backpacks’s whumptober 2025 | even the smallest cuts can bleed
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i will die your son (it’s not in my hands now) by backpacks-lite (TumblingBackpacks)
Fandoms: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV), Guardians of the Galaxy (Movies)
30 Oct 2025
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Ego is certain there is a Light within him.
But if there isn’t, John fears. What then?
In which John Walker is Ego’s son. Consequences follow.
Whumptober 2025
Latest Prompt: Day Fifteen (failed rescue attempt)
Summary: Yondu tries to get Peter back from Ego.Series
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how much can you stand (what more can you lose) by backpacks-lite (TumblingBackpacks)
Fandoms: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV), Thunderbolts (Movie 2025)
17 Oct 2025
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The Blip had given Bob everything, and what came after took it all away.
The Blip had taken everything from John, and what came after gave nothing back.
In which Bob becomes US Agent, John becomes the Sentry, and what led them there. (Role Reversal AU.)
Whumptober 2025
Latest Prompt: Day Fourteen (body bag)
Summary: The Void beckons. John is drawn to its call.Series
- Part 2 of backpacks’s whumptober 2025 | even the smallest cuts can bleed
- Part 1 of Sentry John Walker AU
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i’ve lost my patience (where is the karma) by backpacks-lite (TumblingBackpacks)
Fandoms: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV)
13 Oct 2025
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“It’s mine.” The words come out strangled, half-mad. “I can’t—” He stops, swallowing hard, breath shaking. If he gives it up now, then all the blood, the death, Lemar—“He can’t have died for nothing.”
“It wasn’t for nothing,” Wilson says, hands up, placating. “He made that choice to protect you.”
Snapshots of slightly different versions of TFATWS.
Whumptober 2025
• CH1 (viral) – John gets sick from stress. Lemar makes him rest.
• CH2 (beg for forgiveness) – John talks to the Hoskins after Lemar’s death.
• CH3 (“tell me you’re okay, and i’m fine.”) – John after the warehouse fight.
• CH4 (“it’ll be for nothing.”) – John has a breakdown. Sam helps.Series
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someone tell me why (why i’m all in my head) by backpacks-lite (TumblingBackpacks)
Fandoms: Thunderbolts (Movie 2025)
30 Oct 2025
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“You shouldn’t sit that close to the edge,” Yelena says.
John doesn’t turn to look at her. “You shouldn’t sneak up on people.”
Snapshots of different versions of Thunderbolts.
Whumptober 2025
• CH1 (suicide) – John is the only one in the OXE vault. Escape is not on his mind.
• CH2 (phobia) – The vault is not the first time John has been abandoned to burn.
• CH3 (elevator) – John gets lost in his Shame Room and takes a step forward.
• CH4 (self-inflicted injury) – The serum lets John handle more. Physically, at least.
• CH5 (“we’ll make it alright to come undone”) – John contends with being part of a family again.
• CH6 (“there’s nothing you can ever say, nothing you can ever do”) – John and Yelena have a talk about Lemar and Natasha on the Watchtower rooftop.
• CH7 (resignation) – John knows he shouldn’t be lashing out. Olivia is trying her best.
• CH8 (deal with the devil) - Valentina had promised John a clean slate.Series
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i’m fine to wait in line (with all my heavy stuff) by backpacks-lite (TumblingBackpacks)
Fandoms: The Falcon and the Winter Soldier (TV)
30 Oct 2025
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“I give it thirty seconds before one of you eats it.”
John sticks his tongue out at her. “Have some faith, Liv!”
Snapshots of John’s childhood and military days. Pre-TFATWS.
Whumptober & Flufftober 2025
• CH1 (yearning) – John has a crush on Olivia. Lemar offers to practice kissing.
• CH2 (“please don’t cry”) – John finds a child during a mission.
• CH3 (ceremony) – John is awarded his first Medal of Honor.
• CH4 (late night talks) – John and Lemar have been sharing a bed for years.
• CH5 (up against the wall kiss) – John and Olivia when he returns home from deployment.
• CH6 (never enough) – John is left behind in a house fire when he is five-years-old.
• CH7 (fireman’s carry) – Teenaged John, Lemar, and Olivia on a lovely afternoon.
• CH8 (“is that my hoodie?” “...no?”) – Lemar can’t find his varsity jacket.
• CH9 (gunshot wound) – Lemar gets shot. John patches him up.Series