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1. Zimlis by kittymills

   Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, What If...? (Cartoon 2021)  

   • Mature
   • No Archive Warnings Apply
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   17 Apr 2025

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   • James "Bucky" Barnes/Alexei Shostakov
   • the winter soldier/Red guardian
   • James "Bucky" Barnes
   • Alexei Shostakov
   • What If...? (cartoon 2021) Season 3
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • What if the red guardian stopped the winter soldier
   • what if...? s3 ep3 (marvel)
   • Episode: s03e03 What If... The Red Guardian Stopped The Winter Soldier?
   • Post-Episode: s03e03 What If... The Red Guardian Stopped The Winter Soldier?
   • Winter Soldier Bucky Barnes
   • Protective Alexei Shostakov
   • alexei shostakov - Freeform
   • Set in the 90s while on the run together
   • On the Run
   • Slow Burn
   • nickname for bucky
   • Bad Weather
   • mutual trust building
   • cabin in the woods
   • Snowed In
   • Stoic Winter Soldier
   • Tender Alexei
   • Canon Divergence – 1991
   • Only One Bed (…eventually?)
   • TBC?
   • Demisexual Bucky Barnes

   Summary

   Alexei knows the Winter Soldier could have fulfilled his mission orders and killed him, but he didn't.
   Now on the run, they share shelter and warmth from the fire.
   Slowly, something begins to thaw.

   Part 1 of my Zimlis (Winter Fox) AU

   Series

   • Part 1 of Zimlis

   Language:

   English

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