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
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
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
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.”
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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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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 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
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