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1. The Devil's Bridge by shackleton2

   Fandoms: Captain America - All Media Types, Captain America (Chris Evans Movies)  

   • Not Rated
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   • Gen
   • Work in Progress

   21 Aug 2025

   Tags

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   • Steve Rogers
   • James "Bucky" Barnes
   • Natasha Romanov (Marvel)
   • Tony Stark
   • Sam Wilson
   • Pepper Potts
   • JARVIS the AI (Marvel)
   • Maria Hill
   • Nick Fury
   • Memory Loss
   • takes place immediately after Winter Soldier
   • Winter Soldier Bucky Barnes
   • Unstable Winter Soldier Bucky Barnes
   • Bucky Barnes & Steve Rogers Friendship
   • hints of slash
   • Blink And You Miss It Slash
   • Post-Movie: Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
   • Bucky and Steve on the run
   • but more like Winter Soldier and Steve on the run
   • non-recovered fresh outta Hydra Winter Soldier Bucky Barnes
   • Steve Rogers Needs a Hug
   • Bucky Barnes Needs a Hug
   • but...you probably shouldnt try to hug him
   • standard Winter Soldier trauma umbrella
   • the strange underworld of sleazy motels
   • Canon-Typical Violence
   • Natasha and Sam trying to be Steve's Sensible Friends
   • Vengeful Tony Stark
   • On the Run
   • Flashbacks
   • Dissociation
   • bucky barnes recovery
   • at least the very beginning of said recovery
   • mostly violence and angst
   • there's no magic file explaining what happened to Bucky to make him the Winter Soldier
   • Steve is just...there staring at this terrifyin assassin with his best friend's face
   • and we go from there
   • and Bucky is not always nice because he is having and has had a Very Difficult Time
   • Protective Steve Rogers
   • Protective Bucky Barnes
   • Sam is worried
   • some events from Civil War might sneak in who knows
   • Canon Divergence - Post-Movie: Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
   • what if the Winter Soldier didn't stumble away from the scene on the riverbank
   • and we didn't have to wait TWO GODDAMN YEARS to see him and Steve interact again
   • Tony Stark Angst
   • not written with anti-Tony intent he is just also having a Very Bad Time here
   • Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism

   Summary

   The Winter Soldier is captured instead of disappearing from the riverbank. How will Steve reach his friend, without knowing what Hydra did to him, or what is left of Bucky Barnes? Will the Avengers be able to keep him safely under control while the revelations of Insight and more try to tear everything apart?

   All Steve knows is: he left Bucky behind once. He won't do it again, no matter what.

    

   Complies with canon until the end of Cap 2, then diverts into my own version of how events could have played out

   (tags/warnings/categories to be updated as story goes up)

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