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hell of a season by HelenaPlum
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel, Thunderbolts (Movie 2025), Captain America - All Media Types, Off Campus (TV 2026), Heated Rivalry (TV)
15 Jun 2026
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Summary
Bucky Barnes is the star defenseman for the New York Saints: rich, reckless, adored, and very good at pretending that none of it feels empty.
Lena Rabinovich is a pediatric music therapist with overdue bills, a dead mother, an overworked father, and no patience for men who mistake charm for character.
Their first meeting ends with stolen grocery-store sushi.
Their second ends with Lena booing him through the glass after he scores.
Unfortunately for both of them, Bucky is harder to dismiss once Lena sees him off the ice, with his family, with sick children, with the people he loves and the parts of himself he tries to hide. And Lena is harder to forget once Bucky realizes she is not impressed by his money, his fame, or his carefully practiced smile.
He thinks he wants the chase.
She thinks she wants nothing permanent.
Neither of them is prepared for what happens when wanting starts to feel less like a game and more like being known.
Series
- Part 3 of sans sabotage