A Linguistic Fascination – ali_aliska
Bucky/Tony
2,276 words
James hears Tony speak Russian for the first time and falls for the man just a little bit more.
A Prosthetic Heart – ZombieliciousXIII
Bucky/Tony
103,495 words
Beggars can’t be choosers, and all that. However, somehow his bigger worry is if he’ll be able to put up with Stark long enough to even get the upgrade, you’ll have to, Barnes, you can’t keep going with this hunk of scrap metal for much longer.
Bucky only just managed to bite back a curse after moving into a certain pose, and knows his thoughts, for once, are right.
alternate universe, au: no powers, hurt/comfort, PTSD
A Street Corner in Cambridge – NarutoRox
Bucky/Tony
12,781 words
Tony sucked in a sharp breath, heart pounding in his ears, and looked up at his savior.
“Are you alright?” he asked in a tone much softer than Tony had expected, grip tightening around Tony as he pulled him further away from the street.
~
In which Bucky is actually Tony's long-lost college sweetheart, and these two knuckleheads take a ridiculously long time figuring out they're still perfect for each other.
Aberrant – camichats
Bucky/Tony
2,862 words
Tony is many things: 20, Genius, Iron Man, Avenger, Engineer. It's a great life, only the team doesn't know he's Iron Man and an Avenger, and pretending he's not sucks.
Acts of War and Other Bedtime Stories – Wiggle
Bucky/Tony
19,014 words
In the aftermath of SHIELD's fall, Bucky remembers killing Howard and Maria Stark.
He owes their son an apology.
canon divergence
Baby Won’t You Come Home With Me? – InsaneJuliann
Bucky/Tony
12,442 words
Tony's known for his one night stands, despite the way it does no good for his reputation. At one of the many parties he attends, he spots a figure in the crowd that shouldn't be there - James Buchanan Barnes, the Winter Soldier, Steve's old best friend. Curious, Tony pretends to have no idea who he is and treats him like he would any other good looking guest of the party. He flirts.
Surprisingly, Barnes flirts back. And while he doesn't go home with Tony, the next time they see each other they flirt again. And again.
It kind of becomes A Thing from there.
au: a/b/o, canon divergence, slow burn
Barnes Family Motors, Inc. – phlintandsteel
Bucky/Tony
68,813 words
In a world where alphas legally own omegas, Bucky is just a small time mechanic from Brooklyn who gets lucky in a poker game. Tony is an omega whose life is fraught with abuse, until his luck suddenly takes a turn for the better.
In the grand scheme of things they may only be able to make little differences in the lives of those around them, but that doesn't mean it's not worth making them. After all, a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.
au: a/b/o, au: no powers, hurt/comfort
Barnes’ City of Books – TheSopherfly
Bucky/Tony
4,254 words
Imagine Bucky owns a bookstore and this is Tony's favorite place to relax and get away from his stressful job.
fluff
Better – TenSpencerRiedPlease
Bucky/Tony
20,055 words
Generally Bucky doesn’t really do dates. But first dates yield no real pressure and it’s been a long time since he’s had a good night out.
*
On principal Tony doesn’t do dates because they’re mostly a waste of his time and efforts. Since taking Peter in two years ago his life as been a bit of a mess trying to figure out how to raise a teenager who has lost so many people that are close to him and, on top of all that, is trans. That coupled with his regular work schedule hadn't left him a lot of time for a relationship.
ace character, humor, kidfic, trans character
Bottom of the Bottle Love – Akira_of_the_Twilight
Bucky/Tony
40,320 words
“I get physical when I’m drunk, Steve; you know that. I either punch or fuck. Tony’s not much different."
--
Bucky and Tony have a bad habit of getting drunk together, which results in lot of cuddling and heavy make out sessions, much to the chagrin of anyone nearby at the time.
After a very public stint in Austria though, Bucky decides that maybe these make out sessions shouldn't happen exclusively when they're drunk.
hurt/comfort
Breathe – SuperMazeWolf
Bucky/Tony
1,210 words
Tony's suit is cracked in half and slammed into the ocean, and something heavy lands on top of him.
He can't breathe.
Can’t Talk (Like Real Adults) – 27dragons, tisfan
Bucky/Tony
30,264 words
Bucky and Steve made a pact when they were young, that if they were both still single when they were thirty, they’d marry each other. Bucky could think of a lot of worse things than being married to his best friend. They already live together, the tax benefits would be pretty awesome, and he could stop worrying about growing old alone. That is, until he met Tony Stark. Yes, that Tony Stark. Rich, gorgeous, smart, fun, great in bed, and... actually interested in Bucky?
Tony didn’t really do dating. It was too depressing to waste his time with borderline stalkers, fortune hunters, people just crossing off their bucket lists, and worse. He’d pretty much resigned himself to a lifetime of one-night stands. And then he met Bucky. Hot, nerdy, relaxed, and utterly nonchalant about the whole “Tony Stark” package in an extremely appealing way. There was just one problem: Bucky was engaged to someone else.
au: modern, au: no powers, fake relationships
Choices – Potrix
Bucky/Tony
7,083 words
New York has changed but, simultaneously, it’s still the same in all the ways that count; everyone’s always in a hurry, bustling about hectically, smells from all kinds of foreign places waft around the food carts decorating the streets, the subways are packed and people are laughing, talking and yelling in every language imaginable.
What’s different is Steve, or more the somewhat shocking discovery that he has gone and gotten himself a kid.
Anthony Edward Stark.
Tony’s Howard’s son, but Bucky wouldn’t have guessed if he hadn’t known, what with the way Steve is with Tony, treats him, acts around him. Steve has adopted himself a stray and it’s so typical, Bucky can’t do anything but watch and grin to himself as Steve lifts Tony right off his feet and into a bone-crushing hug, bags dropped at his sides and completely forgotten.
Classic Sci-Fi – spelling_error
Bucky/Tony
18,067 words
Bucky wakes up to Steve telling him he's lost his memory, but not to panic, it'll only last a few days. Easier said than done when the last thing Bucky remembers is fighting Hydra with the Howlies in WWII.
He tries to make the most of it however, and there's this guy... Tony Stark. It's pretty clear the guy hates Bucky's guts, which is unfortunate because god damn is he a sight.
He tries to figure out what he did to wrong Stark, but everyone just tells him he doesn't want to know.
They were right.
amnesia, canon divergence, enemies to friends to lovers
Coffee Date – Potrix
Bucky/Tony
1,279 words
It’s just a silly crush, anyway, and Tony will get over it eventually. He’ll stop tripping over his tongue whenever Cute Delivery Guy flashes him one of his rare smiles, he’ll stop with the awful nervous jokes, he’ll stop having the urge to offer to replace the Hammer Tech prosthesis with a superior Stark Tech model, he’ll stop wondering how Cute Delivery Guy’s seemingly permanent five o’clock shadow might feel against his own cheeks, he’ll stop staring at Cute Delivery Guy’s ass when he leaves, and he’ll throw out his pathetic cup stash. Eventually.
It’s not as if Cute Delivery Guy’s two-minute stops in his workshop are the highlights of Tony’s days, or anything embarrassing like that.
au: coffee shop, meet-cute
Dadcula (aka Bucky Barnes’ No Good, Very Bad Week) – weethreequarter
Bucky/Tony
6,705 words
It’s a Tuesday and Bucky’s sitting in the chest of a dead celestial, and that’s not even the weirdest thing happening on this Tuesday. No, even weirder than the fact his best friend and his boyfriend have apparently decided to take up residence inside the body of a dead alien is the fact that said boyfriend has apparently lost his mind.
“My dad wants to meet you,” Tony had announced not five seconds before.
What?
-
In which Bucky Barnes is not having his best week ever. And it's all Tony's fault.
canon divergence, established relationship
Engineering, With Love – house_of_lantis
Bucky/Tony
20,097 words
Working at Stark Industries comes with a lot of perks. Bucky gets to be part of a quirky group of people; he gets access to world-class assistive technology; and he gets to work on projects that will become something that will make life better for people. While working late one night, Bucky receives a digital blueprint to review, obviously drawn by a madman engineer. It’s for the public good that Bucky makes corrections and redraws the plans, sending it back to the unknown engineer. This continues over a few months until Bucky discovers that he’s been correcting the work of the infamous genius, playboy, philanthropist billionaire himself - Tony Stark. He’s so totally going to get fired...or is he?
au: no powers, au: office
Everything He (Never Thought He) Could Have – celtic7irish
Bruce/Tony, Steve/Tony, Avengers/Tony
73,730+ words
If given the chance, Tony Stark would sleep with any one of the Avengers. Collectively or individually. If anyone on the team offered, he’d probably say yes before they finished talking.
False Names, Right Nets – ashes0909
Bucky/Tony
25,364 words
After saving Steve from the Potomac river, Bucky Barnes disappears into the Costa Rican mountainside intent on staying off the radar. He only interacts with society for reconnaissance and surveillance - to make sure his tail is clear.
Then he stumbles into a chat room.
canon divergence, mutual pining, online relationship, secret identities
For Science – RiotFalling
Bucky/Tony
6,724 words
Tony makes a very important discovery. In Bucky's pants.
Further investigation is needed.
kink: size difference, kink: strength, pwp
Forgive My Stripes – MissRomanceJunkie
Bucky/Tony
9,731 words
When they landed in a mess of lips and limbs on Bucky’s bed for the first time, they’d only been dating a couple of weeks. Of course there’d been months of flirting on and off the battlefield and just over a month of Tony rebuffing Bucky’s genuine attempts at starting something more before the dating part began, but that wasn’t something Tony liked to dwell on. Certainly not right now when he finally had Bucky exactly where he’d wanted him for all those months.
Unfortunately, Bucky has no idea about Tony’s scars and lets his own fears get the better of him, placing his foot firmly in his mouth before Tony’s fantasies can be realised. Thankfully, Steve’s around to pull it out for him.
Forgiveness and the Future – Slayer_of_Destiny
Bucky/Tony
23,495 words
Bucky goes back to New York as soon as his head is sorted out to allow Tony to do with him as he sees fit. He doesn't expect forgiveness and the chance of a future. A future that may also include a certain genius and his Spider Kid.
Four Strings and Second Chances – Vashoth
Bucky/Tony
35,439 words
It was reluctance to let one of his finest inventions ever out of his grasp that made him take a couple days over a week to send the arm to Pepper’s office. But all things considered, Tony figured that sending finest prosthetic that had ever come into existence--literally grasping an olive branch--was one of the classiest gifts he’d ever given. He’d included a note and everything.
‘Barnes,
Can help with installation. Or not. Up to you.
--Stark'
hurt/comfort
Fractures (Filled With Liquid Gold) – itsallAvengers
Bucky/Tony
63,268 words
Ultron happened. The Avengers left.
Tony is fine with being alone again. He always worked better as a Lone Wolf than a team player anyway. He's not sleeping or eating or resting or... living, but it's fine. It's good. It's okay.
And then there's James.
depression/mental illness, hurt/comfort, slow burn
Freedom in These Bonds – 27dragons
Bucky/Tony
18,314 words
Tony’s been accepted to M.I.T., which only admits a small percentage of omegas each year. He can’t wait to get there, to stretch his intellect and broaden his horizons. There’s only one small wrinkle: omega students have to be married.
arranged marriage, au: a/b/o, fake relationships
From That Moment On – Shi_Toyu
Bucky/Tony
79,864 words
The Winter Soldier and Tony Stark have run into each other many times over the years and, despite the brainwashing and the memory wipes, something about the genius just seems so familiar. It kind of makes the Soldier want to keep him safe.
Full Disclosure – Finely Honed (jaqen_hgar)
Bucky/Tony
33,097 words
Prompt: Our asshole mutual friends set us up on a blind date and didn’t tell us it was a blind date, so instead of getting to know each other we spent the entire ‘date’ scheming against them and decided an awesome way to get back at them would be to pretend to date and then have a horrendous breakup but now that we’re two months into this charade we’re not sure what’s real and what’s fake anymore.
In which Bucky and Tony forget that sex and love are not a game. A game is something you can win.
fake relationships
gene silencing – operationhades
Bucky/Tony
18,640 words
GENE SILENCING: noun - the process(es) whereby certain genes in the genome are prevented from being expressed by chemical modifications and other means.
After a run in with AIM, Tony Stark finds himself once more changed. This time though, Bucky's there to help him, to help him come to terms with his new body, and, apparently, to help the team as a whole heal from the rifts created from past mistakes. Thank god for FRIDAY, then.
Getting to Know You – orbingarrow
Bucky/Tony
9,461 words
It had been an adventure, navigating the sweetly apologetic Bucky Barnes, who haunted the tower most days, and the the Winter Soldier, who occasionally inhabited Barnes’s body. The Winter Soldier was not apologetic; he was scary. And he was currently chilling out, uninvited, in Tony's lab.
“Leave,” Tony said, because Tony was either a dead man or not, and there wasn’t much he could do about it before coffee.
“Or you could give me permission to be here,” the Winter Soldier suggested.
“I don’t let strangers poke around my stuff,” Tony grumbled, as he walked past the Soldier to take a seat at his workbench.
“Easily solved,” the Soldier deflected. “Get to know me.”
mutual pining
Guidance Needed – Akira_of_the_Twilight
Bucky/Tony
115,847 words
A sentinel could spend most of their early years without a guide. By their mid-thirties if a sentinel had yet to form a bond with a guide their senses would start to lose focus and precision until they became overwhelmed and went insane.
Tony was in his forties and the bond he had was a thin string that could be snapped with just one word, and it was the only reason why Tony wasn’t locked up in an asylum for sentinels.
Even with his bond though, Tony was deteriorating, unable to control his senses and becoming overprotective of his teammates.
If he didn't increase the strength of his current bond or find a new guide who he could bond better with then he would be locked up for life.
Too bad Starks have a history of having trouble bonding, and Tony's already tried every technique to strengthen his bond with his guide.
Oh, and let's not forget his guide was none other than Mr. Perfect himself: Steve Rogers.
So really? Tony was screwed unless those bonding techniques started working, because who the hell else could bond with him and do it better than Mr. Perfect?
au: sentinel/guide, hurt/comfort, slow burn
Hate Me – ron_Eirlyssa (Eirlyssa)
Bucky/Tony
45,570 words
There were moments where Bucky wondered what could have made Iron Man, possibly his best friend here in the future, sarcastic and gentle and funny and caring, hate Tony Stark so much. Moments where he wondered what Tony Stark, who could manage to be kind and generous to the assassin who had murdered his parents, could have done to Iron Man. But he never dared to ask, afraid of the answer.
found family, hurt/comfort, secret identities
Helping Hands – tisfan
Bucky/Tony
68,925 words
Single-father and disabled military vet, Bucky Barnes goes to the Food Pantry... where he meets Tony Stark, serving a community service sentence...
au: no powers, depression/mental illness, hurt/comfort, kidnapping, panic attacks
Hey, Read My Lips! – plirio
Bucky/Tony
2,090 words
“But I think--It was so much easier before,” Barnes finishes, obviously upset. “A gesture, an introduction, an invitation, a dance. Now it’s all texting and messaging, and codes I don’t even-- I knew how to-- It’s so frustrating!”
or, Tony has-- feelings-like things inside him for Bucky. Everyone makes fun of Steve - out of love, really. And Bucky needs advice.
Hide Your Face, Hold My Heart – Shi_Toyu
Bucky/Tony
5,386 words
Bucky had learned early on that life had a way of going to shit on very short notice. As a kid, that had meant running around and goofing off with Stevie only for an asthma attack to come out of seemingly nowhere. During the war, it meant creeping through the wilderness or a town or a base only for bullets to start flying. One minute you could be fighting back to back with your best friend, the next you could be falling to the bottom of a snowy chasm. That was just life.
hurt/comfort, kidnapping, secret identities
Hope for the Holidays – Reioka
Bucky/Tony
14,690 words
Tony never expected to share Christmas with the man who killed his parents, but he's here now, so they should make the best of it.
Christmas, fluff, getting together, slow burn
I Can Weather the Storm – RiotFalling
Bucky/Tony
7,380 words + sequels
Bucky breaks something he shouldn’t have in an arctic ice shrine.
Good thing he makes an adorable Yeti-man, and Tony loves him in any shape or size.
au: monsters, established relationship, kink: monsterfucking, kink: size difference, kink: temperature play, series
I Knew You And Not My Name – camichats
Bucky/Tony
12,382 words
The Winter Soldier was sent to kidnap Tony Stark in Afghanistan. When Tony escaped the Ten Rings though, things don't go the way Hydra wanted them to. Bucky finds himself, a mate, and a family.
au: a/b/o, kink: mpreg
Interruptions – Breyito
Bucky/Tony
2,468 words
When Tony suddenly finds a coffee and a note waiting for him one morning, he thinks it's cute. When it starts happening every morning, he gets curious. And JARVIS won't help him, so...
What is an Omega to do, except hire a former assasin/spy to help him out?
au: a/b/o, secret admirers
Is That A Yes? – GenericUserHere
Bucky/Tony
1,624 words
Bucky works as a translator, and knows several languages. He's is hired as a translator by a firm that SI is taking over. They demand that Tony comes in and does the negotiating himself. Tony goes and bypasses Bucky completely by talking straight to the other party in their own language. Bucky is not amused. Tony finds Bucky after the meeting and tries to flirt with him in that language. Bucky is still fuming and insults Tony in a different language. Tony speaks that, too.
Keep Your Eyes On Me – ElloPoppet
Bucky/Tony
10,345 words
“What the fuck, Stark. I don’t...I don’t hate you. Christ!”
Tony registered the offended and visceral tone of Barnes’ voice before processing the words, shaken off guard by both when they finally sunk in.
“That’s...huh.” Tony responded, eloquently.
“Is this about what I said when we got here? Because I meant that Steve would never make you bunk with me alone because you wouldn’t like it.” Barnes said, as though it were the most obvious thing in the world.
“...huh.”
enemies to friends to lovers, fluff, misunderstandings, PTSD
Letters to Bucky – NotEvenCloseToStraight
Bucky/Tony
48,507 words
Stuck in rehab after a near-fatal accident, Tony reaches out via letters to a soldier overseas, and Bucky is more than happy to write back, drawn to Tony for a reason he can't quite name. One or two letters turn into a years worth, then come the phone calls, with Tony quickly realizing that Bucky's voice, with that rolling Brooklyn accent might be his new favorite sound.
When Bucky shows up unannounced at Tony's door, one thing leads to another and maybe a confession or two is made. But Bucky's tour overseas isn't over yet, not even close, and they have months more of distance between them.
Then Bucky disappears, missing in action, and Tony doesn't know if he will ever get his soldier back. And if Bucky DOES make it home, will he be the same boy from Brooklyn who sent Tony love poems, or has his time away and his injuries changed him for good?
au: no powers, epistolary, hurt/comfort, long distance relationship
Linaria – ezazahaz
Bucky/Tony
2,935 words
Bucky owns a flower shop and has a crush on the handsome guy who keeps getting the same bouquet. Will he ever do anything about it?
au: florists, au: no powers
little bit of me, little bit of you – Potrix
Bucky/Tony
7,326 words
Bucky looks up, and for one terrifying moment, before Stark acknowledges the kid, too, he thinks his programming is acting up again, making him hallucinate.
Because right there, gym bag slung over his shoulder, and a bicycle helmet tucked under his arm, stands a boy who looks so much like Bucky remembers himself looking almost a century ago, that Bucky has the sudden, hysterical urge to pinch himself to make sure he isn’t dreaming.
kidfic, kink: mpreg
love has teeth which bite – whatshouldntbe
Bucky/Tony
121,273 words
JARVIS announces, “Sir, Peter Parker is on his way up. Shall I direct him to the workshop?”
Tony has never sighed so much in his entire life. “Send him over.”
Peter appears moments later, face red and eyes frantic.
“Don’t tell me you webbed all the way here?”
“Mr. Stark, he’s dangerous!” Peter exclaims more than yells. “Have you heard what he can do with a potato peeler?”
or
How Tony totally meant to volunteer to be the Winter Soldier’s handler, you know, like on purpose (and not because he had been deliriously awake for 56 hours on a quest to put Fortnite into the grave before Fury had asked). This is obviously Pepper’s fault.
[MCU/AU where Tony became a S.H.I.E.L.D operative early in life, and paved a satisfying career of intrigue doing so.]
canon divergence, hurt/comfort, kidnapping
Mystery Loves Company – MarvelousMenagerie (HiddenOne)
Bucky/Tony
7,173 words
Tony is fine. There have been no attacks on his person or any increase in attacks on the Tower. He’s fine. It’s just a few emails.
And if this does blow up in his face, as things tend to do, then it will probably blow up in Malibu, which means everyone he cares about will be back in New York and outside the detonation zone. That’s what matters most.
Tony isolates himself in Malibu with the excuse of needing to get work done, but he's not as alone as he thought. Eventually Bucky and the Soldier might be able to convince Tony that he doesn't have to handle everything on his own, but first they have a threat to neutralize.
getting together, hurt/comfort
Once Upon a Wintertime – iam93percentstardust
Bucky/Tony
18,661 words
Look, Bucky knows that he’s fulfilling every cliché in the book right now. He knows that, as a bodyguard, he’s not supposed to fall in love with his client. But Tony’s good and sweet and so, so lonely and how could Bucky not? He thinks he’s got a shot after Tony breaks up with his boyfriend but on a trip across the country, he finds out that Tony needs a bondmate or the board will steal SI—and Ty’s already said yes.
au: a/b/o, au: bodyguard, au: no powers, hurt/comfort, road trip
people like you must be the world’s loneliest creatures – avienexjel
Bucky/Tony
96,126+ words
tony stark is rich and popular and an arrogant asshole. in other words: his iq rivals einstein's, he's slept with most of his "friends" at least once, and he's so fucking lonely that sometimes he wakes up in the middle of the night and cries into the cold sheets on the empty side of the bed.
it's no different at SHIELD boarding school, at first. half the student body hates him, half want to be him, nothing new. that is, until tony accidentally breaks james barnes's prosthetic arm, and he suddenly finds the most vulnerable pieces of himself surfacing whether he wants them to or not.
au: high school, au: no powers, hurt/comfort, panic attacks, PTSD, wip
Play Date – Akira_of_the_Twilight
Bucky/Tony
27,186 words
“Forgive me, Captain," FRIDAY said. "I needed a moment to be certain I hadn’t erred, but based on my facial recognition systems, I can safely say that Mr. Barnes and Mr. Wilson have located Tony.”
“What the fuck?” Bucky rose to his feet.
The kid tried to run, but Sam caught the rugrat and restrained him.
“Let me go!” The kid struggled. “My dad isn’t going to pay any ransom. You’re just wasting your time.”
Ransom? Facial recognition?
Bucky stared at the kid—really looked at his face.
Amber eyes, oval face, olive skin, strong but narrow chin, a slightly larger than normal forehead, and a nose somewhere between small and medium in size.
“Oh, fuck. Tony?”
The tears were back in Tony’s eyes. “Fuck you, you assholes!” He wiggled one arm free and punched Sam in the kneecap.
kidfic
Possessed By Light – Enmuse (Scifiroots)
Bucky/Tony
31,769 words
Tony Stark disappeared shortly after the Avengers started coming into their own. All traces led to dead ends, and time marched on. In the spring of 2017, it came to light that Hydra was deeply intertwined with SHIELD, and Captain America found out his best friend still lives. Now, James "Bucky" Barnes has come home, more or less. His mind is his own, including the fractured memories that flit just beyond his reach. A drop-in appearance by former SHIELD director Fury clarifies one thing: the Winter Soldier had met Tony Stark.
amnesia, canon divergence, found family, hurt/comfort, kidnapping, mind control, pre-relationship
Professional Snuggles – NotEvenCloseToStraight
Bucky/Tony
4,103 words
The business card said “ Professional Companionship ” and “ Specializing in the Intimidating Significant Other Ruse ” and “ Available in a Variety Of Backgrounds, Religion, Platonic but Boyfriend Material to a Point ” and Tony turned it over in his hands at least a thousand times as he waited for the doorbell to ring.
au: no powers, fluff
Riley’s (That Gay Bar Fic) – orbingarrow
Bucky/Tony
53,826 words
Bucky's not looking to make friends, Tony's bad at first impressions, and Riley's Pub is a safe place for anyone who needs a second chance.
au: bar, au: no powers
Road Hazards – RiotFalling
Bucky/Tony
45,734 words
Steve and Bucky's BFF road trip is not going well. For starters, Steve couldn't even make it, and for some bizarre reason asked Tony to take his place. The fact that it’s only a couple days before someone is trying to kill them isn’t nearly as stressful as the fact that Bucky and Tony have never really had an actual conversation.
It’s hard to avoid someone when stuck in a car with them though, and if they manage to stay alive they just might learn a thing or two.
getting together, mutual pining, road trip
Rocket Science – marsmaywander, orbingarrow
Bucky/Tony
12,094 words
Sleep-deprived and under-caffeinated, grad student Tony falls asleep in a conveniently empty classroom and wakes up in the middle of Bruce’s Physics 101 course. After seeing a groggy Tony fumble a simple question, actual-student Bucky offers to tutor him. In a moment of “oh no; he’s cute” panic, Tony takes him up on it. Now, in addition to his already complicated life, Tony has to figure out the answer to the incredibly messy question: “How do you look like you’re failing the class, when you literally wrote the book?”
au: college, au: no powers, fluff, humor, misunderstandings, secret identities
Safe and (the) Sound – 27dragons, tisfan
Bucky/Tony
84,140 words
Tony dropped out of college to get away from his abusive father. When his longtime boyfriend reveals similar tendencies, Tony refuses to endure another moment of it, running away with nothing more than the cash in his pockets. He makes it to Virginia, where he's taken in by Bucky, a restaurant owner looking for an extra hand who's willing to be paid cash under the table.
Bucky's been struggling for years: to keep the beachside restaurant he inherited from his parents above water (both financially and literally); to live down the fact that he's gay in a small southern town; to get over the man who's owned his heart since he was fourteen. But he's never had to struggle as hard as he is now, to keep his hands off Tony.
alternate universe
Safe House – ali_aliska
Bucky/Tony
89,533 words
For years, Tony had successfully kept his secret. Neither the world nor his team knew he was Iron Man and as far as he was concerned, everyone was better off that way. On his best days, Tony Stark was not someone people liked and trusted, so the last thing Tony wanted was to tarnish Iron Man’s good reputation by revealing the truth.
But then SHIELD falls, the Avengers face disarray, and a stray Hydra assassin forces Tony to go into hiding—and where better than the safe house he had just crafted for the Avengers and their own ex-assassin ready to come in from the cold?
Tony plans to hide away from everyone in his makeshift workshop until the coast is clear and he’s safe to go home. No one would care to spend any time with the reclusive, arrogant billionaire anyways, right? Iron Man is the one everyone wants around.
Bucky Barnes, on his own journey to reclaim his life and identity, seems to disagree with that sentiment.
canon divergence, found family, hurt/comfort, misunderstandings, mutual pining, secret identities, slow burn
Silver Scraps – iCheat
Bucky/Tony
3,702 words
JB Barnes owns a business. SI want to buy him out and shut them down. His old friend Capt Ed Jarvis asked him to give a summer job to one Tony Carbonell. He can’t shake the feeling that he knows the kid, but its’ drowned out by the unwilling attraction between them.
Bucky had to deal with attacks on his business; daily harassment from SI lawyers: resisting a snarky sexy genius college kid, so he doesn't get shot by Jarvis. ( No superpowers Not Canon compliant)
Somewhere Between a Rock and a Hard Place – MassiveSpaceWren, mortenavida
Bucky/Tony
23,793 words
Shadow and Iron have been online gaming friends for years but never met.
Bucky Barnes just got a temporary contract to work at Stark Industries and he absolutely hates his new boss.
The two have a lot more in common than originally thought.
au: no powers, online relationship, secret identities
Stark Naked Science – 27dragons
Bucky/Tony
8,589 words
Observation: The host of the kids' science show Bucky's daughter has become obsessed with is really, really hot.
Hypothesis: If they could somehow meet, they might really hit it off.
Testing: Bucky's friend Natasha somehow got them tickets to a live show... and the post-show backstage party.
Conclusion: If even Becca's figured out that Bucky's got a crush, he's in big trouble.
au: no powers, kidfic
Stark, Naked – 27dragons, tisfan
Bucky/Tony
41,589 words
A bottle of vodka, a dimly lit room, and his favorite camboi on the laptop…
kink: cam boys
Stepping Stones – somanyfeels
Bucky/Tony
19,593 words
Bucky remembers Howard. They were friends during the war. He also remembers killing him and his wife and staging it as an accident. Now he’s been given safety and friends under the hospitality of Howard’s son and if Bucky can’t change the past he’ll try to make up for it by protecting the person who not only gave him a home but had to live with the consequences of his actions. He didn’t expect to get too attached to Tony Stark.
caretaking, hurt/comfort, PTSD, sick fic
Table 8 – marsmaywander
Bucky/Tony
3,442 words
3 am is Riri’s favorite time at the diner. It’s when her “midnight daters” show up. And if Tony Stark wants to frequent her workplace at ugly-o-clock in the morning… well, she’s not gonna turn down the tips (even if his “disguise” is beyond unconvincing).
fake relationships, panic attacks
Tabula Rasa – phlintandsteel
Bucky/Tony
27,375 words
It's good. This little banter thing. It keeps them steady and keeps the silence that follows from feeling too heavy.
It's not familiar in any way, but nothing is. Because in reality he has no idea why he and James bonded, how they first met, when they fell in love... There's just a white wall of nothingness in his mind. That should bother him. In fact he's pretty sure it will later, down the line... But if you can't flirt with your own bonded alpha that you broke out of an evil cult's secret lair with, then what's the point of living? None, that's what.
amnesia, au: a/b/o, hurt/comfort, kink: mpreg
take it from me – complicationstoo
Bucky/Tony
4,561 words
“Give me my hoodie back, you gremlin.”
“It’s not yours anymore,” Tony says, rolling over to mash his face into the pillow. The blanket slips down to reveal a shirt that Bucky last remembers seeing over a month ago. “You lost your rights to it when you left it on my side of the room.”
-
Alternately, Tony's a terrible roommate, Bucky is annoyed, and somehow they fall in love.
au: college, au: no powers, enemies to friends to lovers, getting together, sharing clothes
Tech Support – Amethystina
Bucky/Tony
31,236 words
When Tony decides to personally answer tech support queries to find ways to improve the next Stark Phone, the last thing he expects is to grow weirdly attached to one of the callers. The man is clearly not accustomed to modern technology, but his determination to get better is both admirable and adorable, and Tony can't help prolonging their conversations. Before he knows it, they're exchanging numbers.
Talking to James — be it over texts or the phone — soon becomes the highlight of Tony's day and he might just be falling in love, though he tries his best to deny it. He knows nothing can happen — not while James thinks Tony is just some random tech guy at Stark Industries rather than the man who owns the entire company. And, as if that wasn't enough, there's also Iron Man and the Avengers to consider. Tony would have to reveal everything before a relationship with James would be possible, but he's not sure how to do that without also risk scaring him away.
It therefore comes as quite a surprise when Tony finds out that James has been keeping similar secrets of his own.
hurt/comfort, PTSD, secret identities
The Billionaire and the Bodyguard – Forlorn Kumquat (sara_wolfe)
Bucky/Tony
8,600 words
Tony doesn't need a bodyguard, okay? He can take care of himself just fine. Now if he can just convince everyone else - including the handsome new bodyguard.
au: a/b/o, hurt/comfort
The Christmas Unicorn – 27dragons, monobuu, tisfan
Bucky/Tony
32,138 words
Tony doesn't begrudge anyone else their enjoyment of the holiday season; he just wants to be left out of it. He's never really seen the point. Bucky's usually all for it, but a disaster at work that forced him to cancel his plans to travel with his family have left him feeling a little curmudgeonly. The two meet and bond over their shared lack of interest in the holidays.
When Tony unexpectedly finds himself taking care of a pair of kids who rather emphatically expect Christmas to be Done Right, he finds himself turning to Bucky for help.
au: no powers, Christmas, domesticity, fluff, found family, getting together, it's so fluffy i'm gonna die, kidfic
The Evidence – StrivingArtist
Bucky/Tony
16,692 words
Didn’t notice. Right. Sure. Two brilliant minds, two super spies, and a god didn’t notice when the chattiest man they knew stopped making sound. They just seemed happier than before. Brighter and more cheerful than before. They just seemed like they were more comfortable with him around when he was stone silent.
Fuck it.
He knew they noticed.
And he knew they liked him better this way.
depression/mental illness, hurt/comfort, mute character, series
The Fix – SleepsWithCoyotes
Bucky/Tony
20,428 words
Right, because Tony...Tony fixes things. He remembers thinking that, not for the first time.
The Gift of Care – ali_aliska
Bucky/Tony
8,111 words
Freshly back to the States, James Barnes has a lot to learn about his new world, so he watches and learns and finds himself slowly falling for one Tony Stark, who always appears miserable when he has to spend time at the Compound with his former teammates, but who still takes the time to treat James with kindness.
James sets out on a mission to take care of Tony, make Tony’s life easier in whatever small ways he can. An unfortunate misunderstanding nearly ruins that, but in the end, James still reaps the rewards of his secret good deeds.
hurt/comfort, misunderstandings, secret admirers
The Roommate Situation – 27dragons
Bucky/Tony
27,842 words
At loose ends after his release from the Army, Bucky finds himself with a crappy job at Hydra Securities and an even crappier living situation, sharing a studio apartment with a roommate who thinks a tacked-up sheet creates sufficient privacy to engage in BDSM while Bucky's trying to sleep. Bucky is counting down the days until the end of the lease and spending as much time as he can at Steve's already-overcrowded apartment... Until one night he overhears his roommate ignoring a clear "no" from his latest one-night stand and decides to intervene.
au: no powers, found family, kink: BDSM
The Stars Go Red – orbingarrow
Bucky/Tony
14,026 words
Iron Man is not exactly a super-villain, he's just doing his best to save the world, and his methods are questionable, okay? Doing what's right isn't always easy. Tony's come to grips with that.
And it all works out fine until Hydra comes recruiting and then maybe a little help would be nice. He just doesn't expect that help to come in the form of the Winter Soldier (who happens to be the one person in the world who knows Tony's secret identity) and the Avengers (who really need to catch up.)
Basically all the identity porn.
canon divergence, fluff, secret identities
this isn’t violence, this is just a war in my head – sleeponrooftops
Bucky/Tony
107,356 words
Tony’s been stumbling his way through life for 45 years without any assistance, thank you very much, and he’d like to point out that forgiving the man who killed his parents is on the negative side of his to do list labeled NEVER. The problem is, they’ve got a few scars in common, and somehow they become little nightlights during each other’s darkest moments.
Or, the story of how Tony and Bucky started out here: one broken nose, a few guns, several fist fights, sharp words, a heart attack, bruised jaws, and the definition of mistrust—and ended up here: an anchor in unsteady waters.
enemies to lovers, panic attacks, PTSD, slow burn
Time Falls Away – NotEvenCloseToStraight
Bucky/Tony
79,451 words
The Battle of New York: Tony flies himself and the nuke through the wormhole and when his suit shuts down and he starts to fall, he knows he's going to die.
But then he wakes up in an alley in Brooklyn, two strangers staring down at him in confusion and Tony is sure he is dreaming when he shakes hands first with pre-serum Steve Rogers, and then Bucky Barnes.
Trapped in 1942, Tony befriends Steve, and falls in love with Bucky but America is at war, and Bucky and Steve ship out to join the cause.
Tony knows all the stories about the Howling Commandos and knows what’s coming for the soldiers, and has to live through history as first Bucky falls, and then Steve disappears.
Tony is left alone in the 40's, crying himself to sleep in the house he had shared with his best friend and his lover.
But then he wakes up on the pavement in New York, the Hulk roaring in his face, Steve staring down at him, and he has to wonder if it was all a hallucination.
When Tony fell through the sky, did he fall through time as well? Why does Steve act so cold towards him? Were he and Bucky really that happy together?
Did it all really happen, or is Tony in love with a life he can only have in his dreams?
series, time travel
we’ve always been all we need – uponthesun
Bucky/Tony
3,720 words
Tony's plummeting five hundred feet down towards the Hudson and a new "Drowned By Doom Bot" placard, FRIDAY's voice fritzing spectacularly in his ears, when he sees him for the first time—an impression of dark hair, drab clothes, and two hands clutching a half-eaten burger; one of which had let go and automatically swung up to point at Tony like some B-roll cliche.
"You—!" is all his suit's speakers manage to spit out before the river water surrounds him, and his, "Motherfucker!" is swallowed down in favor of figuring out how to not die.
When You Wake – arianapeterson19
Bucky/Tony
2,608 words
Tony was many things but stubborn was the most prominent. So when HYDRA kidnapped him and decided to turn him into their personal flying monkey, they didn't realize it wasn't going to be simple.
OR
The one where Tony's mind is a mess and Bucky is patient.
hurt/comfort, kidnapping, panic attacks, PTSD
Who You Are To Me – CognizantCatastrophe
Bucky/Tony
16,774 words
Bucky started a YouTube channel to give himself something to do after he lost his arm in combat, and quickly became popular. Bucky is invited to a charity event, where he runs into a gorgeous man named Tony. Little does he know Tony is none other than Tony Stark, the richest man in the world.
They manage to keep their relationship private from fans and media for a whole year before Tony blows it by interrupting Bucky in the middle of a live broadcast. Yeah, Bucky warned him, but... Tony missed that part.
au: no powers, au: youtube, depression/mental illness, PTSD
Winter is Coming (aka Fifty First Avengers Dates) – 27dragons, tisfan
Bucky/Tony
109,839 words
Bucky Barnes is still mostly The Asset, and he's pretty sure Hydra is going to come back for him soon, so in the meantime he's just going to keep an eye on the Avengers for them. But then Clint spotted him hiding in the shadows, so Tony came out and dragged Bucky back to the Tower, threw him in the shower, and fed him cheeseburgers.
Now The Asset is having anomalous feelings. In his pants.
(Please Don't) Remember Me – orbingarrow
Bucky/Tony
7,305 words
Tony loses his memory in an accident, while trying to save Bucky on a mission. It's one more debt on top of a mountain of debts that Bucky needs to repay.
(wild horses) couldn’t drag me away – Potrix
Bucky/Tony
2,343 words
Bucky isn’t sure what has woken him up until he squints open one eye, and immediately sees Tony’s sleepy smile. Tony’s hand is cupping Bucky’s face, and his thumb is brushing over Bucky’s cheek, back and forth, light and slow. Humming quietly, Bucky lets his eye flutter closed again, and leans into the touch, turning his head just enough to press a lingering kiss to Tony’s palm.
au: a/b/o, kink: mpreg
1000 Paper Cranes to See You Kneel – Shi_Toyu
Bucky/Tony
28,350 words
Bucky thought the Avengers tower was strange. He wasn’t sure how much of it was living with a team of superheroes, how much was the fact that he’d spent the last seventy years in the hands of an organization that was brainwashing and wiping him, and how much was something else entirely. The Dom knew he didn’t exactly have a full understanding of how this new world he’d been thrust into, or any world really, worked but something just seemed…off. It nagged at him, pulled at his attention like a splinter in his finger that was too small to find.
kink: Dom/sub
50 Ways to Woo Your Lover – tisfan
Bucky/Tony
1,768 words
Bucky has no idea how romance works in the modern era, but he does know one thing; he'll do anything to win the heart of one Tony Stark...
8 Simple Rules (For Dating Tony Stark) – justanotherpipedream
Bucky/Tony
10,244 words
Bucky blinked as he stared at the list in front of him. "8 Simple Rules (For Dating Tony Stark)" was underlined in bold, black sharpie. Bucky gaped as Rhodey stared back at him, completely serious. All Rhodey ever wanted was for his best friend to be happy. And, if that meant outlining everything for Bucky in black ink to make sure these two love-sick idiots stayed together, then Rhodey would do it.
canon divergence, established relationship, fluff, found family, hurt/comfort
A Burden Taken – Akira_of_the_Twilight
Bucky/Tony
10,228 words
When soul mates cross paths, they take away each others' pain, whether or not they ever meet again.
Tony crossed paths with his soul mate at a young age.
It was during a murder.
au: soulmates/soulmarks
A Quiet Spree – Politzania
Bucky/Tony
14,272 words
Stark overextends himself in the workshop after a tough mission. Barnes, venturing out from under Cap's wing, visits the workshop with the intent of having Stark look at his arm. Heavy flirting and mutual pining ensues.
A sky full of ghosts – salytierra
Bucky/Tony
8,332 words
Growing up Tony knew a soul-bonded pair. No, not his parents. Jarvis and Ana were everything to each other. One soul in two bodies, unable to stay apart for long, unable to hurt each other, always loving, always in perfect harmony... That's the gift that only two people among hundreds receive. A fairytale in real life.
Tony never imagined that he would ever get the privilege to see the universe in another person's eyes. Much less that said person would be the long lost, broken shell of a man obsessed with revenge that they've been looking for for months.
Abide – camichats
Bucky/Tony
768 words
Tony thought everything was fine. Then he saw what had been happening behind his back.
alternate universe
all roads lead to this (only one road leads out of it) – badgerling
Bucky/Tony
10,207 words
Tony never expected Natasha Romanoff to show up carrying that specific arm, didn't expect the owner of said arm to show up at his doorstep, didn't expect to actually enjoy being near Bucky Barnes either. It was just supposed to be a simple project. Clearly, Tony has never been that lucky.
All The Ways To Say – camichats
Bucky/Tony
1,471 words
There are so many ways someone can say 'I love you' and once they do it's written on your skin.
au: soulmates/soulmarks, canon divergence, panic attacks
And still we prevail – StarkDusted
Bucky/Tony
37,885 words
Yeah, no, fuck this, Tony would like a refund thank you, 110% would not prefer to die today, die, die like mom and dad who were dead back in that car-
December 16th, 1991.
It's an important day for HYDRA. The acquisition of the means to create several more soldiers for their cause- and the day that Anthony Edward Stark falls into their hands. The handler likes to think of it as the day of birth for their second greatest asset.
amnesia, canon divergence, hurt/comfort, kidnapping, PTSD, series
Arrhythmia – ladyshadowdrake
Bucky/Tony
10,459 words
Afghanistan left Tony's heart too damaged for flight, but someone needs to be in the suit.
At All Costs – The_Winter_Writer
Bucky/Tony
1,243 words
Tony's brain to mouth filter wasn't completely intact on a good day even if that was mostly intentional. Throw in a decided lack of sleep with some alcohol and it disappeared almost completely.
It wasn't his fault that a sleep ruffled Bucky Barnes was adorable.
Auditory Misunderstandings – celtic7irish
Bucky/Tony
5,178 words
For the prompt: “I’m supersmart and stuff, but oh boy, when you enter my shop/garage/lab, my tongue is stuck to my palate and you ended up signing to me cause you think I’m mute!”
Beginning and the End – Shi_Toyu
Bucky/Tony
18,998 words
Tony Stark: Genius, Billionaire, Omega, Philanthopist, Youngest Member of the Avengers
James "Bucky" Barnes: Soldier, Alpha, HYDRA Asset, Besotted Fool
au: a/b/o
Bikers and Bright Eyes – NotEvenCloseToStraight
Bucky/Tony
47,909 words
Omega!Tony is flirty, sweet, ridiculously pretty and running from his ex.
Alpha!Bucky is beefy, fang-y, unfairly muscled and the perfect guy to scare away any unwanted suitors.
Tony bats his eye lashes and asks the big bad Alpha to fake-date him to keep Ty away.
Bucky takes one look at the Omega’s smile and a quick peek at Tony’s badonkadonk and immediately says yes.
Fake dates, kisses for the camera, strategically torn clothing and meeting the parents, oh my.
Who could have predicted the growly biker Alpha would fall head over heels for a cashmere and glitter wearing bright eyed Omega?
(Hint: Literally the entire world)
(Literally. The entire world.)
au: a/b/o, au: no powers, fake relationships, kink: knotting, mutual pining
Black Thumb / Green Wallet – tisfan
Bucky/Tony
1,397 words
Tony doesn’t know anything about plants.
Bucky-- has no idea who this crazy guy is, but he has a cute butt and is willing to help out. Guess gardening 101 is in session
au: gardener, meet-cute
Blessings in Disguise – Shi_Toyu
Bucky/Tony
10,104 words
When Bucky Barnes is found and brought back to the Avengers mansion, Tony just wants to help. The more questions he asks, though, the more his team seems to pull away from him. At least Iron Man and the Winter Soldier are getting along.
hurt/comfort, secret identities
Broken People – dracusfyre
Bucky/Tony
11,861 words
Prompt fill from imaginetonyandbucky: During Afghanistan, the ten rings got frustrated and sold Tony to hydra for hydra weapons and made him the Iron Soldier. After Steve gets Bucky back from Hydra (idk Cap 3 w/ civil war?) Bucky not only remembers the other winter soldiers, but the soldier he fell in love with (Tony) and basically him and Steve go save him (like when they went to Siberia in the movie but none of the "running from the law" stuff)
So I didn’t follow the prompt exactly because there’s already a great story like this on ITAB already and I wrote something similar to it not too long ago (Making a Hero), so I went in a slightly different direction. Instead of Hydra getting Tony from the 10 Rings, they got their hands on him when they assassinated his parents…
canon divergence, kidnapping, tw: dubcon
Broken Star(k) Wishes – tisfan
Bucky/Tony
2,122 words
Groundhog Day meets the avengers before Bucky and Tony get together. The same day keeps happening, but Bucky is the only one to remember and at the end of each day something bad happens before it restarts, I don't know? Maybe the only way for time to move forward is to fix whatever keeps going wrong or to save someone??
Buon Natale – NotEvenCloseToStraight
Bucky/Tony
4,996 words
Tony takes Bucky home to Italy to meet the family at Christmas time.
Christmas, fluff, meeting the family, weddings/proposals
But(t)… But(t)… But(t)… – katling
Bucky/Tony
1,984 words
No one knows who Iron Man is, other than the bodyguard of the Avengers' main benefactor, Tony Stark. Bucky figures out the secret but not quite in the way you might think.
canon divergence, secret identities
calling me home – feignedsobriquet, weethreequarter
Bucky/Tony
56,450 words
When Alexander Pierce turns up asking questions about Harley, it sets off alarm bells in Tony's head. But he never could've predicted it would result in him going on the run with the Winter Soldier in a desperate attempt to protect his children from Hydra. Throw in the Soldier's true identity, revelations about Tony's parents, and awkward parent-child reunions and Tony's left wondering what he's gotten into. And that's without the fact he maybe-kind-of actually likes his new co-parent.
canon divergence, depression/mental illness, PTSD
Can’t Help But Worry About You – a_salty_alto
Bucky/Tony
1,585 words
It wouldn’t be fair to take his frustrations out on the others anyway. It’s not like they knew.
kidnapping, secret relationship
Changing Fate – Wix
Bucky/Tony, Loki/Tony
27,813 words
Tony dies in Siberia under the hands of Captain America, but fate doesn't leave it there. He opens his eyes several years earlier amidst the threat of Loki's invasion and the first assembling of the 'Avengers'. Tony may not understand why he got this second chance, but he's going to do better with it - and he's decided that he's going to share it. With a Winter Soldier who could really use a different hand than he was dealt.
Never let it be said that fate doesn't have a sense of humor.
time travel
Charmed – TenSpencerRiedPlease
Bucky/Tony
2,521 words
Bucky sighs, “can’t you be a normal celebrity and get your dog an astrologist?” he asks.
Tony wrinkles his nose, “I’m a cat person.”
au: celebrity
Christmas Gloom (Is Unnecessary This Year) – Potrix
Bucky/Tony
3,387 words
The decorations Steve had insisted on putting up twinkle and gleam mockingly, as if their sole purpose is to remind Tony that the ones he cares about aren’t here to enjoy the holidays with him. It’s funny, really, in a way that’s anything but; Tony had never been big on celebrating at all, not while his parents had still been around, and certainly not after, not until the others had started getting excited about the idea of spending Christmas together, as a team and family.
And now none of them are around.
Come Freely, Go Safely – nativemossy
Bucky/Tony
1,589 words
Every week Bucky showed up, right in the lull between the afternoon window shoppers and the evening rush. He sat himself in the chair right in front of the front desk, requested a fortune, and waited patiently. He received his fortune, thanked Tony, left an absolutely outrageous tip, then left. Tony wasn’t sure why he kept showing up, the fortune was pretty much the same every week.
Death, and lots of it.
(or, where tony stark is too occupied being gay and in love to notice that the guy he likes isn't quite right)
au: witches/magic-users, vampires
Conflict of Interest – Amethystina
Bucky/Tony
8,844 words
The Winter Soldier always completes his missions. He is a well-trained asset that flawlessly follows orders and never breaks protocol. But when he is instructed to assassinate Tony Stark, things get complicated. The Asset is set to observe his mark before acting, hired as Mr. Stark's bodyguard in order to get close to the man.
But what happens when the Asset gets too close? His orders contradict one another, one requiring violence and the other that he protects his mark. The Asset doesn't know which one takes priority, but his instincts tell him not to harm Mr. Stark.
How is he supposed to kill someone he so desperately wants to protect?
canon divergence
Connection and Intent – SierraNovembr
Bucky/Tony
7,155 words
When Tony’s father is murdered, he takes a desperate risk to uncover the truth and save the man he loves. It changes his life forever.
au: fantasy, au: royalty
Cuddle Duty – Finely Honed (jaqen_hgar)
Bucky/Tony
3126 words
Sleep-deprived Tony is a cuddle monster that glomps onto the first person he finds. Bucky has a crush on Tony and tries to always make sure he is the first person sleep-deprived Tony finds, thinking a cuddle session is the only time he'll get to have the genius in his arms.
December 16th – tonystans
Bucky/Tony
2,265 words
When he was a child, it used to be just another day.
It was just another day until Christmas.
Just another day of winter.
Just another day of trying.
Did it hurt when you fell? – bonksoundeffect
Bucky/Tony
2,100 words
HEIGHT DIFFERENCE AUS (let's be honest, rdj/tony stark is a short cinnamon bun)
“You were trying to reach for a box of cereal and a whole shelf’s-worth of cereal boxes fell on you here let me help”
au: no powers, meet-cute, PTSD, series
Don’t Overthink It – Potrix
Bucky/Tony
1,883 words
Now, Jim is about as straight as a person can be—tested a couple of times by drunkenly making out with his best friend, which Tony loves to bring up whenever it’s really inappropriate to do so—but he has no problem admitting that, objectively speaking, Barnes is an attractive guy. He’s got that whole gruff, frowny, bad boy thing a lot of people are into going on, but whenever he actually does smile, it’s devastating.
One time, Jim had seen a girl on the street do a double-take and nearly walk into a magazine stand after Barnes had smiled at one of Tony’s dumb jokes.
Or, alternatively; Rhodey means well, meddles, and actually sort-of-kind-of ends up helping in the end.
dream the bodies warm again – deathsweetqueen
Bucky/Tony
17,687 words
Bruce grits his teeth. “I don’t know what you want me to say,” he snaps. “None of us have ever seen this before, Tony. This bug never even existed until Bucky caught it. We’re charting new territory here. So, tell me, you have any bright ideas?”
Tony deflates, promptly. “No, no, I fucking don’t.” He shakes his head, bitterly. “It shouldn’t happen like this. He shouldn’t have to linger on any of it, any of that torment and suffering and misery and fucking horror those evil bastards put him through. It’s not fucking fair.” He jumps off the bed. “I’m, uh, I’m going to re-wet these rags. They’re getting a little dry,” he mutters, in an attempt to vacate the current situation as soon as possible, just for a little bit, so he can get his head on straight.
“Mission Report: December 16th, 1991.”
Tony reels to a stop, just in front of the bathroom door. When he turns around, a shuddering sort of stillness hangs in the air, like everyone’s terrified that a pin is going to drop and destroy everything.
Well, everyone except for Bucky, who groans like he’s dying and stares at Tony with filmy eyes.
“Howard Stark,” he pants. “Maria Stark.”
breaking up & making up, hurt/comfort, sick fic
Eternal Piece of Me – Potrix
Bucky/Tony
6,368 words
“What the actual fuck?” Tony blurts, incredulous, when the thick steel door slams shut with a resoundingly final clang. “Am I dreaming? No, seriously, is this a dream? A nightmare? What the hell did you drug me with? Because you,” he says, turning away from the where he’s fruitlessly yelling at the ventilation grid to point an accusing finger at the man who’d very unceremoniously been shoved into the room just a moment earlier, “are supposed to be dead.”
au: a/b/o, kink: mpreg
Everyone Has Secrets – Shi_Toyu
Bucky/Tony
13,654 words
Tony Stark is happily married to his husband Bucky Barnes...he just hasn't quite managed to tell Bucky that he's a secret agent yet and he's really hoping that the Winter Soldier, an agent from another organization, doesn't manage to kill him before he can make it home for dinner.
au: spies/secret agents, secret identities
Family Dinner – dayzor (tarot_card)
Bucky/Tony
2,213 words
Tony and Bucky are idiots hopelessly in love with each other. They're also completely unaware that it's mutual.
Steve and Sarah are sick of it.
Fate Strings Not Required – Akira_of_the_Twilight
Bucky/Tony
7,032 words
“Hey doll,” a new voice said from Tony’s side.
Tony glanced at the person approaching.
Someone was working the rugged, bad boy look. The new guy rocked a leather jacket and blue jeans.
His blue eyes lit up with joy as he approached Tony. “Something wrong here?” The new guy gave the first guy--the one insisting he was Tony's soul mate--a once over then turned his full attention on Tony. “You’re looking a little stressed, anything I can do?”
Tony took the hint.
Tony wrapped his hand around the new guy’s elbow. He kept his touch light and breakable in case he’d misread the cue.
“Just some guy claiming to be my soul mate, babe.”
The new guy’s eyebrows rose to his hairline in surprise. He chuckled and gave the first guy a smirk. “Strange. Last time I checked we were soul mates.”
au: soulmates/soulmarks
Fearful Symmetry – RayShippouUchiha
Bucky/Tony
5,684 words
He’s obviously in the warehouse district near the docks, probably in one of the abandoned packing plants or something of the like. Honestly at this point this kidnapping couldn’t get more cliché if it actively tried.
“Service sucks and the wait staff stole my clothes,” Tony whispers, unable to help himself as he slinks down the hall, “Zero stars, would not come again.”
au: shapeshifters, kidnapping
Feel Something Real – RiotFalling, Sagana_Rojana_Olt
Bucky/Tony
1,450 words
Bucky doesn't regret that he and Tony decided to take it slow when they started dating, but he is a little disappointed that he’s just now learning all sorts of fun things.
kink: spanking, pwp
Feeling the Heat – dracusfyre
Bucky/Tony
6,639 words
James Barnes, former Winter Soldier and current hot mess, is trying to gather the courage to make a move on the maybe hot mess but definitely hot Tony Stark. An undercover mission gone awry gives him the chance he was looking for, albeit not in the form he expected.
fight ’til we see the sunlight – burbear
Bucky/Tony
3,881 words
There are days where Tony regrets not going back on his word, where he wishes he had told Steve “No, actually, keep that murderer out of my house and as far from me as possible.” Pepper and Rhodey even said he should. Not in as many words, certainly not because of Barnes, but because they know Tony.
Tony knows, though, that the safest place for Barnes—and everyone else, since the first day people found out about the Winter Soldier more and more civilians were getting grand ideas about bringing him in—is the Tower. His only stipulation is that Steve keeps Barnes away from him.
His timer is steadily ticking toward zero, to the day he meets his soulmate, but to be honest? Tony has a lot more on his mind than someone fate picked out for him.
au: soulmates/soulmarks
Fine – itsallAvengers
Bucky/Tony
4,912 words
He was absolutely fine. Like he'd said, today was a normal day. Full of normal things, and normal friends, and normal routines.
It was also the day Obie had yanked his heart out of his chest and then used his own design to try and murder him with, but who the hell cared about that? If he decided to freak out on the date that every bad thing ever happened, he'd be a mess.
(He already was a mess, but whatever.)
hurt/comfort
For A First Meeting – camichats
Bucky/Tony
5,067 words
In hindsight, Tony should have realized that Winter was his soulmate, but he really just thought that he found Winter incredibly hot. It was an honest mistake.
au: soulmates/soulmarks
Forgiveness and the Future – Slayer_of_Destiny
Bucky/Tony
23,495 words
Bucky goes back to New York as soon as his head is sorted out to allow Tony to do with him as he sees fit. He doesn't expect forgiveness and the chance of a future. A future that may also include a certain genius and his Spider Kid. Slash
kidfic
Forms of Love – bear_bell
Bucky/Tony
32,889 words
Months after the Avengers' dispute in Germany, the team returns to the US and moves back into the tower. As always, everyone pretends that nothing happened. Tony is just fine with this. He's used to pretending, and he'll be damned if he lets any of them see him flinch.
Tony's the bad guy, after all. He's used to it. He's fine with it. He's good at it.
Only now, there's something far worse loitering around the tower - The Winter Soldier. No one notices the guy at first, but when they do, Tony figures that he should have the soldier's back.
Birds of a feather should flock together, and the bad guys should start a book club.
hurt/comfort, kink: bondage, PTSD
Good Vibrations – Finely Honed (jaqen_hgar)
Bucky/Tony
2,895 words
Tony feels like everyone around him knows exactly what’s going on. The good thing is, they don’t. They absolutely don’t, because why would they ever think that Tony Stark was stepping out of the elevator, coffee in one hand, phone in the other, and a vibrating remote controlled butt plug nestled all snug as a bug in a rug exactly where you’d expect to find it.
kink: vibrators, pwp
Guide Him Through the Storm – somanyofthekids
Bucky/Tony
18,753+ words
Pepper and Tony sat on the floor of Tony’s bedroom, pamphlets scattered around them like some kind of glossy paper orgy. Titles like Empathy and You: A Guide for Guides and You’re a Sentinel! How to Navigate Your New Sensory Input and What Will You Do When YOU Zone? looked up from the carpet.
“I still can’t believe they’re testing you so young, no one gets tested before they’re twenty-one,” said Pepper with a worried frown as she picked up another pamphlet. “Isn’t it supposed to be dangerous if you get tested this early in adolescence?”
Tony shrugged.
“I guess if I develop a brain tumor after today, at least the research will have one more case study.”
au: sentinel/guide, unfinished, wip
Have We? – camichats
Bucky/Tony
2,244 words
Tony was a little older than average when he found his soulmate. Because his soulmate didn't exist on this planet until he came through a portal from a different dimension.
au: soulmates/soulmarks, dimension hopping
Have We? – camichats
Bucky/Tony
2,244 words
Tony was a little older than average when he found his soulmate. Because his soulmate didn't exist on this planet until he came through a portal from a different dimension.
au: soulmates/soulmarks, parallel universes
Have You Seen Me (Lately) – tisfan
Bucky/Tony
15,800 words
Tony wakes up in a car, handcuffed, in pain. Same old, same old.
Being kidnapped... again. Nothing new.
By his boyfriend. Yeah, okay, that's new
amnesia, kidnapping, tw: dubcon
Heavy With Hope – valiantlybold
Bucky/Tony
21,370 words
Tony's freezing to death in a Siberian bunker.
Bucky's searching for his past in a Siberian bunker.
canon divergence, enemies to lovers, hurt/comfort, long distance relationship
Hidden Winter – camichats
Bucky/Tony
4,027 words
Tony thinks he has a pretty great life post-Iron Man. Riri's got everything nicely in hand, but he gets worried about Bucky. Bucky hates that he's keeping his Winter Soldier identity secret, but he thinks that he's in too deep to get out.
secret identities
His Girl, FRIDAY – iam93percentstardust
Bucky/Tony
6,299 words
Maybe Tony didn't have to leave the team but he sure felt like it. In the days after Ultron, he drifts, alone and a little lost, until Bucky decides that it's his job to look after Tony's happiness. And who better to help him than Tony's own AI?
canon divergence, cooking, domesticity, fluff
Hit Me – FestiveFerret
Bucky/Tony
847 words
Tony flipped through his email notifications on his phone as he powered down the hall towards the community centre's admin offices. God, he really needed to do a clean up of his subscriptions because the newsletters were getting really out of -
He turned a corner and slammed full force into a 6'3" brick wall that didn't wobble an inch. His phone and coffee flew out of his hands with an "oof" as he bounced back. Not all the way to the floor, though. Something caught him.
Hold Me Up (Pin Me Down) – Sagana_Rojana_Olt, iam93percentstardust
Bucky/Tony
9,702 words
The thing is, Tony doesn’t exactly consider himself a kinky person. He’s had a lot of sex in his life, and that includes some pretty kinky things, some of it he hasn’t enjoyed, some of it he has—the thing with the wine bottle still makes him hard and that was almost twenty years ago. But, and here’s the important part, he’d been just as happy having plain old vanilla sex with Pepper as he’d been when Rumiko had tied him up in sparkly ropes and fucked him with the biggest strap-on he’d ever seen, and when he’s by himself, his brain is just as likely to go to the basic fantasies as it is to go to complicated scenes with toys and ropes and paddles. So he doesn’t really consider himself a kinky person.
He’s still thinking that right up until Bucky hauls the dead, fried Iron Man suit with Tony still inside up off the ground and throws him twenty feet out of the way of a falling spaceship like it’s nothing.
//
Tony discovers he might have a teensy weensy, itty bitty, little bit of a strength kink.
established relationship, kink: Dom/sub, kink: strength, pwp
Honey Pot – MarvelousMenagerie (HiddenOne)
Bucky/Tony
2,463 words
For the ITAB prompt:
Okay so, can you guys do one where Bucky and some Avengers like Steve and Nat (doesn't really matter), are on a mission destroying some Hydra base, and then Bucky gets triggered and everyone freaks out and doesn't know what to do but then he gets a text from Tony and he opens it to find a sneak peek of Tony in lingerie and text "hurry up bucky-bear, I want some of that honey ;)" and he jacks a plane and rushes there (smut is up to y'all)
kink: crossdressing
How much further must I travel, before you walk with me? – Bill_Longbow
Bucky/Tony
32,629 words
In a universe where you can make contact with your soulmate by drawing onto your skin, Bucky's soulmate immediately stands out. It doesn't bother Bucky too much his soulmate puts them in places where only they can see, the drawings are for him, and that's enough. They are so much more complicated, more detailed, more beautiful than the ones others get, after all.
One day the marks on his skin are not drawings, and they mark a pivotal change in their relationship. A change that ends with Bucky being disillusioned and enlisting. The loss of his arm overseas is just a step above the rock bottom they must reach before it gets better.
This is a story about two soulmates, lost and broken. But aren't broken things more beautiful for the cracks?
au: modern, au: no powers, au: soulmates/soulmarks, depression/mental illness, panic attacks, PTSD, tw: child abuse, tw: self-harm
How to Survive a Haunted House – marsmaywander
Bucky/Tony
43,83 words
“Lord save me from crazy white boys,” were probably going to be Rhodey’s last words. He didn’t care what his friend said; this place was haunted, and they were both gonna end up dead because Tony was too taken in by the ample closet space.
I Come With Knives – aslightstep
Bucky/Tony
21,208 words
Everyone has a soulmate, the one person in this world that will complete you. Tony has always known he wouldn’t meet his, but it was enough to know he was loved.
Until it wasn't.
au: soulmates/soulmarks, depression/mental illness, hurt/comfort
i don’t need anything (but you) – WritingThroughTheMess
Bucky/Tony
1,867 words
Together, Bucky and Tony dismiss the need for bitten tongues and whispered apologies. There is no need for anything but them.
ace character
I spy – withered
Bucky/Tony
2,566 words
Bucky couldn’t stand his job.
He’s hardly unique in that department, but god does he hate his job. It ranks higher than his previous gig at Hydra Communications, and then his brief – very brief – stint at Hammer Corp, by a mile, but a pain in the ass was a pain in the ass, and SHIELD Intel is a pain in the ass like every other.
Especially when one of the people he's tasked with spying on happens to be Tony Stark.
canon divergence
I Thought… – camichats
Bucky/Tony
8,785 words
Tony thought he'd die from palladium poisoning. Tony thought he fell in love with his new assistant/bodyguard Bucky. Tony thought a lot of things that weren't true.
breaking up & making up, canon divergence
I Will Always Be – blue_pointer
Bucky/Tony
13,589 words
In a world where people see through the eyes of their soulmates when they sleep, Tony Stark's dreams send him off the edge.
au: soulmates/soulmarks, canon divergence, depression/mental illness, hurt/comfort, secret identities
I, Tony – camichats
Bucky/Tony
10,451 words
It was a secret from everyone that Tony was android. Including Tony. When he finally finds out, Howard is long since dead, he doesn't know what that stone inside him is, and he's pretty sure he won't be able to hold a relationship like this.
androids
I’m not a half, but you make me whole – Menatiera
Bucky/Tony
10,021 words
Tony had a hard time focusing on anything when Bucky Barnes was around. Suddenly having two Barneses - happy and dandy, charming human and broody, metal-armed supersoldier - didn't help the matter. Not at all.
And then there's a mysterious Valentine's Day card in Tony's workshop.
Or: Tony's year from January to May, including a new teammate, some special dates, and lots of love.
getting together
ice cream shake – deathsweetqueen
Bucky/Tony
3,848 words
“You’re pulling on it!”
“I am not! Your hair is simply thin!”
“You’re thin!”
What the fuck is my life? Tony sighs and pinches the bridge of his nose.
Seven children, with bright, enormous eyes, stare up at him, expectantly, as if waiting for his adjudication.
de-aging, kidfic
If You're Everything You Say You are (Would You Come Close and Hold my Heart?) – tisfan
Bucky/Tony
4,286 words
Everyone knows that Tony Stark is a Dom. And everyone knows the Winter Soldier is a sub. So why is Tony on his knees? In which what everyone knows is wrong and trust is treasure greater than gold.
Impulse – AlchemyAlice
Bucky/Tony
3,629 words
Bucky is found by SHIELD. Tony wants a project. They meet somewhere in the middle.
series
In Your Camera Roll – camichats
Bucky/Tony
3,151 words
Bucky was innocently working at home when a wrong text makes his night much more enjoyable.
au: no powers, au: wrong number, dick pics, texting
It Must Have Been the Mistletoe – TheSopherfly
Bucky/Tony
2,602 words
Tony goes a little overboard with the mistletoe. Bucky can't say that he minds.
fluff
it starts and ends with memory – Rowantreeisme
Bucky/Tony
14,137 words
Tony Carbonell is a completely normal professor at MIT. He tutors kids, both in his class and not, and builds things in his free time. He feeds stray cats and drinks too much coffee and wears dorky shirts to class.
He's also an Avenger and the son of the late Howard Stark. He's pretty sure, though, that no one except his two closest friends and his AI's know this.
And then the Winter Soldier breaks into his home.
au: teacher, canon divergence, panic attacks, secret identities
It’s a Secret – 27dragons
Bucky/Tony
1,446 words
Tony blinked at the long-emptied mug he’d sat down with, and then at the new mug, and then up at Hot Barista. “I didn’t order anything?”
“Yeah, I know. You’ve got a secret admirer.”
“Oh.” Tony twisted in his seat a little, scanning the coffee shop. It was doing a fairly brisk business, but Tony didn’t see anyone obviously watching. “Who is it?”
“I just said, it’s a secret.”
au: coffee shop, au: no powers, mutual pining, secret admirers
It’s Only the Ocean (and You) – Reioka
Bucky/Tony
4,512 words
Bucky's used to performing for kids. Prefers it, actually--adults can be really dismissive (or worse, totally into it and grabby). Still, when Natasha tells him he's helping her perform at the summer Maria Stark Foundation gala, he doesn't say no.
au: mermaids, au: no powers, it's so fluffy i'm gonna die
It’s the Little Things in Life – NarutoRox
Bucky/Tony
4,382 words
Though Barnes had been living in the tower for almost six months now, things between him and Tony were still a bit awkward.
Which is why Tony is a tad confused when Barnes starts leaving him strange little gifts.
courting, secret admirers
Joining Forces – Shi_Toyu
Bucky/Loki/Tony
9,139 words
Tony has a secret, one he's desperate to keep. His soulmates are supervillains. When push comes to shove and there's nowhere left to run, can he trust his team to help him? What's more, can he trust his soulmates?
au: soulmates/soulmarks, hurt/comfort, secret relationship
Just Another First Contact – camichats
Bucky/Tony
1,886 words
Tony catches an alien disease-- which somehow is the least concerning part of the situation. Bucky wants to spend time with him, only Tony's trying to avoid him so desperately that he gets caught in a lie.
au: star trek, hanahaki disease
killer love – imposterhuman
Bucky/Tony
1,380 words
“Nice to finally meet you in person," Bucky said. "If you’re anything like you were over text, I think we’ll get along just fine.”
“More or less,” Tony shrugged playfully. “Just with a little more murder.”
Something dark passed over Bucky’s face, there and gone in an instant. “Murder?” he asked.
“I’m a mystery writer,” Tony explained, hands waving. “That’s why my search history was so bizarre, you know? Gotta do my research and all that. What do you do?”
“I work in forensics,” Bucky replied after a beat.
Tony breathed out a sigh of relief. “Oh, good,” he said. “For a second there, I thought you were a serial killer or something.”
au: author, au: no powers, au: serial killer, fluff, secret identities
Lay with me (lie to me) – Bill_Longbow
Bucky/Tony
17,688 words
“You'd better see for yourself,” FRIDAY said as she threw up several articles. When Tony dared to peek a look he groaned. Laughing back at him was his own face as he seemed to hug a smug looking Barnes, topped by the header “Secret affair revealed?” There were more pictures, of them walking together through the ballroom, the two of them close together and staring out into the garden. The headlines weren’t any better. “Lovebirds seeking some alone time?” “Two sides of the war: modern Romeo and Juliet?’ And Tony's favourite: “True reason for Avengers’ fall out: Iron Man stole Cap's love interest!”
When Tony saves James from being harassed during their welcome home gala, the press smells a scoop. Instead of being outraged, the general public reacts overwhelmingly positive to the news, so much so they decide to play along for the time being. But how do you tell the man you orphaned that you might actually like him? Why would James play along for any reason other than feeling in debt? And how are they supposed to mend bridges and be a team again when Steve is so angry all the time?
depression/mental illness, fake relationships, fluff, mutual pining, tw: suicidal thoughts/reference
Lean On Me – Shi_Toyu
Bucky/Tony
24,434 words
Pretty much everything had gone to hell after the accident, really. Life had been good beforehand. His dad had been distant, sure, but his mother had been a warm light to wipe that all away. At least Howard had been supportive, in his own way. He hadn’t liked that Tony wanted to be a dancer, but he’d made damn sure Tony would be the absolute best once he figured out there was no persuading the young genius otherwise. He’d even been at that performance; the last one Tony had ever done. It was hard to keep dancing after a spinal injury, after all. Not to mention how all that metal in his chest really limited his lung capacity.
au: dancer, au: high school, au: no powers, disability, hurt/comfort
Let It Grow – Amethystina
Bucky/Tony
10,652 words
When Tony steps inside a random flower shop on pure impulse, he doesn't expect to find himself face to face with the hottest florist he has ever seen. Sure, the guy is also the snarkiest florist he has ever seen, but Tony wouldn't consider that a bad thing. Bucky is clever, funny, and can keep up with Tony's banter better than most, and maybe Tony becomes a little bit infatuated with the man, right then and there.
And maybe Tony ends up going back to that same flower shop, time and time again, just to talk to Bucky. That's not weird at all.
He can always pretend it's for the flowers.
au: florists, au: no powers
Lightning in a Bottle – 27dragons, tisfan
Bucky/Tony
34,043 words
Bucky's found some interesting things digging around in the trash near the palace.
A dragon might be the most interesting...
au: fantasy, au: shapeshifters, dragons
Little Things – TenSpencerRiedPlease
Bucky/Tony
1,645 words
Tony doesn’t know how he gets into these situations so often but here he is, in the wrong universe. That’s the only explanation for this... discrepancy. He looks down at Bucky’s uh- fuck sakes, that thing can barely even be called a penis.
“What’d we do on our first date?” he asks, sure that this is not something that happened overnight. And if it is he needs to reverse this dick on steroids thing because Tony is frightened of what that will do to his ass.
Look on Me with Desire, and I’ll be Looking Back – RomancebyFaye
Bucky/Tony
4,783 words
Tony's not sure why he's playing the Q to James Barnes’ James Bond, but here he is, watching as the other man flirts and charms his way into their target's good graces. Tony knows it's all an act, at least on Bucky's part, but it doesn't stop the way his heart lurches as the woman shifts, her hand tracing down the front of Bucky's shirt, toying with the buttons there.
That was the last straw for Tony. He and Bucky were friends, good friends, and this weird new awareness of just how attractive the other man was, just how much Tony desired him and his attention, had to stop.
Only it turns out Bucky has other plans.
pwp
Looking at You – NotEvenCloseToStraight
Bucky/Tony
28,168 words
Bucky doesn't understand why no one ever says anything about Tony's PTSD. A year after they have all come back, after they all hugged and made up, Tony is still jumping anytime someone speaks to him. His hands shake when Steve raises his voice. All he does is work and drink and apologize for being around.
And nobody notices except Bucky, because he is looking. Constantly. Watching Tony as he goes through his day to day. Bucky looks and LOOKS, until he is having a hard time even wanting to look away from short spiky hair that begs to be mussed, deep brown eyes that always looks so sad, and perfect lips that Bucky just wants to kiss forever. Bucky looks for so long that now all he wants to do is touch and hold and fix everything. But Tony can barely be in the same room as Bucky, cant even look him in the eye.
So Bucky doesn't know what to do about Tony, but he is determined to do something. Because all he wants is to look at Tony, and see Tony looking back with a smile.
Lost and Found – NotEvenCloseToStraight
Bucky/Tony
108,855 words
Six months before ‘I am Iron Man’, a man is left in an alley with nothing but his clothes, a first name, and a missing left arm. James doesn’t remember anything, but he picks himself up and tries to navigate the lost pieces of his life anyway.
Six months after ‘I am Iron Man’, Tony is falling apart. Pressure from Capital Hill, stress about the Expo, PTSD from Obadiah and Afghanistan and a blood toxicity monitor reading 19% has Tony tipping over into a nervous breakdown, so one day he runs away and tries to get lost, hoping to find some peace.
Tony and James meet as strangers but with Tony crossing things off his bucket list and James having nothing to lose, what starts as an offer to fix James’s arm quickly escalates into more.
Through Monaco, the Expo, and a birthday party, Tony and James learn that getting Lost can lead to being Found in incredible ways, but James doesn’t know about the palladium and Tony isn’t ready to admit they have an expiration date.
With time almost up, is Tony ready to say goodbye? And what happens when a Captain from James’s past shows up and calls him ’Bucky’?
canon divergence, hurt/comfort, panic attacks, PTSD, slow burn, strangers to lovers
Love Like Winter – swtalmnd
Bucky/Tony, eventual Bucky/Steve/Tony
5,906 words
Tony wasn't sure what he'd expected when he chased the bright spark of an idea down into his workshop in the middle of the night, but it certainly wasn't the warm slide of Bucky Barnes' arms around his waist from behind.
The Winter Soldier wants Tony. Tony consents all over the place, and then eats Steve's waffles for breakfast.
getting together, series
Love Like Winter – swtalmnd
Winter/Tony, Bucky/Steve
5,906 words
Tony wasn't sure what he'd expected when he chased the bright spark of an idea down into his workshop in the middle of the night, but it certainly wasn't the warm slide of Bucky Barnes' arms around his waist from behind.
The Winter Soldier wants Tony. Tony consents all over the place, and then eats Steve's waffles for breakfast.
canon divergence
May the Best Assassin Win – NarutoRox
Bucky/Tony
4,222 words
Bucky loves Tony, but thinks Tony and Natasha are a couple. Tony loves Bucky, but thinks his feelings aren't reciprocated. Natasha knows all, and thinks it's about time these two idiots get together already.
Alternately: The one where Bucky is jealous, Tony is clueless, and Natasha is 100% done (and decides to take matters into her own hands).
matchmaking, misunderstandings, mutual pining
Menace to South Central (Park) – Trashcanakin, tisfan
Bucky/Tony
5,100 words
When Bucky gets attached to a puppy... nothing will run smoothly ever again
fluff
Mend (Our Brokenness) – Juulna
Bucky/Tony
12,323 words
Post-WS, Bucky gets his memories back fairly quickly because of the serum, and then commits himself to doing what he can to make up for what Hydra made him do. He starts with small things, draining Hydra bank accounts to pay off the student debt of his victim's next of kin, scaring off abusive boyfriends of victim's spouses, etc. Tony is the hardest one on his list, because what can he do to help a billionaire?
Misremembered – Arboreal
Bucky/Tony
14,014 words
When Loki smirked at Rogers in the middle of a battle and told him he would give Rogers what he wanted most in the world, the mind of his old friend back, Tony had a very bad feeling.
Monday In A Cafe (All You Did Was Look My Way) – RayShippouUchiha
Bucky/Tony
6,301 words
Then Gorgeous, as Bucky abruptly names him in his head, slides a bit further down the counter and reaches for his wallet. He pulls out what Bucky’s pretty sure is a crisp hundred and stuffs it into the tip jar Clint decorated to look like a bulls-eye.
And then he turns and looks directly at Bucky.
Staring into big doe eyes from across the way Bucky resists the urge to bring his hand up to grip at his chest.
Because that split second is all it takes.
One look and Bucky is officially gone.
au: coffee shop, au: no powers, fluff, mutual pining
Moving Violations – 27dragons, tisfan
Bucky/Tony
2,545 words
This evening was not going according to plan. Now he was going to have to call the god damned police and file a fucking report and then call his insurance and file another report, and then he was going to have to call Pepper and--
au: no powers, kidnapping
Murder Floof – NotEvenCloseToStraight
Bucky/Tony
2,773 words
"I’d like to file a formal complaint!” Steve announced a few days later, stomping into the kitchen and leveling one of those patented All American scowls in Tony’s direction. “Why would you give Bucky a kitten? The damn thing is like a hairball of knives! PLUS he named it Steve! Bucky named that piece of fuzz Steve cos he said it acts like me before the serum!"
"You before the serum.” Tony had to work very VERY hard to keep his face calm. “Why– why ever would that be?"
"Because its tiny and scrappy and it’s mouth is too gotdang big for its size!” Steve yelled. “Bucky gave it a bath and then took a picture and sent it to me! He said Kitten Steve looked like a drowned rat just like Human Steve used to!"
“Uh yes, good morning?” Clint also stuck his head into the kitchen. “I’m here to file a formal complaint? Bucky is teaching Kitten Steve to hunt birds and if that mangy cat takes out any more of my hair, I will be billing Stark Industries to pay for a toupee, alright?"
"Oh good I’m so glad Kitten Steve is catching on.” Steve muttered.
(Or: Tony gets Bucky a kitten and shenanigans and falling in love ensue)
fluff, friends to lovers, getting together
Murderers and Thieves – 27dragons
Bucky/Tony
36,689 words
For a man capable of disappearing so utterly that even the international intelligence community thought he was a myth, it didn't take them long to find the Winter Soldier.
For a man who supposedly wanted to be found, the Winter Soldier fought like a wildcat when Steve and Sam finally cornered him.
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(Post-CA:TWS) Steve and Sam have found Bucky, but they're going to need some help to bring him back to himself. A story about friendship, love, and the family you choose. (One-sided Bucky/Steve in the past, eventual Bucky/Tony. Some other pairings if you squint really hard.)
canon divergence, first time, getting together
my light (smell) will guide you home – winterbitch (WinterLadyy)
Bucky/Tony
31,346 words
After escaping from HYDRA and dealing with Captain America, Bucky goes to New York. He can get lost there and figure out who he is. But something huge is missing from his memory and when the full moon comes, Bucky figures out what, but it's too late. The Wolf takes over, snooping around New York and looking for what's pulling him. Then he meets Tony Stark, who just can't leave the huge, fluffy dog starving on the streets.
Only the huge dog is weirdly protective and definitely smarter than average...
au: werewolves, canon divergence
Near Miss – Arboreal
Bucky/Tony
7,995 words
A car accident, the police had said.
He could have lost them to something as stupid as a car accident. He could have lost them, and his last memories of them would be of arguing with his father and ignoring his mother.
Bucky's trigger words begin to fail. This changes things.
canon divergence, hurt/comfort
New Job Posting – TenSpencerRiedPlease
Bucky/Tony
12,087 words
Bucky has always taken up really weird jobs. Once he was a mascot and got beaten up by twelve year olds regularly, he also worked at a camp for a while doing maintenance and not once but twice some kid shit in the shower. He once wrote Hallmark card sayings for a while, which led to writing fortunes for fortune cookies. Bucky eventually left that job to be a professional pet cuddler, which led to him somehow finding his way into professional human cuddling, which he left quickly because he was paid to be the big spoon, not someone’s therapist. His time as a bed warmer was the most fun though.
So Bucky was more than used to a little bit of strangeness to his jobs- that hardly meant he was prepared for his job working for Tony Stark.
au: no powers, hurt/comfort
Nightmare Dressed Like a Daydream – DreamcatchersDaughter
Bucky/Tony
3,366 words
Bucky accidentally crashes a blind date and he's not all that sorry about it.
au: no powers, blind date, hurt/comfort, mistaken identity, PTSD
now is the winter of our discontent – sevedra
Bucky/Tony
5,800 words
Standing on the sidewalk with a locked bar door behind him, Tony realized he’d lost his phone. He couldn’t call Happy, or a cab, or even an Uber. Hard, cold drops of rain mixed with ice hit him on the head. He was too drunk for this.
A mysterious stranger helps Tony out of a bad spot, then shows Tony that someone does want to care for him.
Of Mushrooms and Magma – 27dragons, tisfan
Bucky/Tony
7,662 words
When magical artificer Tony Stark falls down a hole and breaks his leg, he doesn't really intend to come to the attention of the dark elves who live there.
But when brother and sister, Bucky and Natasha, take him in and heal his injuries, Tony has to question everything he thought he knew about the drow.
au: fantasy, hurt/comfort
of plots and plans – MarvelousMenagerie (HiddenOne)
Bucky/Tony
837 words
Tiny spitfires might just be Bucky’s type. He’d forgotten.
Thanks to Tony Stark, Bucky remembers.
oh my friend, we've had our hopes and fears – Fluffypanda
Bucky/Tony
5,502 words
The Avengers spend Christmas with the Barton's and Tony ends up handcuffed to the last person he should be spending time with: Bucky Barnes.
Old Fashioned Like That – Finely Honed (jaqen_hgar)
Bucky/Tony
7,045 words
“No, c’mon, tell me,” Tony pleaded.
Bucky knew when he was beat, but he wasn’t quite ready to give in, not just yet. Not with Tony watching him all bright eyed, and curious, every last ounce of his attention zeroed in.
It was late—or early, depending on your point of view—the end of a particularly long, awful day, but despite this Bucky was wide awake, and having trouble remembering the last time he felt so relaxed, and playful.
established relationship, kink: crossdressing, pwp
On The Mend – FestiveFerret
Bucky/Tony
4,263 words
"Hey, darling." The pet name rolled sarcastically off Tony's tongue where it crawled across the floor and up Bucky's spine to stab repeatedly at his heart. "Guess who's still your emergency contact?"
Bucky winced. "Shit."
breaking up & making up, caretaking, hurt/comfort
Once More With Feeling – MarvelousMenagerie (HiddenOne)
Bucky/Tony
5,569 words
Tearing it all down and starting over from scratch is not, admittedly, the healthiest coping mechanism, but that’s all Tony knows how to do at this point.
After Siberia, he starts with the arm.
By the time Thanos attacks, he ends with a dream.
hurt/comfort
One Time at Band Camp – tisfan
Bucky/Tony
1,746 words
Peter and Harley think their dads would be great together... now, they just needed to GET them together.
Operation My Two Dads is go.
au: no powers, getting together, kidfic
One, Two, Three – Shi_Toyu
Bucky/Tony
5,855 words
The doctor sent him an encouraging smile before slipping out of the room, but it didn’t make Tony feel any better. Pregnant. At nearly fifty years old, Tony Stark was pregnant. It was hard to believe that through all his years of partying and fucking his way through life his luck had held only to run out now. His face dropped into his palms, the devastation threatening to overwhelm him. Well, there certainly wouldn’t be any chance of him and Pepper getting back together now. As usual, he’d fucked it all up…and for some guy he couldn’t even remember the face of.
au: a/b/o, kink: mpreg
Over The Line, Your Voice Lights Me On Fire – ISC
Bucky/Tony
5,376 words
When he gets the first voicemail Bucky listens and deletes without a second thought. New phone now that he's back, probably just a simple misdial. With the second, he listens and deletes, convinced that the caller will realize their mistake when this ‘Jarvis’ never returns their call. The third and fourth he keeps with guilty conscious because there is something about the other man's voice that his broken brain latches onto. With the fifth, tearful and pleading, Bucky confesses to Steve who convinces him to call the number and tell the guy he misdialed. When he finally begins to work up the nerve the sixth comes through it stops him in his tracks.
‘Hey Jarvis, just me. I’m OK, mostly. A little beat up, but hey, that’s Howard. I just wanted… I just.... goddammit. Fuck J I miss you so much! God. Final semester of MIT starts soon and Rhody won't be there and you aren't here because you're gone and it's all my fault!’ Broken sobbing interrupted the message and Bucky felt his heart constrict. ‘Why’d you have to die Jarvis? Why’d you have to leave me alone with Howard? I need you. I… '
au: no powers, hurt/comfort, PTSD, tw: child abuse
Paths Are Made by Walking – Potrix
Bucky/Tony
4,744 words
The road to recovery is long, winding and a different one for every person walking it. Bucky chooses to help himself the only way he knows how; by doing what he does best.
Or, alternatively; the one in which Tony is a mess and accidentally kick-starts Bucky’s protective mother hen instincts.
getting together
Perfect – NotEvenCloseToStraight
Bucky/Tony
3,220 words
Bucky is waiting for the perfect time to ask Tony to marry him.
A science convention wasn't exactly what he expected, but it ends up being perfect anyway.
Christmas, fluff, weddings/proposals
Pilgrim’s Hands – weethreequarter
Bucky/Tony
13,688 words
In which officially Bucky and Iron Man are dating, unofficially Bucky knows Tony is Iron Man, officially no one else knows Tony is Iron Man, and unofficially Tony and Bucky are trolls.
Or, Steve and Natasha learn never to assume they know what's going on in Tony and Bucky's relationship.
flashbacks, friends to lovers, getting together, humor, identity reveal, misunderstandings, secret identities
Pivotal Moments in the Life of Tony Stark – Finely Honed (jaqen_hgar)
Bucky/Tony
3,150 words
There was a tight smile to go with the tea, along with metallic fingers brushing against his own as he took hold of the mug. There was a stubborn child within his heart that resented the kindness of the gesture. He’d been working on disciplining his inner child though, because Bucky wasn’t going to stop doing nice things for him anytime soon, not by a long shot. Tony didn’t really want him to, anyway.
friends to lovers, hurt/comfort
Place in Your Heart – Potrix
Bucky/Tony
3,533 words
They try to hide it, Bucky can see the effort they all put into making him more comfortable, but Bucky isn’t stupid, he knows they’d rather have him somewhere else, somewhere far away from their home, the place where they’re supposed to feel happy and safe.
Preconceived Notions – Winifred_Zachery
Bucky/Tony
7,721 words
“I-I’m sorry, I was looking for the shelter?” The Omega’s voice comes out with a squeak as the man notices he’s staring down the barrel of Bucky’s rifle.
Bucky notices his scent immediately. Omega. Exhaustion. Panic. He lets the shotgun sink.
“You missed by half a mile.“ Bucky watches the shoulders slump, then wince as lightning brightens the sky, followed by an ear-splitting roll of thunder.
The bundle in the man’s arms starts whimpering.
“I think you should stay here.”
au: a/b/o, hurt/comfort, kidfic, tw: domestic abuse
Princes of the Universe – Potrix
Bucky/Tony
3,902 words
“Rhodey says it’s weird that we never fight,” Tony announces as he slams open the door to Bucky’s room, throwing his backpack into a corner and crawling up onto the bed, right into Bucky’s lap. “He says normal couples fight. We haven’t fought once in three years, do you know that?”
Bucky gives up on his homework, putting his book and papers on the nightstand and settling his hands on Tony’s hips instead, thumbs sneaking under his shirt. “I don’t wanna fight with you.”
“Right?” Tony throws up his own hands, then tangles one in Bucky’s hair and unceremoniously stuffs the other down Bucky’s pants, purring, “Much more interesting things to be done with our time.”
Bucky agrees wholeheartedly, hooking a leg over Tony’s and flipping them over.
au: high school
Probably – Potrix
Bucky/Tony
3,371 words
"I won’t lie to you and tell you that everything is going to be fine, we both know that’s bullshit. It won’t even necessarily get better. But it will get easier."
Problems – Hippiebuckyharrington
Bucky/Tony
27,750 words
Tony Stark is really too busy to be stuck in the mountains, let alone stuck in the mountains with the Winter Soldier of all people. But Hydra just had to go and make threats and ruin everyone's good time. The real kicker? There is only one bed. Which isn't a problem, a couch is fine, and they are both adults who can take turns. Except then it snows, and all heat and power in their shitty little cabin cut out. Whatever will they do?!
cabin fic, Christmas, depression/mental illness, hurt/comfort, misunderstandings, PTSD, tw: child abuse, tw: suicidal thoughts/reference
Promises – Iron_Eirlyssa (Eirlyssa)
Bucky/Tony
5,525 words
When a mission goes wrong, it leaves Bucky and Tony trapped together, waiting for help. That might turn out to be a good thing in the end, though.
forced proximity, hurt/comfort
reconfigure my life – rainbowshoes
Bucky/Tony
79,572 words
HYDRA didn't create only one magic-user while in possession of Loki's scepter. There's another, and his powers are... a little different from Wanda's. The Avengers crew breaks into a HYDRA base to rescue Tony, who was kidnapped three weeks ago. Only, he isn't the way he was when he left them to go check out the place. Instead, he's now five and a half years old. And he's absolutely terrified of Steve. The Avengers do what they can to keep little-Tony happy until they can get Strange to come take a look at him, and (hopefully) change him back to his rightful age. It's not so easy dealing with a traumatized five-year-old, though, especially one who has some major attachment issues. Toward Bucky, of all people. Throw in some HYDRA shenanigans, and it makes for an interesting time, if not the most peaceful. Older-Tony isn't going to appreciate how much little-Tony blabs, either, but it's pretty hard to tell a five-year-old to shut up when no one wants to hurt his feelings...
de-aging, depression/mental illness, hurt/comfort, kidnapping, tw: child abuse, tw: drinking, tw: drug use, tw: eating disorders, tw: rape/noncon, tw: suicidal thoughts/reference
Red – Sophelia
Bucky/Tony
3,990 words
The first time someone tells you that they love you, the words are written on your skin. Gold for platonic love, red for romantic. Of course, people don't often say 'I love you' directly, but Tony in particular tends to give really strange marks.
A lot of people had unusual words from Tony Stark, and Bucky wasn't sure why he wasn't one of them.
au: soulmates/soulmarks
Resistance Is Futile – Potrix
Bucky/Tony
1,087 words
Tony decides to take matters into his own hands. There’s nothing Tony can do for his screwed up—more screwed up—past self, but he can make sure Bucky gets the help he needs and deserves. Tony Stark style.
River – martianwahtney
Bucky/Tony
10,402 words
Two weeks after the so-called Civil War, Shuri drops a healing Bucky Barnes off at the Avengers Compound. Tony figures out pretty quickly that they both have a lot of healing to do.
fluff, hurt/comfort, kidfic, slow burn
Room 154 – Briz
Bucky/Tony
2,027 words
The night shift was peaceful and quiet, and Bucky liked it that way.
Too bad the patient on room 154 didn't get the memo and took it upon himself to spoil his night by pressing the damn nurse call button every fifteen minutes since midnight.
Same Time Tomorrow – Finely Honed (jaqen_hgar)
Bucky/Tony
3,375 words
Bucky felt like there were a lot of things about the world and his life that reminded him on a daily basis of how much he’d changed, but oddly enough the continual sticking point for him wasn’t his missing arm, or the lost time, the anxiety attacks, nightmares, or the way his memory was like a sieve; it was Steve and Tony. Specifically the fact that he couldn’t figure out what the hell was going on between the two of them.
matchmaking, mutual pining
Save Me A Dance – TheSopherfly
Bucky/Tony
2,536 words
Pre!serum Steve and Bucky live together. One day, Steve brings a new friend home. Bucky is not prepared for that friend to be the cute guy who rejected him at a dance a few months ago.
Say It in Silence – covarla
Bucky/Tony
69,800 words
“Tony!?”
He startled at the sound of Steve’s voice, nearly dropping his tablet. Tony looked around and bit back a curse. He hadn’t been paying attention to where he was walking and had wandered into a part of the Wakandan palace he really didn’t want to be in. He quickly looked back over his shoulder. There was Steve with Barnes and Sam right behind him. Steve took a step forward. Tony did the only sensible thing he could think of at the moment. He ran.
canon divergence, hurt/comfort, kink: bondage, kink: Dom/sub, kink: praise, mute character
Scars – Arvensis5
Bucky/Tony
26,243 words
When Tony tried to urge the homeless guy sleeping on the steps of the Tower’s loading dock to move, he never expected that he'd found Hydra’s pet assassin—James "Bucky" Barnes.
Now, after months of keeping his presence a secret from the Avengers and helping Barnes learn to cope with both his returning memories and the modern world, Hydra is back for their favorite toy and Tony must call in old friends to save the life of the man he just might have come to care for a little too much.
Serious (as a Heart Attack) – 27dragons, monobuu, tisfan
Bucky/Tony
11,113 words
Tony's in the hospital because he "fell" in his "workshop."
Bucky's pretty sure that's not what happened.
au: doctors/nurses/paramedics, tw: domestic abuse
share and celebrate – Potrix
Bucky/Tony
2,680 words
It’s been almost twenty-four hours, but still none of it seems or feels entirely real.
Well, to be fair, learning about the existence of parallel universes, finding out there’s at least one other Earth that has been destroyed by a threat his Earth isn’t even fully aware of yet, and getting two other-universe versions of people he’s currently not exactly on speaking terms with dropped into his lap has been kind of a lot.
It might take Tony another day—or year, more likely—to wrap his head around all of that.
canon divergence, kidfic, parallel universes
Shelter From The Storm – KandiSheek
Bucky/Tony
4,114 words
“You carried me,” Tony suddenly realized. “I passed out and you carried me here.”
Bucky averted his eyes, putting down the now empty bowl on a nearby table. He didn't answer.
“How far?” Tony asked and Bucky's face twisted before it smoothed back out.
“Far enough.”
Or: Bucky and Tony get caught in a snowstorm and Bucky's protective streak takes over.
au: a/b/o, hurt/comfort, pwp, snowed in
Sins of the Father – AvocadoLove
Bucky/Tony
11,196 words
Tony's practically become an old hat at being taken hostage, but something's fishier than usual this time around: his captor looks twenty-eight but claims to know Howard Stark, the NYPD negotiator is a SHIELD plant, and what's this about a fleet of helicarriers set to launch? (TWS AU.)
canon divergence, kidnapping
Smuggled Catastrophe – marsmaywander
Bucky/Tony
2,503 words
Oh, the things one does to avoid Steve's disappointed face™.
hurt/comfort
Someone To Bring Me Home – Myrime
Bucky/Tony
32,894 words
After coming home from the war, Bucky has a hard time piecing his life back together. He has friends and a home, but it all feels suffocating enough to send him running, hoping to find something worth living for.
With Obadiah's betrayal hanging around his shoulders, Tony moves to the country, where he becomes a small-time mechanic with a secret workshop in the basement, trying to figure out how to go on from almost having lost everything.
Neither of them is quite sure where home is anymore. When they meet, they both think themselves broken. Maybe all they need is someone who understands them to build something new.
au: no powers, breaking up & making up, hurt/comfort, panic attacks, PTSD
Sometimes Life Happens – Finely Honed (jaqen_hgar)
Bucky/Tony
2,287 words
Prompt: Imagine Tony and Bucky where Bucky works for the Russian mob and he hijacks Tony's car with Tony still in it to run from the cops. Tony wants to be mad, but really, he was sort of bored anyways and hang on, this guy's deadly, hot, and he has an awesome f*cking arm. Maybe this hostage thing isn't so bad after all.
Tony hadn’t necessarily been looking for further proof of his maladjusted—one might even argue self-destructive—approach to problems, but sometimes life happened, and you didn’t have any choice but to take a long, hard look at yourself. Sometimes, you’re sitting in your car, staring into your recently emptied coffee cup, contemplating whether or not you really want to do this whole “leading a responsible life” thing anymore, and a guy with a gun slides into your passenger seat. Sometimes, that’s just the way your Monday goes.
au: mob, au: no powers
Soulmate Day – Finely Honed (jaqen_hgar)
Bucky/Tony
6,827 words
Tony hated the idea of soulmates. He really, really objected to it on multiple levels, the most important reason being because it seems to negate his entire idea of romance.
Example. Pepper. She is beautiful and amazing, and Tony is convinced they could have been something more together. Didn’t matter, though, because why would Pepper take a risk on seeing how they played out when she knew Tony wasn’t her soulmate? The answer was, she wouldn’t. Didn’t. Never mind that he’d danced at her wedding, and that Pepper and Natasha are perfect (and insanely attractive) together.
It’s the principle of the thing!
au: soulmates/soulmarks
Sparks Fly – tisfan
Bucky/Tony
1,688 words
Tony travels to Shelbyville, Indiana to fix Bucky’s arm… and while he’s there, maybe they’ll go see the fireworks show together.
Stand By You – sunlights
Bucky/Tony
3,037 words
Since Tony had gotten pregnant with their pup, Winter had been around a lot more. While at first Winter only appeared during fights and times of strain, then more often when Barnes had started courting Tony and eventually, even more, when they mated, now he was around every day.
Or: Tony is pregnant and Winter is being even more protective than he already was. Tony is both amused and exasperated.
au: a/b/o, established relationship, kink: mpreg
Star Crossed – TenSpencerRiedPlease
Bucky/Tony
7,776 words
Maria calls him in a panic, freaking out in the middle of the night and that’s how he ends up outside of MIT looking for Tony. Its the first time he’s seen him in a decade and it turns out he’s not too hard to spot because he’s got a bright personality, the kind that draws people in or maybe he’s biased. Tony seems to notice him at almost the same time and he grins, immediately shoving his books into the poor kid’s arms beside him and running over to him. Bucky doesn’t expect Tony to launch himself at him but he catches him nonetheless.
“Bucky!” Tony says excitedly, arms circling around his neck.
age difference, au: soulmates/soulmarks, canon divergence
Stop, Drop and Roll (With Me) – Potrix
Bucky/Tony
4,066 words
“Well, a fella as smokin’ hot as you was bound to start a fire eventually.”
au: firefighters, PTSD
Sweater Weather – ezazahaz
Bucky/Tony
4,652 words
High school AU - Adorable, sweater-wearing nerd Tony has been pining over Bucky Barnes from afar for years. When, on a dare from Rhodey, Tony starts to act on these feelings, Bucky is certain that he's trying to gain the favour of his best friend Steve, because why on Earth would someone as kind and intelligent and rich as Howard Stark's son be interested as someone as rough as Bucky?
au: high school
Take this Job (And Shove it Out the Airlock) – tisfan
Bucky/Tony
5,578 words
All Tony needed was a job.... But really, press-ganging wasn’t his style.
au: sci-fi
Taken – Shi_Toyu
Bucky/Tony
4,360 words
Bucky knew about Steve and Tony's relationship before he ever moved into the tower. Steve had been very open about his marriage... Bucky just hadn't expected it to be like this.
fake relationships
Taking Action – Potrix
Bucky/Tony
2,486 words
Bucky can’t prove anything, so he lets it go. Tony looks incredibly relieved, which makes Bucky think he might have made a mistake after all.
Bucky meets Howard Stark, and things suddenly start to make sense.
Talking (to You) – Potrix
Bucky/Tony
1,872 words
And just like that, Tony freezes, can’t move a muscle, is back with the Ten Rings, people yelling in languages he doesn’t understand, fingers yanking at his hair, pushing his head down, under the water, again and again and again and-
Tony and Bucky meet in a therapy group. Together they decide to stop being dumb.
tell me no – halfwheeze
Bucky/Tony
54,436 words
Barnes, 107th Infantry 32557038.
Barnes is not Bucky. Barnes is not the Winter Soldier. Barnes doesn't know who he is, or even sometimes, what he is.
Maybe Tony Stark can help him figure that out. Or maybe, if he just gets all the tools, he can fix Tony along the way too.
anxiety, Christmas, domesticity, found family, Hanukkah, kidfic, knitting, panic attacks, PTSD, slow burn, trans character, tw: suicidal thoughts/reference
Tender Cures – Akira_of_the_Twilight
Bucky/Tony
2,099 words
Tony is sick, Bucky is panicking, and the Winter Soldier steps up to make sure no one (see: Tony) dies.
hurt/comfort
text me maybe – Areiton
Bucky/Tony
12,614 words
He's drunk and there's a really hazy decade in the nineties that Rhodey looks pained when he even thinks about that says doing shit when he's drunk is a bad idea.
There's also a new building on MIT campus and a yearly donation that supports that theory.
But MIT and Rhodey are far away and that clunky black flip phone is not, and he snarls as he snatches it up and punches in the mess.
It takes almost five minutes because the tech is obsolete and he is drunk but he does and he smiles at it, viciously pleased.
mistaken identity, misunderstandings, mutual pining, texting
The (Not So) Great Pretender – RayShippouUchiha
Bucky/Tony
19,587 words
“What,” Tony says softly but with a great depth of feeling, “the actual fuck just happened?”
“I believe, Sir,” JARVIS pipes up from the phone in his pocket, an unnecessary amount of what sounds like glee in his voice, “that you’ve once again managed to maintain your closely guarded secret identity. Truly your subterfuge skills know no bounds."
“You’re an asshole J,” Tony mutters back as he reaches up to rub at his temple. He either has a headache coming on or a blood clot. At this point he’s honestly not sure which he’d prefer.
"I did learn from the best, Sir,” JARVIS tells him sunnily.
crack, humor, mutual pining, secret identities
The Beautiful Light of Madness in Your Eyes – tisfan
Bucky/Tony
2,672 words
In the Soul Stone, time is relative, people are at peace. It is a paradise, but also a trap. Can Tony break the trap and bring everyone home?
Especially when he risks losing the only thing that matters...
The Cradle of Power – Potrix
Bucky/Tony
2,343 words
Tony has been noticing things - little, seemingly inconsequential things - about Bucky for a while now, none of them particularly noteworthy when observed individually, but all very obviously part of a bigger puzzle Tony is itching to piece together.
The Family – MarvelousMenagerie (HiddenOne)
Bucky/Tony
7,866 words
Tony doesn't know that Bucky is on the hunt for a traitor in his family (after all, Tony is too stressed out planning their wedding).
Bucky doesn't know that Tony is pregnant (after all, Tony isn't supposed to be able to get pregnant).
They don't exactly meet in the middle as violently collide. Fucking HYDRA.
alternate universe, au: mob, kink: mpreg
The Funvee – Finely Honed (jaqen_hgar)
Bucky/Tony
3,844 words
Surviving a near death experience was weird. That was the only word that came to mind. Tony vacillated wildly between highs, and lows, but with everything going on, he was mostly able to shove his unwelcome feelings into the background, and focus on his New Life. When you built a badass, flying suit and became a superhero almost overnight, you were definitely allowed to abuse capital letters when talking about your life.
Tony was pretty good at ignoring it, though, because, well… Iron Man. Too busy. Too important. Too many wrongs to right, and people wanting to get their grubby hands on his sexy tech, so there was always a reason to do or think about something other than the flesh and blood Tony Stark’s problems.
Right up until he didn’t have a choice, anymore.
enemies to friends to lovers, hurt/comfort, PTSD, tw: drinking
The Future Ain’t What It Used to Be – Potrix
Bucky/Tony
12,466 words
Bucky is warm.
It’s the first thing he becomes aware of as he slowly drags himself back into consciousness; that he isn’t cold anymore. He can’t remember the last time he was really, truly warm. Not while tracking through snowy forests with a 30-pound pack on his back, or during rainy days spent crouched in muddy trenches, or strapped to that damned table in that godforsaken HYDRA hellhole. Certainly not on the train, clinging to freezing metal with numb fingers, or while falling, falling, falling, before being swallowed whole by pain, surrounded by endless, suffocating darkness.
But now, Bucky is warm.
tw: drug use
The Great Awakening (To Hold Infinity) – RayShippouUchiha
Bucky/Tony, past Steve/Tony
4,246 words
Constellations wheel around in Tony’s mind at night, illuminating his sleep with the beauty of a supernova, the terrible gaping hunger of black holes, the whimpering cry of a nebula as it births new stars into creation.
All of Space laid out for him to marvel at.
Tony learns and learns and learns and then he creeps downstairs and babbles relentlessly to his first and only friend.
All the while the Cube hums, just a bit smug, just a bit loving, and shows him more.
alternate universe, canon divergence, hurt/comfort, tw: child abuse
The Kidnapper’s Heart – camichats
Bucky/Tony
12,787+ words
Falling in love with one of your kidnappers was definitely a bad idea. Tony could probably blame it on his heat hormones at first, but then Winter goes and rescues him and Tony doesn't let him leave once they get home. Now he has a mate, his parents actually care about him, and he still needs to finish college.
au: a/b/o
The Killer and The Kid – tisfan
Bucky/Tony
13,047 words
Imagine Tony getting deaged into a 5 or 6 year old, but instead of the team finding him, Bucky, still on the run and struggling with himself and the winter soldier, does. Bucky tries to take care of him, learning of all of Tony's issues and the abuse he went through. Eventually he has no choice but to come in and bring Tony to the avengers. After Tony comes back to himself they deal with the aftermath
de-aging, dimension hopping, enemies to friends to lovers, kidfic
The Long Con (Don’t Kid Yourself) – phlintandsteel
Bucky/Tony
24,495 words
When Tony finds out that Howard is thinking about changing the terms of Tony’s trust fund, he embarks on a not-so-elaborate scheme to prove that he’s totally settling down and not in continued need of Howard’s “guidance” until 25 instead of 21.
Step 1: Get a fiance
Step 2: ???
Step 3: Profit (Finally be free of Howard)
Unfortunately, Tony Stark is the worst con-artist ever, and may only be kidding himself...
au: a/b/o, au: college, au: no powers, disability, fake relationships, kink: mpreg
The Long Way Round – Potrix
Bucky/Tony
6,230 words
“Maybe we shouldn’t see each other anymore,” Tony blurts out in a rush. “It’s—I think it’s for the best. If we stop.”
It takes a moment for the meaning of the words to register, but when it does, Bucky turns cold, stomach sinking. “Are—are you breakin’ up with me? Tony—”
“You didn’t do anything wrong,” Tony hurries to reassure, reading Bucky’s mind. “You were perfect, Bucky, I swear you were. Are. This. It’s not. It’s really not you,” he says with a small, humourless chuckle, “it’s me.”
Bucky looks at the tense line of Tony’s shoulders, at the sad set of his mouth, the defeat in his eyes, and he knows it’s the truth. Or, at least, what Tony believes to be true.
au: a/b/o, kink: mpreg, misunderstandings
The Man Behind The Machine – bag_of_catZY
Bucky/Tony
5,327 words
"I’m sure if there is anything to find, I’ll find it. I found you, didn’t I?”
“I’d say Iron Man’s the one who really found me, but you’re the man behind the machine, right?”
The way that was phrased, it almost sounded like James knew—no, that was impossible. If the rest of his teammates, who had all known both Iron Man and Tony for ages, couldn’t figure it out, how could James have figured it out so quickly? Tony was just being paranoid.
--
In which Tony's managed to keep the fact that he's Iron Man a secret from his teammates and the rest of the world for years. With that kind of track record, fooling Bucky should be easy. But Bucky isn't the Winter Soldier for nothing.
fluff, getting together, humor, secret identities
the most undefinable yet paradoxical of things – Fluffypanda
Bucky/Tony
2,902 words
Bucky Barnes falls right out of 1945 into 2007 - and Tony Stark's car.
time travel
The New Normal – Finely Honed (jaqen_hgar)
Bucky/Tony
3,455 words
“Fix it.”
Tony blinked into the semi-darkness, his heart kindly reminding him of how alive he was by attempting to punch straight through his ribcage in response to the soft, raspy voice. He knew it was fear and adrenaline, but stupidly instead of making a run for it Tony just stood there and thought of cartoons. His imagination had conjured up a visualization of his heart stretching out through his shirt and pounding away in the air all va-va-voom, as if he’d been struck with Cupid’s arrow.
“Sorry, I’m strictly appointment only.”
hurt/comfort
The Problem with Silver Linings – InTheShadows
Bucky/Tony
14,930 words
Tony really hates magic. Has he mentioned that lately? He really, really hates magic. Nothing ever good ever comes of it. What he hates even more than magic? Portals. So when the two are combined, he really isn't happy. His point is proven when said magical portal spits of not one, but two, different versions of his father along Ana and Jarvis, young Aunt Peggy and his Mama. Things get... a little bit... interesting after that, shall we say? This may be a blessing in some ways, but it also a curse. It ends up being something else too - a way to finally lay some of his demons to rest, maybe.
dimension hopping, established relationship, found family, hurt/comfort, tw: child abuse
The Secret – Finely Honed (jaqen_hgar)
Bucky/Tony
1,351 words
Bucky had only known Anthony Edward Stark for a few hours before he found himself compelled to share a secret that had been eating him alive since he began to once again reclaim the right to his own thoughts and feelings.
The Secrets Between Us – Hippiebuckyharrington
Bucky/Tony
44,792 words
Tony Stark is fine. Really, just peachy. Maybe a little lonely, and yeah, PTSD is a bitch but he's managing. But then Clint Barton signs him up for some help site that allows you to text people going through similar shit, and Captain America drags a hurting Bucky Barnes to the Tower. And everything changes. Tony starts to fall for the mysterious man he's been texting AND for the beautiful blue-eyed ex-assassin living in his home. Dealing with that, along with trying to deal with the two rather large secrets he's carrying, Tony Stark's life gets a lot more complicated, something he didn't really think was possible.
hurt/comfort, kidfic, misunderstandings, PTSD, secret identities, texting
The Secrets That You Keep – Shi_Toyu
Bucky/Tony
9,987 words
One week ago, Captain America and the Winter Soldier left a broken Iron Man in a Siberian HYDRA bunker... Now they're standing in Tony Stark's living room with no idea he's the man they left behind.
depression/mental illness, hurt/comfort, secret identities
The Shape on Your Skin – dapperanachronism
Bucky/Tony
4,254 words
He is an Asset, not a person, of course he doesn’t have a soul mark. Except he wasn't always an asset, and now he's trying to remember how to be a person. And remembering means waking one morning to find the mark he thought he never had appearing on his skin.
au: soulmates/soulmarks, getting together
The Show Must go On – tisfan
Bucky/Tony
6,081 words
Tony's idea of a vacation is to do pro-bono electrical work at the local run down theater for accessibility performances....
au: theater, disability, found family
The Soldier And The Hurricane – copperbadge
Bucky/Tony
18,899 words
When the Winter Soldier fails to kill Howard and Maria Stark and is taken prisoner in the summer of 1967, his salvation comes in the unlikely form of a Russian-speaking, father-disobeying, endlessly-tinkering seventeen-year-old: Tony Stark.
alternate universe, series
The Stark Beauty of Winter (has nothing to do with the Ice Palace) – 27dragons
Bucky/Tony
6,014 words
Jan scowled at her phone. If social media was failing her, it had to be something huge. The last time Tony had been this listless was when he’d been moping about his dad, but he didn’t have that guilty/anxious look that always gave him. The only other thing Jan could recall was when he’d been trying to convince Natasha to date him and Nat had been–
Wait.
Wait wait wait.
That wasn’t Tony’s sulking face. That was pining.
mutual pining
They Were Wrong – Tahlruil
Bucky/Tony
8,540 words
"...people loved Steve. Hell, most people besides him loved Cap almost as much. So when rumors started up about Howard Stark (another person he had conflicting feelings about) finally letting his kid enroll in Nick Fury's ridiculous version of superhero college, Bucky had pretty much figured that the kid would be the same. Especially since Tony was a pretty well-known flirt who went after any pretty face whether it belonged to a female or a male - Bucky wasn't afraid to admit that Stevie was plenty pretty."
This Is Not a Ghost Story – sevenimpossiblethings
Bucky/Tony
4,422 words
Whoever Stark’s soulmate was, they were doing a terrible job of it.
(Bucky volunteers to help out.)
au: soulmates/soulmarks
Today’s Forecast – Finely Honed (jaqen_hgar)
Bucky/Tony
7,123 words
Loneliness had followed Tony Stark his entire life, so they were on pretty good terms. Ignoring those empty places inside of himself was easier once the day was in full swing, but the mornings had a way of slipping a knife between his ribs, and getting him right in the heart.
The last place Tony expected to find the cure for his condition was on TV, but now watching the morning weather report has become the highlight of his day. Well, it was less the weather, and more the weatherman. One look at Bucky Barnes making some adorably lame joke about umbrellas, all lopsided smile and sparkling eyes, and Tony was in love.
au: no powers, au: soulmates/soulmarks, au: weatherman, misunderstandings, mutual pining
Tony Stark doesn’t do walk-ins (except for when he does) – calmena
Bucky/Tony
3,591 words
In which Tony is not Iron Man, but still a genius inventor, and somehow ends up acquiring a rogue Winter Soldier.
Tony Stark Is Not a Mother Hen (Unless He Is) – Potrix
Bucky/Tony
4,833 words
Tony doesn’t mind being Bucky’s crutch, he absolutely doesn’t, but it makes him wonder sometimes, how healthy their behavior and constantly growing co-dependency really is. Because he wants more for Bucky, so much more.
Tony Stark’s Guide to Being a Functional Adult – dracusfyre
Bucky/Tony
17,259 words
Imagine Tony getting disowned by Howard before starting his second PhD and start working at Bucky's mechanic shop part time. Getting together shenanigans ensue.
au: no powers, fake relationships
Trust Falls – Niki
Bucky/Tony
4,885 words
Doctor Strange has a plan to tie Bucky Barnes to someone who can be trusted to never misuse the command words, someone who will always do right by him. The spell has side effects. It also chooses a person no one – including Tony himself – expected.
Trying Too Hard – Arboreal
Bucky/Tony
1,733 words
The Winter Soldier’s appearances were usually few and far between, which made it all the more confusing when suddenly Tony couldn't seem to go a single day without setting the Winter Soldier off.
Unconditionally – Potrix
Bucky/Tony, Steve & Tony
5,479 words
“Hello,” Steve whispers quietly, carefully brushing some of the tears away from the baby's cheeks.
Giving a sniffle, the baby latches on to Steve’s hand, then whines unhappily, hiccuping wetly.
“I don’t know how to, you know,” Steve explains helplessly, making something that vaguely resembles a cradling, rocking motion with his free arm. The baby is less than impressed with that, though, and takes a noisy, stuttering breath. Steve’s eyes widen in alarm. “Oh, no. No, ssh, no. Here, c’mon, it’s all right.”
Very gingerly, Steve slides one hand under the baby’s back, cups its neck with the other, and slowly lifts the squirmy bundle out of the crib, and against his chest. “There, ssh. That’s better, isn’t it?”
In answer, the baby tucks its damp face into Steve’s neck, apparently content to stay where it is. Steve glances around the room, a little lost, but the baby just gurgles, and doesn’t start crying again, which he decides to count as a success.
canon divergence, kidfic
Under a Wandering Star – iam93percentstardust
Bucky/Tony
16,448 words
In the days following the Confederate surrender at Appomattox, Bucky Barnes packs his bags and heads west to his father's ranch. Three years later, Tony Stark, laden with his father's debts and unable to find a new business partner, accepts Bucky's offer to wed in return for his debts to be paid off. Excited for what he thinks will be the adventure of a lifetime, Tony hops on a train heading west. But this lawless country is different than what he expected and it isn't adventure that Tony ends up finding - but love.
arranged marriage, au: a/b/o, au: western, fluff
Under Pressure – TenSpencerRiedPlease
Bucky/Tony
55,850 words
Tony watches as Bucky tracks his movements with an easy confidence that should probably make him uncomfortable. He knew the man’s skills set and the way he was looking at Tony was like he was some kind of snack- he probably shouldn’t feel so comfortable with an assassin looking at him like a meal to be eaten but here he was.
canon divergence, depression/mental illness, hurt/comfort
What Has Been Done – Tahlruil
Bucky/Tony
16,225 words
Bucky has lived with the Avengers for a while now, and he's mostly settled in. During the process, he fell for Tony Stark - hard - but he can't quite bring himself to admit it to the brilliant engineer. So he just does what he can to take care of and protect him, hoping that maybe the other man will fall just as hard for him... and be the one to take their relationship to the next level. In the meantime, he's noticed that there's one member of the team that Tony seems afraid of, and he is definitely not pleased by the notion.
Once he finds out what Wanda did to cause that fear, she might wish she'd never left Hydra.
canon divergence, friends to lovers, getting together, mutual pining
when you wish upon a star – Pericardiaca
Bucky/Tony
4,083 words
Bucky works as a security guard for Tony Stark when one day Happy Hogan receives a weird threat. Thinking Tony is in danger it's on Bucky to go to find him... and Bucky does find him. In an interesting situation.
While You’re Busy Making Other Plans – marsmaywander
Bucky/Tony
5,439 words
Bucky was cold, tired, and his bum shoulder was killing him. Being stuck in the middle of Nowhere, North Carolina with a busted bike was not how he envisioned spending the last few weeks of his leave. Thankfully, there's a sleep-deprived, big-hearted mechanic there to help Bucky out.
au: mechanic, au: no powers, hurt/comfort
whisper Words to me – Areiton
Bucky/Tony
13,515 words
Tony has the unfortunate habit of getting kidnapped.
Fortunately, he has a savior.
5 Times Bucky saved Tony. And 1 Time Tony returned the favor.
au: soulmates/soulmarks, hurt/comfort, kidnapping, tw: torture
Who We Weren’t – marsmaywander
Bucky/Tony
4,534 words
So Tony's lost some memories? Bucky can relate.
Who’s Gonna Pick You Up? – ceealaina
Bucky/Tony
5,200 words
In a world where Tony is less playboy and more awkward nerd, he's mostly bored and lonely now that he's graduated from MIT and Rhodey's off on his Air Force adventures. Agreeing to a blind date with Ty Stone doesn't turn out to be his best plan, but luckily Nat's there to save to day. (And even more luckily, she's got a cute brother and Tony is just his type.)
***
All Natasha had wanted was a cup of coffee, and an hour to herself.
Bucky and Clint and Sam had been driving her crazy all day, starting when she had woken up and gone downstairs only to find dregs in the coffee pot and Clint’s dirty underwear on the kitchen counter.
The morning went downhill from there. She loved her adopted brother and the two dumb idiots they lived with, but sometimes the three of them could get on her last nerve. This was one of those times. So after narrowly avoiding getting shot in the foot with an arrow (long story) she had grabbed a book and headed for the coffee shop on the corner for some peace and quiet.
And for about fifteen minutes, she’d had it.
Which, of course, was when Smarmy Assholes 1 and 2 had walked in.
au: no powers, blind date, fluff
Winter Wooer – fakesheep-luna (salytierra)
Bucky/Tony
8,726 words
Winter may not be the most pleasant guy to live or share your body with, but he isn't nearly as destructive as everybody expected him to be either. He likes to brood in the corners, watch British TV, and freak people out. And Tony. He really, really likes Tony Stark.
There's just one problem – Bucky's pretty sure he doesn't feel the same way about the guy.
Wrong Number – MagicaDraconia16
Bucky/Tony
2,108 words
When Tony Stark is abruptly dumped by boyfriend Tiberius Stone, he may get a little bit drunk with Rhodey and decide to call Ty and tell him a few things. It's fine, he calls Ty all the time, of course he knows what Ty's phone number is!
Except it appears he doesn't. Whoops!
au: wrong number
Yield – Reioka
Bucky/Tony
10,196 words
All Bucky has ever wanted was to win the contest for Tony's hand in marriage. It's a bit harder now that he's down to one arm, but luckily his friends are willing to help make up the difference.
au: a/b/o
You Are My Sunshine – EchoSiriusRumme
Bucky/Tony
8,775 words
Tony is captured and deaged while on a business trip, but the team - his family - jumps right into action to take care of their tiny, shy resident genius while they figure out how to fix this. Or at least, they try to, concern growing each time he freezes at the sight of Steve.
But that was something personal, whispered to Bucky between frustrated tears one night, so Bucky wouldn’t be telling that secret unless push came to shove.
Too bad for Tony....it does.
au: a/b/o, au: soulmates/soulmarks, kidfic