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1. In the dim light of the TV's Glow by e4rly_dawn

   Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thunderbolts (Movie 2025)  

   • Not Rated
   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Complete Work

   18 Jul 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • James "Bucky" Barnes/John Walker
   • James "Bucky" Barnes
   • John Walker (Marvel)
   • Mentioned Sam Wilson (Marvel)
   • Mentioned Olivia Walker
   • Past Bucky Barnes/Sam Wilson
   • Past John Walker/Olivia Walker (Marvel)
   • Post-Movie: Thunderbolts (2025)
   • Confessions
   • deep talks
   • Late night talks
   • Bucky Barnes Has Nightmares
   • John Walker Not Being an Asshole (Marvel)
   • okay sometimes he is
   • Mutual hate
   • Top John Walker
   • Bottom Bucky Barnes
   • they both pretend its someone else
   • Depression
   • Drinking
   • Enemies With Benefits
   • they both need someone to cling on
   • Emotional Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst
   • Implied/Referenced Infidelity
   • John Walker is a mess
   • john only calls Bucky "james"
   • Bucky Barnes Needs a Break
   • they're both too tired to argue
   • Unresolved Feelings
   • off-screen sex
   • looking for an anchor
   • play pretend in the dark
   • No Beta We Die Like Taskmaster
   • emotionally stuck
   • emotionally lost John Walker
   • emotionally drained Bucky Barnes
   • past John walker as Captain America

   Summary

   It wasn’t supposed to happen.

   They weren’t supposed to argue that morning. Yet it wasn’t supposed to feel any different than the rest of the times they fought.
   But it wasn’t about anger anymore.
   This was just them.
   No need for formalities or kindness. It was always actions and words, being done and said only when necessary.

   And at moments like this, when you haven’t had a good night’s sleep in weeks and when your wife or your boyfriend leave you and when you can’t even get drunk with all this fuckass serum in your veins, that loathing feels pretty damn stupid.
   Too stupid to consider before acting.

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