19 Works by BlueSimplicity
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Eight Paws, Two Tails, One Heart by BlueSimplicity
Fandoms: Captain America (Movies), Captain America - All Media Types, Captain America (Comics), Marvel Cinematic Universe
14 Sep 2024
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The biggest lies are usually the ones we tell ourselves, and Steve has been telling lots of lies, especially lately. That in spite of how he can’t stop chewing his fingernails bloody, the never ending nightmares chasing him out of bed, and the way merely seeing ice sends him into a panic, he’s fine.
But when his latest mission with The Avengers goes horribly wrong, Steve can no longer keep lying, not even to himself.
Diagnosed with PTSD and placed on medical leave, initially Steve is resentful, stubbornly refusing the idea there’s anything that can make it better. Until Sam suggests a Service Dog, and introduces him to James Buchanan Barnes, a fellow vet and trainer who swears one of his dogs can help, if only Steve can summon enough bravery to take a leap of faith and accept a four-legged companion in his life.
What follows is a long and winding journey of fear, doubt and self-recrimination. But also hope, acceptance and redefining what it means to be a hero, as Steve finally faces the issues that have been haunting him his entire life.
There is also a lot of fur, conversations with dogs, and a cross-country road trip, as Steve rebuilds his life and maybe, just maybe, falls in love along the way.
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Matchmaker, Matchmaker, Make Steve a Match by BlueSimplicity
Fandoms: Captain America (Movies), Captain America - All Media Types, Marvel Cinematic Universe
11 Feb 2023
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Contrary to what most people assume, Steve likes the twenty-first century. True, it’s taken some getting used to and there have definitely been challenges; namely the public’s fascination with his personal life, folks more interested in Captain America than Steve as a person, and his teams’ endless attempts at setting him up with someone, no matter how many times he tells them to stop. Aside from that, Steve thinks he’s done OK adapting to this new world, and is nowhere near as old fashioned as most think. Except for one thing, a secret longing he’s had from back when he was poor, small and seldom given a second glance; having a professional matchmaker help him find his dreamed for omega, a partner to share den with and who would invite him into their Nest. But they no longer exist. Or so he thinks. Until a stroke of good fortune brings him into contact with Judith Bergmann, who introduces him to an omega named Bucky Barnes.
Told in five parts, what follows is a slow courtship filled with plenty of obstacles, and threats big and small, but also letters, food, laughter, pedicures, lace panties, Pop Tarts, Steve displaying his colors, two ball busting dogs, a feline terrorist, and most importantly, love.
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Baby Steps by BlueSimplicity
Fandoms: Captain America (Movies), Captain America - All Media Types
22 Apr 2022
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When Bucky is hit by a spell and de-aged to six-years-old, Steve brings him home, knowing he’s the only one who can care for him. Wracked with guilt, Steve initially ignores Bucky to focus on getting the spell reversed. Until a close call leads to a near disaster, and Steve is forced reevaluate his priorities; the little boy now in his care and what he needs from Steve.
With help from Scott Lang and the rest of his teammates, Steve embraces the role of guardian. He makes mistakes, but also learns to see the world through a child’s eyes, rediscovering things not just about Bucky, but himself as well. As the days pass into weeks filled with trips to the zoo, giant teddy bears, and the sounds of Bucky’s giggles, Steve is faced with a difficult choice; allow Bucky to grow up happy and free, never knowing what his future holds, or reverse the spell and turn him back into an adult, with all the pain that life entails. Either choice will come at a cost, one both of them, but especially Bucky, will have to pay. But maybe, just maybe, with a little bit of luck, they’ll find their way and remember not only their love for each other, but how to play, carrying that new spark with them into the future and whatever it may hold.
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A Tapestry of Two by BlueSimplicity for kalika_999
Fandoms: Captain America (Movies), Captain America - All Media Types, Captain America (Comics)
23 Dec 2021
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Ever since DC, things haven’t been easy for Bucky Barnes. HYDRA stole everything from him, even his voice, and two months later he’s barely surviving as he struggles to pull the few scraps of himself left into a cohesive whole.
Until he gets his hands on a blanket and everything changes. Fascinated by its color and softness, he begins a journey he never would have imagined. Taken in by a stranger who teaches him to knit, Bucky slowly discovers he is so much more than a dropped stitch in the fabric of life. With time, patience, and the help of a few who have had their eyes on him for a long time, Bucky begins to turn himself into something stronger, softer and more beautiful than before, weaving a tapestry of friendship, laughter and love warm enough to embrace the entire world, fix old wrongs, and wrap around the only other person who never stopped believing in him.
Warnings: This story contains a mute Bucky, lots of blankets, scoodies and pompoms, Greek food and a demon kitten. It also contains a Steve who is still too stupid not to wear a hat when it’s cold out, but is as devoted to Bucky as ever, wanting nothing more than to spend the rest of his days snuggling beneath blankets.
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The Trials and Tribulations of the Watermelon Werewolf by BlueSimplicity
Fandoms: Captain America (Movies), Captain America - All Media Types
08 May 2021
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It’s not easy being a werewolf, but Steve Rogers knows he’s lucky. Lehigh's doing well under his care, the humans and werewolves thriving. He doesn't have a mate, but a bonding like that is rare, and with all the members of his Pack already mated, he knows it’s not going to happen for him.
Until the day it does, the realization literally knocking him on his ass.
That’s fine; he can deal. He’s an alpha after all, and while there are rules to courting when one’s mate is human, he knows he can prove his worth. Except no one told him how hard it would be. And Steve is really bad at this. Really, REALLY bad.
After a couple of rough years, Bucky Barnes is back on his feet and ready to start a new phase of his life. He’s been given a second chance and while Lehigh might not be as big as NYC, he loves his apartment, chonk of a cat, new job and crazy neighbors.
Except things have started to get weird. Maybe it’s because of all the werewolves in town, although he’s never had a problem before. Yet he can’t help but notice things have changed, with people staring at him wherever he goes, asking him strange questions, and stealing his lunch.
And it all started when a watermelon was left on his doorstep.
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From Grit to Pearl by BlueSimplicity
Fandoms: Captain America (Movies), Captain America - All Media Types, Captain America (Comics)
16 Jan 2021
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He does not have a name.
He has been called many things over the years; a weapon, a ghost, HYDRA’s Fist, the Soldier, and from what they have told him his work has shaped the century.
But he does not have a name. His name, like so many other things, has been taken from him, stolen.
Forgotten.
Until the day it is not, and remembering, he breaks free, killing his handler and making his escape in a desperate bid for freedom.
Frightened, lost and hurt, he seeks out the last person in the world he can trust, his baby sister, now an almost eighty-year-old widow, somehow knowing she is the only one who can help him.
It is a difficult journey, one filled with pain, tears, and things that should not be possible. But also with recovery and redemption, rebirth and miracles, family and hope.
This story is a love letter between Bucky and his sister Rebecca, the world, and eventually his childhood best friend, Steve Rogers, the boy he once loved. But ultimately, it is the love letter Bucky writes to himself, as he reclaims who he once was, discovers who he is now, builds a new life for himself and realizes he might, just might, be as strong, as beautiful, as precious as a pearl.
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How to Fuck With (and Feed) Your Soulmate by BlueSimplicity
Fandoms: Captain America (Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
26 Apr 2020
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It’s called the Grey Space; a patch of skin marking you as blessed and the first sign you have a soulmate. Steve Rogers didn’t have one when he crashed into the ice. But he did when he woke up in the future. The second sign is the Sense, a sharing of one the senses to help soulmates find each other. Steve’s Sense, taste, is rare, but he loves a challenge and a soulmate is a gift from the Fates. Except instead of a blessing, it’s a curse, since his soulmate is a dick.
Bucky Barnes loves food and a homecooked meal is something he cherishes. When his Grey Space starts to itch, Bucky can’t help his excitement, since the Sense he and his soulmate share is taste. But not for long. Whoever he’s bound to has the blandest diet in the world, ignoring all Bucky’s messages. After weeks of putting up with tasteless food, Bucky decides to strike back.
WARNING: This story contains spicy food, the world’s smelliest fish, Steve sucking on socks, sexy selfies, lube bombs, the Furnadoes, trouble-making grandparents and Sam not being paid enough.
It also contains hot-chocolate, love between brothers, realizing found family is as vital as the one you were born with, and lots of laughter as Steve and Bucky find their happy ending. -
A Nativity of Oranges by BlueSimplicity
Fandoms: Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
22 Dec 2019
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This is the story of five times Bucky Barnes gave Steve Rogers an orange for Christmas in the past.
And the one time he gave him one in the present, and how it’s still the sweetest thing Steve has ever tasted.
It is also a story of a mother’s love for her son, another’s worry for her own, a soldier’s acceptance that certain battles can never be won, and a sister’s regret and hope for her own children. But most importantly of all, it is about a love strong enough that even Death couldn’t stand in its way. But Christmas has always been about miracles, and Steve and Bucky have been each other’s since the day they met, and for them love has always tasted like oranges.
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Treasure by BlueSimplicity, greywrites
Fandoms: Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
09 Nov 2019
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Steve has finally reached the age where all those from his homeland journey out into the land of the Six to begin the most important quest of their lives; the search for the one thing that will give his life meaning, and allow him to finally grow into his true potential - his Treasure. Except, just three months in, it looks like Steve will never complete his task, dying as one of the Lost. Or at least it appears that way until a mysterious and deadly stranger named Bucky emerges from the shadows, in a dance of blades and blood, saving Steve’s life. Through circumstance and desperation, the two become travelling companions, Bucky teaching Steve about these strange lands he has found himself in, and Steve getting the both of them into more trouble than even Steve knows is good for them. As time passes, and their friendship grows, Steve learns that Bucky has secrets of his own, and a task he has sworn to fulfill. Steve only hopes he can change Bucky’s mind before it’s too late. It takes him far too long to realize it, but Bucky might, just might, be what Steve has been searching for all this time, and unless he can alter Bucky’s course, it’s not only Steve who will be Lost, but Bucky as well.
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A Year in the Life of Sarge's Person by BlueSimplicity
Fandoms: Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
22 Jun 2019
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This is the tale of a year in the life of Sarge’s person, AKA James Buchanan Barnes, as he tries to recover from everything that’s happened to him over the past eighty years. During that time, he is forced to deal with bad therapists, people with their own agendas, memories he doesn’t want, horrible losses from his past and almost insurmountable odds.
But this is also the story of all the crazy people Bucky meets along the way, who help him when he’s at his lowest, point him in the right direction when he feels lost, make him laugh, grow to love him for who he is, and most importantly, give him hope when he needs it most.
It’s a long and difficult journey, as Bucky works not just to let go of his past, but to also rebuild his own identity and a future for himself. And with Sarge at his side, Bucky slowly comes to realize that not everything he once loved is lost, and if he can just have enough faith in himself and those around him, he might, just might, get his very own happy ending.
Bucky IS Sarge’s person after all. As the once abandoned puppy Bucky saved one night from freezing to death, he knows, more than anyone, just how much Bucky deserves it.
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The Blooming by BlueSimplicity
Fandoms: Captain America (Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
31 Mar 2019
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It’s been two and a half years since that day in DC that changed Steve and Bucky’s lives, filled with pain, heartbreak, horrible setbacks and despair. But there's also been growth, laughter, friendship, and love, as Bucky and Steve worked not just to rebuild the old house where they once lived, but also the bond they've always shared, thicker than blood. And Steve loves Bucky so much it hurts. He always has, and it’s a secret he’s long learned how to keep to himself. But Bucky has secrets of his own, quite a few of them; some out of fear, and some because there are things precious to him that he wants to keep safe. But they've always been at their best when standing side by side. As they come face to face with even more changes and challenges, they’ll have to have faith in both each other and themselves, and believe that the roots they have laid down are steady and strong. If they can do that, and after long last admit their own truths, only then will the garden of their lives have the chance to bloom.
That’s if, and only if, they can overcome the first secret Bucky has kept. Because Bucky has finally remembered everything Steve once was to him. And if Steve can survive it, his life will never be the same.Series
- Part 3 of You Are Responsible For What You Tame
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The Household Accords by BlueSimplicity
Fandoms: Captain America (Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
29 Sep 2018
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The Household Accords - A List of Rules for Successful Cohabitation as Found on the Whiteboard in the Kitchen of 232 52st Street, Brooklyn, NY
Basically, what it says on the tin. An ever growing and changing list of rules when two super soldiers decide to co-habitate. The whiteboard (and the neighborhood) will never be the same.
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- Part 4 of You Are Responsible For What You Tame
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The Taming by BlueSimplicity
Fandoms: Captain America (Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
19 Sep 2018
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Bucky Barnes has finally come home.
A year and a half after the events on the helicarriers, desperate for a safe haven and a chance to finally rest, Bucky takes Steve at his word and returns to the dilapidated row house in Brooklyn where he and Steve once lived.
Room by room, he slowly starts to fix up the house as he works on his own recovery, while Steve starts to circle closer and closer. It's not easy; it was never going to be easy, and as Steve and Bucky draw even closer to each other in their dance, there are new steps to learn and old wounds to heal.
But nothing has ever been able to stop these two boys from Brooklyn, and as they start to share food, trips to Home Depot, late night runs and eventually laughter, it turns out that Bucky isn't the only one who needs help healing.
That's only if Steve can get Bucky to believe in himself and the life they have started to build together, and convince Bucky to stay.
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- Part 2 of You Are Responsible For What You Tame
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The Hunt by BlueSimplicity
Fandoms: Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
13 May 2018
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After the events in DC and on the helicarriers, and the realization that his friend Bucky Barnes is still alive, Captain Steve Rogers swears that he will do anything he can to find him. It is easier said than done, as Steve searches desperately for any hint or clue that will lead him to his friend. Steve searches, but Bucky does not want to be found. And so begins their game of cat and mouse, as Steve does everything in his power to convince Bucky to come home.
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- Part 1 of You Are Responsible For What You Tame
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When Vivian makes a comment to their friends, insinuating that Arthur is not the most passionate of people, hurt and embarrassed, Arthur decides to make her a homemade Christmas feast to prove that he can be romantic. After he almost sets the building on fire three times, help comes to him in the form of his neighbour from 514, a tall lanky fellow named Merlin, with two of the worst behaved dogs Arthur has ever encountered, who offers to teach him how to cook.
Except, as their lessons progress, Arthur slowly comes to realise that Vivian may not be the one he really wants to cook for. But only if he has the courage to let go of all of his fears, and reach for the one thing he truly wants for Christmas.
WARNINGS – This story contains an exploded microwave, opaque blob, a blorp, and mentions of inappropriate sexual acts performed on turkeys. But also, a little bit of holiday cheer and a whole lot of love.
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In Camelot, there is a shop that few know about. It is there the Potter works. Those who know about it can sometimes find the right item, that can provide them with just the thing they need. But the Potter always charges them a price.
Until one day, the head of the Knights enters his shop, and demands an item whose price may be too steep for even Merlin to pay.
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This is the story of Arthur, a vet who has recently moved to Ealdor to get a new lease on life, and Merlin, the local animal lover who becomes Arthur's favourite client.
Warning - This story includes a drunk bunny, sad little guinea pig, ninja kitties and an evil chicken. Symptoms may include blushes, fluffy tails and twitching eyebrows.
This is also the story of Arthur and his love for his mother, as he tries to find his place in the world and someone to love him as he is.
But mostly, it's about the eyebrow twitching. Just ask Arthur.
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In the end, Arthur decided, it was all Gwaine’s fault. These things usually were. But when Arthur looked back, trying to find the pivot point, the moment where everything shifted, there was Gwaine in the center of it all. And it all started with a tattoo.
**This is the story of Arthur and Merlin, and what happens when Arthur, at Gwaine's recommendation, goes to Merlin for a tattoo.**
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Arthur notices Merlin’s arms.