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Love in the Time of Hydra

Author: Jaune-Chat

Artists: Thank you so much to lili-flygirl (Art post 1, Art post 2) and saltyemrys (Art post 1, Art post 2, Art post 3) for their amazing and beautiful artwork! They were such a delight to work with!

Beta: Much thanks to ensignanna for her thorough and incredibly helpful betaing of this fic!

Relationships: James “Bucky” Barnes/Steve Rogers, Steve Rogers & Red Skull, Steve Rogers & Wanda Maximoff

Warnings: Graphic descriptions of violence

Rating: Teen and up (PG-13 to light R)

Word Count: 20397

Additional Tags: Alternate Universe, Hydra (Marvel), Suicide Attempt, Angst, Brainwashing, Minor Character Death, Propoganda, Emotional Hurt/Comfort, Eventual Happy Ending

Summary: Steve Rogers was blown out of a train car in the same attack that took Bucky’s arm. With Steve dead, Bucky took over trying to take down Hydra, eventually plunging to his apparent death to save the USA from an Hydra assault. But when he’s unfrozen 75 years later, he discovers that neither Steve nor Hydra ever died, his best friend has become the face of a terrible regime, and the rebel Avengers need his help to put the world right again.

Author's Notes: Written for Stucky AU Big Bang 2018

Thank you so much to lili-flygirl (Art post 1, Art post 2) and saltyemrys (links forthcoming) for their amazing and beautiful artwork! They were such a delight to work with!

Also much thanks to ensignanna for her thorough and incredibly helpful betaing of this fic!

Finally thank you to vallisagarwaen (whom I won at Marvel Trumps Hate) for translating the needed dialogue into proper German!

( More Art Below )

This is my master post for my Alt!Vengers stories - where the Avengers' powers and some of their backstories have been changed, but still band together to fight the fights we never could.

Worthy - When Tony nearly died in the desert, he was saved and found worthy by a very unusual artifact.

The Captain and the Soldier - Where Captain America was not a boy from Brooklyn but a girl from Brighton Beach, and the Black Widow could more accurately be called the Black Widower.

Monster and the Archer - Where Bruce Banner didn’t experiment on himself, but a volunteer soldier named Clint Barton. And when things go wrong, he won’t let his mistake ruin another’s life.

Assembling - The Avengers Initiative is assembling: The Thunderer - Tony Stark, Iron Man - Thor Odinsson, Captain America - Natasha Romanov, and The Black Widow(er) - Steve Rogers are being thrown together to go after one Clint Barton, who can become a rage monster known as the Hulk, and his bow-wielding protector, the radiation scientist Dr. Bruce Banner. Together these six people might just be able to save themselves and the world they've taken by storm.

The second half of this story written for wipbigbang (first 11k written in 2013, last 17k finished in 2017). Thanks to brighteyed_jill for betaing!

Amazing art by ensign_c. Also on Tumblr here.

Art: Amazing art by ensign_c can be found here.

Title: Assembling
Author: jaune_chat
Fandoms: The Avengers
Characters/Relationships: Tony, Steve, Bruce, Thor, Clint, Natasha, Maria Hill
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 28,728
Spoilers: Uses elements up to The Avengers.
Content Advisory: Action/Adventure, medical emergency
A/N: The second half of this story written for wipbigbang (first 11k written in 2013, last 17k finished in 2017). Amazing art by ensign_c. Also on Tumblr here. Thanks to brighteyed_jill for betaing!

Art: Amazing art by ensign_c can be found here.

Summary: The Avengers Initiative is assembling: The Thunderer - Tony Stark, Iron Man - Thor Odinsson, Captain America - Natasha Romanov, and The Black Widow(er) - Steve Rogers are being thrown together to go after one Clint Barton, who can become a rage monster known as the Hulk, and his bow-wielding protector, the radiation scientist Dr. Bruce Banner. Together these six people might just be able to save themselves and the world they've taken by storm.

On Ao3 or below the cut
( Assembling - Chapter 4 )

Title: Assembling
Author: jaune_chat
Fandoms: The Avengers
Characters/Relationships: Tony, Steve, Bruce, Thor, Clint, Natasha, Maria Hill
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 28,728
Spoilers: Uses elements up to The Avengers.
Content Advisory: Action/Adventure, medical emergency
A/N: The second half of this story written for wipbigbang (first 11k written in 2013, last 17k finished in 2017). Amazing art by ensign_c. Also on Tumblr here. Thanks to brighteyed_jill for betaing!

Art: Amazing art by ensign_c can be found here.

Summary: The Avengers Initiative is assembling: The Thunderer - Tony Stark, Iron Man - Thor Odinsson, Captain America - Natasha Romanov, and The Black Widow(er) - Steve Rogers are being thrown together to go after one Clint Barton, who can become a rage monster known as the Hulk, and his bow-wielding protector, the radiation scientist Dr. Bruce Banner. Together these six people might just be able to save themselves and the world they've taken by storm.

On Ao3 or below the cut
( Assembling - Chapter 2 )

Title: Nothing Between Us
Author: jaune_chat
Fandoms: The Avengers (film)
Characters/Relationships: Bruce Banner/Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov/Steve Rogers/Tony Stark/Thor
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 394
Spoilers: none
Content Advisory: naked snuggling
Disclaimer: Not mine, just playing.
A/N: Written for a prompt from avengerkink.
Summary: Sometimes they all just like to hang out together with nothing between them.

On Ao3 or below the cut
( Nothing Between Us )

Title: As Pure As…
Author: jaune_chat
Fandoms: The Avengers (film)
Characters/Relationships: Tony, Natasha, Clint, Bruce, Steve, Thor, Jane
Rating: PG-13
Word count: 611
Spoilers: none
Content Advisory: CRACK! Unicorns
Disclaimer: Not mine, just playing.
A/N: Written for a prompt from avengerkink.
Summary: A unicorn gets into the Tower. Tony is the only one who can calm it down. Because he's virgin.
The rest of the team is... astonished barely covers it.
On Ao3 or below the cut
( As Pure As… )