potofsoup:

Drunken Fun and Other Happy Horseshit

fic by @frostyemma (AO3)
art by @potofsoup (AO3)

Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: James “Bucky” Barnes/Steve Rogers
Characters: Steve Rogers, James “Bucky” Barnes, Timothy “Dum Dum” Dugan, Jim Morita, Gabe Jones, Jacques Dernier, James Montgomery Falsworth
Additional Tags:Hurt/Comfort, Bucky Barnes Needs a Hug, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Minor Peggy Carter/Steve Rogers, Captain America: Civil War (Movie) Compliant, Wartime Romance, Sex Work, Angst and Feels, Angst with a Happy Ending, Bucky Barnes/Steve Rogers Feels

Wordcount: 5722

Summary:

Everything was spiraling out of control, and Bucky didn’t know how to stop it. Didn’t know how to take any of it back or make it go away.

“Look, just…” He scrubbed a hand over his face. “Just forget I said anything, okay? You’re standing up to bullies. You’re doing the right thing.” He tried to smile. “What’s done is done. No going back.”

After a few bottles of cheap booze and some coaxing from Steve, Bucky finds himself opening up. About everything. And somehow, that ends in kissing. (Which means what for them…?)

An artistic collaboration for Captain America Reverse Big Bang 2017! (@capreversebb)

Many thanks to frostyemma for writing this adorably angsty fic, for sending me the perfect scene to draw for, and for being so agreeable to my last-minute shenanigans. Thanks also to the CapRBB Slack for all the art feedback, and working with me until the kiss didn’t look like they were just nose-jousting. 😀