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Part 1 of Falcon & The White Wolf, Part 14 of Rev's Marvel Rare Pair Bingo 2025 Fills
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SamBucky Events, Immaculate Vibes in Marvel, Playing dice with the multiverse, Marvel Rare Pair Bingo Round 1
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Published:
2026-02-15
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2026-02-16
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6,463
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5/5
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Falcon & The White Wolf

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Summary:

Sam Wilson made a deal with a devil and had resigned himself to paying the price—until said devil made the mistake of giving him someone new to live for. Freedom is a foreign concept, and the healing process is slow, but Bucky and Sam have long since proved to themselves and each other that together they can make it through anything, even if it means facing their fears—both of the wizard who kept them prisoner, and of the love each shares for the other.
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A fantasy AU where Sam has wings, Bucky can shapeshift, and they both have a bone to pick with the wizard who made both their dreams and their nightmares come true.

Notes:

The AO3 author curse came for both of us—work has been crazy, we’re both moving soon (Rev is actually in the process of buying a house!) and Rev is also hoping to start law school in the fall (pending application acceptance—the LSAT is brutal). THAT SAID we survive and thrive with Rev writing the fic and Q designing the gorgeous art contained herein. And it's still February 15th in Rev's timezone so this counts as getting posted on the correct date in their book even if AO3 being on GMT will try to claim the contrary.

This was created as part of the SamBucky Reverse Bang and we are incredibly pleased with how it came out! It also fulfills square I3: Summoning for Rev’s Marvel Rare Pair Bingo Card.

Many thanks to our beta, tinysugacube, who stays being the 🐐 when it comes to grammatical prowess and making Rev’s fics shine. And of course, thank you to Marvin for his seal of approval.

Chapter 1: prologue: is that a blue sky? (it’s about damn time)

Chapter Text

“C’mon, just a little bit farther. You’ve got this,” Sam whispered into Bucky’s fur, petting his neck gently. He wasn’t sure if he was speaking more to Bucky or to himself. Part of him wished that he could be on his own two feet, or better yet his wings, but he was still recovering. They both were.

“Sam’s right,” Natasha whispered. “We’re almost at the border. Someone will meet you there.”

“You’re not coming with us?” Sam asked in surprise. “I thought—”

“I can’t leave everyone behind, Sam.”

A sinking weight that he’d always known was there settled more fully inside him. “Is that—”

“No,” she said firmly. “You two needed to get out. Anything more could have killed you. He trusts me. He shouldn’t, but he doesn’t know better and so he does. That’s how I was able to get you out. That’s how I’ll get the others out. It’s just a little bit farther. And then you’ll be free.”

Free. Something he hadn’t been for a long time. His wings rustled on his back. Freedom. What a concept, an impossibility until now offered. He leaned forward, resting his face against the back of Bucky’s head. He closed his eyes, just for a moment; and before he knew it, he was asleep—dreaming of a freedom he had only just begun to dare to imagine.