Unfit for Society Recs

Avengers

carried to space on a dolphin balloon by napricot
THE MOON LANDING IS REAL NOW: STEVE ROGERS IN SPACE, PROTECTING PLANET EARTH! And maybe finding love with a buxom space babe??

"Jesus Christ," Sam mutters. "This Steve on the moon conspiracy is getting out of control."

Except it turns out that it might not just be baseless conspiracy theory fodder for the tabloids. Not when Natasha has returned, alive and well, and certain that Steve, their Steve, will come back home too, if he hasn't become totally lost in the vastness of spacetime. Ha! I enjoyed this a lot.

you liked it then you should've put ten rings on it by laiqualaurelote
"When did you even get to meet my dad?" Shangqi demands. "You're in supervillain prison, surely they don’t let you guys mingle."

"Mahjong night," says Erik, deadpan.

Other people look for retirement homes for their parents. Shangqi has to check out prisons. While sorting out his father's incarceration in Wakanda, he unexpectedly reconnects with his old college roommate, the villain formerly known as Killmonger." I enjoyed this a lot

Urban Legend by gwyneth
"People are saying I’m fake?" Could they really not compare his recent photos to the newsreels and article photos and his films from the war? "They’re saying I was never found and I’m just…some guy wearing a Cap uniform?" Steve discovers modern day conspiracy theories about Captain America. Oh Steve.

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Avengers

Been locked and you're the key by caughtinanocean
Bucky twists in his arms and looks up. He's beautiful, illuminated only by the streetlights coming through the window. "You...really don't give a fuck,” Bucky says, his voice all wonder.

"Who doesn't have a past?” Steve tells him.

Steve will remember this, too: the moment when the light finds Bucky's eyes.

This time, Steve kisses Bucky goodnight before they go to sleep — just a small kiss, sweet and tender, passing like a prelude, like a promise. This is a really beautifully written (comics) AU, and also NAMOR is GREAT. #imperius rex

Steady as the Lake, Ever-Changing as the River by frozensea
Sweet story of Nakia and T'Challa's wedding day. This is just darling.

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Spider-Man

the open road and other anesthetics by tactfulgnostalgic
Miles goes on a road trip with the various Spider-people. This is fun and sweet.

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Avengers

Bucky Barnes Is Five Eleven, and Other Lies He Tells Supervillains by AggressiveWhenStartled
Bucky fills in for Steve when Steve is in space and UTTER HILARITY happens.

the side effects that save us by napricot
This is a really sweet, funny, feelsy look at Shuri dealing with the aftermath of her father's death and the Wakandan civil war, while working on removing Bucky's triggers.

Slow and Splendored by eyres
In the chaotic years after Steve Rogers arrives back in 2023 as an old man, he helps rebuild the world, falls in love with his best friend, adopts a stray cat, and saves the entire timeline. Not necessarily in that order. Long, exquisitely melancholy look at Steve and Bucky - and the world - after he returns from the past.

the way a traveler knows a traveler by thedoubteriswise
Fantastic look at Steve and Natasha's friendship post-CATWS. <333

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Avengers

Best Revenge Is Your Paper by laiqualaurelote
"When did you know? That you would do these things for me?"

Frank considers this for a while. "Can't be sure exactly. After the Blacksmith, but before the river. But I knew because it began to hurt whenever I saw you. It's like Bob Dylan said, you know - 'Everything about you is bringing me misery'. That's how you know."

"Is that what I do?" Karen asks lightly. "Bring you misery?"

"Sure," says Frank. "Like the way you're looking at me now. It's all kinds of hurt inside."

The hard clench in her chest every time she catches his eye; the times he wakes up screaming at 3am. All their shared past; worse, the pasts they do not share. To love someone, she is coming to learn, is to constantly be reminded of all the ways you could lose them. "Sounds awful," she says, fingers brushing over his knuckles.

"It is what it is." He tucks a stray strand of her hair behind her ear, then kisses her on the forehead. "But that's how you know you're still alive." Really great look at Karen and how she puts her life together and how Frank (and Foggy and Matt) fits into it. (also, as an aside, I really want that Punisher/John Wick dogwalkers crossover AU now.)

Citation Flirtation by scioscribe
Shuri discovers an academic rival. This is adorable.

In the Carcass of the World by Speranza
Steve and Bucky after the end of the world. Lovely and hopeful.

Rock-a-bye by romanticalgirl
Steve accidentally acquires a baby. This is adorable.

yesterday, I saw a change by aloneintherain
Peter is unmasked on live television, and everyone goes berserk—you've already heard this one but here's the twist—he's wide-eyed, staring into the camera, frightened, but not because of his own safety. The first thing that comes out of his mouth is, "Someone please, please protect my Aunt May." And the entirety of New York cries out simultaneously. Heroes and neighbours and fellow students rain down on the Parker house, ready to defend her. this could use another editing pass, but I sobbed my face off reading it, because the people of NYC defending Peter Parker (and here, Aunt May) is one of my very favorite tropes and this delivers in spades.

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Vids

Soldier by piratesandsuperheros
Captain America keeps marching on. Oh Steve.

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Avengers

Boeuf Mystère by galwednesday
Bucky thinks Steve is a Michelin reviewer like he is. Steve thinks Bucky is a spy like he is. Hilarity ensues. <3

Isibindi by avani
“The Jabari,” Nakia tries again, voice now hoarse with exasperation as well as grief, “are our best—our only—hope.”

But the Queen Mother only looks ahead without faltering. “No,” she says, and there can be no argument with that. When Ramonda refuses to go to the Jabari for refuge, Nakia takes matters into her own hands. Excellent.

under a golden january sun by newsbypostcard
Really lovely Steve/Bucky reunion in Wakanda.

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Avengers
(No Infinity War spoilers)

erik stevens, prince of wakanda by theformerone
T'Chaka brings Erik back to Wakanda, where he becomes part of the family. I enjoyed this a lot. (The series is still ongoing, but each story is complete in itself.)

this feeling begins (just like a spark) by synchronicities
Bucky remembers Natasha in flashes. Natasha comes to Wakanda with Steve, and Bucky has begun remembering her. Nicely done.

Laughing and Not Being Normal by etymologyplayground
Wonderful post-Ragnarok slice of life story on the refugee ship. Heimdall remains the most competent adult in Asgard and Thor is still the best. #precious asgardian

run back to you by Lizzen
Bucky pines for Steve over the long years. *sobs*

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