—Summary:It’s his parents’ wedding day, and Peter thinks about many things from start to finish. What teachings they’ve passed him so far in life, what’s the point in all these ceremonies and special brandings society insists on—a bunch of things that dictate life and how happy everyone is. Ultimately, he thinks about how happy true love looks. How effortless, even in the struggles. Partnership. It’s all he wants for his own life, someday.
Getting tattooed was a lot like getting absolutely high. You either had one and got a taste for the thing, coming back to it whenever possible, or you had the experience and thought ‘yeah, that’s not for me, thank you very much’. For Peter, it was more of the first. His first tattoo was not the first of that year alone – the only perk of working when you still live with parents, he thinks – and was far from the last if the drawings on his notebook were any indicator.
The second tattoo he got, two months after the first one, meant the most to him so far (out of his six).
The Balance that laid on the inside of his arm was supposed to represent the duality of life and, most importantly, the two most important lessons he ever got in life from each of his parents.
It was all he could think about during their wedding day.
No bc I was literally tearing up reading the summary. “How effortless, even in the struggles. Partnership. It’s all he wants for his own life, someday.” How beautiful.
Their whole story is so beautiful and it makes my heart happy. I hope I can stumble across my found family one day too.
I think that finding our own family is all that everyone deserves. I’m thrilled that you loved this series, Ocean
—Summary: Unpredictable, unfair and unreasonable—so far in, that’s all Bucky’s known life to be. With the exception of his son, nothing has ever inspired consistency or proven to be worthwhile enough for him to fight daily to keep. Going back to University while being a single parent has more than one rough edge. He feels lost, out of place, with a constant itch under his skin.
Then, you arrive like a Comet, daring him to change all his skeptic perceptions.
—Word count: 5.1k
—Warning(s): This work is intended for 18+ audiences. Minors, DNI. Explicit depictions of sex. I do not allow for my work to be copied, translated, or reuploaded on any other platform.
There was no point in denying Bucky loved the flair.
Champagne towers, floor-length silky dresses and men dressed to impress for a change, every corridor lit with the best light possible and, to make matters perfect, enough booze to have even the stiffest co-worker laughing and sharing giggles.
Being at this job for only a few months, Bucky still feels out of place though. Which is why he sticks to sipping his drink in a corner until someone comes to him and engages in conversation. Usually the first thing out of their mouths is something related to Steve—while he’s new at the Museum, Steve’s not and if the people who knew Bucky before he arrived are any indicator, he spoke quite a lot about him.
It’s at the party he discovers there’s a second favorite question he enjoys hearing, other than ‘Ah, so you’re the Barnes lad that Rogers keeps talking about?’ and that is:
—Summary: When your best friend Sarah recommends you a mechanic of her brother’s trust, all you can think about and pray to is that he doesn’t rip you off. Your car is your prized possession and amidst all the worry and concern of your medical studies, drowning in even more debt sounds as suffocating as it would be.
Of course, you never thought of the possibility of the mechanic being the problem.
A hot, polite, gentle and silent-type of problem.
Drowning in debt would be easier to navigate than the blue of Bucky Barnes’s eyes.
—Word count: 10k
—A/n: A huge thanks to Raven, my beta, for proofreading and eliminating all mistakes in this chapter. If you enjoy it, feedback is appreciated & highly encouraged and motivates me to write even more. mistakes/errors might be here, let me know if you find any.
There’s a certain peace and power in being surrounded by all of your favorite people.
It’s the kind of peace that before certain people arrived in your life, you had only felt in garages on Sundays, drinking Cola and listening to the radio while engines ran.
Now, the smell of food being cooked inside the house and trailing to the outside where you and most of the others sit by the lake, plus the noise of conversation and Peter’s distinct loud laughter in the back—that’s peace.
It’s a movie scene. One of those rare moments when it feels good to be alive.
Across the lake, Bucky’s sitting on one side of his bike while Natasha’s on the other following his instructions—feeling your eyes on him, Bucky looks up from the timing belt and catches your eyes.
He tilts his head a little, and you keep watching, a smile opening on your face.
I almost finished this whole series last night but unfortunately my body made me sleep insteadNyx never fails to make me speechless through her writing. She always transports me to the beautiful world shes built and makes me fall in love. There are so many important, thoughtful and often overlooked life lessons in this series.
Nyx, the way you write stories and the way you bring Bucky to life is truly a gift. Thank you for sharing
People finding this story once again and giving me this feedback… I’m over the Moon. I’m so happy you liked my mechanic!Buck as much as I did. Thank you for reading it, sharing it, and giving it love. That’s where the story truly comes to life
Summary: Bucky is the young CEO of his family’s publishing house. A year into the role and working his ass off, he’s finally taking a much needed vacation (upon the advice of his well-meaning family and friends).
Solo and feeling a little lost, Bucky finds himself getting a little attached to the front desk receptionist, a local who grew up on the islands and dreams of bigger things.
A/N:I’m still figuring some things out (including how many total chapters there will be) so please see individual chapters for warnings. This is a slow burn so I can guarantee there will be fluffand some angst. This isn’t exactly an enemies-to-lovers fic, but they’re more of acquaintances-to-friends-to-lovers. Additionally, I don’t usually give specific ages for the reader or Bucky, but given where these two are in their lives, Bucky is 27 and the reader is similar in age, give or take a little. Finally, the islands were this is set are fictional and are not made to resemble any one specific place. The Bienville is named after a hotel in NOLA that I stayed at as a kid and fell in love with. If you’d like to be tagged as I release chapters, please let me know!
This was one of the most well written series I’ve ever read. The character development is fantastic, the mixture of fluff and angst makes my heart break and I can imagine myself rereading this a million times
Thank you SO MUCH! It means a lot to me that you would say that. I really have a lot of love for these two and I’m so grateful that you love them too. Thank you for reading and for sharing your thoughts ❤️❤️❤️
