capbb | Everything Rekindled

Everything Rekindled

Author:

auntiesuze

Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Rating: E
Relationship: James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers
Wordcount: ~42,400
Tags: Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Canon Divergence - Post-Avengers (2012), Complicated Relationships, fear of commitment, Pining, Explicit Sexual Content, getting to know each other again, Road Trips, Grand Canyon, Winter Soldier as a benevolent mob boss, Artist Steve Rogers

Summary: The Winter Soldier escaped from Hydra in the early eighties, and since then he's helped SHIELD to get rid of their parasite, taken over the Russian and Irish mobs in Brooklyn, used his influence to make the borough safer, and reclaimed the name James (albeit not Barnes, and definitely not Bucky). By 2012 he was leading a very comfortable and content life, if not exactly happy one.

Everything changed when Captain America was found in ice, and suddenly there was a possibility for James to find happiness again. For once, the biggest obstacle on his path was himself.

Read on AO3 with art embedded