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Then comes the sound of someone flipping through a stack of papers. “This is what Natasha’s drawing. During free time in class.”
“Oh?” The foster mother’s voice says with a hint of real surprise.
“Kids her age don’t typically put out this sort of thing.”
Tasha’s insides begin to squirm and burn. She knows what this is about . She’d been stupid. Careless. She’d gone too far. She should’ve known. She should’ve stopped. Never done it in the first place. And now she’s being royally fucked for it.
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- Part 24 of Chasing Ghosts
- Language:
- English
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- 2,157
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- 1/1
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- 18
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- 230
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Swoon? Really? by Builder
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
22 Nov 2024
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“Hmm.” Clint examines her critically. “I’m not a doctor, but I don’t think your face is supposed to be grey and red at the same time.”
Nat brings her hands up and massages her cheeks. There’s clammy sweat in addition to what was already there. “It’s—I’m—fine…”
“No you’re not.” Clint squats beside her. “You totally just swooned. Want me to run down to the beach and get the lifeguard? I bet he’s got a first aid kit. And he’s probably wearing a Speedo, you know, if you’re interested in eye candy. I won’t be offended.”
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- Part 15 of Creedless Assassins
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 1,033
- Chapters:
- 1/1
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- 24
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- 420
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It's not just the shadows; you really look awful by Builder
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
22 Nov 2024
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It’s not so much a knock, but rather an awkward thump on the front door that interrupts their post-bedtime routine.
Laura mutes the TV and gives Clint a quizzical look. “Is that another raccoon, do you think?”
“Nah.” Clint rises from the sofa. “A different kind of vermin.”
“Oh.” Laura nods, and they share a knowing smile. “Should I get the med kit?”
“Probably,” Clint says. “But I’ll get a visual on her first.”
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- Part 17 of Canon ships and all that jazz
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Dreams in which I'm dying by Builder
Fandoms: Captain America (Movies), Captain America - All Media Types, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Avengers (Comics)
22 Nov 2024
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It’s calendar that gets to Sam the most, though. He’s antsy when it’s time to turns the page to the next month. The weeks and days have slipped through the autumnal equinox and the start of a new fiscal year. He tenses even more as the days pass steadily toward Halloween. Sam would throw out his calendar if he thought he could function without it, but it stays stuck to the kitchen wall. He’d forget everyone’s birthdays and anniversaries.
Sam doesn’t actually know if that’s true. It’s more of a convenient excuse. The series of dates immortalized in his mind are far from celebratory. They shouldn’t matter. It’s certainly been long enough.
The lines of squares continue to spite him, though, as he marks through through the days passed. It’s the middle of October now, and Sam is caught in the middle of an agonizing countdown.
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- Part 46 of Powers/No Powers Choose-Your-Own-Adventure
- Language:
- English
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- 1,698
- Chapters:
- 1/1
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- 3
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Pale ale by Builder
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America (Movies), Captain America - All Media Types
22 Nov 2024
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“How much do I have to have in order to get drunk?” Steve looks at James like he’s out of his mind.
“I don’t know.” James nurses his own beer for a moment. “Three? Maybe two?”
Steve blinks at James as if he’s out of his mind.
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James can hear the carbonation liquid popping as it runs down Steve’s throat. “Careful there. Remember what I said about breathing?”
Steve surfaces, gasping. He holds his can with the tips of his trembling fingers. “How much—?” Steve starts. “How much do you have to have to make you throw up?”Series
- Part 34 of Whoa Bessie
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Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies by Builder
Fandoms: Captain America (Movies), Captain America - All Media Types, Marvel Cinematic Universe
22 Nov 2024
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“Yeah. Try consulting your magic 8 ball or something. ‘S as good as anything else.”
Steve gives a quiet laugh. “I would if I could.”
“Wait, what?” Tasha’s running up the hallway, her words going from muffled to sonorous. James pretends he doesn’t suppress an instinctive swallow. He can’t acknowledge what doesn’t exist. Logic bends as James’s head makes a particularly strong throb. He’s losing his grip on reality. He must be. Tasha awake and moving at this hour on a Saturday morning? James assumes it’s still morning. It was morning when his mild headache turned to extreme vertigo and sent him tilting toward a chair.
“Oh, hey, Tasha.” Steve says.
James forces out his own sound of greeting.
“Who has an 8 ball?” Tasha speaks quickly, tripping over her words. She’s probably on an upper already. Hopefully her very own, very legal Adderall. She has absolutely no need for cocaine.Series
- Part 23 of Chasing Ghosts
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There's no den like home by Builder
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America (Movies)
01 Nov 2024
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"You are not making this place into a drug den. It's, what, 400 square feet? There isn't even a den in this apartment."
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- Part 22 of Chasing Ghosts
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Happy Christmas (war is over) by Builder
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America (Movies)
25 Sep 2024
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I'm in the process of moving a lot of things from Tumblr to here in the archive. Find me over there @builder051
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- Part 21 of Chasing Ghosts
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 2,355
- Chapters:
- 1/1
- Kudos:
- 6
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- 71
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And the walls are melting too (how about you) by Builder
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America (Movies), Black Widow (Movie 2021), Captain America - All Media Types
25 Sep 2024
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Steve offers a slightly crumpled brown paper napkin.
The tear hanging tremulously to the corner of her right eye lets go. It sears like hot wax, but the path it leaves is freezing. Her neurological system fails again. Nat’s thoughts evaporate. She has no words. No ability to make choices.
Thin textured paper dabs Nat’s eye. It’s becoming damp. It smells like wood pulp. And coffee. And bile. And salt. She holds it tightly and wipes downward. A combination of friction and gravity erases the tear track from her face.
“Thanks,” she whispers. Nat wads the napkin loosely in her fist. She wants to hold onto it. Useful things are good to keep
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- Part 26 of Nat on Fire
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Have you seen the news? by Builder
Fandoms: Iron Man (Movies), Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
25 Sep 2024
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Peter sighs. He puts his hands over his eyes. “Ok, ok. But please don’t get mad at me.”
“Why would I be mad?” Tony’s still focused on the possibility of a serious health incident. Even if the kid did it to himself, he’s far more concerned about the fallout than the details. “Just tell me what’s going on.”
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- Part 35 of Spiderverse
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“Nothing.” There’s the attitude again, plus a hefty dose of irritation. Or maybe it’s aggravation? James tries not to think of her as the moody teenager she is. They’re both just people. Equitable, though differently experienced.
“Nothing. Really?”
Tasha pauses halfway down the hall. She sighs and places a hand on the wall. James automatically assumes a stance to catch her if she falls backward. If she nosedives, though, she’s on her own.
“Are you going to pass out?” James isn’t sure why he asks. Tasha will deny it either way. It feels more polite though, rather than just putting a hand on her.
“‘M fine.” Tasha cocks her hip, then scrubs her face with a closed fist. A sound of disgust escapes her lips. She snuffles, then rubs her hand hard against her skirt.
James can’t tell what she’s wiping off. Her face is still turned away, and her black leather miniskirt betrays nothing. Neither does their current conversation.
“Did you already puke?” James asks. “Bile in your nose?”
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- Part 20 of Chasing Ghosts
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 1,272
- Chapters:
- 1/1
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- 7
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- 135
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Don't be scared of me; just take care of me by Builder
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America - All Media Types, Captain America (Movies)
25 Sep 2024
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The hairs on the back of James’s neck stand up. He’s been that guy, that public servant, exchanging in verbal conflict.
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The memories are hazy, and James works hard to keep them that way, he’s been that guy too. Losing his everloving shit at very inconvenient time and place. Before the PTSD diagnosis, before they took away his license, before even the first dose of Prozac, James had been a danger to himself as well as a danger to the public.Series
- Part 19 of Chasing Ghosts
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“I think you’re getting way too ahead of yourself.” Pepper motions for Tony to roll onto his back, then begins to carefully sponge sweat and grime off his face.
“Or pour some concrete. Make a basketball court.”
“Tony-”
“To invite the neighbors.”
“And double cross them to trick them into selling you the other half of the lot?” Pepper raises her eyebrows. “That’s maniacal. That’s low, Tony. That’s… very wrong.”
“You’re not listening now.” Tony fumbles for a corner of the hand towel and blows his nose with a staggered, groaning sound. “What kind of apartment kid doesn’t like to play basketball?”
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- Part 16 of Canon ships and all that jazz
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Something flails across Steve’s face, and even with his hands up to deflect the hit, he’s forced flat against the mattress while a second wild swing takes out the alarm clock on the bedside table and sends it crashing to the floor.
Oh well. O’dark thirty it is. Great time for combat.
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- Part 38 of Heroverse
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Date Night at Lucy's: Is it in the water? Or are we just made for each other? by Builder for Mohini
Fandoms: Captain America (Movies)
22 Feb 2023
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Steve breathes a small sigh of relief, then starts counting down. He should give Bucky, what, a minute’s head start? Thirty seconds?
He makes it to twenty with the slow countdown in his head, but Steve can’t contain himself past that. The next ten seconds will be eaten up with the walk across the room, right?
Unsure if they’ll return to their seats, Steve drops cash for the bill and a tip onto the counter, then collects his jacket and weaves his way toward the bathroom. Half the bar seems to be singing, or at least laughing, along with the band as they carry on with the ridiculous chorus.
Yellow submarine.
Yellow submarine.
Steve would probably puke, too, if he was stuck in a yellow submarine. God, the water pressure would be unbearable. Did people still die of the bends?
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- Part 45 of Powers/No Powers Choose-Your-Own-Adventure
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Instruction 3b Cut away main parachute before deploying reserve by Builder
Fandoms: Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
29 May 2022
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Tasha'd been, oh, twelve, maybe, when they'd been at a quintuple birthday bash at the local bowling alley. It was for a younger kid from their house, all James remembers about him now was a penchant for eating glue, and, of course, being the nexus of the debacle to follow. It was a baby party. They were not allowed to bring their own food, and the kitchen staff produced such awful replicas of pizza and cake that James began to wonder what would happen if one took a screwdriver to the machine that dispensed pokemon stickers. Tasha was nowhere to be found, until it was time to leave, and James found a brick holding open an alarmed door just a crack. He'd pushed it wide, enjoying the satisfying creak, until the silhouettes in the corner of the room split apart and he could see David Bandino, their next-door-neighbor, who had no reason to be at the party anyway, pulling his hand out of Tasha's training bra.
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- Part 18 of Chasing Ghosts
- Language:
- English
- Words:
- 1,774
- Chapters:
- 1/1
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- 28
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Only the best fall down sometimes by Builder
Fandoms: Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
29 May 2022
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Steve hears a slumping thud coming from just that vicinity of the upstairs.
Steve’s sure the wall composed of pressed powder hasn’t combusted this time. He’s already responding before his mind is done processing the sound. Did it end with the slight creak of the stressed carpet-backing? No, more like the unsettling, deflated-basketball sound of flesh on the tacky flooring in the yoga studio, guaranteed to be made with at least 50% recycled products. Steve’s narrow knowledge of bumps and bruises that sound like that are generally the result of people slipping in their own sweat.He isn’t sure what the cheap, screenprint-linoleum crossbreed sounds like when impacted with, say, a shoulder, or a head, rather than the twist-on foot of something large, square, and aluminum.
Steve takes the stairs two at a time, abandoning his phone on the bench between the coat rack and front door. No distractions. Rescue only.
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- Part 44 of Powers/No Powers Choose-Your-Own-Adventure
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Press on, press on again by Builder
Fandoms: Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
29 May 2022
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“What?” Steve tries not to move, though it only takes him second to recognize the shape and sound of James having come up behind him and laid his head on Steve’s shoulder.
“Hm.” James stump is extended to its fullest and perched on the outside of Steve’s arm. His chest is on Steve’s back, though he’s cockeyed slightly, and he’s caught Steve’s hipbone with his at a sloppy T.
“Hey, Buck,” Steve murmurs. “What’s up?”
James exhales. The bowl of his pelvis conforms to Steve’s gluteus, his groin wrapping just below. His body feels muscular and toned, and his breath is hot on the side of Steve’s face.
“This, uh, isn’t the time…” Steve hisses at him.
“Hm.” James’s right leg hitches, as if he’s trying to ride Steve’s ass by hinging his knee, the toe of his shoe squeaking against the floor.
“Stop,” Steve groans. “We don’t do this in public.”
It’s only when James collapses at the beltline and gives Steve an uppercut in the chest three times over that the situation becomes clear.
“Fuck.” It’s, perhaps coincidentally, the only word Steve has at the moment.Steve wraps James’s waist with one arm and his shoulders with the other, suspending him mid-fall as the seizure takes hold of his body.Series
- Part 33 of Whoa Bessie
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Clint grunts. “W’s it?” He forces out, trying to cover.
“It’s fine,” Nat reports, sitting back up as sudden dread makes her stomach jolt. “I have to—“
“No—“
“Yeah, hold still,” Nat says, trying to explain while she locates the field kit. “There’s low viz. Get ready to lose circulation in your arm…”
“Stay down. Stay quiet.” Clint pulls his jacket open to shield Nat’s body and tries flopping back on top to pin her arms. “You’re gonna get shot next—“
“Yes, sir, I will perform field medicine in the missionary position,” Nat grumbles, wedging with her knees to make enough space to open the bag and find the tourniquet.
“Nat—“ A low, gurgly cough seems to swallow Clint’s next words.
“Yeah, I don’t think you realize how much blood you’ve lost.” Nat has to reach around Clint’s head to wrap the band into his armpit and yank it toward his neck.
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- Part 14 of Creedless Assassins
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A perfect match burns a long lowly flame by Builder
Fandoms: Captain America (Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe
27 Feb 2022
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The vodka tastes like nail polish remover for the first few sips, but soon its flavor converts something… not nice exactly, But useful. There’s a pack of cigarettes in the bottom of the bag, too, but Nat doesn’t have a lighter, and for that, she starts to curse herself again.
She pulls the plastic wrapper in a neat line, right where the gold tape indicates, then pops back the stiff, red top. Nat shuts her eyes and chooses one. She squints to examine it, then tucks the end in her mouth for what she supposes will be foreplay. For a long time. Maybe forever.
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- Part 25 of Nat on Fire