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1. Still Here by Brooding_In_The_Corner

   Fandoms: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV), Thunderbolts (Movie 2025), The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe  

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

   12 Mar 2026

   Tags

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   • James "Bucky" Barnes/Helmut Zemo
   • James "Bucky" Barnes
   • Helmut Zemo
   • Sam Wilson (Marvel)
   • Yelena Belova
   • John Walker (Marvel)
   • Slow Burn
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Angst and Fluff and Smut
   • Forced Proximity
   • Sharing Body Heat
   • Mutual Pining
   • Touch-Starved
   • Caretaking
   • Enemies to Friends to Lovers
   • Bucky Barnes Needs a Hug
   • Nebulous Zemo Parole Universe | Helmut Zemo Paroled from the Raft
   • Soft Helmut Zemo
   • Domestic Fluff
   • Past Suicide Attempts
   • Survival Training
   • Competence Kink
   • Helmut Zemo Needs a Hug
   • Stranded
   • Animal Death
   • (In a hunting/survival context)
   • First Kiss
   • Bisexual Helmut Zemo
   • Implied/Referenced Rape/Non-con
   • Frottage
   • First Time

   Summary

   After a plane crash leaves them stranded on an uncharted tropical island, Bucky Barnes and Helmut Zemo are forced into a fragile alliance to survive. Stripped of their titles, weapons, and agendas, they must navigate not only the hostile environment but the widening chasm between their pasts. In the quiet, brutal rhythm of survival, they find something neither expected: a partnership, a sanctuary, and the devastating realization that the hardest part of surviving the island might be leaving it behind.

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   English

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