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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

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   10,449

   Bookmarked by CheekyNuggies

   24 Aug 2025

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   • Bucky