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Monday's Theme: Fairy Tales and Legends
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daria234 and today's theme is Fairy Tales and Legends. Prompts can be anything related to fairy tales, legends, etc.: fairy tale AUs, how characters became legendary, how characters are similar to fairy tale characters, etc.
Just a few rules:
No more than five prompts in a row.
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Use the character's full names and fandom's full name for ease adding to the Lonely Prompts spreadsheet.
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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...
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Faith Lehane/any, poison apple
Marvel Cinematic Universe, Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes, Robin Hood AU
Agents of SHIELD, Skye, her favorite movie is Mulan
Leverage, Parker/Hardison/Eliot, Hansel & Gretel & the Hitter
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daria234 and today's theme is Fairy Tales and Legends. Prompts can be anything related to fairy tales, legends, etc.: fairy tale AUs, how characters became legendary, how characters are similar to fairy tale characters, etc.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.
If your prompt or fill contains anything that can be a trigger for the reader, please add a warning for that to give the reader the chance to decide if they want to read or not.
No spoilers in prompts for a month after airing. 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...
Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Faith Lehane/any, poison apple
Marvel Cinematic Universe, Steve Rogers/Bucky Barnes, Robin Hood AU
Agents of SHIELD, Skye, her favorite movie is Mulan
Leverage, Parker/Hardison/Eliot, Hansel & Gretel & the Hitter
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 2015 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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... I just got a visual of fox!Bucky and fox!Steve, and it's adorable.
So, now I'm trying to figure out -- is Pierce the cowardly lion Prince John? Because that completely doesn't fit. But I can see Rumlow as the Sheriff.
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Would you accept something like a Leverage AU or do you want a straight-up Robin Hood fusion?
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1/2: Steve/Bucky, Leverage AU
“Hey, babe,” Bucky says into the phone, trying to smile, “remember that favor I was doin’ Potts, was gonna be the last job before I retired?”
Steve sighs heavily. “Yeah, Buck, I remember.”
“Well, see, Hammer tried to kill us instead’a payin’ us, so…” He lets it hang there for a moment and instead of saving him from the awkwardness, Steve waits him out. “We need a thief, Stevie. They were kickin’ around names and, well. You’re the best.”
Steve sighs again. “I’m also retired, Barnes. Just like you were supposed to be. You and me on the beach somewhere, livin’ quiet – ring a bell at all?”
The thing is, Bucky knows he’s already in. So when Steve asks, “How?” Bucky knows what he means, and replies, “Bomb,” Bucky’s smile is real and he knows that Steve’s mentally writing a list of everything he needs to bring.
You don’t hurt Bucky Barnes without answering to Steve Rogers, and you don’t hurt Steve Rogers without dying by Bucky Barnes.
…
Bucky and Steve met as kids and then lost track of each other when Bucky joined the marines and Steve went to college. They met up again, though, when Steve was hired to steal the very same thing Bucky’d been hired to retrieve. By that point, Bucky had already made a name for himself in certain circles, and thankfully, everyone back home thought he was dead instead of MIA.
Of course, him being dead made it quite the shock for Stevie.
…
Steve knows the bare bones of the missing fifteen years. He knows a mission went bad and that Bucky’s team were written off while three of them were still alive. He knows that somehow, Bucky lost an arm and probably should’ve actually died. He knows that someone somewhere gave Bucky what’s possibly the best prosthetic in the world.
He knows that Bucky hates the name he uses as a retrieval specialist. He doesn’t know about Alexander Pierce. If Bucky has his way, Steve will never know about Alexander Pierce, or the three years Bucky belonged to him.
…
Bucky knows that Steve stayed in school for two years before dropping out because Peggy Carter took him under her wing and taught him to steal. Steve likes artwork but Peggy was more into gems, and Bucky had actually heard about some of their jobs before realizing ‘Captain’ was Steve.
“It’s sorta like Dread Pirate Roberts,” Steve had explained, curled up against Bucky, that first night. “She was Captain but now I am. She retired.” He shrugged, blushing a little. “I wasn’t sure I was ready, but, well. I’ve done pretty well for myself.”
Bucky had laughed, staring down at the kid he’d left behind. Steve had grown maybe an inch, but instead of being scrawny, he was lean. He’d always been stronger than he looked but now Bucky could see it.
Since Carter had let him out into the world alone, he had no one watching his back. There was never any question of Bucky not rectifying that.
…
Steve told him upfront that it wasn’t going to be his life forever. Bucky’s plans never extended past the current job, so he hitched his wagon to Steve (like there was ever any question of him doing something else?) and wherever the job took him, he’d come back to Steve’s home of the month. It wasn’t like Bucky had ever done anything with all of the massive paychecks, so he handed that money over to Steve to do with what he liked.
Steve had just blinked at him in shock. “You trust me that much?” he’d asked, flabbergasted.
“You trust me?” Bucky asked back.
Nodding fervently, Steve said, “Of course.”
Bucky gently chucked his chin. “Then take the money, Stevie.”
…
2/2: Steve/Bucky, Leverage AU
On his thirtieth birthday, Steve decided to cut back his jobs by half. He wanted to travel for fun, not to steal multi-million dollar items anymore. (He still would, of course, if it was something he really really wanted that wasn’t for sale, but, well. Special occasions. And for Bucky’s thirty-first birthday, Steve stole him the oldest ‘modern’ firearm in the world because he knew Bucky would love it. Bucky did.)
Bucky started cutting back on his jobs, too, because traveling the world with Steve or stealing from some rich guy for some other rich guy? No contest.
…
“Remind me,” Steve says, unimpressed, arms across his chest as he stares down at Bucky, “why the fuck you decided to work for Hammer?”
“Pepper Potts said she’d owe me a favor,” Bucky says, slouched in a very uncomfortable chair and trying to hide just how uncomfortable it is.
“And your team?” Steve says, rolling his eyes and going to the counter where are the files are waiting for him. Hardcopy, because Bucky has learned exactly how unsafe electronic files are. Even though Stark complains loudly about it.
“Potts planned it,” Bucky says, tilting his head to follow Steve with his eyes. “Natalia’s the grifter; she got us in. Stark for hacking, even though he kept sayin’ we couldn’t trust Hammer. He’s been fuckin’ annoying with all the I told you sos. And then, well, me.”
Stevie sighs like it’s all awful, turning around to give Bucky his most I am so unimpressed frown. Bucky shoots back with his You know you love me grin.
…
“You’re Captain?” Stark demands, gaping down at Steve. “You’re pocket-sized!”
Steve ignores him, smiling at Potts and shaking her hand. “Thank you for joining us,” she says. “Barnes has told us quite a bit about you and you’re reputation speaks for itself.”
“Thank you for having me,” Steve replies. “I’m eager to get started.”
He actually is, Bucky knows. Hammer would’ve been better off just hiring Bucky at the outset instead of this whole team. When Hammer double-crossed him, Bucky would’ve just killed the fucker and been done with it. But Potts, Stark, Natalia, and Steve?
They’re gonna leave the bastard alive and wishing to God he weren’t.
…
“You truly love him,” Natalia murmurs while Potts explains the plan in full to Steve.
Natalia was why he’d survived and the reason he has a left arm. She also introduced him to Rumlow, who led him to Pierce. Because of that, she thinks she owes him. So he turns to her and says, “You make sure Hammer has no idea Steve’s involved in this and everything’s square.”
She nods firmly, glancing at Steve with a small smile. She asks, “Still retiring after this?”
“That’s the plan,” he says.
…
Plans never survive intact. Hammer’s ruined, his company gutted and his reputation bleeding out, and Potts looks at each of them. “We could do some real good,” she says.
Bucky looks at Steve as Stark says, “Whatever you want, Pep, you know I’m in.”
Natalia adds, “I’ve got red in my ledger. I suppose destroying the corrupt could help wipe it out.”
Steve reaches for Bucky’s left hand, hidden in a dark glove, and says, “It might be fun.”
“Stevie, I’m with you ‘til the end of the line,” he says, so Steve looks back at Potts and nods. “We’re in.”
Re: 2/2: Steve/Bucky, Leverage AU
This is SOOO delightful and fun and sweet and full of feels and sooo good!!!
I love that there are things Bucky still can't tell Steve but they're both totally in it together and trusting. I love Pepper as mastermind, Natasha with her guilt, Tony gloating about being right, and Bucky thinking the team will dish out to Hammer something so much worse than killing. This is all great and a really creative and perfect fusion with Leverage too. Thank you so much!!
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Thank you so much! It was a lot of fun.
I want to do more with this 'verse, involve Clint and Bruce somehow, and definitely Thor&Loki.
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Yeah, I've figured out who everyone is. *hee*