The Winter Soldier's mission is nearly complete. Howard and Maria Stark are dead, leaving him to dispatch their four-year-old child. One quick twist of the neck is all it will take, but the Soldier finds he cannot do it.
So instead of killing Tony Stark, the Winter Soldier takes him away to raise as his own.
And I'm still reading Check Please! stories by the truckload. These I have enjoyed last week:
First, one rare pairing. I really enjoyed Shitty's characterization here, and his interaction with Kent:
angles of unfair advantage (13191 words) by misandrywitch Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Check Please! (Webcomic) Rating: Not Rated Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Relationships: Shitty Knight/Kent Parson, Past Kent Parson/Jack Zimmermann - Relationship, background Shitty Knight/Lardo Duan Characters: Kent "Parse" Parson, Shitty Knight, Larissa "Lardo" Duan, Jack Zimmermann, jack isn't actually in it but they talk about him Additional Tags: Spring Break, canon-typical alcohol use Summary:
“Tequila or bust,” Kent says. He turns a little and smiles, right corner of his mouth, at Shitty. His teeth are very white and his eyes are a hard color to pin down but they’re picking up the shifting neon lights in the room.
Uh oh, Shitty thinks. Oh, fuck.
One Jack/Kent, future!fic. I really liked Kent's voice here. (Please mind that the rough sex is consensual, but not really negotiated.)
the dice were loaded from the start (19410 words) by coyotesuspect Chapters: 2/2 Fandom: Check Please! (Webcomic) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Kent "Parse" Parson/Jack Zimmermann Characters: Kent "Parse" Parson, Jack Zimmermann, Jack Zimmermann's Parents Additional Tags: Pining, Road Trips, Huddling For Warmth, Mistaken for Being in a Relationship, Getting Back Together, Rough Sex, Face Slapping, Endgame Jack Zimmermann/Kent Parson, Past Eric "Bitty" Bittle/Jack Zimmermann Summary:
Kent can’t help it. He starts to laugh. This whole situation is fucked. He should have stayed in Boston. He should never have left Vegas in the first place. He’d figured it would be awkward to see Jack at the party, but he didn’t think he’d end up freezing to death with the guy in Vermont. He guesses there’s a certain sick poetry to that. Every time he’s made a calculated risk involving Jack, he’s gotten burned. He’s not accounting for all the variables correctly, like the fact that the universe hates him.
“Kent.” Jack’s hand lands heavily on his back. He shakes him. “Come on. Kenny. Get it together.”
“I’m going to kill you,” says Kent, into his hands. “I am literally going to murder you, Jack Zimmermann.”
“No, you’re not,” mutters Jack. “You need me for body warmth.”
Or: Kent gets invited to the book launch for Bad Bob's autobiography. Things don't exactly go as planned.
Three Derek "Nursey" Nurse/Willam "Dex" Pointdexter, all three of them deal with some homophobia. Especially the first one. There's also strained/deteoriating relationships with parents. Please don't hesitate to ask me for more details.
far side of the sea (12838 words) by i_kinda_like_writing Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Check Please! (Webcomic) Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Derek "Nursey" Nurse/William "Dex" Poindexter Characters: William "Dex" Poindexter, Derek "Nursey" Nurse, Chris "Chowder" Chow, Caitlin Farmer, Samwell Men's Hockey Team Additional Tags: Getting Together, Misunderstandings, Miscommunication, Religion, Religious Conflict, Religious Imagery & Symbolism, Vacation, Underage Drinking, Homophobia, Sort Of, First Kiss, Kissing, Gay, very gay, Angst, Fluff, Angst with a Happy Ending, Awkwardness, Dib Flip Summary:
“Hey, man,” Nursey said, and Dex took the coffee from him. “So, like, Spring Break.” Dex took a sip of his coffee and raised his eyebrows over the cup at Nursey. “What about Spring Break?” “My parents have this house in Spain, right on the water, and it’s empty.” *~* Or, Dex goes to Spain with Nursey, and finds a home he never thought he could have.
The Arrangement (37796 words) by i_kinda_like_writing Chapters: 4/4 Fandom: Check Please! (Webcomic) Rating: Mature Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Derek "Nursey" Nurse/William "Dex" Poindexter, William "Dex" Poindexter/Whiskey, Tango/Whiskey (Check Please!), William "Dex" Poindexter & Whiskey Characters: William "Dex" Poindexter, Derek "Nursey" Nurse, Whiskey (Check Please!), Tango (Check Please!), Eric "Bitty" Bittle, Larissa "Lardo" Duan, and the rest of the group but these guys mainly Additional Tags: Friends With Benefits, First Time, Platonic Sex, but like actually, Team as Family, Internalized Homophobia, Homophobic Language, Bullying, Coming Out, Insecurity, Hurt/Comfort, Anxiety, Mention - Freeform, Getting Together, Friends to Lovers, Pining, Mutual Pining, Mentor/Protégé, Friendship, Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending Summary:
Dex wasn't expecting too much out of his softie year at Samwell. All he'd really wanted was to get good grades, maybe adopt a tadpole or two, and not allow his feelings for Nursey to become too unmanageable. Dex hadn't thought it was that much to ask for.
Of course, despite his intentions, Dex somehow ended up mentoring his tadpole in the ways of sex (he is not a sex yoda so stop calling him that, Whiskey), stripping himself bare for his teammates in more ways than one, and platonically dating his best friend/unrequited love of his life.
Why could things never just be normal?
This one is also a WiP, I really want to know that will happen next!
(I've got) fireflies where my caution should be (54338 words) by sinbindos Chapters: 16/? Fandom: Check Please! (Webcomic) Rating: Explicit Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Derek "Nursey" Nurse/William "Dex" Poindexter Characters: Derek "Nursey" Nurse, William "Dex" Poindexter, Chris "Chowder" Chow Additional Tags: Slow Burn, Getting Together, Friends to Lovers, Maine for the summer, Dex has a huge family, Minor Chris "Chowder" Chow/Caitlin Farmer, Canonical Drug Use, Canonical Drinking, Derek "Nursey" Nurse is Unchill, Anti-anxiety medication, Homophobic Language, Mutual Pining Summary:
Something in Dex’s jaw jumps, and he fidgets uncomfortably for a moment. “I was gonna ask if you wanted to come crash with me for a few weeks. You know. If you had nothing better to do.”
Nursey’s eyebrows have disappeared into his hairline. “Are you – I mean, I know you’re high but like. Brah. Are you serious?”
In China they will release a few Ghibli movies for the first time, some decades after they've originally been released in Japan. So I went to look for some Sen to Chihiru no Kamikakushi | Spirited Away fanfiction. I love stories that deal with the consequences of life altering events, especially when you are the only one/s who know of it. These two stories where awesome and really hit the spot for me:
Along the Way (2247 words) by Ariana Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi | Spirited Away Rating: General Audiences Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings Characters: Ogino Chihiro, Haku (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi) Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Coming of Age, Female Friendship Summary:
Chihiro's journey does not end when she leaves the spirit world.
Never Too Much, Never Too Little (8238 words) by Gramarye Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi | Spirited Away Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Characters: Ogino Chihiro, Original Female Character(s), Rin (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi) Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Middle School, Japanese Culture, Japanese Mythology & Folklore, Female Friendship, Developing Friendships, Spirit World, Judo Summary:
For Chihiro, it's a struggle to find her footing in the real world after her time in the bathhouse. There's more than one way back to solid ground, though -- it's just a question of learning how to fall, and how to land.
I don't know how I stumbled upon this one, it's a Severus Snape genderswap. The story is orphaned, and I so would want to read more in this 'verse. I loved how the author characterized Snape here:
Sabina (3012 words) by orphan_account Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling Rating: Teen And Up Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Lily Evans Potter/Severus Snape, James Potter/Lily Evans Potter Characters: Severus Snape, Lily Evans Potter, James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, Regulus Black, Bartemius Crouch Jr., Aberforth Dumbledore, Harry Potter, Rubeus Hagrid Additional Tags: Unrequited Love, Healthy Relationships, 5+1 Things, Wordcount: 1.000-5.000, Genderswap, Female Severus Snape, Female Friendship, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Severus Snape Adopts Harry Potter, Adopted Harry Potter, Background Relationships, Background Het Summary:
Five times Sabina Snape's own life was different because she was female, and one time Harry Potter's was.
This one has been recommended at fancake, and I really enjoyed this story.
Project Friendship (1807 words) by Janice_Lester Chapters: 1/1 Fandom: Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies) Rating: General Audiences Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply Relationships: Spock+McCoy friendship, background Spock/Uhura Characters: Spock, Leonard McCoy, Pavel Chekov, James T. Kirk Additional Tags: Friendship Summary:
Believing that friendships will improve his quality of life, Spock logically determines to develop some. He encounters difficulties, particularly with Doctor McCoy.
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Date: 2019-06-22 08:54 am (UTC)I think I only read the beginning back when this story was posted. Given the years this story holds up very well:
All The Leaves Are Brown (And the sky is gray) (17424 words) by AvocadoLove
Chapters: 11/11
Fandom: Captain America (Movies), The Avengers (Marvel Movies), The Avengers (Marvel) - All Media Types, Iron Man (Movies), Iron Man - All Media Types
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: Graphic Depictions Of Violence
Relationships: James "Bucky" Barnes & Tony Stark, James "Bucky" Barnes/Steve Rogers, Pepper Potts/Tony Stark
Characters: James "Bucky" Barnes, Tony Stark, Steve Rogers, Howard Stark, Pepper Potts
Additional Tags: Kid Fic, Kidnapping, Parent Bucky Barnes, Howard Stark's Bad Parenting, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Kid Tony Stark, Kid Tony
Summary:
The Winter Soldier's mission is nearly complete. Howard and Maria Stark are dead, leaving him to dispatch their four-year-old child. One quick twist of the neck is all it will take, but the Soldier finds he cannot do it.
So instead of killing Tony Stark, the Winter Soldier takes him away to raise as his own.
And I'm still reading Check Please! stories by the truckload. These I have enjoyed last week:
First, one rare pairing. I really enjoyed Shitty's characterization here, and his interaction with Kent:
angles of unfair advantage (13191 words) by misandrywitch
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Check Please! (Webcomic)
Rating: Not Rated
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Relationships: Shitty Knight/Kent Parson, Past Kent Parson/Jack Zimmermann - Relationship, background Shitty Knight/Lardo Duan
Characters: Kent "Parse" Parson, Shitty Knight, Larissa "Lardo" Duan, Jack Zimmermann, jack isn't actually in it but they talk about him
Additional Tags: Spring Break, canon-typical alcohol use
Summary:
“Tequila or bust,” Kent says. He turns a little and smiles, right corner of his mouth, at Shitty. His teeth are very white and his eyes are a hard color to pin down but they’re picking up the shifting neon lights in the room.
Uh oh, Shitty thinks. Oh, fuck.
One Jack/Kent, future!fic. I really liked Kent's voice here. (Please mind that the rough sex is consensual, but not really negotiated.)
the dice were loaded from the start (19410 words) by coyotesuspect
Chapters: 2/2
Fandom: Check Please! (Webcomic)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Kent "Parse" Parson/Jack Zimmermann
Characters: Kent "Parse" Parson, Jack Zimmermann, Jack Zimmermann's Parents
Additional Tags: Pining, Road Trips, Huddling For Warmth, Mistaken for Being in a Relationship, Getting Back Together, Rough Sex, Face Slapping, Endgame Jack Zimmermann/Kent Parson, Past Eric "Bitty" Bittle/Jack Zimmermann
Summary:
Or: Kent gets invited to the book launch for Bad Bob's autobiography. Things don't exactly go as planned.
Three Derek "Nursey" Nurse/Willam "Dex" Pointdexter, all three of them deal with some homophobia. Especially the first one. There's also strained/deteoriating relationships with parents. Please don't hesitate to ask me for more details.
far side of the sea (12838 words) by i_kinda_like_writing
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Check Please! (Webcomic)
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Derek "Nursey" Nurse/William "Dex" Poindexter
Characters: William "Dex" Poindexter, Derek "Nursey" Nurse, Chris "Chowder" Chow, Caitlin Farmer, Samwell Men's Hockey Team
Additional Tags: Getting Together, Misunderstandings, Miscommunication, Religion, Religious Conflict, Religious Imagery & Symbolism, Vacation, Underage Drinking, Homophobia, Sort Of, First Kiss, Kissing, Gay, very gay, Angst, Fluff, Angst with a Happy Ending, Awkwardness, Dib Flip
Summary:
“Hey, man,” Nursey said, and Dex took the coffee from him. “So, like, Spring Break.”
Dex took a sip of his coffee and raised his eyebrows over the cup at Nursey. “What about Spring Break?”
“My parents have this house in Spain, right on the water, and it’s empty.”
*~*
Or, Dex goes to Spain with Nursey, and finds a home he never thought he could have.
The Arrangement (37796 words) by i_kinda_like_writing
Chapters: 4/4
Fandom: Check Please! (Webcomic)
Rating: Mature
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Derek "Nursey" Nurse/William "Dex" Poindexter, William "Dex" Poindexter/Whiskey, Tango/Whiskey (Check Please!), William "Dex" Poindexter & Whiskey
Characters: William "Dex" Poindexter, Derek "Nursey" Nurse, Whiskey (Check Please!), Tango (Check Please!), Eric "Bitty" Bittle, Larissa "Lardo" Duan, and the rest of the group but these guys mainly
Additional Tags: Friends With Benefits, First Time, Platonic Sex, but like actually, Team as Family, Internalized Homophobia, Homophobic Language, Bullying, Coming Out, Insecurity, Hurt/Comfort, Anxiety, Mention - Freeform, Getting Together, Friends to Lovers, Pining, Mutual Pining, Mentor/Protégé, Friendship, Angst, Angst with a Happy Ending
Summary:
Dex wasn't expecting too much out of his softie year at Samwell. All he'd really wanted was to get good grades, maybe adopt a tadpole or two, and not allow his feelings for Nursey to become too unmanageable. Dex hadn't thought it was that much to ask for.
Of course, despite his intentions, Dex somehow ended up mentoring his tadpole in the ways of sex (he is not a sex yoda so stop calling him that, Whiskey), stripping himself bare for his teammates in more ways than one, and platonically dating his best friend/unrequited love of his life.
Why could things never just be normal?
This one is also a WiP, I really want to know that will happen next!
(I've got) fireflies where my caution should be (54338 words) by sinbindos
Chapters: 16/?
Fandom: Check Please! (Webcomic)
Rating: Explicit
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Derek "Nursey" Nurse/William "Dex" Poindexter
Characters: Derek "Nursey" Nurse, William "Dex" Poindexter, Chris "Chowder" Chow
Additional Tags: Slow Burn, Getting Together, Friends to Lovers, Maine for the summer, Dex has a huge family, Minor Chris "Chowder" Chow/Caitlin Farmer, Canonical Drug Use, Canonical Drinking, Derek "Nursey" Nurse is Unchill, Anti-anxiety medication, Homophobic Language, Mutual Pining
Summary:
Something in Dex’s jaw jumps, and he fidgets uncomfortably for a moment. “I was gonna ask if you wanted to come crash with me for a few weeks. You know. If you had nothing better to do.”
Nursey’s eyebrows have disappeared into his hairline. “Are you – I mean, I know you’re high but like. Brah. Are you serious?”
In China they will release a few Ghibli movies for the first time, some decades after they've originally been released in Japan. So I went to look for some Sen to Chihiru no Kamikakushi | Spirited Away fanfiction. I love stories that deal with the consequences of life altering events, especially when you are the only one/s who know of it. These two stories where awesome and really hit the spot for me:
Along the Way (2247 words) by Ariana
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi | Spirited Away
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
Characters: Ogino Chihiro, Haku (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi)
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Coming of Age, Female Friendship
Summary:
Chihiro's journey does not end when she leaves the spirit world.
Never Too Much, Never Too Little (8238 words) by Gramarye
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi | Spirited Away
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Characters: Ogino Chihiro, Original Female Character(s), Rin (Sen to Chihiro no Kamikakushi)
Additional Tags: Post-Canon, Middle School, Japanese Culture, Japanese Mythology & Folklore, Female Friendship, Developing Friendships, Spirit World, Judo
Summary:
For Chihiro, it's a struggle to find her footing in the real world after her time in the bathhouse. There's more than one way back to solid ground, though -- it's just a question of learning how to fall, and how to land.
I don't know how I stumbled upon this one, it's a Severus Snape genderswap. The story is orphaned, and I so would want to read more in this 'verse. I loved how the author characterized Snape here:
Sabina (3012 words) by orphan_account
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Harry Potter - J. K. Rowling
Rating: Teen And Up Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Lily Evans Potter/Severus Snape, James Potter/Lily Evans Potter
Characters: Severus Snape, Lily Evans Potter, James Potter, Sirius Black, Remus Lupin, Peter Pettigrew, Regulus Black, Bartemius Crouch Jr., Aberforth Dumbledore, Harry Potter, Rubeus Hagrid
Additional Tags: Unrequited Love, Healthy Relationships, 5+1 Things, Wordcount: 1.000-5.000, Genderswap, Female Severus Snape, Female Friendship, Alternate Universe - Canon Divergence, Severus Snape Adopts Harry Potter, Adopted Harry Potter, Background Relationships, Background Het
Summary:
Five times Sabina Snape's own life was different because she was female, and one time Harry Potter's was.
This one has been recommended at
Project Friendship (1807 words) by Janice_Lester
Chapters: 1/1
Fandom: Star Trek: Alternate Original Series (Movies)
Rating: General Audiences
Warnings: No Archive Warnings Apply
Relationships: Spock+McCoy friendship, background Spock/Uhura
Characters: Spock, Leonard McCoy, Pavel Chekov, James T. Kirk
Additional Tags: Friendship
Summary:
Believing that friendships will improve his quality of life, Spock logically determines to develop some. He encounters difficulties, particularly with Doctor McCoy.