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1. Scandal || Bucky Barnes/Reader by sonderinghiraeth

   Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thunderbolts (Movie 2025)  

   • Mature
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • F/M
   • Work in Progress

   25 Jul 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • James "Bucky" Barnes/Reader
   • James "Bucky" Barnes
   • Reader
   • Valentina Allegra de Fontaine
   • Sam Wilson (Marvel)
   • Protective Bucky Barnes
   • Bucky Barnes Feels
   • Bucky Barnes's Metal Arm
   • Mentioned Valentina Allegra de Fontaine
   • Pre-Movie: Thunderbolts (2025)
   • Spoilers for Movie: Thunderbolts (2025)
   • Reader-Insert
   • no y/n
   • Romantic Fluff
   • Eventual Smut
   • Angst and Hurt/Comfort
   • Scandal
   • Reader is a Politician
   • Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence
   • Eventually Canon Parallel
   • Slow Build
   • slowish burn

   Summary

   You're a journalist turned politician with the hopes of a brighter and more protected future for New York, and Bucky Barnes wants the same. However, there's a reason feelings never really meshed well with politics, and it doesn't help that a certain vulture of a CIA Director keeps getting in the way.

   Language:

   English

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   Chapters:

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