmas retreat. Unfortunately, neither of their partners can make it. Thanks to a mess up with the room booking it seems they're going to be spending a whole lot more time together than either had planned or wanted, but they seem pretty determined to 'lighten' things up, somehow...
Summary: It’s the way that Bucky smiles at Steve from across his desk. No, it’s the way that Bucky’s hand brushes Steve’s as they stand side by side in an elevator not crowded enough to justify their closeness. Or maybe it’s the whispered conversations every Saturday night, the way Bucky saves Steve’s number under a different name in his phone. No matter what it is, the truth is the same: Steve Rogers is in love with Bucky Barnes, a married man.
Summary: It's been a long time since Bucky Barnes disappeared from Steve's life. When Steve runs into him by chance, it's with Steve's fiancee watching from the cafe patio and more than fifteen years of longing separating them. Inspired by Lips of an Angel by Hinder
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