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1. Love, Me Normally by Bunny_innit_WQ

   Fandoms: Thunderbolts (Movie 2025), Marvel Cinematic Universe  

   • Mature
   • Choose Not To Use Archive Warnings, Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • Gen, M/M
   • Work in Progress

   05 Jul 2025

   Tags

   • Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings
   • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
   • James "Bucky" Barnes & Ava Starr
   • Yelena Belova & Robert "Bob" Reynolds
   • James "Bucky" Barnes & Robert "Bob" Reynolds
   • James "Bucky" Barnes/Sam Wilson
   • James "Bucky" Barnes & Sam Wilson
   • James "Bucky" Barnes & Yelena Belova & Robert "Bob" Reynolds & Alexei Shostakov & Ava Starr & John Walker
   • James "Bucky" Barnes & Yelena Belova
   • James "Bucky" Barnes
   • Ava Starr
   • Yelena Belova
   • John Walker (Marvel)
   • Robert "Bob" Reynolds (Marvel)
   • Alexei Shostakov
   • Steve Rogers (mentioned)
   • Joaquín Torres (Marvel) (mentioned)
   • Sam Wilson (Marvel)
   • Valentina Allegra de Fontaine
   • Mel (Thunderbolts 2025)
   • Original Characters
   • POV Bucky Barnes
   • POV Ava Starr
   • Swearing
   • Bucky Barnes-centric
   • Post-Movie: Thunderbolts (2025)
   • Chronic Pain
   • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
   • Domestic Thunderbolts Team (Marvel)
   • Bucky Barnes Needs a Hug
   • Found Family
   • Implied/Referenced Self-Harm
   • Robert "Bob" Reynolds Needs a Hug (Marvel)
   • John Walker Not Being an Asshole (Marvel)
   • John Walker Being an Asshole (Marvel)
   • Blood and Injury
   • Blood and Gore
   • Fluff
   • No beta we die like Bucky's patience
   • Implied/Referenced Suicide
   • Suicidal Thoughts

   Summary

   Bucky questions how anyone ever managed to put up with him, if he’s apparently so similar to everyone in this jumbled mess of fake Avengers. How any of them are putting up with him when he barely manages to put up with himself nowadays and how he’s going to put up with them.

   No real choice in that anymore, though. Just like always.

    

   Or, Bucky learns how to live with the Thunderbolts, and that maybe they’re actually good for each other.

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