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1. All the Things We Left Unsaid by nightingales_rot

   Fandoms: Captain America (Movies)  

   • Not Rated
   • Choose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • M/M
   • Work in Progress

   22 Jun 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers
   • James "Bucky" Barnes & Steve Rogers
   • James "Bucky" Barnes/Other(s)
   • Steve Rogers/Other(s)
   • Steve Rogers
   • James "Bucky" Barnes
   • Sarah Rogers (Marvel)
   • Winnifred Barnes
   • George Barnes (Marvel)
   • Rebecca Barnes Proctor
   • Original Male Character(s)
   • Original Female Character(s)
   • Pre-Canon
   • Fluff
   • Pre-Movie: Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
   • Attempted Historical Accuracy
   • Pre-Serum Steve Rogers
   • Pre-War
   • Protective Bucky Barnes
   • Canonical Character Death
   • Period-Typical Homophobia
   • Period Typical Attitudes
   • Violence
   • Bucky Barnes Feels
   • Steve Rogers Feels
   • Implied/Referenced Alcohol Abuse/Alcoholism
   • Implied/Referenced Drug Use
   • Slow Burn
   • Internalized Homophobia
   • like a lot
   • Eventual Smut
   • Friends to Lovers

   Summary

   A tale as old as time. A friendship for the ages. Time withstood and tested again and again.

   A retelling of the story of Steve and Bucky before the war, from birth to draft, from cradle to enlistment.

   Language:

   English

   Words:

   31,333

   Chapters:

   5/?

   Comments:

   28

   Kudos:

   26

   Bookmarks:

   4

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