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• Swim; Drown by Mearchee

  Fandoms: Thunderbolts (Movie 2025), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel  

  • Teen And Up Audiences
  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • F/M
  • Work in Progress

  15 Jun 2025

  Tags

  • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
  • James "Bucky" Barnes/Reader
  • James "Bucky" Barnes & Reader
  • James "Bucky" Barnes
  • Yelena Belova
  • Robert "Bob" Reynolds (Marvel)
  • John Walker (Marvel)
  • Ava Starr
  • Alexei Shostakov
  • Thunderbolts Team Members (Marvel)
  • Alternate Universe - Pirate
  • Alternate Universe - Merpeople
  • Drowning
  • Bucky Barnes Needs a Hug
  • Feelings
  • First story don't know how to tag aha
  • Fantasy elements
  • Mutual Pining
  • inaccurate depictions of Pirates most likely
  • inaccurate depictions of mermaid/siren mythology most likely
  • Sirens
  • Mermaid!Reader
  • Magic
  • tagging as I write
  • more tags tba
  • Pirate!Thunderbolts
  • Thunderbolts - Freeform

  Summary

  The fright of the unexpected instant stilled you for a moment, not registering how the weight of the water around you shifted, becoming colder, heavier, more brutal.

  And then suddenly, for the first time in all your years of being alive, you started drowning. 

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  English

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