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in you, i never end (brace for the light) by backpacks-lite (TumblingBackpacks)
Fandoms: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV)
19 Jun 2025
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“I understand that!” John explodes. He slams his palm onto the podium, throat threatening to close up, and then his next words are spilling out before he can stop them, rough and raw and desperate. “I’m only asking for empathy after the death of my husband, as you sit there and reprimand my actions against an accomplice to his murder!”
In which John loses it during his Disciplinary Hearing.
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- Part 7 of graduates of custer’s grove
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mourn what could have been (what it might become) by backpacks-lite (TumblingBackpacks)
Fandoms: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV)
13 Jun 2025
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John turns away from the podium, away from the senator denouncing him, steps out into the hall—and the world shifts. When it settles, there’s a seat under him, and Lemar is sitting right there, alive and whole, as though John hadn’t seen him thrown like a ragdoll, hadn’t heard the sickening snap of bone, hadn’t knelt beside a broken, unmoving body, pleading for a response that did not come.
In which John walks out of the court hearing, and is thrown back to the jeep after the first confrontation with the Flag Smashers.
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- Part 6 of graduates of custer’s grove
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you feel them leave (why do you have to go) by backpacks-lite (TumblingBackpacks)
Fandoms: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV)
13 Jun 2025
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“It’s mine,” he says, and holds onto the shield, desperately, fervently. Because if he gives it up now, if he lets go, if he drops it, if he surrenders this last thing Lemar believed in, it’ll mean it was all for nothing. It’ll mean Lemar died for nothing.
And John can’t live with that.
In which John loses Lemar, and then everything else.
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- Part 5 of graduates of custer’s grove
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lights, camera, breakdown by backpacks-lite (TumblingBackpacks) for machoffinland
Fandoms: Thunderbolts (Movie 2025)
12 Jun 2025
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The lights are too bright. The whole world is watching.
Val announces, “Meet the new Avengers!”
And John can’t make himself breathe right.
In which John doesn’t do well with cameras on him. Yelena helps.
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- Part 14 of 😔 that IS my circus, these ARE my monkeys 😔
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you were so bright (step into the sun) by backpacks-lite (TumblingBackpacks)
Fandoms: Thunderbolts (Movie 2025)
12 Jun 2025
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“And we already are team,” Alexei says. “Not because of you. Because we made it. We fight together. Not as Avengers. We are the Thunderbolts!”
Beside him, Yelena groans, grabbing his arm, and hisses, “Dad...”
In which Alexei raises his issues with Valentina, and her announcement doesn’t go the way she wants it to.
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- Part 12 of 😔 that IS my circus, these ARE my monkeys 😔
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there was a time (i thought i’d know you forever) by backpacks-lite (TumblingBackpacks)
Fandoms: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV), Thunderbolts (Movie 2025)
12 Jun 2025
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“I don’t want this to be messy,” Olivia says. “I don’t want him to grow up in a house where we’re resenting each other.”
Their son is less than a year old, already standing in his crib, reaching for the world like it’s his. John wonders what kind of man Noah will remember him as. He wonders if it’s better this way, with Olivia carving out some peace for herself before John’s rot spreads any further.
John manages a nod, and tries not to cry. “Noah should come first.”
In which Olivia and John talk about separation.
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- Part 4 of graduates of custer’s grove
- Part 13 of 😔 that IS my circus, these ARE my monkeys 😔
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where they stand (what makes a man) by backpacks-lite (TumblingBackpacks)
Fandoms: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV)
09 Jun 2025
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There is a street in Riga where the light hits at just the wrong angle, cast against the brick and plaster of the buildings that have sat there. It’s nothing special. Just another side street off another square in another city older than most countries John Walker has ever set foot in. But here, at this moment, the road branches a thousand ways. Some that can be seen. Most are ones that cannot. Time spirals in on itself, a looping knot of maybe and almost and not quite, frayed ends brushing against one another like fingers reaching out in the dark.
And in many versions of it, John and Lemar are here.
An exploration into John Walker and Lemar Hoskins, and the paths they could have taken.
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- Part 3 of graduates of custer’s grove
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encounters of the assassin sort (also childhood heroes) by backpacks-lite (TumblingBackpacks)
Fandoms: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV), Thunderbolts (Movie 2025), Marvel Cinematic Universe
06 Jun 2025
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“Bucky Barnes,” John blurts, before his brain can stop his mouth, because who says that to the guy who was just shooting at him just because he happened to hold an uncanny resemblance to John’s childhood hero? Still, the words tumble out rough and breathless, caught somewhere between wonder and fear. “You’re Bucky Barnes.”
And the man hesitates.
In which recent Custer’s Grove High School graduates John, Lemar, and Olivia find themselves saddled with a newly defected Winter Soldier.
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- Part 2 of graduates of custer’s grove
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congressman barnes is a saint (real, not clickbait) by backpacks-lite (TumblingBackpacks) for Mischevious_Oddity
Fandoms: Thunderbolts (Movie 2025)
05 Jun 2025
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“Good afternoon, do you have a moment to talk about our Lord and Savior, Congressman Barnes?”
Kate stares at her phone for a long moment. “…what?”
In which Kate receives a strange call from an unknown number.
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- Part 11 of 😔 that IS my circus, these ARE my monkeys 😔
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wonder how we got this far (i’m into you) by backpacks-lite (TumblingBackpacks)
Fandoms: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV)
01 Jun 2025
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Olivia sprawls over Lemar to reach John.
Her hand brushes his cheek, and she presses a kiss against his lips. Then she’s turning, still draped over Lemar’s lap, laughing as she kisses him too. John just sits there, a little stunned, his heart doing something weird and lopsided in his chest. He swallows hard. Olivia slides off Lemar’s lap, back beside him on the floor again, and leans back on her elbows with a self-satisfied little grin against her lips and an expectant look in her eyes. His mind is no longer functional enough to work out what exactly she wants from him.
She nudges Lemar with her elbow. “Help him out, would you?”
In which John, Lemar, and Olivia sort out their relationship on Prom Night.
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- Part 1 of graduates of custer’s grove
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“it’s rewind time-” [gets shot] by backpacks-lite (TumblingBackpacks)
Fandoms: Thunderbolts (Movie 2025)
31 May 2025
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“—Junior Varsity Captain America.”
His body is moving before his mind catches up to his new, past surroundings.
The bullet hits Valentina center mass.
Oops, thinks John, not feeling as bad as he probably should.
In which Bob accidentally sends the Thunderbolts into their bodies before the Sentry fight in the Watchtower.
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i didn’t have a choice (but you do) by backpacks-lite (TumblingBackpacks)
Fandoms: Thunderbolts (Movie 2025)
30 May 2025
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Val recovers fast, because of course she does. She lets out a short laugh, light and easy, playing to the cameras. “Oh, Mel,” she says, like she’s indulging a child, though Mel can see the fury in the tightness of her eyes. “I know this has been a difficult day for everyone, but let’s not confuse facts with personal feelings—”
“I’m not confusing anything,” Mel says. “You can’t pretend that you didn’t run illegal experiments on people then try to bury them.”
In which Mel does not stand idly by during Valentina’s announcement.
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- Part 10 of 😔 that IS my circus, these ARE my monkeys 😔
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stick it to the man! by backpacks-lite (TumblingBackpacks)
Fandoms: Thunderbolts (Movie 2025)
28 May 2025
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“It sticks!” she says, absolutely gleeful. Bucky blinks down at the tiny, crooked-eyed dolphin stuck above his elbow joint. Yelena pats his arm right over the magnet and grins. “And now you are accessorized. You’re welcome.”
In which the Thunderbolts decide Bucky’s arm needs some personalized flair.
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we are not the new avengers (go thunderbolts!) by backpacks-lite (TumblingBackpacks)
Fandoms: Thunderbolts (Movie 2025)
23 May 2025
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“No, no. Shh,” Yelena cuts in, then leans down to speak into the microphones mounted on the podium. “We’re not New Avengers. I didn’t agree to that. No one ran this by us, and frankly, I am vetoing it on the grounds of it being extremely stupid.”
In which Yelena has objections towards Valentina’s announcement.
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not my dictatorship, not my problem (wait, actually it is) by backpacks-lite (TumblingBackpacks) for fangirlandwriter
Fandoms: Thunderbolts (Movie 2025), Sunrise On The Reaping - Suzanne Collins
21 May 2025
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John catches his reflection in the water and frowns.
His face is almost his own. His beard and hair are the same, but the eyes—there’s a kind of coldness to them, a flat, assessing weight behind the irises, like whoever’s behind them is sizing up which parts of a person would break first.
Jesus Christ, he thinks. I look like I strangle puppies for fun.
In which Bob accidentally swaps John Walker with Coriolanus Snow.
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so your arch nemesis is a literal guinea pig by backpacks-lite (TumblingBackpacks)
Fandoms: Thunderbolts (Movie 2025)
13 May 2025
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Then, her guinea pig waddles up to him, like the evil little creature that it is, and curls itself right onto his lap.
“Yelena,” John says. “Your devilspawn is on me.”
In which John has beef with an actual guinea pig.
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operation un-taco is a go! (it is not) by backpacks-lite (TumblingBackpacks)
Fandoms: Thunderbolts (Movie 2025)
13 May 2025
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“Okay,” Alexei says, frowning down at the shield. “Tougher than expected, but not to worry. I have another idea.”
John made desperate eye contact with Bucky. Help me.
Sorry, Bucky mouths back, looking infuriatingly entertained.
In which John wants to un-taco his shield, Alexei has many bad ideas, and Bucky is enjoying the show. Also Yelena has a guinea pig.
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where is the LAMB SAUCE? by backpacks-lite (TumblingBackpacks)
Fandoms: Thunderbolts (Movie 2025)
13 May 2025
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“I, yeah. Okay, that’s fair,” says Bob, expression falling. His gaze drops down to the monstrosity in the blender as he stirs it half-heartedly with a spoon. The goop sluggishly clings to the metal utensil. “I was just…y’know. Kinda proud of this one.”
Then, Bob glances back up at John from under his lashes with a kicked-puppy expression no one at his age should legally be allowed to pull off.
John sighs. Loudly. Audibly.
It’s the kind of sigh that precedes bad decisions and immediate regrets.
“Alright,” John says, snatching the spare cup from the counter and shoving it under the blender’s spout. “Give me some.”
In which John thinks he might actually die from Bob’s inability to cook.
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catch the boy (where he’ll be next) by backpacks-lite (TumblingBackpacks)
Fandoms: The Umbrella Academy (TV), Marvel Cinematic Universe
09 May 2025
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Collection of AUs where Five ends up in the MCU and/or Bucky ends up in TUA.
Latest AUs:
Chapter 14: Five and Bucky defect in 1963 and end up hiding out in the Barnes household.
Chapter 13: Endgame Bucky lands in the Umbrella Apocalypse where Five has been surviving.
Chapter 11-12: Bucky lands in the Post-Oblivion Reset Timeline after getting Dusted.Series
- Part 23 of tua brainrot hours (it’s mostly five)
- Part 1 of umbrellas? isn’t it a marvel? (tua x mcu)
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with luck and love (who was found there) by backpacks-lite (TumblingBackpacks) for romipink7
Fandoms: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes - Suzanne Collins
18 Apr 2025
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Coriolanus stares at it for a long moment.
Its ears flop slightly to the side, and it stares up at him with absurdly large, glassy brown eyes.
Then, the bunny takes a hop forward.
“…No,” Coriolanus says aloud.
In which Coriolanus finds a chocolate-colored bunny on his way home.
Set a short while after soft as a gentle purr, so Coriolanus is no longer a cat.