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Endings, Beginnings by optomisticgirl
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America (Movies), Thor (Movies), The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV)
14 Mar 2025
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Six months after the Avengers defeated Thanos, no one is trying to adjust to a post-Blip world more than SHIELD Agent Darcy Lewis. It’s difficult though, what with life as she knew it forever changed and the appearance of an emotional trauma that she’s only kind of, sort of dealing with in therapy. Oh, and there’s the not so small matter of her feelings for one Bucky Barnes. But it’s fine. She’s trying, and as Steve would say, that’s all that matters.
Bucky, meanwhile, is dealing with his own complicated trauma and just trying to find his place—and purpose—in the world for the first time in 90 years. He’s also trying to navigate a life without Steve, deal with Sam’s steadfast yet irritating presence, and the fact that the woman he’s in love with doesn’t feel the same way. It’s a lot for a 106 year old, but he’s trying.
They have no choice, however, but to confront their trauma—and unsaid feelings—head on as they work with Sam to once again save the world. And, perhaps somewhere along the way, they’ll both learn that the ending of the life they knew isn’t such a bad thing. That it's really only the beginning of a new one.
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Six months after the events in Days of Future’s Past all is eerily calm for the heroes - until Maleficent finds a way to circumvent the prophecy that foretells her demise. Emma and Killian must now race against the clock to save one of their children from a fate worse than death while battling their own internal demons. With long held secrets revealed and love tested, can the Charmings and Jonses save one of their own and finally defeat Maleficent before she becomes an unstoppable evil?
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- Part 2 of Days of Future's Past
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While the residents of Storybrooke are dealing with the Snow Queen two new comers appear, themselves Hell bent on ending the Snow Queen's destruction. Why are they here? What is their connection to the various residents of Storybrooke? Why is destroying the Snow Queen so important to their future?
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- Part 1 of Days of Future's Past
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Years after the death of her true love, Emma Swan is kidnapped on the eve of her wedding to King Arthur. It isn’t long before the three kidnappers realise they are being followed and she's rescued by the infamous Captain Hook, scourge of the seven seas. Emma soon learns there is more not only to the man of legend, but also to her own unknown past. [Princess Bride AU]
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Emma Swan returned to her southern hometown of Storybrooke to pick up the pieces of her last shattered relationship, determined to rebuild her life in the one place she swore she'd never return to. What she didn't expect was the new priest and the journey of passion, love, and redemption he would take her on.
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I hear the music and it takes me by surprise by icenineporcupine
Fandoms: Critical Role (Web Series)
20 Sep 2025
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“Jester’s here. The wedding is off. I had a dress and this huge prank planned for Fjord, and now nobody will see either one!”
The Sending blasts through the ordered calm of Caleb’s thoughts. Veth. Her shrill delivery is flippant. The message itself is a fluffernutter: an unmitigated bombshell.
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04 Mar 2026
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Caleb is fascinating, both physically and artistically. And Jester is itching to put him on a canvas, despite her want for something else.
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This is a shoutout to the infamous Valentine's Day episode, and I couldn't help myself. This fic is just Jester being hot and bothered, I'm not gonna lie. Technically a oneshot, but making it a chapter fic, just in case.
EDIT: I guess I'm continuing this after all!
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15 Feb 2026
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Bucky Barnes didn’t expect Thursday to begin with a pretty astrophysicist named Dr. Darcy Lewis demanding he meet her in a DC coffee shop to discuss a possible alien invasion. Darcy Lewis didn’t expect Bucky Barnes to listen to her paranoid worries, but a week later—when she's attacked for digging into the mystery and calls Bucky for a rescue—he assigns himself as her bodyguard and pulls in the other New Avengers to help untangle the nefarious plans of a sinister company. And he does it all while he also tries to work through his intimacy issues so he can have what he really wants: Darcy. (Special note: The non-con warning is for Bucky's past with HYDRA. The actual acts do not occur in the fic and are not discussed in detail. See the author's note for more info.)
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Bookmarked by optomisticgirl
18 Sep 2025
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Darcy was nice. Sergeant Barnes was quiet (and a little moody) but mostly also nice. It sounded like they’d had a very romantic and private wedding.
Bernard was sure they hadn’t had time to fill out forms SRT-932-A parts 1-7 or HGE-324-C to declare their new relationship status at work. He'd take care of it. He could also update their state and withholding paperwork for them.
Considering how busy they both were, it was really the least he could do. They both did so much for other people. They deserved some help every now and then.
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14 Sep 2024
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She has an incredibly detailed list, in her head, of what she has noticed about Steve. Most of all, Steve Harrington does not want to admit to having shitty eyesight.
--Robin, Steve, and Steve's glasses throughout the years.
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- Part 1 of this is the first day of my life
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- English
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- 10,199
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Bookmarked by optomisticgirl
22 Feb 2024
Bookmarker's Notes
I thought I was prepared for this one. I wasn’t.