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Coffee Run by cricket_reader
Fandoms: Thunderbolts (Movie 2025), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel
24 Dec 2025
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Bucky Barnes is sent out for coffee in the middle of December with a list of orders that make no sense and a growing hatred of the cold that winter brings to New York. The cafe is a warm, quaint little escape from the hustle and bustle of the big city. He doesn't expect that warmth to linger after he steps back into the cold, following him all the way back to the tower. He especially doesn't expect to volunteer to come back, much less to start looking forward to it because of a certain barista with a warm smile and a voice coated in honey.
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- Part 1 of Christmas/Winter Collection
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After too many failed dates to count, you'd resolutely sworn off dating for the foreseeable future. But Lois Lane wouldn't let you give up that easily. She swore that her insanely attractive coworker was nothing like the string of disasters you'd endured, that this one was finally different.
Yet there you sat, nursing your second glass of water, with no handsome reporter in sight.
OR: Clark Kent stood you up on your blind date. What you weren't expecting was a heartfelt apology served with a bouquet as he begged you for a second chance.
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Carving Skin Until My Bones Are Showing by cricket_reader
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel
30 Jun 2025
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He never said your name. He didn't have to. You'd thought that everything was fine, until one overheard conversation shattered the illusion, your rose-tinted glasses fading to black. The words cut deeper than anything you've ever heard, and suddenly, you're re-evaluating everything: your relationship, your body, your worth.
Now, the man you love with everything you have exists peacefully beside you, as if nothing's changed, while you slowly unravel in silence. You're left wondering if he's already halfway out the door, and you're just the last to know.
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- Part 14 of June of Doom 2025
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Fraying Threads of Recovery by cricket_reader
Fandoms: Thunderbolts (Movie 2025), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel
22 Jun 2025
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Bucky Barnes doesn't have a home. He is a relic of a bygone era, abandoned, forgotten and alone. Life has thrown everything his way, and he has endured it; through World War II, seventy years of brainwashing, torture and murder, getting hunted by several governments, getting snapped into ashes, his best friend leaving him alone in a world he felt displaced in, reliving his worst memories to save someone he didn't even know, his only friend ignoring him over some stupid team name.
The fight felt never-ending, just one after the other. Bucky had had enough. This was no way to live.
He just didn't know what he'd be leaving behind.
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- Part 11 of June of Doom 2025
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The Rooftop Knows My Name by cricket_reader
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel, Daredevil (TV)
22 Jun 2025
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“Spider-Man?”
“Yeah, you know, your friendly neighbourhood Spider-Man—well, not your neighbourhood. I hang out in Queens… most of the time. Although I did fight against aliens, so it could be argued that I’m every neighbourhood’s friendly Spider-Man. I also was in DC once, but that was a whole other situation.”
“You’re Spider-Man…”
“So you do know who I am?” Peter lit up.
“Well, yes…”
Peter’s excitement of being recognised by one of the coolest vigilantes was tempered down by confusion. “You didn’t recognise the suit?”
“Uh… yeah, it’s uh, it’s really dark.”
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Daredevil hears a kid crying on a rooftop just outside of Hell’s Kitchen and rushes to talk him down from the ledge. What he fails to realise is that this kid just so happens to be Spider-Man.
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- Part 13 of June of Doom 2025
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Large hands wrapped around your throat, cutting off your air supply. Your hands reached up to his wrists, nails biting into his skin as you desperately tried to pry his hands away. As the air left your body, the face in front of you blurred, black seeping into the corners of your vision. The last thought that crossed your mind before you passed out was that you didn’t want to die, not like this.
Or: One night, your boyfriend’s anger goes too far. Deciding you’ve had enough, you run away to the apartment of the only man who makes you feel safe—the man who has shown you nothing but kindness and respect: Spencer Reid.
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- Part 12 of June of Doom 2025
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The Final Directive by cricket_reader
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel, The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Spider-Man (Tom Holland Movies)
15 Jun 2025
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While going through Mr. Stark's old Iron Man protocols, Peter Parker stumbles upon one that unearths the very ground beneath his feet.
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- Part 10 of June of Doom 2025
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Guilty As Sin by cricket_reader
Fandoms: Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
12 Jun 2025
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Every smile he gives Tony is an attentively constructed lie. Every touch is a carefully measured distance from temptation. Every glance lingers just a second too long, but never long enough to be noticed.
He lets himself dream sometimes, he lets himself dream up a version of himself that is as good as the comics, history books, and news articles make him out to be—where he isn’t sick, where he isn’t wrong. But reality always comes crashing back down on him, and with it, the weight of his shame.
Or: Steve Rogers doesn't know that being gay is okay, and is pining after Tony hard.
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- Part 9 of June of Doom 2025
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Inheritance by cricket_reader
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel, The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
11 Jun 2025
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Tony Stark never understood why parents were so highly overprotective before. Now, though, he completely understands.
He spends the night at his son’s side, wiping away the sweat and tears from his face. Peter never falls asleep, too uncomfortable, too anguished to even get in the slightest wink of sleep. Let it be said that Tony is not a religious man—he’s probably the furthest from it, but for the first time in a long, long time, he prays. He prays to a god he isn’t even sure is there because he doesn’t know what else to do.
Or: When Peter Parker is bitten by a radioactive spider on his field trip, he gets severely ill. Against all odds, Peter survives. Tony, seeing a pattern, digs deeper, leading him to uncover a dark Stark secret hidden away in between lab journals, long forgotten about.
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- Part 8 of June of Doom 2025
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We Were Born Sick by cricket_reader
Fandoms: The Avengers (Marvel Movies), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel
09 Jun 2025
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“I’ve been in worse places,” Bucky dryly responds, looking around the opulence of the room. “It feels weird… being almost free.”
Steve looks at him for a second too long, guilt shining through his baby blues. “You are free, Buck.”
Bucky’s jaw clenches, his hand curling tightly around the coffee mug. “Are we?”
Steve wishes he could say yes. He wishes he could promise Bucky that nothing bad would ever happen to them anymore—that they were safe, that they were free. But they’d never be free. Not really, anyway.
Or: Bucky Barnes and Steve Rogers know that their love is wrong. So they hide it with stolen glances and fleeting touches. Never enough to make the Avengers suspect. Their facade comes crumbling down when Tony outs them, and Steve is quick to deflect their beliefs. Now, Bucky has to find a way for both him and Steve to disappear before the consequences of their forbidden love catch up to them.
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- Part 7 of June of Doom 2025
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What the Night Took by cricket_reader
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel, Daredevil (TV)
08 Jun 2025
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Scars. So many of them. They crisscrossed over his skin in jagged lines, some thin and faded, others so deep they’d never fade. His chest, abdomen, shoulders, arms—there was barely a place untouched.
Your fingers trembled as you reached up, abandoning the movement as quickly as you started. “Matt…” you breathed, voice barely above a whisper. He’d never heard you sound so pained, so anguished.
“Who–” you swallowed, trying to find your voice. “Who… did this to you?”
Or: A year after Foggy’s death, Matt is trying to distance himself from Daredevil, afraid of losing anyone else. One night, he comes home bloody and bruised to you, questioning if he had made the right decision as you patch him up with tears staining your cheeks.
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- Part 6 of June of Doom 2025
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A Different Call by cricket_reader
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel, Marvel (Comics)
06 Jun 2025
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“I said drop it,” the man repeated, “I don’t want to hurt you.”
She smiled, something sharp and dangerous. “Says the man who had an arrow aimed for my heart.”
“You’re still here, aren’t you? I think that alone says something.”
“It says you’re too weak to take the shot.”
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Natalia Romanova meets Clint Barton, the man sent to kill her. Only he doesn’t.
Natalia doesn’t know why he spared her life, but she’s not stupid. She knows how this kind of thing works.
Protection is a currency. Bodies are bargaining chips. If she wants to escape the horrors awaiting her at SHIELD, she’ll have to pay for his mercy.
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- Part 1 of I'm Still Learning to Be Human
- Part 5 of June of Doom 2025
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Lilacs On Her Lips by cricket_reader
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel, The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
04 Jun 2025
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No matter how much I tell myself that I don’t love Natasha—
My body knows the truth.
I love Natasha, and Natasha doesn’t love me back.
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You didn't mean to fall in love with her. Truly, you never meant for it to go this far. But as the lilacs begin to overtake your lungs, one thing is clear: Natasha Romanoff will be the death of you. Because you'd rather die suffocating on something as sweet as her love than ever forget what it meant to love her.
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- Part 4 of June of Doom 2025
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If Our Love Is Tragedy, Why Are You My Remedy? by cricket_reader
Fandoms: Criminal Minds (US TV)
03 Jun 2025
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The Behavioural Analysis team gets called down to Arkansas to investigate a series of strange murders. Couples are found with several different methods of death, ranging from stabbing to hanging. Only one thing ties them together: their relationship.
What happens when their resident genius and the new team member get ensnared in the unsub's web? Will the team be able to save them before it's too late, or are they doomed to suffer the same fate as the victims that came before them?
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- Part 3 of June of Doom 2025
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Glass Hours by cricket_reader
Fandoms: Thunderbolts (Movie 2025), Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel
02 Jun 2025
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“Doll? What’s up? I thought you were on a date.”
Her sniffles cut through the phone like knives to his heart. “Doll?” His voice is laced with urgency and anxiety.
“I didn’t know who else to call.”
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After a series of awful dates, Bucky is fed up with the way each man leaves her bruised. He gets a call late one night and doesn't hesitate to be there for her. Something fragile blooms that night, beautiful as the first snowdrop flowers after a long winter.
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- Part 2 of June of Doom 2025
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Picking Up the Pieces by cricket_reader
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Thunderbolts (Movie 2025), Marvel
01 Jun 2025
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The entire room reeked of expensive booze. In the corner, curled up so small, was his girlfriend. A bottle of whiskey hung between her fingers, on the precipice of slipping right out of her loose grasp. It was half empty.
Something swirled in his gut, a premonition that nothing would ever be the same.
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Bucky’s girlfriend was on a business trip to New York when the void enveloped the city. Memories hidden deep in her mind surface, and Bucky is left to pick up the pieces.
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- Part 1 of June of Doom 2025
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If I Had the Chance, I'd Never Let You Go by cricket_reader
Fandoms: Captain America - All Media Types, Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
01 Oct 2024
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After several failed matchmaking attempts, Steve finally gets Natasha to stop setting him up with random people. The only problem is, how is he supposed to find a boyfriend in a week?
An unexpected solution to his plans appears in the form of the hot brunet that runs the local bookstore.
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- Part 1 of Falling for the Facade Universe
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Sticks and Stones (Break My Bones) by cricket_reader
Fandoms: Marvel, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Spider-Man - All Media Types, The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
26 Feb 2024
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Peter should have known something was wrong. He just didn't understand the gravity of the situation until it was too late. By then, the damage was done; set forth was a path of events that would irreversibly change Peter's life.
One doesn't know how good they have it until everything is ripped away from them; Peter never knew something to be so true.
Rated for violence and coarse language.
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Silent Night by cricket_reader
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel, The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
05 Dec 2023
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Tony is always working. Even during the holidays, the grind doesn’t stop. A break-in at the tower results in an endless loop that he doesn't know how to get out of. Forced to watch those he loves get hurt over and over takes a toll on Tony. He starts to question if his team would be better without him.
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- Part 5 of Winter Whumperland 2023
- Part 8 of Christmas/Winter Collection
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Coldest Winter by cricket_reader
Fandoms: Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel, The Avengers (Marvel Movies)
04 Dec 2023
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Brock Rumlow wouldn’t say he was obsessed. Not at all.
He was just devoted, that’s it.
When he first saw the weapon, he was entranced. It was beautiful. Long brown hair, gorgeous blue eyes and an impressive metal arm.
He wanted it for himself.
He got the perfect chance when the asset went rogue, leaving Hydra to stay with the Avengers.
It was almost too easy to convince the Avengers that Bucky and him were dating. No one blinked an eye at the fact that he was now living in the Avengers Tower with his "boyfriend".
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- Part 4 of Winter Whumperland 2023
- Part 7 of Christmas/Winter Collection