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1. A Face Built For Gettin' Punched by bomberqueen17

   Fandoms: Captain America (Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types  

   • Explicit
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M, F/F, Multi
   • Work in Progress

   30 Aug 2015

   Tags

   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers
   • Steve Rogers/Sam Wilson
   • James "Bucky" Barnes/Natasha Romanov
   • Yelena Belova/Natasha Romanov
   • Steve Rogers/Natasha Romanov
   • James "Bucky" Barnes
   • Steve Rogers
   • Original Characters
   • Sam Wilson
   • Tony Stark
   • Pepper Potts
   • Natasha Romanoff
   • Nick Fury
   • Clint Barton
   • Kate Bishop
   • Maria Hill
   • Yelena Belova
   • Arnim Zola
   • Bucky Barnes Feels
   • Past Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers
   • Bucky Barnes Remembers
   • Brooklyn
   • Hydra (Marvel)
   • Drug Withdrawal
   • New York City
   • Irish Mob
   • Irish Language
   • American History
   • Gaelic Language
   • Pre-Serum Steve Rogers
   • Bucky's Arm
   • Post-Captain America: The Winter Soldier
   • Pre-OT3
   • Pre-OT4
   • Cyborg Identity
   • Social Media
   • Loss of Identity
   • Loss of Control
   • Artificial Intelligence
   • Cybernetics
   • Virtual Reality
   • novel-length
   • Marvel Universe
   • marvel 616 elements
   • uh whoops this is definitely explicit

   Summary

   This is the follow-up to The Night Has Seen Your Mind.
   I just wanted to write some Stucky h/c but this, well, I'm not saying there's none of that, I'm just saying that's not really what this is. Never could do things the easy way.
   This is Bucky in from the cold, fresh off a triumphant escape from HYDRA, but stuck now with the aftermath. His arm is busted, he has 75 years of cumulative damage to deal with, HYDRA's vengeance includes releasing the files on his missions to the world and whipping up sentiment against him, he still has implanted conditioning to reckon with, and he's a YouTube sensation.
   Steve has to handle his confusing career status, the unfinished business he and Bucky left behind decades ago, and the whole idea of having personal feelings and, like, relationships and things.
   Natasha is still coming to terms with life as not-a-spy, and her own implanted conditioning.
   Sam Wilson is perfect in every way but sometimes exasperated. His job is not easy. His personal life is even less easy.

   Series

   • Part 2 of Choice Is Not A Word A Bullet Knows

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   189,012

   Chapters:

   18/?

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