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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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