thesupersoldiers: just your heart, (in exchange for mine) a @cabigbang fic Author: thesupersoldiers&

thesupersoldiers:

just your heart, (in exchange for mine)

a@cabigbangfic

Author:thesupersoldiers / ao3: perfectlystrange

Artist:Talli

Rating:Mature

Archive Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply

Word Count: 23.4k

Relationships:James “Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers

Tags:Stardust AU, Inspired by Stardust, Captain America: The First Avenger, Canon-Typical Violence, Magic, Magical Realism, World War II, Pre-Serum Steve Rogers, Light Angst, The Space Stone, Developing Relationship, Major Character Injury, Steve is a Star, (but we knew that already), Hopeful Ending, no prior knowledge of stardust needed.

Summary: HYDRA has started experimenting with the tesseract. By doing so, a of a wave of energy erupts, reaching the very stars in which it was created. The flare is seen on the other side of no man’s land—as is the explosion that follows.
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After getting drafted and shipped to the front lines, Bucky is used to the sound of explosions. They are the soundtrack of the war and he’s heard enough to start listening now. This one though is unlike any other he’s seen. The crater spans miles across and scorches the trees right down into their roots. More surprising is what it leaves behind—a man or, as Bucky soon finds out, a star.

Or a Stardust AU that’s set in WWII featuring Bucky, a tired Sergeant, and Steve, a literal star pulled from the sky by a crazed scientist.