10 Works in Gale "Buck" Cleven Whump
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Gale escapes from the march without Bucky and carries immense guilt and shame for his actions. He is haunted by the fact that he doesn’t know if Bucky is dead or alive. He returns to Thorpe Abbotts a shell of himself, and the perfect Gale Cleven begins to unravel. He stops eating, he can’t sleep, he starts drinking and gambling. He is in free fall with no Bucky there to catch him. Gale is trapped inside his worst nightmare – the very real possibility that Bucky could be dead while he’s alive and becoming just like his father.
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Engines Dying, Hearts Alive by emma_anna_elisabeth
Fandoms: Masters of the Air (TV 2024)
22 Oct 2025
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“See you back here then?”
Buck had just smiled, that damned half smile he always gave John. Smiled and tilted his head. “Don’t count on it.” He’d pat John on the shoulder and walked off to his plane.
John scoffs and shakes his head. He had counted on it. In fact, he always did.
OR: Gale coming back injured from a mission forces John and Gale to start thinking about what they actually mean to each other.
Lots of angst, lots of whump and lots of hurt/comfort. Lots of yearning, and LOTS OF LOVE. -
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When it happened, Bucky had been moping in his bunk. The worst thing that could have happened had happened, and he was lying there pitying himself.
He should've been there. He should've stopped it. Now they had touched Gale, they had touched his Buck.
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Of Course I’m Not Afraid of Needles by stars_remain2
Fandoms: Masters of the Air (TV 2024)
14 Sep 2025
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Gale Cleven’s case of the flu should have been nothing more than a miserable few days in the infirmary. The last thing anyone expected was for their calm, cool, and collected Major to have a violent reaction to something as simple as a needle.
As Gale becomes delirious with fever, the truth is laid bare for all to see - Gale was tortured by the Nazi’s before making it to Stalag Luft III. How will Gale react to Bucky bearing witness to a part of Gale’s war that he was never meant to see?
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While the Allies land in Normandy on D-Day, Gale and Bucky reach their own turning point of the war. After a brutal fight in the stalag followed by a devastating choice, Gale’s life is on the line and they have no way to get him the medical help he needs. Now Bucky must face the truth: he might have just killed the man he loves.
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I Won’t Go Where You Can’t Follow by stars_remain2
Fandoms: Masters of the Air (TV 2024)
04 Apr 2025
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What if Gale had NOT escaped during the march? Bucky is forced to watch as Gale is beaten within an inch of his life. The two finally confess their true feelings for each other and Bucky is Gale’s lifeline during the brutal march to Moosburg and the tribulations that follow. Epilogue shows their life after the war.
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Gale’s two ill-fated Bremen missions result in a catastrophic injury and getting shot down. This is the story of those two missions, two pilots falling in love and one sheepskin jacket.
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"Was Buck Cleven, a Yankee's Fan?" by RabidPlotBunniesAttackkkk
Fandoms: Masters of the Air (TV 2024)
16 Jan 2025
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“Now,” the Gestapo man said primly. “We shall begin again.”
But Bucky wasn’t going to answer. It was worth it. It was. He chanted to himself.
Repeating it to himself as the questioning went on. After all this was the behavior he’d been expecting from the beginning especially since what had happened back at that cursed town. Weathering the pain as he was drawn to his knees, arms twisted up behind his back, grunted at the pain of strained joints. Grunting again when his head was yanked back by the hair so he was looking up at Stromburg, who’d moved from around the desk, leaning against it.
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This story sprung from my obsession with Bucky in the Dulag as well as the scars on Buck's cheeks. I've seen in other comments that Buck and Bucky were apparently held at the Dulag at the same time, in real life? So I thought, if that's so, why not take advantage of that fact.
Hope y'all enjoy!
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- Part 3 of Nothin' But Blue Skies, All of them Gone
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I think the love I bear you should make you not to die by WonderGinia
Fandoms: Masters of the Air (TV 2024)
21 Aug 2024
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They look for each other through space and time, through wars, through lifetimes. Even if they don't know it, they're always pulled closer by something grander than them.
And every time they find each other, a spark catches. Sometimes it’s just that, a spark — it lingers, or gets smothered, never fully grows into a flame.
Other times, it blooms. The fire roars, engulfs their lives, burns through them too hot and too quick. It never lasts.Until it does.
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Gale makes a deal with the guards of Stalag Luft III, offering himself up to their use and pleasure, to protect the boys (mostly John) from being at their mercy. He's strong, but cracks start to form, and despite his best efforts, the boys are able to see the effects.