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Queen's Knight Defense by oftypewritersandribbons
Fandoms: Thunderbolts (Movie 2025), Marvel Cinematic Universe
14 Oct 2025
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Brooklyn isn't what it used to be—the Dodgers are long gone, Ebbets Field demolished, and most of Bucky's memories are ghosts. But Mel's scavenger hunt through his past becomes something more: a reminder that home isn't about what's been lost, but what's still worth holding onto. (And yes, there's vintage lingerie involved. She did her research.)
He took a long sip of his beer, trying not to smile. "You pinched my ass in public."
"Distraction technique," she said primly. "Classic Cold War misdirection."
"Right," he said. "Because that's what the KGB were known for—strategic groping."
Can be read as stand alone
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- Part 3 of Knight Takes Queen
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The Brooklyn Variation by oftypewritersandribbons
Fandoms: Thunderbolts (Movie 2025), Marvel Cinematic Universe
14 Jun 2025
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“I’ve had worse,” Mel mimicked, voice dropping into a gravelly drawl that was somewhere between Bucky and a bad Batman impression. “You guys always say that like it’s a good thing. Have you cleaned it at least? I know you got the knockoff super soldier serum, but who’s to say you can’t still get, like, blood poisoning?”
Bucky rolled his eyes and grabbed the still open bottle of vodka, angling it toward the wound with the grim determination of someone trying to avoid a lecture.
“No! What are you doing? You’re not some 80s action hero, we have like disinfectant and gauze and shit…”
“You’re ruining my big cinematic moment of stoicism which establishes just how much of a bad ass I am,” he muttered.
All its takes is a couple of late night rendezvous and a crash course in first aid, and suddenly Bucky and Mel can't seem to stay away from each other.
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Mel and Bucky don't exactly see eye to eye - until they do.
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- Part 1 of Knight Takes Queen
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T-Minus Fourteen Months (Until Doomsday) by Picklemanfiftyseven
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Thunderbolts (Movie 2025), The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV), Marvel
08 Jan 2026
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What happens during the fourteen months between the end of Thunderbolts* and it's post credit scene? How do the New Avengers come together to become an actual team? What threats will they face? This fic aims to fill in those gaps!
I do not work for Marvel so this is all just me having fun writing with these characters I enjoy. What happens in this fic is not what actually happened in those fourteen months, unless someone at Marvel has the same ideas as me! I'm basically just writing this to have fun, so I hope you enjoy reading it as much as I enjoy writing it!
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29 Oct 2025
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Understanding backwards, Living forwards by 134lk
Fandoms: Thunderbolts (Movie 2025), Marvel Cinematic Universe
22 Oct 2025
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After the void and the mess of the conference, Val doesn’t trust her.
Neither do the New Avengerz.
Mel does the only thing she knows: she gets back to work.
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complex by chxrriesandwxne
Fandoms: Thunderbolts (Movie 2025), Marvel Cinematic Universe
01 Aug 2025
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Valentina’s eyes glitter with satisfaction, an almost predatory gleam. “You’re a lone wolf with a thousand-yard stare and a body count that rivals a small army. It’s not charming, James—it’s terrifying. The public wants heroes they can relate to, someone they can feel safe around. We need a softer angle. Someone to hold your hand. Someone the public can root for, someone who humanizes you.” Val’s gaze, which had been fixed on Bucky with surgical precision, softens ever so slightly, morphing into something resembling… consideration.
It’s a dangerous shift. Mel feels a prickle of unease at the back of her neck. Val’s 'solutions' are rarely simple, and never without a hidden cost. When she finally says, “Someone to hold your hand,” the words hang in the air like a poisoned dart, and Mel knows, with sickening certainty, exactly where that dart is aimed.
Mel feels the shift before she sees it. The silence stretches, elongating into something suffocating. The precise, quiet click of Valentina’s pen as she caps it punctuated the room like a countdown, each second ticking away toward an unknown detonation.
Then Val turns her head—slow, deliberate, a predator making its choice—and looks directly at her.
Bookmarked by WarmPalmer
12 Sep 2025
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Chapter 10 (Finished book)