A Time to Pretend Series

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• A Time to Pretend by literaryescape

  Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Captain America - All Media Types, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV)  

  • Mature
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • F/M
  • Complete Work

  17 Aug 2025

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • James "Bucky" Barnes/Reader
  • James "Bucky" Barnes/Original Female Character(s)
  • James "Bucky" Barnes
  • Original Characters
  • Steve Rogers
  • Reader
  • Friends to Lovers
  • Enemies to Friends to Lovers
  • Trauma
  • Bucky Barnes Has PTSD
  • Loss of Identity
  • Bucky Barnes Recovering from Being The Winter Soldier
  • Bucky Barnes Remembers His Past
  • Developing Friendships
  • Post-Movie: Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014)
  • Slow Burn
  • Eventual Smut
  • Reader-Insert Has PTSD - Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
  • Angst
  • Fluff and Angst
  • Angst and Fluff and Smut
  • Minimal use of Y/N
  • i hope this is good

  Summary

  Four years ago, she survived the impossible—going toe-to-toe with the Winter Soldier and living to tell the tale.

  Now, Bucky Barnes is on her balcony, broken and bleeding.

  And her? She’s always had a soft spot for lost causes with blood on their hands.

  [set post CATWS]

  Series

  • Part 1 of A Time to Pretend Series

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  47,899

  Chapters:

  11/11

  Comments:

  54

  Kudos:

  422

  Bookmarks:

  79

  Hits:

  10,441

• A Time to Believe by literaryescape

  Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Marvel (Comics), Captain America - All Media Types, Captain America (Chris Evans Movies), The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV)  

  • General Audiences
  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • F/M
  • Complete Work

  08 Dec 2025

  Tags

  • No Archive Warnings Apply
  • James "Bucky" Barnes/Original Female Character(s)
  • James "Bucky" Barnes/Reader
  • James "Bucky" Barnes
  • Steve Rogers
  • Natasha Romanov (Marvel)
  • Sam Wilson (Marvel)
  • Tony Stark
  • Sharon Carter (Marvel)
  • Original Female Character(s)

  Summary

  Over a year after falling in love with Bucky Barnes and almost dying at his hands, Civil War threatens to break the Avengers apart. And now, she needs to track down the man who broke her heart and save him once again.
  [Sequel to "A Time to Pretend"]

  Series

  • Part 2 of A Time to Pretend Series

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  59,005

  Chapters:

  6/6

  Comments:

  56

  Kudos:

  239

  Bookmarks:

  32

  Hits:

  5,083