#galwednesday
Mentally combining the “bees are unionized and will leave if they don’t like their working conditions” post with the various “humans stow away on alien spaceships and do the jobs that are too dangerous for more fragile species” posts
Interstellar guidelines state that while approaching humans carelessly or aggressively can result in serious injury, and while you absolutelyshould not try to trap a swarm of humans on your ship, if you build a human-friendly habitat with enough food within grazing distance and safe places to sleep, you just might entice a colony to move in
Trapping a swarm of humans on your ship:
- unauthorized tunnels keep popping up in restricted zones
- theft of various items they consider cozy, delicious, cute, or extremely hazardous
- equipment sabotaged in supposedly impossible ways, and/or supposedly explosion-proofed material exploding
- received communications vary from heartfelt pleas for freedom to vengeful declarations of war to treatises on the sacred rights of spaceship-occupants to disturbingly specific threats to incomprehensible slam poetry
Encouraging a volunteer human colony to thrive:
- leaving items they like + building materials in areas they can access, then coming back later to find those areas transformed into fully organized warehouses/gardens/workshops
- items left lying around spontaneously being made cuter, cozier, tastier, and/or more hazardous
- new workarounds, temp fixes, or repurposes being tried out on any equipment that’s on the fritz (and some that’s not)
- disturbingly creative and fervent allies against outside forces
- sound of happy poetry coming from the vents
this post combines two of my favorite things and I am ASCENDING
this post combines two
of my favorite things and
I am ASCENDING
Beep boop! I look for accidental haiku posts. Sometimes I mess up.
I give my hand to you with all my heart. I can’t wait to live my life with you, I can’t wait to start. Steve and Bucky are getting married! Below are my Top 5 Favorite stories:
“We didn’t need this to love each other, but I’m glad we get to do it anyway” (T, 1k) by AidaRonan
In an alternate universe where they never go to war, Steve and Bucky live a whole lifetime together.
They’re near the end of the line now, but there’s still time to make it official.
Or the one where same-sex marriage finally gets legalized in NY and two very old men do the thing.
+ Modern AU. They got to grow old together! Courthouse weddings and heartfelt vows.
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“My Big Fat Wolf Wedding” (T, 12k) by AggressiveWhenStartled,galwednesday,quietnight,silentwalrus,skellerbvvt
“MARRIED?”
“Basically married. Permanently engaged anyway. Weres have their own deal.” Natasha sounds much, much too gleeful about Steve’s rapidly expanding personal hell. “So you better wake your blushing bride and tell him the happy news: that it was an accident and you had no idea what you were doing.”
“I,” Steve says, strangled. “I can’t do that!”
“You can’t?”
“He thought I was proposing! And he accepted!”
“Wow, maybe he’s just as dumb as you are,” Natasha says thoughtfully.
“I can’t just promise him a ring, take him home, drink from him three times in a row and then wake him up the next morning to say oops, just kidding!” Steve casts around, looking at his wreck of an apartment. “I don’t even have any good champagne!”
+ Modern AU. Vampire Steve and Werewolf Bucky. Mistaken identity, accidental proposals, wedding planning, family gossip, and idiots in love. This was published a few days ago and if you haven’t read it yet, you MUST
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“just goddamn marry me already, for fuck’s sake” (E, 6k) by newsbypostcard
“Do you,” Steve says, fingers newly tugging Bucky’s underwear until it starts to slide off his hips, “want to marry me, or not?”
Bucky sighs. “You know, in some circles people would consider this interrogation under duress.”
+ Post CW. They’re practically married already, but Steve wants to make it an official forever. Lovely wedding vows in Central Park
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“All the things yet to come are the things that have passed” (T, 9k) by sangha
Peter gets underestimated. Everyone calls him “kid,” as if he’s not part of the Avengers. Well anyway, contrary to what the others may think, he does notice things. Being in high school is good for something. Noticing when people have crushes, for one.
Nobody else seems to notice the way Captain America looks at the Winter Soldier. Peter is still not sure how to act around Cap. He’s a little intimidating, not a very approachable guy. He always looks very severe and serious and to be honest, Peter’s arms still hurt when he thinks about the fight at the airport. But when Steve’s looking at the Winter Soldier, he looks a lot more approachable. Softer, somehow. Peter likes him better that way. Not that he’d ever dare say that to Captain America’s face. He’s not in any hurry to die again. Anyway, the point is, Cap clearly has it bad for his best friend.
+ Post CW. Very cute. Peter and Bucky friendship, proposals, and a simple wedding.
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“Brookland House” (E, 8k) by Ark
“You seem distressed, my angel. Are you not pleased with the match? The word from court is that Lord James Barnes is an upstanding gentleman, not given to the wild circles around the Prince Regent. And Steve, it was he who asked for you. The young man has kept you in mind all these years – despite our circumstances.”
+ Historical AU. Arranged marriage, childhood friends, and a long awaited wedding night
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“les voleurs de mariage” (G, 988 words) by silentwalrus
Anon asked:
Sorry if this is too much. I’ve been obsessed with better than to bend since I read it. I can’t help but imagine if Steve was found earlier, Bucky was rescued and Steve married both of them like he wanted and lived their lives. Do you have any headcanons on this version? Details!! I want them to be h a p p y and it’s too much to ask for in canon. And! In ITHLYN does the team ever find out Steve’s relationships with both? I’d LOVE to see you write out their reactions. Only if you want to. Thanks!
+ Post WW2. Bucky gets rescued and marries Steve in France. Crackfic, Outside POV. Tagged for Steve/Bucky/Peggy but there’s no Peggy romance actually in the story
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+ Previously rec’d Wedding stories (x18) here
Yeah, we danced on table tops and we took too many shots. Think we kissed, but I forgot. Sometimes, romance happens under the influence. Below are my Top 5 Favorite stories:
“in the morning i’ll be sober and you’ll still be mine” (T, 2k) by mcwho
Steve always marveled at how people lost all their inhibitions after they got a little alcohol in them.
And then Thor gets him drunk on Asgardian liquor. Events unfold.
+ Post WS. Steve gets drunk and can’t contain his pining anymore. Bucky doesn’t mind at all.
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“Let’s Fall in Love” (T, 3k) by Desdemon
“I really am sorry, dollface,” Bucky said, his eyes huge and stupid. “I’m just flapping my gums, you know what a chucklehead I am.”
+ Post WS. Steve and Bucky go to a themed bar, and get really into roleplaying.
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“the place where you were in my heart is not closed” (T, 3k) by shestepsintotheriver
Steve and Bucky used to spend every summer together, but when Bucky didn’t turn up for his last year at summer camp, Steve had no way to contact him.
Seven years later, a semi-drunken toast brings them back together.
+ Modern AU. Steve’s made friends at college, but still pines after his long lost childhood crush. Turns out his crush is right down the street.
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“Save a Horse, Ride a Captain” (T, 2k) by galwednesday
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?”
+ Shrunkyclunks. Captain America carries drunk Bucky back home and makes him coffee in the morning. The Howling Commandos are thrilled
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“Bubbling up” (T, 4k) by Niitza
“And that’s the story of how Captain America drove safely to the French zone libre, with the rest of his team three sheets to the wind, while being fearfully saluted by Nazis.”
+ Post CW. Bucky is slowly recovering his memories, and finds out drinking champagne brings back a nice one
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“When You’re Drunk” (M, 3k) by Kellyscams
Seventy years ago, Bucky Barnes was in love with Steve Rogers and could only express his love for him under the misguided courage of drunken nights.
Seventy years ago, Steve Rogers was in love with Bucky Barnes, and could only have Bucky’s love under the misguided courage of drunken nights.
Seventy years later, what happens when a drunken night is nearly impossible?
+ Post WS. Bucky has a hard time telling Steve how he feels, so he tries for a little liquid courage. Turns out Steve has enough courage for both of them (the angsty prequel is here)
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+ More Alcohol fics in College AU andSeasonal Sampler lists
