Thursday: Show Titles

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Hello, everyone. I’m nagi_schwarz and today's theme is show titles. Prompts can be titles of TV shows, including titles of specific episodes or seasons or anthologies, radio dramas, web shows, or musicals, or fusions or crossovers with specific shows.

Just a few rules:
No more than five prompts in a row.
No more than three prompts in the same fandom.
Use the character's full names and fandom's full name for ease adding to the Lonely Prompts spreadsheet.
No spoilers in prompts for a month after airing, or use the spoiler cut option found here.
If your fill contains spoilers, warn and leave plenty of space, or use the above mentioned spoiler cut.

Prompts should be formatted as follows: [Use the character's full names and fandom's full name]
Fandom, Character +/ Character, Prompt

Some examples to get the ball rolling...
+ BBC Merlin, Arthur Pendragon, The King: Eternal Monarch (2020, K-drama)
+ Stargate SG-1, Daniel Jackson, Drunk History
+ Marvel Cinematic Universe, Bucky Barnes, It’s Okay to Not Be Okay (2020, K-drama)
+ Harry Potter, James Potter, Everybody’s Talking About Jamie (2017, musical)
+ The Untamed/Modao Zushi, Wei Wuxian/Lan Wangji, The Magic Flute (opera)

We are now using AO3 to bookmark filled prompts. If you fill a prompt and post it to AO3 please add it to the Bite Sized Bits of Fic from 2020 collection. See further notes on this new option here.

Not feeling any of today’s prompts? Check out the just created Lonely Prompts Spreadsheet. For more recent prompts to write, you can also use LJ’s advanced search options to limit keyword results to only comments in this community.

While the Lonely Prompts Spreadsheet and LJ's advanced search options are available, bookmarking the links of prompts you like might work better for searching for in the future.


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[nagi-schwarz.livejournal.com]

Marvel Cinematic Universe, Bucky Barnes, It’s Okay to Not Be Okay (2020, K-drama)

Fill: Bucky + Sam Wilson

[brumeier.livejournal.com]

Bucky’s memories were a minefield.

He never knew what would trigger a flashback – a sound, a smell, a stranger’s name being called on the sidewalk. In between one blink of his eyes and the next, he’d relive a moment down to the finest detail.

A wooden sign written in Arabic – lodging available – spattered with blood and accompanied by the sound of wailing.

An outdoor market full of fresh vegetables, fish, fruit, none of which he was allowed to eat despite the gnawing pain in his gut.

A medical technician leaning over him, needle in hand, dead eyes like a shark above the ubiquitous surgical mask.

The flashbacks came and went so quickly that most people didn’t realize anything had happened. Most people.

“It’s okay,” Sam said, his hand warm on the skin of Bucky’s bare wrist.

Bucky nodded, feeling a little unsteady. He took a moment to do the deep breathing Sam had taught him, and the moment passed. People continued moving around them like water around river rocks, none of them knowing how close they were to a lethal, mentally unhinged assassin.

“Was it a bad one?”

“No. Not this time.”

Sam didn’t push him to talk about it, though he’d told Bucky that would help. Expose the memories to the light, as it were. Some sort of psychological bullshit that he knew from experience didn’t always work. But this time he didn’t mind sharing.

“It was a dog. Mangy thing, maybe brown or gray. All his ribs showing. I fed him some things I’d stolen from a market stall.”

Bucky could vividly recall the feeling of the dog’s wet tongue on his face, and the way he’d wagged his tail, grateful for the scraps. That dog hadn’t cared who Bucky was or that he was on a mission to assassinate a man whose only crime was not keeping his mouth shut about the injustices his people faced.

“That was a nice thing for you to do,” Sam said. “Steve says you always had a soft spot for animals.”

“Maybe I was just bored,” he muttered, rubbing a hand over his face.

“Come on, man. Don’t do that.” Sam chucked him on the arm. “It’s okay not to be okay, but don’t dismiss the good stuff.”

Bucky didn’t respond to that, just started walking. They were going to be late meeting Steve for lunch, and Steve worried.

Steve was part of the good stuff, a reminder that Hydra hadn’t taken everything away from him. Steve still looked at Bucky like he had in the old days, as if the intervening years hadn’t happened at all. Sometimes Bucky thought Steve was the one who needed therapy.

“You guys ever have pets growing up?” Sam asked, dropping his counselor persona and just being a curious friend.

“Couldn’t afford to feed one back in those days,” Bucky said.

They spent the rest of the trip to the restaurant talking about animals and weird pets they’d seen people with, and Bucky was back to feeling okay.

If ‘okay’ was as good as it ever got for him, he figured it was more than he deserved.

RE: Fill: Bucky + Sam Wilson

[nagi-schwarz.livejournal.com]

That was so good. Thank you. It covered both the brutal and the sweet. Poor Bucky. But Sam is a good friend. :) This warms my heart.

Re: Fill: Bucky + Sam Wilson

[brumeier.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you like it! I do love my little woobie assassin. ::pets Bucky::

Re: Fill: Bucky + Sam Wilson

[svgurl.livejournal.com]

This is so good! And heartbreaking. Poor Bucky. He has to deal with so much, and the unpredictability of what form the triggers come in felt realistic, but even sadder. I am glad that there weren't only bad memories and he could find one like the dog. Bucky has a soft spot for strays! :D

Sam is the actual best. I like how he knows not to push and can easily transition into just being his friend.

Sometimes Bucky thought Steve was the one who needed therapy.
Yeah, that sounds about right. I love Steve, but holy hell is this true. A lot of the MCU characters would be better off if they got therapy really but that is a separate topic.

Great job1

Re: Fill: Bucky + Sam Wilson

[brumeier.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much! I'm pleased you like this! And yes, therapy for everyone would be a good call. LOL!