#knottybang2021
Just posted my collab with @marvelling-youfor@knotbang!
Title: Tremulous and Tender
Word Count: 8,327
Archive Warnings: none apply
Rating: E
Pairing(s): Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes
Character(s): Steve Rogers, Bucky Barnes, Shuri, Sam Wilson, Natasha Romanov
Tags: Alpha/Beta/Omega Dynamics, Mating Cycles/In Heat, Explicit Sexual Content, Alternate Universe - Soulmates, Bonding, Social Worker Steve, Homeless Bucky Barnes, Homelessness, Minor Discussions of Past Abuse, Light Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending, Hurt/Comfort, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Protective Steve Rogers, Post-Serum Steve Rogers, Love at First Sight, Scenting
Link to work (s): http://www.archiveofourown.org/works/29881461
Author: humapuma
Artist: marvellingyou (tourmalinex)
Summary: He wasn’t complaining; he was used to being on his own. He’d grown up in a single parent home and his mom had worked long hours as a nurse, which left him alone much of the time. It had never really bothered him.
That evening, though… something was different. It had gotten under his skin and made his blood pump faster. All night long, his body burned in a way that he’d never experienced before, not even in a rut. It was as if there was an invisible string tied somewhere inside him, pulling him. But where?
And that scent… that perfect, sweet scent, it wrapped around him like a lover…
Like a lover.
Steve Rogers wasn’t lonely… until he’d scented that Omega, whoever they were.
AKA Steve Rogers is a social worker at a domestic violence shelter. He does everything he can to suppress his Alpha instincts so his clients can feel safe with him. Until one evening, as he’s leaving work, he catches a scent that he can’t escape and it opens up a world of possibilities he had long denied himself.
