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1. A Beginners Guide for Starting Over, Written by Someone Who Did by Norbit2plan3t

   Fandoms: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV), Captain America - All Media Types, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel (Comics)  

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

   15 Oct 2026

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • James "Bucky" Barnes/Sam Wilson
   • James "Bucky" Barnes
   • Sam Wilson (Marvel)
   • Steve Rogers
   • Tony Stark
   • Natasha Romanov (Marvel)
   • Clint Barton
   • Thor (Marvel)
   • Bruce Banner
   • Wanda Maximoff
   • Vision (Marvel)
   • Loki (Marvel)
   • Pepper Potts
   • James "Rhodey" Rhodes
   • Sarah Wilson (Marvel)
   • Mutual Pining
   • Slow Burn
   • Bucky Barnes Needs a Hug
   • Protective Bucky Barnes
   • Good Friend Sam Wilson (Marvel)
   • Steve Rogers & Sam Wilson Friendship
   • Character Development
   • Winter Soldier Bucky Barnes
   • Strangers to Friends to Lovers
   • Hurt/Comfort
   • Domestic Fluff
   • Avengers Tower | Stark Tower (Marvel)
   • Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder - PTSD
   • Past Trauma
   • Intimacy
   • POV Sam Wilson (Marvel)
   • POV Bucky Barnes
   • Hurt Bucky Barnes
   • Found Family
   • Minor Steve Rogers/Tony Stark

   Summary

   Sam Wilson is an average B-tier Guide. Bucky Barnes is a dead man who didn’t stay dead. Somehow everyone agrees there’s a problem, and everyone agrees Sam is the solution.

   He SO did not sign up for this.

    

   (He did sign up for this. There’s paperwork.)

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   English

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