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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!

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