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    Steve and Bucky have entered into a relationship. It's contractual. It's sexual. It's not nearly nuanced enough to encompass all of what they want from each other. And to add to Steve's confusion, he now has to navigate their ever changing dynamic between work and play, between sex and affection, and between keeping his heart safe and letting Bucky in.

    Add to this, the arrival of more travelers from the other timeline, travelers who have far too much to reveal about Steve's buried emotions and Bucky's true feelings.

    Steve loves to be in control, but with all these balls in the air, something is going to fall.

    Just what will he decide to let go?

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    23 Jul 2025

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    “What is all this?”

    “Keys to Steve’s place in Brooklyn, and his motorcycle. Some records about his, ah, accounts and things. He—well, he hasn’t been declared officially dead, we can’t, you know, say anything about the time travel, but—”

    “He’s not coming back,” says Bucky, before Banner has to try to couch it softly, or spare Bucky’s assumed feelings. It’s a courtesy Bucky doesn’t need. His feelings have seemed very far away since Steve left. “I know.”

    "Yeah, so, uh, I just figured you should have all this."

    Bucky is doing fine after the Blip. He has his amends, he has his exit strategies, he goes to therapy. Steve's gone, but that's fine, Bucky can deal with that, even if he can't deal with feeling like a ghost in the apartment that Steve left behind. But when Steve returns, they'll both have to deal with how to rebuild a friendship and a home that are haunted by the ghosts of who they used to be. Their methods of doing so are perhaps less than ideal, what with how they involve more sex and stealthy surprise interior decoration than any actual communication. Maybe that's all they need to make a new home together.

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    19 Jul 2025

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    Steve picked up the piping bag and returned to the ramekins. Bucky left, though not without shooting one last look at Steve's wide back. Bucky could already tell Steve Rogers was trouble, not even counting the near-religious experiences he inspired among the staff. It wasn’t that Bucky didn’t appreciate him as well; he did. He just tended to appreciate people he found attractive from afar, because explaining the metal arm was hard, and because he didn’t really know how to handle letting someone in close.

    But that wasn’t why Steve was trouble, not really.

    Bucky wanted to know why their new pastry chef had gun calluses on his right hand.
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    Or the one where Bucky has settled in to his life as a sommelier, until Steve Rogers shows up at his restaurant.

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    19 Jul 2025

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    Steve just wanted a job. He wasn't expecting a marriage proposal. And he certainly wasn't expecting to accept.

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    17 Jul 2025

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    “Kinda hard to wash your hair if you don’t take your hat off,” Steve says, amused.

    Hesitantly, Bucky reaches up to pull his cap off, revealing a matted mess of hair. Steve lets out a barely audible, “Oh.”

    Somehow, Bucky managed to catch his quiet exclamation and his shoulders round up protectively. “Sorry.” Bucky’s voice is tight with shame. Steve feels like a complete unprofessional and a grade A asshole.

    Steve is just a simple hairdresser.

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    16 Jul 2025